tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36687869228732369922024-03-13T09:16:10.395-07:00The Butler Scoopthe happenings of richard, nikki, george, lulu and little miss ruby roothebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-15019232820714594852010-03-24T21:55:00.000-07:002010-03-24T22:16:35.307-07:00Shiner!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S6rtLPm7rLI/AAAAAAAABCE/8R_5W3casCk/s1600/DSCF1517.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S6rtLPm7rLI/AAAAAAAABCE/8R_5W3casCk/s400/DSCF1517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452431076309576882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lulu and her buddy Zane Smart both showed up at Church on Sunday with matching <span style="font-weight: bold;">black-eyes!</span> Zane's mom thought it would be funny to say they had gotten into a fist-fight! Which is somewhat hysterical because both Lu and Zane are the sweetest kids and great friends! Zane got his <span style="font-weight: bold;">"shiner"</span> from bonking into his brother's knee while playing, and Lu received her's when a neighbor kid was wielding a plastic sword as Lu rode by on her bike... bad timing!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To make matters worse... it was spring class pictures at school yesterday!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Zane thought it was cool... Lulu called me within 15 minutes of school starting to tell me there was<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >"no way"</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />she was having her picture taken with the class...</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S6rv0ya2n5I/AAAAAAAABCU/MpwXSdF43g4/s1600/DSCF1519.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S6rv0ya2n5I/AAAAAAAABCU/MpwXSdF43g4/s320/DSCF1519.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452433989052047250" border="0" /></a>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-47190185730252577032010-02-01T20:19:00.000-08:002010-02-02T20:18:49.702-08:00A Day In The Life Of Ruby-Roo!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2exzScdKgI/AAAAAAAABBM/fBm5gO2UbFw/s1600-h/DSCF1276.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2exzScdKgI/AAAAAAAABBM/fBm5gO2UbFw/s400/DSCF1276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433506970128427522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Ruby</span></span> is getting to be such a </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >big girl!</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" > </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">She has grown so much faster than George and Lulu seemed to at </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >3</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">! She finally said, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >"I want a big bed like the kids, mom!"</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> In all of our moves, we haven't had to</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> take the crib down. I </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >love</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> our crib and nursery! I </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >loved<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">picking it out when we were expecting George. I </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >loved<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">picking out new bedding to match each kids personality as they were welcomed home! Wh</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">en we brought Lu home, <span style="font-size:180%;">2 1/2</span> year old George looked so <span style="font-size:85%;">small <span style="font-size:100%;">i</span></span>n his big-boy bed. Then when Lu was </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >4 </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">and <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >Rubes</span> was soon to arrive, we had to push her out of her affectionately named "cribby-bye". Lu got a whole new room and a beautiful new big-girl bed to entice her out! We</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">ll, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Rubes</span></span> will be </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >4</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> in March and I just don't have the heart to take the crib down. So here is <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Rubes</span></span> with her converted </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">crib or as she likes to call it her "brand-new-big-girl-bed"! That first night she asked if George and Lu could have a </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >sleep over</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> in her "new" bed...<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2exZI7jh0I/AAAAAAAABBE/p9nqKABR-V4/s1600-h/DSCF1282.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2exZI7jh0I/AAAAAAAABBE/p9nqKABR-V4/s320/DSCF1282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433506520897914690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2ezkGAat5I/AAAAAAAABBk/ieJltZeAJeM/s1600-h/DSCF0647.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2ezkGAat5I/AAAAAAAABBk/ieJltZeAJeM/s200/DSCF0647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433508908114818962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2eykQzIvkI/AAAAAAAABBc/C_sjsmWbq1s/s1600-h/DSCF1280.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2eykQzIvkI/AAAAAAAABBc/C_sjsmWbq1s/s200/DSCF1280.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433507811500277314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2eyUnzQ6xI/AAAAAAAABBU/7MZuKqajsKg/s1600-h/DSCF1292.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2eyUnzQ6xI/AAAAAAAABBU/7MZuKqajsKg/s200/DSCF1292.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433507542796921618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2ez4py-suI/AAAAAAAABBs/cotUKym7Duc/s1600-h/DSCF0327.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2ez4py-suI/AAAAAAAABBs/cotUKym7Duc/s200/DSCF0327.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433509261319516898" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Ruby</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> is very busy these days with preschool, ballet (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >she even preformed in her very first dance recital for the holidays!</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">) and constant, elaborate and <span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" >very</span> messy arts & crafts at the kitchen table. Anyone who has received a wrapped gift from <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >Rubes</span> can vouch for her creati</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">vity and generosity! On different occasions she has carefully wrapped my kitchen scissors, tape dispenser and cooking utensils, then gave them as gifts! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Some of </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Rub</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">y's</span></span> <span style="font-size:130%;">favorite things</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> PAPA, Winston, baking & cooking, anything Lulu is doing, her babies, her animals, playing on nickjr.com or pbskids.com (<span style="font-style: italic;">she has mastered the mouse!</span>), "homework", watching cooking demons</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">trations on the computer </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">and just tryin</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">g to <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >k</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >e</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">p</span> </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">u</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">p</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">!</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2j461pR9II/AAAAAAAABB8/7_9_JQKNFJQ/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/S2j461pR9II/AAAAAAAABB8/7_9_JQKNFJQ/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433866640138826882" border="0" /></a></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-52465176229818468252009-12-04T20:04:00.000-08:002009-12-04T21:11:05.933-08:00D.A.R.E. Graduation!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxngB-m3E2I/AAAAAAAAA-M/-J7YW1M3Yvc/s1600-h/DSCF1269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxngB-m3E2I/AAAAAAAAA-M/-J7YW1M3Yvc/s400/DSCF1269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411602751852843874" border="0" /></a>Today was <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">D.A.R.E</span>. Graduation for the Fifth Graders... George is soo excited about this program! <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">D</span>efine <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A</span>ssess <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R</span>espond <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">E</span>valuate is a decision making model program to help kids resist drugs and violence. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">D.A.R.E</span> was taught by Officer Sam and George was required to write an essay about his learning experience.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">George... <span style="font-size:130%;">being Student Body President and all</span>... lead the assembly with the Pledge of Allegiance. He did awesome! I was honestly biting my lip from cheering, "GREAT JOB BUDDY!", but I would have totally ruined his rep! </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">D.A.R.E.</span> has made for some awesome dinner-time conversation! George and his friends have taken this very seriously. Officer Sam even said George had at least one question every day for him! George's only complaint: "I can't believe they made us boys wear the girly "peace" shirts!"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnhjPfO0II/AAAAAAAAA-c/ri4UXk_Pfts/s1600-h/DSCF1270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnhjPfO0II/AAAAAAAAA-c/ri4UXk_Pfts/s320/DSCF1270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411604422831558786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George with friends Nick, Gio, Harish, Connor and Carson!<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnhSly5v9I/AAAAAAAAA-U/bEvBwl-bK-E/s1600-h/DSCF1267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnhSly5v9I/AAAAAAAAA-U/bEvBwl-bK-E/s320/DSCF1267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411604136761868242" border="0" /></a>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-34719247439218329702009-11-30T20:40:00.000-08:002009-12-04T22:04:20.822-08:00Thanksgiving - Vegas Style!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnusFOgx5I/AAAAAAAAA-8/BtnISB5wJSc/s1600-h/IMG_1432.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnusFOgx5I/AAAAAAAAA-8/BtnISB5wJSc/s400/IMG_1432.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411618868347062162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The "Other Butlers" and Judds visited for Thanksgiving Weekend!</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> We enjoyed a yummy dinner, baked, talked, shopped, swam, did our charity outreach, saw a cirque show on the strip, watched the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">BYU</span>/<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">UTAH</span> game <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(we were robbed!)</span>, went to a movie, played DS (<span style="font-weight: bold;">a lot!</span>), ran, went to the LV Temple and of course...</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnxEhUUqYI/AAAAAAAABAE/oXaGcFAnklM/s1600-h/DSCF1265.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnxEhUUqYI/AAAAAAAABAE/oXaGcFAnklM/s200/DSCF1265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411621487227742594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnwNb3fiUI/AAAAAAAAA_s/_eZzWm_9FSI/s1600-h/IMG_1436+%283%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnwNb3fiUI/AAAAAAAAA_s/_eZzWm_9FSI/s200/IMG_1436+%283%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411620540871838018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnyZCTgc-I/AAAAAAAABAU/i4JJv1Oe_zs/s1600-h/IMG_1427.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnyZCTgc-I/AAAAAAAABAU/i4JJv1Oe_zs/s200/IMG_1427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411622939191702498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sxn3rjECFSI/AAAAAAAABAk/889ewScxFdI/s1600-h/DSCF1266.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sxn3rjECFSI/AAAAAAAABAk/889ewScxFdI/s200/DSCF1266.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411628754780951842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sxnk7zR28MI/AAAAAAAAA-k/QcUc29xGSm4/s1600-h/fam+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sxnk7zR28MI/AAAAAAAAA-k/QcUc29xGSm4/s400/fam+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411608143290888386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnyqznjdfI/AAAAAAAABAc/SD5cYRwwa1s/s1600-h/fam+036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnyqznjdfI/AAAAAAAABAc/SD5cYRwwa1s/s320/fam+036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411623244486899186" border="0" /></a></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span>...we saw the big guy in <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">red</span>!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sxnx_HjBezI/AAAAAAAABAM/WEDha09Ylpo/s1600-h/DSCF1258.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sxnx_HjBezI/AAAAAAAABAM/WEDha09Ylpo/s200/DSCF1258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411622493922360114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnwgeF5uPI/AAAAAAAAA_0/adMLfLlWaMk/s1600-h/DSCF1263.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SxnwgeF5uPI/AAAAAAAAA_0/adMLfLlWaMk/s320/DSCF1263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411620867886659826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Santa</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">&</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Cousins:</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">We'll</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">see</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">you</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">in</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">a</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">couple </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">of</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">weeks<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">!</span></span></span><br /></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-24659578838400748832009-11-10T16:03:00.000-08:002009-11-10T21:10:31.380-08:00Mr. President!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvoAxuCDmeI/AAAAAAAAA9k/_PmmVT0IVY0/s1600-h/DSCF1242.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvoAxuCDmeI/AAAAAAAAA9k/_PmmVT0IVY0/s320/DSCF1242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402631557154576866" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Election Day 2009!</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvoBDif0LGI/AAAAAAAAA9s/iNUZaKK7bO0/s1600-h/DSCF1222.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvoBDif0LGI/AAAAAAAAA9s/iNUZaKK7bO0/s400/DSCF1222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402631863295814754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"Nervous" George ne</span><span style="font-size:180%;">xt to one of his best friends, Carson who also ran for Bartlett Student Body President!<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvoDvGbExCI/AAAAAAAAA98/pBVPCb4WXtc/s1600-h/DSCF1246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvoDvGbExCI/AAAAAAAAA98/pBVPCb4WXtc/s400/DSCF1246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402634810697237538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">George giving his Presidential Speech to<br />third, fourth and fifth graders!<br />I am still in awe of his confidence and cool demeanor! <br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGUmcSlniPachKwSkzXmlskXlesRB3dpsWoYCM3CsKaxOTdXAYp7ry5LYMOTmnbedjQ9NCQqwogZQF-VQ5DA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Here is George giving his speech today! <br />Oh, and by the way....<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">He won!</span><br /></span></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-15830011671462048392009-11-05T14:33:00.000-08:002009-11-10T15:20:53.591-08:00We Officially Have A Missionary Among Us!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvnrGYITrnI/AAAAAAAAA9U/O6ppsilqdXA/s1600-h/mission+call+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvnrGYITrnI/AAAAAAAAA9U/O6ppsilqdXA/s400/mission+call+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402607722796658290" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Connor James Judd, the oldest cousin in our family, has been asked to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Bacolod, Philippines Mission! </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">He will leave for the MTC on January 27th, 2010! We are soo excited for him! We wish we could have been there to see him open his mission call letter....but this picture is the next best thing!<br />I <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >LOVE</span> the look on </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Connor's face!<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >Congrats Connor!</span><br />Can't wait to see you all in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving!</span> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Svnq5aff8RI/AAAAAAAAA9M/Kw_T1SGmPGA/s1600-h/mission+call+021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Svnq5aff8RI/AAAAAAAAA9M/Kw_T1SGmPGA/s400/mission+call+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402607500092502290" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Steve, Romney, Dee, Allie, Connor and Tracy... no Hunter? Did he have a <span style="font-size:130%;">"hot dat</span><span style="font-size:130%;">e"</span>?</div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-38845270672206254422009-11-04T21:15:00.000-08:002009-11-04T21:44:26.074-08:00Vote GEORGE For President!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJhqSvv9jI/AAAAAAAAA6k/i5R90e2Lm8c/s1600-h/DSCF1212.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJhqSvv9jI/AAAAAAAAA6k/i5R90e2Lm8c/s400/DSCF1212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400486282385159730" border="0" /></a>I've always said George would end up in politics one day... and he is officially campaigning this week for <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Bartlett</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Student</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Body</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >President!</span><br /></div>We worked very hard this past weekend on his posters <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">thank you, thank you Mrs. Thompson for your awesome connections and effort - his posters are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Swwweeet</span>!</span>), and on his stickers (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">thank you, Mrs. Boyce for your creative, computer genius and endearing patience!</span>) and on his speech...<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Thank you George for knowing<br />exactly what you stand for!</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >You Bet Your Bottom Dollar - George Is The One For President!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Good Luck Georgie ol' Boy - We love you!</span></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-32628922260324913062009-11-01T21:50:00.000-08:002009-11-04T23:09:44.931-08:00The Never-Ending Week of Halloween!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJoliIbz-I/AAAAAAAAA6s/WjIOZ6LsQSE/s1600-h/DSCF1197.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJoliIbz-I/AAAAAAAAA6s/WjIOZ6LsQSE/s400/DSCF1197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400493897197277154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Will this week ever end?</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tuesday =<br />Second Gr</span><span style="font-size:130%;">ade Spider & Bat Fair</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJpP4FtWnI/AAAAAAAAA60/-x9A6hUhSwY/s1600-h/DSCF1176.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJpP4FtWnI/AAAAAAAAA60/-x9A6hUhSwY/s400/DSCF1176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400494624645929586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I needed to include Jackson Bateman's habitat so you could understand the idea...Lulu's Bat Habitat was awesome! She used a flashlight to illuminate her bat-cave! Jackson's wasn't t</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">oo shabby either!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Wednesday = </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Tru</span><span style="font-size:130%;">nk or Trea</span><span style="font-size:130%;">t!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJqZWb9JTI/AAAAAAAAA68/rzM6BE4n1hM/s1600-h/DSCF1177.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJqZWb9JTI/AAAAAAAAA68/rzM6BE4n1hM/s400/DSCF1177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400495886922753330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Butler Girls with Pops and Thompson Girls with Dad!</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Ruby refused to wear her costume and decided on </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >a dirty, old recital dress</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Thursday =<br />School Hall</span><span style="font-size:130%;">oween Part</span><span style="font-size:130%;">ies & Par</span><span style="font-size:130%;">ade</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJr2TboZGI/AAAAAAAAA7E/duyQoQJv4UA/s1600-h/DSCF1179.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJr2TboZGI/AAAAAAAAA7E/duyQoQJv4UA/s320/DSCF1179.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400497483843920994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lu and h</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">er darling friends Jackie, Grace and Kate!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Have you ever seen such </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">boo-tiful</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> girls!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJsZQvKWgI/AAAAAAAAA7M/dgE81Yglayg/s1600-h/DSCF1186.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJsZQvKWgI/AAAAAAAAA7M/dgE81Yglayg/s320/DSCF1186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400498084415953410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">George and his buddies Nolan, Skylar, Connor and Gio!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aren't they <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">spoo</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">k-tacular?!</span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJtjyzAymI/AAAAAAAAA7U/5RS04KbIypo/s1600-h/DSCF1188.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJtjyzAymI/AAAAAAAAA7U/5RS04KbIypo/s400/DSCF1188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400499364869229154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lulu's very, first Halloween Parade!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Thank you Bartlett<br />for making a </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >new tradition this year!</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ruby refuses to wear her costume to her </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">pre-school Halloween Party and carries a "Chef" costume in her bag to school!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Friday =<br />Ballet Costume P</span><span style="font-size:130%;">a</span><span style="font-size:130%;">rty & Pumpk</span><span style="font-size:130%;">in Carv</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ing</span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJvkquXMZI/AAAAAAAAA7c/V_fOl4o5nCM/s1600-h/DSCF1194.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJvkquXMZI/AAAAAAAAA7c/V_fOl4o5nCM/s200/DSCF1194.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400501578905366930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJwbec7jFI/AAAAAAAAA7s/K6TIdAeeDqM/s1600-h/DSCF1195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJwbec7jFI/AAAAAAAAA7s/K6TIdAeeDqM/s200/DSCF1195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400502520503831634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJw63aw9EI/AAAAAAAAA70/oFKtm4BuscU/s1600-h/DSCF1193.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJw63aw9EI/AAAAAAAAA70/oFKtm4BuscU/s400/DSCF1193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400503059781579842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Ruby refused to wear her costume to Ballet...<br />at this point, I've given up on any possibility of her in a costume!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Saturday =<br />Thompson Hallowe</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">en Party & Trick or Treating!</span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJzo45w1MI/AAAAAAAAA8E/pPdhgq2UwaY/s1600-h/lulu+the+witch+%281+of+1%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJzo45w1MI/AAAAAAAAA8E/pPdhgq2UwaY/s200/lulu+the+witch+%281+of+1%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400506049477268674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJzbNA_svI/AAAAAAAAA78/GJq9ODeV7EE/s1600-h/ruby+with+the+bat+%281+of+1%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJzbNA_svI/AAAAAAAAA78/GJq9ODeV7EE/s200/ruby+with+the+bat+%281+of+1%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400505814358143730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The girls had a blast at Abbie and Daisy's Halloween Party on Saturday morning!</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Ruby still refuses to wear any costume and at the party wins the<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"Costume Most Like Yourself"</span> award!</span><br />*thanks for the pics Lindsay!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ1EfWb1kI/AAAAAAAAA8M/JeXjrxUv0EQ/s1600-h/DSCF1199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ1EfWb1kI/AAAAAAAAA8M/JeXjrxUv0EQ/s400/DSCF1199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400507623166170690" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span>Rubes decides to surprise us all and dresses up in a<br />"last minute, six dollar, Wal-Mart Pop's purchase"!<br />We figured</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > she just wanted to be like her sis!<br />She even wore face paint!</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ14TFIRvI/AAAAAAAAA8U/Ut9lRokfhZU/s1600-h/DSCF1203.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ14TFIRvI/AAAAAAAAA8U/Ut9lRokfhZU/s200/DSCF1203.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400508513225557746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ2Oc_vS6I/AAAAAAAAA8c/fG8x6r0nFac/s1600-h/DSCF1201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ2Oc_vS6I/AAAAAAAAA8c/fG8x6r0nFac/s200/DSCF1201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400508893844425634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ2ifnLO_I/AAAAAAAAA8k/I8qj_I95Ey4/s1600-h/DSCF1205.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SvJ2ifnLO_I/AAAAAAAAA8k/I8qj_I95Ey4/s400/DSCF1205.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400509238144089074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">For Halloween evening, The Dawahare's, The Thompson's and The Rich's joined us for chili & breadsticks and then,<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Trick or Treating </span></span>in the neighborhood!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">A fun and exhausting week! </span></span><br /></div></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-65078010576109212532009-07-12T22:31:00.000-07:002009-09-14T21:53:33.561-07:00This Really Is The Place!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyF2PpEktI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/iH46vWXeR4U/s1600-h/DSCF0807.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyF2PpEktI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/iH46vWXeR4U/s320/DSCF0807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380822821759128274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Okay, so I found a new favorite spot in SLC!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" >This is the Place Monument</span> </span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">So much fun! We did a full Cousin/Dee/Aunt/Grandma day! Everyone showed up in shifts! All lightweights! Of course, Sam and I are die-hards and spent the whole, dusty, 100 degree day there! The kids had a blast! Activities mixed with a <span style="font-style: italic;">picnic</span>, mixed with<span style="font-style: italic;"> history</span>, mixed with <span style="font-style: italic;">ice cream</span>, mixed with a <span style="font-style: italic;">gift shop</span>, mixed with a <span style="font-style: italic;">farm</span>... <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">these are a few of my</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">favorite things!</span></span> In talking to a pioneer volunteer, I found out you can dress like a pioneer and volunteer with your kids all day! The kids just get to run free throughout the little town streets and farm! The kids agreed it would be crazy-fun! Next summer we are so doing this... I just need to break the news to Rich!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Lu and Geo</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >rge playing "pioneer kid games"!<br />Do</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >n't th</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >ey look like naturals?</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyGZA3K22I/AAAAAAAAA5g/QIFtS20xWZ8/s1600-h/DSCF0812.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyGZA3K22I/AAAAAAAAA5g/QIFtS20xWZ8/s200/DSCF0812.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380823419087149922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyGGlVkTVI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/CRi9s1a3tg8/s1600-h/DSCF0810.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyGGlVkTVI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/CRi9s1a3tg8/s320/DSCF0810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380823102460808530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Rubes, George and</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" > Memphis (<span style="font-style: italic;">the only ones without aversions or allergies</span>) rode ponies and fed the baby sheep wit</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">h bottles of milk!<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Rubes, of course </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >made fast friends and wanted to take one home!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyGwAC8AsI/AAAAAAAAA5o/-6KmYubUbhM/s1600-h/DSCF0816.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyGwAC8AsI/AAAAAAAAA5o/-6KmYubUbhM/s200/DSCF0816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380823814005064386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyG-YhiiyI/AAAAAAAAA5w/D7TxQCy3g08/s1600-h/DSCF0818.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyG-YhiiyI/AAAAAAAAA5w/D7TxQCy3g08/s200/DSCF0818.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380824061094038306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyHPpDwKCI/AAAAAAAAA54/lI4JUV3cRP8/s1600-h/DSCF0820.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyHPpDwKCI/AAAAAAAAA54/lI4JUV3cRP8/s400/DSCF0820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380824357590280226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyHiPUciKI/AAAAAAAAA6A/-DUohnOJ0m0/s1600-h/DSCF0830.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyHiPUciKI/AAAAAAAAA6A/-DUohnOJ0m0/s320/DSCF0830.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380824677098490018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyHyWNrClI/AAAAAAAAA6I/m4CWC23udX0/s1600-h/DSCF0831.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyHyWNrClI/AAAAAAAAA6I/m4CWC23udX0/s200/DSCF0831.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380824953827035730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >George, Allie, Morgan and Lu<br />in front of the first </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >BYU</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" > building!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyIGqOfaCI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/w5T72I3wPn8/s1600-h/DSCF0832.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyIGqOfaCI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/w5T72I3wPn8/s400/DSCF0832.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380825302796560418" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Another fun summer day!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyIYm-It9I/AAAAAAAAA6Y/SwOSBY_TaJc/s1600-h/DSCF0808.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqyIYm-It9I/AAAAAAAAA6Y/SwOSBY_TaJc/s320/DSCF0808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380825611160303570" border="0" /></a>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-37855322398073126772009-07-11T21:32:00.000-07:002009-09-12T22:53:52.989-07:00Every Tuesday & Thursday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx2zNTvEKI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/B5XRXsRmlVg/s1600-h/DSCF0805.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx2zNTvEKI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/B5XRXsRmlVg/s400/DSCF0805.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380806276918743202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx4nmDy44I/AAAAAAAAA4w/T9rWTDp46UQ/s1600-h/DSCF0802.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx4nmDy44I/AAAAAAAAA4w/T9rWTDp46UQ/s200/DSCF0802.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380808276427596674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyone who knows me even a little, knows</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" > <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I LOVE Wheeler Farm!</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> So just imagine my excitement when my sister Sam, not necessarily a "Farm Girl", agreed to meet me and the kids after work for a picnic! Wait, it get's better! This turned into a </span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >s u m m e r - l o n g </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> tradition! Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, after Sam finished work, we would all meet at</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;" > The Farm </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">for dinner. Some nights Grandma & Grandpa would stop by as well. The kids were in heaven! They created a game call </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >"Apple Races"</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> where they would pick crab-apples from the trees and float them down the stream. We fed the ducks and Geese. Some nights we wouldn't even visit the animals, we would just play under the big oaks on the grass or swim in the stream. Sam and I would sit in the shade and catch up on the week. The<span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">only</span> </span>thing better than the Farm, is... </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >Family at the Farm! </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx50w-hbZI/AAAAAAAAA5A/2dzDcjtAgBs/s1600-h/DSCF0796.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx50w-hbZI/AAAAAAAAA5A/2dzDcjtAgBs/s320/DSCF0796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380809602208198034" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Morgan, Lulu, Ruby and Memphis</span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wondering about Mem's huge goose-egg?</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yes, it's from Ruby! Our first </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">week in SLC, Ruby accidentally hit her in the forehead with a golf club!</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx5eJDwNvI/AAAAAAAAA44/Lu7Nt1OVx3M/s1600-h/DSCF0876.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx5eJDwNvI/AAAAAAAAA44/Lu7Nt1OVx3M/s320/DSCF0876.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380809213535598322" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx4YJN0KbI/AAAAAAAAA4o/2LjcRZ2y2uo/s1600-h/DSCF0800.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx4YJN0KbI/AAAAAAAAA4o/2LjcRZ2y2uo/s200/DSCF0800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380808010986957234" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx6JVFF71I/AAAAAAAAA5I/J8ZA2bcACYE/s1600-h/DSCF0803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sqx6JVFF71I/AAAAAAAAA5I/J8ZA2bcACYE/s400/DSCF0803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380809955496816466" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Apple Races!</span><br /></span></span></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-79383706814408002112009-07-08T20:25:00.000-07:002009-09-12T22:54:13.663-07:00A Bit of Summer Reading!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/218189214_bc67971d19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/218189214_bc67971d19.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/1539851628_71234ee096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/1539851628_71234ee096.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />I made Lu and George a deal at the beginning of the summer... re</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">ad</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> a full book series o</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">ver the course of summer vacation... <span style="font-size:130%;">choose your reward!</span> George choose the Lightening Thief Series of three good size</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">d books. He fini</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">shed the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">series @ 10:00 pm the night before </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">sch</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">ool. Just squeaking by! He loves this series and is <span style="font-style: italic;">now</span> reading the fourth book, Battle of th</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">e Labyrinth. His r</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">eward?</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3534299298_9bc3899467.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 105px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3534299298_9bc3899467.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well Lulu's passion is reading and she finished her Romona Series <span style="font-style: italic;">(Beasus and Romona,Romona the Pest, Romona the Brave a</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">nd Romona and her Father)</span> by the end of June! She the</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">n went on to read the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">second series <span style="font-style: italic;">(Romona and her Mot</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">her, Romona Forever, Ramona Quimby Age Eight, Romona's World)</span> all by the end of July! Her well deserved reward was...drum roll please....</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >A salon manicure & pedicure!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqxnO0hSh5I/AAAAAAAAA3w/fwaPPDw3CjM/s1600-h/DSCF0788.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqxnO0hSh5I/AAAAAAAAA3w/fwaPPDw3CjM/s400/DSCF0788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380789159114999698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Whatever Lulu does, Rubes wants to do too! The best thing about</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">sisters</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">is getting to share everything! The girls had soo much fun being pampered!</span></span></span> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqxwVmSBq4I/AAAAAAAAA34/aUP_T_YbqBE/s1600-h/DSCF0789.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqxwVmSBq4I/AAAAAAAAA34/aUP_T_YbqBE/s200/DSCF0789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380799171156618114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqxzK4Y0AdI/AAAAAAAAA4I/fwqTXG_IjvM/s1600-h/DSCF0790.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqxzK4Y0AdI/AAAAAAAAA4I/fwqTXG_IjvM/s200/DSCF0790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380802285573243346" border="0" /></a>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-40744669024694662972009-07-04T23:06:00.000-07:002009-09-07T00:40:08.120-07:00The Fourth of July!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSjMmTP39I/AAAAAAAAA14/oYaxbOxG5yM/s1600-h/DSCF0759.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSjMmTP39I/AAAAAAAAA14/oYaxbOxG5yM/s400/DSCF0759.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378603291822251986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I love <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >Fourth of July</span> for so many reasons, but the top of my list is seeing my proud Pop's in his ol' Willey's Jeep with the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >American Flag</span> flying!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSlLhnt73I/AAAAAAAAA2A/jB0gVbCSCDE/s1600-h/DSCF0770.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSlLhnt73I/AAAAAAAAA2A/jB0gVbCSCDE/s200/DSCF0770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378605472409317234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSlicahu1I/AAAAAAAAA2I/-AoB2g3gbUM/s1600-h/DSCF0779.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSlicahu1I/AAAAAAAAA2I/-AoB2g3gbUM/s200/DSCF0779.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378605866148805458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSl6qvUaEI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/fJUpiq8lX-c/s1600-h/DSCF0774.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSl6qvUaEI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/fJUpiq8lX-c/s200/DSCF0774.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378606282310969410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSmLRJoKDI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/wq7Lvm_Xx9A/s1600-h/DSCF0768.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSmLRJoKDI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/wq7Lvm_Xx9A/s200/DSCF0768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378606567499769906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Fourth of July @ Brighton </span></span>has become such a great tradition for both Rich's and my families! We meet up at the top of Brighton Proper first thing in the morning on the Fourth. There's a big pancake breakfast, a small parade, lots of friends & neighbors and larger than life beauty all around! The kids have a blast with all the cousins and friends... and of course the great outdoors!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSm57w1R5I/AAAAAAAAA2g/0c548p7TrH8/s1600-h/DSCF0767.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSm57w1R5I/AAAAAAAAA2g/0c548p7TrH8/s320/DSCF0767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378607369212479378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Me and my childhood best friend and next-door neighbor, Jenny Lund Lemberes.</span><br />Growing up, we caused quite a bit of trouble! Jenny and I were ruthless big-sisters! Thanks heavens our sisters have forgiven us! Jenny's little sister, Mandy, is Sam's best friend. All of our kids are about the same age... it's so fun to see them all together!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSn6S7QdoI/AAAAAAAAA2o/FCf0R1HB2so/s1600-h/DSCF0765.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSn6S7QdoI/AAAAAAAAA2o/FCf0R1HB2so/s400/DSCF0765.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378608474941847170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Sam's Morgan, My Lulu, Jenny's Gabe and Mandy's Abbie!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSo0FNtC9I/AAAAAAAAA2w/LYyfKrc2IMk/s1600-h/DSCF0785.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSo0FNtC9I/AAAAAAAAA2w/LYyfKrc2IMk/s400/DSCF0785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378609467693534162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Butler/Judd Cousins</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSpCdaDR9I/AAAAAAAAA24/IsAW0lUv7Ts/s1600-h/DSCF0780.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSpCdaDR9I/AAAAAAAAA24/IsAW0lUv7Ts/s400/DSCF0780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378609714705942482" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Butler/Start Cousins with Grandpa</span></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >You might be asking, "Where is Ruby in all these pictures?"...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSps_mWHHI/AAAAAAAAA3A/YByviG0wluE/s1600-h/DSCF0771.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSps_mWHHI/AAAAAAAAA3A/YByviG0wluE/s400/DSCF0771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378610445438819442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">You can usually find her here... in Papa's arms!</span><br /></span></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-90706042708026471202009-06-07T23:49:00.000-07:002009-09-07T00:09:18.530-07:00Lulu's Recital<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqStPoWhJcI/AAAAAAAAA3I/ij6FznjR-mM/s1600-h/DSCF0707.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqStPoWhJcI/AAAAAAAAA3I/ij6FznjR-mM/s400/DSCF0707.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378614339028723138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Lulu and Kate</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">This year's dance recital theme was High School Musical and it was held at a local High School Gymnasium. Lulu danced in two pieces: Jazz/Tap and Ballet. Ballet is Lu's favorite and it shows! She is amazing! Because of the magic of carpooling, Rich and I hadn't seen her dance all year. So when she performed her first number, we were in tears! </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Lulu can really dance.</span> She is such a beautiful ballerina!</span><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqStfMi1cGI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/ceKG7Gj8tgU/s1600-h/DSCF0709.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqStfMi1cGI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/ceKG7Gj8tgU/s400/DSCF0709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378614606442098786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqStwQIPX2I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/Elz2AhHvpT8/s1600-h/DSCF0713.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqStwQIPX2I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/Elz2AhHvpT8/s200/DSCF0713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378614899462070114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSt_b3h2MI/AAAAAAAAA3g/AkjHUs5m9tc/s1600-h/DSCF0716.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSt_b3h2MI/AAAAAAAAA3g/AkjHUs5m9tc/s200/DSCF0716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378615160311240898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSuQVU1M-I/AAAAAAAAA3o/ZM0rrIivvg4/s1600-h/DSCF0721.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSuQVU1M-I/AAAAAAAAA3o/ZM0rrIivvg4/s400/DSCF0721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378615450612872162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Bravo, Bravo!<br /></span></span></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-68255145078371936512009-06-07T22:44:00.000-07:002009-09-06T23:05:21.019-07:00The Start Cousins Help Kick Off Summer!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSeJglfotI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/l5kOTTmbeAw/s1600-h/DSCF0727.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSeJglfotI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/l5kOTTmbeAw/s400/DSCF0727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378597741190423250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sam, Eric, Morgan and Memphis helped us</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" > "Start" </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">summer off right with a weekend visit!</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Since Morgs and Mems are <span style="font-style: italic;">part fish,</span> we swam a lot! I've never seen two girls love the water more! We even got to help Morgan celebrate an early 8th Birthday!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSfRfYwScI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/HT5_igtdjlw/s1600-h/DSCF0731.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSfRfYwScI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/HT5_igtdjlw/s400/DSCF0731.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378598977819134402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The best thing about having visitors... doing all the <span style="font-style: italic;">touristy</span> things here in Vegas! It's about the only time the kids and I ever make it down to The Strip!<br /> The kids love exploring FAO Swartz!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSgsApODqI/AAAAAAAAA1o/U8MK7gWpFWw/s1600-h/DSCF0704.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSgsApODqI/AAAAAAAAA1o/U8MK7gWpFWw/s200/DSCF0704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378600532934790818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSg-qk7jVI/AAAAAAAAA1w/VwLZixR2hdg/s1600-h/DSCF0706.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSg-qk7jVI/AAAAAAAAA1w/VwLZixR2hdg/s200/DSCF0706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378600853428735314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Memphis and Ruby gave us a preview of what to expect from them during our summer in SLC!<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Double-Trouble!</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSf90KrogI/AAAAAAAAA1g/qqEEjyGcPXs/s1600-h/DSCF0729.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSf90KrogI/AAAAAAAAA1g/qqEEjyGcPXs/s400/DSCF0729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378599739311497730" border="0" /></a><br /></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-79882687481996296382009-06-05T21:32:00.000-07:002009-09-06T22:17:05.887-07:00Last Day of School!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSVZ26jhHI/AAAAAAAAA0o/xPPXe9zG_5M/s1600-h/DSCF0628.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSVZ26jhHI/AAAAAAAAA0o/xPPXe9zG_5M/s320/DSCF0628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378588126457594994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Last Day of School finally arrived... and we were more than ready this year! We need a break from dance, baseball, golf, projects, homework...<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> we </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >need</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> summer!</span></span> We get <span style="font-size:180%;">one</span> month of <span style="font-size:100%;">Vegas summer</span> and then we head on up to SLC for<span style="font-size:180%;"> 5 1/2</span> weeks of <span style="font-size:100%;">Utah summer! </span> So look out sleeping in, look<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> out slurpees, look out swimming before breakfast, look out late nights, look out rec center waterslide... <span style="font-size:180%;">then watch out Utah - <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >here we come!</span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSPSOMatCI/AAAAAAAAA0A/yDM6ED-5-vE/s1600-h/DSCF0691.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSPSOMatCI/AAAAAAAAA0A/yDM6ED-5-vE/s320/DSCF0691.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378581398197810210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br />Lulu with her darling first grade friends Grace, Jackie and McKenzie!</span></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSTf5YhVZI/AAAAAAAAA0g/hG1Jn8c-01A/s1600-h/DSCF0531.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSTf5YhVZI/AAAAAAAAA0g/hG1Jn8c-01A/s320/DSCF0531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378586031176111506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />George on a feild trip with buddies Gio, Mr. Rose, Kevin, Darien, Lauren, Lacey, Mikel and Mikalah!<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSRscuI5tI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/WillpeDvwQY/s1600-h/DSCF0694.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSRscuI5tI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/WillpeDvwQY/s200/DSCF0694.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378584047797200594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSR-hhbmDI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/tvdnV8TEvhc/s1600-h/DSCF0699.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSR-hhbmDI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/tvdnV8TEvhc/s200/DSCF0699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378584358323722290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >Lulu & Mrs. Gaughan and Geroge & Mr. Rosensteel</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We love our Bartlett Teachers! Both amazing and kind! Both are officially Butler Family friends forever! </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" > Thank you for a wonderful year packed with great memories and friends!</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Oh, and we learned a little too!</span>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-7866163711362518272009-05-01T22:17:00.000-07:002009-09-06T22:44:35.346-07:00Baseball vs. Lacrosse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSX3lh4xDI/AAAAAAAAA0w/tMPyLiaHnXs/s1600-h/DSCF0457.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSX3lh4xDI/AAAAAAAAA0w/tMPyLiaHnXs/s400/DSCF0457.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378590836210058290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">George played Baseball again this year... his team... </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >The A's.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> He is number </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">6!</span> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Ya gotta love Baseball Buns! He tried out for "kid pitch" and it's a whole different ballgame! (pun intended) The boys were bigger and the pitches crazier! But he's lovin it!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSYX-TxTpI/AAAAAAAAA1A/esA81XWVf4M/s1600-h/DSCF0461.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSYX-TxTpI/AAAAAAAAA1A/esA81XWVf4M/s320/DSCF0461.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378591392617549458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The girls also love Baseball... but for an entirely different reason...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;">The Snack-Shack!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Both girls are able to eat their weight in Airheads!</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSYEKGmc1I/AAAAAAAAA04/G_nXrcPmMBA/s1600-h/DSCF0460.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSYEKGmc1I/AAAAAAAAA04/G_nXrcPmMBA/s400/DSCF0460.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378591052186153810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSaiGhowbI/AAAAAAAAA1I/NyGmtqVk4Qg/s1600-h/DSCF0451.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SqSaiGhowbI/AAAAAAAAA1I/NyGmtqVk4Qg/s320/DSCF0451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378593765645140402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I think next year the "other" spring sport may steal George away! Cousins Connor and Hunter play and George is getting the Lacrosse bug...</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">I sure hope Lacrosse has a Snack-Shack!</span><br /></span><br /></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-72874588003676943212009-04-26T23:40:00.000-07:002009-09-03T00:59:54.816-07:00Twelve Years!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9n7dNdHgI/AAAAAAAAAz4/m3NnzryxBx4/s1600-h/Nikki+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9n7dNdHgI/AAAAAAAAAz4/m3NnzryxBx4/s400/Nikki+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377130751254666754" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Rich and I were set-up in January of 1996. I <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">knew</span> I would marry him on our second date. We fell in love during the spring and we knew we wanted to be married that next spring. We had a small, intimate wedding Saturday, April 26th 1997 in <span style="font-family:verdana;">The Little White Chapel</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span>across the street from the Utah State Capital. Our ceremony was followed by a lovely, wedding luncheon at <a href="http://www.tuscanyslc.com/">Tuscany</a>. It snowed the day before our wedding; yet that morning was the most beautiful, warm, big-blue sky, spring day! We loved Our Wedding Day! Rich cried, my Pops cried...it was perfect! We both have said the only thing we would change, would be to make the day last longer!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9nOeFf-mI/AAAAAAAAAzg/2ascLVwzc4w/s1600-h/Nikki+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9nOeFf-mI/AAAAAAAAAzg/2ascLVwzc4w/s400/Nikki+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377129978395621986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our dear friends, Kathy and Andrew Stirling and The Happy Couple at our Rehearsal Dinner, The Chart House Restaurant.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9nWIY9ZoI/AAAAAAAAAzo/lVe9twcbEYo/s1600-h/Nikki+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9nWIY9ZoI/AAAAAAAAAzo/lVe9twcbEYo/s400/Nikki+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377130110010615426" border="0" /></a>He still makes me laugh!<br /></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-22567941560504232702009-04-20T23:07:00.000-07:002009-09-02T23:37:18.637-07:00Spring!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9ftAwa2QI/AAAAAAAAAyw/GWX34y0y7IA/s1600-h/DSCF0622.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9ftAwa2QI/AAAAAAAAAyw/GWX34y0y7IA/s400/DSCF0622.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377121707005499650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9f_LAD75I/AAAAAAAAAy4/runmA5K3334/s1600-h/DSCF0624.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9f_LAD75I/AAAAAAAAAy4/runmA5K3334/s320/DSCF0624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377122018993106834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Spring </span>brought<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" > Ladybugs! </span>Tons of them! Everyday Rubes and I picnic on the front lawn and she collects her "little friends"! <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Spring</span> also brought Grandma Dee Dee to town! Rich and I decided to take a stay-cation at the <a href="http://www.bellagio.com">Bellagio Hotel </a>and Dee Dee held down the fort for a few days! I love watching Dee soak up the <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >SUN</span> by the pool after a long Utah winter! It's the realization of where Rich gets his sun-worshiping from! She repeats all weekend, "You just don't know how good this sun feels!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9g27D_nXI/AAAAAAAAAzA/PomJvfPbV-g/s1600-h/DSCF0606.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sp9g27D_nXI/AAAAAAAAAzA/PomJvfPbV-g/s320/DSCF0606.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377122976787307890" border="0" /></a>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-79206080313918789522009-04-12T21:30:00.000-07:002009-09-02T23:33:05.592-07:00Easter Eggstravaganza!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/So9S0zAdH1I/AAAAAAAAAxw/FWQHAuQv6Qw/s1600-h/DSCF0589.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/So9S0zAdH1I/AAAAAAAAAxw/FWQHAuQv6Qw/s400/DSCF0589.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372603947475083090" border="0" /></a>Easter Weekend was beautiful! Saturday we woke up to a little bit of welcomed rain! This spring shower didn't put a damper on our <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" >2nd Annual Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt and Social!</span> Lots of kiddos showed up with baskets ready for the mad-dash! We<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" >LOVE</span> </span> our neighborhood and this has become such a fun event for us to look forward to! Thank you Boyce Family and Avery Family for helping each year to make this<span style="font-size:180%;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">eggstra</span></span> special!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6wJMD0YwI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/O_bfsJumsKU/s1600-h/DSCF0544.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358914278520021762" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6wJMD0YwI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/O_bfsJumsKU/s320/DSCF0544.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Easter Morning, George was the first one up (as usual) with Lu and Ru close behind him! Lulu was<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >Queen of the Egg Hunt</span><br /></div> this year and found her eggs in record time! Rubes is still just <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">fascinated </span></span>by the whole experience!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6wsqa2McI/AAAAAAAAAxg/iV_eCqRo93s/s1600-h/DSCF0586.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358914887965094338" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6wsqa2McI/AAAAAAAAAxg/iV_eCqRo93s/s320/DSCF0586.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/So9TZ54JYCI/AAAAAAAAAx4/kVjXWZeVhHk/s1600-h/DSCF0580.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/So9TZ54JYCI/AAAAAAAAAx4/kVjXWZeVhHk/s320/DSCF0580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372604584974442530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><br /><br /><div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6vbzl1fzI/AAAAAAAAAxA/e4bQKuAMBYY/s1600-h/DSCF0573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358913498857701170" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 300px; height: 400px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6vbzl1fzI/AAAAAAAAAxA/e4bQKuAMBYY/s400/DSCF0573.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6vbzl1fzI/AAAAAAAAAxA/e4bQKuAMBYY/s1600-h/DSCF0573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358913908265976050" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6vzowYAPI/AAAAAAAAAxI/sSVpWazIUzk/s400/DSCF0567.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/So9T9pYE54I/AAAAAAAAAyA/Aq8Yexg7zFk/s1600-h/DSCF0555.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/So9T9pYE54I/AAAAAAAAAyA/Aq8Yexg7zFk/s400/DSCF0555.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372605199020255106" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-17248533581378910372009-03-26T19:27:00.000-07:002009-08-15T12:46:36.362-07:00My Baby!<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6L3D11g-I/AAAAAAAAAwY/ggoMITZ2xV8/s1600-h/P3280014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358874384657646562" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6L3D11g-I/AAAAAAAAAwY/ggoMITZ2xV8/s400/P3280014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6LWM4UEKI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/IsyDxXZI6OE/s1600-h/P9120014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358873820148273314" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6LWM4UEKI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/IsyDxXZI6OE/s400/P9120014.JPG" border="0" /></a>Can you believe this sweet, little, California-born babe has grown into our <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Big</span> <span style="font-size:180%;">Three-Year-Old Ruby!</span></span> Rubes calls <em><span style="font-size:180%;">all</span></em> the shots at the Butler Home and I can't even imagine our family before her... </div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" >p e a c e f u l ?</span> </div><div align="center">Rubes<em><span style="font-size:130%;"> never</span></em> stops talking (demanding) and speaks with a <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><em>low, raspy voice, hand gestures & a slight, Spanish accent</em></span>... she's an original!<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358869334640597890" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6HRHD8m4I/AAAAAAAAAvo/BcquBX--ziM/s400/DSCF0514.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">For her birthday, Ruby wanted to ride the Carousel and have cupcakes with <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >pink fluff icing!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">What Ruby wants, Ruby gets!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SlgYDpYaH9I/AAAAAAAAAvI/GTeAU7XBeu0/s1600-h/DSCF0488.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357058207684108242" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SlgYDpYaH9I/AAAAAAAAAvI/GTeAU7XBeu0/s200/DSCF0488.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6IujtMYUI/AAAAAAAAAv4/9zJbcy97PHI/s1600-h/DSCF0489.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358870940057624898" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6IujtMYUI/AAAAAAAAAv4/9zJbcy97PHI/s320/DSCF0489.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6IYdU-RVI/AAAAAAAAAvw/G-q55k2mEKE/s1600-h/DSCF0497.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358870560388302162" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/Sl6IYdU-RVI/AAAAAAAAAvw/G-q55k2mEKE/s320/DSCF0497.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357058832211239842" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 150px; height: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SlgYn_7R46I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/qNtcjoeiiOM/s200/DSCF0500.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357059525040790674" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SlgZQU6t3JI/AAAAAAAAAvY/b6DNo_yRu14/s400/DSCF0521.JPG" border="0" /> </p></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-48118510478135551932009-02-19T20:30:00.000-08:002009-02-19T21:49:41.872-08:00Bravo, Bears and Broadway Bound?!The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind! And with the beginning of baseball season, robotics club and golf clinic, it's bound to stay this way for a while! Here are some highlights from the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >big kids</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ4y7FSoTQI/AAAAAAAAAsw/AauiivbL3UM/s1600-h/DSCF0297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ4y7FSoTQI/AAAAAAAAAsw/AauiivbL3UM/s400/DSCF0297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304733401703009538" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">This is what an </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >A+</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> Nati</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ve American project looks like!</span><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ4z3rPbs9I/AAAAAAAAAs4/nlVwFHNu8uY/s1600-h/DSCF0285.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ4z3rPbs9I/AAAAAAAAAs4/nlVwFHNu8uY/s200/DSCF0285.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304734442682299346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ40KaQpEEI/AAAAAAAAAtA/JCizXrTIilE/s1600-h/DSCF0357.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ40KaQpEEI/AAAAAAAAAtA/JCizXrTIilE/s200/DSCF0357.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304734764541481026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >George receiving his <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >"Bear"</span> award and being uniform inspected by an Air Force </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Major!</span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ40wfp0UTI/AAAAAAAAAtI/DlXusta5BYI/s1600-h/DSCF0376.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ40wfp0UTI/AAAAAAAAAtI/DlXusta5BYI/s400/DSCF0376.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304735418824282418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Miss Lulu's Bartlett Elementary Musical Debut!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ44H893dAI/AAAAAAAAAtw/H_OLlT8c7iM/s1600-h/DSCF0391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ44H893dAI/AAAAAAAAAtw/H_OLlT8c7iM/s200/DSCF0391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304739120364876802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ44grsdSxI/AAAAAAAAAt4/DF30pyRbXEw/s1600-h/DSCF0393.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZ44grsdSxI/AAAAAAAAAt4/DF30pyRbXEw/s200/DSCF0393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304739545225186066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Lulu with her teacher and darling friends!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;">We are so grateful for our <span style="font-style: italic;">wonderful</span> school and community!</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-80477470918481312412009-02-16T14:49:00.000-08:002009-02-16T16:00:03.874-08:00How was your St. Valentine's Day?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZnxW-6kEXI/AAAAAAAAAsA/akfqDCUexOk/s1600-h/DSCF0345.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZnxW-6kEXI/AAAAAAAAAsA/akfqDCUexOk/s320/DSCF0345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303535413353517426" border="0" /></a>Rubes <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">cashed in </span></span>on both George and Lulu's class <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Valentine's Day Parties!</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>We all made our Valentines, Valentine boxes and Valentine's sugar cookies and hit the school-party circuit on Friday!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZn3cEG9FAI/AAAAAAAAAsI/GRHbl0jtiqY/s1600-h/DSCF0343.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZn3cEG9FAI/AAAAAAAAAsI/GRHbl0jtiqY/s320/DSCF0343.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303542097716777986" border="0" /></a>This year no one was sick for Valentine's Day! For George this was the <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1st</span></span> time since Kindergarten that he was able to be at school for the <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">BIG class Valentine's exchange and party!</span> </span></span>The past three years he has had some random flu or fever... this year he made a Valentine's Box for a class contest and exchanged Valentine's with his friends.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZn5U0ktDdI/AAAAAAAAAsg/mtd26sxwIkc/s1600-h/DSCF0337.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 187px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZn5U0ktDdI/AAAAAAAAAsg/mtd26sxwIkc/s400/DSCF0337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303544172310760914" border="0" /></a>Lu's class exchanged Valentine's, read Valentine's books and made ice cream sundaes! On Saturday evening, Valentine's were delivered to our door. Everyone in the family got a Valentine gift from their special Valentine, <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">but it was Lulu's gift that had the whole family excited! </span>Lulu's Valentine left for her a gift she has been wanting for months...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZn8Nht0SqI/AAAAAAAAAso/sq3K47Hk33w/s1600-h/DSCF0348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SZn8Nht0SqI/AAAAAAAAAso/sq3K47Hk33w/s400/DSCF0348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303547345524509346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >The Snuggie</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" > </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >and a box of chocolates!</span><br /></span></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-18573182004906141772009-01-29T12:27:00.000-08:002009-01-29T13:22:19.505-08:00For Mom & Pops!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SYIYBc_yZPI/AAAAAAAAArY/8F3TQgdlG2g/s1600-h/DSCF0298.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SYIYBc_yZPI/AAAAAAAAArY/8F3TQgdlG2g/s320/DSCF0298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296822524983796978" border="0" /></a>Today, talking to my mom on the phone, she wanted to know what <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Little Miss Ruby</span> was doing <span style="font-size:180%;">right at that moment...</span> so this is what Rubes was up to! At home, she is usually wearing little more than a bow and bracelet! Rue is a firecracker! She is constantly surprising all of us with her quirky, little self! The other day I was being stern with her about something she had done, and she replied, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >"You don't have to treat me like a crim</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >inal!" </span> Later that night, I realized it was a D.W. line from an Arthur book! We all laughed so hard, she now says it everyday!<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Oh and another thing... </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >Today is my dad's</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">85th</span> Birthday! Happy Birthday Pops</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SYIcN9FMkjI/AAAAAAAAArg/mgIuB4lNfhM/s1600-h/P1010032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SYIcN9FMkjI/AAAAAAAAArg/mgIuB4lNfhM/s320/P1010032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296827137801359922" border="0" /></a>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-34953682385787551942009-01-21T21:01:00.000-08:002009-01-22T11:05:42.056-08:00Oh Thank Heaven For Turning Seven!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXgA7aHv9DI/AAAAAAAAApo/F7jFjsqfg8Y/s1600-h/021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 288px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXgA7aHv9DI/AAAAAAAAApo/F7jFjsqfg8Y/s400/021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293982382598124594" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" >Lulu </span>turned <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">7 </span></span>this past week!<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span>Seven</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">!</span></span> Can you believe it? Our little Noodle Lu is now <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" >Seven!</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span>Our sweet, little chubby-cheeked beauty is now this amazing, intelligent, thoughtful, string-bean of a Lady! When Lu was a baby I used to sing (<span style="font-size:85%;">poorly</span>) <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >"Good Morning Beautiful"</span> to her each day... I have always been overwhelmed by her beautiful little self! As she gets older, I have the privilege of seeing daily, her true beauty... <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >her generous and loving perso</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >nality!</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Lulu has grown into a truly amazing Lady!</span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi5u0ceydI/AAAAAAAAApw/apC0sDX-Xt0/s1600-h/DSCF0201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi5u0ceydI/AAAAAAAAApw/apC0sDX-Xt0/s320/DSCF0201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294185575977241042" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >We celebrated on Saturday with a Tea Party for Lui and 8 of her closest friends!</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span>Each little-lady came dressed in her party dress and brought her favorite doll. We <span style="font-size:100%;">first </span>did hair, nails and make up and then retired to the dinning room for a light lunch and tea (<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">pink lemonade</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)</span>! All the ladies remembered to bring their manners and amazed me with their lady-like behavior! This was my favorite birthday party yet!<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">It </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">was so sweet and peaceful!</span></span> George even got in on the action by serving the ladies crustless turkey and jam sandwiches on silver trays!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi6fl3gA7I/AAAAAAAAAp4/x0sVoEW-VBA/s1600-h/DSCF0220.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi6fl3gA7I/AAAAAAAAAp4/x0sVoEW-VBA/s200/DSCF0220.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294186413877625778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi65HrY4RI/AAAAAAAAAqA/xJxSxr97ER0/s1600-h/DSCF0222.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi65HrY4RI/AAAAAAAAAqA/xJxSxr97ER0/s200/DSCF0222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294186852450361618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi7hdWnYiI/AAAAAAAAAqI/i25wvDn_UvA/s1600-h/DSCF0234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXi7hdWnYiI/AAAAAAAAAqI/i25wvDn_UvA/s200/DSCF0234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294187545463579170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXjBMmDKcmI/AAAAAAAAAqY/yxEiam-U8iI/s1600-h/DSCF0224.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXjBMmDKcmI/AAAAAAAAAqY/yxEiam-U8iI/s200/DSCF0224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294193784090423906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXjDSATJthI/AAAAAAAAAqo/KGQ2VbTWiqI/s1600-h/DSCF0237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SXjDSATJthI/AAAAAAAAAqo/KGQ2VbTWiqI/s400/DSCF0237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294196076059407890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668786922873236992.post-18775278398754209462009-01-12T22:18:00.000-08:002009-01-12T23:04:24.451-08:00Dancing Queen!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw4UhTifUI/AAAAAAAAApI/ZDdYKbQvZ_w/s1600-h/DSCF0144.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw4UhTifUI/AAAAAAAAApI/ZDdYKbQvZ_w/s320/DSCF0144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290665587442351426" border="0" /></a>Lulu had an Open House for her Tap/Jazz class tonight @ her dance studio. She and her darling friend Kate take classes twice a week together and Melis (Kate's mom) and I are able to carpool. It's so convenient and works out perfectly... <span style="font-style: italic;">except for one thing</span>, I never get to see Lulu dance anymore! So tonight was such a treat!<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> Lu is brilliant!</span></span> She has talent and grace that come so naturally to her! She constantly amazes me with the things she is able to accomplish!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">lulu and kate both turn <span style="font-size:180%;">7 </span>this week!</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw5rPBvVUI/AAAAAAAAApY/pF_zS28zsK4/s1600-h/DSCF0172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw5rPBvVUI/AAAAAAAAApY/pF_zS28zsK4/s320/DSCF0172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290667077184476482" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw1m8bUdoI/AAAAAAAAAog/AXLLG5oiAkw/s1600-h/DSCF0150.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw1m8bUdoI/AAAAAAAAAog/AXLLG5oiAkw/s200/DSCF0150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290662605425505922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw232kMprI/AAAAAAAAApA/EEXFMyoh6NQ/s1600-h/DSCF0166.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw232kMprI/AAAAAAAAApA/EEXFMyoh6NQ/s200/DSCF0166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290663995421533874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw2ltInfqI/AAAAAAAAAo4/vKZavUktG8M/s1600-h/DSCF0165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw2ltInfqI/AAAAAAAAAo4/vKZavUktG8M/s200/DSCF0165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290663683652288162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw1_UMBufI/AAAAAAAAAoo/IHuZMNpcQUk/s1600-h/DSCF0162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dc4AlDgJmEA/SWw1_UMBufI/AAAAAAAAAoo/IHuZMNpcQUk/s200/DSCF0162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290663024120674802" border="0" /></a>Now, of course, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruby </span></span>had to get in on the action! Lulu can't do anything without a<span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >little, very messy & loud, shadow!</span><span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span>So Ruby dressed herself in her dance gear (notice the tights over the leotard?) , packed her ballet bag and could not be restrained from participating in the routine! <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And somehow she new most of it!</span></span> Rubes took it very seriously and didn't hesitate for a second about getting up there in front of all the parents and onlookers! Lu, as usual, is such a great sport about her <span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">little sis!</span></span><span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span>She is a way better <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >BIG SIS</span> than I ever was... <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >sorry Sam!</span> Rubes starts her own ballet class this month - she is ready to take on the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >WORLD!</span>thebutlerfamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08094837715150691726noreply@blogger.com5