tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20862933451727946492024-03-14T00:58:43.766-05:00and the emmy award goes to...Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-21674448861269115532008-08-27T19:01:00.001-05:002008-08-27T20:18:26.012-05:00A Few More Photos<div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLXsDA1tUsI/AAAAAAAAANc/iiDdU4xsM_8/s1600-h/Engagement+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239353278024471234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLXsDA1tUsI/AAAAAAAAANc/iiDdU4xsM_8/s400/Engagement+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLXsDUCCKdI/AAAAAAAAANk/-3cU8D2lsyc/s1600-h/Engagement+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239353283176442322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLXsDUCCKdI/AAAAAAAAANk/-3cU8D2lsyc/s400/Engagement+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLXsDi0M_SI/AAAAAAAAANs/CjAP81uKiUc/s1600-h/Engagement+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239353287144963362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLXsDi0M_SI/AAAAAAAAANs/CjAP81uKiUc/s400/Engagement+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239367017287120018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX4ivlL9JI/AAAAAAAAAN0/CCdUjJg3HyY/s400/Engagement+(12).jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239367025275004418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX4jNVpZgI/AAAAAAAAAN8/gnpafXSfZ2M/s400/Engagement+(11).jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239367030542537010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX4jg9hkTI/AAAAAAAAAOE/b6Xoucewspo/s400/Engagement+(10).jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239368587015025618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX5-HRe89I/AAAAAAAAAOM/vd9sP6F3jkI/s400/Engagement+(15).jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239368594017155602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX5-hW6-hI/AAAAAAAAAOU/TUumwPipX9k/s400/Engagement+(9).jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239368604319633954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX5_HvOUiI/AAAAAAAAAOc/o1eKevPr4Co/s400/Engagement+(5).jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239370211195059986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX7cp0LfxI/AAAAAAAAAOk/StVsBF1nGJg/s400/Engagement+(4).jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239370213752221922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SLX7czV2sOI/AAAAAAAAAOs/m6lB-DOsy88/s400/Engagement+(8).jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-55287927413139742462008-06-09T10:10:00.012-05:002008-06-09T11:57:31.900-05:00Engagement Photos<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SE1fW9NGi9I/AAAAAAAAANM/Hde3ivmMXrA/s1600-h/card4+copy.jpg"></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SE1O_nUhXBI/AAAAAAAAALs/8984evt2Sfo/s1600-h/0300.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209907198731312146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SE1O_nUhXBI/AAAAAAAAALs/8984evt2Sfo/s400/0300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is Oklahoma. Where the wind comes sweeping down the plains. The wheat wasn't so much as waving at us that day - as it was trying to become deadly flying projectiles in the 80 mile an hour wind that later warned of tornadoes. But for a good system of roots we might have been killed. It was a really fun day. We kept having to fix Rob's hair. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209925197388549362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SE1fXRizjPI/AAAAAAAAANU/UjQX6sjpmxA/s400/laughy+face.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209920044033055074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SE1arTzHGWI/AAAAAAAAANE/4vW9fvA1KK4/s400/rob.emmy.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209912191583669026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SE1TiPJSSyI/AAAAAAAAAMk/s86uAQgVDU4/s400/0008.jpg" border="0" /></p><div align="center">more to come</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-54746350611425220912008-06-03T23:57:00.007-05:002008-06-07T17:11:40.322-05:00About Us<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SEYo7Raj2PI/AAAAAAAAALc/SrPvzSIp9DY/s1600-h/muddy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207895017852754162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/SEYo7Raj2PI/AAAAAAAAALc/SrPvzSIp9DY/s400/muddy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>HE ASKED!!!!!!</strong></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Well, it's official! Rob and Emmy will tie the knot Saturday, June 28th 2008 at 1030 am in the Provo temple! We will be having a dessert party the evening before at The Baird Home in Provo and a housewarming in July in Tulsa. Of course you are all invited to the party nearest you!<br /></div><div>We have been dating "a year plus months" as Rob likes to call it - which is actually a little over two. We met as Rob was attending dental school and Emmy was beginning medical school at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We have made such beautiful friends there and count ourselves lucky to have fallen in love in the midst of such kindness. We have now had callings together as co-chairs of FHE for longer than Rob was a missionary - and have had some super fun experiences in callings we both originally thought we would dread. And though we tease the Bishop about our tenure, it has truly been wonderful.</div><br /><div>Originally, our friend Tosha slyly programmed Emmy's number into Rob's cell phone in the midst of some of our first conversations. Knowing he had her number, Emmy was a little miffed that he never called or capitalized on his claims to know the "best tacos in town" (which they are, by the way.) So, she attributed it to lack of interest. But little did she know, the three bachelors in the back row of the church had already divied up the new girls of interest, and his conquest had secretly begun. Sweet Tosha had acidentally programmed in the wrong number- and so, after a few calls to someone who had no interest in tacos and a few notes on someone else's red Honda CRV who had no desires for an outing with a perfect stranger, the correct number was exchanged and the rest - in a way - is history. Or perhaps, as they say, the beginning.</div><br /><div>Emmy has said of Rob, "The minute he unfurled the wings of his laughter, I knew we would never be the same."</div><br /><div>And Rob has said of Emmy, "It only took two years plus months to break her will."</div><br /><div>So, we decided to travel the world together: first, the Mediterranean for falafels, then Mexico for tacos, a jaunt to Greece for gyros, and India for chicken korma. Students’ budgets are rather shoestring, so our Mediterranean market is a little closer. Mexico is the taco place on 29th street. Greece is on May and India is next to our grocery store. But love is the grand adventure. Shared laughter over bits of dinner, small acts of kindness, dark movies, long walks in thunderstorms… escapades for a lifetime. And we are thrilled that our lifetimes - will now be spent in each other's company.</div><br /><div>Thank you for checking in on us. And please find your way to our door - be it for ice cream, conversation, or a moment for us to share with you our admiration and love for the wonderful people like you in our lives. We are truly blessed.</div>Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-41768429026181256682008-01-31T13:37:00.000-06:002008-01-31T14:39:02.984-06:00Louisiana<div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center">Ringing in the New Year with a family Crab Boil<br />Aunt Ella Mae, Grandma Garber, Jared, Ricky, Johnny, Mom, Dad, and Me </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161728294736758322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IkiTreBjI/AAAAAAAAAIc/1d2FFY1-HVQ/s320/IMG_0110.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161729222449694354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IlYTreBpI/AAAAAAAAAJM/uSWfQYj2sKg/s320/IMG_0125.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161730652673803954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6ImrjreBrI/AAAAAAAAAJc/t93iQgVDoBM/s320/IMG_0124.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161728243197150738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IkfTreBhI/AAAAAAAAAIM/AooRN4tweMg/s320/IMG_0085.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161729200974857826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IlXDreBmI/AAAAAAAAAI0/zXXwFCS2e6k/s320/IMG_0098.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161733543186794258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IpTzreBxI/AAAAAAAAAKM/2CDKUmCeti4/s320/IMG_0100.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161733551776728866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IpUTreByI/AAAAAAAAAKU/AtMJA2FfKbU/s320/IMG_0106.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161734878921623346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IqhjreBzI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_wxJLuNSV6Q/s320/IMG_0095.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161729209564792450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IlXjreBoI/AAAAAAAAAJE/AbFSsbEHuVA/s320/IMG_0102.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161728307621660226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IkjDreBkI/AAAAAAAAAIk/FmZtccCpLXs/s320/IMG_0108.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IkeTreBgI/AAAAAAAAAIE/P7mPvG55CYs/s1600-h/IMG_0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161728226017281538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IkeTreBgI/AAAAAAAAAIE/P7mPvG55CYs/s320/IMG_0013.JPG" border="0" /></a>Oyster Po-boy sandwiches fully dressed down by the river </div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161730674148640466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6ImszreBtI/AAAAAAAAAJs/BEHQ5ZaeeeY/s320/IMG_0141.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center">I love that they emphasize they'll accept food stamps for seafood</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161732679898367746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IohjreBwI/AAAAAAAAAKE/d2L6Oji5xGw/s320/IMG_0121.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161730661263738562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6ImsDreBsI/AAAAAAAAAJk/eTFw2Pu_GgQ/s320/IMG_0063.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Where I came to love snow cones</div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161730682738575074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6ImtTreBuI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/asEK0YmlmbA/s320/IMG_0045.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Spanish Moss a la bayou </div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161741793818969986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6Iw0DreB4I/AAAAAAAAALA/H0RGqPZVwPg/s320/heather.oriana.me.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Met the girls on Bourbon Street at 11:59 pm<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161741841063610274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6Iw2zreB6I/AAAAAAAAALQ/wipSADy2QH8/s320/oriana.me.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161741810998839186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6Iw1DreB5I/AAAAAAAAALI/2xeL1PbPpag/s320/cafe+du+monde.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Oriana, Me, Carl, Heather - down for the Sugar Bowl</div><div align="center"> </div>Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-47134344830039211612008-01-31T12:04:00.000-06:002008-01-31T13:25:32.465-06:00A Few Favorites from 2007<div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO3TreBGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/DYz-kVFBZEM/s1600-h/scrunched.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161704466258199650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO3TreBGI/AAAAAAAAAE0/DYz-kVFBZEM/s320/scrunched.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Atticus Nicholson </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO6TreBHI/AAAAAAAAAE8/cwyZQ6ua8eE/s1600-h/Atticus1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161704517797807218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO6TreBHI/AAAAAAAAAE8/cwyZQ6ua8eE/s320/Atticus1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO6jreBII/AAAAAAAAAFE/yv8JBCAUbBc/s1600-h/IMG_0151.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161704522092774530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO6jreBII/AAAAAAAAAFE/yv8JBCAUbBc/s320/IMG_0151.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="center">Baird Family Reunion<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161711054738031842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IU2zreBOI/AAAAAAAAAF0/5M1wL3_mg_Q/s320/IMG_0165.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161716638195516738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IZ7zreBUI/AAAAAAAAAGk/LOuIiAXhWsU/s320/IMG_0156.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161711024673260722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IU1DreBLI/AAAAAAAAAFc/dYrQMEBGS9w/s320/IMG_0140.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161704552157545634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO8TreBKI/AAAAAAAAAFU/YvkvI62FotU/s320/IMG_0135.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161716595245843714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IZ5TreBQI/AAAAAAAAAGE/72gZ3CU4oOo/s320/Baird+Day2+copy.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO7zreBJI/AAAAAAAAAFM/tULoXs-oAlA/s1600-h/adam.bw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161704543567611026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IO7zreBJI/AAAAAAAAAFM/tULoXs-oAlA/s320/adam.bw.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161716616720680226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IZ6jreBSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/o3Hqm8nmPhA/s320/IMG_0326.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161716629605582130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IZ7TreBTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/T_NeVutkg7g/s320/IMG_0333.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161711046148097234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IU2TreBNI/AAAAAAAAAFs/Gn1Na4vwBEA/s320/IMG_0161.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161711037558162626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IU1zreBMI/AAAAAAAAAFk/h8ejjdiwbHY/s320/IMG_0807.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161716608130745618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IZ6DreBRI/AAAAAAAAAGM/twREcW3j8LE/s320/IMG_0217.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">California</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161721925300258210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IevjreBaI/AAAAAAAAAHU/rg6JVXi2Ddk/s320/IMG_0354.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161721938185160114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IewTreBbI/AAAAAAAAAHc/MNZAvfUqVY8/s320/IMG_0485.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161721946775094722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IewzreBcI/AAAAAAAAAHk/7d0tA6t50fc/s320/IMG_0513.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161719335434978706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IcYzreBZI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ZWOf4u8WTZo/s320/emmy+(3).jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161721994019734994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IezjreBdI/AAAAAAAAAHs/1PagpP9u2lQ/s320/Wicked.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161722006904636898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6Ie0TreBeI/AAAAAAAAAH0/N53aFmllrdI/s320/IMG_0111.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161722243127838194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R6IfCDreBfI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Etei4hYMBQ4/s320/IMG_0138.JPG" border="0" />Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-17176458117965582902007-11-18T12:11:00.001-06:002007-11-18T12:16:51.042-06:00Happy Birthday Oklahoma!!<div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R0CAonx75vI/AAAAAAAAAEM/voL4mKmIYiQ/s1600-h/OKLAHOMA.color.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134245010563917554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="164" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/R0CAonx75vI/AAAAAAAAAEM/voL4mKmIYiQ/s320/OKLAHOMA.color.jpg" width="373" border="0" /></strong></a><strong> 100 years of statehood! </strong></div><div align="left"><strong>November 16, 2007.­ </strong><br /></div>What a fun celebration. 100 years of Statehood. They did a little re-­enactment in Guthrie -­ reading Teddy Roosevelt's Proclamation -­ signed at 9 am with the quill of an eagle feather on Nov 16th 1907.­ "Oklahoma is now a state!" he said, with the final flourish of his pen.­ We got the official word that Oklahoma had become a state by telegram at 916 am and upon receiving, an Oklahoman went outside and shot a gun off in announcement to the 30,000 people gathered near the capitol.­ How cool, huh?! Then there was a pretend (oh sorry, "ceremonial") wedding of Miss Indian Territory and Mr.­ Oklahoma territory -­ and then THREE HOURS of speeches -­ including the hour long speech by the first governor, Governor Haskell (Less fun, huh) and a speech by other reperesentatives and one of the last boomers.­ (Isn't it awesome our state celebrates cheating?!) They had shortened versions today -­ that I watched from my bed as I studied Opiods Drugs.­ (studied -­ not took.­) :) So there you have it -­ a bit of history.­ For those not here, the weather is a bit chilly (though three days ago I wanted to go swimming) and the wind has been especially strong.­ I thought it was fitting that the wind was ripping through the man's hair and papers as he read the President's Proclamation in an Oklahoman accent.­ A few people lost their places as the wind blustered their pages around, sweeping down the plains and all.­ So, my great, great grandpa helped with the Oklahoma Constitutional convention -­ and had to ride by horseback home for several hours when my great grandmother (whom I am named after -­ Emlyn) was born.­ Ah.... What a great state - with a great state song.<br /><br />Anyways -­ eat some birthday cake or something in celebration.­ :) Just in case you needed an extra reason to eat sweets.­Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-15973099559973001572007-11-05T00:51:00.000-06:002007-12-09T21:26:57.072-06:00Hey Hey - Hey - Hey...Emmy...Guess What...<div align="left"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7AEIiKf2I/AAAAAAAAABg/XrCH8wGf-SU/s1600-h/ice+cream1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129248202864361314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7AEIiKf2I/AAAAAAAAABg/XrCH8wGf-SU/s320/ice+cream1.JPG" border="0" /></a>Rob and I had the distinct pleasure of taking my four fabulous cousins to the Omniplex – which is a hands on science museum. Here are a few of our goings on during the trip, beginning with the drive to the museum:<br /><br />My cousin Beck just turned three this October. And all of a sudden, just before his birthday, his words started pouring out. A lot of times, I can totally understand him. For instance, the first thing he asked as we got into the car was, Hey Hey – Hey – Hey…Emmy…What’s this car called? “It’s a mazda.” I replied. (PS I love that the Mazda had enough room for all of us with seatbelts.) “A Mazda?!” He asked incredulously. “Yep.” He seemed satisfied. But unfortunately, I did not know what kind of car Lightning McQueen was - much less what any of the other race cars were in Pixar's movie “Cars”. His brother Matt did inform me that Lightning McQueen turned into a Ferrari at the end….which is an interesting thought. But they seemed ok with my ignorance. Sometimes, however, there would be a lot of words that I just couldn’t understand, as hard as I tried to listen. They always started with Hey Hey - Hey - Hey Emmy...Guess what..." ("What") and then they'd go from there. So usually, if I had already said, “Say that one more time…” I would just be like, “No way. Are you serious?!” That seemed to work most of the time. But then once, Matt translated something like “he said he's gonna stick a knife in your tummy” and I was like – what?!! That’s what he said - and what I was so positive about?! Yeah, that's when I decided I needed to try listen even better. He is an awesome, little kid.</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7OfIiKgEI/AAAAAAAAADQ/wMhZlKC3nIc/s1600-h/IMG_0194.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129264059883618370" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7OfIiKgEI/AAAAAAAAADQ/wMhZlKC3nIc/s320/IMG_0194.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="left">In the 3.11 miles it took for us to get from their house to mine, which is where we were picking up Rob on the way , I had three distinct – “are we there yets." And I was like – no way! That really happens?!!<br /><br />We picked up Rob who sat in the front seat. And we hadn’t gone very much further when I thought I heard a little, Hey Hey – Hey – Hey Big Kid… Thereafter followed a story about something I didn’t quite catch. "Did you just call him big kid?" I had to make sure. And indeed he had. So, for the rest of the day, Rob, a.k.a. “Big Kid” would respond accordingly to his new name. I was enjoying the newfounded nickname much too much to actually teach Beck Rob’s real name. I think this name probably suited him even better much to our amusement.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/RzDA3IiKgJI/AAAAAAAAAD4/LMhPASEHfcU/s1600-h/IMG_0115.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129812028991111314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 249px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 176px" height="142" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/RzDA3IiKgJI/AAAAAAAAAD4/LMhPASEHfcU/s320/IMG_0115.JPG" width="216" border="0" /></a>The science museum was really fun. It’s funny how all of my favorite things growi<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7AXIiKf3I/AAAAAAAAABo/8KdI7EgRBQE/s1600-h/1886+bicycle.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129248529281875826" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="124" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7AXIiKf3I/AAAAAAAAABo/8KdI7EgRBQE/s320/1886+bicycle.gif" width="175" border="0" /></a>ng up are so ghetto now. I don’t know if it’s because they’re 20 years older – or if they were really always like that. I think it really might be the latter – which might be why it took dragging my parents to Big Splash or Showbiz Pizza through the years. I looked everywhere at the museum for the one thing I remembered loving as a little girl – the big magnet with the metal shavings you could build stuff out of. We found it eventually. But my microbiology class has ruined me, I think…because I started thinking about 25 years of germs and microbes accumulating from little people who were attracting a variety of bugs and probably weren’t washing their hands – and that neat-o toy became just a <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7IcYiKf_I/AAAAAAAAACo/xR0sj2YyOh4/s1600-h/IMG_0182.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129257415569211378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" height="187" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7IcYiKf_I/AAAAAAAAACo/xR0sj2YyOh4/s320/IMG_0182.JPG" width="295" border="0" /></a>little less cool. I really liked the bicycle exhibit. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/RzDBuIiKgKI/AAAAAAAAAEA/1T4UrUmpgfQ/s1600-h/IMG_0127.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129812973883916450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px" height="200" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/RzDBuIiKgKI/AAAAAAAAAEA/1T4UrUmpgfQ/s320/IMG_0127.JPG" width="120" border="0" /></a>I decided I definitely need to track down an old school tandem bike and wheel across the country – or at least across town to get snow cones. They were really cool. Wyatt was so good about watching out for his brothers and making sure they were ok. He's so smart and talented. It was fun to see he and Cali get along so well. She is just prettier and prettier and loved taking care of Beck. Matt’s energy was so awesome. He found so many cool gadgets and has such a neat take on life. At one point in the day he said, “Am I six yet? I’ve gotten so much older since my last birthday. I feel a lot older.”<br /><br />We went to get ice cream afterwards, and in case you didn’t know it…the bes<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7NIIiKgCI/AAAAAAAAADA/0uuM3IUfD9I/s1600-h/IMG_0261.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129262565234999330" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 92px" height="108" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7NIIiKgCI/AAAAAAAAADA/0uuM3IUfD9I/s320/IMG_0261.JPG" width="162" border="0" /></a>t way of eating ice <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7Kl4iKgBI/AAAAAAAAAC4/fQpXku_DJ1k/s1600-h/ice+cream4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129259777801224210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px" height="199" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7Kl4iKgBI/AAAAAAAAAC4/fQpXku_DJ1k/s320/ice+cream4.jpg" width="127" border="0" /></a>cream is cone first. I’m not talking eating the cone bite by bite til you’re done. I mean – you’re supposed to eat the cone off the ice cream so that in the end, you’re just left with a glob of ice cream – with which you can use your fingers to dip bites into your mouth. Some of you out there might not have realized that’s how it worked. But now you know. Then, you’re supposed to go and terrorize your older brother with ice cream covered hands. And kidnap the treats of anyone else’s at the table you can get a hold of and enact the same events.<br /><br />So, really, it was a wonderful trip. I am so grateful we got to go and so grateful to get to spend some time with my wonderful family. I love that Rob likes doing such things with me. It makes it even better. Hey hey, hey…hey – guess what… I am really a blessed woman. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129262831522971698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hPPBVLZyvWw/Ry7NXoiKgDI/AAAAAAAAADI/o3t9XM0Jxi4/s320/IMG_0217.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Left to Right: Rob. Matt. Wyatt. Beck. Cali</p>Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086293345172794649.post-69319975154351123392007-10-19T09:44:00.000-05:002007-10-26T09:22:32.959-05:00A Very Good Place To Start<span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-family:arial;">To the Bloggers. And so it begins. I am entering yet another part of the technological world. Probably while I should be studying. But as I read the beautiful thoughts of dear friends, see their wonderful pictures, and laugh through their funny stories, I feel inclined to try my hand at blogging. So, we'll see what happens.<br /></span></span>Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671828528690912008noreply@blogger.com1