tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73285341440786793682024-03-13T06:13:08.248-07:00Smith Fam KablamWelcome to the Smith Fam Kablam, where just about anything can happen...especially when the technology challenged Smith parents get on the computer. But, we're willing to give it a try...especially since we enjoy looking at other families' blogs. Thanks for visiting!T. Ma'amhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00591032804085855489noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328534144078679368.post-18276571479163996022009-03-01T18:40:00.000-08:002009-03-01T19:22:48.240-08:00Christmas 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgIb4i2PfgrHQ1_9TI-lg3jD6-SmxNRNQeKVhU9NTcWfJ6PnNGHCUwSGLy7x4LwsRFFHhkzZZIGalawN4sSJisbHgCnaiSX-HOhG4dslOjKSpaCcrQqLVEPKMYH9HAwbk6seRyWL8s4Q/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+125+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgIb4i2PfgrHQ1_9TI-lg3jD6-SmxNRNQeKVhU9NTcWfJ6PnNGHCUwSGLy7x4LwsRFFHhkzZZIGalawN4sSJisbHgCnaiSX-HOhG4dslOjKSpaCcrQqLVEPKMYH9HAwbk6seRyWL8s4Q/s320/Christmas+2008+125+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308416758219634114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lucky us! It was "our" year for Christmas. We had all the boys and the daughters-in-law home. I was in heaven. We had a wonderful Christmas, and then went to Yosemite a few days later to get our "White Christmas" fix. It was beautiful...just like a winder wonderland. Here are a few pictures...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzprtW4JCozZTWbtwmC5Y-8Xjg0TVMVZzn_wH-CS3QNh8G56jNT3NJ0rX8gsv87OQvCinXYDa6eHIjSz40Ddik-jE5-OCR6b6VwOkTPx_8lR-9gho6g6WSDoPkzIp7MTZTnArI5e1344/s1600-h/Yosemite1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzprtW4JCozZTWbtwmC5Y-8Xjg0TVMVZzn_wH-CS3QNh8G56jNT3NJ0rX8gsv87OQvCinXYDa6eHIjSz40Ddik-jE5-OCR6b6VwOkTPx_8lR-9gho6g6WSDoPkzIp7MTZTnArI5e1344/s320/Yosemite1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308425198272974178" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamen6W_CcOfgdGCjJ-Hct8Jyp4E09eS7DOHMlSxBK68RTGzILvymBryGnbXJmFXLhRrm7M5k7t5ND2xvn5oUgwge4cYsoG-haOM7YIZV4YxcP8OuWBfBT6Lp0dh5grVFKv8jj4alcJ-c/s1600-h/Boys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WC2YoGCLvafdDCuCekkHONnztMlihWVB4lCqDrVeSuMO3ZbQ0We-j4Z_GwXqmHpvmBC0rjQkKKWX3Fwe2l5G5sLqVIpqwfpKsB5m9x3ljgYVLcdKAJr_F7SLQv3PyCZgnSuIDx3gNIQ/s320/The+Awahnee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308420857571062274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiIsdsMVmPs1QtXAW3ER4IqxLeDTUXPlmZwS46yXKSf2qlg0jgXuB3fhQ13Eqo0dKnG0cXThKlLnmeshxR1Usaqf7k9e8B_0LXGVJfO-T9eeJAHjg94e-0vh-y5-A2GR0xgzeJ4yejDY/s1600-h/half+dome.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiIsdsMVmPs1QtXAW3ER4IqxLeDTUXPlmZwS46yXKSf2qlg0jgXuB3fhQ13Eqo0dKnG0cXThKlLnmeshxR1Usaqf7k9e8B_0LXGVJfO-T9eeJAHjg94e-0vh-y5-A2GR0xgzeJ4yejDY/s320/half+dome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308420865061990002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CEfEfrbMbNequ4Q_sfSruMkqdHKuzzMAeJYknbs42TJDu-TX0GRT-6wi9ELCN4TimIVTsSVWzIYsJEjge-ubgC4wtAicLBER3tE9hgT8phTnAKA6RbnVvjrBXclSfSxVSI5LziB61ek/s1600-h/winter+wonderland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Ma'amhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00591032804085855489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328534144078679368.post-36159459366621856302009-01-04T17:42:00.001-08:002009-03-01T19:18:04.205-08:00Washington, D.C.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In September of 2007, Jeanie had the opportunity to travel to Washington to walk the halls of congress and lobby for money for schools. Don tagged along and got to see all the exciting sites of the city while Jeanie worked.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbh-D_K5OjL7GvB0kBF6KhokY35-hSGG3-JAlJL4-zwFQWxo-BjfO5R-VnRHfn15gZOxwZL_O8xThX4LcvGGJGvWPr4DfeJSv2NQwqSwT5M8Qxm8Eya8vLX-GGxWlBYKG0gZC_LMwL5A/s1600-h/DSC00050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbh-D_K5OjL7GvB0kBF6KhokY35-hSGG3-JAlJL4-zwFQWxo-BjfO5R-VnRHfn15gZOxwZL_O8xThX4LcvGGJGvWPr4DfeJSv2NQwqSwT5M8Qxm8Eya8vLX-GGxWlBYKG0gZC_LMwL5A/s320/DSC00050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287619643588766994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A statue of someone in the middle of DuPont Circle.</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheICHxYppjcl6HdUGhN86FkmuJLmysu1TCmvOaWrnixh2yqclkziVddr0wK7Wu4Ep3IKnXdRnDjltXgblIG7-kyoloF3gA4XLR4Gv7Ygghyi_kph514FE_elDjO94nYl_lzKQawk2qokc/s1600-h/dsc00065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheICHxYppjcl6HdUGhN86FkmuJLmysu1TCmvOaWrnixh2yqclkziVddr0wK7Wu4Ep3IKnXdRnDjltXgblIG7-kyoloF3gA4XLR4Gv7Ygghyi_kph514FE_elDjO94nYl_lzKQawk2qokc/s320/dsc00065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287620866110143474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpcnM0YpwMJfVby9QOteFVlaqtHCP8k_R4mX3R98sF1S-qgIwYTievsEvaVwgIRdOq5MjngLgmlRRCRDl2jqchcbO2scPgnEj0w_MWbHQ7dFNnZJaXij8MV403Zfn408zDQGvUpoz7Ug/s1600-h/dsc00063.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpcnM0YpwMJfVby9QOteFVlaqtHCP8k_R4mX3R98sF1S-qgIwYTievsEvaVwgIRdOq5MjngLgmlRRCRDl2jqchcbO2scPgnEj0w_MWbHQ7dFNnZJaXij8MV403Zfn408zDQGvUpoz7Ug/s320/dsc00063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287620855317582306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br />The Washington Memorial.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Don and President Lincoln.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBOnfxbDofBuGSvpyacomftU4xO3WZB_57J6GMX2dSkjegNqx02u7hTP6nkXN7zZLaWCTrV7t3fmpfRB8wrx8JeGLuzw4fkq4DF9vs9f5Sgtl4VOw0AvPiJHjZMPIc8GZ87zq8vT1tYQ/s1600-h/dsc00076.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBOnfxbDofBuGSvpyacomftU4xO3WZB_57J6GMX2dSkjegNqx02u7hTP6nkXN7zZLaWCTrV7t3fmpfRB8wrx8JeGLuzw4fkq4DF9vs9f5Sgtl4VOw0AvPiJHjZMPIc8GZ87zq8vT1tYQ/s320/dsc00076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287626316025986882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ford Theatre where Lincoln was shot.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3-mZ7G9yIPWAFmeqLHnvamYSXk346p1Gk_XYT07J9DdlZr-YEF-QbtBfBGBGOaLHDoP-9EclfK8guOsr5T9tcrcKi20t_r8Nl3vf5dUn6rH1-myPS-hAbEgoQYfqd4tQi7tdkODAxB0/s1600-h/DSC00053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3-mZ7G9yIPWAFmeqLHnvamYSXk346p1Gk_XYT07J9DdlZr-YEF-QbtBfBGBGOaLHDoP-9EclfK8guOsr5T9tcrcKi20t_r8Nl3vf5dUn6rH1-myPS-hAbEgoQYfqd4tQi7tdkODAxB0/s320/DSC00053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287620202872327218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Washington Cathedral</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0vjIF2KI8aiUQcgZzDfwuIkm56BkUx4AHZHt511mU3bFtgeTRkN0WImmGCIs7Vd6KGjlFAHUuWrw8MKprwRk9nj7JrCqJx1JPOmJDeON80Q71x2-ufdI_NO4iYd59nymdYKi-i1vtLg/s1600-h/DSC00070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0vjIF2KI8aiUQcgZzDfwuIkm56BkUx4AHZHt511mU3bFtgeTRkN0WImmGCIs7Vd6KGjlFAHUuWrw8MKprwRk9nj7JrCqJx1JPOmJDeON80Q71x2-ufdI_NO4iYd59nymdYKi-i1vtLg/s320/DSC00070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287626733851874194" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The White House<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWR1fhPYCA9HNvaE8kLusQ8g8KYFqu4U3rqIwdojJ1iRVP2ZxvkM1IqpiVqWAd7n8sNuzA7vCvPX4Ho1Sm1jgcCGMyLKh4zhrQJ13YlTjw60oC4bpBdxMLpAJG_AABkjaJ-CgDRTDLFI/s1600-h/DSC00074.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWR1fhPYCA9HNvaE8kLusQ8g8KYFqu4U3rqIwdojJ1iRVP2ZxvkM1IqpiVqWAd7n8sNuzA7vCvPX4Ho1Sm1jgcCGMyLKh4zhrQJ13YlTjw60oC4bpBdxMLpAJG_AABkjaJ-CgDRTDLFI/s320/DSC00074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287626936915642178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">LOTS of guards atop the White House.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7kX3kZf6ggFm1b0ViWlg4TUpr_UJj-AezcoBA1Ip5V2WnGlVPb9lSc_RqCm3FrUs0tM5mg1eLkZDuFNg9ILIPhAqh4LBwLefvCzTdrGh6rcCIIFJfdWlhV38oqs78vHDfdVbXcpIlpU/s1600-h/dsc00066.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7kX3kZf6ggFm1b0ViWlg4TUpr_UJj-AezcoBA1Ip5V2WnGlVPb9lSc_RqCm3FrUs0tM5mg1eLkZDuFNg9ILIPhAqh4LBwLefvCzTdrGh6rcCIIFJfdWlhV38oqs78vHDfdVbXcpIlpU/s320/dsc00066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287629701413864914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br />The Vietnam Memorial</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4Wu_ZeUNcPSAhP3TNxhcVGQuMApoYp-4P0DOSCSRrM5GxJXrwsprXRbDBCk_owoJf5W7qOijQznY7VCykoou0QtexT17iEUtT0-KpuUVMoK7LuJC-HBa4pyiDMJ1yNtxCUx-vPaeJ2w/s1600-h/DSC00082.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4Wu_ZeUNcPSAhP3TNxhcVGQuMApoYp-4P0DOSCSRrM5GxJXrwsprXRbDBCk_owoJf5W7qOijQznY7VCykoou0QtexT17iEUtT0-KpuUVMoK7LuJC-HBa4pyiDMJ1yNtxCUx-vPaeJ2w/s320/DSC00082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287630167608581666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And, of course, the Giant Pandas...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1sx6-pn2wHn1L_msaZ_Ugi7JV69lVbPU0JC0-TSBMMHhLQmxtv15QfZSd1FbD0RwnE19nYgrQ0v_gDCHIHWSJ9MN_3ugRQG6NkeNu7v2LCfH6ymQVTUC7sP7HZMDUXid1Rw73bsPwdE/s1600-h/DSC00081.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1sx6-pn2wHn1L_msaZ_Ugi7JV69lVbPU0JC0-TSBMMHhLQmxtv15QfZSd1FbD0RwnE19nYgrQ0v_gDCHIHWSJ9MN_3ugRQG6NkeNu7v2LCfH6ymQVTUC7sP7HZMDUXid1Rw73bsPwdE/s320/DSC00081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287631075039963666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAhNAM9VOBenx25LzHmlits7dYHbaPGrBvCv-OlunNrt6I2GY6yu-Yjgj8297kAPFrfBxUV5AfmJ0NYX7-M50iL6u9lKd0yL219m05aYj8TEG_S2ujlqqMJTvcbpAYnwjT9kvPas_cJ4/s1600-h/DSC00096.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAhNAM9VOBenx25LzHmlits7dYHbaPGrBvCv-OlunNrt6I2GY6yu-Yjgj8297kAPFrfBxUV5AfmJ0NYX7-M50iL6u9lKd0yL219m05aYj8TEG_S2ujlqqMJTvcbpAYnwjT9kvPas_cJ4/s320/DSC00096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287630495188077282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br />...and an inhos-<br />pitable baboon!</span>T. Ma'amhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00591032804085855489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328534144078679368.post-18484983229624331922008-12-29T13:50:00.001-08:002009-03-01T18:40:20.527-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbbrwDlI_0q_1PdACiFdma4CTJdrAFOhbm-CWvlntOd519n3NEu8dd2aveHk3SMFmOysSLzom-2oPdRlwYvBvaN6VGzdhZVfBrHn3vFR3RPU3jXZRjrt6Y54-y323Mb6noH88vAZYcY/s1600-h/DSC00263.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbbrwDlI_0q_1PdACiFdma4CTJdrAFOhbm-CWvlntOd519n3NEu8dd2aveHk3SMFmOysSLzom-2oPdRlwYvBvaN6VGzdhZVfBrHn3vFR3RPU3jXZRjrt6Y54-y323Mb6noH88vAZYcY/s320/DSC00263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285334009085131538" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is the community wher</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e we live.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can see a peek of our house in the far back.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtSU-59Ng8Tyfc4hsHEzVsqW7ktYWq8Fax_kKsN_EtSJjNsV7i_ePxxR_C3-Y7itHCe_j6b7xHD4hYHmq7BgLkzyGdsbPznqky4PFNbvgdXJhMhgRKbqlfrRlKnf5Y3vnN-GV0qJxDMw/s1600-h/DSC00027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtSU-59Ng8Tyfc4hsHEzVsqW7ktYWq8Fax_kKsN_EtSJjNsV7i_ePxxR_C3-Y7itHCe_j6b7xHD4hYHmq7BgLkzyGdsbPznqky4PFNbvgdXJhMhgRKbqlfrRlKnf5Y3vnN-GV0qJxDMw/s320/DSC00027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285333031169225586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">View of the Grand Tetons where Don grew up.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRo0K6yPcWFhvlb3KhLP6oc3q07q4mMfl5M3oWZSJq3ac7rY-ukmGEmCkkO-j-rWL5dfcKVUgrRdV9FwoqwU7HhK9huL36fZewAQ0B2EXOPIlfonOE6zT85g_ndQIWgZRjze7hvNPWrbs/s1600-h/mom+and+katya+%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRo0K6yPcWFhvlb3KhLP6oc3q07q4mMfl5M3oWZSJq3ac7rY-ukmGEmCkkO-j-rWL5dfcKVUgrRdV9FwoqwU7HhK9huL36fZewAQ0B2EXOPIlfonOE6zT85g_ndQIWgZRjze7hvNPWrbs/s320/mom+and+katya+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285338989357454002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">A few years ago, Don met a young man from Ukraine, Yaroslav Gorenko. He and his fiance, Katia, were married in our yard, and baptized the next day. This is Jeanie and Katia on one of their first trips to the temple</span>.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST_D9FUX46Hi2hEh1FR6v1BPrM_Oj4-h2sH6-ol99bFtQbY2-PXJ1sBFok0mrNFvTvK9NTry6f8e3NCxwqHtGgk2OSLPiuyn7TiWUV1Aek0v0CQCgJ9D0HLyTTbIU7Jk6G86R8kEqG7k/s1600-h/DSCN1688.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST_D9FUX46Hi2hEh1FR6v1BPrM_Oj4-h2sH6-ol99bFtQbY2-PXJ1sBFok0mrNFvTvK9NTry6f8e3NCxwqHtGgk2OSLPiuyn7TiWUV1Aek0v0CQCgJ9D0HLyTTbIU7Jk6G86R8kEqG7k/s320/DSCN1688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285340541810195522" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Katia, Don and Jeanie a few days before Katia returned to Ukraine :(</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyIsN2KFSeAQ4VRZOaFYX-onUG1jQEeFqTlBEoLj8bu6t7S-XSn1auXCtwuDTbcPci81bhWp0hDmT4cCbUUHpn0qL6-TeowIX5zc_vvODCASeOTZKz-TFm2u9cEo-FVr1AHlXu6SmB38o/s1600-h/DSCN0934.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyIsN2KFSeAQ4VRZOaFYX-onUG1jQEeFqTlBEoLj8bu6t7S-XSn1auXCtwuDTbcPci81bhWp0hDmT4cCbUUHpn0qL6-TeowIX5zc_vvODCASeOTZKz-TFm2u9cEo-FVr1AHlXu6SmB38o/s320/DSCN0934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285341542505828578" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Jeanie's cycling buddies, The Blazing Turtles!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_liNdWNIeSPM-Rfl7qT8guW9jJvQP7qE073sgHg67Il6BNdzN27qK4uSPUsRXNzK6iTugpvm51xI4bkp35UvJ4BgA4FZNlTOmpW4Jwxd_MW5FRdojvM0GDWDRsy5KAjPJUDxdCCg29Kw/s1600-h/IM000000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_liNdWNIeSPM-Rfl7qT8guW9jJvQP7qE073sgHg67Il6BNdzN27qK4uSPUsRXNzK6iTugpvm51xI4bkp35UvJ4BgA4FZNlTOmpW4Jwxd_MW5FRdojvM0GDWDRsy5KAjPJUDxdCCg29Kw/s320/IM000000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285365034047723874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />The Eck girls in Logan, Utah, on a trip down "Memory Lane" for Mom.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMmH74GJmUFLaA3uIU2pnRbiRUKJPrkwUFt9xzgW4FDUZVXwRTDlgah2bqI1QsJd7nivv5xwNGupU1IRlFROATgzg6vuxW9DmBvtUnx8x9b7aU2_l88IaOEuCpx2W6RXcYwft7xs3YhY/s1600-h/PICT0010+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMmH74GJmUFLaA3uIU2pnRbiRUKJPrkwUFt9xzgW4FDUZVXwRTDlgah2bqI1QsJd7nivv5xwNGupU1IRlFROATgzg6vuxW9DmBvtUnx8x9b7aU2_l88IaOEuCpx2W6RXcYwft7xs3YhY/s320/PICT0010+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287615337342408082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Don and Jeanie on vacation in Big Sur. Scary hair, Jeanie!</span><br /></div>T. Ma'amhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00591032804085855489noreply@blogger.com1