tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90011081523275554542024-03-05T10:09:33.848-06:003 Crazy PowellsEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399906529496974500noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001108152327555454.post-46937645940240727882011-01-01T22:29:00.001-06:002011-01-01T22:30:22.531-06:00New Year's Eve 2010<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We celebrated promptly at 8pm... I know it's a little early, but we do have to get our beauty sleep!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>I did actually manage to stay awake until after midnight this year</em>... <strong>Go me</strong>!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wanted to share a photo of Shelby in her Western wear that she got for Christmas. I didn't realize they made spurs so small. They are so cute, but she is a bit dangerous in them!</span></div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399906529496974500noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001108152327555454.post-47635794702556639942010-03-07T20:52:00.001-06:002010-12-31T21:16:05.633-06:00Happy Birthday with Chuck E Cheese<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Shelby had her 4th birthday party in Lubbock at Chuck E. Cheese's and tons of friends. I can't say that any of the parents loved it as much as the kids, but I do believe the kids had as much fun as possible. It was really a sight to behold... Their pupils were dilated and they ran frantically from one thing to the next so quickly that I don't even think they knew what they were doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was a blast and I wanted to share a few pictures with everyone...</span><br />
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(love the halloween 'do dad!)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She loved this... and did a great job. She said 'trick-or-treat' at each house and thank you to each one as well... I was thoroughly impressed. As you can imagine she was not shy at all!<br />
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</div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399906529496974500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001108152327555454.post-20460933405737031862009-10-23T13:50:00.010-05:002009-10-23T14:06:15.281-05:00Crazy Hair Day 2009<span style="font-family:arial;"> Maybe I need to rename this blog 'Crazy Hair Day'... all those holidays and other cool events are awesome, but for some reason when Crazy Hair Day rolls around I start thinking 'photos for the blog'. At least maybe we'll have a Crazy Hair Day biography for Shelby when she's grown.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here's the 2009 installment of Crazy Hair Day pics... I hope you enjoy them half as much as Shelby and I did.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Also, amazingly, Shelby's hair managed to stay fixed all day long. I'm sure she had a really quality nap at school with that 'do'.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Enjoy!</span><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395871692348235218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypUpUGJvgQPPjLhi5NThjRlhlaR9B_uyb5hWZAHrXWU3W6pwNxS9REstw3HUCjJxvKYLoqtYtJgrY246pGAJuGUOUS6I4-fvBjNdb9ztOBs-pvvQsXQk_rYdhs0fCZ8sJNOhif3n6Jwo-/s320/Full-Length.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395871803944370050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlkGUOQrj2lrYqROnSfjwRkeX-6UMytky57tjAp5mGltYfOROHSoFeYO3Pt6p5aXXUmshWB2r760VgxbRzX9havHknq6ETUGoWKAlSF_MUqkJMKm1h-gM-XtA2bEr0cUgSm3IKgaV8t8M/s320/Grin.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm sorry... I just have to say 'How Cute?'</span><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv39u9Nd5bM_iMdOYIc-V7x2UlPLhw05GTMAJvM1pBULp-s7c4sxwQrzJKGmN0TwiSvSkRlVHWgcnvRgkn-meWk9Upxc4zPjwISOMDoEWoGvfBTRwl43OmYwtYtk4ft0wddXxmNpesQub2/s1600-h/Smile.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395872115483483138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv39u9Nd5bM_iMdOYIc-V7x2UlPLhw05GTMAJvM1pBULp-s7c4sxwQrzJKGmN0TwiSvSkRlVHWgcnvRgkn-meWk9Upxc4zPjwISOMDoEWoGvfBTRwl43OmYwtYtk4ft0wddXxmNpesQub2/s320/Smile.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Here's the back view</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395872373790309010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7Z0qzQdWpu9oTsmF7mR1OxyE4Q1IpKF3-j7bYEsguFSuixm13mShhQ0Aih7XYZ6PeMqrqWrNCgT3P5qSkeUg3DDbD5GIVf4wA8e8zED_Fi1cR1QQv4dOKPmBfZAiNauHgMHbZEKrlzo8/s320/Back-View.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I had to have a little Photoshop fun...</span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395872907702889586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgE0uV5E6SCnoMBtV7iAWspBoZcOkEln4ELAQIBV0u1U24Zlem6PO1P0qPhqHPI6TC1_Df1CKkk_ydBgQcO3l5EFr_ps5xMY-PjHRdmxGDYAlsPCiWTyGz_J4M8RRy33obCFwISZB6T2k/s320/Turning-Around-Edited.jpg" border="0" /></div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399906529496974500noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001108152327555454.post-68968557698843248752009-10-21T15:03:00.005-05:002009-10-23T13:50:26.076-05:00White Buffalo 5K Stampede 10/3/2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWvqnlbMAuaOhAqdsguvxPFBFpHDjlGRENQu6NyDgmiVFFLewhB5GDW7BTqExSo7dmQBSuohVk6tktM8IvyUgUXq0BYk9QoI45bBFYXTMGfYnz2Rtj756ylUiP_QFxsb_g9U03mP8Szj5/s1600-h/EmilyRunning.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395869695620793490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWvqnlbMAuaOhAqdsguvxPFBFpHDjlGRENQu6NyDgmiVFFLewhB5GDW7BTqExSo7dmQBSuohVk6tktM8IvyUgUXq0BYk9QoI45bBFYXTMGfYnz2Rtj756ylUiP_QFxsb_g9U03mP8Szj5/s400/EmilyRunning.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8HNJWmC3Wu9wrXyWVuySOHQ0h0V4lwwEYDGKcW9tQyolQDn6KkW-MHZPIJknxESKzmiLqK4yB8wxStRNs2MfRoE4Zd3C0RQYkGZvzROub9F2Q455HK6EHyG-sa88Xb9-jXonNF9QWsrA/s1600-h/EmilyRunning.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF16VE-ZX3lPOZUdavdL4_pOAKb3DYnSJd2b02ua5DhILyTSY5-kVrsjOwnjamvZXV2oja0-BO_ZdDigXgl22y6U4CTppbrWYAx3oadjPuVFH3XJI9N3q9anVPueLA-WzPJ2FvSI3bx0h8/s1600-h/EmilyRunning.jpg"></a>For those of you that don't know (and I'm sure that there are very few that don't), I decided I wanted to see what it would be like to be a "runner" and started training for a 5K in August.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I followed the 'Couch to 5K' training plan and I have to say that I would like to meet someone who is truly a couch potato and find out if they died during training... </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I ran one in Colorado City the week before the one in Snyder and then one in Abilene 2 weeks later. Somehow the one in C-City, I manged a time of 31:47, Snyder was 33:09 and Abilene was 33:58. Either they weren't consistently timed/measured, or I got worse each time. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">On a final note, if you'll look at the picture closely I'd like to point out that what you see is not a smile but a grimace on my face. The only thing I enjoyed was seeing Mat and Shelby at the finish line having Shelby cheer for me and I have to be honest, it brought a tear to my eye to know my family supports me even when it is <strong>clearly obvious that I AM NOT A RUNNER. </strong></span></div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399906529496974500noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001108152327555454.post-39813295464660153162008-10-30T20:21:00.018-05:002008-10-30T20:43:12.086-05:00Crazy Hair Day<div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><strong>Today was crazy hair day at Shelby's preschool and so we decided to go curly and add a splash of color...</strong></span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263123364279748738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iTEv7xMBeOjDHUS1XAr1x_0Z5ZvsKmXNP9rOPm2JAFFzSlrtx4xjfQX9S02BxsE6cUes4uifCAYYbz1pqrgnf-7OsbunslzmTrbbODjfL7pl_CLMFNKSfjLmHnLGBvA0RCE-BLGxL1Sf/s200/DSC03185.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Bright and early this morning after we took the multitude of curlers out of her hair, we headed outside prepared for the crazy purple hair spray.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FvdozX7o45euYUt3Q97IxhHE_rBpO6oFGaW2AxmGM99tYKlVR-0v5M_NTpalzcNI400S0CSJ2CFh1621Eqw7QmlMr5rRQEhvTeoHJaTc68iIk0aneANk_Rr9smsN33Qm9zZozaSeR8Ue/s1600-h/DSC03189.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263124870067117138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FvdozX7o45euYUt3Q97IxhHE_rBpO6oFGaW2AxmGM99tYKlVR-0v5M_NTpalzcNI400S0CSJ2CFh1621Eqw7QmlMr5rRQEhvTeoHJaTc68iIk0aneANk_Rr9smsN33Qm9zZozaSeR8Ue/s320/DSC03189.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fdnUfKYaN71NgTxNUIqu4TXyyz_SbaNZ4wVWkJXNpgvcDzm2QT_ho1opy7X2lyZESPrYBNX4XuIa0y1fnqnJ_oqR8OCPKsvJij0oVZAd2uI3BClaZma703iu1dOfJmXys9ueWCF_cNGF/s1600-h/DSC03189.jpg"></a><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">crazy purple hair spray is carefully administered to said curly head...</span></p></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-I87kSDdWFUqup67pu59rX2cWp2q4RhJsiwazknNoYrTes7yUeJZnAGFkUj7oMafxkqQ3hCW_QoQFzlAkqIdRkcwaWEEtEueNRI_pNPj9U5TNIIK3s5XDMwDVOYQRaIyuvmHljVcXT5/s1600-h/DSC03190.jpg"></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-I87kSDdWFUqup67pu59rX2cWp2q4RhJsiwazknNoYrTes7yUeJZnAGFkUj7oMafxkqQ3hCW_QoQFzlAkqIdRkcwaWEEtEueNRI_pNPj9U5TNIIK3s5XDMwDVOYQRaIyuvmHljVcXT5/s1600-h/DSC03190.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263125426042268738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-I87kSDdWFUqup67pu59rX2cWp2q4RhJsiwazknNoYrTes7yUeJZnAGFkUj7oMafxkqQ3hCW_QoQFzlAkqIdRkcwaWEEtEueNRI_pNPj9U5TNIIK3s5XDMwDVOYQRaIyuvmHljVcXT5/s320/DSC03190.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>the process is now complete...</span></p><p></p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-I87kSDdWFUqup67pu59rX2cWp2q4RhJsiwazknNoYrTes7yUeJZnAGFkUj7oMafxkqQ3hCW_QoQFzlAkqIdRkcwaWEEtEueNRI_pNPj9U5TNIIK3s5XDMwDVOYQRaIyuvmHljVcXT5/s1600-h/DSC03190.jpg"></a></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Needless to say, Shelby loved her purple hair and I'm sure we'll be getting daily requests for another round of it from now until Christmas...</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">We also went trick-or-treating over the last couple of evenings and she has built up quite the stash. I'm glad she hasn't finished learning how to count because I'm sure the "Halloween fairy" will dispose of the candy for her over the next few days... ;o)</span></p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"><strong><p><span style="color:#cc6600;">Happy Halloween!</span></strong></span></p></div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399906529496974500noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001108152327555454.post-10269432807554803222008-10-21T16:32:00.002-05:002008-10-21T16:37:50.535-05:00Our Recent Photo Shoot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5w2WAZU0qoGTtc2p5pONY7JC36qMG8A_9Ssz8npcKLrkto7DkLcsx93006rV_S6Tpa8ej-qDE8p3qgwXLBV857f-QhjvjffcrzNQJbQTz_df8MTt2jC-TWqNXd1_c1LeLoPgLEArLDA0/s1600-h/Family+Photos.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259723593785373218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5w2WAZU0qoGTtc2p5pONY7JC36qMG8A_9Ssz8npcKLrkto7DkLcsx93006rV_S6Tpa8ej-qDE8p3qgwXLBV857f-QhjvjffcrzNQJbQTz_df8MTt2jC-TWqNXd1_c1LeLoPgLEArLDA0/s400/Family+Photos.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399906529496974500noreply@blogger.com4