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Victor, Idaho - Baird family retreat

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Girl's Camp 2010

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June

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May

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April

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Mar/April pics

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My little kitchen helper. Connor loves to help me cook meals and treats. He loves to be the first taste tester.

Sophie just waiting for some morsel of deliciousness to fall into her mouth . . .

Easter morning - goodies for the boys from the Easter bunny :-)

Our pretty girl - Eva is so mellow and sweet - she acts more like she's 10 years old instead of 1.

Daddy's snow cone making machine - it's family night fun w/treats!

Our handsome guys - and still smilin' after 3 hrs of church! Wow!

The man in the paper plate mask - yes, Hunter made it almost entirely by himself :-)

A Day at Daddy's office

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Cousin Jared visiting . . .swimmin' in the tub after a day of play.

A day at daddy's office! The boys were very brave and had zero cavities!

Daddy standing by for Hunter's exam -

Little Con Con having his teeth cleaned by Katie :-)

Hunter opening wide

Holding on for dear life - -

Connor - wearing his rain boots - "dino boots"

All DONE!!!!!!

Connor wears these "dino boots" 24/7 rain or shine :-)

January 2010 - Wow! A new year again . . .

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Hunter LOVES to ski!!

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Hunter can eat and eat and eat after a 1/2 day of skiing - he

can't eat anything though unless it is accompanied by chocolate milk.

What a cutie!

Hunter begs to stay and ski "in the darkness" . . .but, his mom is totally

worn out after the day shift is over.

Hunter's 5th B-day! Is he only 5 now?? Seems like he should be 15!

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My good friend Karen and little Scottie (Hunter's best friend!)

Uhh, Dewey - yeah, that's pizza sauce on your face -

They LOVE Chuck-E-Cheese (I actually enjoy a good game of air hockey myself - who doesn't?? Plus, I can beat Andrew any day of the week in a game of skee ball or hoops. Any day . . .)

XMAS '09

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Andrew gave me some Yukon snow shoes to use on the nordic trails at Bogus; I gave

him some binoculars for our next trip to Yellowstone . . .let's see - the boys - TOYS, TOYS,

TOYS. Too many trains and transformers.

TRIUMPH on Wolfe Creek Mountain!!!!! Sort of . . .

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Okay . . .so, it is the easiest bunny hill in all of Utah - but still - I'm 33! So give

me a break - I succumbed to the taunting and put on the board. Thankfully - I also put

on Matt's old football shorts complete with pads. They saved my hips and tailbone - that's for sure! After3 hours on the mountain at just 4 degrees (no wind thankfully) I left w/pride and a lot of ibuprofen!! Thanks Mark - you were an awesome teacher bro! PS - I tackled Bogus Basin on my snowboard this past weekend - and for my second time wasn't too shabby :-) Now I'm torn - do I love my snow blades, ski's, board, or nordic sticks the best???? Ahhh, probably the snow blades for now until the snowboarding becomes easier.

Neighborhood XMAS party pics

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December '09

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After a long day I get to enjoy shaving my legs with a bunch of race cars. It's the bomb.

Of course, it's Darlene Robinson again - need you really ask?? Who else

would deliver such a masterpiece like 20 days before XMAS?? I think she

manufactured like 200 of these in her spare time. Really - must the bar be raised to the

height of this immaculate homemade gingerbread house???

I'm just thrilled because Andrew eventually got this tree through the front door - and

nothing weird from mother nature is living in it :-)

Fall pics

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The new insulated garage doors . . .we'll see if they work. At least we'll get Obama's
fabulous energy efficient tax credit. I think that's all we'll get out of Obama - can't wait till he's gone forever!!!!! Oh wait, our world will be gone before he is at this horrific rate of climate change we're experiencing . . .okay, that's the last of my political ranting for today - promise:-)

Raking up all the leaves w/the snowshovel - what a helper!

Biker boys - they love their helmets!!!!!!!!!

Connor's 3rd birthday! Thomas the Train - what a surprise!! It's only
the millionth Thomas we have at our house now.

Isn't this the same as last year's Halloween?? Yes -
totally! They didn't want to be anything different. Sammy,
Julie and Brian Hess all came over again for chili and chaos.

Dough days

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When are these kids going to be in school????

I swear it feels like kindergarten should have happened like

three years ago . . .all these winter b-days :-(

Hunter at tennis practice with Miss Teresa

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2009 Fall Family Pics by Janeen

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Yellowstone

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The waterslide at our West Yellowstone hotel was
the only great thing at the hotel. We had to eat the same
breakfast special each morning in "Trappers Cafe" - not delicious
at all . . .oh well - we still had fun w/the boys!!

So - I don't really want to re-live this nightmare - but Hunter was actually chased by this coyote here at Midway Geiser Basin. Apparently our son is supposed to live long enough to start Kindergarten . . .gotta love the wildlife - but DO NOT instigate their chasing instincts!!

9.25.09

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Mark and Jadda's wedding

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At the river behind Andrew's office

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This pic sums up my everyday life: poop in one hand - and most likely the other . . .

Summertime

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Just chillin' with moms cookies and milk (and my perma-sunglasses).

Hunter's neighborhood friend, Scottie - just hangin' out with Eva on the kitchen floor (as usual).

Hunter and Scottie swimming at the Y.

South Fork cabin (not one of our greatest vacation successes . . .but, Andrew did get to change a flat tire on a dirt road, on the edge of a very steep mountain, on a hot day, coming from some hot springs. Yeah . . .you get the picture. I had the kids set up their camp chairs on the side of the road - did they sit in them? No.

Connor - just busy entertaining the YW of course . . .

4th of July

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see my "count your blessings" plate -- yes, I intentionally put it right up in front of "my two blessings". . .

Connor and Hunter in a Corvette - life is good!

Daddy's fireworks at home - pretty good stuff (and all legal).

Connor can't stand when other kids are in his way up to the slides - he just plows over them.

4th of July

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For the past few years we've taken the kids out to the small old-town of Melba for the parade, food, and rides. The kids love it and this year we met an elderly man who made the most beautiful hand-made wooden trains (so of course, Andrew bought two of them right away). Connor is still obsessed with trains of all types . . . also, Connor shaved his own head after I finished what was a pretty decent haircut. So . . .it took most of the summer to come back in. Thankfully, the hair was back in time for Mark's wedding.

Another day at the park

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How many times have we been on this train now??

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The Call Clan

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Mom and Dad are going to pick up Nate from Tokyo this coming Spring! We're

so excited to see him again - can't believe it's been 2 yrs already! He amazingly found Minori's family -and they knew who he was from his toddler picture 20 years ago!! Minori Ebisawa lived with us when I was just 12 . . .wow, time flies!

Easter Train Ride: Thundermountain Lines to Cascade

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Blaine's cabin in McCall

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Andrew and I took a much needed break from the kids and went up to McCall for a romantic four-wheeling get-a-way. Yeah baby!

Backyard finished!!

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Biker Boys

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Eagle Parade

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Dr. Baird and the North Channel Dentistry team - including the "tooth fairy" who happens to be Miss Idaho 2009 and was Andrew's hygienist until she married a pro golfer from Australia after the Miss USA pageant. Andrew has the best office staff! All the girls are awesome!

Scottsdale

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While Andrew was working hard (I mean hardly working), I found myself talking to the rabbits, geckos, and frogs while I read Stephanie Meyer's entire vampire series by the pool for a couple of days. It was HEAVEN. We stayed in our own casita separate from the hotel and I literally saw no one at my private little pool. If only I could do this weekly . . .I would be a new woman and very tan.

C & C

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JACKSON HOLE SUMMER

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July 2009

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Andrew's baby turtles

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The Agony of Camping

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Camp Glenwood

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Back serving in the YW yet again!!

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After four years of Relief Sociey, I'm back with the Young Women leaders just like old time Virginia days . . .girls camp here I come - so watch out! I must be destined to work with the Young Women - just that I keep getting older and older and older :-(

Before & After - one of Andrew's patients

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Baby Quail

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So, last night, our neighbor's husky found 7 nearly dead baby quail in the gutter in front of her home. We tracked down where they had hatched and found 10 more eggs (sadly the babies didn't make it). However, my neighboor and I scooped up the 7 freezing babies and immediately put them on a couple of heating pads and then I stole Andrew's turtle heat lamp for them and I think that saved their lives (well, 4 out of the 7 are still with us). Two passed away at 1:30 am and the other at about 9:30 am. I'm really tired. They now are sucking sugar water out of a medicine syringe and are eating seeds from off my fingers. Hopefully they'll make it through since they are orphans. Our house is literally a zoo. Friends and neighbors bring their kids and grandkids over just to observe the wildlife here. We have two dogs, about 50 fish, 4 turtles, 2 crazy boys, and now 4 quail. Not to mention the two frazzled adults who may or may not be smarter than monkeys.

Sunday fun

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So, we thought it would be a great idea to take some pictures of the kids after church . . .well, they thought otherwise. As you can see, Connor finally escaped, so we just gave up. I guess sitting still for three hours has its limits. Can't push it after that . . .

Family pics

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Well, for Grandma and Grandpa - here you go . . .I guess I forgot to post these earlier.

Our new little girl - Eva!

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Eva (our new sweetheart English Cream Golden Retriever) is now turning 12 weeks old! She's so much fun for Sophie. Sophie is definately getting the exercise she so needed! Sophie is playing like a pup herself and sleeping like one too . . . we love having Eva in our family. Check out http://www.idahowhitegoldens.com/ to see all of her puppy pics w/her siblings! Too adorable. Wonderful breeders - great puppies.

Monsters & Aliens!

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We took the boys to the movie "Monsters & Aliens" today at the Majestic theater. They had a blast and were so good during the entire show. They sat on our laps and shared a huge popcorn and each had their Sprites in hand. Well, Hunter spilled most of his in my lap, but other than that we were catastrophe-free! Wish we could have taken pics of them eating like 5 pounds of popcorn and just mesmorized by all the monsters on the big screen. Hunter's favorite monster was "the blue one" - Bob. We have no clue if Connor has a favorite monster - for all we know he was rooting for the bad guys - Galaxar and his clone aliens. Too fun!!

All by himself

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Magic carpet ride

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More pics of Hunter hitting the slopes

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Best Day at Bogus

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We had a great day of skiing - Hunter's a big boy!

Hunter Skiing

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Hunter's Big Day at Bogus Basin with Mommy!

Clean Sophie

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I know it looks a little strange, but I have to practice "poodle feet" on Sophie. At least she's patient with me!

The newest baby

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I don't get any lovin' any more now that the Benz showed up at the house :-(

Funny kids

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Hunter and Connor think it's so fun to get in "Buddy's crate" (Grandma and Grandpa's new puppy). I sure hope no one from social services sees this picture - -

Daddy playing and singing for Connor

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Andrew has written a couple of songs on the piano - very pretty - and he plays by ear. Connor loves to be on the bench at the piano whenever we time!

The BEST Birthday Cakes in all the world

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My friend Darlene makes these delightful little delicacies for each and every gal in the Relief Society on their birthday! This was my fabulous cake from last week (after we ate quite a bit). Delicious!! And, so cute!

Relief Society Days

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For 3.5 years we had some fun, fun times - great memories and friends to cherish always!

Grandma & Grandpa Sudweeks

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This is such a fun picture with Santa "Matt" and Grandma & Grandpa - so cheerful in their XMAS colors and smiles! We love all the holiday fun at their home!

Dr. Baird (isn't he a cutie!)

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This is my favorite picture of Andrew - - he's such a sweetheart!

Little Fry

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Andrew's african cichlid pair had some new baby fry! Andrew and the boys love watching/feeding all the fish! Andrew loves his fish tanks at home and at the office!

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CARS, CARS, CARS!!! Everywhere!

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Hunter just finished his Level 1A swim class w/his instructor, "Mr. Josh!" Hunter LOVED all of his lessons, so we'll sign him up again!

Hunter LOVES his hat collection

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Like his mommy, Hunter rarely comes his hair and is forced to wear hats:-)

Jared's new friend

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Baby Jared came to visit in January! He met Sophie for the first time and adores her! She is crazy about him too!

Everyday is an allergy day!

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This is what happens when Connor eats BBQ sauce:-(

Sweet Lazy Daisy

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In just one month Daisy has gained an appetite and an excitement in her eyes! She is such a sweet girl and I'm so happy to see her happy. I volunteer at the Meridian Animal Shelter and I brought her home Christmas Eve so she could have a warm soft bed. She loves being with us and even though she has severe arthritis, she's doing much better! Sophie isn't too happy that she's staying with us - but, too bad for Sophie - she has to learn that she's not the queen of the castle at all times.

Grooming Girl

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I'm finally getting better and faster with my grooming! I have my stuff all set up at the "Doggie Day Spaw" so come and see me! The shampoo of the month is Chocolate Covered Strawberry, plus I always do a blueberry facial (tearless) that is deluxe!

4-wheelin' fun

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Andrew LOVES, LOVES, LOVES his 4-wheeler and he goes riding with his buddies about once a month. They cover some treacherous terrain and I'm very glad he has life insurace for the rest of us!

Handsome fellas

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My winter break

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Bogus Basin is my new favorite winter retreat! Cold, but beautiful - lots of snow this year to enjoy. Hunter starts swimming lessons next Monday at the gym and skiing the following Wednesday! I'm excited for Hunter to go up the running carpet - it's great for kids. Pretty soon Hunter will be going down the slopes faster than me! Andrew is a snow-boarder (so we'll leave him home:-)

Connor and Grandma on the phone

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Connor only interrupts his eating when Grandma calls! His diet of virtually nothing exciting keeps us looking for recipes and modifications to what the rest of us are eating. Connor is allergic to milk, soy, wheat, rye, barley, oats, peanut butter, eggs, mold, cocoa, tamarind, ascorbic/citric acid, and baker's yeast! Connor lives on rice milk, corn, ham, and yams.

Linder Farms family fun

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We had so much fun around Halloween at Linder Farms. We had 20 tokens and the kids used them all to ride on the tractors, barrell train, and at the petting zoo. We went several nights until the boys were so tired they couldn't eat any more mini donuts.

XMAS

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Hunter's Birthday!

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Guess who's a big boy? Hunter is 4 years old and loving his preschool class - we just signed him up for swimming lessons too!

Summer train rides

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Andrew loves taking us up to Horseshoe Bend to ride the "Thundermountain Lines!" The boys love the outdoor cars and the snack car the best. We've been on the Civil War ride, the Pumpkin patch ride, multiple summer rides, and the Polar Express ride.

My little prodigies!

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These guys practice more than I do!

IPOD Junkies

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These guys just can't get enough tunes - - Andrew keeps us up to date w/all the latest gadgets!

Halloween 2008: Thomas and the Transformer

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I've given in to peer pressure - so here at last - the beginnings of our blog!

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I know, I'm a little behind the times, and yes, I will eventually get on Facebook. But honestly, how does everybody have the time to keep up with all of these things??!!