<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787047636185280910</id><updated>2011-04-21T13:18:00.639-07:00</updated><category term='pre-k'/><category term='header photo'/><category term='8-28-07'/><category term='MO 7/08'/><category term='Branson'/><category term='Holy Trinity'/><title type='text'>the n!</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>the n!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14343565437455553469</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQik0e3FRI/AAAAAAAAACM/5Dv_9fVuJ6g/S220/IMG_0119.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787047636185280910.post-3885757724660002939</id><published>2008-08-26T08:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T08:31:19.149-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8-28-07'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='header photo'/><title type='text'>niah 8/28/07</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQhiBAR4jI/AAAAAAAAACE/1PxspHBTfRM/s1600-h/IMG_0154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQhiBAR4jI/AAAAAAAAACE/1PxspHBTfRM/s200/IMG_0154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238849134807605810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I added Niah's picture to the header, it seems so large (No comments Caiiler!). I will probably remove it later. It was taken last year on our anniversary which is just a few days away (Thurs, 28th).  Oh, did I hear you say you'd babysit?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7787047636185280910-3885757724660002939?l=thennews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/feeds/3885757724660002939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7787047636185280910&amp;postID=3885757724660002939' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/3885757724660002939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/3885757724660002939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/2008/08/niah-82807.html' title='niah 8/28/07'/><author><name>the n!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14343565437455553469</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQik0e3FRI/AAAAAAAAACM/5Dv_9fVuJ6g/S220/IMG_0119.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQhiBAR4jI/AAAAAAAAACE/1PxspHBTfRM/s72-c/IMG_0154.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787047636185280910.post-8492771440183000042</id><published>2008-08-23T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T07:26:30.191-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pre-k'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Trinity'/><title type='text'>First Day of Pre-K</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLA0pwit5nI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lnokg0UeTvw/s1600-h/IMG_0241%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLA0pwit5nI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lnokg0UeTvw/s200/IMG_0241%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237744258641684082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                             On her way out of the door&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLA1D8DD_3I/AAAAAAAAABY/Y1uNACGzaWg/s1600-h/IMG_0273%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLA1D8DD_3I/AAAAAAAAABY/Y1uNACGzaWg/s200/IMG_0273%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237744708406738802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                   On the way into the class, she anxiously waits while her dad gets her bags&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally the day has arrived. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Niah&lt;/span&gt; is in school full time, attending Holy Trinity Episcopal.  During our first visit and others that followed, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Niah&lt;/span&gt; was always excited about going to this school.  She has been wanting "to wear one of those shirts".  We just completed her first week and it seems that all went well.  As you are probably already aware of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Niah's&lt;/span&gt; strong desire to be, first the winner or line leader and her take charge attitude, she was all over the place.  Once we got her going in the right direction she calmed down a bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;*Side note: I didn't want to delay posting any longer but I tried to get video loaded but it wouldn't work ;-(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7787047636185280910-8492771440183000042?l=thennews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/feeds/8492771440183000042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7787047636185280910&amp;postID=8492771440183000042' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/8492771440183000042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/8492771440183000042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-day-of-pre-k.html' title='First Day of Pre-K'/><author><name>the n!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14343565437455553469</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQik0e3FRI/AAAAAAAAACM/5Dv_9fVuJ6g/S220/IMG_0119.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLA0pwit5nI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lnokg0UeTvw/s72-c/IMG_0241%5B1%5D' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787047636185280910.post-3318007926597844540</id><published>2008-08-22T10:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T07:23:05.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pump it up!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAxQ4RoPkI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/0BtC1furtAI/s1600-h/IMG_0191%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAxQ4RoPkI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/0BtC1furtAI/s200/IMG_0191%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237740532685880898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAxRJV2_PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/5K0DHMN2BVI/s1600-h/IMG_0196%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAxRJV2_PI/AAAAAAAAAAY/5K0DHMN2BVI/s200/IMG_0196%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237740537267027186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAxS-yQS4I/AAAAAAAAAAg/7W2HHyTTUAM/s1600-h/IMG_0205%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAxS-yQS4I/AAAAAAAAAAg/7W2HHyTTUAM/s200/IMG_0205%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237740568793074562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, let's start this blog with photos of Niah's 4th birthday party.  When I began planning months in advance for this event, I wanted to have the old fashioned party with sack races, pin the tiara on the princess etc, etc, etc.  I wanted to go all out for the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Princen"&lt;/span&gt; seeing as how she hadn't had a "real" party in 3 years.  Then, the great flood of '08 occurred and we had to rethink the locale (thank God for small favors).  So, we picked Pump it Up! where it seemed that everyone had a great time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7787047636185280910-3318007926597844540?l=thennews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/feeds/3318007926597844540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7787047636185280910&amp;postID=3318007926597844540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/3318007926597844540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/3318007926597844540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/2008/08/pump-it-up.html' title='pump it up!'/><author><name>the n!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14343565437455553469</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQik0e3FRI/AAAAAAAAACM/5Dv_9fVuJ6g/S220/IMG_0119.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAxQ4RoPkI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/0BtC1furtAI/s72-c/IMG_0191%5B1%5D' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787047636185280910.post-6359617119677005572</id><published>2008-08-22T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-23T08:58:26.433-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Branson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MO 7/08'/><title type='text'>Up but not running</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAzZ4QlPbI/AAAAAAAAABA/y4w6zSCXliQ/s1600-h/IMG_0103%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAzZ4QlPbI/AAAAAAAAABA/y4w6zSCXliQ/s200/IMG_0103%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237742886323568050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAzaNddiiI/AAAAAAAAABI/SD56iBDMm7Y/s1600-h/IMG_0123%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAzaNddiiI/AAAAAAAAABI/SD56iBDMm7Y/s200/IMG_0123%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237742892014733858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAynN7JtOI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3UEDeZK0dMA/s1600-h/IMG_0068%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAynN7JtOI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3UEDeZK0dMA/s200/IMG_0068%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237742015965934818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAynt0t6aI/AAAAAAAAAAw/hTVQSH8jylM/s1600-h/IMG_0073%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAynt0t6aI/AAAAAAAAAAw/hTVQSH8jylM/s200/IMG_0073%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237742024528882082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAyn_CohpI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RFG1csSQJ6Q/s1600-h/IMG_0082%5B1%5D"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAyn_CohpI/AAAAAAAAAA4/RFG1csSQJ6Q/s200/IMG_0082%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237742029150652050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am going to attempt this blogging thing again.  It's been over 3 years, and I hope that I can keep up.  My life is a tad bit more hectic, but we'll give it a go.  So, I have the blogspot "up", we've got to get to the point where we are "running".  In the meantime, enjoy these few pics of our trip to Branson this summer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7787047636185280910-6359617119677005572?l=thennews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/feeds/6359617119677005572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7787047636185280910&amp;postID=6359617119677005572' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/6359617119677005572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7787047636185280910/posts/default/6359617119677005572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thennews.blogspot.com/2008/08/up-but-not-running.html' title='Up but not running'/><author><name>the n!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14343565437455553469</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLQik0e3FRI/AAAAAAAAACM/5Dv_9fVuJ6g/S220/IMG_0119.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jy1HKHFiSb8/SLAzZ4QlPbI/AAAAAAAAABA/y4w6zSCXliQ/s72-c/IMG_0103%5B1%5D' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
