Kelly's Frog Prince

*Edited 6/7/09*



Brandi & I found our froggy again today on the front porch! How funny is it that he's sticking around! Alex wanted to name it, so we've come up with either Frog-bert or Frog-gelica. Still deciding :) Anyway, here is a picture of our new 'pet'!




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Tonight as Brandi & I were finishing up a game of Phase 10, she noticed a frog hopping across the kitchen floor. I immediately squealed and she started telling me to go wake up my dad and there was no way she was putting it outside. I figured he'd be less then thrilled if I did that, but realized Kelly was in the den. So I quickly went to tell her, figuring she'd join me in the squealing department, but instead she went to work trying to catch it and put it outside.

By the time Kelly joined us it had hopped into the dining room and was making its way to the living room. Kelly cornered it, but just in time for it to hop under the piano. She got it out, and then once again it hopped under the piano. She finally coaxed it out again (with the help of a broom) and managed to assist it towards the front door where we quickly let it out.

Kelly talked about kissing it...but never did, better luck next time Kelly!

A Poor Man’s Pool

Today at Kim’s we got the kiddy pool out and the plastic bin full of water toys…let the video do the rest of the talking!

 

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Hope all of you are enjoying this BEAUTIFUL weather we are having!

 

Oh…Nate is sitting on my lap (and if I had the volume on you would hear him chattering away – but instead I chose to mute it and have a song play instead!), so he’s not missing but is causing the shakiness of my camera at times!!

RSV Poster Unveiling & Presentation

Today I had my presentations for my RSV poster and I have to say (and not because I am vain, but) my poster was probably the best looking one in the classroom.  For starters, I was the only one who had their poster printed, so it really stood out!  I was shocked to see how many people hadn’t even used a paper cutter to cut their paper.  They obviously just used scissors and just looked very elementary!  Did I mention, my poster rocks!

We had to present our posters in 1-on-1 settings with another peer who graded us.  I had to present 3 times, and then I in turn graded 3 other posters.  So it was really laid back and easy!  I was nervous my first person I presented to, but then got more comfortable! 

My poster will now be graded by both my professors, the Biology Department head, my 2 TAs and the science librarian before we get a final grade.  Our TA’s will pick the #1 poster in my lab and that person gets 20 bonus points…which I could REALLY use!  So I am excited to see how that pans out!

Okay, here’s what all of you have been waiting for, the unveiling of my poster.  I wish I had a picture of me standing by it, but I don’t.  This photo was taken with my phone after I had taped it to the Science Building lobby wall for the final grading!  ….Oh….in order for our posters to get graded by each of the above people, we have to display them in the Science Building Lobby, well since most people had ‘science fair’ boards, they had to set theirs on the floor, but not mine…since it doesn’t ‘stand’ on it’s own I got to tape it to the wall where it totally stands out!  LOVE IT!

Okay okay okay here it is….

I ended up removing the background that I had in this blog post because it was just to busy…oh and it ended up being REALLY grainy when printed!  I really love how this turned out.  Even my professor said “Oh my gosh, this is beautiful”!  So that felt really good!

Bellevue “Water” Park

Today was another hot day, mid-80s (hot but could be warmer in my opinion!), so we thought we’d pack the kids up and head to a new park in Bellevue that has TONS of squirting sprinkler toys!  It’s is the coolest place (no pun intended)!  Everywhere you look there are things squirting water!  It’s awesome for toddlers because their is no standing water and the ground is this bouncy material so kids if they fall don’t get hurt (or at least not as badly)!  It also has a nice playground right next to it to also play on!

When we first arrived all the kids (Madison included) were freaked out by the concept.  Maddie gradually warmed up and then Gabbi saw Maddie having fun so she jumped in.  The boys never really enjoyed it and wanted to stick right beside me or Jaime.  They played a little bit in near the water in this twirling ball thing, but for the most part just watched. 

Because the boys were so clingy it was hard to get many pictures, but here are a few of them!

Gabbi playing in the fountain 

See guys…even Emma likes the water!

 
Gabbi & Maddie chillin’ in the boat

 
Maddie climbing the Great Whale fountain 

 
The boys’ attempt at playing in the water!
Jack (left) & Nate (Right)

Snack Time! 

 
Naptime!

I highly recommend this park for anyone with small kids who want a fun and safe place to go and enjoy the water! 

16000 NE 10th ST; Bellevue, WA
*It is located right behind Crossroads Mall, next to the 7-11 & Fire Station!

PRINTED my RSV poster

After 2 trips to Kinkos...my poster is complete and printed!! It is HUGE, I had no idea how big 36x48" is! It is HUGE!! I like it, we ended up having to change the background color of it because the one I had was extremely grainy. But I really like what we ended up with! I'm scared to take it out of the tube it's currently in, but after I present it on Tuesday I'll take a picture of myself with it and post it!! I'm really proud of it!!

Thanks again Brandi for all your help!!

Stand Up "Copy" [comedian]

Madison has discovered jokes this past week and has quite the comedy routine. Check out her as a "Stand Up Copy" as she calls herself!

*take note in her "banana" it is priceless how she says it!

Enjoy this beautiful sunny Saturday!

Big Girls & Little Girls

On Saturday, I watched the girls while Jaime got her haircut and Zackery worked.  I decided to head up to Marysville and hang out with Amy, Camryn & Jordyn for the morning!  This was the first time all 4 girls got together (okay granted the babies are almost 5mo & 2mo!).  So it was fun to watch them interact with each other (or just lay next to each other!). 

I think it’s really cool that both Camryn & Madison are close in age (6 months apart) have little sisters that are close in age too (Em 4mo & Jordyn 1mo)!  It should be fun to watch them grow up!

I took a handful of pictures with Amy’s camera, and she posted them on Facebook, so I stole then from there and now am posting them here!

The Big Girls (aka Camryn & Madison)

The Little Girls (aka Emmalee & Jordyn)  

Big & Little Sisters!

Scrapbooking Weekend

This weekend my parents were going to Olympia so I decided to have a Scrapbooking Weekend here! Brandi, Jaime & Erin all came over and we scrapped for 2 nights!! Sadly, we were a bit chatty and I only got 5 layouts done (10 pages). Brandi was a speedy and accomplished 15 pages I believe…what’s up with that? Jaime didn’t get much time to scrap because of Emmalee, but she did 4 pages too! Erin just hung out with us, she didn’t feel like scrapbooking this time! We had a lot of fun!

Waterfall: Madison playing in the fountain at my house
Summer 2007


Pool Fun: Madison swimming in her pool at Grandma’s House
Summer 2007

Pump It Up: Madison at Pump It Up!
~ 13 months old (2007)

Stars & Stripes: Madison & Alex doing Pop-It’s on 4th of July!
July 4, 2008

Train Ride: Erin, Jaime & I took Aiden, Connor, MacKenzie & Madison on a train ride through Snoqualmie!
October 2008

We also had Kennedy, Melissa & Angelique over Saturday afternoon to teach them how to scrapbook. For their birthday we gave them scrapbooks and invited them over for a 5 hours crop, teach them how to scrapbook and pizza!

Kennedy really got into scrapbooking and was a speed scrapper, accomplishing 15-8.5x8.5 layouts!! Melissa was slow and steady, got a bit distracted and I think she may have finished 2 layouts! Angelique was right between the other two and worked at a steady pace accomplishing several pages herself!

We had a lot of fun with them over, and took lots of pictures! Here are a handful of them!

I have a fun post for tomorrow night…so stay tuned!!

Met with my micro prof

Today I sat down to my micro professor to go over my grades and the chance I have of getting a B-. I was so nervous to sit down with him, he seemed so impersonal and mean, so I had no idea what to expect. But to my surprise he was super nice and very helpful and actually seemed like he cared.

He told me that exams are only 300/1000 points in the class, and to try and not worry to much about not doing well on the exams. I really just need to get an A+ on my RSV poster (which I feel positive about). I showed him my storyboard (rough draft) and he said it looked good, but a little busy. So I may need to make some changes, I'll see what happens when I get it back.

He also was concerned on why I am doing well in Lab (90% in that class), and yet I cannot seem to take the exams. We talked about how I study and prepare and then he told me to go talk to the Center For Learning to get help on preparing. He also said that many students who show the same trend, tend to have a Learning Disability with Test Anxiety. So he emailed the CFL and told them he was sending me over to talk.

I immediately went over and set-up an appointment with the Director and we're going to meet on Thursday to start looking over my exams, and figure out what techniques might work best for me. She'll help me prepare for my final in micro and then we'll meet during the summer to go over my results and try to make a plan for next year. She also broached the topic of a Learning Disability but said she wanted to try this plan first and see if I just don't know the best way for me to prepare and study for exams. If after the final I haven't seen much improvement she said we could discuss getting tested for a learning disability. So we'll see what happens!

I will meet with Dr. Wood again on Tuesday, he sent me home with some things to do this weekend to help me out. He said that he doesn't think I'll have a problem getting the B- I need to get into the nursing program, but I really need to work hard and also prove to him and Dr. Bishop that I know what I am doing. So we'll see how the final 3 weeks go!

In the meantime...IT'S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND! Yay! And the weather is beautiful to boot! Double YAY YAY!!

RSV Poster Done!

Or at least I submitted my ‘rough draft’ which I believe is my final!  Let’s see what my Prof says I guess!!  I still have to actually make it and put it on poster board, however I’m gonna spend the money and have it professionally done by KINKOS for a better chance of winning ‘best poster in the class’ and getting 20 bonus points!  Here’s my poster, you won’t be able to read it, but you can at least look at the layout and get an idea of what it will look like!!  Oh and check out this post I made a couple of days ago about Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) to get a better idea of what this virus actually is!

 
*Please do not copy/plagiarize/or steal*
All my sources/pictures/information are properly cited

In case you were wondering the different sections include:

• The Microbe: Information on a cellular level & the history
• The Disease: Information about the disease (symptoms, duration, complications, etc.)
• Abstract: A  summery of the poster
• Epidemiology: How it spreads, where it lives between hosts, who’s at risk, etc
• Clinical Identification & Treatment: Just what it says…how it’s identified clinically and then the treatment for it.
• Social Implications & Current Research: Like it says!
• References: The references were HARD (thanks again Brandi for helping me do them!) and were VERY specific on how things had to be cited!  So this was a HUGE job!

Brandi really helped me with this project!!  She was over every night since Monday and worked until close to midnight with me each night…on top of that she had to be at work at 8:30am each day and work a full day!!  Thanks again Brandi for all your help!!

I’ll post a picture of it when it’s final and printed!!