<?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-1029886370035187040</id><updated>2012-01-16T14:22:20.868-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Big Summer Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-1739535144590877071</id><published>2007-07-18T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T12:03:22.518-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5d--VxbfI/AAAAAAAAAGU/b9Nwdf_UJ4w/s1600-h/07-08-07_1807.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5d--VxbfI/AAAAAAAAAGU/b9Nwdf_UJ4w/s200/07-08-07_1807.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088607965442829810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" &gt;The tide was low and I walked out on a sandbar to fly my kite.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5d_OVxbgI/AAAAAAAAAGc/fLbo_hn8ZLA/s1600-h/07-08-07_1737.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5d_OVxbgI/AAAAAAAAAGc/fLbo_hn8ZLA/s200/07-08-07_1737.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088607969737797122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" &gt;Gabrielle and I explored the sandbars!  We found lots of jellyfish and built this moat!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5douVxbeI/AAAAAAAAAGM/XmvXX-Jc_Dg/s1600-h/07-08-07_1707.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5douVxbeI/AAAAAAAAAGM/XmvXX-Jc_Dg/s200/07-08-07_1707.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088607583190740450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;What a beautiful day to play in the sand! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-1739535144590877071?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1739535144590877071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=1739535144590877071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/1739535144590877071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/1739535144590877071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/beach.html' title='The Beach'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5d--VxbfI/AAAAAAAAAGU/b9Nwdf_UJ4w/s72-c/07-08-07_1807.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-6307473306065824219</id><published>2007-07-18T11:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T11:35:20.283-07:00</updated><title type='text'>great grandma</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5dYOVxbdI/AAAAAAAAAGE/tevK4tc88wo/s1600-h/07-08-07_1520.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5dYOVxbdI/AAAAAAAAAGE/tevK4tc88wo/s200/07-08-07_1520.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088607299722898898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is me and my cousin with my great grandmother.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-6307473306065824219?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6307473306065824219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=6307473306065824219' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/6307473306065824219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/6307473306065824219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/great-grandma.html' title='great grandma'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rp5dYOVxbdI/AAAAAAAAAGE/tevK4tc88wo/s72-c/07-08-07_1520.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-8539509262283082196</id><published>2007-07-16T07:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-16T08:27:06.169-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yellow Crown Night Heron</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuKseVxbVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/N8eVjwjp7Gw/s1600-h/07-06-07_1130.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuKseVxbVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/N8eVjwjp7Gw/s200/07-06-07_1130.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087812700708367698" border="0" /&gt;       &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuKsuVxbWI/AAAAAAAAAFM/hvEartjEGdk/s1600-h/07-06-07_1131.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 142px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuKsuVxbWI/AAAAAAAAAFM/hvEartjEGdk/s200/07-06-07_1131.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087812705003335010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuKsuVxbXI/AAAAAAAAAFU/AGNB1AZN2_w/s1600-h/07-06-07_1132.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuKsuVxbXI/AAAAAAAAAFU/AGNB1AZN2_w/s200/07-06-07_1132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087812705003335026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;Paw-Paw took us on a boat tour of swamps and bayous around Pascagoula!  It was really cool.  We saw aligators, cools birds, huge black grasshoppers that could walk on water,  and one fish jumped right in front of the boat!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuJieVxbUI/AAAAAAAAAE8/d4SM-Bdx4Xc/s1600-h/07-06-07_1001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuJieVxbUI/AAAAAAAAAE8/d4SM-Bdx4Xc/s200/07-06-07_1001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087811429398048066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuLCeVxbYI/AAAAAAAAAFc/wEsRPo4Orys/s1600-h/07-06-07_1140.jpg"&gt;                                                 &lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuLCeVxbYI/AAAAAAAAAFc/wEsRPo4Orys/s200/07-06-07_1140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087813078665489794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuJieVxbUI/AAAAAAAAAE8/d4SM-Bdx4Xc/s1600-h/07-06-07_1001.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuJieVxbUI/AAAAAAAAAE8/d4SM-Bdx4Xc/s1600-h/07-06-07_1001.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;Paw-Paw puts on my life jacket!                            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuLCeVxbYI/AAAAAAAAAFc/wEsRPo4Orys/s1600-h/07-06-07_1140.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;Behind this brush is an aligator nest!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Boat rides make you really hungry!  We stopped at a BBQ place in Ocean Springs called The Shed for lunch!  I didn't like the food, but the place was cool.  We fed a stray cat, Gabrielle and I climbed on the stage shaped like a boat AND hula hooped!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuNsOVxbZI/AAAAAAAAAFk/qukvSkxDQo8/s1600-h/07-06-07_1233.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 115px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuNsOVxbZI/AAAAAAAAAFk/qukvSkxDQo8/s200/07-06-07_1233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087815994948283794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuNseVxbaI/AAAAAAAAAFs/6iYDZgYjJNI/s1600-h/07-06-07_1300.jpg"&gt;    &lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 110px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuNseVxbaI/AAAAAAAAAFs/6iYDZgYjJNI/s200/07-06-07_1300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087815999243251106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuOLeVxbcI/AAAAAAAAAF8/2lMttWVZ5WM/s1600-h/07-06-07_1242.jpg"&gt;    &lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 116px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuOLeVxbcI/AAAAAAAAAF8/2lMttWVZ5WM/s200/07-06-07_1242.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087816531819195842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuNsuVxbbI/AAAAAAAAAF0/Pr85p3WsNMY/s1600-h/07-06-07_1233.jpg"&gt;     &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuNsOVxbZI/AAAAAAAAAFk/qukvSkxDQo8/s1600-h/07-06-07_1233.jpg"&gt;      &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuLCeVxbYI/AAAAAAAAAFc/wEsRPo4Orys/s1600-h/07-06-07_1140.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;                                                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-8539509262283082196?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8539509262283082196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=8539509262283082196' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/8539509262283082196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/8539509262283082196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/yellow-crown-night-heron.html' title='Yellow Crown Night Heron'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuKseVxbVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/N8eVjwjp7Gw/s72-c/07-06-07_1130.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-9058849262183140323</id><published>2007-07-16T07:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-16T07:58:11.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Day at the Spa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuHXeVxbSI/AAAAAAAAAEs/60CvFGe14Qo/s1600-h/07-05-07_1241.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuHXeVxbSI/AAAAAAAAAEs/60CvFGe14Qo/s200/07-05-07_1241.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087809041396231458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuHXeVxbTI/AAAAAAAAAE0/x6cOKELZO-E/s1600-h/07-05-07_1319.jpg"&gt;           &lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuHXeVxbTI/AAAAAAAAAE0/x6cOKELZO-E/s200/07-05-07_1319.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087809041396231474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuHXeVxbSI/AAAAAAAAAEs/60CvFGe14Qo/s1600-h/07-05-07_1241.jpg"&gt;           &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;While I was with my Mema I went to get my first manicure and pedicure!  It was fun.  I want to do this every two weeks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-9058849262183140323?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9058849262183140323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=9058849262183140323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/9058849262183140323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/9058849262183140323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-day-at-spa.html' title='My Day at the Spa'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuHXeVxbSI/AAAAAAAAAEs/60CvFGe14Qo/s72-c/07-05-07_1241.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-6005022472490414454</id><published>2007-07-16T07:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-16T07:51:51.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fourth of July</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuF5OVxbQI/AAAAAAAAAEc/kFKmCQze0Fw/s1600-h/07-04-07_2100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuF5OVxbQI/AAAAAAAAAEc/kFKmCQze0Fw/s200/07-04-07_2100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087807422193560834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuF5OVxbRI/AAAAAAAAAEk/St-_ZCFHJ94/s1600-h/07-04-07_2050.jpg"&gt;           &lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuF5OVxbRI/AAAAAAAAAEk/St-_ZCFHJ94/s200/07-04-07_2050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087807422193560850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuF5OVxbQI/AAAAAAAAAEc/kFKmCQze0Fw/s1600-h/07-04-07_2100.jpg"&gt;       &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;I watched fireworks with friends and family in Gulfport.  Here  I am  with my friend Carter and my cousin Gabrielle on my mom's car.  And here's me holding my first sparkler!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-6005022472490414454?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6005022472490414454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=6005022472490414454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/6005022472490414454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/6005022472490414454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/fourth-of-july.html' title='Fourth of July'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpuF5OVxbQI/AAAAAAAAAEc/kFKmCQze0Fw/s72-c/07-04-07_2100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-8008272145668705447</id><published>2007-07-10T06:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-10T07:11:23.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Trip to the Zoo....Another butterfly!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpONVQ_svXI/AAAAAAAAAEE/iU_qyh988sc/s1600-h/em+pic+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085563800710331762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpONVQ_svXI/AAAAAAAAAEE/iU_qyh988sc/s200/em+pic+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;     &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpONVg_svYI/AAAAAAAAAEM/zeDo3QdEFpQ/s1600-h/em+pic+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085563805005299074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpONVg_svYI/AAAAAAAAAEM/zeDo3QdEFpQ/s200/em+pic+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpONVg_svZI/AAAAAAAAAEU/jUWG1_L5zj8/s1600-h/em+pic+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085563805005299090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpONVg_svZI/AAAAAAAAAEU/jUWG1_L5zj8/s200/em+pic+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"&gt;This butterfly looked like it was either about to die or just came out of her chrysalis because it was very lazy and slow.  It was bigger and looks scarier than the last one.  But she was sweet.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-8008272145668705447?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8008272145668705447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=8008272145668705447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/8008272145668705447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/8008272145668705447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/another-trip-to-zooanother-butterfly.html' title='Another Trip to the Zoo....Another butterfly!'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RpONVQ_svXI/AAAAAAAAAEE/iU_qyh988sc/s72-c/em+pic+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-7787051272712360358</id><published>2007-07-01T16:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T16:41:00.319-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Roll.....Strike!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7PA_svTI/AAAAAAAAADk/EXZcAvC6C3I/s1600-h/IMAGE_624.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7PA_svTI/AAAAAAAAADk/EXZcAvC6C3I/s200/IMAGE_624.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082377308638854450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7PQ_svUI/AAAAAAAAADs/Q7RVE8_TZrg/s1600-h/IMAGE_628.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7PQ_svUI/AAAAAAAAADs/Q7RVE8_TZrg/s200/IMAGE_628.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082377312933821762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7PQ_svVI/AAAAAAAAAD0/mS_-JFTuYis/s1600-h/IMAGE_640.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7PQ_svVI/AAAAAAAAAD0/mS_-JFTuYis/s200/IMAGE_640.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082377312933821778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Last night I went bowling! I had one strike. This bowling alley had this thing that you put your ball on then you push it down the ramp and the ball goes down the lane and hits the pins.  It helped me a lot.&lt;br /&gt;                                                                            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7Pg_svWI/AAAAAAAAAD8/MBKZIiLf0r8/s1600-h/IMAGE_645.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7Pg_svWI/AAAAAAAAAD8/MBKZIiLf0r8/s200/IMAGE_645.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082377317228789090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-7787051272712360358?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7787051272712360358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=7787051272712360358' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/7787051272712360358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/7787051272712360358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/rollstrike.html' title='Roll.....Strike!'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rog7PA_svTI/AAAAAAAAADk/EXZcAvC6C3I/s72-c/IMAGE_624.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-2610586925644585261</id><published>2007-07-01T15:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T16:02:51.072-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Swimming with friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rogyaw_svSI/AAAAAAAAADc/k_isK8UFBRY/s1600-h/06-30-07_1400.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rogyaw_svSI/AAAAAAAAADc/k_isK8UFBRY/s200/06-30-07_1400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082367614897667362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I love to swim.  I went to my friend Michael's granddad's house to swim. We didn't get to stay long because it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;started to rain.  I wore these goggles with a mask and looked underwater.  It was so cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-2610586925644585261?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2610586925644585261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=2610586925644585261' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2610586925644585261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2610586925644585261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/swimming-with-friends.html' title='Swimming with friends'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rogyaw_svSI/AAAAAAAAADc/k_isK8UFBRY/s72-c/06-30-07_1400.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-5665321820308295962</id><published>2007-07-01T15:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T15:57:29.351-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bike Ride</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RogxTA_svRI/AAAAAAAAADU/FjtbV8W8XpA/s1600-h/IMAGE_618.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RogxTA_svRI/AAAAAAAAADU/FjtbV8W8XpA/s200/IMAGE_618.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082366382242053394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" &gt;Mom and I went for a bike ride! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-5665321820308295962?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5665321820308295962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=5665321820308295962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/5665321820308295962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/5665321820308295962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/bike-ride.html' title='Bike Ride'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RogxTA_svRI/AAAAAAAAADU/FjtbV8W8XpA/s72-c/IMAGE_618.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-2418556416270216681</id><published>2007-06-29T10:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T16:43:53.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arts and Crafts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVHwg_svQI/AAAAAAAAADM/QhVokBO7Jmc/s1600-h/06-29-07_1229.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVHwg_svQI/AAAAAAAAADM/QhVokBO7Jmc/s200/06-29-07_1229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081546653373873410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;Look what I made with my friends!  It's a birdhouse.  I like everything about mine, it is colorful and the shape is cool.  I'm sure a bird would love to live in it.  This was very fun to make.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-2418556416270216681?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2418556416270216681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=2418556416270216681' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2418556416270216681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2418556416270216681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/arts-and-crafts.html' title='Arts and Crafts'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVHwg_svQI/AAAAAAAAADM/QhVokBO7Jmc/s72-c/06-29-07_1229.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-5741662344094851267</id><published>2007-06-29T10:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T10:49:46.362-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A cultured day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVFjw_svNI/AAAAAAAAAC0/BRzh_uUFmh0/s1600-h/06-26-07_1624.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 138px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVFjw_svNI/AAAAAAAAAC0/BRzh_uUFmh0/s200/06-26-07_1624.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081544235307285714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVFkA_svOI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Q82i1DwuMNI/s1600-h/06-26-07_1538.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 137px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVFkA_svOI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Q82i1DwuMNI/s200/06-26-07_1538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081544239602253026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVFkA_svPI/AAAAAAAAADE/3dZyggsBIok/s1600-h/06-26-07_1611.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 135px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVFkA_svPI/AAAAAAAAADE/3dZyggsBIok/s200/06-26-07_1611.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081544239602253042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;I had a big day today.  First I went to see a play about the Big Bad Wolf.  Turns out he wasn't a bad wolf after all..... Next, we went to the library for a puppet show.  Last we went to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.memphismuseums.org/"&gt;Pink Palace Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;.  This is the only place my mom took pictures.  I explored the natural history part (check out the size of that crystal!) and this month's exhibit is the science of music....there I am trying to follow a drum beat!  We're going back next week with dad!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-5741662344094851267?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5741662344094851267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=5741662344094851267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/5741662344094851267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/5741662344094851267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/cultured-day.html' title='A cultured day!'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RoVFjw_svNI/AAAAAAAAAC0/BRzh_uUFmh0/s72-c/06-26-07_1624.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-2830048860211024095</id><published>2007-06-24T08:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T08:29:38.605-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Driving Range</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" &gt;After the party my Dad and I went to hit some balls on the driving range.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6NK_sUyoI/AAAAAAAAACU/E-UVj1G78_M/s1600-h/06-23-07_2022.jpg"&gt;                  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6NK_sUyoI/AAAAAAAAACU/E-UVj1G78_M/s1600-h/06-23-07_2022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6NK_sUyoI/AAAAAAAAACU/E-UVj1G78_M/s320/06-23-07_2022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079652649756052098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" &gt;Tee up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6MbPsUymI/AAAAAAAAACE/GFmgEDB9I8Q/s1600-h/06-23-07_2021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6MbPsUymI/AAAAAAAAACE/GFmgEDB9I8Q/s320/06-23-07_2021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079651829417298530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" &gt;Swing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6MbfsUynI/AAAAAAAAACM/xKcPjVaK8I0/s1600-h/06-23-07_2031.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6MbfsUynI/AAAAAAAAACM/xKcPjVaK8I0/s320/06-23-07_2031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079651833712265842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" &gt;Let's go! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-2830048860211024095?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2830048860211024095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=2830048860211024095' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2830048860211024095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2830048860211024095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/driving-range.html' title='Driving Range'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6NK_sUyoI/AAAAAAAAACU/E-UVj1G78_M/s72-c/06-23-07_2022.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-8182086597846838374</id><published>2007-06-24T08:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T08:17:41.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Birthday Party</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6KK_sUyjI/AAAAAAAAABs/GV7T5h4-Bjs/s1600-h/06-23-07_1936.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6KK_sUyjI/AAAAAAAAABs/GV7T5h4-Bjs/s320/06-23-07_1936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079649351221168690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6J_fsUyiI/AAAAAAAAABk/upbI9CEAUoU/s1600-h/06-23-07_1953.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6J_fsUyiI/AAAAAAAAABk/upbI9CEAUoU/s320/06-23-07_1953.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079649153652673058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night I went to a friends birthday party at a goofy golf and games place.  I got to ride a bumper boat.  I got very  wet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-8182086597846838374?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8182086597846838374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=8182086597846838374' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/8182086597846838374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/8182086597846838374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/birthday-party.html' title='Birthday Party'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6KK_sUyjI/AAAAAAAAABs/GV7T5h4-Bjs/s72-c/06-23-07_1936.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-5666050440590033011</id><published>2007-06-24T08:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T08:30:24.494-07:00</updated><title type='text'>underwater swimming</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6LmfsUykI/AAAAAAAAAB0/GX4kSVWIq3A/s1600-h/06-23-07_1324.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6LmfsUykI/AAAAAAAAAB0/GX4kSVWIq3A/s320/06-23-07_1324.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079650923179199042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Today I floated underwater.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-5666050440590033011?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5666050440590033011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=5666050440590033011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/5666050440590033011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/5666050440590033011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/underwater-swimming.html' title='underwater swimming'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rn6LmfsUykI/AAAAAAAAAB0/GX4kSVWIq3A/s72-c/06-23-07_1324.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-2745847870855825132</id><published>2007-06-22T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T09:31:36.358-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Art</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnv5H_sUygI/AAAAAAAAABU/DR_sRapkS2Y/s1600-h/06-21-07_1529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnv5H_sUygI/AAAAAAAAABU/DR_sRapkS2Y/s320/06-21-07_1529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078926920542112258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-size:180%;" &gt;Yesterday I went with a few friends to Sieze the Clay.  We painted little pieces of pottery.  I chose a snail and a bird.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-2745847870855825132?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2745847870855825132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=2745847870855825132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2745847870855825132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/2745847870855825132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/art.html' title='Art'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnv5H_sUygI/AAAAAAAAABU/DR_sRapkS2Y/s72-c/06-21-07_1529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-453978693158259458</id><published>2007-06-22T09:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T09:31:49.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Roller Skate</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnv30_sUyfI/AAAAAAAAABM/Xi3cRRb8PzU/s1600-h/06-19-07_1539.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnv30_sUyfI/AAAAAAAAABM/Xi3cRRb8PzU/s320/06-19-07_1539.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078925494612969970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;I am getting pretty good at roller skating, soon I'll be as fast as my mom!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-453978693158259458?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/453978693158259458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=453978693158259458' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/453978693158259458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/453978693158259458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/roller-skate.html' title='Roller Skate'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnv30_sUyfI/AAAAAAAAABM/Xi3cRRb8PzU/s72-c/06-19-07_1539.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-1581666198472477348</id><published>2007-06-22T08:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T08:56:53.601-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Off to the zoo....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvmbvsUyZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/gAdGh9gi3NA/s1600-h/butterfly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvmbvsUyZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/gAdGh9gi3NA/s320/butterfly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078906369123600786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The zoo has a butterfly exhibit every summer and this year I got to hold a newly hatched butterfly! You have to be very gentle with butterflies.  I can't wait to go back!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-1581666198472477348?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1581666198472477348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=1581666198472477348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/1581666198472477348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/1581666198472477348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/off-to-zoo.html' title='Off to the zoo....'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvmbvsUyZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/gAdGh9gi3NA/s72-c/butterfly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-7183136241256068783</id><published>2007-06-22T08:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T08:59:30.417-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rock N Romp</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnvlk_sUyYI/AAAAAAAAAAU/7s3EYzuRzzU/s1600-h/rockNromp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnvlk_sUyYI/AAAAAAAAAAU/7s3EYzuRzzU/s320/rockNromp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078905428525762946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;About once a month during the summer, families and friends gather in someone's backyard for music and fun!  Here I am with my friend Crystal.  We sang on the band's microphones after they finished jamming.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-7183136241256068783?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7183136241256068783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=7183136241256068783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/7183136241256068783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/7183136241256068783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/rock-n-romp.html' title='Rock N Romp'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnvlk_sUyYI/AAAAAAAAAAU/7s3EYzuRzzU/s72-c/rockNromp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-7382134471004172284</id><published>2007-06-22T07:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T08:31:18.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Swimming Days</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnvkd_sUyXI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JzQT_lN4IcA/s1600-h/swim.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnvkd_sUyXI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JzQT_lN4IcA/s320/swim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078904208755050866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;What do you do when it's hot outside?  SWIM!!!  I am learning how to swim.  I get better and better every time I try.  It's very fun! Here I am being silly laying on the raft!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-7382134471004172284?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7382134471004172284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=7382134471004172284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/7382134471004172284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/7382134471004172284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-swimming-days.html' title='My Swimming Days'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/Rnvkd_sUyXI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JzQT_lN4IcA/s72-c/swim.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029886370035187040.post-9002890910319418786</id><published>2007-06-22T07:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T09:06:28.873-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Trip to California</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvpKPsUyaI/AAAAAAAAAAk/91H1WSvIiUs/s1600-h/beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvpKPsUyaI/AAAAAAAAAAk/91H1WSvIiUs/s320/beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078909367010773410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;I went to Huntington Beach, California for 5 Days!!  We hung out at the beach and saw real surfers, built sand castles and rode a boogie board!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;One of the places we went was to the Aquarium of the Pacific.  We sat on a hermit crab, looked at cool fish, and watched Pacific Islanders dance!  Check it out....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=210003" quality="best" scale="exactfit" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="227" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/clip:210003"&gt;Samoa Dance at the Aquarium of the Pacific&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user:talkingtonobody"&gt;talkingtonobody&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;We also went to Disney Land!  It was the coolest place in the world.  My favorite rides were AstroBlaster (Toy Story), Splash Mountain, Space Mountain and Pirates of the Carribean!  We spent all day and half the night there (almost 14 hours)!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvpZPsUycI/AAAAAAAAAA0/vHsrZjzkOyc/s1600-h/disney.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 80px; height: 143px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvpZPsUycI/AAAAAAAAAA0/vHsrZjzkOyc/s320/disney.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078909624708811202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvqLvsUyeI/AAAAAAAAABE/FMcx50ZLepU/s1600-h/wedding.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 82px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvqLvsUyeI/AAAAAAAAABE/FMcx50ZLepU/s320/wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078910492292205026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;Oh Yeah!  I was a flower girl in a wedding too!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;                                     WOW!  What a trip!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1029886370035187040-9002890910319418786?l=thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9002890910319418786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1029886370035187040&amp;postID=9002890910319418786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/9002890910319418786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1029886370035187040/posts/default/9002890910319418786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thebigsummerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-trip-to.html' title='My Trip to California'/><author><name>Emily</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w3byXj6WHk/TxSia1NbPuI/AAAAAAAAALg/B9_8FpEC4gE/s220/IMG_0022%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wrNYdCJ8Eg/RnvpKPsUyaI/AAAAAAAAAAk/91H1WSvIiUs/s72-c/beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
