tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89020515374298154312012-02-16T15:55:41.170-08:00Craig and Mari Calhoun FamilyAn attempt at becoming contemporary in Queen CreekQC Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392372192354004146noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902051537429815431.post-13617457369675809432008-12-24T06:10:00.000-08:002008-12-24T11:04:29.297-08:00Our Christmas Letter - 2008<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVKGDpUjWbI/AAAAAAAAAD8/_RclCXdDSLE/s1600-h/17th+Anniversery+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283432710048799154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVKGDpUjWbI/AAAAAAAAAD8/_RclCXdDSLE/s320/17th+Anniversery+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><em>Family Learnings</em></strong><br /><br />Craig</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>1. Gratitude arrives stronger after Suffering </div><div>2. The vast majority of God's children are good and kind people<br />3. Snow, Ice, and Mountains are 3 valid reasons for owning a 4 wheel drive vehicle<br /><br />Mari<br />1. The Savior is my personal Redeemer<br />2. "I will work for food" is a real exclamation for anyone doing coupons<br />3. Clean house EVERY day... </div><p><br />Samantha<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVJhLgR3ZUI/AAAAAAAAAC8/VzsRXeO1LBc/s1600-h/Summer+2008+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283392163130336578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVJhLgR3ZUI/AAAAAAAAAC8/VzsRXeO1LBc/s320/Summer+2008+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />At least sixteen learnings this year, here are few highlights:<br />1. How to drive a car<br />2. How to date<br />3. How to wait tables<br />4. How to sing a solo<br />5. How to win and lose and wear out my shoes<br /><br />I'm looking forward to my senior year<br /><br /><br />Caleb<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283395142467745266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVJj47LQdfI/AAAAAAAAADM/wxcKvV0ozCw/s320/Summer+2008+005.jpg" border="0" /><br />1. I learned how to play <a href="http://www.jonschmidt.com/catalog/index.php">Jon Schmidt </a>"Waterfall" on the piano<br />2. I learned to run harder than I ever have<br />3. I discovered that golf is not my game<br /><br /><br />I'm looking foward to turning 14 and going to dances<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283397473190197282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVJmAlyyuCI/AAAAAAAAADU/85_e_M-QGsI/s320/Cross+Country+Top7.jpg" border="0" /><br />Benjamin<br /><br />1. I learned how to run 2 miles in 12:06<br />2. I learned how to ride the ripstick<br />3. I learned how to play golf (it was awesome)<br /><br />4. I'm looking forward to getting 1st place in Cross Country next year<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283397490834436018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVJmBnhgb7I/AAAAAAAAADs/aqUd0HWePhI/s320/2008+School+Year+037.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Abigail<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283397483988039298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVJmBOBMtoI/AAAAAAAAADc/v78VdJUWJlg/s320/Winter+2008+002.jpg" border="0" /><br />1. I learned how to ride Ben's bike<br />2. I learned how to walk down the stairs quietly<br />3. I learned how to be grateful<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283397486439641394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/SVJmBXJtMTI/AAAAAAAAADk/m2Ou6lfRDQE/s320/Easter+and+Emma+Birthday+2008+013.jpg" border="0" /><br />Emma<br /><br />1. I learned how to walk<br />2. I learned to say I love you<br />3. My favorite video is below "squeezers"<br /><br /><br />My family and I are looking forward to when I stop teething<br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-789387aea8539d9c" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D789387aea8539d9c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331692323%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D9612FB1EDEAFA808B7AF3BBE337E3412F317DBB.3F8DF678B66E11375AA386EC7842EC26FC5B7A69%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D789387aea8539d9c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DjMBQgrorqJCHi2EMZfj3K1V82ks&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D789387aea8539d9c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331692323%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D9612FB1EDEAFA808B7AF3BBE337E3412F317DBB.3F8DF678B66E11375AA386EC7842EC26FC5B7A69%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D789387aea8539d9c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DjMBQgrorqJCHi2EMZfj3K1V82ks&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8902051537429815431-1361745736967580943?l=calhounfamilyqueencreek.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>QC Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392372192354004146noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902051537429815431.post-2426860650788858982007-12-26T03:13:00.000-08:002008-11-12T19:41:42.162-08:00On Christmas Day in the morning<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R3I39wuGYyI/AAAAAAAAABk/ndXzHJL12ZE/s1600-h/Christmas+2007+074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148238858227704610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R3I39wuGYyI/AAAAAAAAABk/ndXzHJL12ZE/s200/Christmas+2007+074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Surprise, surprise! </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The matching red flannel pajamas on Christmas Eve are a hit!</div><br /><br /><div></div>Lookout for the pool sharks, Caleb and Ben<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R3I4gguGYzI/AAAAAAAAABs/ZbQ6N5zVYho/s1600-h/Christmas+2007+100.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148239455228158770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R3I4gguGYzI/AAAAAAAAABs/ZbQ6N5zVYho/s320/Christmas+2007+100.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8902051537429815431-242686065078885898?l=calhounfamilyqueencreek.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>QC Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392372192354004146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902051537429815431.post-42585327342980932172007-12-22T03:30:00.001-08:002008-11-12T19:41:42.520-08:00When it rains in the desert, what happens?<p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z21wuGYuI/AAAAAAAAABE/FzJ0BiHlQXY/s1600-h/Christmas+2007+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146759877649392354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z21wuGYuI/AAAAAAAAABE/FzJ0BiHlQXY/s400/Christmas+2007+027.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z2GguGYtI/AAAAAAAAAA8/gn78sEjKnFs/s1600-h/Christmas+2007+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146759065900573394" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z2GguGYtI/AAAAAAAAAA8/gn78sEjKnFs/s320/Christmas+2007+022.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z15wuGYsI/AAAAAAAAAA0/WTuCsBbXXyA/s1600-h/Christmas+2007+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146758846857241282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z15wuGYsI/AAAAAAAAAA0/WTuCsBbXXyA/s320/Christmas+2007+023.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Ben and Abby enjoying the retention basin on a crisp December afternoon</div></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f9ba203b1485432" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0f9ba203b1485432%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331692323%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D21CF4426E4FB7A1BC35C2EB8915C658FD285E7F4.4E0F997B70AA59C08A9AE6E4CA67FDAD220CE1CD%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df9ba203b1485432%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1MSzQn9o-Fu_YMScHSXrsVnR3u8&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0f9ba203b1485432%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331692323%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D21CF4426E4FB7A1BC35C2EB8915C658FD285E7F4.4E0F997B70AA59C08A9AE6E4CA67FDAD220CE1CD%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df9ba203b1485432%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1MSzQn9o-Fu_YMScHSXrsVnR3u8&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8902051537429815431-4258532734298093217?l=calhounfamilyqueencreek.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>QC Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392372192354004146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902051537429815431.post-11947233814923035892007-12-22T03:05:00.000-08:002008-11-12T19:41:43.132-08:00On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z58QuGYxI/AAAAAAAAABc/SBzlBSct0cM/s1600-h/Summer+2007+073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146763287853425426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z58QuGYxI/AAAAAAAAABc/SBzlBSct0cM/s320/Summer+2007+073.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z5jguGYwI/AAAAAAAAABU/bXaHYw72-gI/s1600-h/Christmas+2007+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146762862651663106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z5jguGYwI/AAAAAAAAABU/bXaHYw72-gI/s320/Christmas+2007+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z0jQuGYrI/AAAAAAAAAAs/54mo_EFVp-c/s1600-h/Christmas+2007+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146757360798556850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2z0jQuGYrI/AAAAAAAAAAs/54mo_EFVp-c/s320/Christmas+2007+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>1 Beautiful new baby Emma Catherine<br />2 more boxes in the garage<br />3 flat bicycle tires<br />4 doctors to fix a hurt shoulder<br />5 golden yellow diapers <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c6IOdq4KVAo/R2zxTAuGYpI/AAAAAAAAAAc/MX9Wr3yKTz0/s1600-h/Summer+2007+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146753783090799250" style="FLOAT: left; 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