tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53576954465802950972024-03-13T07:10:05.638-07:00Calls in ColoradoKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-90836191173409723332012-10-15T20:09:00.001-07:002012-10-15T20:13:06.900-07:00Day Four - Paris in a Day!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DqEfhSuhnws/UHWbfTqTvXI/AAAAAAAAB6o/EjQ4G1zJtlA/s1600/IMG_2607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DqEfhSuhnws/UHWbfTqTvXI/AAAAAAAAB6o/EjQ4G1zJtlA/s640/IMG_2607.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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Watch out Paris, here we come.</div>
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We had to wake up at 4 am to get ready to leave for the train that was going to take us to Paris. </div>
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I'm telling you we really didn't sleep much this week. </div>
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We sat in these cool seats that had a table in between them. </div>
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Thanks Tim for booking those for us.</div>
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Here's Tim wishing he was sitting with the cool kids.</div>
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When we got off the train we were underground and right where we needed to be to get in line for the Louvre. The line was long but not as long as it could have been. We waited for about an hour.</div>
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Haylie getting tired of the wait and maybe not feeling too great either.</div>
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At least there was an Apple Store to look at and admire while we were waiting in line.</div>
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We are almost there. And we took pictures to pass the time.</div>
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In my opinion once you get in the Louvre the crowds were absolutely nuts.</div>
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Too many people everywhere and the pinnacle was where the Mona Lisa was.</div>
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Crowds of people just pushing forward to get a better look at this beauty?</div>
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It was nuts!</div>
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We wandered a little more throughout this HUGE art museum.</div>
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But we were all pretty anxious to get out to the streets of Paris. </div>
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Check the Louvre off the list of things to do in my life. </div>
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I won't be back there anytime soon.</div>
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I hate to say it but it was my least favorite thing I did all week.</div>
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All the art lovers can shoot me now!</div>
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Outside of the Louvre it was much more enjoyable.</div>
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Fresh air and some sun light can fix all your problem.</div>
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The next stop was the Notre Dame and of course lunch.</div>
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At this point it was all about the food and the ambiance.</div>
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We ate crepes with Nutella, bananas, and strawberries.</div>
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Bread with pesto. </div>
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Macaroons and...</div>
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GELATO</div>
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And this was amazing gelato. </div>
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I think it compares pretty close to the gelato I've had in Italy.</div>
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YUM!!!</div>
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At the top of the Arc de Triomphe.</div>
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Haylie was so excited to get her first view of the Eiffel Tower.</div>
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Heading down the stairs...</div>
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Haylie has been obsessed with the Eiffel Tower for some time.</div>
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I can't adequately put into words just how excited she was to finally see it in person.</div>
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It is much bigger and more grand than I had even imagined.</div>
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The base of it was larger than I thought it would be and it really is so beautiful.</div>
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And now you must endure all of our jumping pictures!</div>
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What can I say, we were excited to be in Paris.</div>
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Oh, and remember that Sara is pregnant. What a stud!</div>
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Dreaming of our awesome day in Paris.</div>
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My nice sibling indulged me and they let me have a little Harry Potter moment after our long day.</div>
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Now we are back in London and it has been a long day. It's between 10-11 o'clock at night.</div>
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My favorite tube rider of the trip.</div>
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He had his music blasting and an open bottle of alcohol. </div>
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He eventually stood up to let the cool London breeze blow through his awesome hair.</div>
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Can you say "Richard Simmons"!</div>
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Farewell lovely Paris. </div>
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Thanks Tim for being our tour guide. </div>
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You are good at it and none of this would have happened without you.</div>
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Day three in London: The sabbath day. We started out by going to church. Tim and Tanya take the bus to church. When they get off the bus they still have a bit of a walk. This was a fun way to travel to church. I love going to church on vacation and this experience did not disappoint. </div>
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It was a great ward.</div>
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And we were off to Picadilly Circus.</div>
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Regent Street was getting ready for the Olympics. </div>
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It was really cool to see all of the flags of the world flying over head.</div>
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This was my favorite cake in a bakery window. </div>
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So amazing.</div>
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Cute Marisa and Natalie starring at the yummy treats in the window.</div>
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I went inside the bakery to get a picture of their faces and I totally got busted.</div>
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Oops! I guess that's not allowed.</div>
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Here were some London fashionistas! </div>
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Check out those pants.</div>
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Good people watching all around.</div>
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This is what it looked like when we were hanging out in the flat. </div>
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By the way, Tim, you look like such a cry baby in the picture above. Haha</div>
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We did so much talking...</div>
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And as a side note we didn't sleep much.</div>
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We stayed up way too late each night talking but we solved the worlds problems.</div>
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Trafalga Square was closed to set up for the Olympics.</div>
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This is about as close as we got.</div>
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This is a funny story, before we went home we got some treats at the grocery store.</div>
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Tanya bought this OJ because she loves juice.</div>
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Once we left the store she had a drink and gagged on it. She couldn't believe how gross it was.</div>
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Everyone else took a drink too and thought the same thing.</div>
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Then I took a drink, I agreed it was gross.</div>
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Then I looked at the label. It was OJ concentrate. </div>
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So funny!</div>
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Riding on the tube with the family were some of my favorite times. </div>
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We are almost back to the flat.</div>
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Just up the hill a little more.</div>
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At the end of the night we stood outside the local pub to watch the big soccer game on TV.</div>
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This was entertaining. </div>
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We met a drunk man who seemed to have a limited vocabulary- bad, and crude words.</div>
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I'll never forget watching the soccer game here. </div>
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Thanks Tim and Tanya for letting us visit and for being our tour guides and cooks.</div>
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Day two in London started early. </div>
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Tim and Tanya were so smart to get us to the Portobella Market early before all of the other tourists. I loved walking down these streets and looking around at all of the vendors things. Haylie found a cute purse and I bought some fruit and bread. As we were leaving people were just streaming in and we were off to the next adventure. </div>
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Sara and Mike were landing at this point and it was just going to be a couple more hours until we saw them. I was really excited.</div>
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The Borough Market was so much fun. It sits right under the train tracks and the ambiance is very unique. We walked around to see everything before we bought much for lunch. </div>
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And we bought a couple different types of PESTO!</div>
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This was the most delicious thing ever.</div>
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We bought the red and green pestos. </div>
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We ate this deliciousness on several occasions during the week. </div>
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We bought enough food for the incoming travelers and we meet them back at Tim and Tanya's flat. </div>
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It was a feast and a reunion!</div>
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The three siblings reunited after way too long. </div>
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I really miss living close to these two friends.</div>
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After lunch and talking we were off to see the sights of London. </div>
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First Big Ben. </div>
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We walked up the stairs from the tube and there it was. </div>
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Haylie turned around and shouted "WOW" very loudly. </div>
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It was a great tourist moment.</div>
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Westminster Abbey was closed. </div>
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But we walked the grounds and went in the gift shop.</div>
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Mike and Natalie found a very comfortable bench to rest on for a few moments.</div>
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Behind Westminster Abbey is this small street with the most beautiful homes. </div>
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It was actually quiet in there too. </div>
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The sounds of the city were muffled a bit. </div>
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This is the entrance and exit to that small street.</div>
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So very charming.</div>
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Of course there were a few classic red phone booth pictures taken while on our stroll through London!</div>
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This was a fun break that we took on a park bench on our was to see the Queen. </div>
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I saw an empty park bench in the distance and I ran to get it.</div>
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The pregnant Sara beat me to the bench because she cheated. </div>
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She took a short cut on the grass and I was polite and stayed on the sidewalk.</div>
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Whatever, I guess all that matters is that we got the bench.</div>
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Buckingham Palace was interesting. </div>
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There were people demonstrating and they climbed the gates with signs. </div>
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So the whole area was blocked off by police man.</div>
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This was about as close as we got. </div>
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The police ended up bringing in crane type looking equipment to remove the demonstrators.</div>
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The last stop for the day was the London Eye.</div>
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The picture above is Haylie inside the ride being very scared.</div>
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She takes after her Grandma Donna and she doesn't like ferris wheels. </div>
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I don't understand, but it took her a while to enjoys these views.</div>
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Finally on the way down she opened her eyes.</div>
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I mean look at these views.</div>
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And this cute couple too.</div>
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I think at this point we were exhausted but it was such a fun day!<br />
Sara, Mike and Haylie do you remember those delicious caramelized nuts that we bought on the bridge when we left the London eye? <br />
We should have bought more! </div>
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Our bags were packed and I was a little nervous to be flying to London with just Haylie. But it couldn't have been more smooth. There was Tim waiting for us in the Heathrow airport and then we had our first experience on the tube in London. The Picadilly line and the Jubilee line. So much fun to ride the public transportation. It's the best way to people watch.<br />
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We were so happy to see Tim, Tanya, Marisa, and Natalie. We have missed them so much. We spent the first afternoon touring Greenwich which is their local neighborhood. I love where they lived. So much to look at and really beautiful. And they have a great flat with the most amazing views.<br />
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Haylie modeling in Greenwich Park. In the back ground is the equestrian stands being set up for the Olympics. </div>
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Spectacular views from the park. </div>
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This is the prime meridian which runs right through the park.</div>
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Next we stopped by a quaint local candy shop. I loved looking at all of the unique candy and the really cool packaging.</div>
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Tanya walked us through the local market. It was a fun place to enjoy some of the local artists talents.<br />
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For dinner Tim met us at a restaurant that was right along the Thames River. It was such a fun first day. It was more fun to be with the Hart family and we were so glad to be given the chance to visit them. More details to come...<br />
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We have had the most beautiful Spring. </div>
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The weather has been perfect for months.</div>
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It has really been enjoyable to be at all of the kids sporting events.</div>
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Haylie had a lot of fun being on the JV soccer team.</div>
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They just had their banquet and she won the </div>
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"Most Improved JV Player!"</div>
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She played all over the field but mostly mid-fielder and defense.</div>
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It reminded me of my soccer playing days and how much fun I had.</div>
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By the end of the season Ryder was not shy and he would go to the team bench and find Haylie.</div>
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He was always the big hit over there.</div>
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He would be fed snacks and sit on random girls laps. </div>
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What a stud!</div>
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The tennis courts were right next to the soccer field. </div>
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This was very convenient because he was caged in.</div>
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Nice and convenient until I caught him climbing the fence.</div>
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It's hard to believe that Haylie's freshman year comes to an end in 3 days.</div>
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Where did this school year go?</div>
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I wish I could get back on the field again.</div>
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I think I would kick butt :)</div>
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Our Spring Break was a little bit of a bust. </div>
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We had planned to visit Colorado Springs at the end of our week off of school. </div>
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The hotel room had been booked and the activities planned. </div>
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We were excited to get away and spend some time together as a family and </div>
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to visit a place that we had never been.</div>
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Well on the drive to Colorado Springs, Weston started to have a very hard time breathing.</div>
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By the time we were at dinner he was in tears. </div>
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He didn't want to eat and he just wanted to see a doctor. </div>
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He had several breathing treatments in the car but it wasn't helping.</div>
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So we found an urgent care, then we took an ambulance from the urgent care to the hospital.</div>
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The hospital became our home for the next two days.</div>
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We only had one car on our trip so there was a lot of driving between the hotel and the hospital.</div>
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Either Matt or I would stay with Weston </div>
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and the other would take the other kids out to experience the sights. </div>
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It was hard to be spread apart and to be in a strange place.</div>
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We are so glad that Weston improved and was able to check out of the hospital after 2 long days.</div>
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He was so sad that he missed the family trip to the Garden on the Gods.</div>
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So on his first morning out of the hospital and the last day of the trip we went back to enjoy this...</div>
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The Garden of the Gods.</div>
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This is one of my favorite names for any tourist place.</div>
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So clever and it lives up to it's name.</div>
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This really is a spectacular place were the rocks just come out of the ground.</div>
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More than 100 years ago a man owned all of this property.</div>
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He wanted to give the property to the city of Colorado Springs but</div>
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When he passed away his family gave the land to the city </div>
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with the promise that it would always be free to the public.</div>
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What a nice gift.</div>
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And my kids LOVED climbing the rocks.</div>
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We had to drag them away.</div>
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This was our second trip to Garden of the Gods. </div>
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We had gone the day before when my sister Janna came down to go with us</div>
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Which by the way was very nice of her.</div>
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But it was just as much fun the next day. </div>
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And a reminder of how grateful I should be when we can all be together.</div>
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If you come to Colorado Spring this is definitely a place worth stopping.</div>
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Our family loved it.</div>
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And what's better than something free?</div>
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My sisters and I made an appointment to visit the Mint during Spring Break.</div>
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It's always fun to get all the cousins together. </div>
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14 kids between all of us and the City of Denver apparently had never seen 14 kids all together.</div>
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We got so many questions about these 14 cute and crazy kids.</div>
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To me cousins equal happiness.</div>
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From the parking garage we needed to go to the bottom floor </div>
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this picture is evidence that Cade pressed every button in the elevator.</div>
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Here we are trying to keep 14 kids on the sidewalk and out of the busy rode.</div>
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We all lived!</div>
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The tour of the mint was really fascinating. </div>
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They make millions of coins there a day.</div>
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And only one person (a worker) in the history of the mint has ever stolen money from the mint.</div>
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That's hard for me to believe.</div>
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I think they were happy to lock these gates behind us when the tour was over.</div>
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A short walk to the State Capitol building. </div>
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We had to pass by some "occupy" protestors to get there. </div>
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"Do you love your neighbor?" in the middle of the streets of Denver.</div>
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But really anything with the cousins is fun!</div>
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Are all of the children yours?</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-30225886477777093542012-05-04T08:43:00.002-07:002012-05-04T08:45:46.675-07:00Easter Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Easter Sunday was a beautiful day.</div>
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Although I burned an Easter basket in the oven and I ruined the party potatoes for dinner...</div>
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Once I got over these minor annoyances,</div>
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I realized that Easter is bigger than that.</div>
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We enjoyed a great, fantastic family dinner at Janna's house.</div>
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All of the Colorado cousins were there.</div>
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The egg hunt was awesome, the food was delish, and the company was even better.</div>
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How thankful I am to know that my Savior lives.</div>
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There was so much candy consumed before church.</div>
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Remnants of the charred basket.</div>
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The trees with blossoms were incredible this year.</div>
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Ryder looked very handsome in pink.</div>
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It's very suspenseful. </div>
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Ryder got the hang of the egg hunt right away.</div>
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He was very concerned about receiving his fair share of the candy.</div>
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Easter is a gift.</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-8872567317792703262012-05-04T08:10:00.001-07:002012-05-04T08:10:50.328-07:00Family Update: Matthew Lewis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I feel so lucky to be married to such a wonderful guy. </div>
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Back 17 years ago I had no idea what a big decision I was making.</div>
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I think you have no idea how far reaching your choice of a companion is.<br />
I might add that I must be a very smart person because what a great choice I made.</div>
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Matt is a kind person.</div>
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Definitely one of the first things that I noticed about him.</div>
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He cares about others and he wants the best for them.<br />
He is generous and would help anyone.</div>
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He worries about his children and prays that they are happy.</div>
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The Church is the top priority.<br />
He holds callings and serves others.<br />
He loves the Savior and he lives a life that proves it.<br />
Matt has been able to bless and baptize our children and I'm proud of that.</div>
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Matt is honest.</div>
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Not even a white lie comes out of his mouth.</div>
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Just ask him about Santa Claus and the tooth fairy!</div>
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Matt loves to travel.</div>
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He dreams of the next place he would love to visit.</div>
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I know this helps him get through the drugery of "normal" every day.</div>
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I think he would do just about anything to have more vacation days.</div>
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I love that he wants to spend more time with us.</div>
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Matt is a great listener.</div>
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I love talking to him and I know he will always be there for me.</div>
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We love to spend time together, </div>
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whether it's dinner out or going on a bike ride we always have fun together.</div>
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Matt is a great father.</div>
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He loves to watch the kids play in their different sports.</div>
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He loves to check their grades on-line and gets on the kids when the grades aren't good enough.</div>
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He can do it all. </div>
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Cook dinner, change diapers, do dishes, help with homework, </div>
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and I realize I'm grateful that he is my partner in parenthood.</div>
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I am grateful to be married to my best friend.</div>
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I am lucky to be married to a man who provides and works hard for my kids and me.</div>
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I love everything about him. </div>
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It makes me happy to know that we can be together</div>
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Forever</div>
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Ryder is the icing on top of the cake.</div>
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Super sweet and irresistible.</div>
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One taste and you keep coming back for more.</div>
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How did we live so long with out him?</div>
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As I was writing this update about him</div>
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he drew on the wall for the first time with blue crayon<br />
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So I guess my perfect little baby is going to grow up.</div>
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Ryder adapted well to being the baby of a busy, older family.</div>
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He loves the car.</div>
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If you give him the choice he will always choose the car over staying home.</div>
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He is very popular.</div>
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or if he thinks that he is a teenager.</div>
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But he definitely has more teenaged friends than baby friends.</div>
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And he is pretty good about going to any of them.</div>
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He is so easy going. </div>
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He has the sweetest smile.</div>
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And the most beautiful little face.</div>
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I love to stare at him.</div>
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He is my little buddy.</div>
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All day long, it's just the two of us.</div>
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And I love every minute of it.</div>
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Just like with all of the other kids</div>
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from the moment I saw him I was in love</div>
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but this time it was different...</div>
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He not only had me and Matt wrapped around his finger </div>
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he had all of these older sibling entranced as well.</div>
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Ryder is very affectionate. </div>
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He gives kisses and hugs out freely.</div>
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And when he can sit still for a minute he will snuggle with you.</div>
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But his favorite person is his dad.</div>
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When dad is home Matt is not allowed to put him down.</div>
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He doesn't really love to read books.</div>
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After the long winter, he recently was reunited with the outdoors</div>
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and it's hard to get him to come inside.<br />
His vocabulary is still fairly limited.<br />
He has figured out how to say the important words like Mom, Dad, and Blanket.<br />
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When you are the youngest</div>
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you might get caught doing a few naughty things...</div>
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like carrying around your teenage sister's bra that you found in the laundry room.</div>
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Shhh...don't tell Haylie.</div>
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Having Ryder took a huge leap of faith for me and Matt.</div>
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It meant humbling ourselves and starting over with the baby stage.</div>
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We know for sure that he was meant to be in our family.</div>
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I have found so much joy from this little boy.</div>
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Straight from heaven,</div>
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he has already taught me so much</div>
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So Ryder even though it took you awhile to get here</div>
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thanks for being patient with us.</div>
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You were definitely worth the wait.</div>
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<span id="goog_99189269"></span><span id="goog_99189270"></span></div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-22348064599987258242012-04-03T14:08:00.001-07:002012-04-03T14:57:36.537-07:00Family Updates: Tanner Henry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tanner is our boy who breaks the mold.</div>
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He looks different.</div>
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He acts different.</div>
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And different is refreshing...</div>
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If everyday was the same and we all looked and acted alike</div>
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then wouldn't life be dull?</div>
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Tanner was sent to our home to teach us valuable lessons.</div>
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He is competitive, passionate, out-going, strong-willed, and a character.</div>
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Tanner was 6 1/2 when Ryder was born. </div>
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I was worried about him feeling sad that he wasn't the "baby" of the family any more.</div>
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I asked him how he felt about it.</div>
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He yelled, "I hated being the baby!"</div>
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This is so typical of Tanner.</div>
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As soon as he figured out that no one else had a pacifier, then he gave it up.</div>
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As soon as he figured out that no one else had a bottle, then he wouldn't use his.</div>
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As soon as he figured out that no one else sat in a high car, then he refused to sit in it.</div>
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As soon as he figured out that no one else used the stroller, then he walked.</div>
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And as soon as he figured out how to climb out of the crib he surprised me downstairs.</div>
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As you can see, he has a mind of his own. </div>
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Tanner is athletic.</div>
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From a very young age he was able to shoot baskets in a real 10 foot hoop.</div>
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The neighbors were amazed at his skills.</div>
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And I knew that he was just trying keep up with his big brothers!</div>
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Last week he asked me why Heavenly Father makes<i> some</i> people tall.</div>
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I told him that everyone is a different size and shape, </div>
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and that we can eat healthy but you can't really help how tall you are going to be,</div>
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that was left up to Heavenly Father.</div>
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He said, "That's funny! I wonder why He made me the tallest, strongest, and fastest </div>
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person in my school class?"</div>
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So... we still need to work on being humble.</div>
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Tanner doesn't love having his picture taken.</div>
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For the longest time he would tell me that he doesn't know how to smile.</div>
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Now he usually just acts silly when his picture is taken.</div>
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On the first day of Kindergarten, Tanner's teacher had her husband come in to help her.</div>
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The husband was to take a picture of the student with the parent.</div>
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It was our turn to have our picture taken.</div>
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He said 1, 2, 3, Smile.</div>
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Tanner stuck out his tongue.</div>
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The husband wasn't amused at all.</div>
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He went home and told his wife. </div>
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In all of his years of helping he had never had a student do that.</div>
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Luckily, Cade and Weston had this same teacher so she at least knew our family.</div>
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Needless to say I was embarrassed.</div>
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Most people don't know this about Tanner - </div>
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He is very artistic.</div>
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He draws very detailed and original art.</div>
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He is also a perfectionist.</div>
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This can be good and bad.</div>
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Tanner does well in school.</div>
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He loves math.</div>
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This year he figured out that there was a "smart" group of students in his class.</div>
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He made friends with them.</div>
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It became a competition to keep up with them academically.</div>
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And I say, whatever works!</div>
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Tanner is strong and brave.</div>
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When he was small, if he would fall and actually cry then I knew that he was actually hurt</div>
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because most of the time he would get up and just shake it off.</div>
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Most people know in 2011 Tanner had two major accidents.</div>
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The first, he jumped out of the car with out me knowing while I was pulling into the garage.</div>
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I ran over his leg.</div>
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No injury.</div>
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Two months later...</div>
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He was hit by a car while riding his bike.</div>
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He broke the windshield with his helmet and dented the car and wrecked his bike.</div>
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After an ambulance ride and a night in the hospital he was released.</div>
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No serious injury... just some scrapes and a concussion.</div>
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A miracle for a strong and brave boy.</div>
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Tanner has figured out that I have buttons </div>
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and he likes to push them.</div>
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He has figured out that all of his family members have buttons </div>
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and he like to push theirs too.</div>
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Sometimes he pushes them all at the same time.</div>
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My favorite thing is when Tanner laughs.</div>
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Tanner loves to have fun.</div>
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He loves the outdoors.</div>
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He loves being busy.</div>
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He loves waking up early.</div>
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I'm thankful everyday that my Heavenly Father sent me Tanner.</div>
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He brings excitement and interest to our family.</div>
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I am in awe that I would be trusted with a spirit like Tanner.</div>
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I can't wait to see what kind of man he turns out to be.</div>
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I love you Tanner!</div>
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This boy is so special to me.</div>
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After not having a baby for more than 3 1/2 years I was thrilled to have a baby again.</div>
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He has brought us so much joy ever since.</div>
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Independent, curious, sweet, bright.</div>
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Weston loves life.</div>
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He wants to experience new things. </div>
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He loves science and learning how things work.</div>
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We just spent two days in a hospital with Weston. </div>
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It was spring break and we were on vacation.</div>
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He had a severe asthma attack.</div>
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It's so hard to see your child in pain.</div>
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I'm glad he is brave and that he has learned to listen to his body.</div>
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So after an ambulance ride and a lot of pokes and pain...</div>
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I am reminded how I love his smile and just how patient he is.</div>
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He doesn't mind being alone. </div>
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Even as a little child he would sometimes wander off on his own and play.</div>
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And sometimes he would just wander off and get lost.</div>
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The ultimate Peacemaker.</div>
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Puts up with a lot from the older siblings to the younger ones.</div>
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He is a sensitive boy who wants to make good choices.</div>
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Life is all about food for Weston.</div>
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No meals will be skipped.</div>
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And he will make sure that there is an adequate dessert for all occasions.</div>
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Loves his cousins!</div>
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They are his best friends.</div>
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He would be happy if they all lived next door.</div>
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He has cheeks that are pretty much impossible not to pinch. </div>
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He has the most beautiful eyes.</div>
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I have a feeling that he will be a ladies man.</div>
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He was born on 8.8 and weighed 8.8.</div>
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I think he is lucky.</div>
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Weston loves money. </div>
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He wants to earn money...</div>
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He wants to spend money...</div>
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He love souvenir gift shops. </div>
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Once he sees something that he wants then there is no holding him back. </div>
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It's like the money is really burning a hole in his pocket.</div>
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He loves buying books but not necessarily to read.</div>
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He will often just lose it at church and he will be giggling so hard. </div>
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I have to make him leave the pew and go get a drink of water so that he can gain control.</div>
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His laugh is so contagious. </div>
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I'm still not sure how to punish a child who is laughing.</div>
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What a blessing his zest for life is in our home.</div>
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How grateful I am for a little slice of heaven that came to influence me.</div>
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Weston you make me smile each and every day.</div>
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I love you!</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-29682488379682546092012-03-23T10:53:00.002-07:002012-03-23T10:53:57.218-07:00Family Update: Cade Matthew<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cade goes off to school each day and by the time he comes home I feel like he has grown some more.</div>
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He is changing right before my eyes.</div>
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When I was thinking about him today I was reminded of a time when he was very small.</div>
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I was up feeding him in the very early morning hours of the day</div>
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The house was quiet</div>
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I was overwhelmed with the feeling that some day he would gone...</div>
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Serving a mission.</div>
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Cade has always been my sensitive child. </div>
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When he was in Kindergarten his teacher told me that he would cry every day at school.</div>
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Kids would pick on him or he would be upset that he couldn't figure something out.</div>
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I'm happy to report that he has out grown that.</div>
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Can you imagine if he still cried every day at school. Oh my!</div>
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Cade loves to be around others, his friends, his teammates, his family.</div>
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Right now I think they still like each other or they like to bug each other.</div>
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Cade has always been my most cuddly child. </div>
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This picture was taken two years ago.</div>
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So much has changed since then.</div>
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He is now taller than me </div>
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And he will cuddle with Ryder.</div>
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Cade is a super great brother.</div>
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The thing that makes him special is how much he make all of us laugh.</div>
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I know that he has a whole bunch of younger brothers that really look up to him.</div>
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Cade sits with Ryder on a pew with all of the other deacons. </div>
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But the sitting doesn't last long because within a few minutes he ends up in the hall with a squirmy, loud younger brother. </div>
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But I love it because I know he is going to make a great father some day...</div>
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Cade stays super busy.</div>
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Often playing more that more sport at a time.</div>
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Once we moved to Colorado coaches started coming up to us and asking about him.</div>
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He was being sought after.</div>
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This never hurts for people to want you on their team.</div>
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He plays football, basketball, baseball, and runs on the school track team.</div>
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He does get stronger every day.</div>
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He is an avid BYU fan. Not afraid to let people know that too.</div>
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He is an example at school.</div>
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A quiet leader.</div>
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And I am proud to be raising a missionary.</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-38613059629325490322012-03-22T08:48:00.000-07:002012-03-22T08:49:40.554-07:00Family Updates: Haylie Mae<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Big beautiful eyes and long dark eyelashes.</div>
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More hair than anyone I know</div>
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Haylie is a first born child. </div>
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No sisters and lots of brothers.</div>
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She is dependable, driven, smart, helpful and careful.</div>
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She has always done well in school. </div>
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Math is her super subject. It just comes easy for her.</div>
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She was born in Provo when Matt and I were young.</div>
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Her goal is BYU and we are hoping she can get there.</div>
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She loves her cousins. </div>
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Spending time with them is always a treat. </div>
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This summer she will go with her cousin Shannon to EFY in Provo.</div>
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They went last year together too and they had the time of their lives.</div>
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She loves the beach.</div>
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Although she has adjusted to living in the snow too.</div>
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Haylie had to move in the middle of her 8th grade year. </div>
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It could have been real tough but she chose to have a positive attitude.</div>
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Her positive attitude rubbed off on all of the family and how thankful we are for that.</div>
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Haylie is a spiritual girl.</div>
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She take church things very seriously.</div>
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She is a great example to me. </div>
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She doesn't go a night without reading her scriptures, writing in her journal, and of course saying her prayers.</div>
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Seminary starts every morning at 6:00 am. And she loves it!</div>
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Sunday she received her patriarchal blessings, it was a special day.</div>
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Friends have always been important to Haylie. </div>
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We are grateful that she has always had amazing friends.</div>
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Her friends have always been a good influence on her.</div>
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Haylie is a freshman.</div>
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This year she decided to tryout for the cross-country team, basketball team, and the soccer team.</div>
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It has been fun to watch her compete.</div>
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She has enjoyed challenging herself and having new experiences.</div>
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She is working on Driver's Ed (on-line) and of course she is excited about driving!</div>
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Yesterday she applied for a passport</div>
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because this summer her plans will take her to London and Paris.</div>
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Just the two of us...This is one of the perks to having only one daughter :)</div>
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We love you Haylie and I love being your mom. </div>
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You make my job easy.</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-74312891039860610212012-03-20T11:46:00.002-07:002012-03-20T11:46:31.284-07:00The power of a trampoline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was growing up I wanted a trampoline so bad. I begged and begged for one. When my birthday would come around all I would ask for was a trampoline. Finally, I think my parents felt bad enough and I got the best present ever. This was back in the day when trampolines did not have nets and you packed as many friends on as you could. None of my friends had a trampoline so this was a novelty and everyone loved it. I had so many friends that would come over after school to jump. It was the best. So of course I wanted to have one for my kids. After living in our home for a year the trampoline that we brought with us from California was finally reassembled. Ryder had his first experience with the trampoline and he loves it. He stands at the door and begs to go outside. </div>
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Last night Weston, Tanner, and Cade were jumping. The trampoline has only been up for two days. Since Cade is practically a full grown man he jumps and bounces the boys way too high. Tanner's head went right into Weston's lip. There was lots of blood and tears. And the first of many trampoline injuries. </div>
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Hopefully this trampoline will provide as many happy times as my childhood trampoline provided me. And hopefully the good will out weigh the bad.</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-32765576859566299652012-03-19T11:28:00.004-07:002012-03-19T11:30:16.747-07:00House for Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So Peyton, there is a house for sale on my street! </div>
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Welcome to Denver, you're going to love it here.</div>
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In January Matt and I were able to get away for a week! We were so excited to get out of the snow and the bitter cold days and head to Maui. Our friends Danielle and Ryan invited us to go with them and we had a blast. After waking up at 3 am and flying all day it sure felt good to put on a short sleeved shirt and stick my feet in the sand. <br />
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I'm still dreaming of all the amazing food we ate! Just yesterday Matt and I were talking about the fish tacos. And who could forget the Hula Pie and the Shaved Ice. Yummy!</div>
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Until next time Maui- I will miss you. Thank you Ryan and Danielle for inviting us and a big thanks to my awesome in-laws for watching the kids and Carin thank you for taking such great care of Ryder!</div>
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We've had some really fun youth activities already this year. I was in charge of the combined activity in February and we did a cake decorating contest. The youth were divided up into teams of one boy and one girl. This is my favorite thing to do at any combined activity. It forces the kids to interact with the opposite sex and they always have fun. The theme of the cake decorating contest was the theme for the year which is "Arise and Shine Forth that thy light might be a standard for the nations." (D&C 115:5)<br />
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This one was a temple. I thought it was really impressive. They had about an hour to decorate. <br />
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This one was a person in bed about to arise early for seminary. <br />
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Haylie was asked to be in charge of New Beginnings and she did an amazing job. This project was used to fulfill a value project for Personal Progress. She did a carnival and she had eight stations one for each value. The girls were able to interact with their parents and learn and have fun. She got the idea from our old ward in California. Thank you to those leaders for sharing their ideas.<br />
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The group that went to the temple. This is in front of our house. We had a wonderful night together.Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-28710997603588629422012-03-13T05:39:00.003-07:002012-03-13T05:40:56.474-07:00Baptisms are special<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tanner's baptism was a special day. Both sets of grandparents were in town and it was so nice to have them here to support us. The program went well. My dad spoke on baptism and Haylie spoke on the gift of the Holy Ghost. They both did wonderfully. They cousins and siblings sang a couple of songs and it was sweet. As you can tell from these pictures Tanner was very happy. He is a funny kid with a whole lot of personality. We love you Tanner.<br />
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Last week the youth went to the temple to do Baptisms. The temple is over an hour away and so it was a late night but like always it was worth it. This was Cade's first time in the temple and he enjoyed it. He is getting so tall and old looking. Teenagers are fun to have around! They are always doing something that makes me laugh.<br />
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Tanner is going to be baptized tomorrow on his 8th birthday! We are proud of him and the young man that he is becoming. He has all the fire and passion to do great things with his life. This is the first great step. I am so grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And I am grateful to be able to share my testimony with my children.Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-85207274500373611162012-02-12T20:46:00.000-08:002012-02-12T20:46:38.692-08:00Nativity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mary and Joseph. Mary of course riding on the donkey. There is no room in this inn.</div>
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Matt ran the production. He is successfully holding back the crowd. He did a great job organizing the kids and giving them all parts and costumes. Very creative costumes I might add. </div>
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She should win an Academy Award for the costuming. And the acting.</div>
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Isn't Christmas Eve the best. I think it's awesome to also be blogging about it in February. Better late than never! And we love family and cousins! </div>
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They make everything so much more fun!</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-30665144359474900942012-02-05T20:55:00.000-08:002012-02-05T20:55:01.621-08:00Super Bowl Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After church Cade asked me if the Deacons could come over to watch the Super Bowl. They had fun eating junk food and hanging out. Ryder had fun because all of the junk food was at his level and he just helped himself to the treats. The Deacons love Ryder and they all treat him like a celebrity.</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-79629974643208499552012-02-05T20:49:00.000-08:002012-02-05T20:49:52.635-08:00One of my favorites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was just looking through some old pictures and I found this gem. This is one of my favorite cell phone pictures ever! This picture is almost a year old. Time sure flies!Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-22124083943587610192012-02-05T20:43:00.000-08:002012-02-05T20:50:14.914-08:00Ryder's first hair cut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was time to say good bye to the curls. </div>
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Cade was the photographer because it took one parent to hold him and one parent to cut his hair.</div>
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I'm always sad to see the curls go but I think they look cute with the big boy hair cut.</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357695446580295097.post-59662519772546075612012-02-05T20:34:00.000-08:002012-02-05T20:34:23.653-08:00Young Women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was called today to be the Young Women's President. Here's hoping we survive this again!Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959684914849580677noreply@blogger.com5