tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91829565313055028582024-03-13T20:02:49.315-07:00THE SARMIENTO FAMILYTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-61309852371046172762013-01-01T19:13:00.002-08:002013-01-01T19:13:48.162-08:00Hawaii! Day 1-2-3-4-5-6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Remember that time we went to Hawaii and then I never even blogged about it? </div>
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Hmph. I might tell Freddy that if I don't blog it, it never happened, meaning that we need to go to Hawaii again. Maybe it's worth a shot. </div>
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Okay, so I realize that this is the longest post you've <i>ever </i>seen blogged, on <i>any </i>blog, <i>ever. </i>But here's the thing, now it's January, and we went to Hawaii like three and a half months ago. I'm betting that if I try to break the days up, you'll only ever see what we did on day 1, and maybe day 2. So let's be smart here, people. I'll blog everything and <i>you </i>can break it up into days, if you need to. </div>
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So! Here goes! </div>
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Our 5th Wedding Anniversary Trip to Oahu, Hawaii (!!!):</div>
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Our flight to Oahu! (Which, we made it on like, three seconds before they closed the gate. Most. Stressful. Event. OF MY LIFE. Literally, the people behind us in line got told that they had to re-book their flight for tomorrow (and I felt a little awful because they were all decked out in Hawaiian prints <i>galore. </i>But mostly I was already sprinting to our gate.)</div>
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So, at TSA they had to open our backpack to check everything in it. And it was obviously going to take forever, so Freddy told me to go ahead of him. I finally make it to the gate, just as they're about to close everything up, and I yell out that my husband is still on his way (!!!!!). So there we are, Nathan and I, absolutely panicking when they say that the doors have been closed and FREDDY IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. I seriously thought that Nathan and I were going to Hawaii by ourselves. Ohmygosh. Stressful. Boy, was I so glad to see him working his way down the airplane aisle. WHEW! </div>
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So now that we have a chance to bring our blood pressure back from the heart attack range, now we were ready to get in the "we're <i>actually </i>on our way to Hawaii" mode, rather than "we're totally going to miss our flight to Hawaii" mode. Much better. And it's time to bust out all the snacks and toys for Nathan, because that was a <i>long </i>flight. Luckily Nathan slept for part of it, but still. Long flights are long flights.</div>
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Which is why we were <i>so </i>glad to get off the plane, get our rental car, and head out to the Marriott Vacation Club at Ko Olina. I was in <i>heaven</i>.</div>
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It was picturesque Hawaii, in all its glory. The blue skies, the aqua, crystal-clear water, beautiful palm trees, and everything you could possibly want.</div>
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So, we got there a couple hours before our room was ready, so we had a little time to walk around the hotel grounds and take plenty of pictures.</div>
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I laid down on one of the lawn chairs and I swear if Nathan hadn't come with a snow cone, I would still be there today. The breeze, the sun, the mix of it all-- I loved it. I wish we had taken more time just to sleep in the shade like my five minute nap-- best nap of my life.</div>
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So Day 1 ended with us checking in to our beautiful hotel room, and then trying to find a Walmart, Target, or somewhere we could buy food for the next couple days, since we didn't want to eat out for <i>every single meal, </i>all week long. But instead we got lost and drove up the majority of the western coast. Not exactly touristy Hawaii, but there was a gorgeous ocean view for every second of it, which may have been so distracting it was why we got lost in the first place.</div>
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Day Two was Sunday, Sept. 23rd., we were all set to go to church out in Oahu-- why wouldn't we? Oh, because we packed everyone's church everything-- skirt, ties, shirts, shoes, socks, pants. Oh, wait. I guess not. I totally forgot Freddy's church pants. My bad. (A little bit his bad, too). So his choices were swim trunks or jean shorts. Or pajamas, if we're really listing <i>all </i>the options here. Hm. So much for that plan. </div>
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Instead we went on a nice, scenic drive of the island-- starting with a stop at the Dole Pineapple Plantation. </div>
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At Dole, anytime someone's taking a picture, they tell you, "<i>Sayyy pineapple!!!" </i>So a good majority of our pictures there have Nathan mid-"pineapple." Like this one:</div>
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Fresh pineapple ice cream? Yes, please! Delicious!</div>
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We also went through their pineapple maze, and found all the little boxes that we were supposed to look for, too. <i>And</i> we made it back about 45 seconds before the average time of completion. <i>Yesssss.</i></div>
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After the Dole Plantation, we headed up along the shore line and stopped at the North Shore. Exxxxcept that they had like, huuuuuuuuge waves that day and the life guards kept warning people that if they didn't have "years and years and years of experience in water like this" then they "shouldn't get anywhere near the shore line."</div>
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So we thought we could walk a ways down to where some rocks were to take some pictures, where the water was just barely coming in, rather than where it was crashing with 30+ foot waves. </div>
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Our footprints in the sand! :)</div>
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And we did, but then the life guard came over on his 4-wheeler to tell us that we needed to move, because even there wasn't safe, especially with a child. Sure enough, about ten seconds after we got passed the cone he was talking about, a huuuuge wave crashed in-- RIGHT where we were standing taking pictures. Whew! </div>
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So the rest of that day was driving up and around the east side of the island, along the coast, and then heading back to our room. Speaking of which, here are some pictures from our room at the Ko Olina Beach Club Marriott. Ni-ice. </div>
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And I was Not about to wake up Nathan, just so that I could get a perfect shot of our bedroom. That kid was exhausted!</div>
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The next morning we enjoyed the sunrise and ate breakfast on our balcony. Talk about a gorgeous view!</div>
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We got ready and headed to the beach for the day. :)</div>
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After some water fun, we decided it was time to build a sand castle. Pretty sure Freddy was more invested in the construction of that thing than either Nathan or I was. He was <i>committed.</i></div>
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And after that we buried F in the sand-- complete with some bulging biceps and a six pack. <i>Lookin' good, Freddy! </i>;)</div>
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After our fun in the ocean, we went back up to the hotel and tried out each of their, eh, like five pools. </div>
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We had <i>fun!</i></div>
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And Freddy got a nice little massage from these crazy waterfalls. You'd be surprised how strong that water is!</div>
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Later that evening we headed over to Diamond Head to go for a bit of hiking fun.</div>
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We were <i>so </i>proud of Nathan! He walked up the entire trail by himself, and about 50% of the way back down, too (and then Freddy took over for him.) All in all, it was a little more than a mile by himself! Impressive!</div>
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The view from the top!</div>
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That night we were switching hotels, from the Ko Olina Beach Club, to the Marriott Waikiki Beach-- just to get a sense of the Waikiki feel. (It was nice, sure, but Freddy and I both agree we'd definitely stay the entire time at Ko Olina next time-- a wayyy more relaxing atmosphere.)</div>
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The sunset from our Waikiki Beach hotel. :)</div>
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Early next morning we headed to BYU-Hawaii (mainly because Freddy needed to do some homework and the internet in the hotel lobby was a little too choppy to get anything done). Nathan and I watched the aquarium in the lobby of the library for a little bit while Freddy worked (it was actually just a TV with a recording of an aquarium, but I'm not sure that Nathan could tell.) :)</div>
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After that we went over to the Laie Hawaii Temple-- gorgeous, of course!</div>
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That'll work! To be fair, our camera was balanced in the bushes. Impressive.</div>
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We took the boat ride to the other side of the island, and our tour guide-- in the bottom left of this picture below-- was seriously the funniest guy we met in all of Hawaii. We spent the entire ride laughing so hard that it hurt. Awesome. :)</div>
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Nathan fishing in Tahiti!</div>
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Got ourselves some tattoos in Fiji! (I <i>so</i> had to talk Freddy into it. They were awesome.)</div>
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And after a fun time running around seeing all sorts of presentations and demonstrations about each of the islands, we went to our delicious luau! We even got to go up on the stage because we were celebrating our anniversary! (Except, everyone else was like, 50 YEARS! 40 years! 35 YEARS! 62 YEARS! 45 years! And then we were like FIVE YEARS!!!! Although we did beat out the honeymooners and the 1 year couple.)</div>
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It was a breath taking experience-- seeing all the names carved on that wall. Name after name, soldier after soldier. </div>
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And Nathan found(/and loved!) this huge pit! It doesn't look as deep as it was, because of the lighting on the sand-- but look at the people sitting near their surfboards up above him-- it was DEEP!</div>
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Hello, soaking wet Nathan. Your own fault, kid. Your. Own. Fault. (But he totally had a blast doing it.)</div>
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Ahhhhh... beautiful Hawaii, just blogging about you makes me wish we were back there. It was such a wonderful way to celebrate our 5th anniversary! I look forward to our next trip out there!</div>
Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-82065703992540850912012-11-16T13:00:00.000-08:002012-11-16T13:00:02.933-08:00Sarah and Darren Got Hitched!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So, back in October we went up to Utah for Sarah and Darren's wedding. Yay! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their wedding rings, together. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annnnnnnd Nathan was the ring bearer. What was a really nice ceremony for some, was a <i>reaaaallllly loooonnng </i>ceremony for a two year old. Ha. This picture captures just one of his many activities to pass the time away. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The happy couple! Mr. and <i>Mrs.</i> Valletta!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting the cake-- the <i>delicious</i> cake. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the party, snapping a few family shots. :)</td></tr>
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<i>Congratulations, Sarah and Darren! </i>We're excited for your guys' future together. :) </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Particularly next Wednesday through Sunday. That ought to be an exciting time in your lives. ;) </span></div>
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With Nathan's birthday coming up (it's passed now, but this was a couple days beforehand) I wanted to have a photo shoot with my little two year old. He's <i>so</i> cute-- even if I <i>did </i>have to take a gazillion shots just to get a handful of pictures that I really liked. :) So, <i>enjoy!</i></div>
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<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-51647233539305487382012-09-04T13:26:00.000-07:002012-09-04T13:26:00.097-07:00Gallaughering.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Mid-August, Darren and Isis came to visit us in Arizona. :) Yay!!!</div>
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We love visitors-- and love Darren and Isis <i>even. more.</i></div>
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They drove out here early afternoon on Thursday, the 16th-- and got here just before Freddy got home from work that day. We spent the first night at our house-- eating dinner and then playing games </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">{Isis and Tracy: Reigning Taboo Champions Forever}.</span> </div>
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The next couple days we stayed at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Scottsdale-- </div>
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That night we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse {Delicious!} and played games in the hotel room. Let's just say that we generally play boys against girls-- and let's just say that the boys tried not to cry from all the times they lost against us. Just saying. </div>
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This year I was able to join our young women at Girls' Camp from July 12-14th. (Plus! I even got to go on the canoeing trip with the 4th years the day before {on the 11th}-- and then join the other girls the next day).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our canoeing trip on Wed, the 11th. SO. MUCH. FUN! I'm not gonna lie, I was concerned that we would totally tip over. But no, we were expert canoers. Go. us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was seriously <i>so gorgeous!</i> I totally want to take Freddy there sometime. <br />Hm. Now for the <i>actually having a canoe</i> issue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our theme was to Arise to the Occasion-- just like the heroes of the Book of Mormon. We were assigned Moroni-- the one that buried the golden plates/the one that became the angel Moroni. Do you <i>love</i> our trumpet? Brilliant, right?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating a little lunch together. Shot out to the camp cooks. </td></tr>
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We all had an amazing time-- especially during the Iron Rod activity/fireside that we had. Seriously-- one of the most spiritual experiences of. my. life. It was so great to see the girls having so much fun together. :)</div>
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On the flip side, Nathan stayed home with Freddy-- boys week(end-ish) together! They would sleep at my in laws' house and then in the morning, Freddy would go to work and my mother in law would watch Nathan. After work, Freddy would take Nathan home for a few hours, and then late at night they would head back to my in laws' again. Nathan surprised us all by being so <i>so </i>good! It was my first time away from him for that long, and yet he survived just fine. :) Such a relief for me!</div>
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The hardest part was when I'd call at night to talk to Freddy and Nathan-- we even video chatted once or twice. It was so heart breaking to hear my baby ask for me to come home, telling me how much he missed me, etc., knowing that I still had a couple days left. He told me about his new little airplanes that Grandma had gotten for him that day, telling me all the colors of them. I asked if I could see them and he said (with a whimper in his voice), <i>"You can't, because you're at camp... but you could come home, and <u>then</u> I could show them to you." </i>And another time, "Come home Mommy; I miss you-- <i>I need you</i>!" :(</div>
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Sighhh.. It was a wonderful experience to be at Girls' Camp-- but I was definitely glad to be back at home with my family!</div>
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<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-66700137395442940362012-08-29T10:00:00.000-07:002012-08-29T10:00:01.202-07:00CO/NM: Day Five-- Heading home. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went to the Albuquerque, NM, temple-- </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(The steeple is on the other side, facing the street.. but it was tricky to get a <i>good</i> picture from that angle.) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty cool place-- all about flight using hot air balloons (and a little bit about modern flight--)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan and Freddy building their own hot air balloon. They had to piece together different strips of colors (with velcro), attach it to the built in fan on the table, and see how well it would inflate! Fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, playing an interactive hot air balloon game-- I had to land the balloon in the right spot. I was disappointed with my 67%, until Freddy got like, 23% or something... And then I realized that perhaps I was better than I thought! :)</td></tr>
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And then we finished our drive back to Glendale! :) </div>
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To start out our last day in Colorado, we went back to the Red Rock Amphitheater (since last time, it was already starting to close to prepare for the upcoming performance that evening). </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">True or false: I was<i> totally fine</i> having my little baby sit on that wall, inches away from a thirty foot drop.<br />(Answer: So beyond false that there should be another word for it. This picture was taken <i>quickly</i>-- and you probably can't see it, but my hand is totally bracing his back, just in case.)</td></tr>
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And after that we were pretty much ready to head back to Albuquerque. The whole drive back we were racing a storm, so we'd drive and finally be out of the thunderstorm... Then we'd stop for bathrooms and it would catch up to us. So we'd drive again and finally be out of it.. whew. And then we'd stop for lunch and it would be all out down pour again. Pretty exciting!</div>
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Yay for our trip to Denver. We sure had fun there!</div>
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Whoops! Missed the rest of day two-- I guess I was just too excited to blog about the zoo.</div>
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After the Capitol Building, we went to the Federal Reserve and looked at all their displays about printing money, how to spot a counterfeit bill, and more. (It was fun, but it still would have been better to get into the Mint, in the first place.)</div>
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Afterwards we went to check out the Red Rock Amphitheater. There was a concert that they were getting ready for at the moment, so we were only able to see the entry way of the park, rather than the whole thing (but we came back later, don't worry--). </div>
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Still though, pretty incredible what the world can do with some rocks. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But he totally pulled it off. Hats off to him! :)</td></tr>
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Really, the pictures don't do this place justice-- the red rocks are simply gorgeous; it's quite a sight to see!</div>
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So, on day three in Denver, we decided to hit up the Denver Zoo. I <i>love </i>zoos-- everywhere we go, checking out the zoo is generally at the top of my to do list. Denver was no exception. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw tons of animals! Starting with these red river hogs, which are actually considered pests in Africa. They ruin farmer's crops by digging them up and eating them. I think it'd be funny to see someone from Africa come see the exhibit. <i>They're protecting *that* species?! We're trying to get *rid* of them!!</i></td></tr>
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The Denver Zoo really focuses on endangered species; it was interesting to see which species were at risk..</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N and I with the silverback gorilla. He was so cool. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, N liked the statue more.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A better picture of our furry friend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddy and Nathan by the indoor gorilla habitat. {Side note: I really hate seeing animals in tiny little cages-- or "habitats" that are <i>nothing</i> like what their natural environment would look like. Granted, space is limited, but I felt like the Denver Zoo did a great job at having <i>space</i> for their animals-- both outdoor <i>and</i> indoor.}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best. picture. ever. {Go Freddy.} This is the little baby orangutan- one of the few <i>new </i>babies at the zoo. <br />He was so, <i>so </i>adorable.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flamingos-- or "Bingos" as I used to call them when I was little. I always have to get a picture of them. :)<br />They were all sitting on this rock, protecting their eggs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two very similar pictures here- one in black and one in brown. The bears were eating lunch when we saw them. This one was some sort of endangered Asian bear of some sort, I think.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this one was the brown bear, or grizzly bear, or maybe that's the same thing-- I can't remember. But they were pretty funny. There was a girl bear and a boy bear-- and the girl had stolen the boy's bone/meat. So he stole them back-- and took <i>both </i>of them. We got to see her try to sneak one back.. It was pretty comical.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the animal show for kids-- fun! And afterward, Nathan got to pet a turtle. Cool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So our first stop, when we got to the zoo, was to make it <i>allll the wayyyy </i>across the park for the presentation about the red river hogs. I <i>like</i> presentations. But we soon realized that Nathan doesn't walk as fast as I'd like him to. That's right, it was wagon time. He still talks about his green wagon at the zoo, and how next time he'd like to get red. You got it, kiddo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephants: best. part. ever! The Denver Zoo had <i>just </i>opened their brand new Elephant Passage-- a huge elephant habitat. But before we went in their, we got to see this little guy ;) go for a little swim. {Side note: We needed to have reserved spots in the Elephant Passage exhibit-- since it's so new, you still have to have reservations, at least a day in advance. Well, we didn't <i>know</i> we were going to the zoo a day in advance. BUT! Luckily their computer system shut down, so they weren't requiring tickets for <i>that day.</i> Awwwesome!}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did you know that an elephant's trunk can lift and move up to 1,000 lbs, but it can also pick up a chicken egg, without crushing it? Coooool.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9weecVJKW7vclMmqTxSnb6pUqCdcCdRXZJ8HKtfnRMBCnnSe8R82qB9B9daWKkruagkzpiv5qNux0g9naFeJJJQuApW5H1e9G-2nXc__vPAitGjkF6XORHk9GWDxdETE3tw1LOVbozOh/s1600/370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9weecVJKW7vclMmqTxSnb6pUqCdcCdRXZJ8HKtfnRMBCnnSe8R82qB9B9daWKkruagkzpiv5qNux0g9naFeJJJQuApW5H1e9G-2nXc__vPAitGjkF6XORHk9GWDxdETE3tw1LOVbozOh/s320/370.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />So glad I don't <i>really </i>have elephant ears.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It had been a long day, a long day <i>without </i>a nap. Let's just say this was pretty expected. Zoos have a way of wearing you out, especially when you're only two.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture is actually as we're leaving the park-- and it's totally raining. The weather had been near perfect all day, considering it had been pretty warm. But rain, we weren't exactly planning on. So we zipped right though the last couple animals, since we were just about done zooing, anyway, and called it a day.</td></tr>
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Hooray for the zoo! Nathan <i>loved </i>it! {As did <i>I..</i>} The day couldn't have gone more perfectly!</div>
Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-65477818422653884782012-08-12T15:49:00.000-07:002012-08-12T15:49:03.389-07:00CO: Day Two of Denver, Part One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So, I'm not going to lie, after looking through a lot of these pictures, I'm not entirely sure where we are in each picture, but we'll work through it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know exactly where we are here-- it was a nice fountain at a nice park that I liked. It was actually a really neat fountain with these incredible sculptures around it depicting the virtues: love, loyalty, and learning.<br />
Upon further investigation it is called the Thatcher Monument (Thank you, Google).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we walked around downtown Denver, with hopes of being able to get into the Denver Mint in some sort of waiting list or cancellation line, but nahh, they're super strict on having an appointment (which were all full from the moment we planned our trip.) Bummer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good attitude to have towards the Ten Commandments. Way to be, N, way to be. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside the Capitol building. Denver was having this crrrazy heat wave when we were there. (No shock for us, it was still wayyy cooler than AZ weather, but we don't exactly go on walking tours of the city here in AZ during the summer-- so it was still hot to be outside.) We were totally looking forward to being inside the cool air conditioned rooms of the Capitol bldg. Yeahhh, not so much. Must be budget cuts or something-- or more likely, it's usually not hot enough to justify cooling the entire building.</td></tr>
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And although we still have more pictures of the architecture and beautiful rooms of the Capitol building, my computer doesn't want to upload them. So, perhaps these pictures will be the incentive you need to go to Denver <i>yourself</i> and get your own pictures of inside the Capitol building. ;)Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-21471606186488828572012-08-11T13:11:00.000-07:002012-08-11T13:11:26.455-07:00CO: Fourth of July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
After dinner, we headed over to the Sports Authority Field, the home of the Denver Broncos, to watch fireworks together. This was during (but towards the end of) all their awful fires that took place this summer, so there were <i>very strict </i>bans on all fireworks, any time, any where, no way, no how, just don't do it. So, our viewing options were limited, but we weren't at all disappointed with what we saw that night.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We headed straight to the stadium and found a park nearby-- lots of people were parking in an empty parking lot across the street and it seemed like a pretty good location to be. We wished we had brought chairs to sit on, but the hood of our car with a blanket over it worked quite well, too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the fireworks to start.. We waited, and waited, and waited. But we <i>did</i> have a pretty great view.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan and Freddy got a little antsy and started playing games. <br />They may or may not have involved tickling and lots of laughing, too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Always fun to see my boys having a good time together... :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then the fireworks started! Yay!<br />{It was also exciting to get to use my<i> fireworks setting </i>on my new camera. <br />I was a little worried that they wouldn't come out, but we got quite a few neat shots!}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love the Fourth of July. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Nathan <i>loves </i>fireworks.. so I'm pretty sure <i>he </i>loves the Fourth of July, too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay! What a great show! :) Day one in Denver had come to a close, and we were so pleased with how well it went. We were a little worried that we wouldn't get to see <i>any</i> fireworks, with all the bans in effect, but Denver really pulled through on this one. ;)</td></tr>
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<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-63482207783826631282012-08-08T13:59:00.002-07:002012-08-08T13:59:46.442-07:00Albuquerqueing and Denvering.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our family vacation this summer was a trip to Denver, Colorado-- via Albuquerque, New Mexico.</div>
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We wanted to add two new states to our list of traveled-to states. Done, and <i>done.</i></div>
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We left on Tuesday, July 3rd, after Freddy got home from work.</div>
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And we drove, and drove, and drove.. and <i>drove. </i></div>
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(It was only 6? 6.5? hours-- but it felt like a lifetime for me.)</div>
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Nathan pretty much sums up our feelings about that drive-- arriving around 2:30am. </div>
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The next morning we ate breakfast in the hotel (shout out to Marriott!), and then headed out.</div>
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We wanted to get to Denver as soon as we could, since it was the 4th of July. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan with Grandpa and Grandma. :) <br />(Best thing ever about them coming on our vacation with us: normally when we drive, N's like, "Mom, let's play. Mom, let's color. Mom, I need a snack. Mom. Mom. MOM. <i>MOM</i>!" <br />But this time I hardly ever had to turn around-- it was all, "Bompa! Graahma!") </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N helped with the driving every now and then. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Welcome to New Mexico" sign was passed in the dark, but we at least got the <br />"You are leaving New Mexico. Hasta la Vista!" one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we made sure to get the "Welcome to Colorful Colorado" sign!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made a stop in Trinidad, CO-- their city was so beautiful with a flag-filled welcome center and beautiful brickwork galore! I loved it! :) And there was a cool, historic train behind us there, too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it was my turn to drive-- (it was also great to have my in laws help drive-- <br />especially after such a loooong night of driving.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our hotel in Aurora, CO, just outside of Denver. This trip we tried out several different Marriott brands-- Fairfield Inn in Albuquerque, Springhill Suites in Denver, Residence Inn in Albuquerque on the way home. All wonderful experiences. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddy going to our room for the first time. Every time after that when we would go to the room, <br />Nathan would be like, "Three, four, FOUR! That's OUR room!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan enjoyed the lobby, probably more so than any other guest at the hotel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And after we checked in, we headed out for a delicious meal at, none other than Texas Roadhouse! My very favorite! :)<br />And we had by far, the <i>best</i> waiter we've ever had at any restaurant, <i>ever</i>. He was so awesome. He even helped us find where to watch fireworks that night. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everywhere we went people would offer to take our group picture for us. How nice!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even with all the fires that had been going on, we still enjoyed our first day in Denver-- <br />and there's still the fireworks show to cover, too! Coming up next! :)</td></tr>
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<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-68668610002211108512012-08-07T17:03:00.003-07:002012-08-07T17:03:41.255-07:00CA: Wedding/Beach/Temple/Cemetery Fun.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
California continued. Sooo where did we leave off? Friday afternoon we went to lunch with Dad, ah yes. </div>
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After that, we drove out to Thousand Oaks {which, by the way, I was dreading even the thought of driving by, through, or around L.A. on a Friday afternoon... but it turned out to be a breeze!}</div>
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So we were heading to our friends' wedding, Susan and Arash-- but it was an adult event only, which meant that we needed to distract Nathan for a couple hours while we weddinged.</div>
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What to do? What to do? The correct, and likely only, answer is... CHUCK E. CHEESE!</div>
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We took Jason and Nathan to Chuck E. Cheese in Thousand Oaks and left them with a ton of tokens and an ordered pizza-- ready to be picked up whenever they got hungry. Done, and <i>done.</i></div>
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Then we headed to the Four Seasons-- about a 10 minute drive away-- where the wedding was going to be later that evening. And let me tell you, Susan and Arash know how to do a wedding. Wow. </div>
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Seriously, the most impressive and extravagant wedding I have ever been to. </div>
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Well, after that (and probably about three days worth of calories later) Freddy went back to C.E.C. to pick up Jason and Nathan, and to check into our hotel room at Marriott (thank you, employee discount!), across the street. </div>
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So we pretty much crashed at the hotel as soon as we got there. We were all pretty drained. </div>
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But, we definitely <i>did</i> wake up in time for the complementary breakfast! Yes, sir!</div>
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After that we packed back up and headed to the beach. From where we were, it seemed like the best option was somewhere in Malibu, and it had been a while since we'd been to <i>any </i>beach, so we were just glad to be going.</div>
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Don't get me wrong, it was nice to be at the beach, but that was the ugliest beach I had ever been to. Ever.</div>
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First of all we had to walk, not just from the street parking (since we didn't want to pay $20-something to park when we only had about 1 1/2 hours tops to spend there), but we also had to walk wayyyy around some sort of beach construction site. Weird.</div>
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And then the water was not only freeeeezing cold, but like, way gross brown. Hmph. And to top it all off-- there was seaweed and dead crabs everywhere. What the heck happened there? </div>
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Anyways! Regardless, the beach is the beach, and we were happy to be there!</div>
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Cute boys!</div>
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So we got our beach on, dipped our toes in the water, took some pictures to prove that we went, built a sand castle and called it good. We had an important meeting to get to!</div>
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We were headed to the... dun da dun daaaa... Los Angeles Temple! We were meeting some of our besties at the temple-- Maria and Brett R. and Darren and Isis G. Yay! (We stopped at a mall along the way to change from beachy to dressy.)</div>
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(Considering that this was one of the highlights of the trip for me, it's pretty sad that this picture is all we have to show for it.) But it was pretty much the best ever. We did sealings together as a group, and it was so awesome. I couldn't help but feel that we were so lucky to have friends that after years apart, we come together and go to the temple. Some people reunite at bars and parties, and instead we do this. Awe.some.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason and Nathan with their matching glasses that they redeemed their tickets for (along with a handful of other stuff). So <i>sick</i>, J. Rocking the glasses. ;) </td></tr>
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After the temple, we went out to dinner with the whole group-- and grabbed J and N from the Visitors' Center where they (N) was showing off for the sister missionaries. </div>
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Dinner was delicious, but made even better by having the best. friends. ever. to share it with!</div>
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Fast forward, we to took J home and went to Darren and Isis's apartment for a couple rounds of Taboo. Woot woot! We always play boys against girls and Isis and I always pull off the win. </div>
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(Have they <i>ever</i> won? Hmmm.. Hard to remember..) ;)</div>
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And now Sunday, since it's time to move on from CA posts. </div>
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Sunday, we went to Sacrament meeting in Walnut, and then stopped by F's grandparents' graves to leave some fresh flowers. We were there right before his grandma's one year mark from when she passed. So it seemed fitting for us to stop by and pay our respects. They were both wonderful people, and both are missed very much by their family members.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">{It was a bit of an ordeal to get those flowers up in the little vase up there, but we pulled it off in the end.} </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> {If it wasn't 10 feet above me, I would have styled the flowers better, but eh, we knew they were really pretty.}</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan, trying to understand the need for reverence in a cemetery. Really<i>, really trying.</i></td></tr>
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And after that we headed home to AZ, since F needed to be up for work at 4:45 am the next morning. It was good to be home-- hot! (90+ degrees <i>inside </i>our house), but good. Yay for our trip to California! :)Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-80827738333863966242012-07-28T08:00:00.000-07:002012-07-28T08:00:02.486-07:00CA: Lunch with Dad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Next in CA (which, might I add, was a rather quick-packed-crunched-for-time trip) we went to have lunch with my Dad. And what better place than In-N-Out? </div>
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Funny story: so my dad called me a few minutes before we arrived, wanting to take our order-- so I'm shouting out each of our orders.. Freddy wants a number one with grilled onions and a lemon up to drink. (Lemon up-- that was tricky to explain over the phone-- "<i>Seven up?"</i> "No, <i>lemon</i> up-- it's lemonade <i>with </i>seven up." "So you want seven up, <i>right</i>?") Tracy wants a cheeseburger with grilled onions, fries, and a cup of water. Jason wants (I forget-- something like...) a double-double with no onions, extra tomato, and extra sauce, fries, and a lemon up. Anyway, so we get the order in and then finally arrive. And then Dad's like, "Oh, I didn't realize Jason was coming--- did we order anything for him??" I guess "Jason's order" sounded like "Nathan's order" over the phone. <span style="background-color: white;">I just laughed.. I bet it was pretty funny to hear that a two year old wanted a double-double with such specific requests. Ha! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad brought a surprise for Nathan-- a <i>soccer ball!!!</i> Nathan definitely wouldn't have finished a double-double with this kind of distraction rolling around! ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And with Nathan, too! :)</td></tr>
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It was fun to get to see Dad, even if it was just for a couple hours or so. (Like I said, it was a fast-paced trip, so each person only got a little bit of time, if that.) Lunch was delicious, of course-- but made better by good company to enjoy it with. :) Thanks, Dad!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">*Now, this is silly, but <i>every single time</i> I look at this picture, my first thought is that my Dad's middle finger is up. It's <i>not</i>. When we first arrived, he was on the phone-- but I wanted a picture, so he posed real quick, mid-ending-a-phone-call. And it doesn't help that the almost-flesh-colored table in the distance is strategically placed right behind his hand. Sighhh.. Whoops!</span></div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-78385269726447222522012-07-27T08:00:00.000-07:002012-07-27T08:00:10.486-07:00CA: Steph and Allying.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So, back at the end of June, we had a friend's wedding to attend in California, and it gave us the best excuse to drive out there! We hadn't been to CA for, oh, about 9 months, so it was nice to see everyone again.</div>
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One of the most important trips was to go see Stephanie and her new baby girl, my new niece, Allyn. </div>
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And guess what? She's <i>cute. Really </i>cute.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I kept joking with Steph that she could just buckle Ally's car seat in our back seat and we'd just take her home with us! (She didn't think I was serious. I was trying to convince myself that I was joking.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom and Jason also joined us-- since this was the only chance Mom would have to visit with us and see Nathan before she headed up to UT. And Jason was there because we were <strike>kidnapping him</strike> hiring him as our official babysitter for the next few days.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan wasn't too interested in Ally (mostly he was just concerned that it looked like I had a new baby to replace him), but this is a funny picture, I think. He was just checking her out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aww, cousins. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ally and I bonding. I <i>like </i>her.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan and Grandma Lyons. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They're bonding while discussing the Iron Man toy. No better way with Nathan! Way to play to the judge, Mom!</td></tr>
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Fun, right?! I like Stephanie, and she's even more fun now that she has a little baby. It was great to be able to spend a few hours together! :)</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-53560039268623998442012-07-26T08:00:00.000-07:002012-07-26T08:00:03.575-07:00I Had a Birthday; Shout Hooray!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;">Okay, let's back track for a minute here. Let's see--- before Father's Day but after swim lessons, (or well, during), I had a birthday, so let's touch on that for a minute. It was on a week day, so Freddy had work in the morning, and Nathan and I had swim lessons. Then later in the evening we went out to an Italian restaurant in downtown Glendale with my in laws. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is what Nathan was doing, pretty much the entire time. Lining up his superheroes.</td></tr>
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Afterward, we actually drove out to Northern Scottsdale, because I had requested a tour of Freddy's new hotel <span style="background-color: white;">(At that point he had just been promoted to his new property, and I hadn't seen it yet.)</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">(Also, if he didn't go back that night to finish the schedule, he would have had to wake up suuuuuper early the next morning to go in and do it. I had been wanting to see the new place, anyway, so we made a night out of it, and he just took a few minutes in his office to finish up some paperwork.). So we all drove together and got a tour. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">After we took his parents home, and put Nathan to bed, we watched a movie together and ate warm chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream on top. Pazookies. Or snookies. Or whatever you want to call them. I just call them delicious. And that ends the birthday fun! :)</span><br />
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For Father's Day, we ended up making Freddy a cute little craft. Nathan was a <i>great </i>helper. He couldn't wait to get his hands on that paint. And mod podge. And glue. And paper. And ribbon. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And it took a lot for me to let go of the reins ever so slightly. But yes. He <i>did</i> help, with every single step. Until he got bored and painted superheroes on a scratch paper instead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here's how it turned out! :) Pretty cute, right? (It was based on an idea that I saw <a href="http://www.howdoesshe.com/2x4-to-we-love-daddy">here</a>.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We also made him a candy bouquet, too. This was probably the most difficult part for Nathan. You mean we buy them and have them, but we can't <i>eat </i>them??? That's a tough concept for any two year old.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see, he was pretty thrilled when after church on Father's Day when we were going to surprise Papi with his presents. </td></tr>
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Happy Father's Day to Freddy (a little late in blogging)! I always knew that he would do a great job as a father, but he always surprises me with just how good he is at it! :) He has a lot to balance on his plate with work, school, church, and family, and somehow he always finds time to play with Nathan and keep his family as his first priority. Just the other day I overheard Nathan and Freddy playing basketball together, down in the living room. Just listening to them, you can hear the bond that they share together, and father and son. Freddy's so full of love for Nathan, constantly praising him, teaching him, and showing that he cares. I'm so grateful for good fathers-- and Freddy's a perfect example! :)</div>
<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-2248215783376835122012-06-19T10:00:00.000-07:002012-06-21T16:28:00.555-07:00Swim Lessons.<br />
These past two weeks, Nathan's been in swim lessons at one of the city's pool and water parks. He really had fun with it-- and while he doesn't really swim yet, he's gotten much better at just <i>getting into </i>and <i>being in </i>the water. This first session was a parent/child class where they pretty much play games and sing songs with this kids, just to get them acclimated to the water.<br />
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He loved going to his lessons! They were Monday through Thursday from 11:30am-12:00pm each day. And with the summer heat, the cool water felt nice!<br />
Nathan was a little unsure at first, but once he got into the routine of his lessons, he was much more comfortable.<br />
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First, we take off our sandals, then sit on the side of the pool with our feet in the water. Then, mom gets in the water and brings him in, too. Then it's just a simple routine:<br />
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-Wash our faces. (Getting our hands wet and wiping off our faces. This was seriously <i>hard</i> for N to do-- he <u style="font-style: italic;">doesn't</u> like having his face wet!)<br />
-Play motorboat three times. (Motorboat, motorboat, go so <i>slooow.</i> Motorboat, motorboat, go so <i>fast!...</i> etc.)<br />
-Practice blowing bubbles in the water.<br />
-Practice using your bubbles to move a ping pong ball around in the water.<br />
-Climb along the edge of the pool ("Monkey walk").<br />
-Play "Pop Goes the Weasel." This was the next hardest thing for N. At the end, when you say, "Pop goes the weasel," you're supposed to splash. N does <i>not </i>like splashing or getting splashed. Some of the other kids thought this was the best part of the whole lesson and were a little over-enthusiastic about it-- and somehow we always managed to be next to a great splasher. At one point he was like, "HEY guys!! Please stop! <i>Guyyys!"</i><br />
-Practice our back floats. (Floating on your back.) N had to rest his head on my shoulder, and I held him from underneath his armpits. Having my shoulder to rest on really helped him feel like he was still being supported. It was just pretty sunny to be looking up at the bright sky.<br />
-Get a colored noodle and practice kicking from the wall to the lane line.<br />
-Get a colored ring and practice climbing out of the pool to get it. When jumping back in, they <i>had to </i>yell out, "One, two, three, JUMP!" This is actually a safety precaution to get them in the habit of saying that <i>anytime </i>they jump into <i>any water. </i>That way if you're in the kitchen doing dishes and you hear your kid in the backyard say, "One, two, three, jump!" You at least have those three seconds as a warning-- rather than being totally oblivious that your kid is drowning in a pool. Makes sense to me!<br />
-Take the pool ring and use it as a prop in singing "The Wheels on the Bus" as a group. N's favorite part was, "The people on the bus go UP and DOWN, UP and DOWN, UP and DOWN!" (I'd lift him up in the air on that part-- <i>so</i> cool for a two year old.)<br />
-A couple minutes to practice anything you'd like, and then CLEAN UP! On more than one occasion Nathan would start singing the "Clean up" song that they sing in Nursery each week. :)<br />
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And that was it! He LOVED it!<br />
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On Saturday, we drove passed the water park that he had his lessons at, except it was like, 7pm or so, but he still saw the big water slide.<br />
"{Gasp!} We going to <i>swim lessons?!</i>"<br />
"No sweetie, our swim lessons are over now."<br />
"Yeah! We <i>do </i>go to swim lessons!"<br />
"Well, did you bring your swim suit?"<br />
"My swim suit? {Gasp!} We <i>forgot!</i> That's okay, Mommy, we can go <i>get </i>it, and <i>then</i> come to swim lessons!"<br />
"Oh, really? Maybe another day... Nathan, do you want to have swim lessons with a <i>new </i>teacher? (Referring to signing him up for another session.)"<br />
"A <i>new teacher???</i> Noooo (shaking his head).. I want to have swim lessons with <i>Ryan </i>(his old teacher)<i>! </i>Because Ryan is my <i>friend!" </i>Cute.<br />
(And, just because it's funny-- for the first few days of lessons, N totally thought his teacher's name was Rhino. And called him that, often.)<br />
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The other day, Nathan was supposed to go to his bookshelf to choose a couple books to read before bed-- a few minutes later I went to check on him to see what happened, since he never came back. Sure enough, he was fast asleep right in front of his bookshelf. I guess choosing books proved to be far too strenuous! </div>
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Also, I thought I'd share Nathan's bedtime routine-- just because I think it's funny. :)
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We've been trying to get into a good routine for a while now, but I didn't realize just how committed Nathan would get to the EXACT routine. Here goes:</div>
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1. Get his pajamas from his bottom drawer-- he <i>only ever </i>wants to wear his "blue shorts with dinosaur shirt" (his pajamas in the pictures above). </div>
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2, Change into his pajamas <i>while </i>in his room. One time I tried to get him to change in the bathroom-- no way, we had to go back to his room to change.</div>
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3. Go to the bathroom and brush "the bad guys off his teeth." <span style="font-size: x-small;">{A while back I used this technique to get him to brush his teeth-- the idea that there were bad guys on his teeth that would eat his teeth, if he didn't brush them off. And then he would wake up in the morning with <i>no teeth! </i>And <i>then</i> he would want to eat corn on the cob and he couldn't because he didn't have any teeth anymore. It worked wonders-- equal parts of dislike for bad guys and love for corn on the cob.}</span></div>
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4. After brushing his teeth, he rinses his mouth twice (exactly) and after spitting out the water he says, "No bad guys for me!" After rinsing twice, he then takes a sip of the remaining water and drinks it. Always. <span style="background-color: white;">He then asks for the brown hand towel to dry off his mouth. </span></div>
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5. He goes to the bathroom one last time before bed time and then goes to his room to get his book for bedtime.</div>
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6. We read a Mickey Mouse book called <i>Colors, Colors Everywhere. </i>It's about Mickey, Goofy, and Mickey's nephews learning about how colors mix, as they paint Mickey's house together. And I could tell you the story word for word anytime, anywhere. It's the only book he's wanted to read at bedtime for about a month straight.</div>
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7. After the book is over, Nathan gets Freddy and we all kneel by N's bed to say our night time prayers. If it's up to N, it's usually something like this, "Hebenly Pader, thank thank this day. Bless we go to sleep. Bless the family. Aim ma Jesus Christ, amen." Usually I interrupt to make sure he elaborates a little bit, but that's the general skeleton of his prayers.</div>
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8. Then F has to leave, and close the door on the way out. </div>
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9. Nathan turns on his soccer ball night light, and then uses his little step to turn off his light.</div>
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In that order. Every. single. night. (Except bath nights-- then the beginning starts out a little different, but not by much!)</div>
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This kid is <i>so </i>into routines, it's hilarious! The next step for us is to teach him time, or at least what time is bedtime-- that way we can get better at going to bed at the same time each night. :)</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-39377404559343204272012-05-31T10:47:00.000-07:002012-05-31T10:47:08.212-07:00Arizona Science Centering.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
On the 21st, Freddy's day off, I surprised him by taking the family out to the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix. The best part was him guessing where we were going. He was <i>so sure</i> {so many times} yet didn't guess right until we were close enough to see the signs. Ha!</div>
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I was able to get a Culture Pass from our local library, so we had two free passes, plus Nathan is still free, so we <i>all </i>went for free! :)</div>
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There were a lot of fun exhibits to check out-- some of our favorites are below:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bed of nails-- I wasn't quite sleeping, like that image of the guy on the side of the bed, but it was surprising how comfortable? it was. Or more so, how uncomfortable it <i>wasn't.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love our family. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside at the water exhibit-- fun activity for a warm day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This exhibit showed how water can shape the landscape, using sand in a trough-like thing and a running faucet at one end. Nathan liked it, but soon after was concerned because he was getting his hands all dirty. Funny kid.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with tangrams. N <i>loved </i>them. He would have been content staying at this one table the entire. time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing tug of war. We totally won (once Freddy let go to come take a picture of us-- irrelevant). </td></tr>
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We had fun! It was a pretty neat place to go! We're hoping to get the Culture Pass to the Children's Museum next! (Good luck to us--)</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-4301139918320890452012-05-30T17:47:00.000-07:002012-05-30T17:47:13.517-07:00Railroading.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
On Saturday, we went to the <a href="http://www.therailroadpark.com/">Railroad Park</a> in Scottsdale, with our friends, the Musselmans. Their youngest son, Andrew (two weeks older than Nathan), is pretty much Nathan's best friend. Nathan includes him in our prayers at bedtime ("Please bless that we go to Andrew's house tomorrow,") and every time he sees him he says his name in this reminiscent voice like they haven't seen each other in five years ("Aaaaannnnndrrrewwwwww!!!!"). So yeah, it didn't really matter <i>where </i>we were going, as long as Andrew would be there, Nathan was all in. </div>
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We had never heard of this place before, and it was the <i>best. ever.</i> It made the list of places-we'll-take-people-when-they-come-visit (so, pay attention). The railroad park has several fun things, all of which we couldn't document because we <i>had </i>our camera, but it was in the car, since it has a habit of <i>not </i>working when the batteries are already dead. So luckily, Andrew's mom, Elizabeth snapped a few pictures on her phone for us. </div>
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There's a museum about trains and railroads, complete with a tour on<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> t</b><span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">he Roald Amundsen Pullman Car, which was pretty much like the Air Force One of trains, used by every president from Herbert Hoover through Dwight Eisenhower. There's also a carousel (loved it!), a smaller train that goes through an </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">arboretum, a electric train set exhibit (it was huuuuge!), two park play areas (that were <i>awesome</i>), and of course, all the trees and grass of any beautiful park. It was perfect! And the best part was that we went on the <i>last nice day</i> before summer. It was like, mid-eighties and <i>such nice weather!</i> Pretty much it was the best day ever. So here's some of the pictures for you to enjoy! :)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew <i>really </i>likes Nathan, and Nathan <i>really </i>likes Andrew.</td></tr>
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We had <i>tons </i>of fun-- grabbed some lunch there, from the remodeled Southern Pacific Railroad Caboose, and ate while the kids played on the western themed play town area thing. And we ended the day with getting ice cream from the Hartley's General Store. <i>Delicious! </i><br />
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So now, who's coming with us <i>next?! </i>:)<br />
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On Thursday we went over to play in the Fountain Park at Westgate (the shopping center next to the AZ Cardinal's football stadium). It was just Nathan and his friend, Zack-- but they still had a blast! And the moms got to enjoy the shade while they got nice and wet. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture makes me want to put some sort of caption like, "Ready to embark on their journey." <br />
Or something equally as ridiculous. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both the boys had plastic, Ziplock bags that they kept filling up with water. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I just had to dump the water on <i>him </i>instead. This kid would NOT get wet! It's <strike>not so bad</strike> nice to be outside in the 100 degree weather <i>when you're wet.</i> If you're not wet, then you're just <i>hot!</i> Sometimes you need a little help from Mom.</td></tr>
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<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-78484453601269088142012-05-19T13:04:00.000-07:002012-05-19T13:04:07.392-07:00Spring Sing 2012Back on May 5th, we had our annual Young Women fundraiser for Girls' Camp. It's pretty much a dinner/auction/talent show, all rolled into one evening, full of fun! ;)<br />
Being that it was on Cinco de Mayo, we felt it appropriate to have a Mexican fiesta, complete with tacos, rice, and beans for dinner, plus a salsa contest (like, the kind for your chips, not the kind for your hips).<br />
All in all it was lots of fun and I got a few great things from the auction. I wish I had pictures to post from the actual talent show (which was awesome) except that our camera always disappoints me, so all I have to show for the night is pictures like this:<br />
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Still, a great performance by all (except my camera). <br />But after the show, Nathan felt like it should be his turn to dance on stage. </div>
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Except that he was disappointed that all the other performances got music. "But where's the muuusic? {Shaking his head} There's no muuuusic..."</div>
<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-34334126496380950802012-05-02T11:30:00.000-07:002012-05-02T11:30:00.826-07:00Home Sweet Home.So, this is a long time in coming, but I thought I should go ahead and post it anyway. When we were in Ecuador, we told F's family out there about our new home in Arizona. And we were like, <i>Oh! Hey! We have pictures on the BLOG! </i>Yeaahhhh, except that we only ended up having the <i>before </i>and the <i>during</i> pictures, but not a single one of the <i>after</i> pictures. Well, hmph. So,<i> last </i>May I vowed that I would post pictures of the <i>after</i>. And what better time to follow through on that, than one <i>full year</i> later? {Whoops.}<br />
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So here's a few pictures of the <i>before</i>, just so you get a little reminder:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> In front of the island is the back of our old table top (we were still moving in, ya know)-- so just picture it all that dark brown color.</td></tr>
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There are still <strike>several</strike> a few things on the To-Do list, but for now, this looks so much brighter and better than it <i>did</i>. Next up, we'll post some pictures of the living room.. Just as soon as I can get it clean enough to be posted online. ;-)<br />
So now that you've seen it in pictures, come see it in person! The Sarmiento Hotel has been revamped and updated, and we're ready for some visitors!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182956531305502858.post-71013603168785644762012-05-01T10:30:00.000-07:002012-05-01T10:30:01.125-07:00The Dangers of IKEA.So, we were shopping at IKEA on Saturday; what better way to spend your weekend, right? We absolutely love that store.<br />
And then we heard this over the loud speaker. <i>"Will the owner of a blue, Toyota Camry, Arizona plate number ASF4387, please report to their vehicle immediately. Again, the owner of a blue, Toyota Camry, plate number ASF4387 please report to their vehicle immediately."</i><br />
I smiled when they said blue Toyota Camry, just jokingly... but then when they announced the plate number I was like, "Uh, Freddy, isn't that <i>our car?</i>"<br />
He was like, "I don't <i>think </i>so..?"<br />And I was like, "No, I'm pretty sure that's our car.. You want to go check it just in case?"<br />
So he left, and I didn't hear anything from him, so I called to ask and he said, "Uhh, you probably want to come out here." Oh boy.<br />
Well, here we go:<br />
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So from what I understood, and I came out just as the other car (a big, white pick-up truck) was leaving-- (she had young kids and they were getting restless..) she was trying to back out of the space and her brakes gave out, which resulted in this:<br />
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So, let's review the things that we're grateful for:<br />
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1. Neither Freddy or I have ever been in an accident, so this was pretty minor for our first ever.<br />
2. Aka, it could have been worse!<br />
3. It wasn't our fault, at all.<br />
4. She didn't just drive off. (Which, from what I understand, she could have, but someone saw it happened and threatened to call the police. She's an illegal immigrant and didn't exactly want to get the police involved, so she was more than happy to notify the owners.)<br />
5. She has insurance. I think AZ has the highest number of uninsured motorists in the country-- not my favorite stat, so we're lucky that she wasn't one of them.<br />
6. We made it home safely, even without a mirror. (It's a bit of a drive to our only IKEA, but it's worth it!) Although it <i>is</i> weird to look left to check your mirror and there's nothing there--<br />
7. The claim was filed just fine, and we should have someone coming to evaluate the vehicle either today or tomorrow, so that we can get it fixed as soon as possible. :)<br />
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So, we're down a side mirror, and up a huge dent, but hey, things could be worse! I'm glad that in times like this, I know I can count on Freddy to stay calm and keep level headed.Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536367079122936951noreply@blogger.com0