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Lovey has worked every Saturday since we've moved here, and I recently learned he'll be working every Saturday from now on (boo-hoo). Sadly, we'll miss him on our weekend adventures!</div>
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I took the girls to the "<a href="http://stpats5points.com/family-fun/childrens-carnival">family friendly St. Patrick's Day carnival</a>" @ the Martin Luther King Park in Five-Points on Saturday. Aunt Velma was nervous for us since Five-Points is typically a rowdy college scene, especially on St. Patrick's Day, but I assured her that we'd be OK @ this venue. Luckily we were and we timed our departure just right since the later we stayed, the more skin, beer, and Topsy-Turvy people we saw. Eek.</div>
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Throughout the week we watched a few short video clips, courtesy of the History Channel, about St. Patrick's Day. They were a great refresher for me since I had forgotten/didn't know much about Saint Patrick. He was from Great Britain, but went to Ireland to preach Christianity. He used the clover leaf (but the Irish called it a Shamrock) to explain the Trinity: The Holy Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. The whole park was saturated with clovers and as we waited for our horse ride, Mary-Gail exclaimed that it was just like in her movie (History Channel) and the clovers were for Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost!</div>
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Riding the horses was Mary-Gail's first priority. The horses' manes were braided so beautifully, and they had sparkle glitter on their behinds. This made both Mary-Gail and Becca erupt in laughter.</div>
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Carnival bouncers were next. Made me miss our Little Tikes bounce house we left in UT for the little twins, Tenley & Quincy</div>
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I LOVED watching Becca & Mary-Gail move through this Obstacle bouncer. It was the exact one we went to a couple years ago when we joined JoJo @ her kiddies @ their school's carnival. I wish all the kiddies were with us Saturday to do the Obstacle bouncer again</div>
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Everything about these two exude laughter and happiness. Love 'em. Love 'em lots!</div>
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Lunch included PB on bagel thins, string cheese, green grapes, Doritos, and Capri Suns</div>
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Another absolute "have to." Mary-Gail was incredibly patient (albeit a little whiny) given the fact that we had to stand in line for over 30 minutes! This gal was the only face painter at the carnival. She charged $5 per face painting...she made B A N K!</div>
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She kept smiling @ my Mba-Gba (really, who <em>can't</em> smile when they're around Mary-Gail?), but this gal kept cracking up while she was painting pretties on MG's face.</div>
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Pretty princess lips? Oh Yes!</div>
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Adding the gold glitter...</div>
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The gal asked if <i>She</i> could take <i>Mary-Gail's</i> picture!! (to add to her portfolio) Of Course!</div>
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Mary-Gail "lost" (purposefully removed and threw on the ground) one of her earings while we stood in line. They were new too! </div>
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Oh...WOW. My little beauty w/her princess mask and princess glitter lips</div>
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Becca opted for the same face painting, and why not? It's super cute</div>
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Mom, are you done taking pictures of me yet?</div>
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Becca's model-lip pose</div>
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I asked Mary-Gail what she was talking to the girl about afterwards. She said she told the girl that her hair was beautiful, and that she really liked her green necklace. But Mary-Gail also told me she wanted to make sure the girl had her three tickets to go on the ride.</div>
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Saturday was a super day! We came home completely tuckered-out and sunburned! Who gets sunburned in March? Well, if you're in South Carolina, and it's 84 degrees, and you're outside all day w/o sunscreen, YOU do. Needless to say, I stopped by Walmart and snagged SPF 110 sunscreen - not going to let this happen to us again. </div>
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P.S. I think my mom said the weather in Utah was windy and cold @ 50. That's the kind of March weather <em>I'm</em> used to...</div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-15667382072773800032012-03-21T21:07:00.001-04:002012-03-21T21:08:44.356-04:00I'm going to re-think my life...Anna and I met one Tuesday night as we volunteered @ the NICU. I think it was in April or May 2011. Anna had a 27-weeker (me too {times 2}) and she was expecting her second child (sadly, me not). We helped gather the gifts all the while talking about our experiences in the NICU - her little boy stayed 100 days; Becca & Mary-Gail stayed 86 days; our hardships before, during, and after NICU life. Anna's little boy, Caleb, was almost 2; Becca & Mary-Gail had turned 4. Caleb was struggling with eating, throwing up ALL his stomach contents, and not gaining weight. I had experienced that with Becca & Mary-Gail too. Or had I?<br />
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Anna said Caleb was scheduled for a visit w/the Pediatric GI doc @ Primary Children's Hospital in SLC. (Just the mention of that hospital still makes my heart palpitate and goose-bumps appear). He was already on the elimination diet to see if he was allergic to certain foods, but he might have to have surgery on his bowel for suspected enterocolitis. Anna said her sweet Caleb was still in 12 month clothes...<br />
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We talked for over 2 hours, Anna and I. We had just met earlier that night, but having preemies and sharing worries and stresses over our super-special children fused an instant connection. I was sad we had to say goodbye, even though I remember it was well after 1am and Anna had to drive 30minutes to get home, but I was sure I'd see her next Tuesday to hear how Caleb's appt went and what they were going to do.<br />
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However, I didn't see Anna again. My last night volunteering @ the NICU in February 2012 I asked about her, but our Coordinator hadn't seen her either. My heart was worried for her, for her little Caleb, and for her (then) pregnancy. BUT, Anna found me! She ran a random search on the Internet for Preemies and pulled up my blog; we're connected again!<br />
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I have to link Anna's post here. For one, because I truly thought I understood her plight with her non-eater. I mean, Mary-Gail was next-in-line for a NG-tube because the little turkey refused to eat. I remember telling my pediatrician I wanted to return her to the NICU and have her hooked up on a feeding tube! And two, as a shout-out to all those mothers (and fathers) who struggle with their little ones' needs, who hover over their children when a simple cough can easily turn into bronchitis or pneumonia (which is what I'm facing now with Mary-Gail), and for my brother, Josh, who has two beautiful daughters who have Type I Juvenile Diabetes (both were diagnosed when they were just three years old!), I hear you. Anna does too.<br />
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Visit Anna's post about Caleb <a href="http://thepursers.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-in-review.html">here</a> and <a href="http://thepursers.blogspot.com/2011/11/bye-bye-eosinophils.html">here</a> and <a href="http://thepursers.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-my-child-eats.html">here</a> </div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-83889318644536640712012-03-21T00:05:00.000-04:002012-03-21T22:10:27.144-04:00Our new house...maybe? Not until Friday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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So, we're supposed to close on Thursday; however, just today the bank called Tony (again) and asked him to substantiate three more things (again). Plus, they needed his check stub from the advance FedEx gave him in February. Really? Really? Have they ever packed up and moved TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX MILES across the entire country?! Everything we have is in a storage container sitting in hot-lanta; we have nothing with us, except our suitcases and toothbrushes.</div>
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Becca & Mary-Gail were so excited to watch a show while I worked in the bathroom. Mary-Gail exclaimed to Becca, "Becca, Becca! It's not even Friday yet and Mommy's gonna let us watch a show! Wa-hoo!" That's Mary-Gail, doing her "wa-hoo" kick in the picture above.</div>
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Wow - Saturday, March 10th just keeps going and going! We first started out @ EdVenture for Storyland; then Guignard Park; then the Columbia Marionette Theatre for "The Wizard of OZ"; and then we decided to stop-in and see Daddy @ work. And T H E N, we went to a neighborhood Oyster Roast...</div>
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Staying with my husband's Aunt Velma means we're part of her neighborhood family -- at least that's what her neighbor, Mr. Bill said, who invited us to his annual Oyster Roast on Saturday. So, after everything we had already packed into our Saturday, we added the Oyster Roast too, and holy moly - it was a roast! </div>
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Somehow, someone (Mr. Ted - towards the end of the table on the right w/glasses and brown hat, & Michael - end of table on right w/blue jacket) convinced me that I need to eat an oyster. Nope. No way. I'm good.</div>
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Michael cutting the muscle...doesn't it sort of look like there's a millworm on top of it?</div>
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Well, after taking pictures of a "real live oyster roast" and pictures of "what real Southern people eat" I got a LOT of ribbing from everyone that if I wanted to be a "real live Southern" person, I needed to eat an oyster. I kindly reminded them that I used to live in Charleston, and had been to oyster roasts before. But none of that mattered. Short of everyone chanting, "Oyster! Oyster! Oyster!" I consented...<br />
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And that's it. I was gagging, and started to do the "puke convulsions" so I spit it out and then hurriedly ate some Salt & Vinegar potato chips. Aunt Velma was hopeful that I could do it, but when I couldn't, she quickly admitted that she could never eat an oyster either - and she is born/raised/bred Columbia, South Carolina!</div>
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Columbia has a Marionette Theatre! I've never been to a marionette theatre, or a "real" puppet show before (do the hand puppets @ the library count?), so when I discovered this place, I knew we'd be coming back.</div>
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This month the <a href="http://cmtpuppet.org/">Columbia Marionette Theatre</a> is performing <em>"The Wizard of OZ."</em> How exciting! I checked out their site to view the puppets (particularly the puppet's faces. Thanks to my bff, <a href="http://jesstheca.blogspot.com/">Jessica</a>, I have become totally freaked by stuffed animals in particular, but this also extends to puppets). CMT's website is pretty cool, AND although some of their puppets' eyes were scary, <em>"The Wizard of OZ"</em> puppets were not. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The creators decided to follow the storyline from the books, rather than the Judy Garland picture. So, I guess that's why the magic shoes are silver and not ruby red...?</span></div>
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Saturday proved to be a very fun, but extremely long day for Rebecca & Mary-Gail (especially). We're still adjusting to our new life in South Carolina sans my family. We are all so close and I miss them terribly. Sob...sob...Rebecca overheard someone say South Carolina, and she exclaimed, "Mom, they said 'South Carolina!' That's where we're going!" Oh, sweet baby, that's where we're at...and where we'll be staying for awhile.</div>
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We headed back to EdVenture's Storyland exhibit for the THIRD time last week. I think I've burned my girls out by visiting this Children's Museum, but it really rocks. Columbia, SC's Fire Chief, Aubrey Jenkins, was scheduled to read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" on Saturday, March 10th, and we arrived just in time to listen to him AND to see the mouse come visit. The mouse brought cookies and juice boxes too! Awesome!</div>
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Aubrey Jenkins, Columbia's Fire Chief, and scheduled "community leader reader"</div>
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The mouse brought cookies, juice boxes, and even set up tables for crafts so we could make our own "mouses" out of brown paper bags. Loved him!</div>
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The local news, WLTX, Channel 19, was there filming the event and interviewed me and my girls. The news guy said it would run that weekend and would even put the video online so I could send a link to my family back in Utah. Sadly, I haven't seen it run, nor do I think it made the cut :{ BUT, it was sure fun talking to him about our adventures at Edventure! </div>
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I'm loving how Mary-Gail's tongue is launched and helping her cross the cold water. Oh, I also love that she didn't want her skirt to get wet, so up it came!</div>
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I explained to Mary-Gail & Rebecca about the green slime (algae) that was covering the creek bed and rocks. "EWE!" and of course Rebecca could no longer stand the thought of her feet touching algae. She she rinsed them off in the algae-infested water, and had to dry them. Guess what she used to dry them?</div>
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Mary-Gail said that they only way she could clean her feet off was to use a leaf to scrub them. So, sadly this Magnolia Tree lost a few of its leaves as both Mary-Gail and Rebecca scrubbed their feet clean.</div>
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Lovely pair of little hands</div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-32801726830455702642012-03-09T05:45:00.021-05:002012-03-17T23:37:23.739-04:00Zoo again<div>
Thursday we visited the zoo again. The weather was perfect - we're talking 74 degrees! - and my poor Becca & Mary-Gail were stuck wearing their long pants and long sleeves. I didn't pack them any short sleeves! Pitiful babies. I ending up cut off their sleeves, we were on our way.</div>
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Mary-Gail & Rebecca atop the King of the Jungle<br />
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I asked Becca & Mary-Gail to see if they could stand on one leg and sleep like the Flamingos. Here's their attempt<br />
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Have to tell you that I absolutely love this picture. Big sister, Becca, holding baby sister, Mary-Gail. Their faces are perfect</div>
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The penguins were swimming this time! Mary-Gail and Becca spent about 20 minutes in the stinky place where the penguins were</div>
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Rock Hopper Penguins</div>
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The Gentoo Penguins were hopping out of the water and jumping in the whole time we were there. The King Penguins were cheering them on.</div>
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Next, we moved onto the Giant Tortoises. They weren't out when we visited on Sunday because it was too cold. I was fascinated by these tortoises. Did you know they have toes? I always thought they had feet similar to elephant feet. Here's the proof.<br />
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She was fascinating. A little "ET" like, but so fascinating.</div>
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She thought the zoo keeper was going to feed her. But, on the contrary, she was picking up their poop!</div>
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See the duct-tape on this "baby's" shell? The zoo keeper said they get sores on their shells, so they have to apply ointment and cover with duct-tape. Oh, by the way, this "baby" is over 60-years old.</div>
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These two Giant Tortoises are OVER 100-years!</div>
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Even after this chart, I still have problems differentiating between reptiles and amphibians.</div>
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Hello pretty angel fishies</div>
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The elephants weren't out last time either. They were very territorial with their food<br />
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Meerkat - just like on the TV show</div>
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This poor Gorilla. She's the one that was sleeping last time with her bottom lip puckered out. She looks so depressed<br />
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Her feet - like big hands<br />
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The walkabout is where you can walk right through the Kangaroos & Wallabieys<br />
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Some delicious nourishment - Dippin' Dots ice cream. </div>
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Lovey introduced me to this when we first moved to Charleston in 2001. They are super yummy</div>
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Red-Tailed hawk<br />
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Black-headed Vulture<br />
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Great-horned Owl</div>
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Mary-Gail wanted to see the bird show, so we sat and waited for 10 minutes. I was so impressed with their patience. We learned about these South Carolina indigenous birds. Mary-Gail wants her daddy to build her a house for the owls to sleep in. She's sensitive like that</div>
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Reticulated tortoise. Clearly I am focused on tortoises<br />
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Two pictures for Aunt Velma, who LOVES llamas! Crazy - I've never met anyone who likes/loves llamas.<br />
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Mary-Gail sat and milked and milked and milked this cow. OK, she could work on a farm!<br />
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Koalas - we're listening to a book-on-tape about Australia, and so the girls just chatted up about how Koala's weren't "bears" and they like to sleep during the day, and their name means doesn't drink water because they get their "water" from the gum trees they eat...I think they stunned the out zoo patrons<br />
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This parrot was sneezing and sneezing. Mary-Gail was petting it and telling it "it's OK, it's OK"</div>
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More animal statues<br />
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I've gotta find out what this tree's name is. It is so beautiful with it's purple/fushia blooms<br />
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Again with the turtles!<br />
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Weird, very weird.<br />
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A "dwarf" something. With him standing upright like this, doesn't he look like a dinosaur?<br />
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Funky eyes</div>
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Good bye zoo. Thanks! We'll be back</div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-23928966071968210732012-03-08T07:42:00.006-05:002012-03-17T23:40:42.296-04:00The plan for today<span style="font-size: 130%;">It's 6:18am.</span> Lovey's already left & gone to work x 1hour. Becca's in my bed due to another nightmare, and in waltz's sleepy-head Mba-Gba. She snuggles up to me and we find a spot on the bed for her between Lilly and ShuShu (who seem to think that <em>we</em> have invaded <em>their</em> bed).<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">It's 6:48am now.</span> Time to get up. I usually review with the girls "our plan for today" before we even get started. However, Becca has taken over this role this morning.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Here's what she's come up with:</span>1. we get up<br />
2. have breakfast<br />
3. get dressed<br />
4. do our hair<br />
5. brush our teeth<br />
6. walk our dogs. Mary-Gail said, "Can Toby come too?" (Toby is Aunt Velma's little Shitzu, but he has a hurt hind foot, so he's going to stay home).<br />
7. We go to the park. Mary-Gail said, "Can you push us on the swings? Pleease?" When I said "sure," Mary-Gail emphatically said, "YES!" with an added pump-fist.<br />
8. We have lunch. I interrupted - "What do you want for lunch?" Becca said, "how 'bout we have a hamburger and cheese..." Mary-Gail answered for me, "No! We don't have any money." And here's the conversation about that:<br />
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Becca: <em>Why don't we have any money?</em><br />
Me: <em>Because I'm not working any more</em> (I <u>so</u> haughty thinking I made <u>soo</u> much money)<br />
Becca: <em>So go get a job Mom!</em><br />
Me: <em>--------</em><br />
Mary-Gail: <em>Well, Daddy works, so we have money</em><br />
Me: <em>Daddy works so we can pay for our new house in South Carolina and our old house in Utah</em><br />
Becca: <em>Why don't we have any money?</em><br />
Me: <em>Becca, we're not eating out anymore; we need to save our money and eat healthy</em><br />
Becca: <em>We lived in our car for a long time</em><br />
Mary-Gail: <em>Guys, we can just have Peanut Butter sandwiches</em><br />
Me: <em>Sounds good. What's next on our plan?</em><br />
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9. We come home<br />
10. We have a siesta<br />
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Mary-Gail's response: "Oh! I love this plan!"<br />
Keeping to typical Mary-Gail flair, she did want to omit #3: doing our hair; and #9: coming home.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Ok. We have our plan for the day!</span> Time to find us a new park to visitKemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-80059733393682098072012-03-06T22:41:00.011-05:002012-03-06T23:20:59.082-05:00Awesome day @ EdVenture<p align="center"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinHqKSeD5W_AcZUcTUTGrfQPzb_LfWUYbFtgtVIyqJfBQDV0S-rh-f3f4BsjcJeLvqaPM-Pq6OmtwqrxDWzTEUFdRn_eWqGJXO3KmYKw0xNxvqjWnFHD1yWVY-vkPx0QaVI2MickX1NiZW/s320/IMG_0098.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </p><br /><div align="left">Lovey's car finally arrived yesterday afternoon! As a result of having a second car again, we girls had wheels and took off on an adventure of our own. We spent nearly 3 hours exploring <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">EdVenture</span> Children's Museum today. Lovey had taken us there on Saturday for about an hour before it closed. And man, trying to pull Becca & Mary-Gail away was bitter. I knew we'd need to return again - this time on a weekday so there wouldn't be all the craziness - so I carefully mapped out the drive (complete with landmarks to help me know if I was headed in the right direction or not). For my family in Utah, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">EdVenture</span> is like a <a href="http://www.thanksgivingpoint.com/">Thanksgiving Point</a>, and <a href="http://www.childmuseum.org/">Gateway Discovery</a> wrapped into a whopping 92,000 square foot place. It is awesome!<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Edventure</span> boasts the world's largest child named Eddie. He's a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">rockin</span>' 40-feet tall kid, and that's his height sitting down! Straight from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">EdVenture's</span> website: <em>"Explore EDDIE® You can climb his vertebrae to his brain, crawl through his heart, bounce around inside his stomach and slide out his intestines."</em> Serious fun right there!</div><br /><p align="center"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5VMOVf-fUhz8wV-lu17vWGaTm_ABV-72GxQGOwmP5yrmiRLfVoQIL60VptDkhR4cPQ-HSYmMhB7WrvhO64icpkZl-S-vyVPlAFXy2I-J4JPb1EdvpFyx3cwbLBCqIiesj0-vcbMaE1ws/s320/IMG_0043.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwx7LgIE22X7PG4MXuVg7VGXau96thQQKVb63D-LKk9xRDfW_jVGr8QmQC3QByADLddKWHMrtCjQ39v8uy-_0Gyg4vTeza1NLZw1HKuLgqbV-b7NjEeQphQtJIdr2tMAo6lWwudc8XXLRK/s320/IMG_0083.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnrMcsRFfpw_65OEEzX-YEvE4bhCK_gbTPiAkGiJw71IOKWn_CeGETCk4NGmG6N5jRPY90gqPZQB0gz0du6rFkWwAHIJmErS9Fh6JoV00y8g6690-bsdFoq9K-GOhqxvP-LoW36l2x6RZ/s320/IMG_0046.jpg" width="320" height="240" /> </p><br /><p align="center">The girls inside Eddie's skull (his brain kept zapping with light mimicking the neurons connecting)</p><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" align="center"><br />We visited their <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Storyland</span> exhibit. Every day this week they are highlighting a few selected children's books and have set up <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Storyland</span> to showcase them. Today's book was <em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Abuela</span>;</em> Wednesday: <em>Where's Spot?</em> Thursday: <em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chicka</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chicka</span> Boom Boom;</em> Friday: <em>Snowy Day;</em> Saturday: <em>If you Give a Mouse a Cookie</em>; and Sunday: <em>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</em>. Wish you all could see these creations in person, but I hope my pics will give you a taste of how awesome these life size exhibits are.</div><br /><p><em><strong>Snowy Day</strong></em> by Ezra Jack Keats. Lay on a bed & press a button and a portion of the story is read out loud to you; build your own snowman and dress him; walk on the snow path and hear the crunch of the snow; cling snow icicle's together to hear their music...</p><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDrIaLarAPjFftVFs9q3N7lk_UWhhhVMr0jzJ3hiEsEXt82IXvIULMyHyw0oRlle36S-4fGwSmGdpT6GP580334nn_rsyvDi94SPosekuFB45zAFAqeeWqug3vCOAGUiXKmGo197qQDu3/s320/IMG_0028.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP1qwcg3C6vLh0D1xDw4YZ5742vc8Gx6BeeiqQpX8i3_W9taG7gY-uJPxnzecf5Kba5Gc0qGcKjWeSDcmMoggfLCm78rcDMiEn_U5F1K2On76WKssieq_UIPs_6fI1lC0HcLLpIf9bvGA/s320/IMG_0030.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><em><strong>Tuesday</strong></em> by David <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Weisner</span>: (I have to admit, I don't know this book, but Mary-Gail sure had fun playing on the rotary-dial phone. She ultimately got frustrated and started yelling in the receiver {second picture})<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyA9TuWegZWwfE4HVru0GjBO6L3GmAegM3u27GgEwSN7moJDFI4XbDxsWRT52F5Mkq2yhbJXuBAKQVHVxUN73Ppj0HwiJQ0Urf1B-IFSLhvS2Ex0qkJwrzJjKmvsNiVqjJg7G2f4e46St4/s320/IMG_0031.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9L1_33E5crYAlTgn1QIMNNc70i9Rts3cnU-GAiVO3AElQQqA413Bkjt-dCwD1MtD-q8sm7hr5kNa1ECyZ2x8A1P1Easupfgmu-bcWN_rz6Zab3L7muanrrFYJBFnKbSKhgozoONBlMeg/s320/IMG_0033.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> </div><br /><em><strong>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</strong></em> by Beatrix Potter<br />Warm yourself by the fire, cook some soup, and make yourself @ home in Peter's tree<br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jGKLY0kQsQ3_MJObGOBghQXjNfpg2rIjuUjj_eqEFWdH6g7GsKCNyZTXP7C3ALprAnK2Wm0urODB44-lfZiiT14G7cIuQYUIqmQn1KzpsT4UYQRAhuF-eGHN8Oe_iSgVsUZw5EkDSne7/s1600/IMG_0036.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jGKLY0kQsQ3_MJObGOBghQXjNfpg2rIjuUjj_eqEFWdH6g7GsKCNyZTXP7C3ALprAnK2Wm0urODB44-lfZiiT14G7cIuQYUIqmQn1KzpsT4UYQRAhuF-eGHN8Oe_iSgVsUZw5EkDSne7/s320/IMG_0036.jpg" width="240" height="320" /></a><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYdwJSitOBOE5vaYfGhsQHL2tq6De1KU3BJ9DXBUjj3q5kGpZC9TvlnHzriD5RxSPbWc5ktE35DyDgFT9ZQ34i8PBkH_feHqDlrOy5uM5dcK1tZnIzbIwfcWq_hNPJkzn_32s2zZwVVgQ/s320/IMG_0038.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPrCW_lbm52EH4QODgKhPRAFkYqYGetOVO9f-zcKNozgRWxf_Toink4BI_Y1nWsRk41Ds832YV3RjUh-qOL-V2mzLR-Zk8BEpasEo-vIlxaCMEOmxlTFlf1-tgH31PYS6FbptpbcFBCHy/s320/IMG_0039.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWALmiRC0kG2MFH3KR-V-BfCekVeJrvF0Wl_tocrEhpinsxz7t-8bN6JajzICExfdKuJWo5E2wRHIGqYK6w9Meq6XN_Tw9qwLg3bNs_TXIeXbNLaR77SpPHngobjhy7zIVsQPNhF7F_3f/s320/IMG_0040.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rebecca</span> liked this one the most. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">She fixed Peter Rabbit some radish soup and then put him to bed</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"></div><em><strong><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chicka</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chicka</span> Boom Boom</strong></em> by Bill Martin, Jr.<br />Ah, this was my favorite by far. Perhaps because I have great memories of this book (loaned to us by my sister, Joanna). It wasn't until a couple years ago (when the girls started school @ "R Kids") that I learned about the full story with the Grown-Up letters. Even better!<br /><br /><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw994qBfxCSE0ZXYEqtm8YdlY_bEOhvraVALTrVUCUPpkSWVy9zdUpEg9I0MYdZ1WM9amhdmhIC-Bjz8ztO2MICk8FL6LGoMY__t3CJf9kOW9FvFwQr83tZKv0KQx0400Zjxb5I41HaNFL/s320/IMG_0027.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMXagCiqR6kfcXg1M_TKMburFWa6fdN41_tWkynE4h6a1CdOxH8ZBlf-nO5D097nnsWPjuUz-v_n8FoMyQAEpi2XSeF7Coe1mQiAnTBW6rSVgZ2cMvo4diRIbtzyPsKP39X7d-K6NTv_A/s320/IMG_0084.jpg" width="213" height="320" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFvYA8M388b-9SWT98155_JfokJKyi8vfbCsYsa4srKiMsrECfBAsQW44FjqSnPiz2fi-15QfT__q8K6a70pybGKthr3Zbc_mQI0tvhyphenhyphenyoUePAjnvqtBiH-TAsrN9ZAx4nV8hHX5vyxGT/s320/IMG_0085.jpg" width="239" height="320" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator">You could actually put the alphabet up the coconut tree, </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator">and the upward conveyor belt would spit them out!</div><br /><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none">Today's featured story was <em><strong><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Abuela</span></strong>.</em> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Storyland</span> had tables set up for the kids could all make their own <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Abuela</span>. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rebecca</span> & Mary-Gail went right to work, embellishing their masks with shiny sequins, glitter glue, and bold eye lashes, with crazy yarn strings for hair. Their grandma's should be so proud! Mary-Gail made fast friends with two gals opposite the table from us. She kept telling the one gal that her mask was prettier, and Mary-Gail wished she could have it. Well, Mary-Gail got her wish: they gave her their mask! Mary-Gail was so happy and carried the gift with her all day long (she's even sleeping with the scary thing right now!) </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" align="center"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3dpY0EuSMvRyxtHgmY8BdKN-3uzgDYYM8P5a7OIDL9IMbBFcLcni9jNAud5UmumJyIQHN3vpyLYI0PIEUxGO6bV7UMFBjuW5cBRMEo4ESEtbfTH6tiaYRYyoQ4hFWrD8nM6yazROq-Pa/s320/IMG_0041.jpg" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" align="center">Mary-Gail's <em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Abuela</span></em> mask (this is the one she created)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The World of Work</strong></span></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" align="left">A you a firefighter? A farmer? Maybe you're a grocer for the local town.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y_8uCOsGTm7B8ZXYC6o6QA75g0bmPkTOqVIVN3dDpGrowINJiTlHduEUPsVfqhqdN0D82yVQfRy4Pi9n8D65KvsH2J2e9kUIz33-BlMTbrZa0wU_5X4m7XNenQR_o6UH4ho9EbVT-KSP/s320/IMG_0049.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvFa8MuZCYEeZKzRfnZueDO5VBmmKJZdTJt6kPhaPJsXj45MZh8mhBX8ved9MQlxbdTmoSWJ3S0KvyqvrHKyEfB4DNxY1DwkI7vZefjBeWyHJyqGDWn63hgyaJ_aQ4yDjvhuVAdbAPwjp/s320/IMG_0051.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqrbh8iLtef7LI3DzKDcUUgsK4qJBnHVKzW90EAnvgpHrM5f4X4i_1P9Cx6711yec8MgSRO1qL7yJrY9r3eFgFvj4pFZixbNtqpu41Cq7IE5zpfO77du_rG2kLwojYwlDhgW9G2bFwPeN/s320/IMG_0070.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgao14CA8rTmrI9b_vuVtn_2mg-_XzyrOhH1geJ3s2HxOAiy-lc4u1nHdYFGis82wi2SOJG4vWhKG6VMk61sQSdaw7iZ5jJCodVpiB6HiLGJdDwMxBbjBsGbk1ctmuTNxTSmbaHG4CXccyW/s320/IMG_0054.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqLT4rInAfODtUUcDywhM_2XjysD-EurN78XLCLu8rCJsnQLNuIp8-g2i-WVOAPGGRgnpeqa2-3fg9B9Z5ZwpHvJ1ebODaH05BkMoYKOX51YBiViZoImvEo_AmsYwtsjQv2zhH9GPfT7B/s320/IMG_0055.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPZ6a-Bjg52k80GrZpW1NawTjv05X_U4Wkk7OwxX-8zHTOXJzGqzpoHKtt7j00GOAC9bf30OsxOYK_vyjd628yGZTT57SfWdD3eqNSNmNdZdsT3l6hwhM7Si3ZXHtrJ4dhhZFuW2jmHgg/s320/IMG_0057.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">Becca & Mary-Gail were filling their buggies with cakes, pies, and donuts.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">When I asked them if those were healthy foods, I got a roll-of-the-eyes from both of them, </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">and they <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reluctantly</span> put them back. If helping them choose good foods in the pretend world worked, it might work in real life, right?<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7vMceUW1SRIBjubS9UggpzZsR7qXdAHIu2uXo1W2GsE0F8_AuCGlXQaiHV83AxheBKz_F5ALlW8dKNzArx8DhHODEAOErSCUMSstFob1QI88blTO8VknK1uwjf5xmfvZrAFpPF04FD5y/s320/IMG_0058.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">Oh yes, gotta have <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mac'n'cheese</span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwljYkPXevm2A-imYH4ZPEJ7MZYDQRcDjeGBeNF_UfOx8kUqA5zyo4aKH7j2cfa4Ao_CxC1OjAqXsryOZNqYFvZKjfxVxA7vJfuzGcLIVAqrTwdmS9N4rLjdRHG9EvfpyWH7CTFBR7YPQ/s320/IMG_0059.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgNLFsKAeThHIC_z-VWNZH1YD9U4tEYJdlfoIxq_N2wwnA7vBHMi_A-SJTpy-0C7RplZBaKE3ZVHoJSHgSZJA5GHRfohVGT4GHqbtK8r7ara7S6KMs8oRX-PtxPnrQHYCSdii68HW6QY5/s320/IMG_0060.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwU-xxH4hN_UYc09nsGD79HMhyczefbBhBd1lcr75PyN-jDbcwcs87adlT0FF5iBVQQAhLPqJ8gdomJw6nBgT0yIJ9sYwehUhHnDMvwIi4kK9ITfU_F_upXbdbSm_t-yU3zyjAH0hgHVV/s320/IMG_0061.JPG" width="320" height="239" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">Checking out</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79zx3ymjrTDGNiEbGCJrP6ggwR2MvX-HUS3aRK0ssabU5ie3aL_Ag2XF5hJY141AXe831CSxailQ_IZEMuS9cvuihUou10U5WAMOdhcrTM1I9dkcYU00X_uAsb-lQsZqEmePJYKxGyTfw/s320/IMG_0063.jpg" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">Putting the food back before moving on</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKfS1pszUmE6H_86FYVYiBe_ugxevgsWNyKAVpT-dQMAiZ5edLNnR768XkwWsBHaGEiY4GVskuIqXzhbx7vw-r7iKSs2PNSE_OND-CJEl-Ti0Lym2rpCQUCU_B4yUvHI4oFjGwpFBXuAh/s320/IMG_0065.JPG" width="320" height="240" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kTFZCnMlGznFOhPU-7oWv8OW5j1Iza7fQ4mwy_7UxvANLLfeFbpCnLUQX8go2I1fYv7xb8T42K7BoKSvODqN3Ps7zFwizuQApzA8Tv59FOmUtY8wj_mV67iOv4DPLKMeCnBRyDrH1OI7/s320/IMG_0067.jpg" width="249" height="320" /> </div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator">I loved this area. Made me realize my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">littles</span> aren't so little anymore.</div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator">I need to give them more responsibilities when we go grocery shopping!</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator" align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Body Detectives</strong></span></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator" align="left">Explore how your body works, both inside and out! 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We'll be back!</div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqRSaSpani8XvNmni2pCiJ3OpE2_EsG78sZQZvwAWeMk51OIDNFX6if4aIavc6MynEuy9IWdVtSytahBCq1dYB4L5JUKCRMK_-9r3ZR0f4eqR0mc6bdX0VkAzah1Jk799_wwo0yRHM4Ev/s320/IMG_0101.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAEKJFiuxmQKP8XKvoZiWf68Wpgcuias32TcNhDBDy4-BiDw2UKk3kq0Unt1dildArVjrXkriAdS4FuuunoP1OTvM9vNEqjyGC8nqtNIWGNGxXhry3opS_aMuvkFOKoqlIBfdCX2zGPVj/s320/IMG_0100.jpg" width="240" height="320" /> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">Mary-Gail's mask from the girls @ <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Storyland</span>; Rebecca's own creation</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator">I think these masks are scary!</div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-73283838834913834582012-03-04T21:50:00.001-05:002012-03-17T23:37:02.314-04:00Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We went to the <a href="http://www.riverbanks.org/">Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens</a> today in lieu of church. I really couldn't take staying inside anywhere today (even if it's church), knowing that tomorrow is Monday and I'll be stuck at home again. The zoo is just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Aunt Velma's house; so, with the sun shinning and clear, blue skies, we took Becca & Mary-Gail to the zoo...in early March! Unheard of in Utah!</div>
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Lovey laughed at me as I made the girls change from their skirts into long pants, and bundled us up in our winter coats. He, on the other hand, was in short pants and short sleeves. I have to say, that although today was a sunny 59 degrees, it was breezy and I needed a jacket. Plus, when compared to the locals who were wearing North Face sub-zero coats, scarves, and hats, and I just fine. Lovey called us all sissies. I'm trying to acclimate to the weather quickly, because deadly heat with high-humidity is coming and it's going to kill me.</div>
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Once we purchased our tickets, Mary-Gail went wild! She zoomed in, stood in a semi-squat stance, looked left, looked right, screamed, and then tucked her chin down and went running! Oh how I wish I had that on video. She ran, no - I mean <strong>ran</strong> - to each sight, stopping only momentarily to view it, and then on she went. When Lovey tried to get her to come back and see something, she'd say, "I know that already Dad." Geesh! But, that's the thing with Mary-Gail: she has a mind that captures, stores, and remembers. Incredible.</div>
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Guess what Mary-Gail said when I told her the name of the bird in the upper left? </div>
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"I know that already Mom."</div>
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Well, I didn't, but I love it's name. It's called a <strong>Fairy Bluebird</strong>,<em> </em>and lives in the Tropical forests of </div>
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Southeast Asia. There's also a <strong>Purple-headed parrot</strong> in the pic too.</div>
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Becca, with some random girl <em>who would not get out of my picture!</em></div>
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Lovey & Mary-Gail w/<strong>Flamingos</strong></div>
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Mary-Gail was aching to get down, review the map of the zoo, and then run to the next sight</div>
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<strong>Toucan</strong></div>
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<strong>Kangaroos</strong>, the "deer of Australia"</div>
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The walking path went right through their area!</div>
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I had no idea they were so much smaller than Kangaroos</div>
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Endangered <strong>Matchie's Tree Kangaroo</strong></div>
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This marsupial can jump up to 30-feet from tree to tree</div>
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Mary-Gail argued with me back-and-forth that it was NOT a kangaroo, but rather a rat</div>
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(perhaps because of it's rat-like tail?)</div>
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Did you know that one legend of the "Cyclops" came from an elephant skull?</div>
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People saw this large skull with "one eye" and determined it to be a one-eyed giant</div>
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Mary-Gail was such a delight @ the zoo! Running from exhibit to exhibit</div>
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The <strong>Tortoises</strong> weren't out due to the cold weather, but Becca & Mary-Gail sure had fun </div>
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A <strong>Copperhead Snake</strong>!</div>
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Gotta watch out for these two types of snakes in South Carolina</div>
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...a sneaky sand viper snake</div>
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A GARGANTUAN Piranha!</div>
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I'm not kidding - this thing had nearly a 3 foot diameter!</div>
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That turtle was pestering him!</div>
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Ahh, a baby giraffe. So cute!</div>
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Mary-Gail tried her hand at milking a cow...</div>
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Becca could definitely work on a farm</div>
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Mary-Gail reviewing her zoo map to ensure we saw <i>everything!</i></div>
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When we got home, the girls and I harnessed up Lilly and ShuShu and headed to the nearby park to play and throw balls. Lilly just loves playing fetch and is relentless - she'll go into convulsions before she gives up fetching. Becca and Mary-Gail made a new friend at the park who chased them all around, up and down. They played hide'n'seek with him and silly Becca kept trying to hide in the same spot each time. Well, she got found but I think that was her game plan anyhow. I kept to the sidelines, just watching as Lilly kept fetching, wondering how my babies got so big. They are beautiful. Today was a great day. Today was a great day. </div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-54751322565375371232012-03-03T22:49:00.001-05:002012-03-17T23:39:46.809-04:00"Yes, we live in a car"<br />
Becca continues to think that we live in our car. I guess being buckled in a car for 4 days non-stop will do that to a 5-year old. Just tonight Becca reminded us of just how unsettled our living situation is right now: we passed by a hotel on our way back to Aunt Velma's house and Becca asked, "Is that where we're going to sleep tonight?"<br />
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Poor child. I feel her uneasiness. I just can't help but wish that the girls and I were back in Utah while we closed on our house here in South Carolina. I mean, I'm just no good here; I could have been very useful back home still working and caring for the girls instead of experiencing cabin fever here. Lovey's gone to work @ o'dark hundred and comes home @ o'dark hundred. Enough.<br />
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During our cross-country excursion to South Carolina, we ate at many-a-food-joints, one of them being Denny's. It was late as we rolled into Columbia, Missouri, and we were exhausted and famished. Breakfast food sounded good, and Denny's is always open, so we hit it. Our two little rag-a-muffins in tow, Lovey ordered waters all around and then Becca interrupted to inform our waitress, "Did you know we live in our car? We just drive and drive and never stop! We live in our car."<br />
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Bless her little heart (I can say that again since I'm back in the South). Poor Becca! Lovey kindly explained to our sympathetic waitress that we're moving across the country and we still have a couple days ahead before we get to our destination. And Becca piped right back in with, "Yeah, but sometimes we sleep in a hotel! We are so lucky."<br />
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Here's that "lucky" little girl doing her homework: writing her full given name (could you imagine if I had the poor child write all her nick names too?!); numbers 1 - 20, and our phone number with the words <em>Phone Number</em> beneath. She did a great job, not to mention she held out to the bitter end to eat her treat - good 'ole trail mix loaded with extra M&M's (left over from our life in the car).<br />
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Now, I do have TWO children. Mary-Gail is a free spirit who needs reigning in sometimes. And, she always needs a siesta (saying the word "NAP" emits high-pitched whining and wailing and gnashing of teeth!) Siestas help my Mary-Gail to not be so contrary. Here she is doing <em>her</em> homework: a much needed afternoon nap!</div>
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In all seriousness though, once Mary-Gail's spritis were rejuvenated, she did her homework too. And totally surprised me by waiting to eat her treat until all her names, numbers and phone numbers were written. Whoo-hoo!</div>
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Sharp girl!</div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-4879601534741273182012-03-02T21:50:00.000-05:002012-03-17T23:41:24.209-04:00Princessess and Puppies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We're staying with Tony's Aunt Velma until we close on our house. Lovey's got our 'burb, and our his car won't be shipped until Tuesday, so... we're home w/o transportation. But, even if we did have a car, I have no idea of how to get anywhere! Aye! Well, that's on the docket for tomorrow - buying a street map so I can at least know how to get to a park, or better yet, a Target!Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-85899832405159579792012-03-01T15:46:00.009-05:002012-03-01T16:19:48.861-05:00The first day of our new lifeWe moved 2,200 miles away my family and home (Utah) and arrived in Tony's homestate, South Carolina.<div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWM867b9V0lAUk4t2O1UbgwPe8e4hVhtvRMzC-iFU40Cro06W6-IRTM2M1szcxDFDUtZBiLesDkfXO2WOoXYKQlkTu7VZvak4ysHcA0ih7yKcEnuIVvEqTTaACnx5YGUADU6zU9pltblBC/s400/IMG_0086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715034923539487090" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">4-day car ride and w're finally here!</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Don't get me wrong, I love new adventures, challenges, and new opportunities. Plus the added benefit of getting to "re-invent" myself again. That being said, I'm so un-nerved with this move. We've moved to South Carolina before (in 2001) and had a great stay here, before moving back to Utah in 2005. This time, however, the move is different, and I can't really place my finger on it. Perhaps it's because we have two little girls with us this time; or perhaps we don't have a house to stay in yet; or perhaps it's because I get to stay <i>h o m e</i> with my littles. I'm cautiously optimistic that this will go well. But there is still a little twinge of fear that I can't shake.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Tony started his new job today! He was giddy with excitement as I kissed him goodbye @ 4:45am. He was the first one there - the other managers arrived nearly 30 minutes after Tony did. Did I say he was excited? </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1reOkZIq91tcFXVUHa7WudxXZUes9Cl-fWLDQGvRak5Pf6wWYCysqKFge1fmqTRunXfKgkzqLDb41Igznob1-KhCE9TZuzp7mdqC66OJIGZTJEqaM3wqiph2oySBs_r8QpW2bfxuCSDX6/s400/IMG_0092.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715037133681409346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">My littles beside my favorite type of tree, Crepe Myrtle</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, I think this move will be good. I promised my mom and sisters that I'd blog again, and that's just fine by me. I don't want my family to miss a minute of my girls' new experiences, adventures, and discoveries. We're here!</div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-31775805845456973902011-11-30T12:40:00.004-05:002011-11-30T15:33:20.340-05:00Tom sawyer & painting the fence<div>I logged into my work computer this morning, and instead of streaming NPR on my speakers while I worked, I decided to put NPR on the shelf in change for some Christmas. So I pulled up Google to search for non-stop Christmas Music, and broke out laughing at Google's background image. </div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEH0kTeSTrFLg4tJWXyDYCC4Qwlci-2T15x5bD45qvXV20_rIvk3hAjg5jxIowxF8hMk6-F4Rows6E2ZEvANpUEK2ozLgInvlIbts3AUxi-kxZsUo7KwLEe9WqkHmPTz1YNDsXHem-sF8/s1600/Google.twain.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 55px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680846118488086578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEH0kTeSTrFLg4tJWXyDYCC4Qwlci-2T15x5bD45qvXV20_rIvk3hAjg5jxIowxF8hMk6-F4Rows6E2ZEvANpUEK2ozLgInvlIbts3AUxi-kxZsUo7KwLEe9WqkHmPTz1YNDsXHem-sF8/s400/Google.twain.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is what Tony likes to say I do when I need help with something. He likes calling me "Tom Sawyer" and claims that I always have someone else "paint my fence."</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I like Tom Sawyer. I think he's crafty and clever.</div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-48821452815491454162011-04-01T12:34:00.001-04:002011-04-01T12:35:22.676-04:00I'm pregnant!!<span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>April Fools!!</strong></span> <span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><span style="color:#cc0000;">Have a great day and play lots of pranks - especially on your kids!</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><span style="color:#cc0000;">Loves,</span> <span style="color:#cc0000;">~A</span>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-5990892252174962502011-01-18T11:56:00.006-05:002011-01-18T13:02:13.997-05:00Get this: Moms of multiples<p>I get this all the time. <em>All </em>the time</p><p><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tT-lgB_HGEE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tT-lgB_HGEE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></p><p>Hope you enjoy hearing the conversations I have had, and continue to have. Gotta love it, though</p>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-62674976146601181372011-01-02T16:52:00.013-05:002011-01-04T19:25:57.111-05:00Couped up with Croup<span style="font-size:130%;">The last week of 2010 was marked with fevers,</span> coughs, CROUP, medicine, and bundling up to sit on the front porch @ 3am with Becca.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Monday, 12/27, I noticed Becca was coughing, and her eyes were beginning to rim with red</span> - a sure sign she's getting a cold - so I started dosing her and Mary-Gail (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">prophylacticly</span>) with medicine. Becca's fever would subside, but <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'd</span> spike again when she was due for her next dosing (I hate the fever). By Wednesday I was sure Becca had Bronchitis and dialed the pediatrician. We'd been down this road before, 2 years ago, and Becca was hospitalized for a week w/double bronchitis and pneumonia! Becca was moaning and injected the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">occasional</span> cry, "I don't want to go to the doctor!" and "Mommy, my tummy is hot" and "My head hurts." Lovey had just gotten off work and met us in the physician's parking lot; he collected Mary-Gail, while Becca and I hauled our bundled-up selves to see Dr. Later.<br /><br /><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbiFD7_j2SWGlpypYNARR8-9kuC1n6U4X3zQ1N-hlpOEp3Q83-NqUJlwWYE2h4_1yDIge-zHw9TA5mh863XGzFRvZ6sY-Dehh2hDTm7pveoCs8XAs1lzeBKK7LRyHQ03GAAtkJKa4XDYc/s1600/056.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557716017942619266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbiFD7_j2SWGlpypYNARR8-9kuC1n6U4X3zQ1N-hlpOEp3Q83-NqUJlwWYE2h4_1yDIge-zHw9TA5mh863XGzFRvZ6sY-Dehh2hDTm7pveoCs8XAs1lzeBKK7LRyHQ03GAAtkJKa4XDYc/s400/056.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Wednesday @ 4:15pm</div><div align="center">Thankfully Becca's fever never got higher than 102.3 </div><div align="center">(did I already say I hate fevers?)</div><div align="center"></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">We made it to the office just before they closed.</span> The MA weighed Becca and took her height: 31.6 lbs and 40" tall, a definite light-weight. Her blood pressure was 98/58 - high, but normal for her - and her temp was 100.8. The Tylenol was working. Then the MA took Becca's oxygen saturation. I held my breath; it was 93%. Phew - I knew then that it wasn't Bronchitis.</div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Dr. Later came in shortly afterwards.</span> Becca perked right up. She turned into a regular chatter box: "Dr. Later! Dr. Later! I have an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">owie</span> on my leg, but I don't want a shot." "Dr. Later! Dr. Later! I got bandages for Christmas!" After talking to Becca about all her <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">owies</span> and her Christmas experience, Dr. Later listened to Becca's heart, lungs (please don't say it's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">pneumonia</span>), checked her throat (please don't tell me it's Strep), checked her ears (I could manage an ear infection), and pulled down her bottom eyelids of her red-rimmed eyes (I didn't know what to expect with that).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">"She's got Croup." We've never "done" Croup before, so I wasn't sure what to expect.</span> Dr. Later said said the best thing for Croup was to take her outside. WHATEVER! Hearing that went against everything I knew to do as her mother. Dr. Later knew me and my attitude and protective nature of my girls - he's seen us since Day 1 in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">NICU</span> and saw us through the nightmare week in the hospital two years ago - and offered more insight to me. He said he once spent the entire night outside holding his 5 year old when he had Croup. "Of course," he said, "it wasn't below freezing then."<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Crazy how I understood and related to this better than when Dr. Later simply stated</span> to take Becca outside and let her breath in the cold air. It's because Dr. Later went from "doctor" to "father." Croup is an inhalant problem - the lungs aren't expanding enough to let air in, and so they fill up with fluid, which will produce coughing fits. The cold air would help open Becca's lungs, and help turn her non-productive cough into a productive one (coughing up <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">phlegm</span>). I told Dr. Later that I'd been giving Becca breathing treatments with our <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">nebulizer</span>, but it hasn't seemed to help. He said to keep with the breathing treatments, gave us a prescription for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Predisone</span> (a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">steroid</span> used for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">asthma</span> since both Becca & MG have a mild case of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">asthma</span>), and reminded me-as a father to a mother-to take Becca outside for some cold, fresh air. He also suggested, as a father to a mother, to mix the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Predisone</span> with chocolate syrup because the medicine tastes awful! Right-e-o. Becca & I have been on our front porch, all bundled up, sometime between the hours of 1am to 3am since Wednesday night. Mary-Gail provides us with laughter and company in the daytime as she joins us. We're three little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Eskimos</span> on the front porch, breathing in deeply.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Thursday, 12/30 Becca said she wanted to blow bubbles.</span> What the sick girl wants, the sick girl gets. We pulled out the bubble guns (what is it with us and guns?) and loaded then up with fresh bubbles. 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Lovey gave her a blessing Friday night because Becca's fever was still persistent. I'm happy, ever-so-happy, that her fever is gone!!! Hooray! And, her coughing is less and less, although we still sit on the front porch in the wee hours of the morning, taking in deep breaths of freezing cold 9 degree air.Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-44916602318623389872010-12-31T17:03:00.020-05:002010-12-31T18:08:46.478-05:00"Mom! You gotta see this!"<span style="font-size:130%;">And that's how our Christmas started.</span> Well, it started with both girls climbing into bed with us at 6:30 am; Becca was restless for breakfast (as usual) and went downstairs to the front room to turn on the Christmas lights. She came back upstairs without saying anything. Lovey & I did a sideways glance at each other, like, "did she not see what was in that room?"<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Becca couldn't wait any longer.</span> She was hungry! I asked her to check on the Christmas tree lights and to look out the window to see if it was snowing, and then we'd have breakfast. And that's when we heard her exclaim: "Mom! Momm! You gotta see this! Mom! Dad! This is awesome!"<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">MG was out of our bed like lightning,</span> asking Becca as she ran down the hall and stairs, "What is it Becca?! What is it?!" And then Lovey & I heard her say "Oh my heck!" <br /><br />Time for us to get a move on.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3Z4kEYYdauWJghp_e0qwwovhsDDiL9sETYB1AxV_MugjUzETHF72obLqIYfC2Qnm0IxsvAs-d1Ef7LowT6w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div align="center">Christmas 2010: Santa (or the Grinch) brought us scooters!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyeY_8lL5hnnzr3D_VAMM7v-bGXgNZrbLIWisvojmHSRh0ndRzW8wPfyzgYiSVE7sR-Sw6kotkvSDqIlJJwow' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div align="center">It Christmas!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPHuJvvsYIFRpGSjUELSGcxJcQ6KD2GT9kT_DQKUO1WLaIpk20duDGjoTgq7c792H18I_lRWmdpi2bT6erYpp8KXvIqlTI8IaatXvEDAaP8PS-56b3XYVIIbPpOqbfxjJ3HfU4ob7VUmr/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972759404938354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPHuJvvsYIFRpGSjUELSGcxJcQ6KD2GT9kT_DQKUO1WLaIpk20duDGjoTgq7c792H18I_lRWmdpi2bT6erYpp8KXvIqlTI8IaatXvEDAaP8PS-56b3XYVIIbPpOqbfxjJ3HfU4ob7VUmr/s400/007.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Mary-Gail & Becca's kitties play together<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq28hABkX0tLqtSpb2GEvGJW7ujGsp5W9RnNf-UCEDAT-3-bExHbuU_qga5N44mjzFhpfrEogLL-xgM7Zx2GNTexO6Qb0da1Z-fKmNReFa3AeeiaI3PIVeLmIFSwZDGPCJCHZ_RlIAO7YW/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972666811787250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq28hABkX0tLqtSpb2GEvGJW7ujGsp5W9RnNf-UCEDAT-3-bExHbuU_qga5N44mjzFhpfrEogLL-xgM7Zx2GNTexO6Qb0da1Z-fKmNReFa3AeeiaI3PIVeLmIFSwZDGPCJCHZ_RlIAO7YW/s400/008.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Mary-Gail loves her animals<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA5HwsCJc9qmgdjMdTiDJ8-Ve9i0zj7AL55ij5zgzVB30ClISzR80M6XFkUAiXqFy0KhS5KPfGTbIFUqlOxRegGuJpRVpGtYHZd2iv-R6hfk5IQ0eXkOH9FCspk-HMTnzNnBlFWa2n34i/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972661810295650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA5HwsCJc9qmgdjMdTiDJ8-Ve9i0zj7AL55ij5zgzVB30ClISzR80M6XFkUAiXqFy0KhS5KPfGTbIFUqlOxRegGuJpRVpGtYHZd2iv-R6hfk5IQ0eXkOH9FCspk-HMTnzNnBlFWa2n34i/s400/009.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">A mad dash to open this joint present...<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw46P1YOG66JDCnLsfno9EgfZpUQycCEk5UMB4zWHXAqm_gx8sGjzRfJAIOTUAIfL1DJLlDw30n_P7e4y6dfX72xrTjmUz5JURiqs4aHMeXqnLKguFIMHQeoxekl2eWFScO0tTozSY2S9/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972655079185666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw46P1YOG66JDCnLsfno9EgfZpUQycCEk5UMB4zWHXAqm_gx8sGjzRfJAIOTUAIfL1DJLlDw30n_P7e4y6dfX72xrTjmUz5JURiqs4aHMeXqnLKguFIMHQeoxekl2eWFScO0tTozSY2S9/s400/011.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcvSBG8BpuTmyL3wUStQMtzyOqxw0TzUAU5ZW6jSk49GC4zqu-emB-wGykmpL8E5qAcIbdE8LwdWPi5BVvI4WMb2nxFh_5l3r05YH9QfSKdrwG2Wh1ubz6sCmfMuVVgKZF8J9j4hCTOra/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972653390211906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcvSBG8BpuTmyL3wUStQMtzyOqxw0TzUAU5ZW6jSk49GC4zqu-emB-wGykmpL8E5qAcIbdE8LwdWPi5BVvI4WMb2nxFh_5l3r05YH9QfSKdrwG2Wh1ubz6sCmfMuVVgKZF8J9j4hCTOra/s400/012.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcC2mnGI6Ag9lj9PGxR17fyTDxkagbGqQ1vSSPtJ0VTe_TOPDZXHqbSJb8gkXK9utALRI0RGznM42bJ8u76rWPfGW3mgKJK5wWYXAafF63R8BgCQJfq9BicroL6RczawOXlvALjdP-YJr/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972644015925074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcC2mnGI6Ag9lj9PGxR17fyTDxkagbGqQ1vSSPtJ0VTe_TOPDZXHqbSJb8gkXK9utALRI0RGznM42bJ8u76rWPfGW3mgKJK5wWYXAafF63R8BgCQJfq9BicroL6RczawOXlvALjdP-YJr/s400/013.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Two nerf guns @ ammo - awesome<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2l4Vp9nUiJT8viw_5YaOq8PkNZIjrxiki7MvPFjJ6Rc5xQ3GZvXRtP4xNpE0d0s2V9YbU12d17r67ButIWIKph6UvjWgJjjd1RF5EHfauhO6LdLzPvrV6Q0116zipdN1NMMAuSNInQ5cZ/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972261216996738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2l4Vp9nUiJT8viw_5YaOq8PkNZIjrxiki7MvPFjJ6Rc5xQ3GZvXRtP4xNpE0d0s2V9YbU12d17r67ButIWIKph6UvjWgJjjd1RF5EHfauhO6LdLzPvrV6Q0116zipdN1NMMAuSNInQ5cZ/s400/017.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4THDxP33SHswnHQUuL5pHASW4ZT3L8MuUG8Ox7gi81wxNIpwDS__Tlwov22vo_MmEz03dgJd8aoCRis8APvtBuE1AjCQ3sMZ8SJDggEYzzM59dpZL1zdFUFvZTx_QGVvGRu6ChUGViOtc/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972256896154978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4THDxP33SHswnHQUuL5pHASW4ZT3L8MuUG8Ox7gi81wxNIpwDS__Tlwov22vo_MmEz03dgJd8aoCRis8APvtBuE1AjCQ3sMZ8SJDggEYzzM59dpZL1zdFUFvZTx_QGVvGRu6ChUGViOtc/s400/018.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">These cute puppy-dog purses were from Grandma & Grandpa at the Beach (Tony's Mom & Dad). These purses have been a huge hit with the girls.</div><div align="center">That Mary-Gail, she's such a clown!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtDcKxKKIVuZpGA1bfe4oP-j6jiHP1t7Vps9w68JMpaS0HA5mcPfCNpnPgwWrrmYKfEX1SuWiXCS2dCaBGuHnF-0lz0aS9p8_bvvvPxaX6drnbpcCa8v2vVnYC_vZ1Wo8GLHZho1gWyHY/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972255295928674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtDcKxKKIVuZpGA1bfe4oP-j6jiHP1t7Vps9w68JMpaS0HA5mcPfCNpnPgwWrrmYKfEX1SuWiXCS2dCaBGuHnF-0lz0aS9p8_bvvvPxaX6drnbpcCa8v2vVnYC_vZ1Wo8GLHZho1gWyHY/s400/023.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">I love this man. He has a great smile and a hearty laugh - it was a great day for us as we watched Becca & Mary-Gail delight in gift giving <em><u>and</u></em> gift receiving</div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Plsg0EEupu42Bbptn38amR7J58C8EAs5HMOBjmG2HEnbq99Ahgrim1yVahimdD0YT2yiFj8JEDV08ZGGJDR2f-RmApNzqnUuWSyVns-1Nt-dH3CMnkt_FQw5anpKNp4mPj3nVkE1nezG/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972250173239090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Plsg0EEupu42Bbptn38amR7J58C8EAs5HMOBjmG2HEnbq99Ahgrim1yVahimdD0YT2yiFj8JEDV08ZGGJDR2f-RmApNzqnUuWSyVns-1Nt-dH3CMnkt_FQw5anpKNp4mPj3nVkE1nezG/s400/024.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Lovey gets the best Christmas present from his mom - Scrapbook pages. I love these pages so much - I get to see Tony's life before me: pictures from his childhood, days as a father to Ali & Avery, pics of his Army days...I truly cherish this gift. It is my favorite gift too!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUJzVGRfZc5V9bQXywpeh4c6JjvuXWl6JbPh7ZePRmM-_VEFdVhQfGAOyZGm3zWXR2bHqHf1IS3CAgNFIJ5HvzmXtKDTD7aejlXbqI-MxQDhn8-FzynAqsz6uQI4wZehaKJG0JcSOEO79/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556972238673194354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUJzVGRfZc5V9bQXywpeh4c6JjvuXWl6JbPh7ZePRmM-_VEFdVhQfGAOyZGm3zWXR2bHqHf1IS3CAgNFIJ5HvzmXtKDTD7aejlXbqI-MxQDhn8-FzynAqsz6uQI4wZehaKJG0JcSOEO79/s400/025.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1Bs0BpIU7j475_4_J_xWlNhhBHIAV3Sro_LMo84aKcifqRypKH4c84ET5x3gafsBu_nVimjiAOJ-uJPhd_hq5qz1oL7i-D7Zfe-7ANGJQ-c5-FQlUCbu4OiT3jVGWyA1y3yNolIdtFpM/s1600/026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556971667726969442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1Bs0BpIU7j475_4_J_xWlNhhBHIAV3Sro_LMo84aKcifqRypKH4c84ET5x3gafsBu_nVimjiAOJ-uJPhd_hq5qz1oL7i-D7Zfe-7ANGJQ-c5-FQlUCbu4OiT3jVGWyA1y3yNolIdtFpM/s400/026.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZEhSq9tKnNsrNZ9NbHmA_7YEHBDwvQW4lA-UgtVfRjEhQO8pKTSuBHoiY2F6loC1MyV_RVG_IGpvXJhYQa7_oXV7KUs7JwNS7LWVeKIh6wOESQCLUJsIvvUHQBGE3Z1vnBDE-3Bslc9Y/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556971664591494338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZEhSq9tKnNsrNZ9NbHmA_7YEHBDwvQW4lA-UgtVfRjEhQO8pKTSuBHoiY2F6loC1MyV_RVG_IGpvXJhYQa7_oXV7KUs7JwNS7LWVeKIh6wOESQCLUJsIvvUHQBGE3Z1vnBDE-3Bslc9Y/s400/027.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Some of these pictures took Tony <em>way</em> back. <br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWxE2xYU7hqx9sOXr265RcyD0ssDdkZF9EEdjwufL2uv2EBV2Oqks_wihVyroa0Cd9XuK44fsvvTzzxdLU07DCoAKnP7_0JzXFdhK9q2BcGODrlUj7ghNL3ht1PsX9eYnGVlvvNoGMAUF/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556971659622299234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWxE2xYU7hqx9sOXr265RcyD0ssDdkZF9EEdjwufL2uv2EBV2Oqks_wihVyroa0Cd9XuK44fsvvTzzxdLU07DCoAKnP7_0JzXFdhK9q2BcGODrlUj7ghNL3ht1PsX9eYnGVlvvNoGMAUF/s400/030.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Becca was the gift giver to Daddy - she was so excited!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-sIl-JwovQtWPW5ufW1QX2Q7RG3yLhOXOwYxUwTm6oLtUTvZITRzEz8FQ7ULJJtbSK9fko5Dih4zlM63bw-Z6Ke3ss-9Q9ajzeRdh7Pb8AKWTZ0lT-NfAXGoMgE-tnNGHlABcs4yuWjE/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556971652594122354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-sIl-JwovQtWPW5ufW1QX2Q7RG3yLhOXOwYxUwTm6oLtUTvZITRzEz8FQ7ULJJtbSK9fko5Dih4zlM63bw-Z6Ke3ss-9Q9ajzeRdh7Pb8AKWTZ0lT-NfAXGoMgE-tnNGHlABcs4yuWjE/s400/032.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Mary-Gail helped out too, but couldn't use both hands to unwrap Daddy's gift - she's got a Ring Pop on her finger, come on!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDkZdufxoWAJ0rk0oRtnRZGr9397knuEE3J7Tx9LQ7iLzB1zSEfIMsug2Btw9W2TfDP83ROLoQ-VhEMlyT35v6Tsx6ruYc-Qiff1XZmhB_r9urP_PjY9CKl7JdAysseKDcAq8mKR8YJ1D/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556971649823538594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDkZdufxoWAJ0rk0oRtnRZGr9397knuEE3J7Tx9LQ7iLzB1zSEfIMsug2Btw9W2TfDP83ROLoQ-VhEMlyT35v6Tsx6ruYc-Qiff1XZmhB_r9urP_PjY9CKl7JdAysseKDcAq8mKR8YJ1D/s400/035.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jz0kluu2cHd-oA8TsRMCMDysVw59898fcSJokOazpSkmZzM0EeCnSinXzAxgW9WY9fhfAtlqNsMFwJxM9sG_w4m0njlL2JGsoKkuXz6LmoKkU_ViKOHO7apcA-U6o-MmwBBpl6RLjTNa/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556970994496564370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jz0kluu2cHd-oA8TsRMCMDysVw59898fcSJokOazpSkmZzM0EeCnSinXzAxgW9WY9fhfAtlqNsMFwJxM9sG_w4m0njlL2JGsoKkuXz6LmoKkU_ViKOHO7apcA-U6o-MmwBBpl6RLjTNa/s400/038.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Daddy got the gift he's wanted all year, a projection alarm clock. (The girls took scissors to Lovey's old alarm clock and snip! went the cord).</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mom & Dad came over to see us and the girls.</span> Lovey rolled up the floor rug downstairs and the girls showed Grandma Pink & Pappy their quickly acquired skills on their new scooters.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6UGYCYE5Z5pfRJRQUgk_BbQu9QhiqKmczeTXG6d0-KVeZJ7hvsXlMEwPM0hXC7vbmV3XbdVePcRRjnXH1JHAK9UuQu_XAfrbNX5SkhViOG19irIx8D1x6YAEJFqXYSkMN875ykMBI1Ks/s1600/043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556970991209748930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6UGYCYE5Z5pfRJRQUgk_BbQu9QhiqKmczeTXG6d0-KVeZJ7hvsXlMEwPM0hXC7vbmV3XbdVePcRRjnXH1JHAK9UuQu_XAfrbNX5SkhViOG19irIx8D1x6YAEJFqXYSkMN875ykMBI1Ks/s400/043.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dC2I6_NadPjN8yOeeuViQ-IUCiBCjNS-Crr2JJgcM5tDLex-6CQvu4UTKvEksxZcPxuIYOn8vrLWkV-RsmebhH34d7AACC_UXROXEC2Y24Y-0M4qHsFyZRyGRnfTcTER5Z5EH8JdAKNr/s1600/044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556970986553820034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dC2I6_NadPjN8yOeeuViQ-IUCiBCjNS-Crr2JJgcM5tDLex-6CQvu4UTKvEksxZcPxuIYOn8vrLWkV-RsmebhH34d7AACC_UXROXEC2Y24Y-0M4qHsFyZRyGRnfTcTER5Z5EH8JdAKNr/s400/044.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Mary-Gail makes me laugh! She's jumping up and down on the scooter board, thinking she's doing one of those tricks the big kids do on their Razor scooters. She's a hoot!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU8WUGlJlzCrsR2mW3Lp9mu0ShxDFCEhdmexh87VSKsKKPIWDXxfS898quhqjQmWIyylC7iyiEWtQjtxMnREAhEj98UfPqlHiWS1nHL3VjVnQG2jpfd39hC6ddEkFqbjIqTCO3mpMCcyB/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556970983241283234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU8WUGlJlzCrsR2mW3Lp9mu0ShxDFCEhdmexh87VSKsKKPIWDXxfS898quhqjQmWIyylC7iyiEWtQjtxMnREAhEj98UfPqlHiWS1nHL3VjVnQG2jpfd39hC6ddEkFqbjIqTCO3mpMCcyB/s400/047.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUZq4HmOhWmx2nHMv6vvlAdhSfYfTokoyD61-XM10d5ZHs2Wz54PRXjGWPoCrol5XVIu6oIpSOR2vvPGzBpvd_F55E2LtGAZEKgu8zLiUAnL2Z9popk_XSgCCVt0WC7Sa5bYaYdqoaswM/s1600/048.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556970977617447906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUZq4HmOhWmx2nHMv6vvlAdhSfYfTokoyD61-XM10d5ZHs2Wz54PRXjGWPoCrol5XVIu6oIpSOR2vvPGzBpvd_F55E2LtGAZEKgu8zLiUAnL2Z9popk_XSgCCVt0WC7Sa5bYaYdqoaswM/s400/048.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">Merry Christmas my lovely littles</span></div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-5779989481696519382010-12-23T17:53:00.010-05:002010-12-24T10:14:35.655-05:00"Santa will take my brain"<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwq9xJ2JE_-NN13RrT55_9zf2iNoLidJZWPm5U6rYJZYvMmpRq3reVzjYdwx4fo-2lFIRhNe9KFQGWtkv534g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>According to Mary-Gail, Santa is going to take her brain. That's right, her brain. She & Becca were painting, and talking about Santa. I snagged the camera and started to record Mary-Gail (Becca said she had to "focus on her painting, mom").</p><p>Mary-Gail painted a full sheet completely red (she said it was her "wall" - she does have a completely red wall in her room) and was painting another sheet of paper when I caught her on video. Mary-Gail said it was her brain and that Santa was going to take it. </p><p>*************************************************************************</p><p>In this video, Mary-Gail's brain picture has evolved into a cake (she's been talking about cake-her birthday cake-since March, 8 months before her birthday!). I told her I wanted to eat her cake, and she said I would get sick. Thanks for looking out for me baby girl. I love the interaction between Mary-Gail and Becca; they are best friends and treat each other with kindness (99% of the time - they're sisters afterall). My favorite thing is hearing Mary-Gail say, "Becca, I'm talkin' to you." She says this to me and Lovey <em>all </em>the time! And when Becca is talking about the bed she's painting, Mary-Gail was reminded of the time that she (Mary-Gail) threw-up in her bed, but quickly moves on to offer Becca more paper so she (Becca) can paint all the beds.</p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy0mC3yQX44QPaE-WWPccGwF-ttw8dgWHy4sFW-2Q9GiQgEizMu7NTCHTVPL2AGti_VheNOxCcFN5uugfttqg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-85873819827910288142010-12-23T00:53:00.031-05:002010-12-23T17:49:49.643-05:00Becca asked Santa for a candy cane<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHZ3_LcmtLVXgZKiDeZZwYIa6gT8xbFBmorPuIHc6w-9K6wnQPVpmlCtoOSrNRIh86VF38-_J1hfzyXLRrmYz9zmrfLZHOMAedt34OOxfyQYzTEtNUTBnJH9QYx6MiGzB96Xvnd9M-I_n/s1600/Rebecca+in+Momma%2527s+arms+12.2.2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553032164332459234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHZ3_LcmtLVXgZKiDeZZwYIa6gT8xbFBmorPuIHc6w-9K6wnQPVpmlCtoOSrNRIh86VF38-_J1hfzyXLRrmYz9zmrfLZHOMAedt34OOxfyQYzTEtNUTBnJH9QYx6MiGzB96Xvnd9M-I_n/s400/Rebecca+in+Momma%2527s+arms+12.2.2.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaYV05JZoPO-f8SZsXhq_auLW6gYtPAYQ1hi6plVjdBPW7I1fHrrpMlJ9ZBAmaPPzXKInGXzfSe4wJHB8o10rrUWU4Qh7i7oXN9MUpcW7uCCuQgop4o2MsrsgURtzriIYxyevGPeT2PMl/s1600/Rebecca+in+Momma%2527s+arms+12.2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553032155954207330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaYV05JZoPO-f8SZsXhq_auLW6gYtPAYQ1hi6plVjdBPW7I1fHrrpMlJ9ZBAmaPPzXKInGXzfSe4wJHB8o10rrUWU4Qh7i7oXN9MUpcW7uCCuQgop4o2MsrsgURtzriIYxyevGPeT2PMl/s400/Rebecca+in+Momma%2527s+arms+12.2.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="center">Baby Becca next to a full size candy cane, 12/2/2006</div><div align="center"></div><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Aunt Carol gave Becca & Mary-Gail their first candy cane</span> (@ 5 days old!). Now here we are, 4 years later, and Becca's asking <em>Santa</em> for a candy cane.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">We saw Santa at Trolley Square</span> in Salt Lake when we drove to see the lights at Temple Square (Dec 10). Becca asked for a Candy Cane. He happily obliged and pulled a candy cane from his bag. Wow! Becca's wish was instantly granted. Mary-Gail asked Santa for a "pink present." Santa asked her if a candy cane would do. "Is it pink?" Well, then, hand it over Santa!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Christmas is almost here!</span> Becca & Mary-Gail woke up to massive amounts of snow on Tuesday. We're talking m a s s i v e !! They were screaming through the house, "It's Christmas! It's Christmas!" and when I tried to explain that it's Christmas <em>time</em>, and that Christmas is actually on Saturday, they refused that truth and raced to the Christmas tree asking (more like telling) "We can open our presents now?"<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Of the 4 presents that were under our tree,</span> only 2 remain. Yes, we've already opened presents. How could I deny Becca & Mary-Gail's excitement and thrill of Christmas?! I let them open their present from their teacher, Miss Jamie, Tuesday morning. She gave them books! A girl after my own heart.Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-84215812205743716062010-12-21T07:15:00.003-05:002010-12-21T07:15:00.356-05:00Who's your FedEx Man?Here's mine:<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-T3HKo7t6B2FH6T_R1KTvHPx6Q3b_k5vCxhD4Gc1MqbeU5VctAHAT71vxj345wj0OGD5qc7bOjX0ryYIwneR2WevcNUbneEsaKDwhPmb0GBqE476xZUTLuPYMCH-_t48jp_LIwFNGOeQ/s1600/095.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552923193431997154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-T3HKo7t6B2FH6T_R1KTvHPx6Q3b_k5vCxhD4Gc1MqbeU5VctAHAT71vxj345wj0OGD5qc7bOjX0ryYIwneR2WevcNUbneEsaKDwhPmb0GBqE476xZUTLuPYMCH-_t48jp_LIwFNGOeQ/s400/095.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lovey was making deliveries in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">JoJo's</span> neighborhood on Saturday</span> (mandatory work day with Christmas right around the corner), saw my car in her driveway, and stopped by for a surprise visit and a must needed break. Becca & Mary-Gail were happy to see him, as was I. I don't think they "get" what Lovey does, but I sure do: jumping in and out of trucks all day long, chasing the clock to deliver on time, dealing with idiot drivers and traffic, driving trucks in the summer w/no A/C - it's a brutal, very physical job, and Lovey's been working for FedEx (on and off) for over 20 years.</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRujzwy2OTYaGkeALyv69SYGO2MzgCg6Bb5522cg2fvAIx8XRLNXFR5m0CewWxs6nDr9DM89FsdUFK_G9Qo-JFcNkxhu1O36eplloh92M_i2yWNk64bkNXU3G0a1edJj-Bbvviq5DJI7le/s1600/091.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552923122970852098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRujzwy2OTYaGkeALyv69SYGO2MzgCg6Bb5522cg2fvAIx8XRLNXFR5m0CewWxs6nDr9DM89FsdUFK_G9Qo-JFcNkxhu1O36eplloh92M_i2yWNk64bkNXU3G0a1edJj-Bbvviq5DJI7le/s400/091.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD9tFVFx2KPgLo-kSHRHilXG6xwtOIm7lWV8XHgf5LVV0Dwyue0pPNspeYrL0WjodzvXPNqJlh2FCorx-mrEP7DwPF6tbqwch6c5tLE79opX6FOHeftX2sSIxVwkh4phKkxsUeIA77val/s1600/092.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552923110871648802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD9tFVFx2KPgLo-kSHRHilXG6xwtOIm7lWV8XHgf5LVV0Dwyue0pPNspeYrL0WjodzvXPNqJlh2FCorx-mrEP7DwPF6tbqwch6c5tLE79opX6FOHeftX2sSIxVwkh4phKkxsUeIA77val/s400/092.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Lovey told us a funny story about a house he delivered to. I poured Lovey a large glass of Diet Coke, which I bought earlier (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">JoJo's</span> house is a "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">BYOS</span>" house {bring your own soda}). After Lovey finished his drink, he said no longer felt like "Driving Miss Daisy." Instead he felt like "Top Gun." Go get 'em Ace.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWs7733cSiXu2On6UReJcQLk_a6IoV__OpKsczG5EWjbaeLZc6I5qq7Qq1VauKne2J4KHlYl9nqElxDe8rN-J6OOkv0uXsl7B5LgRgkX6DUdCNxn3F9Mlqwh-41xZoqBNhjtl-cMOrrJQ/s1600/123.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552923104924095538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWs7733cSiXu2On6UReJcQLk_a6IoV__OpKsczG5EWjbaeLZc6I5qq7Qq1VauKne2J4KHlYl9nqElxDe8rN-J6OOkv0uXsl7B5LgRgkX6DUdCNxn3F9Mlqwh-41xZoqBNhjtl-cMOrrJQ/s400/123.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIsGMw5fBjgBVcIg5yxEdwgJ15P-53vNuIppIfLpPsQqpobUVVslss4-cuyvBJDti3Jl2SjL9ev8oWOffNGNQlR2Jw145NxIDDDiVTz6T_gCxk4C7mb2RZiykPJL5DBQQWHNHdEIzj5Xy/s1600/094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552923101839128434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIsGMw5fBjgBVcIg5yxEdwgJ15P-53vNuIppIfLpPsQqpobUVVslss4-cuyvBJDti3Jl2SjL9ev8oWOffNGNQlR2Jw145NxIDDDiVTz6T_gCxk4C7mb2RZiykPJL5DBQQWHNHdEIzj5Xy/s400/094.JPG" /></a><br />Lovey's break was over so he trudged back through the snow to his truck. <br /><br /><div align="left">This week is crazy busy for FedEx (obviously). And <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">even though</span> Lovey is phyiscially tried after a long day of jumping in and out of his truck (today it was 14 hours!), he comes home with a smile on his face musters up energy to help me with the bedtime routine for Becca & Mary-Gail.</div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">I love my FedEx Man.</span></div></div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-68431320783380356032010-12-20T19:04:00.005-05:002010-12-20T19:08:35.829-05:00Gone, gone, gone...the Guac is goneThis is for <a href="http://www.formerlyphread.com/">Formerly Phread</a>...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWeTzbVRDPV4PSD4CnLAJX1Pq2ibBnq8SbAhbV2oex6MUvBVmWhQkGR2jbNGdibzemfWImtt3_Oecn_yfk3o6alqdiRbZEHm0UYg0TLgw85kOzvBjOBZwtR-CnHlnvwQv7HAiGZRRqFPt/s1600/103.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552919805238162370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWeTzbVRDPV4PSD4CnLAJX1Pq2ibBnq8SbAhbV2oex6MUvBVmWhQkGR2jbNGdibzemfWImtt3_Oecn_yfk3o6alqdiRbZEHm0UYg0TLgw85kOzvBjOBZwtR-CnHlnvwQv7HAiGZRRqFPt/s400/103.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Your Gourmet Guac was happily received Saturday evening. It was completely gone by mid-morning Sunday. (I regressed to my toddler days and licked the container clean). Delicioso!<br /><br />Muchas Gracias mi amiga.Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-72528390778294639072010-12-20T00:16:00.016-05:002010-12-20T02:17:32.732-05:00Gingerbread houses, except not with gingerbread<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD69kY9leB8BdN3EN9UKdB4-1god09vUGu-y6NLSBKtXAzX_4jhcoBMFQmYGQNNd8Kd-kCJKHSqA4dyQCA_17qX2bq5C7y7BGpw1ivN3XEvhJvIBx8jk8jvrtH8IKQiEOMWWz160hoo_QU/s1600/104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631761002039730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD69kY9leB8BdN3EN9UKdB4-1god09vUGu-y6NLSBKtXAzX_4jhcoBMFQmYGQNNd8Kd-kCJKHSqA4dyQCA_17qX2bq5C7y7BGpw1ivN3XEvhJvIBx8jk8jvrtH8IKQiEOMWWz160hoo_QU/s400/104.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Gingerbread houses, only these are made with cinnamon graham crackers</div><div align="center">(already made, perforated, and not as heavy)</div><p align="left"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">I am so "last minute:"</span> last minute decision making, last minute dinner prep, last minute, "hey, let's make gingerbread houses!"<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I had been planning a family night to make gingerbread(graham cracker) houses,</span> so I'd been gathering the candy and graham crackers. Yesterday I got the frosting and another bag or two of candy, and talked to JoJo about making gingerbread houses. In my mind I was planning it all out and inviting family over to participate. However, I decided last minute (read above) that TODAY was going to be the day. Today at 4:30pm. So last minute.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Becca, Mary-Gail, and I stayed home from church today.</span> Becca had been a little sick at school on Thursday, and Mary-Gail had thrown-up twice at school on Friday (she's all better now though). And I haven't been back to church since my surgery. So we all stayed home in our PJ's, and I think that's why I decided today we were going to make our gingerbread/graham cracker houses. Becca & Mary-Gail painted and colored while I frosted the graham crackers into place and put them in the cold garage to harden. Even though they had almost 4 hours to harden, the little roofs still collapsed. Boo-hoo!</p><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXfVFgpLpX9wSHMou6Ew7ebKueXjGTw2ic7wnnD5QEvWc15GWX-TdsZw7Vreb8wcc1muUeZQflbzWsbvQNACK8MScDVBOYbA_LxdfcxVNb1tXxpOclNKZv9NRzkPFFqeZTmir2iPlmst-/s1600/126.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552630984731023746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXfVFgpLpX9wSHMou6Ew7ebKueXjGTw2ic7wnnD5QEvWc15GWX-TdsZw7Vreb8wcc1muUeZQflbzWsbvQNACK8MScDVBOYbA_LxdfcxVNb1tXxpOclNKZv9NRzkPFFqeZTmir2iPlmst-/s400/126.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="center">Reese's house was the first to loose it's roof, but she didn't get flustered. Instead, she made an "adobe house" (her words) and kept on adding (and eating) candy. Reese also created a garage (of frosting and candy) next to her house.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16RS4YhhEtQu1JcrmVlT8oOgneULS0x5Iej4haVG-BuA5qhKhTWztsfHfIVvWGuriLgG4AQW_fqULjAfa5aqcs8Gx5Fw4kMEj4DJI_IX0zGYzF6IK1nRKFKo14EVjP56a9pUddpJYjBrH/s1600/122.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631296187193426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16RS4YhhEtQu1JcrmVlT8oOgneULS0x5Iej4haVG-BuA5qhKhTWztsfHfIVvWGuriLgG4AQW_fqULjAfa5aqcs8Gx5Fw4kMEj4DJI_IX0zGYzF6IK1nRKFKo14EVjP56a9pUddpJYjBrH/s400/122.JPG" /></a><br />This project was perfect for the perfectionist! Rebecca scrutinized over where to put each piece of candy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRun2-EzAWN9E-wFo1OaILsfc99gq-Mabp8zbiewZtjZBwmXVNfP83-En5pH-etbKQsALcK0_vojlr3xVS3hMG0G-7id4oVJj8LYlFJ4lS9jWinKry4CYrbRqL-yEl6vRWTQoSiOhMWTwR/s1600/125.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552630988507063730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRun2-EzAWN9E-wFo1OaILsfc99gq-Mabp8zbiewZtjZBwmXVNfP83-En5pH-etbKQsALcK0_vojlr3xVS3hMG0G-7id4oVJj8LYlFJ4lS9jWinKry4CYrbRqL-yEl6vRWTQoSiOhMWTwR/s400/125.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="center">Everyone had about the same amounts of the candies to use for decorating (and eating). It turns out licorice was Cy's favorite of the candies. He was the quickest to use it all up. I actually think he hid it inside his house (see the red licorice peeking out?)<br /><br /><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631679160113154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUk1WbpC73dyeg7mtvkCETVZEafjAL32RAk_7JfXA6bDAwXPin95_yFeJyvRCOMIJodgsOmRjUOQBH2KjLOgW1KR_2NGmTEHJ2ZkiAyXYWiw6x1qTd70b9Gv_8EwWJskz1M7OusF6wpiK/s400/106.JPG" /> </p><p align="center">Reese is seeking ideas from Gage's house. The building continues...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkpNsj_8YQCX3SuUiVKOVbmjcB19kBioCuU124wunr-Fc1j8tiB4yXa5wx51cFoN-YKZLb5w9dpcjUkIDLe2jbptpup1-NWNyNgu1hyphenhyphenoMyeMgWlZnY00GsWwIa1JoS1_uVh64RtC5Yxuh/s1600/127.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552630983821158386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkpNsj_8YQCX3SuUiVKOVbmjcB19kBioCuU124wunr-Fc1j8tiB4yXa5wx51cFoN-YKZLb5w9dpcjUkIDLe2jbptpup1-NWNyNgu1hyphenhyphenoMyeMgWlZnY00GsWwIa1JoS1_uVh64RtC5Yxuh/s400/127.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4b3Rez_E9ARqCDGQdQuEsav7YzQpcjnKRFXwfn2F70_al_H-vYt_8-sHIzCXhWblgAjKlmfJ6aU0ak1xSGR_0-_WxmfndxXgXp69R7W9wwvDW-Ylbz1agHYlTbmrTYbQsP8xvPPiULqW/s1600/105.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631682098065602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4b3Rez_E9ARqCDGQdQuEsav7YzQpcjnKRFXwfn2F70_al_H-vYt_8-sHIzCXhWblgAjKlmfJ6aU0ak1xSGR_0-_WxmfndxXgXp69R7W9wwvDW-Ylbz1agHYlTbmrTYbQsP8xvPPiULqW/s400/105.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="center">Gage started with a couple different designs, but ultimately settled on a house with surveillance cameras and barriers. Oh, it also had a driveway. Nice touch Gage.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIQn8QbgBVfBLx1xIn_qm5cVm9oNgNO-Wp_e1654xPLaJZNFv79FQRTO09P7dc4q-jzHcK_VZod4J2_Hk62G8cTPbK_la0JcJA7hewOXNFK2vmywLYW9onMV3wvfYuZrdNns2OmqxUCE6/s1600/128.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552630973868735442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIQn8QbgBVfBLx1xIn_qm5cVm9oNgNO-Wp_e1654xPLaJZNFv79FQRTO09P7dc4q-jzHcK_VZod4J2_Hk62G8cTPbK_la0JcJA7hewOXNFK2vmywLYW9onMV3wvfYuZrdNns2OmqxUCE6/s400/128.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This was Mary-Gail's happiest day!</span> A day where we get to play with candy, decorate with candy, and eat CANDY. Whoo-Hoo! (Have I mentioned Mary-Gail had 2 cavities which were recently filled?) Mary-Gail's A-Framed house was quickly demolished and restructured in a straight line, providing more surface area to cover with candy. She's nobody's fool; that child is smart!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3_cVLi5JxfAqbco2zs17rfVN9ZRdKffjMOhpyPx7wpMJVwTsEEoLEYS1Uqf1px7iaqxawk2mM4VetFAOK3jJBF14YEmKlMYUvMOmJxOUILJlo5DGRPAoil-6o92tQeN-e0ViZs6sUHfC/s1600/107.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631674262623762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3_cVLi5JxfAqbco2zs17rfVN9ZRdKffjMOhpyPx7wpMJVwTsEEoLEYS1Uqf1px7iaqxawk2mM4VetFAOK3jJBF14YEmKlMYUvMOmJxOUILJlo5DGRPAoil-6o92tQeN-e0ViZs6sUHfC/s400/107.JPG" /></a><br />I helped Becca with the squeezable frosting and drew hearts all over her tin foil. She didn't want me to "mess up" her house. </p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaK94AsGfS0jqauH_3sJT3m3K_9j3nOCl9u6T660laJevcFgLJ_mb-fPoaPdLRYXZ8ul3cDqwrEqTooEilV6Is3fYwf5oZR6UtrIvnKh7TiWOvwHBCBe2Pd5wa34kXND9YnmXmtde7deqR/s1600/108.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631668391707682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaK94AsGfS0jqauH_3sJT3m3K_9j3nOCl9u6T660laJevcFgLJ_mb-fPoaPdLRYXZ8ul3cDqwrEqTooEilV6Is3fYwf5oZR6UtrIvnKh7TiWOvwHBCBe2Pd5wa34kXND9YnmXmtde7deqR/s400/108.JPG" /></a><br />Becca told me "Good job Momma"<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnNAKphPkiJljBrUbXlarPee8hR_esnmtlKnglMCe1TBEXNvUxLWo8q0sqzEY0OBE8EZqghp2U8nnHmxhSHJFqQcSMUuIafiQDt5mjsQ62H83s8hyphenhyphen3sO3sgTO5ZKh-AYki8QPzfDC0kDY/s1600/109.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631664627635778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnNAKphPkiJljBrUbXlarPee8hR_esnmtlKnglMCe1TBEXNvUxLWo8q0sqzEY0OBE8EZqghp2U8nnHmxhSHJFqQcSMUuIafiQDt5mjsQ62H83s8hyphenhyphen3sO3sgTO5ZKh-AYki8QPzfDC0kDY/s400/109.JPG" /></a><br />Those silly Chrisman's!<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm_ElzVdziA2xBsZjqU8-DnAPCNhDAh0B1Ba5x_t6WDygSxIZss-BWtOVZaQUagk3ztE3v30tFJEDaSrVNL0vCjzl4Ye7EwsYnQa72b90zzOwRBgrOd2KYflCAjgXcqMTaXUR_72ya4Tk/s1600/110.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631316367535666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm_ElzVdziA2xBsZjqU8-DnAPCNhDAh0B1Ba5x_t6WDygSxIZss-BWtOVZaQUagk3ztE3v30tFJEDaSrVNL0vCjzl4Ye7EwsYnQa72b90zzOwRBgrOd2KYflCAjgXcqMTaXUR_72ya4Tk/s400/110.JPG" /></a><br />Grandma Pink helped Bug with her house. Bug was eating the candy just as fast as Grandma could put it on the house!<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HxBe7IOBwag0pEbt0sZ68_1trjzAVSFPcRm_maR46bjp7j2fdF2QA9SbWvMeGbGVJ3hE2Vea-Hde8k5EEZAQJbF-GhgJO0akrvHoAXUcBJEIjIV6WzA-pR35-9LLziFLJwcIAw5IsS46/s1600/120.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631304506435106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HxBe7IOBwag0pEbt0sZ68_1trjzAVSFPcRm_maR46bjp7j2fdF2QA9SbWvMeGbGVJ3hE2Vea-Hde8k5EEZAQJbF-GhgJO0akrvHoAXUcBJEIjIV6WzA-pR35-9LLziFLJwcIAw5IsS46/s400/120.JPG" /></a><br />Bug's house. Looks more like an over-decorated shed. I love that girl!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMlDPZmVu521rednhgjX-Ic4VkZQ2RkANQPo-WQ7fWkN2SO9rfdQCRJxb98m3HjtLjM6MC7vgMrnZsVYg3S9Pjy6Rge9jPSERP9d68yHOpcCvvC5iLHKPSCOtxk3tL-LhIuLX5TxjZyT7/s1600/121.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631299877793938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMlDPZmVu521rednhgjX-Ic4VkZQ2RkANQPo-WQ7fWkN2SO9rfdQCRJxb98m3HjtLjM6MC7vgMrnZsVYg3S9Pjy6Rge9jPSERP9d68yHOpcCvvC5iLHKPSCOtxk3tL-LhIuLX5TxjZyT7/s400/121.JPG" /></a><br />Pappy used his carpentry skills, design expertise, and patience as he created his and Grandma Pink's house<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fgoZCNjtZZiscKSF-3kyjOkLVgkfoWg5qhV_2u_ZAR-2DofxTtGPvnNVCr4LYL_Q-meD2ZqzNgECoZKYQWtV22v4XkrQ5s0KUKMNUnuy2q-nczck7hORtLUanF_KhKEhK0uRXDx5hg6a/s1600/119.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552631306967923458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fgoZCNjtZZiscKSF-3kyjOkLVgkfoWg5qhV_2u_ZAR-2DofxTtGPvnNVCr4LYL_Q-meD2ZqzNgECoZKYQWtV22v4XkrQ5s0KUKMNUnuy2q-nczck7hORtLUanF_KhKEhK0uRXDx5hg6a/s400/119.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Ta-dah! Pappy built Grandma Pink <em>the house of her dreams</em>:</span> "a one-bedroom bungalow with lots of natural light and a "breeze way" in the open rafters." Pappy even put a wreath on it to make it look homey.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSpv3X_A4ym7G47nqnoXiFwjdT4gUOV9W738tabON0UolOS64hanRnYS8Cn2HcZp0Bg__NN-8qiBo71JhxYWpEgvopE6j5vKmS1NdE91ERD9hk-OWzPs9bkkBUYtFHRCvNR18L9YX0iu2/s1600/129.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552630967458299634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSpv3X_A4ym7G47nqnoXiFwjdT4gUOV9W738tabON0UolOS64hanRnYS8Cn2HcZp0Bg__NN-8qiBo71JhxYWpEgvopE6j5vKmS1NdE91ERD9hk-OWzPs9bkkBUYtFHRCvNR18L9YX0iu2/s400/129.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">More details of Grandma Pink's dream home:</span> a licorice fence surrounds the perimeter; a licorice hedge leads up to the front door; <em>hot tamales</em> are "Spanish-inspired" tile shingles that edge the roof, with milk chocolate chips as accents; a giant lemon flavored licorice wreath hangs from the pitch of the roof, <em>almost</em> disguising the open rafters; and little <em>red hots</em> dot the walkway which is composed of fluffy white frosting. Pappy used a very broad color wheel to create his masterpiece. What a house! </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Pappy said the two marshmallows standing up next to the home's entrance</span> are him and Grandma, "welcoming everyone to their home." Awww, for cute!</div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">(Just a few minutes later, Bug came along and ate the "Grandma" marshmallow!)</span></div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775971923500808106.post-59438930834364850102010-12-19T22:42:00.012-05:002010-12-19T23:42:41.312-05:00Lights, Temple Square and 11 years<span style="font-size:180%;">Friday, December 10th was mine & Tony's ELEVENTH wedding anniversary.</span> To celebrate we took Becca & Mary-Gail with us on a date! We braved the horried rainy/windy weather and ventured up to Salt Lake City for supper and to see <a href="http://lds.org/church/news/lighting-up-temple-square?lang=eng">the lights at Temple Square</a>. We ate at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Trolley Square (it has always been our stop when we go to see the lights, even when I was a little girl), and then we drove the short distance to Temple Square. As luck would have it we got a parking spot right next to the temple! Oh the look on Becca & Mary-Gail's faces when we got out of the car. Becca exclaimed, "there are millions and millions of lights!"<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Mary-Gail saw the horses and the carriage rides</span> and begged to go see the horses. Becca chimed in with her, and so instead of going inside Temple Square, we went to see the horses. Lovey, ever the romantic and sweet husband and father that he is, treated us all to a carriage ride. Mary-Gail nearly collapsed she was so excited!! She bounded into the carriage and began chattering about everything. Our driver, Mr. Chris, couldn't start his "tour-spiel" until Mary-Gail calmed down. We bundled up with the blankets and off we went. Our horses name was Tom, and he was just as vocal as Mary-Gail, with lots of "neighs" and blustering whinny sounds. Mary-Gail thought it was fantastic!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QTMx8_nSihYWz3-zdlI6Pj0b3O3jQg6KQCoxK8yZlCM0lx0UjT6jMI25Du5S7NNgZBDif0peaZXTVZtGSOB3g36yzbDOWVLTCparcxFnvspr-VkCf1e6nkLXp0FeLZo7RCmNItBQhuow/s1600/090.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611408730895122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QTMx8_nSihYWz3-zdlI6Pj0b3O3jQg6KQCoxK8yZlCM0lx0UjT6jMI25Du5S7NNgZBDif0peaZXTVZtGSOB3g36yzbDOWVLTCparcxFnvspr-VkCf1e6nkLXp0FeLZo7RCmNItBQhuow/s400/090.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVn_TVQ8R0fzuuKNhJQ1dPAPU2iR-LoxgC6ZIvNdf1sHUxyUfyF8AYjrObDYQnD6h8ci5JYCLtCkuEayoQYQQhIS3TEmMaCYgjniGkzumyro0bJzEQG1VHc5xT2lKtpWpHrx6eN7rDUl8/s1600/089.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 366px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611402105300146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVn_TVQ8R0fzuuKNhJQ1dPAPU2iR-LoxgC6ZIvNdf1sHUxyUfyF8AYjrObDYQnD6h8ci5JYCLtCkuEayoQYQQhIS3TEmMaCYgjniGkzumyro0bJzEQG1VHc5xT2lKtpWpHrx6eN7rDUl8/s400/089.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Mary-Gail got her wish - a carriage ride!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpdnFuOCE_oIu7cuU0W94-lJUr1Ws0k23JOFYlz5_yHgg2Pnf0lSv6uD7Q4OEw795Pa1xL9eufF3EWD_13U77Z0MPQfvbsMGgOMDQOTcqoQRIJRJgyzZpfXDtHLAt369vPy08P-k5v_F4/s1600/088.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611398604933682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpdnFuOCE_oIu7cuU0W94-lJUr1Ws0k23JOFYlz5_yHgg2Pnf0lSv6uD7Q4OEw795Pa1xL9eufF3EWD_13U77Z0MPQfvbsMGgOMDQOTcqoQRIJRJgyzZpfXDtHLAt369vPy08P-k5v_F4/s400/088.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFXQ1CILWzjlWQ7RyCMmBZe9aV4vBVjrJW4CE8UYJ39QuknCU_W-bTsnyEvGewtPheS4AEK0MitqhLzPbAa4afGpQO8WEbB2W36Va35gIA0M4WA0Z04yhxGZlIU5uVl9sqN_Xc8Zmx6-7/s1600/087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611394075977970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFXQ1CILWzjlWQ7RyCMmBZe9aV4vBVjrJW4CE8UYJ39QuknCU_W-bTsnyEvGewtPheS4AEK0MitqhLzPbAa4afGpQO8WEbB2W36Va35gIA0M4WA0Z04yhxGZlIU5uVl9sqN_Xc8Zmx6-7/s400/087.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqKJLsBiZWu1b6ulsz2s8Tq6pGu3VI2NkF8TUN4yjk3gknPGunwxerK832zxR05dOD9owG4awWoRUIGBs6d1QIJj2IHp-M6U31fS-EAUPNYz_vD0Ik1WXBGVp-Z501KZp0e0V5tCLiygs/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611126912506754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqKJLsBiZWu1b6ulsz2s8Tq6pGu3VI2NkF8TUN4yjk3gknPGunwxerK832zxR05dOD9owG4awWoRUIGBs6d1QIJj2IHp-M6U31fS-EAUPNYz_vD0Ik1WXBGVp-Z501KZp0e0V5tCLiygs/s400/009.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Did you know that horses can hear the stoplights changing? I kept noticing that our horse, Tom, would begin walking forward just seconds before the light changed green. Mr. Chris confirmed that the stoplights' sensor makes a high-pitched noise right before they change. The horses hear it and understand that the noise means "Go!" (That and Tom had been pulling carriages for 12 years, so he definitely knew the route and noises.)<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOK_kim_6rkseLI02m3H9I3Yiw5eRP8CpHlwlf0pM2Wvtj-mfbDI6vVYEqqjVxlHuz9SpAIvcWwC7NAv_siYMdrfDTgj_fsWT72H7vANX1yKE4Hsod11tO78wo3uht7mO7ByW-OesxEDg/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611118801000882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOK_kim_6rkseLI02m3H9I3Yiw5eRP8CpHlwlf0pM2Wvtj-mfbDI6vVYEqqjVxlHuz9SpAIvcWwC7NAv_siYMdrfDTgj_fsWT72H7vANX1yKE4Hsod11tO78wo3uht7mO7ByW-OesxEDg/s400/010.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Such a sour look on this tired girl's face as we wait for Daddy and the double-stroller</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7S1ZdyXR3GVD4LgQS5aTQQzMjL_3fW9Vayvbyl9gDRf4iItbUt5wv7CREQfBHUufOmdO0uK1vFHHIpwpNJjMe2I9zvA4EkFpq-LTxfC6hEJXOdPwL3wN1Y0NCgOyjmeWnqsKubpYoPfW/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611114998855554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7S1ZdyXR3GVD4LgQS5aTQQzMjL_3fW9Vayvbyl9gDRf4iItbUt5wv7CREQfBHUufOmdO0uK1vFHHIpwpNJjMe2I9zvA4EkFpq-LTxfC6hEJXOdPwL3wN1Y0NCgOyjmeWnqsKubpYoPfW/s400/012.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWvBq3shucgX1-70Wn9JZ6EVxHf-fywuLAN9L0cQYtBQLU5oYaxqKFQ17PURXQGpbsQW5DGeVVQ5WMa5NVZFVA5_UyHmwgn1Z6IWu3KX4SuOmYTovmxz68B39VzcpxgTC9Ix6CBdePZGT/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552611108106373986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWvBq3shucgX1-70Wn9JZ6EVxHf-fywuLAN9L0cQYtBQLU5oYaxqKFQ17PURXQGpbsQW5DGeVVQ5WMa5NVZFVA5_UyHmwgn1Z6IWu3KX4SuOmYTovmxz68B39VzcpxgTC9Ix6CBdePZGT/s400/013.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jpA6SyrNFTyMg6zaWz_uKXlcmhQBGN2sYK2_cKFODTWR-ls7bddMJwNTUvixTVrGIr27BTv2HFcG1fw87nuRDrQA2_4dMQyQBIBReHZi2QbjJB9Yb-Mh5RtA5kZpsFpy7y-yfK_KYxn6/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610709176699890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jpA6SyrNFTyMg6zaWz_uKXlcmhQBGN2sYK2_cKFODTWR-ls7bddMJwNTUvixTVrGIr27BTv2HFcG1fw87nuRDrQA2_4dMQyQBIBReHZi2QbjJB9Yb-Mh5RtA5kZpsFpy7y-yfK_KYxn6/s400/018.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">I snapped the picture of the nativity and turned around to see this beautiful statue. </div><div align="center">It made me tear up. A Mother and her children...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oiQCo6_-8nF8meK5zjv-_Tfsj9WJS_4Galhw7Z1jtpSufoeQzY4TOz3QSmEcVYMOQ9eZsz_gkoIr5hW_azYSM_GTsGnJDUuGUxYogLS8eoGoH_T3sDFxmnxtdNUxu32INO5IB5gMtgib/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610723912372146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oiQCo6_-8nF8meK5zjv-_Tfsj9WJS_4Galhw7Z1jtpSufoeQzY4TOz3QSmEcVYMOQ9eZsz_gkoIr5hW_azYSM_GTsGnJDUuGUxYogLS8eoGoH_T3sDFxmnxtdNUxu32INO5IB5gMtgib/s400/014.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9llXDkATR35_nPjnPeILnZVoIqLziTcYFwQxOhe-wY4D7skVxzW7RW4T0tK0V-0QZOyXKdaQwM5DUw3kQOHhBNaPiB_po5lqxWUQhy8kt-j1xD7_o7M_XQW78D0JGOdZl5vGHlw6mpJ_s/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610717733508386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9llXDkATR35_nPjnPeILnZVoIqLziTcYFwQxOhe-wY4D7skVxzW7RW4T0tK0V-0QZOyXKdaQwM5DUw3kQOHhBNaPiB_po5lqxWUQhy8kt-j1xD7_o7M_XQW78D0JGOdZl5vGHlw6mpJ_s/s400/017.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6E7BdZWXvzEbK9MEZ0Z3g7b6Bb_IGnxha6U0hed2OImv9JARrz28SIohyFgsfnRCngihEZ0SzdjXVxUFXF3lqCeV93jaeOLKFN3I9rEpEU5wQZHJL74rcOzV7Sau734Lz8L4g1X5vQiy/s1600/020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610706186445826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6E7BdZWXvzEbK9MEZ0Z3g7b6Bb_IGnxha6U0hed2OImv9JARrz28SIohyFgsfnRCngihEZ0SzdjXVxUFXF3lqCeV93jaeOLKFN3I9rEpEU5wQZHJL74rcOzV7Sau734Lz8L4g1X5vQiy/s400/020.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34ULyq7KT2Me1UfuFpFPFzUj2WtGtDO_OkTkxfPaPrcma9N7XXMzrsnlrc7p3iMsYNHHvufl5xCHvgR27FKdl6RkfgWCETljiYzqfjW3qEybVlO8OQSUeDYIpC4_FeYObseluRVj52x6h/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610265867549074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34ULyq7KT2Me1UfuFpFPFzUj2WtGtDO_OkTkxfPaPrcma9N7XXMzrsnlrc7p3iMsYNHHvufl5xCHvgR27FKdl6RkfgWCETljiYzqfjW3qEybVlO8OQSUeDYIpC4_FeYObseluRVj52x6h/s400/023.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">The Salt Lake Temple</div><div align="center">The headquarters for <a href="http://lds.org/church/temples?lang=eng">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints<br /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyelaYu25K-43mCUFx9feymtz_Q4aTAf6xow8Qo8QVHpe4Ncmcthaj_S9EoYp-4KynbLNSK0PhLefNqXqX131Epmvwiisi7o9B6UQwaYUvzaplbmLJP59CA89g1oH-yLfeTbhDBJvQSRmC/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610695045965362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyelaYu25K-43mCUFx9feymtz_Q4aTAf6xow8Qo8QVHpe4Ncmcthaj_S9EoYp-4KynbLNSK0PhLefNqXqX131Epmvwiisi7o9B6UQwaYUvzaplbmLJP59CA89g1oH-yLfeTbhDBJvQSRmC/s400/021.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsE9rDMuzrjGliAkR17GBB0qilgamGCGpKz2E7Bl9e3FarN_KkU8dNvKnqrWY1cl72EHxmBQmVShI-7l6BSsd9xc63EBsph91lvb_5PercIM-6AurrABr5nV89Xez-7KRJUinbQmvnDrkH/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610258519209842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsE9rDMuzrjGliAkR17GBB0qilgamGCGpKz2E7Bl9e3FarN_KkU8dNvKnqrWY1cl72EHxmBQmVShI-7l6BSsd9xc63EBsph91lvb_5PercIM-6AurrABr5nV89Xez-7KRJUinbQmvnDrkH/s400/025.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">An amazing feat to build this beautiful temple. Worked commenced April 6, 1953, and was completed April 6, 1893 (40 years)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8xkBlJoaoRFAp6_ZuafnqInIC_6lEd2dgBmiljRuR2KfJp3AzxBjWB0wl-HWAmbxVxywKQXkoWZG23YJKxnEBtsmWocj8ViPzcLwVAtmgLdRdLrcL7WPHQdRiUdZd6ZQYw-1KI8uNE5L/s1600/026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610243950562690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8xkBlJoaoRFAp6_ZuafnqInIC_6lEd2dgBmiljRuR2KfJp3AzxBjWB0wl-HWAmbxVxywKQXkoWZG23YJKxnEBtsmWocj8ViPzcLwVAtmgLdRdLrcL7WPHQdRiUdZd6ZQYw-1KI8uNE5L/s400/026.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">Angel Moroni, sounding his trumpet to all the nations...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSCYMfnNv1FE2fcz97_aSL_evOEEvQXKH7Dl8424MIiugBzudnucWkqjHwhMcWhlzbI0EpNHVNbVU1rZpgTxn_h8GdGEuCQUqTH4YqPrh5YgUiwCKazvDXbSjseGk3mh058eDQ3M9uixC/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610238254415314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSCYMfnNv1FE2fcz97_aSL_evOEEvQXKH7Dl8424MIiugBzudnucWkqjHwhMcWhlzbI0EpNHVNbVU1rZpgTxn_h8GdGEuCQUqTH4YqPrh5YgUiwCKazvDXbSjseGk3mh058eDQ3M9uixC/s400/027.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKgAGfGVIXDTms9ISPdyYqIhN8W7lvCktcbExZlxHh6Wkj5yI4u0DnznxBfvqCm4fqjbV07KkSPgLZBw3OZEsmnK_dSLvuYUbCdGYsj5yXsdmkKT1Hsg0XQycE9z__KSIUX3ztYUgkC6f/s1600/028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552610234850636546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKgAGfGVIXDTms9ISPdyYqIhN8W7lvCktcbExZlxHh6Wkj5yI4u0DnznxBfvqCm4fqjbV07KkSPgLZBw3OZEsmnK_dSLvuYUbCdGYsj5yXsdmkKT1Hsg0XQycE9z__KSIUX3ztYUgkC6f/s400/028.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lovey showed us all a great time. I think next date-night the girls will want to come too!</span></div>Kemp Kutieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271420998347952729noreply@blogger.com1