tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078795381720470922024-02-19T14:12:55.855-08:00KidmanHayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.comBlogger621125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-42078363583858965092015-12-07T16:14:00.000-08:002015-12-07T16:14:05.642-08:00{Summer to Winter}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I find myself falling farther and farther behind on this blog.</div>
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Single Momming, working loads of hours and a house remodel make for a full schedul,</div>
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but I really love looking back on this, so this pics may be out of order, but at least I've got it documented!</div>
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We kept hanging onto summer-I woke the girls up at 1 am and we sat outside and watched the shooting stars.</div>
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Our Annual back to school fashion show.</div>
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Once the zinneas are in full bloom we spend each Sunday picking them and filling our house with blooms. I love them so much!</div>
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We prepare for the school year with fresh hair.</div>
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My girls are growing up and I just think they are beautiful!</div>
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Back to school night with her bff.</div>
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We also got their nails done with friends.</div>
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I love these cute kids!</div>
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But sure enough, summer slipped away.</div>
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The first day of school came.</div>
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Adyson started 6th and it was really hard for me...I just know once middle school begins,</div>
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time flies.</div>
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I adore this precious kid.</div>
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She has a heart of gold and is thriving in 6th grade. Shes made great friends and is doing so well on her school work. I am proud to be her mom.</div>
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Roo started 4th Grade.</div>
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I can handle her being in Elementary and wish she'd stay there.</div>
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She's also having a wonderful year!</div>
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My friends and I helped at a friends wedding on the first day of school.</div>
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We spend the entire day decorating and making it beautiful and it was a blast.</div>
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Adyson started the dance party a few hours before it actually began.</div>
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I love her goofiness.</div>
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Annual Aggie night at the RSL stadium.</div>
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This year Roo's team was able to play a game at half time on the field.</div>
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Ladies in Red.</div>
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Roo and her friend running after school.</div>
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She's looking mighty grown up.</div>
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Vistaun night at the SV game.</div>
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Roo and her friend were flower girls at Cate's uncles wedding.</div>
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Sienna was thrilled and they looked beautiful!</div>
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Girls ended their soccer season with a great win.</div>
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Adyson getting her 7th grade shots.</div>
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She is a goof.</div>
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Seinna in her characer matters play as Little Red Riding Hood. </div>
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The weekend of Trav's 2 year mark, our ward held a Daddy Daughter date. It's always rough, but these 2 make it bearable for these cute girls. I am so blessed to have them, and so our my girls!</div>
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Our 2 year mark we did another "Travservice" day. We spent the day serving others and missing Travis. Their good attitudes always makes up for my bad one. </div>
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Nerd Day for Red Ribbon Week.</div>
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Decade Day, she won a prize this day:) </div>
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Spirit Day at the SV game.</div>
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Visiting Heather for her 40th bday and watching the Aggies beat BSU!</div>
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An my beautiful Sisters surprise party.</div>
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I love her so.</div>
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We were also able to go to their church and see Kutter receive the Preisthood.</div>
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A special day and a great group of kids.</div>
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American West Heritage Center with the girls and friends before Halloween.</div>
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Adyson got to bring Lucy to a class at school. It melted my heart to see how much these 2 love each other!</div>
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Bunco night. 12 years and going strong.</div>
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Roo's awards night for soccer. Silver medal playing up a year-we'll take it:)</div>
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The girls and friends at the Pumpkin Walk.</div>
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Sienna was given an award at school:</div>
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"Sienna shows her talent for seeking first to understand, then to be understood, every day. She is concerned for the people around her and does everything she can to help them feel loved, included and involved. Sienna can always be placed next to a lonely or scared person in class. She watches at recess to see if anyone is alone. And she tries hard not to say anything that might hurt someone elses feelings. She truly does seem to understand those around her. Way to go Sienna!"</div>
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Best words a mom can hear. I love this lady!</div>
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Super girl and my Pink flamingo.</div>
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This was the first year my kids were gone with friends most of the time.</div>
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Adyson went with her superhero friends, and then spent the rest of the night here with another friend around our house. She had a great night.</div>
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Roo went with her cute friend Kambree.</div>
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The girls are sharing a room temporarily until the basement is finihsed.</div>
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It's been kinda special to listen to them giggle half the night. </div>
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Travs brother Devin got married in Nov to Susan.</div>
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We were glad to be there to be a part of it.</div>
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And our sweet girls in the Primary Program.</div>
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I love that Sunday and was pretty sad when I realized it's Adyson last one. </div>
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Growing too fast, but man, I like who they are becomming.</div>
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The ladies and I freezing cold and warming with cocoa.</div>
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Christmas is up and we are ready to celebrate!</div>
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Roo with straight hair.</div>
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No cavities!</div>
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Bday lunch with two of my favorites, Lorinda and Cali.</div>
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I adore them!</div>
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Thanksgiving, with the people I am most grateful for. </div>
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What would I do without them?</div>
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This was a Thanksgiving I will never forget. My Grandpa spent the day with us, and spent most of the day telling us about his life. I will cherish the memory of this day forever. He is such a special part of my life. </div>
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My grandpa was sent to work in a forced labor camp in Germany during the war. He was telling us all about the day he saw "The Stars and Stripes" for the first time when they came to liberate them. They burned all their flea ridden beds and gave them soap and food. He says to this day, everytime he showers, and holds soap, he feels rich. A reminder that we have SO much more than we need.</div>
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Thanksgiving weekend, shopping with the girls. We missed Amy!</div>
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My Dad celebrating his bday just after Thanksgiving. We love this man beyond words. He is one in a million.</div>
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Heather and I after shopping.</div>
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We are in full Christmas swing now, and there aren't words for how much I love this time of year.</div>
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At times, we feel the loss of Travis so immensely. I'm really so grateful that we had someone we can still feel the loss of this intensely. I'm so proud of how far we've come, and so proud of my girls for constantly inspiring me to be better. Can't wait for the fun few weeks to come!</div>
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Summer is rapidly ending...</div>
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I have such mixed feelings.</div>
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I absolutely love summer nights.</div>
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My kids are somewhere outside (half the time I'm not 100% sure where),</div>
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we scrounge for dinner, get late night ice creams and bed times are a thing of the past.</div>
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I love that part.</div>
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I also a missing bed times,</div>
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missing cookies real dinners,</div>
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missing the few minutes when they get home from school and can't wait to tell me about their day.</div>
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And I'm missing peace and quiet a little...</div>
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Either way, I can't control the fact that it's darn near over.</div>
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We've done a few fun things to end our summer...</div>
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We went with Julie and her girls to Willow Flats on the 24th.</div>
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As soon as we got there Roo found a puppy to beg me for...</div>
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The girls took a hike to the top of the springs.</div>
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A gorgeous hike!</div>
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And with such fun people!</div>
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With Travis being sick for such a long time, hiking wasn't really an option..</div>
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so this kid hasn't really ever hiked.</div>
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I wasn't sure how she'd handle it with her eye problems.</div>
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It was incredibly enlightening to walk with her.</div>
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She told me all about what she could see, and couldn't, and how she saw certain things.</div>
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are incredibly hard for her.</div>
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She can't see how deep roots are because her depth perception is so off,</div>
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and going down the steep parts was pretty scary for her.</div>
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She didn't complain and smiled through it.</div>
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I am so proud to be her mom!</div>
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Sara, Summer, Kenzie, Roo, Me and Adyson</div>
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The water was INCREDIBLY cold-</div>
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and the did it!</div>
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And since I had no idea they were going to, they got to freeze the rest of the night because they had no spare clothes!</div>
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Ady being a ham and Summer and Sienna snuggling the road back.</div>
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They walked like that the entire walk home.</div>
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I snapped this shot the other day and can't get over how beautiful my kid is.</div>
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After church selfies.</div>
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We also had a GREAT weekend in Park City.</div>
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We celebrated me turning 34, shopped for school clothes, ate good food and Sienna played some great soccer.</div>
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It was national lipstick day :)</div>
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Adysons face...bless her heart. Such a tween.</div>
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We woke up to a decorated hotel room.</div>
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Such fun friends!</div>
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We laughed because some of the soccer girls were worried because no one was telling courtney happy bday...because "they are twins!"</div>
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I'll be her twin any day!</div>
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Sienna's darling team.</div>
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They played great soccer and Sienna has really started to get into it.</div>
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I adore this team of girls!</div>
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Linsey and I have been dying to eat at Taggarts grill since we stopped there for dessert on the way home from Ragnar.</div>
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We met them there on the way home.</div>
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The company and the food was fabulous!</div>
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Last week Roo got her tonsils out.</div>
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She's needed it for years...and she was nervous.</div>
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Registered this beauty for 6th grade.</div>
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I honestly feel so not ready for this.</div>
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I remember it all so vividly and know what a life changing year it can be.</div>
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I swear I chant to her every single night,</div>
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Make good friends,</div>
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be kind.</div>
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don't gossip,</div>
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be responsible,</div>
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look for someone who doesn't have a friend,</div>
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be smart...</div>
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She's so sick of hearing it.</div>
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I am praying she follows my advice!</div>
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I love this kid with every ounce of me.</div>
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She and longtime neighbor friend, Grace, have never been in a class together!</div>
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They are quite happy to have a few this year and lockers close by each other.</div>
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I'll just be happy to have her back to her normal self.</div>
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4th grade is coming fast.</div>
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Gorgeous even sick!</div>
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Farewell Summer, We will miss you!</div>
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Our Summer has been the most low key summer I can remember,</div>
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and I've loved it!</div>
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Have we slept in?</div>
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Yes!<br />
Have we stayed up late?<br />Yes!<br />
Have we eaten lots of ice-cream.<br />
Well yes. Yes we have.<br />
It's been lovely.<br />
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Our little Isabelle got baptized.<br />
Sienna adores her and we had to entitle this one<br />
Little Candi and Bambi.</div>
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We've spent lots of days at the pool.</div>
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We call this a Worley sandwich.</div>
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And we've spent a good 2 weeks with cousins!</div>
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Most of the Wolfley's, sans Breje, came to stay at Grandmas and the rest of the cousins invaded.</div>
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They had so much fun together!</div>
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They went to Inside Out (Darling)!</div>
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They made Travis some darling windmills out of Kinects for Trav's grave for Fathers Day.</div>
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So sweet.</div>
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but we always stop by and remember their stellar Dad.</div>
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We sure miss him. Always.</div>
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But we did sneak over and eat dinner with this guy.</div>
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Not sure how we'd survive without my amazing Dad.</div>
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He is the most tender, big hearted man I know and I adore him.</div>
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Summer reminds me, each year, how freaking fabulous Roo's hair is.</div>
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This is day 3.</div>
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No shower, no comb....just sweaty curls.</div>
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The envy.</div>
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The cousins (And a friend of Adyons's) also went roller skating.</div>
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Oh man, I couldn't even tell you how many times we watched them fall.</div>
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But they loved it and smiled the entire time.</div>
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Such fun!</div>
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More pool time. These cousins are so fun!</div>
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The girls always ended up in my car dancing.</div>
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We went to "The Wizard of Oz" and my cute friends Lorinda and Cali joined us.</div>
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Lot's of silly kids here.</div>
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We did take a break from the fun to meet the Dr and discuss tonsils for Roo.</div>
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It's happening...and soon.</div>
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She's terrified!</div>
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After that appointment, on the way home, she teared up a little and then said,</div>
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"If Dad can do it for 5 years, I guess I can do this."</div>
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I was pretty proud.</div>
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Adyson and her friends went to see FIREFLIES in Cache Valley!</div>
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I didn't even know they existed and am still sad I didn't find the time to go see them!</div>
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And the kids weaseled their way to the neighbors pool.</div>
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They are fish.</div>
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Fish!</div>
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Heather came to get the kids and it's always just so great to get together.</div>
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Summer Sunsets just can't be beat. This one is filter free.</div>
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Roo has played hard, and I found her all tuckered out for an afternoon nap.</div>
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It reminded me of when she was a tiny thing.</div>
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I miss those days!</div>
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Her squinty smile is too much.b</div>
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The 4th of July is one of my favorite, and least favorite Holidays.</div>
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I got Roo all dolled up this year, and boy did she love it!</div>
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I miss Trav on these small holidays, possibly even more than the big ones.</div>
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The big ones are full of tradition and excitement and family.</div>
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These ones always catch me off guard,</div>
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This year the kids ran and played with friends and everyone has their person,</div>
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and I just missed mine terribly.</div>
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But we are doing quite well and the girls LOVED their day.</div>
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And I"m sorry, but I just think they are darlings.</div>
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She's just getting too big and too lovely and I hate it and love it all so much.</div>
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July bring B-day month, and believe it or not, I'm not as excited as usual...</div>
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I'm trying to reign myself in.</div>
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But I'll never give up an excuse to see my friends and celebrate with them!</div>
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Party #1 with Eileen and Steph.</div>
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I'm not even sure how this friendship began,</div>
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we have gaps in our ages-but man, they are soul sisters to me and I just love them so dearly.</div>
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I cherish these friendships.</div>
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Roo played in her first ever tournament.</div>
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We were missing a good chunk of our older players and had 4 newbies on the team,</div>
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They had some great games and played hard, and mostly they had fun and became a team!</div>
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It was a blast.</div>
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I'm proud of Roo for trying and sticking to it, and I adore this team of girls.</div>
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(And I was quite proud of Adyson for being such a great fan of her sisters, she didn't miss a game and cheered her on hard! Love her!)</div>
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The girls took 2nd and had a blast! </div>
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On the way to the championship game,</div>
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Roo was crying in the back seat.</div>
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She didn't want to tell me, because she worried I wouldn't let her play,</div>
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but her throat was hurting again.</div>
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I can't wait to get these tonsils out!</div>
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It's been a fun summer-Adyson is a social butterfly and we always have a car full of darling friends.</div>
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I'm dreading all the drama that comes with 6th grade and praying that she makes kind friends.</div>
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I swear I chant "Be kind and good" all day long.</div>
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I'm scared.</div>
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My cousin, Amber, came to visit from Connecticut. We were able to spend a few days with them.</div>
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My girls adore her girls and we all just love getting together.</div>
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They came and spent a day in Cache Valley and we had a BBQ and played some baseball.</div>
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It was a fantastic day!</div>
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All the 2nd cousins.</div>
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Adyson and Mirelle,</div>
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these 2 love each other.</div>
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Sienna and Ayva.</div>
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These 2 are kindred spirits.</div>
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Playing baseball. Totally not our usual pass time, but we had such a great time.</div>
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We are totally hooked!</div>
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We had Rheagen come visit for the day and took her Bday shopping. Such cute cousins!</div>
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B-day party #2 for me and Court. I am so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life.</div>
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These girls stick by me even when I don't deserve them.</div>
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I just adore them!</div>
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Candi pulled double duty and made it a wonderful night.</div>
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I love her.</div>
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For the 24th, my friend Julie invited us to Willow Flats for the night.</div>
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She's trying to convince me the wilderness is my friend.</div>
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we had a fabulous night!</div>
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Sienna instantly found a dog she attached herself to.</div>
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Man, she wants one of these so badly.</div>
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We hiked up to the springs,</div>
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and it was honestly beautiful.</div>
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I grew up doing all these things, but when Trav was sick, it was pretty much impossible.</div>
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I was happy to share it with my girls, and with such fun friends.</div>
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And I was incredibly happy to hike with this kid.</div>
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I wasn't sure how it would affect her eyes,</div>
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I was broken hearted and proud all at once.</div>
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Proud because she did it with a smile and really loved it,</div>
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and broken hearted because she explained so much to me about how her eyes work.</div>
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She can't really tell how high the roots are above the dirt,</div>
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and it's incredibly hard to differentiate between rocks, trails and roots.</div>
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This girl of mind, she's made of tough stuff and I'm so incredibly proud to be her mom.</div>
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She teaches me so much!</div>
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The tradition with the people we were with, is to dunk in the water.</div>
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I was so proud my kids joined in and got right under.</div>
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Love these two.</div>
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Made for a cold hike down though....</div>
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I love watching Summer, Roo and Adyson be friends.</div>
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It's always pretty great when your kids become as good of friends as you are.</div>
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Summer and Roo walked the entire way back like this.</div>
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(Ady needed a little help down, the steepness was tricky).</div>
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This afternoon while I was working, Roo and I were talking and I was so overwhelmed with love for my kids. These shiny eyes, and her sisters, just seem to make my world so much better. I am loving their fun, busy stage of life. My heart is full.</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-73339671369261601252015-06-21T00:21:00.003-07:002015-06-21T00:21:48.525-07:00{Fathers Day}<div style="text-align: center;">
Father's Day.</div>
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Year 2.</div>
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You'd think that the first year of widowdom (is that a word?)</div>
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would be the hardest,</div>
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but it's really not.</div>
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I assumed that maybe I was alone in feeling this,</div>
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but have learned, just this week,</div>
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that year 2 seems to be the absolute roughest on most widows.</div>
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I'm almost through it-</div>
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and I'm really praying year 3 is breezy.</div>
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(That's a joke...in case you didn't read my sarcasm.)</div>
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Year one was hazy.</div>
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But year 2 has been clear.</div>
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It's clear that I get to play both parents.</div>
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It's clear that I pay the bills and play both good cop and bad one.</div>
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It's clear that if the yard needs weeding, I get to do it! Yay me.</div>
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And it's clear that our life is still full of lots of adjustments.</div>
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It's also clear that I reap the rewards of late night snuggles with the girls and</div>
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they double the love up on me...</div>
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I have to remind myself often,</div>
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when it's clear that IT' S ALL ME,</div>
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that Trav would have loved to have been here for all of it,</div>
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the bad too,</div>
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so I better be grateful for it.</div>
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But oy.</div>
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It's a lot.</div>
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It's been pretty obvious that I'm a misfit for the past few years,</div>
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but even more so in year 2.</div>
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Year 2 means that everyone has moved on.</div>
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Old friends have found new friends,</div>
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and they've added to their families, and built houses, and life has just kept going for them,</div>
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and when things add up-</div>
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they seem to be winning and I seem to be losing.</div>
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I am trying my best every day to not add those numbers up and to be grateful for what I have.</div>
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And I do have a lot to love-</div>
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those girls.</div>
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They make me want to pull my hair out daily,</div>
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but they also just make me so dang happy.</div>
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They are full of love and laughter and all things good and I just freaking adore them.</div>
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They bring me joy on such a beautiful level </div>
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and I cherish playing both Mom and Dad for them.</div>
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I truly do.</div>
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Fathers Day remind me of how much I miss him.</div>
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And how much I wish my sweet girls didn't have to miss him.</div>
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Travis was the Dad who got up in the middle of the night to feed the kids because he missed them while he was at work.</div>
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He was the Dad who would turn off golf for Disney to make the girls smile.</div>
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He was the Dad who would get treatments during the day and come home exhausted,</div>
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and still go for bike rides with the girls.</div>
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He made his time count and I have no doubt he's watching over them, (and me), always.</div>
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I miss his laugh and his warmth daily.</div>
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I'm reminded how incredibly lucky we were to have him here for as long as we did.</div>
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He set such a standard for my girls-for their futures.</div>
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And I wont forget his goodness and who he is for whatever happens in my future.</div>
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Fathers day also reminds me how blessed I am for the men who have</div>
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stepped in and been father figures</div>
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for my little ladies when they need more than I can give.</div>
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For the neighbors who invite them to canoe and shoot hoops,</div>
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to the coaches who Sienna, and the Uncles who watch Adyson sing.</div>
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To the Grandpas who are here for 1 am blessings and hugs, every chance they get.</div>
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So ya, it's a tough day.</div>
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Also a day to be thankful and to remember.</div>
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(I feel like that sums up most days around here!)</div>
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(I also should say that while year two has been rough, we are still doing as good as possible around here...and we laugh and smile and party pretty hard, so it could be much worse!)</div>
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Happy fathers day to those of you who step in for my family.</div>
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It means an awful lot!</div>
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I'm gonna snuggle my girls pretty hard today.</div>
Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-21793596582405351772015-06-12T22:55:00.000-07:002015-06-12T22:55:28.767-07:00Mothers Day, Memorial Day, End of school, soccer, dance, play and singing and the beginning of summer!<div style="text-align: center;">
Mother's Day.</div>
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Mother's Day has been tough the past few years.</div>
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It's silly, I know, because I'm still here-but I feel the void of a partner pretty brutally on Mother's Day.</div>
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But my sweet girls always make sure I feel incredibly loved.</div>
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This card from Sienna...I won't ever forget it.</div>
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She's a gem.</div>
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We had been sick, or I'd been in England and the girls weren't able to wear their Easter Dresses</div>
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till Mother's Day! Geez! I think they are beauties...looking too grown up, but beauties for sure.</div>
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I adore these girls so much.</div>
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And adore being their mom.</div>
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I cherish it, and them more than I'll ever be able to say.</div>
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Also love celebrating with my Mom (and Amy).</div>
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My mom is always an example of selflessness and love.</div>
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I adore her.</div>
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We were very excited to hear that Triston decided to get Baptized.</div>
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We are so proud of him,</div>
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and I imagine Travis is beyond happy with his choice.</div>
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Adyson spent a lot of time at the Whittear preparing for a play,</div>
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and Roo loved spending time on the playground.</div>
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I loved that she acted like a little girl every time we went...</div>
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This past year the dance/soccer stress has been a bit overwhelming...</div>
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she's been on the GO every single day.</div>
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But, the recital proved that it was worth it.</div>
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It was so much fun to watcher her do her thing.</div>
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She was in 4 dances this year, including the ballet (which was gorgeous), and I loved every second.</div>
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This costume was my favorite.</div>
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She's beautiful!</div>
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One of Sienna's best friends, Ava surprised her and came to watch.</div>
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Sienna was beaming with joy!</div>
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She has such wonderful friends!</div>
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Her fan club for the night.</div>
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And I love this pic.</div>
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And them.</div>
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Like, so much.</div>
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Adyson was so excited for the history fair this year,</div>
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and even more excited to be WALT DISNEY.</div>
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They had to write a paper, memorize a script, make a poster and dress up.</div>
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She did an excellent job!</div>
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And I love her friend Avery's costume.</div>
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So good!</div>
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And we had our last soccer game of the season...</div>
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I say that knowing that my summer is full of more soccer,</div>
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but I was ready for the small break we got.</div>
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We have loved Sienna's darling team and it's been a great season of growth for them!</div>
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Adyson was in a play (Frozen) with her friend Olivia.</div>
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It was fun for her,</div>
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and really confusing for the rest of us!</div>
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But watching her grin up there always makes me happy and proud of her.</div>
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She is such a bright little angel.</div>
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I love her so dearly.</div>
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Playing games with our "parents".</div>
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We had to give our real parents a hard time when we hung with Kyle and Tami for the entire weekend.</div>
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We love them just like family, for sure!</div>
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Memorial Day.</div>
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Another interesting day.</div>
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I wish I knew how to handle these days and make them easy for the girls,</div>
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while remembering Travis, and living our lives.</div>
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It's such a balancing act.</div>
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Sienna hasn't wanted to watch the video made of Travis when he passed since his funeral.</div>
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She decided she wanted to on Memorial Day.</div>
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It was just awfully, awfully hard.</div>
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These girls have so much love for him and miss him so much.</div>
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We all miss him.</div>
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I am proud of them for always working hard to be happy and for trusting me to raise them the best way I can.</div>
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It's strange, but we are doing our best.</div>
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We also spent the day planting our flower pots.</div>
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I think it'll be a good new tradition for us.</div>
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Roo mowed the lawn for the first time.</div>
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Such a good helper!</div>
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A friend took this pic of Adyson and I almost want to chuck it,</div>
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she's so pretty.</div>
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I love watching her grow and wish I could stop it all at once!</div>
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The rain was non stop last month.</div>
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It was hard to plan anything!</div>
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We finally had our last rescheduled soccer game, </div>
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and then it decided to POUR during tryouts.</div>
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She loved it.</div>
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And looked pretty cute, if I do say so myself.</div>
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My friend Erin and I were in charge of 3rd grade field day,</div>
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and spent that morning in the rain also.</div>
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But it was totally fun!</div>
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Adyson decided to have a "few" friends over for a late night the night before school ended. </div>
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(Sienna had a late night with her awesome teacher, so I obliged).</div>
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I didn't realize it would be a full fledged party.</div>
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(This kid is so social and loves so many cute friends....afterwards she told me she wished she would've invited a few more...that girl!)</div>
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These are her friends who are her age and will all be going to middle school next year.</div>
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I can't.</div>
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I hate it.</div>
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But I love them.</div>
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I told them it was time to go home and they complained when we got in the car that they weren't ready...so we pulled into a parking lot and they danced for a good half hour.</div>
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It reminds me so much of my cute middle/high school friends!</div>
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Such darlings!</div>
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And then the last day of school came.</div>
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Oh Roo, moving on the 4th grade!</div>
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She's my baby and this feels hard.</div>
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She had the best teacher for her this year,</div>
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and she made some great friends.</div>
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I love her so much.</div>
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And this girl.</div>
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Oh Adyson.</div>
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Done with grade school!</div>
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She has really learned so much about true friendship, and they type of friend she wants to be this past year. She loves so many people and has such a big heart. I want, so much, for her to pick good friends, and make good choices. I love her so much! I wish she could stay a grade schooler!</div>
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Adored her teacher this year!</div>
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Just a few of her cute school friends. I love them too!</div>
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And Roo and one of her bff's playing in the sun!</div>
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Adyson went canoeing a few days in and came home with nachos and a shake from the gas station.</div>
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These are foods I just don't allow in my house!</div>
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She was in heaven! It cracked me up!</div>
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Maybe someday she'll convert me?</div>
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We captioned this: Sunday Bunday.</div>
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And believe it or not, my dad asked for this pic to be taken.</div>
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He's proud of his loser status.</div>
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We were out of town for Adyson's singing recital, so I forced her to do a cheesy one from home.</div>
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She laughed and danced through it and I loved every second. It's so great for her to show of her silly side! Love this girl and her sweet voice.</div>
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This is a summer morning at my house.</div>
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Heaven!</div>
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Last weekend we went to my sister's for my niece, Brielle's Baptism.</div>
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It was such a great time!</div>
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These 2 never separate. They are so funny.</div>
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And these two are best buds also.</div>
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Such sweeties!</div>
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The only downfall to the weekend was that their air conditioner broke...</div>
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so the girls did a rain dance hoping it would cool things down:).</div>
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This summer the girls have spent multiple days just playing together.</div>
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It doesn't happen a lot when school is in session.</div>
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Friends are always over or we are gone doing all our extras.</div>
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This has been so wonderful to see!</div>
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Last night I was able to go to dinner with a few of my fellow widow friends, who I just love.</div>
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It's always so great to chat with them and to see how many things we need to vent about that not many will get!</div>
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Love them.</div>
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Today I took the girls to the zoo.</div>
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It was loads of fun! The animals put on a good show for us.</div>
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And the girls loved it. I'm glad we went, even in this heat!</div>
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We ended the day with some fun shopping!</div>
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I really love spending time with them.</div>
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Can't wait for some fun summer adventures ahead!</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-87073740915870216392015-05-08T22:47:00.001-07:002015-05-08T22:52:08.286-07:00{Oh May Hell}<div style="text-align: center;">
It has been so lovely to be back with my darling little ladies.</div>
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Lovely....and busy.</div>
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I mean, May. Why you gotta be so. freaking. busy?</div>
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Adyson has had two big reports due,</div>
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she's in a play she's been practicing for,</div>
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and she has a singing performance.</div>
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We seriously have something every single night of the week, and sometimes they overlap.<br />
And the best part?<br />
It just keeps getting added to.<br />
And then we keep getting to bed later-and later.<br />
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And I get lazier.<br />
The other day I just didn't set my alarm to wake them up.<br />
Worlds Best Mom?<br />
Ya, no.</div>
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And Roo....</div>
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well, here she is getting picked up from dance in her soccer gear.</div>
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Because she has to race from dance to soccer at least one day a week...sometimes two.</div>
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She is packed with playoff games and practice, and also has a dance competition coming fast that involves a lot of time.<br />
Throw in dance pictures and her special week at school and I start to eat cookies for breakfast and my hair gets more neglected than normal.<br />
I. Just. Am. So. Done!<br />
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(Me? Oh I drive them around a lot. And about once a week I find time to cook dinner and the other day I made it to bed by 1:00, so I guess I'm really killing it over here).</div>
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We have really loved making some darling new friends on her soccer team.</div>
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They have become great buddies!</div>
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Adyson invites a different friend to every soccer game...</div>
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they troll around looking for boys.</div>
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Because she is 11 and I guess that's what 11 year olds do?</div>
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(I hate that she's 11, btw).</div>
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On May 2nd, Travis would've turned 40.</div>
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These days are so strange, and it always surprises me how much these big days make us aware of all that we've lost.</div>
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We missed him and thought of him all day long.</div>
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We took some orange balloons and made sure to send a few up to heaven.</div>
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Happy Birthday T, We love you!</div>
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That night we went for a bike ride as the sunset, and I wish this picture captured it better,</div>
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it was ORANGE and lovely. A great way to think of T on his Birthday.</div>
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Pretty sure he sent us that gift.:)</div>
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Sienna's team had their last regular season game last week playing an undefeated team.</div>
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They were pretty nervous, so it was pretty fabulous when they pulled out a win.</div>
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Love these cute girls working hard!</div>
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Sienna was pretty happy with the W.</div>
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My mom also had her Birthday last week.</div>
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Sinco de Linda.</div>
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We love a day to celebrate her.</div>
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She is always helpful and giving and kind and full of love for her kids and for her grand kids.</div>
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We adore her.</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-40691051737688005702015-04-30T14:22:00.000-07:002015-04-30T21:57:27.893-07:00Links to England<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-1-windsor-and-eton.html">Day 1</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-2-hampton-court-arundel.html">Day 2</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day3-arundel-salisbury.html">Day 3</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-4-bradford-on-avon-bath.html">Day 4</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-5-cotswolds.html">Day 5</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-6-stow-on-wold-broadway.html">Day 6</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-7-8-eyam-bakewell.html">Day 7 & 8</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-9-london.html">Day 9</a></div>
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<a href="http://haykid.blogspot.com/2015/04/england-day-10-more-london.html">Day 10</a></div>
Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-77129707499585037402015-04-30T14:15:00.000-07:002015-04-30T14:15:05.177-07:00{Roo turns 9}<div style="text-align: center;">
The day I came home from London happened to be this little ladies 9th Birthday!</div>
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I wouldn't have missed it for the world!</div>
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She woke up to a new motor scooter (heaven help me!)</div>
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and lots of loves from her sister and I. She celelbrated all day at school and we had family and friends over for strawberry shortcake to celebrate.</div>
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She was all smiles!</div>
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She is such a happy little girl, who's heart is just huge. She is always making us laughing, and is incredibly sweet and sensitive. She is smart and funny and full of life.</div>
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This girls is a dream kid and I utterly adore her!</div>
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I 'm so glad my little squinty Roo was born!</div>
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I can't imagine life without her!</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-66204518199607034712015-04-30T14:10:00.000-07:002015-05-02T20:49:24.848-07:00ENGLAND: {Day 10: More London}<div style="text-align: center;">
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They were roping it off and had quite a bit of extra security there...</div>
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we asked why and they were quite closed mouth about it and we put 2 and 2 together and realized that the Queen was coming out in the car!</div>
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We staked our claim right at the front and made a bunch of friends while we all waiting.</div>
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This Bobby was our buddy the entire time-we made him laugh once of twice.</div>
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"What's a girl Bobby called? A Boobie?"</div>
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He liked that one.</div>
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After about 20 minutes out she came!</div>
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I wish I could get my video on here!</div>
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We were squealing like idiots but so was everyone else so it was ok.</div>
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We saw the Queen, Prince Phillip, and Prince William was behind in another car.</div>
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So cool!</div>
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We watched the changing of the guards and made our way down the road.</div>
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We found Mexican food!</div>
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(I promise we sampled a lot of English food, but by day 10 we were so excited for something different!)</div>
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And bought theater tickets and took the tube to Notting Hill.</div>
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We shopped Portobello Road for a while before finding our way to the British Museum.</div>
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Julie couldn't wait to see the Egyptian section and it was fascinating!</div>
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We also got to see the Rosetta Stone.</div>
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We wandered the streets a While before one last pub dinner and then we were off to see Wicked.</div>
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$30 tickets for the West End. Unreal!</div>
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I was thrilled!</div>
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This trip was a dream.</div>
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We met so many interesting, kind people</div>
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We seriously couldn't believe how kind the British people were!</div>
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We laughed so hard we cried numerous times.<br />
We learned a lot about real Enlish people, and Londoners.</div>
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We saw history we've dreamed of seeing and I loved every second.</div>
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I missed my girls so incredibly much!</div>
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But I also am proud that I did this.</div>
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I want them to see the world and love new things like I do and have to guts to do something new.</div>
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I hope that they can come with me next time!</div>
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It was such a dream.</div>
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First thing to do in London?</div>
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A double decker bus, of course.</div>
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We drove through the city seeing the sights we've dreamed of for soooo long!</div>
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We hopped off in Piccadilly Circus for a little shopping, and exploring.</div>
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We made our way to Covent Garden for some shopping, and some AMERICAN food!</div>
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A peanut butter shake? Yes. I wish I had one right now.</div>
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We made our way to the portrait gallery and Trafalgar square.</div>
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And then to the TOWER of London!<br />
Oh how many books we've read about this place!</div>
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We were so excited to tour it.</div>
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The most interesting part to me was the graffiti.</div>
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So sad to think of all the people locked in there for so long.</div>
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And a lot of them for no real reason.</div>
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One of Julie's ancestors was locked in for 35 years till he eventually died of the plague. </div>
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They wanted him to renounce his Catholicism, and he never would.</div>
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This is his graffiti.</div>
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After the tower we took a boat trip down the Thames.</div>
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I'm 1000% sure that people thought we were drunk because we were laughing so hard.</div>
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It was one of the funniest moments of the trip.</div>
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We hopped off the boat in time to see Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster Abby.</div>
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And the Eye.</div>
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Once again, at Westminster, we found ourselves talking to a guard.</div>
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He works for the Westminster private boarding school.</div>
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I'm so amazed at the money people drop to send their kids away to school. Unreal!</div>
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We said goodbye to our new friends and headed towards Chatsworth House.</div>
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But of course, because we have "squirrel syndrome" we ended up in the village of Eyam.</div>
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This was another favorite of mine.</div>
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It's a TINY tiny village in Derbyshire, and very old.</div>
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During the plague, this village was the only village outside of London that was affected.</div>
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Once they realized what they were dealing with, they barricaded themselves inside their village,</div>
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with food being delivered to a well outside of town.</div>
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They stayed that was for 14 months, losing over half of their village.</div>
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One mother lost her husband and 8 children.</div>
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Also worth remembering: The story of a girl in the village, who loved a boy outside. Each day they would walk to the fence near the same time and wave at each other..and then one day she didn't show.</div>
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She eventually fell victim to the plague as well.</div>
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It was a neat place to see!</div>
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(Also noted that I bought my favorite gifts here:)</div>
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After another quick drive through the town of Bakewell (darling!)</div>
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we finally made it to Chatsworth house.</div>
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And wow!</div>
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The pictures from the front don't do this place justice!</div>
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It's HUGE!</div>
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I mean huge.</div>
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And beautiful!</div>
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And people still freaking live there!</div>
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No surprises here that my favorite room was the library.</div>
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I'd never leave my house!</div>
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160 acres of Gardens there.</div>
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Wowza.</div>
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And they are stunning!</div>
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I kept trying to find Mr. Darcy, but I guess I failed...</div>
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A quick stop at a little village</div>
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(where I ate food that was reminded me of Spain)</div>
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and we headed on a long drive to York.</div>
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We got to York and checked into our "hotel"...or "brothel". </div>
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This place was awful.</div>
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It was cheap....clearly.</div>
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And we just laughed it off and went to explore.</div>
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York feels old.</div>
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REALLY old.</div>
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And a little haunted.</div>
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It's a cool place to be.</div>
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Romans built it, Vikings took it over for a time,</div>
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and it has a little pieces of their history inside. Amazing.</div>
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The shambles are rows of old houses, some built back in the 1200's.</div>
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They are crooked, and bowed, but still standing in their crooked lanes filled with tea houses and shops. So cool.</div>
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We found what's left of the old castle.</div>
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(Origionally built in 1086, with quie an impressive history)</div>
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As we were wandering the streets we found some Sisters!</div>
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We were excited to chat with them,</div>
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and they were thrilled to chat with us!</div>
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They said it's the first time anyone has ever stopped them on the street.</div>
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Left from CA right from Finland.</div>
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York is still surrounded by a medieval wall.</div>
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We walked on top of it for a while and then beside it on the way back to our swanky hotel.</div>
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The next morning I went to shower to find that the shower WOULD NOT work.</div>
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It was funny. And not funny.</div>
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So we went to find some help only to discover that throughout the night, the staff left the place and we were left ALL alone. Not a soul in sight.</div>
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A shower wasn't in the cards.<br />
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We sipped cocoa and ate scones and people watched for a while before we did some more exploring.</div>
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I was excited to see the York Minster.</div>
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We stumbled upon the ruins of St. Mary's Abby,</div>
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because in England you just stumble on history every where you turn!</div>
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And then headed to the train station to catch the train to London.</div>
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Smelly and tired and laughing about it!</div>
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We pulled into Kings Cross and I forced Julie to let me have my Harry Potter moment!</div>
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I was embarrassingly excited!</div>
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Julie was a good sport.</div>
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She has the best pic of her standing there confused captioned "where the hell am I?"</div>
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I loved it!</div>
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We were so excited when we stumbled on an LDS church downtown in Kensington.</div>
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We went inside and found a YSL meeting going on.</div>
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It was amazing to see how incredibly diverse the church is there, and how packed it was with people.</div>
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We saw lots of missionaries and chatted with a few.</div>
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We watched a little video of the history of the building there.</div>
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As we left Julie remarked how easy it is to feel at home when you are in an LDS church.</div>
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She was right.</div>
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It was so nice.</div>
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We wandered through Kensington Gardens.</div>
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And of course to the palace.</div>
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Afterwards we strolled through "Billionaire Street" where we chatted with the armed guards.</div>
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We especially loved the BIG guy carrying a tiny glass tea cup of tea. So very British.</div>
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We found a few stores to wander in before calling it a night.</div>
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A good night!</div>
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(Things to remember: finding a Carmel slice in the hotel starbucks. Another TK Maxx. The Mews.)</div>
Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-41585153796039010612015-04-30T13:19:00.000-07:002015-04-30T13:19:44.061-07:00ENGLAND {Day 6: Stow on the Wold, Broadway Tower, Sudely Castle, Derbyshire}<div style="text-align: center;">
We began the day by visiting Stow on the Wold a little more.</div>
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It used to be a market town and there wasn't a great way to capture the square, but it was so charming! We shopped for a bit before heading out.</div>
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We made a quick stop at Broadway Tower.</div>
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We assumed it was built for protection...</div>
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and learned once we got there that back in the day, Englishmen would build what they call<br />"Foley's" basically to show their wealth.h</div>
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Strange!</div>
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We intended next to head tho Sudely Castle,</div>
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but couldn't help but make our GPS mad by taking every detour into every possible village on the way.</div>
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We found ourselves on these tiny roads quite often.</div>
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We'd suck in as we drove through them.</div>
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Sudely Castle was next,</div>
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more of Julie's ancestors have ties here so it was fun to see!</div>
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And stunning.</div>
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They've kept lots of these ruins on their land.</div>
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Julie and I in the gardens.</div>
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My travel buddy :)</div>
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Julie and I both have a fascination with Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry the Eighth.</div>
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She is buried at Sudely.</div>
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She lived there when she died.</div>
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At some point she must have been forgotten about.</div>
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In the 1800's some ladies were on the grounds by the church and saw something sticking by the foundation. They talked a Gardener into digging into it and found her coffin, and this plaque!</div>
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AMAZING!</div>
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The rest of this story is a little gross, so read on at your own risk.</div>
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They opened up her coffin to find that somehow, over the last 300 years,</div>
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she hadn't decomposed at all!</div>
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So incredible and gross.</div>
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Over time, so many people came to see it and open up her coffin that now all that remains is<br />"a little bit of dust".</div>
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Only in England.</div>
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The outside of the church at Sudely.</div>
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The castle itself.</div>
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We ate a lovely dinner in a town called Chipping Campden before heading on quite a long car ride to Derbyshire.</div>
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We were excited to stay in this place, and it was probably one of the most memorial nights of the trip.</div>
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We went down to eat in the pub (some seriously good food),</div>
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Turns out, he used to own the St. Mary's Gate in Arundel.</div>
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We loved the coincidence and were reminded of what a small world it is!</div>
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We stayed up chatting with our new friends well past midnight.</div>
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Truly, one of those nights I will forever look back on fondly.</div>
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So much fun!</div>
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We said Goodbye to our crazy inn (below),</div>
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and headed to tour the Cotswolds!</div>
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We were very excited about this and it didn't disappoint!</div>
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Our first village was one called Castle Combe,</div>
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and it's one that should not be missed.</div>
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Castle Combe is the most beautiful spot I've ever seen.</div>
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Ever.</div>
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We couldn't help but feel the need to be reverent there because it's so incredibly small,</div>
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incredibly peaceful,</div>
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and incredibly old.</div>
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Time has stood still there.</div>
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We walked the trail to the city and listened to the birds chirp and knew it would be a special place.</div>
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It's stunning.</div>
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In every single way.</div>
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I wont ever forget this moment.</div>
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We drove up through this tiny little lane into a road surrounded by fields of yellow flowers.</div>
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There was a rooster in the center of the road,</div>
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a HUGE manor house back a ways,</div>
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and we were screaming because its exactly what we wanted the English country side to be!</div>
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We headed towards the "Slaughters" next, </div>
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and they don't have a lot there, but it was probably my second most favorite place we saw.</div>
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Just breathtaking and worth the drive again and again.</div>
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We also visited Snowshill, Stanton (3rd favorite) and tons of tiny little villages that I could dream of living in!</div>
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We ended the night in a lovely manor in the town of Stow on the Wold and some delicious Indian Food, and Julie's first viewing of "Girls Just wanna Have Fun."<br />
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We woke up to another English breakfast in an old manor home conservatory and knew it was to be a lovely day!</div>
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We wandered the village of Bradford on Avon first.</div>
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After visiting this old church, we snuck through the fence behind it and found ourselves on this gorgeous trail.</div>
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Surrounded by trees and birds and no one else we made our way through the trail.</div>
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It was pretty amazing.</div>
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For a time these houses stood on one side of the trail.</div>
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I could live there...yes, I could.</div>
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some were much worse than this! haha.</div>
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We made our way through the trail down to a huge park with lots of darling English children and their parents playing.</div>
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We headed to the town center for some scones and ended up at the strangest tea house that ever was.</div>
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It was hilarious!</div>
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It was a very old tea house, clearly, but the owner chose to pretend we were stuck back in time.</div>
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They were wearing hose and even had a minstrel playing in the background.</div>
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Julie and I just laughed at the oddness of it all and gobbled up our very English food.</div>
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A very funny way to end our time there!</div>
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Next we headed to Bath!</div>
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We've read so many books set there and couldn't wait to see the Bath houses, the Pump room and the Royal Crescent.</div>
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(The pump room and bath houses are on the right with the cathedral in front).</div>
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We were worried that after seeing so many little villages, that Bath would feel huge...</div>
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and it is much bigger,</div>
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but it still feels very small.</div>
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It sits in the hills all alone and is a stunning city.</div>
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And learning about the Roman history of the Baths was just amazing.</div>
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I know I keep saying that...</div>
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There is a lot of history here, </div>
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and below the baths you get to see a lot of old stones and relics from then.</div>
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My favorite was the "curses".</div>
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They would write their grievances on these old thin metals and throw them in the baths and hope that the Gods would take care of them.</div>
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Some of the things they complained about cracked me up...</div>
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pretty obvious that not much has changed in the past few thousand years!</div>
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The Royal Crescent.</div>
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It's impressive.</div>
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We have read a lot of books about people who lived here too...</div>
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and we liked to pretend they were all real.</div>
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England takes you back in time.</div>
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We stopped in the cathedral on the way back out of town,</div>
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and wasn't it very American of us to get the giggles over this mans name.</div>
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I'm sorry that Manly Power is gone...</div>
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We stopped by a bakery for some treats and soaked it all in.</div>
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I'm sitting by the baths, pump room and shadowed by a huge cathedral...</div>
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I felt so lucky at that moment!</div>
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We headed to the little village of Lacock next,</div>
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which was stunning.</div>
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Like they all are!</div>
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(Lots of movies were filmed in these Cotswold towns...a peace of my favorite Harry Potter was filmed in Lacock).</div>
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We didn't have a hotel for that night,</div>
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so we booked one quickly online and headed there after Lacock.</div>
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Oh man.</div>
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It made for the most hilarious experience!</div>
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We found a killer deal on an old manor house and headed there.</div>
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When we walked in we were a little surprised at the decor of the inn..</div>
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A huge disco ball hung in the entry way and huge art pieces hung all over the wall.</div>
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Strange ones.</div>
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She led us to a different building and we went to our room to discover only one bed,</div>
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so she said she could put us in two rooms to fix that, but it would be in the main building and it would be more "quirky".</div>
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Yep, that's a good word for it!</div>
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Turns out the hotel was bought by a famous chef in England</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Pierre_White">Marco Pierre White</a>.</div>
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He's crazy.</div>
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For real.</div>
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Each room had a theme to it.</div>
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Mine was celebrities and the pictures he had hanging on the wall were,</div>
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well,</div>
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interesting.</div>
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Julies was animals.</div>
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And it was just strange.</div>
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The whole place was strange!</div>
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And I'm not gonna lie,</div>
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I was a little scared to stay there!</div>
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The bar was open all night though, so that's comforting.....</div>
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It made for an adventure and I'm so glad we lived to tell the tale!</div>
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In reality we slept great and we couldn't help but chuckle about it most of the next day.</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-73248795846431327712015-04-30T12:19:00.002-07:002015-05-08T21:58:56.378-07:00ENGLAND {Day3: Arundel-Salisbury-Stonehenge-Bradford on Avon}<div style="text-align: center;">
We woke up in Arundel to another English Breakfast.</div>
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English people take their breakfast seriously.</div>
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It's HUGE. And they spend a good hour or two eating it each morning.</div>
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Beans, Mushrooms, Bacon or Sausage, Black pudding, Toast, Eggs, Hash browns and coffee or tea.</div>
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Julie and I just wanted a Diet Coke and to be on our way.... We are so American!</div>
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Saturdays in Arundel they have a Farmers Market down by the river and throughout the town.</div>
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It was lovely to walk around in the sunshine and see all this delicious food and handmade goods.</div>
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Such a great way to start our day!</div>
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After wandering we made our way to the castle and were excited to see the Tulips in bloom in the gardens.</div>
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We wandered through the grounds to the incredibly old, and incredibly creepy church first.</div>
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This church was probably my favorite we saw the entire time.</div>
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It was full of tombs, incredibly old ones and just had the strangest feel to it.</div>
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We stayed in there for a while before we decided to go check out the gardens.</div>
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It was a night and day difference!</div>
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These gardens were the most beautiful gardens I've ever seen.</div>
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I have no words to describe how amazing they were.</div>
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Hidden benches and alcoves and vines growing every where.</div>
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even with a few palm trees. It was unexpected, but just breathtaking!</div>
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(Another church towers behind the gardens below).</div>
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And to be there during the tulip festival was pretty lovely also.</div>
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They were stunning!</div>
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After the gardens we wandered through the rest of the garden for the tour of the castle.</div>
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Keep in mind, people STILL live in every single one of these castles...</div>
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we couldn't wrap our minds around that as we walked into this one.</div>
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Arundel Castle is intimidating in size and the turrets are exactly what you dream of a castle to look like.</div>
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I think we both really enjoyed the smaller castles because the people who work their know the owners, and kinda like to gossip! We learned a few funny things about the Duke of Norfolk and his family....</div>
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and they couldn't wait to tell us that last year Prince Charles just landed his helicopter there to have tea with the Duke.</div>
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Who are these people? How is this normal, everyday life??</div>
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HOW?</div>
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After the lovely Arundel we headed to Salisbury to see the Cathedral there.</div>
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This lovely cottage above sits on the grounds and I just loved it.</div>
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I feel like I need to duplicate it and have this exact same home here in Utah.</div>
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Stunning!</div>
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The Cathedral was beautiful, and when we got there they were having a service, so we snuck in to the end of the service and it was pretty neat to see. Afterwards, the congregation filed out and they</div>
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In the next building over, the gorgeous rooms houses the Magna Carta.</div>
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We wandered over and sat around the stained glass room getting a little history lesson.</div>
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It was a pretty neat experience.</div>
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We weren't sure what we'd have time for next,</div>
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so we plugged in Stonehenge into our GPS wondering if we'd have time to go,</div>
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and found we were 11 miles away...</div>
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so DUH. No brainer there.</div>
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Off to Stonehenge we went.</div>
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When we got to the parking lot there was a man standing in the field,</div>
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singing with his arms up as if he was worshiping the sun.</div>
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We knew it was gonna be interesting then!</div>
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I didn't know what to expect when we got there...</div>
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I mean, I've seen the pics and assumed that was enough,</div>
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but Stonehenge was fascinating!</div>
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I had NO idea how many people it took to lay these stones,</div>
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that so many people were buried there,</div>
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that some of the stones were thought to have been there since 3000 BC, </div>
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and older posts below that date back long before that!</div>
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I had no idea that back then people traveled thousands of miles to go there...</div>
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it was just so unreal.</div>
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I had no idea that the stones were brought from miles and miles away.</div>
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We kept wondering WHY? Why has so much happened in this particular spot.</div>
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You couldn't help but wonder what made is so special.</div>
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I thoroughly enjoyed learning all about it.</div>
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It was amazing!</div>
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(My topknot...I feel like I need to make a disclaimer that we had no flat iron and some days no blow dryer...so the hair was either up or in a hat for a week. Don't judge me!)</div>
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We didn't have a hotel room set up for that night, </div>
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As we drove into the town we literally "oohed and awed" over how stunning it is.</div>
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I wish these pictures did it justice!</div>
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Whitewashed old buildings climb up the hillside with steeples and pubs and shops dotting the roadside.</div>
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It's beautiful!</div>
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We stopped at a lovely cemetery before finally finding our way to a hotel to stay in</div>
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and then headed out for a late dinner on the water. It was a lovely, fabulous day!</div>
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{Things for me to remember: Dick and Janes, Julie's room in the tip top of the Inn, Ann Bolyn's neckalce, the lovely library in the castle, eating or pizza lunch in Arundel)</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-72589264172233012652015-04-29T23:25:00.000-07:002015-04-29T23:25:51.866-07:00ENGLAND {Day 2: Hampton Court & Arundel}<div style="text-align: center;">
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yes 12.</div>
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We drove to Hampton Court.</div>
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we have read so many books that take place here,</div>
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and are a little obsessed with Henry the Eight's reign.</div>
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We were so excited that when you visit Hampton Court, the parking lot makes </div>
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which means your first view of the castle, is the entire castle.</div>
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The size of this place is ASTOUNDING.</div>
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It's huge!</div>
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We were much more impressed with the audio tour here.</div>
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Hampton Court has 3 different types of state apartments,</div>
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and we were most excited that the Tudor apartments are still standing.</div>
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Most of the castle had been redone since Henry's reign,</div>
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but they ran out of money and never quite got to his apartments, church and great hall or kitchens.</div>
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Thank goodness! It was pretty astounding to see.</div>
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Here's Julie in the Great Hall, where they did most of their entertaining.</div>
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Julie had to sit in his throne.</div>
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This room is surrounded by gorgeous woodwork from the ceiling down and Henry's initials are all carved all through it. At one point there was also many AB's for Ann Bolyn, but after he had her killed he removed all of them, but somehow missed one.</div>
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We learned pretty quickly that the audio tour is fabulous, but asking the tour guides questions is even better! They had so many interesting side notes to tell us and we sat and talked to many of them for quite a while. (We spoke to a super nice guy from New Zealand who told us about the secret rooms and trap doors and talked to our new friend Gemma, who told us all about the rumors surrounding King William....Julie also may have tried to set Gemma up with her son....) We saw the tiny room Henry married Catherine Parr, the working kitchens and the beautiful chapel. And then toured William and Mary's apartments-where we learned quite a bit about them and now are dying to know more! And also toured the apartments of Queen Caroline and King George, who hated their son Frederick and we couldn't get enough of their story.....</div>
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I'm just dying to get my hands on a book about their CRAZY relationship stat.</div>
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Ok, if you are still with me, forgive me for geeking out over books.</div>
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I just can't help myself.</div>
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Hampton Court was just amazing and I need to soak in so much more information!</div>
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Hampton Courts lovely gardens.</div>
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We dined on traditional English food to finish off our visit where I began my love affair with Scones and clotted cream, and we were on our way.</div>
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To say that it was a successful visit is an understatement.</div>
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It was epic and I wanna go back right now.</div>
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After Hampton Court we made our way to the tiny town of Arundel.</div>
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Arundel Castle belongs to the Duke of Norfolk.</div>
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(The Duke of Norfolk in Tudor times, was a bad, bad man...who also happens to be on Julie's family tree). We had to add it to our list when she realized she had ties to the city and castle.</div>
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Here's a few things I remember about the drive:</div>
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Us sighing in tandem over the stunning views.</div>
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Us not knowing what the English street signs were and screaming as we thought we were gonna die as we entered the freeway...we may have got honked at once or twice.</div>
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Driving through Petworth and gasping at it's beauty!</div>
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And us almost crying as 6 huge garbage trucks passed us on the skinny road.</div>
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I can't help but laugh remembering it!</div>
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Arundel was a bit of a dream!</div>
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We stayed in a 500 year old Inn below an old pub that was completely shadowed by the cathedral.</div>
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After being made fun of for our awful parking job... "How long have you been driving?"</div>
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We checked in and took off to explore the city.</div>
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The cathedral.</div>
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Our darling Inn...remember this place as it pops up again down the road.</div>
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Another old church (1200's) down the road surrounded by the creepiest, most lovely cemetery.</div>
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Julie and I were alone walking around this cemetery and it was pretty dreamy.</div>
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with shops and restaurants and our first good view of the castle.</div>
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Gorgeous castle...exactly what you'd think a castle should look like.</div>
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Things I want to remember: the kind man offering chocolate for the next day. The garbage trucks. Parking and laughing till we cried. The darling girls singing in the church. Spilling my candy in Julie's bag.</div>
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About 3 years ago when Trav's cancer decided to make our life awfully hard,</div>
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my friends spent a lot of time trying to distract me.</div>
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They brought me lovely gifts every week and left them on my stoop.</div>
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They made sure I had Diet Coke and a large supply of chocolate.</div>
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We had lots of late night movies and they've fed me more dinners then I deserve.</div>
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We planned a few fun little get aways (and took them!)</div>
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And we started talking about our DREAM trip that someday we would hopefully take,</div>
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to England.</div>
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places we would love to visit,</div>
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and we've joked about it off and on....</div>
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I wasn't really expecting any of my friends to be able to leave their families for such </div>
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an extravagant trip.</div>
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I know most of them would rather spend that money with their husbands,</div>
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and taking such a long trip is impossible...</div>
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but Julie is a traveler and a wanderlust at heart,</div>
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and her husband was incredibly kind to send her packing.</div>
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We kept looking at each other during the trip and saying, </div>
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"Are we really doing this?"</div>
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Something we've dreamed of and joked about for so long-and we really did it.</div>
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We knew when we were crying tears of laughter before we'd even left that we were gonna have a great trip...</div>
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and the empty plane ride was a good omen of how lucky we would get on this trip.</div>
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We all tease Julie that she lives a charmed life, and I saw it many times during the week!</div>
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We headed straight for Windsor Castle.</div>
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We walked the winding streets of Windsor up to the castle just in time for the changing of the guards and the realization that the Queen was in residence.</div>
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We toured the castle and were awed by it's opulence,</div>
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and really wished we could've walked through the state apartments...</div>
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(We both didn't love the audio tour, which talked a lot about the Art and not a lot about the History,</div>
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but it still was so amazing to see and to actually be there!)</div>
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Just across the Thames from Windsor is Eton.</div>
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I actually think I enjoyed seeing Eton more than Windsor...</div>
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it was a lovely, and much quieter little village.</div>
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And seeing the school was pretty amazing.</div>
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We saw lots of boys wandering around, clearly made of money,</div>
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and I couldn't help but imagine shipping my kids of to a really expensive, old private school.</div>
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I just couldn't do it!</div>
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For some reason these prestigious schools really interest me.</div>
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And guess what we found in Windsor!</div>
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TK MAXX!</div>
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We had to go in and talk ourselves into not bringing home too much!</div>
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We also ordered a little treat, (the caramel slice), that would become our favorite little morsel and I wont even tell you how many we devoured while there!</div>
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A private Garden in Eton.</div>
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After a VERY long plane ride, and walking MILES and MILES,</div>
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we were exhausted. And that is an understatement.</div>
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We wandered back to our hotel crying and laughing all at once and I'm positive that people must have thought we were drunk...</div>
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nope, just tired!</div>
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We popped ourselves into bed by 8:30 and slept at least 12 hours so we could try and get used to the large time zone.</div>
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It was a dreamy first day!</div>
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Things I want to remember about Day 1: </div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-63799597664973759062015-04-28T21:57:00.000-07:002015-04-28T23:11:51.300-07:00{An awful lot of Strep-Spring Break}<div style="text-align: center;">
Strep, has become a constant companion in our home thanks to Roo's tonsils.</div>
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Bless her heart.</div>
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It just wont stay away!</div>
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I haven't broken the news to her yet that the tonsils will be coming out very quickly!</div>
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We didn't go far for Spring Break this year,<br />
but we did take a few days away and went to Eden to get away.<br />
It was such a lovely little break with my sweet kids!</div>
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We had a quick visit from Heather, Breje and Brielle so we could go shopping for Breje a prom dress.</div>
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It was such a lovely fun day and Breje couldn't have been more stunning in the dress she chose!</div>
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Easter came and we had a lovely day watching conference and hanging with the family.</div>
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My cute little Adyson got some new specs.</div>
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I can't even handle how grown up and lovely she is becomming.</div>
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I kinda like her.</div>
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Sienna had to make a small machine for school-</div>
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it's my absolute least favorite project!</div>
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Thank goodness Cody stepped in and took her to his house to help him build it.</div>
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He's such a wonderful Uncle and Brother.</div>
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I had to snap a picture of this lovely school project hanging on the walls at the girls school.</div>
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Sienna sure misses her Daddy!</div>
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(We all miss him!)</div>
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Courtney made it home from her mission!</div>
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We were so excited to go welcome her home.</div>
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And the girls were extra excited to play with Tag!</div>
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And here is Sienna's final project!</div>
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A chocolate wishing well....</div>
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it was quite a hit in the school.</div>
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She came home and told me</div>
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"Mom, a 5th grader stopped me in the hall and told me that mine was her favorite....a 5th grader mom! a 5th grader!"</div>
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I love her enthusiasm!</div>
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Adyson and I at a dinner date, just the two of us.</div>
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A totally fabulous way to spend a weekend!</div>
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And a party with my girlfiriends aferwards, </div>
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another lovely way to spend a weekend!g</div>
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Strep Round 2.</div>
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Strep Round 3.</div>
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Tonsil time I tell you!</div>
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Dinner with my little ladies before I left them on a major vacation.</div>
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Leaving them was awful!</div>
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I sure love them.</div>
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Being their mother is just the best job anyone could ask for!</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-77290688211754207032015-03-26T22:34:00.000-07:002015-03-27T08:27:33.373-07:00{Adyson Turns 11, Friends, And some ramblings}<div style="text-align: center;">
I have two very social little butterflies around here...</div>
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my house, it seems, is always full of a few extra giggling girls</div>
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(I have NO idea where they got it from)....</div>
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I wouldn't have it any other way.</div>
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I adore them all.</div>
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Adyson, this past year, has become my little fashionista.</div>
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She picks her clothes and I think-</div>
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"Those totally don't go together!"</div>
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And then she gets dressed and I'm like..."Oh, yep, that's cute."</div>
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Such fun watching her grow up.</div>
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This is a normal weekend for me.</div>
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Hanging with my Amy, who is like my soul sister.</div>
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And kinda like my hair/clothes twin.</div>
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I adore her.</div>
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Cody and Amy had a trip planned for Disneyland scheduled to leave on Adyson's birthday.</div>
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When she heard that she was insistent that we celebrate early with them so they could join us.</div>
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And when she realized she could do breakfast at Herms and everyone could make it she was thrilled!</div>
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It's her absolute favorite.</div>
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And then they brought her a cinnamon roll and crepes and she was over the moon!</div>
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Doing the math...if she looks 15 at 11..that makes me look....well....let's not go there.</div>
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Here's the crew (minus the Wolfleys who need to move to Cache Valley stat).</div>
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That day was filled with Grandma taking her shopping, one on one and spoiling her rotten</div>
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and Cinderella.</div>
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It's LOVELY.</div>
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Again. I only have 2 little ladies.</div>
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Sometimes it seems like I have 17.</div>
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So I remember:</div>
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The other day we were 10 minutes early for church.</div>
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This absolutely never happens.</div>
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The girls were so excited to get a 'soft seat'.</div>
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About a half hour in, Roo looks at me with wonder in her eyes, and says,</div>
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I'm still laughing over it.</div>
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Helping in her class.</div>
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I am so grateful to be able to spend time with them at school...</div>
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I am realizing very quickly that this time with them being little is coming to and end so fast.</div>
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I love it, and I hate it all so much.</div>
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It's hard. And great. And awful.</div>
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The night before Adysons Birthday she was able to go to dinner with her Kidman Grandparents</div>
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Isn't she looking so grown up?</div>
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Adyson's actual Birthday came!</div>
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She's been counting down for weeks.</div>
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As usual, she awoke to a new birthday outfit,</div>
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Subway for lunch at school, about a million calls and texts....</div>
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And when she got home from school her best neighbor friends surprised her by decorating her room!</div>
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She was so shocked and excited. I am so glad she has such great, loving friends!</div>
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Later, shopping with friends,</div>
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ice cream with Roo and I, and her showing off her new ipod</div>
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She had a great day!<br />
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I adore the kid Adyson is growing up to be.<br />
She is kind and thoughtful and incredibly loyal and loving.<br />
She is full of music and creativity and about the most social little butterfly there ever was.<br />
There are times when I want to drop kick her...because she's 11!<br />
But mostly, I just adore watching her flourish.<br />
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Roo got another leadership award today at school for putting first things first.</div>
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Her teacher said she is always on task and always asking if she can help,</div>
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I'm sure proud of her. </div>
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This was her response when i asked if I could take her pic...</div>
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she was too busy to look up!</div>
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Love her. Love being her Mom!</div>
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We lost one of Adyson's best friends Moms, and one of my dear friends to Melanoma </div>
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I hate cancer.</div>
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Treasuring this photo Andi posted on her instagram of the flowers she made for Trav's funeral.</div>
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Beautiful. What a talent. I imagine the flowers in Heaven are brighter than ever.</div>
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After the past few weeks, I really just felt the need to express my gratitude for the people that have helped us survive the past few years, and for the people that were behind the scenes making things so lovely and as easy as possible for me when it all happened. I doubt I'll ever really even know who had their hands in there helping, but I'm forever grateful for it.</div>
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We have a few fun things coming up next month-</div>
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Spring Break.</div>
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Easter.</div>
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New glasses for Adyson.</div>
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A birthday for Roo.</div>
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Soccer for Roo.</div>
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A play for Adyson.</div>
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Dance recital for Roo.</div>
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And a big trip for Mom!</div>
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I hope all is well!</div>
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My sweet friends take it upon themselves to do something kind for me for Valentines Day.</div>
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This year Candace decided i needed my nails done before our trip to California.</div>
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We spent the day (with Kristin too), eating salad, drinking diet coke, and getting our nails done.</div>
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I gave Roo's color a little refresher and then sat there full of envy.</div>
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This girl has such great hair!</div>
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The ladies had to get all dressed up for Valentines Day at school.</div>
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I may be biased, but I think they are such darlings.</div>
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We ran errands the day before our trip and I thought the girls would enjoy</div>
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the music on 90's on 9....</div>
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but when I turned around I saw this!</div>
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I'm outdated. It's happened. Maybe a long time ago?</div>
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My amazing brother brought me and the girls flowers for Valentines Day.</div>
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He gives me an awful lot of crap and makes fun of me at every turn,</div>
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but this just proves he has the biggest heart, and he loves me</div>
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I'm so grateful for all the good people in my life!</div>
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It meant an awful lot to the girls too.</div>
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Valentines Day we woke up and took off for our yearly trip to Disneyland.</div>
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I keep thinking maybe we should mix it up and go somewhere else...</div>
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but the girls are still loving this trip, and every year we have a blast.</div>
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We couldn't have had better weather this year!</div>
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Roo, on the plane, managed to fall asleep about 10 minutes before we landed, and didn't wake up till we got of the plane.</div>
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We ate a delicious dinner at Bubba Gumps, and the kids got in the pool at 9:00 at night.</div>
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A great start to our vacation!</div>
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While they were swimming with cousins, Miguel and Jody- Me, Heather, My Mom and Breje went to Downtown Disney and I found my favorite treat ever! I took my first bite with fireworks going off behind me....I'm not even lying. The timing was pretty funny.</div>
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We had 6 days in California and we spent a good amount of time trying to decide what to do while we were there. Heather and I finally decided to just get the 5 day pass so we could sleep in, nap during the day, and see everything. I wouldn't do this with just the 3 of us, but for a party of 11 it was perfect. Here we are Day 1. These are happy kids!</div>
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I asked the kids for a pic and of course Miguel bombed it. Such great kids!</div>
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Adyson: this trip I realized how much she has really grown the past year.</div>
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It's heartbreaking and wonderful all at once. She is growing into someone I really-really adore...</div>
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but I still wish she would slow down. </div>
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She is so capable. She didn't need me to do a whole lot for her and I'm so proud that I've raised her to be so self sufficient, but I do miss her needing me a tiny bit!</div>
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We still love the Fairy Godmother best of all.</div>
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Sidenote: she's been the same one 7 years running.</div>
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Amazing.</div>
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Roo: This kid is so aware of others, and especially me. </div>
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She felt awful if I had to ride a ride alone (even though i was totally fine with it),</div>
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she worried if I went to grab a fast pass by myself, she is always trying to take care of me.</div>
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She is just a sweet, sweet little girl. I love her so.</div>
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I call this one "Candi and Bambi".</div>
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I LOVED spending so much time with my sister and my amazing mom.</div>
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They are both just so much fun, and amazing examples to me. We missed our Amy the entire time though....next time!</div>
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Sully, Adysons very favorite.</div>
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Twinner cousins, and best friends.</div>
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These two.</div>
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They rode almost every ride together and we basically had to pry them apart.</div>
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They have the cutest friendship.</div>
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Man, how they've grown!</div>
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Cutest Grandparents around. They spoiled us the whole week. My kids and I are so blessed.</div>
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Passing the time by bubble gum, bubble gum, Down by the banks, and a lot of hand games.</div>
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I couldn't wait to take my girls to Laguna.</div>
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I would move there in a heart beat...and seriously when I'm there I consider finding a job and taking the plunge. It's breathtaking.</div>
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Plus, then I could wear a hat every single day and it would be totally appropriate.</div>
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This kid is made for the beach.</div>
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I mean, her hair-after a full day there. It's unfair and incredible!</div>
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I kinda loved our midday naps. It was just me and the girls and they would play and chat my ears off while we snoozed and laid around. It's always the small things!</div>
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This was one of the funnest moments of the trip...the girls getting ready to race the boys.</div>
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We may have chanted and danced a little.....</div>
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Top Knot-Make up free. Still loving Radiator Springs.</div>
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We loved the park late at night, and roamed into Toon town and we were THE ONLY people there.</div>
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I don't love toon town, but when you are the only one there it's quite charming!</div>
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Our last night there and a lovely dinner with the family. So fun.</div>
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I mean, come on. This is funny stuff!</div>
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Thank goodness for tall cousins who made it so I didn't have to ride the teacups!</div>
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And for little cousins (Brielle) who make it so Sienna can still meet the princesses and not be embarrassed. Adyson was too cool! :(</div>
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Third wheel with Heather and Jody.</div>
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Wonderful trip with wonderful people.</div>
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I cherish making these memories and love getting uninterrupted time with them.</div>
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Plus, I really dig my siblings and parents. Just missing Cody and Amy and the kids so much!</div>
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We left from LAX and waited in the bathroom line for 20 minutes, paid $12.50 for the sickest sandwich ever, and were literally the ONLY isle on the plane that didn't get pretzels and a diet coke.h</div>
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Adyson and I came down with what can only be called the plague (don't worry, we are vaccinated for Measles!), and I've spent all day doing laundry, with a massive headache and worst sore throat ever had. Yep, vacation is truly over!</div>
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My kids have really loved being a part of the 'Light Team' at their school this year,</div>
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and have loved learning about The 7 Habits.</div>
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It's been so fun to watch their leadership skills and confidence grow.</div>
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The other day their school held the symposium for The Leader In Me program,</div>
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and the Light Team was able to help.</div>
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My girls loved helping, and missing a day of school to help:O.</div>
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Adyson and Macey.</div>
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Roo and her cute friends got to hold signs and shake the teachers hands as they got off the bus.</div>
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As you can imagine, Sienna was all smiles.</div>
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Adyson shook their hands as they walked inside the building and directed them where to go.</div>
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Both girls took groups of 5 or 6 teachers around to classrooms and helped them get where they needed to be. At one point I heard Adyson say to a group of 5 teachers,</div>
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"Ok ladies, it's time to move on so we aren't late...."</div>
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I had to laugh. She isn't normally my ON TIME child.</div>
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Adyosn has made some darling friends this year, which I love.</div>
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What I don't love? She seems to want to spend more and more time with them.</div>
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Is this what happens when they grow?</div>
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I certainly didn't do this to my mom!</div>
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Another down side? She gets more texts my phone then I do.</div>
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These girls planned matching hair for the day.</div>
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It brought back some memories!</div>
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Roo has some pretty darling friends too.</div>
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It's always a house full of girls around here!</div>
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Roo got an award at school from the principal for being such a great leader.</div>
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She didn't know it was coming and was BEAMING with pride and excitement.</div>
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This kid has no poker face.</div>
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We finished skiing lessons. The girls have grown a lot this year,</div>
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and I'm especially proud of Adyson for pushing herself so hard.</div>
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Her vision problems have gotten quite a bit worse this past year, and surgery is looming</div>
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over our heads. I'm always so proud and amazed at how hard she works. Physical things wont-and don't come easy to Adyson. She finds whats shes good at, and focuses on that. And she never complains or compare herself to others. I learn a lot from that and wish I could compare myself less! The lessons our kids teach us!</div>
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I've spent plenty of days on the mountain. I've felt myself become more comfortable and feel like I'm getting good again, and then a day like this one happens and I feel like a complete failure!</div>
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Roo, This Sunday she woke up before me, put away all the laundry, made her bed, got dressed and remembered to skip breakfast for Fast Sunday, just to surprise me.</div>
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Sometimes parenting isn't pretty!</div>
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Speaking of Adyson focusing on her talents,</div>
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There was a lot of people there and I was amazed at her bravery! I never could have done it!</div>
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She has a beautiful little voice. And a beautiful little heart. Travis would have LOVED it.</div>
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A few of her best friends were at the meet swimming-she loved knowing they were cheering her on!</div>
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Clearly, I'm her biggest fan.</div>
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Just a snapshot of Amy and I. Normal late night hair for me (I know, I look FABULOUS!) Cody had just told us we look like a couple of blueberries. I love my sister in law an awful lot.</div>
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Things are going well over here-I hope all of my friends can say the same thing.:)</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-37177184329346314532015-01-24T23:08:00.002-08:002015-01-24T23:08:41.369-08:00{Back to Reality}<div style="text-align: center;">
I have just spent the past hour browsing this blog and I am beyond thankful for it.</div>
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YEARS of our life has been documented here.</div>
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My beautiful ladies when they were tiny little angels.</div>
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Our family when we were 4.</div>
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Our family growing and changing.</div>
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It is a treasure.</div>
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I may be the only person who really looks at it anymore,</div>
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now that instagram has taken over the world,</div>
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but I am pretty grateful to have it.</div>
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Here's the latest:</div>
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For the past few years I have been begging the girls to jump on the Harry Potter train.</div>
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I LOVE these books and movies, and they just haven't jumped on board.</div>
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So I pretty much forced them to watching the first movie. </div>
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(We read the book a few years ago and they were impartial.)</div>
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They both really liked it, though Roo has managed to cover her eyes through the hard parts.</div>
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We've watched the first 3-and I can't wait for the rest.</div>
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Love Live HP!</div>
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Going back to school has been rough of these tired ladies.</div>
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Sienna has managed to fall asleep on the couch multiple times.</div>
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Doesn't she look cozy? I want to join her!</div>
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It has been so incredibly wonderful to get back up to Beaver this year.</div>
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I hadn't realized how much I missed it and have loved spending time up there with my girls,</div>
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and my friends. I am pretty blessed to have a job that allows me to choose my own hours...</div>
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I've spent lots of weekdays up skiing, and lots of middle of the night hours working to make up for it.</div>
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Totally worth it!</div>
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This kid rocked the halls in school.</div>
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She was slightly excited!</div>
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Every time my kids accomplish a goal they can be proud of,</div>
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I feel less and less like I'm completely failing them.</div>
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Single parenting is tough! I worry constantly that my kids aren't getting the guidance they </div>
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deserve. That I am not getting them where they need to be-</div>
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so when they succeed I pat them on the back, and secretly pat myself there too.</div>
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Let's be honest though, these girls teach me more than I'll ever teach them.</div>
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They are resilient little troopers.</div>
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Our Bunco group manages to sneak in a few fun days as often as we can.</div>
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We snuck down to Station Park for shopping and dinner.</div>
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It was lovely. These past few years I've been so taken care of by some of the most amazing women.</div>
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They are just fun, beautiful people who make me want to be a better person and mother.</div>
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And they are freaking hilarious too!</div>
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(Kristin Adler, Jen Lewis, Erin Davis, Suzie Clark, Brianne Hansen, Ashley Ballard, Courtney Mckay, Katie Davis, Me, Candace Mullen)</div>
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The ladies got some fresh color...</div>
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blue for Adyson and orange for Roo.</div>
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Thank goodness this fades extremely fast!</div>
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Another ski day with my dad.</div>
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After I posted this on instagram a few people were wondering if "Miguel" was my boyfriend.</div>
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I'm trying really hard not to think about how pathetic this is! Really, though, hilarious stuff.</div>
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Plus, my dad is awesome.</div>
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But still, ew.</div>
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Adyson has been growing up.</div>
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I mean, really growing up.</div>
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She gets more texts and calls on my cell phone than I do.</div>
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And she is always talking about boys.</div>
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How did I manage to raise a boy crazy girl?</div>
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Certainly I wasn't like this at all???</div>
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Right?</div>
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We had Lexi stay with us for 9 days while her parent's were in Hawaii.</div>
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I managed to get them all to school on time every single day...</div>
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We loved having her and I loved listening to them giggle as they tried to sleep each night.</div>
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They have such cute friends.</div>
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Yep, me and the old guys.</div>
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Don't let me fool you though, they all can SKI and it's been fun trying to keep up!</div>
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I realize how blessed I am to have a great Dad, and so many great father figures.</div>
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Kyle plays relief society president and chats with everyone we see,</div>
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Kerry's laugh you can hear for miles,</div>
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and my Dad goes from giving me tips to become a better skier to tearing up because he's so happy to have me there. It's the best 2 hours and I've appreciated hanging with them.</div>
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(Sienna calls them the Old Man crew.)</div>
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After Skiing today Adyson went to a friends, so Sienna and I went shopping for a bit.</div>
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I tried a jacket on and after a while decided I really didn't need it (because I have about a million already)! Sienna grabbed $20 of her own money and stuffed it in my purse and told me she would pay for most of it if I'd buy it. She is so sweet and thoughtful. It really melted my heart.</div>
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(I gave her the money back with a big smooch on her cheek! ) But the thought. It was just precious.</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-65764073275389141012015-01-04T22:37:00.001-08:002015-01-04T22:37:25.661-08:00{2015}<div style="text-align: center;">
New Years Eve, for me, has probably been the worst Holiday since Travis passed away.</div>
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Last year I remember just feeling so incredibly lost when the clock struck midnight.</div>
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I was ending a year full of grief and ache, but it was a year that had Travis in it....</div>
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And I was entering a new year-one that Travis wouldn't really be a part of.</div>
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Looking back,</div>
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I did as good as I could have.</div>
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I made loads of mistakes.</div>
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But I have learned a lot in the past year,</div>
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and I think the girls and I have thrived the best we could.</div>
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That being said,</div>
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I was really dreading NYE.</div>
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Christmas is full of family activies.</div>
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I never felt like the awkward third wheel...</div>
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But NYE is a Holiday for couples and I kinda wanted to tuck myself in at 9 and forget about it!</div>
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But-</div>
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I knew my girls would want it to be fun, and so I tried really hard to make it so.</div>
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And you know what?</div>
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We had a GREAT NYE.</div>
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It was a fabulous night!</div>
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The house was full of people.</div>
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The cousins and friends ran around playing games all night.</div>
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We blew up balloons with activites inside that the kids could pop each hour,</div>
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and they LOVED it and it kept them so entertained that the adults played games and ate </div>
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ourselves sick the entire night.</div>
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We made it till midnight and not once did I feel lonely or like a 5th wheel.</div>
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I felt completely content and excited about starting a new year fresh.</div>
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Last year instead of setting goals I would for sure break...</div>
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I followed a lot of my friends examples by choosing one word to help me be better throughout the year.</div>
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Last years was EMBRACE.</div>
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I wanted to embrace the good as much as I could. Embrace the bad when I needed to.</div>
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Embrace my new life. Embrace my kids. Embrace it all.</div>
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It was a great word for last year. One I reminded myself of often.</div>
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I've had a hard time choosing this years word, and it's because so many speak to me. I have much work to do and so many of them are appropriate-but the word </div>
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is the one I keep coming back to.</div>
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This year, I am going to try harder to really LISTEN.</div>
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Listen to my kids sweet voices and hear what they really need.</div>
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Listen to what they are really saying, when they aren't quite being themselves.</div>
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Listen to my body and give it what it needs.</div>
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Listen to my heart and hope it takes me in the right places.</div>
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Listen to my friends when they uplift me.</div>
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Listen to my family who always wants whats best for me.</div>
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Listen to the Spirit.</div>
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Listen for answers to prayers.</div>
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Just Listen.</div>
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I am excited to focus on this.</div>
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I know it's what I need.</div>
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I hope 2015 is a great year for all my dear friends and family members!</div>
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(The ladies and I on NYE)</div>
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Glow in the dark Slumber party for Adyson...</div>
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around 1 am!</div>
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Darling friends and cousins at Midnight.</div>
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Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307879538172047092.post-60667230113383923412014-12-29T16:11:00.001-08:002014-12-29T16:37:33.399-08:00{Lots of Christmas Fun}<div style="text-align: center;">
Each year in December we try to do something special to celebrate the Season...</div>
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this year I was totally off my game and we had multiple makeup days...but we squeezed in a lot of fun!</div>
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This was one of my favorites-The Christmas Village in Ogden.</div>
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It was darling! The girls and I loved it and the weather totally worked for us this year.</div>
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We got a screening of Juanito Bandito-and it was hilarious like always.</div>
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The girls were thrilled to see their friends there and ditched me the second we walked in...</div>
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So I was thrilled to find some great friends of my own in my old 15th ward buddies. So fun!</div>
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That night we went to my moms and the ENTIRE fam came up for our early Christmas Eve party. I look forward to hanging with my siblings so much and it was an absolute blast.</div>
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They truly love each other and its a joy to see.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIv7adKu7jbrfNpkJTd3FW0iszf_d159POWzw7_qkPP0e4koqjIBF1t_0q-5RwHo1gIl_BTMdx0F-TZjEVRqeQEiZC9eDrqU991U6NVevpsBfuNgaJSN4QfLf9pRse1DhWB-CyQcr_y9R/s1600/IMG_4370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">The next day Adyson sang again at the mall and did a wonderful job! She had a TON of support and felt very loved...and a little embarrassed when some of her best friends walked in. She is blossoming in her talent and I am so proud of her! 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Clothes, money and coupons for lots of fun things to do while we are there. The girls were thrilled!</div>
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Adyson got an award at school for being a leader in her class and a great friend to everyone. When Travis died I was (and still sometimes am) worried about how my girls would do without him. I am always amazed at how they seem to excel and find joy and keep smiling. I am truly blessed with great kids! Good job Adyson!</div>
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Christmas Eve morning the girls woke up to their usual gift from Mrs. Clause... .a new shirt to wear for the day. The older they get, the more excited they get about this tradition. I think she will continue to deliver even when they are old and married. :) Poor Sienna woke up to a VERY sore throat and was pretty miserable, but we made the best of the day. We had the Johnson clan over for dinner, games and treats and it was a really beautiful Christmas eve with lots of smiles. Before bed we put some luminaries on Trav's grave, said prayers, opened jammies and I tucked my little goof balls in bed before Santa came. It was a VERY sleepless night with one sick Roo (who needed a bath at 1:30 am), one excited Adyson who tried to wake us up at 4 and 4:30...and one tired mom who crawled into bed the first time about 20 minutes before Roo woke up sick...but Christmas Eve will always be my favorite night of the year and we made the best of it.</div>
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Santa Came, and he delivered more then any of us deserve:).</div>
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The second pic down is my stash. My cute mom took the girls shopping and they bought my gifts with their own money, and wrapped it all. Again, I was touched by how great my kids are!</div>
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Adyson got combat boots, plaid, and a beanie and when she threw it all on I was transported to the 90s...she's killing it.</div>
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We've enjoyed the last week and spent some more time at Beaver, and Grandpa came to spend the day with us....<br />
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It's been a great break so far! We've felt very loved and blessed and enjoyed each other immensely.<br />
We are all so grateful for a reason to spend time together, and for a season to remember the birth of our Savior!</div>
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I just couldn't help myself!</div>
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The girls and I spent the day shopping for brand new decorations for the tree, </div>
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Our bird tree turned out pretty dang beautiful though! It's the tree I've wanted for years.</div>
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I feel spoiled.</div>
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And I refuse to take them off and start over, so I'm hoping our lovely birds</div>
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take the attention away from the unlit sections!</div>
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I was pretty exhausted after lugging the boxes all over the house,</div>
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and carrying the trees and putting everything together.</div>
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I sat down that night and turned the lights off and let the tree glow and felt extremely proud</div>
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of how independent I've become.</div>
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I'm getting really good at doing the 'man stuff'.</div>
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If only that didn't include killing spiders!</div>
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Getting Christmas out means that the Elf book came out also.</div>
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I caught these two in an awfully sweet moment.</div>
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I love being their mom!</div>
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We've been spending a lot of time doing projects after school...</div>
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I swear, they have a big one due every single week.</div>
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I complain a little and then realize how blessed I am that they need my help still,</div>
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and that they enjoy spending a few hours together every day still...</div>
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so daily I tell myself to embrace the chaos and enjoy it!</div>
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We've spent our Saturdays lazing around in hoodies and hats and Christmas shopping</div>
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and lunching together. </div>
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Is there a better way to spend a weekend?</div>
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No! There isn't!</div>
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My girlfriends made a trek to the taco wagon in Richmond for my friend Briann's birthday lunch.</div>
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It was FREEZING-and we just had to laugh at ourselves.</div>
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Only our friends find us in situations like this...often.</div>
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I love my crazy friends.</div>
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They are such great people!</div>
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Court and I felt like little Babushkas.</div>
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I spent the day before Thanksgiving baking a LOAD of pies and made Rolls Thanksgiving morning.</div>
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I reflected over the past year pretty much the entire day.</div>
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It has been full of so many emotions-I mean, EVERY emotion in the book.</div>
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But when I look back I am full of hope.</div>
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The girls and I have been able to smile, and to heal.</div>
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So at the end of the day-I'm grateful for spirits that can recover and survive tough times,</div>
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and find joy in all circumstances.</div>
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These girls are my everything, and I am looking forward to a year full of JOY and great memories,</div>
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and I pray daily that I can teach them to look forward with a happy and hopeful heart.</div>
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The best part of Thanksgiving is the pie!</div>
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And those cold Diet Coke's....</div>
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I was pretty proud of my domestic abilities this year!</div>
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My Dad's Birthday was the day after Thanksgiving.</div>
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He spent his morning letting the kids put together his Christmas Village, </div>
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while I ran errands alone.</div>
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(Yes, basically babysitting! By choice!)</div>
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That is because he is the best father. I am so grateful for him.</div>
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He is always willing to step up and help, and usually does it without being asked.</div>
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He's pretty amazing.</div>
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Heather and Jody were on there way home from Salt Lake to Boise so we met them in Brigham for dinner. My dad was in heaven...and even more so when they decided they were to tired to make the long drive home and stayed the night at my parents.</div>
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The kids were the happiest by far.</div>
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These cousins adore each other.</div>
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(Don't mind Cody looking like a fool in the background).</div>
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My darling friend Katie heard that Adyson was feeling a little overwhelmed with a few projects </div>
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(a play, a part in the school program and 3 songs to sing), </div>
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so she brought them some silly string and we had a war in the back yard.</div>
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They laughed their guts out.</div>
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It was a blast!</div>
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We've been doing our Christmas Advent,</div>
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and I'm finally getting caught up....</div>
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Here we are at dinner by the fire.</div>
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I could just smooch them all day long.</div>
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Adyson was the snowflake in her school play.</div>
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She is really growing up,</div>
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and I kinda hate it. I wish she could stay little forever!</div>
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She's been taking voice lessons this year,</div>
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and on Saturday she sang 3 solo's at the Mall.</div>
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I was so incredibly proud of her.</div>
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She's worked so hard to memorize her music,</div>
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and to practice-practice-practice,</div>
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and it showed!</div>
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She sounded beautiful and had the whole family in tears.</div>
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It's so nice to see the girls flourish...</div>
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it helps me feel like I'm not completely failing them!</div>
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Saturday, after Adyson sang, </div>
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we had our annual Johnson family party.</div>
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I love this party, and love the Johnson clan.</div>
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It's so great to see everyone, </div>
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especially Grandpa and Johanna.</div>
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This year Grandpa was in the mood to tell us his stories, </div>
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and we soaked them all in!</div>
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He has lived a remarkable life and I am so grateful that we have been able to be a part of it.</div>
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and everything is wrapped.</div>
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I think this calls for a lot of hot cocoa (If we could get some snow!),</div>
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skiing, cheesy Christmas movies and lots of snuggling by the fire.</div>
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Bring it on!</div>
Hayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660752681049132173noreply@blogger.com0