tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84980377803097054912024-03-16T12:50:48.473-06:00Life SaversThese are the moments in life that you would save and replay in your mind on a rainy dayMaleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2773125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-47721334468052195332024-02-28T21:23:00.000-07:002024-02-28T21:23:54.056-07:00Annual Cazier Christmas Party 2023<p>(December 17th, 2023)</p><p>Long gone seems to be the Scoreby's Christmas party. It was the highlight of my holiday season and I really miss it. Instead of lamenting forever, I just decided we would do our own, and we have enough older kids that I planned to make it a family event and everyone could bring a +1.</p><p>Tyler and I brought each other, naturally. June and Pearl's plus one fell through, so they invited each other and Daisy brought Liberty, Ivory brought Annika, and Beau brought Analena of course.</p><p>We started the evening with some Christmas trivia. I love me some good trivia. I made a quiz with 22 questions. Everyone did pretty well, but June was our winner. Not terribly surprising considering June loves some good trivia too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uZmcsFez0KVQs84PlvpbrOj_Yt_iuh5DfjsR112rRVjVw6WzCxWbhpMhxOGfD3GGtgs9_n6DMPI7eteTIEYgGgByG0VWVWxqs5HbQRsDefEOI_IEDP0kHHPworZ52QCjOYO-ocP_xJ4uCprEU1Q9h2X7V3Uh0zgHSnR-R0TmT930s_wfczEjxbxFRg85/s953/1-TriviaWinner_PXL_20231218_023457605.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uZmcsFez0KVQs84PlvpbrOj_Yt_iuh5DfjsR112rRVjVw6WzCxWbhpMhxOGfD3GGtgs9_n6DMPI7eteTIEYgGgByG0VWVWxqs5HbQRsDefEOI_IEDP0kHHPworZ52QCjOYO-ocP_xJ4uCprEU1Q9h2X7V3Uh0zgHSnR-R0TmT930s_wfczEjxbxFRg85/w482-h640/1-TriviaWinner_PXL_20231218_023457605.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Then we played some Minute to Win It games, Christmas style. Everyone drew dice (this is my version of drawing straws) to find which game they would play. Liberty, Tyler, Annika, and Beau drew stacking cups. In retrospect, there were too many cups, but it made it more challenging. The task was to stack all the cups and then take them down again, all using one hand. It was a struggle, but everyone did pretty well. You can't tell from these pictures, but Beau won!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFraa0mVtagblqIwhTmUeEMKFOgxaWdAsOd1az3wqNHfDe4tvnqgzfUcd3fuh0aqyOXRXT0JL-LF9A40AuhYt2Vwa7jUUSyoq6Nx-wxW8OT6dmR0nCUG4XDPTWARSeeuQdvTpAhNUn0hA18Kpt5mTTPIAlb7CkMI01u2kk7FD7hpTzSwTCT0a7OHSD9j1/s953/2-CupGame_20231217_193658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFraa0mVtagblqIwhTmUeEMKFOgxaWdAsOd1az3wqNHfDe4tvnqgzfUcd3fuh0aqyOXRXT0JL-LF9A40AuhYt2Vwa7jUUSyoq6Nx-wxW8OT6dmR0nCUG4XDPTWARSeeuQdvTpAhNUn0hA18Kpt5mTTPIAlb7CkMI01u2kk7FD7hpTzSwTCT0a7OHSD9j1/w480-h640/2-CupGame_20231217_193658.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovWlXHeKHy9I4t6EP0f_19qt8iXACjzKoYV6Sp4QCG2gzGCZ09FgQ7-WygatzhYjDSKU-BMXFeo3fKUcpUqR8KnOa3BNIjDWmjMllz3YUQ1rIFI-j52OuoScPTwPBDiWZbjKGtCR9cu7i9OR9tiosdZ5NxsKQQkHs1jSFMv0eSbwuP1xRzILEu3aqvZLz/s953/3-Annika_20231217_193706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovWlXHeKHy9I4t6EP0f_19qt8iXACjzKoYV6Sp4QCG2gzGCZ09FgQ7-WygatzhYjDSKU-BMXFeo3fKUcpUqR8KnOa3BNIjDWmjMllz3YUQ1rIFI-j52OuoScPTwPBDiWZbjKGtCR9cu7i9OR9tiosdZ5NxsKQQkHs1jSFMv0eSbwuP1xRzILEu3aqvZLz/w480-h640/3-Annika_20231217_193706.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif79_aXS1-LKlrcczDnbcTfWqqyqX55OeMfpVYRKlg5_t47dykZQzyx4IeLYtDl9AHfIdQyBy5ZJglnQujoPVmESr04VYTR2_u9-QGACKbq-RqUB5J8rLHVYl1Hm3VTm1caQ6Xu5xswN45TN6gWazVV57eB70wc1fruL2ofzcAPyvuur9R32ys8PE-LYS1/s953/4-BeauBuilds_20231217_193711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif79_aXS1-LKlrcczDnbcTfWqqyqX55OeMfpVYRKlg5_t47dykZQzyx4IeLYtDl9AHfIdQyBy5ZJglnQujoPVmESr04VYTR2_u9-QGACKbq-RqUB5J8rLHVYl1Hm3VTm1caQ6Xu5xswN45TN6gWazVV57eB70wc1fruL2ofzcAPyvuur9R32ys8PE-LYS1/w480-h640/4-BeauBuilds_20231217_193711.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S5FK1IROu8ZEcxKnwaeK_xOH0M2Zg223EMXtpSSCMsgNpH_ZbvZU47g-SFm6iVnPMYSN-oHDj_OsOP6pP-4YfqSkYsi8XO-coeFCYo3wLBzVi1sLuVPPOskZQ_li3ck_HDIvirT8zRf6HFs2F5_75e-gdRxmANc7EIvwBNrUjUXaKxbxBPSawZIQpdUn/s953/5-LibertyGoes_20231217_193714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S5FK1IROu8ZEcxKnwaeK_xOH0M2Zg223EMXtpSSCMsgNpH_ZbvZU47g-SFm6iVnPMYSN-oHDj_OsOP6pP-4YfqSkYsi8XO-coeFCYo3wLBzVi1sLuVPPOskZQ_li3ck_HDIvirT8zRf6HFs2F5_75e-gdRxmANc7EIvwBNrUjUXaKxbxBPSawZIQpdUn/w480-h640/5-LibertyGoes_20231217_193714.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljAaXq3XbrjiLDNLFCMOl6L-ZSCnzCbzMK47wO2a7O-CioC5YxVhg8pwsfFAX_hsDH1lDxLo3yPdxXfjL9jivnsm5sDCluJNfWYZODRYY8fbqvH9yNLAzCPups2WckMZdLQ0lEeLM1uEBY2YM-WYVNhLVe0MR_U5GSIHf6RhBq_I5lxyvgN6pegejGez5/s953/6-LayerUp_20231217_193716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljAaXq3XbrjiLDNLFCMOl6L-ZSCnzCbzMK47wO2a7O-CioC5YxVhg8pwsfFAX_hsDH1lDxLo3yPdxXfjL9jivnsm5sDCluJNfWYZODRYY8fbqvH9yNLAzCPups2WckMZdLQ0lEeLM1uEBY2YM-WYVNhLVe0MR_U5GSIHf6RhBq_I5lxyvgN6pegejGez5/w480-h640/6-LayerUp_20231217_193716.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Ivory, Analena, and I drew the next game which was 'Rudolph's Nose.' First, we each put Vaseline on our nose. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAnlZkeReo_heqxQ81lPrTEyhBtrNWG1NCPfZttxS5MNanVi-TUAyee93UjPZdCH7obxd2BQJBFFJh08NwYbu9oId-bCCBMFFvj8slF7fxa4NgLAQNdx5MXYOdJBzJFvwPMvHKUPnWFXeubQ_lXbntwXGXYxXeadThOwnvYoAU6fW65zlEe2FplIFZ4PO/s953/7-NoseJob_20231217_194010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAnlZkeReo_heqxQ81lPrTEyhBtrNWG1NCPfZttxS5MNanVi-TUAyee93UjPZdCH7obxd2BQJBFFJh08NwYbu9oId-bCCBMFFvj8slF7fxa4NgLAQNdx5MXYOdJBzJFvwPMvHKUPnWFXeubQ_lXbntwXGXYxXeadThOwnvYoAU6fW65zlEe2FplIFZ4PO/w480-h640/7-NoseJob_20231217_194010.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0effLz-nfdZOvtS6NRuWV_WH2Rlt2qCELD1-KXMahu4qYZ5VKwttLrVsH7kI7qu7FnE6ZHDBNCQm3tv1rsVJwDzV31sY9V6tRmL3ADHbhyphenhyphen_lOzmQv1RGzCRpVZ6uarRtszxHLdFq8bFq47j676veaCFQfWiMnS9aBfSnmWn3YUjeCmeDtc0wRlvqLMA8/s953/8-Vaseline_20231217_194012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0effLz-nfdZOvtS6NRuWV_WH2Rlt2qCELD1-KXMahu4qYZ5VKwttLrVsH7kI7qu7FnE6ZHDBNCQm3tv1rsVJwDzV31sY9V6tRmL3ADHbhyphenhyphen_lOzmQv1RGzCRpVZ6uarRtszxHLdFq8bFq47j676veaCFQfWiMnS9aBfSnmWn3YUjeCmeDtc0wRlvqLMA8/w480-h640/8-Vaseline_20231217_194012.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>Next we put a ribbon in our mouth with a red puffball at the end. The goal was to flip the ball up and hope it would stick to our nose. It was very difficult. It took me time to realize, the shorter the ribbon, the easier the task, but once I got that idea, it was mine for the taking.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1tupkvxreW1Rf_vbbqxioUFqYjJlWd_PlQNwMtwa16uTGVat6OkEo88vZezJaj8s6kvaKBSrh187cTdOntIdb5JX409fvUvczN3GUacwG6Bgf7CcQLIC9nhDAHjuC74vqOulHXR-C6TTK4RxuzDOIbw_ufMgkm7F524LZxwgQsPffct3_1TIPmSvuEDi/s1920/8-ReadyToThrow_PXL_20231218_024052827.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m0s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1tupkvxreW1Rf_vbbqxioUFqYjJlWd_PlQNwMtwa16uTGVat6OkEo88vZezJaj8s6kvaKBSrh187cTdOntIdb5JX409fvUvczN3GUacwG6Bgf7CcQLIC9nhDAHjuC74vqOulHXR-C6TTK4RxuzDOIbw_ufMgkm7F524LZxwgQsPffct3_1TIPmSvuEDi/w640-h362/8-ReadyToThrow_PXL_20231218_024052827.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m0s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgpJDzBwxOLt6_4w_Ei4XRD0ytqQ5AvmP4VsebO-kpGL1qhyHFfu2ccbdpT2_vpY0hNXwwUBf0Tgbb2y887E6ugp3SsMg0DzHGu9TW50A8uj83JNmdr0wm8cDsQs3puExXrnEWnKuZ-YaxpIJspWhKxDg2PUkOdZsRnMMtDpgJleoreI8R0b1C4P3fiSw/s1920/12-IWin_PXL_20231218_024052827.TS%20-%20frame%20at%201m2s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgpJDzBwxOLt6_4w_Ei4XRD0ytqQ5AvmP4VsebO-kpGL1qhyHFfu2ccbdpT2_vpY0hNXwwUBf0Tgbb2y887E6ugp3SsMg0DzHGu9TW50A8uj83JNmdr0wm8cDsQs3puExXrnEWnKuZ-YaxpIJspWhKxDg2PUkOdZsRnMMtDpgJleoreI8R0b1C4P3fiSw/w640-h362/12-IWin_PXL_20231218_024052827.TS%20-%20frame%20at%201m2s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We have a video of this, although the stills are awesome with our frog tongues and fluffy hair.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KdmmfOM6Olk" width="320" youtube-src-id="KdmmfOM6Olk"></iframe></div><p>The last game was 'Face the Cookie.' Our last three contestants were June, Daisy, and Pearl. Simple enough. Start with the cookie on your forehead and get it to your mouth without using hands. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpQm1JTktvNcL57_ce20fWVgppcpojFDHlDDEhzPTTOnObTlR4l-4PG6FkEwDzLxMGxmtzJncmEpg3kMl6Hmf6GneQ2hi7AuObea8k1G9Qd-9PfDk2EKmHpjaUNxywOY-YWNugP964ugI08OwW7iGWeIPOfG66-ezq41Njy_M8arx9UUPplFwOE04z2mT/s1920/13-ReadyToGo_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m0s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpQm1JTktvNcL57_ce20fWVgppcpojFDHlDDEhzPTTOnObTlR4l-4PG6FkEwDzLxMGxmtzJncmEpg3kMl6Hmf6GneQ2hi7AuObea8k1G9Qd-9PfDk2EKmHpjaUNxywOY-YWNugP964ugI08OwW7iGWeIPOfG66-ezq41Njy_M8arx9UUPplFwOE04z2mT/w640-h362/13-ReadyToGo_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m0s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5Ki0wQQVczSXFTI0iORoCrDM9vxNERJUzoPZ5tvakJ2Ou5OPk0vORJ1nXsRxy7vqol15V8J5vUnq12_xZ72-vyKISGe-bqkzNm5d_0rvwiz07c7r5NjElSbshrROGSEZn2tHe83jm68AIeswsj4AYQdxF5IHaSbLUxR_tA7QIOWPdonamzOOGou9o8yV/s1920/14-TongueProbes_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m13s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5Ki0wQQVczSXFTI0iORoCrDM9vxNERJUzoPZ5tvakJ2Ou5OPk0vORJ1nXsRxy7vqol15V8J5vUnq12_xZ72-vyKISGe-bqkzNm5d_0rvwiz07c7r5NjElSbshrROGSEZn2tHe83jm68AIeswsj4AYQdxF5IHaSbLUxR_tA7QIOWPdonamzOOGou9o8yV/w640-h362/14-TongueProbes_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m13s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Use those tongues. Looks like this game is almost wrapped up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5XBWnscn2KbGly12frd_n0bNvQaTnRXOYYbmNXPrmz8H8mJ5S_Pjnbnd6ZzFZW9AIQWttGINWZUNo2RjP77NIzUiG-43hXzVg09Sjt5XNJ2qtC7UCqyZrAgio3O_PBmRmjcs_pd-2ROMJvi39VyP82f0KBHSN4ZIAg0lo27nyhf5-eJLjdA38Zbg054Y/s1920/15-DoesJuneWin_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m16s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5XBWnscn2KbGly12frd_n0bNvQaTnRXOYYbmNXPrmz8H8mJ5S_Pjnbnd6ZzFZW9AIQWttGINWZUNo2RjP77NIzUiG-43hXzVg09Sjt5XNJ2qtC7UCqyZrAgio3O_PBmRmjcs_pd-2ROMJvi39VyP82f0KBHSN4ZIAg0lo27nyhf5-eJLjdA38Zbg054Y/w640-h362/15-DoesJuneWin_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m16s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>In a startling upset, both Daisy and June lost their cookie while Pearl got it in. She had her hands up, but didn't use them. Nicely done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqB5rBW1pgzn2_TMg2GVQmIGBL21syXWZFFVLY5AB13WCWaCCcv-mZ8uW-ZOdxKsjJnpGZ2ddyjNTOGbR3T-fKDUbIIU8RdbeEgvFhvbS2KKXrNP-_NvS3XNdPOilLm51kfcFKXCA1Izoon4SvVUOoY7mjPW6SokOqnQvaPaaRqujNUHu03ZN_UvlIw4v_/s1920/16-PearlGetsIt_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m18s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqB5rBW1pgzn2_TMg2GVQmIGBL21syXWZFFVLY5AB13WCWaCCcv-mZ8uW-ZOdxKsjJnpGZ2ddyjNTOGbR3T-fKDUbIIU8RdbeEgvFhvbS2KKXrNP-_NvS3XNdPOilLm51kfcFKXCA1Izoon4SvVUOoY7mjPW6SokOqnQvaPaaRqujNUHu03ZN_UvlIw4v_/w640-h362/16-PearlGetsIt_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m18s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlC527w-omENqwiMqHoBvH5JIE3hmuNsukT43g8TgrWgY77gR2DMRWXKWWDZWE5WuH0mtMLIAc5bVultxo-zYGRD-GNSFWtgK1BvfUwsei0-zdHWTMbq7w-IsTP3u2WMA9o8rKX5LyQ1ozOJEavf4pl2i46izSvrv8WQjE7KBL0cpQH9w-CIf-sbEKOgR/s1920/16-Winner_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m24s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlC527w-omENqwiMqHoBvH5JIE3hmuNsukT43g8TgrWgY77gR2DMRWXKWWDZWE5WuH0mtMLIAc5bVultxo-zYGRD-GNSFWtgK1BvfUwsei0-zdHWTMbq7w-IsTP3u2WMA9o8rKX5LyQ1ozOJEavf4pl2i46izSvrv8WQjE7KBL0cpQH9w-CIf-sbEKOgR/w640-h362/16-Winner_PXL_20231218_024403191.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m24s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EluwkpXieZg" width="320" youtube-src-id="EluwkpXieZg"></iframe></div><p>Then we played the classic Newly-Wed game, called the Oldy-Wed game at the Scoresby's and now called 'How well do you know your friend' for our purposes. Everyone divided up and received questions that their partner also answered for them when they returned to the room. Tyler made up half the questions and I made up the other half. Despite knowing the questions, we did terrible. We almost were the ultimate losers. (Thanks Ivory and Annika for saving our bacon in the end.) I guess it shouldn't be surprising that Beau and Analena did the best. They know each other very well. They won little necklaces that go together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9NxtG_kNbyTDDvppSeS8HXgLHqMUVVtYoJxnQt5Wp2ATrngApNGBRVFcSiX3GbgyfCSYVkUsuvSMhUAM5oGYRNTXf9CwcbpUGUWLi1P6keSi08MhEt4VnwZtmcKmbbOFqg6AXQF33ADt-QcqZreEthVpqjcddcfnVr6lP0j07T91vyGB5oDhH1CLD1Ne/s1266/17-HowWellWinners_PXL_20231218_033212953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9NxtG_kNbyTDDvppSeS8HXgLHqMUVVtYoJxnQt5Wp2ATrngApNGBRVFcSiX3GbgyfCSYVkUsuvSMhUAM5oGYRNTXf9CwcbpUGUWLi1P6keSi08MhEt4VnwZtmcKmbbOFqg6AXQF33ADt-QcqZreEthVpqjcddcfnVr6lP0j07T91vyGB5oDhH1CLD1Ne/w640-h482/17-HowWellWinners_PXL_20231218_033212953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl-iZPrg_XEB2u9KbIy6I5l68MPshA-43GPC-4qLA46IE0vomMlCABNji_gLoBvEHBLUz6Cw6qrozKJdIXA_AT0qkuPvwDn5a9dOrbu7oQC4ZjptZirDQEOQLD6voz18sgJCyl6zMIMoZpMX2QH47lk4Mlzvh3BEe7IWmS1w5KX33PKXbuT04sGx8lXxi/s1266/18-Necklace_PXL_20231218_033301109.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl-iZPrg_XEB2u9KbIy6I5l68MPshA-43GPC-4qLA46IE0vomMlCABNji_gLoBvEHBLUz6Cw6qrozKJdIXA_AT0qkuPvwDn5a9dOrbu7oQC4ZjptZirDQEOQLD6voz18sgJCyl6zMIMoZpMX2QH47lk4Mlzvh3BEe7IWmS1w5KX33PKXbuT04sGx8lXxi/w640-h482/18-Necklace_PXL_20231218_033301109.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We also did a fun white elephant gift exchange, but we must have stopped taking pictures. I would say it was a great first annual Cazier Christmas party. Let's do it again next year.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-48881427696369467362024-02-10T17:39:00.009-07:002024-02-10T17:39:30.414-07:00Hello! Art!<p>(December 15th, 2023)</p><p>In December, we had our end of semester art show at school. I like to go around and take pictures of my favorites. I am sad there aren't any awards, since I think a lot of the pieces are stunning. Instead of awards, they will be immortalized on my blog, which only two people read. (Myself included.)</p><p>Enjoy some random art. Oh, and there are some 3D pieces at the end that are very fun. (Those are also art. I'm not sure why I separated them.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQpPk06H_vUU66uGiO2tVW8Il-wpZkjzsuNEXxm5l13JA8fTrprDobsqrFTCsUb9lQbd8QNWz2A4140uJXZHV7sohqOM18Lo8-AaEvNrwSrWBnZB3Xu21eL3TiOdIfS-qeRBU9muRZfjhnMZ4nUEsyQgBoTSOoLSLq-oOzRegRIuEtknMdKMvCE8EQkJo/s953/1-HalfFace_20231215_103747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQpPk06H_vUU66uGiO2tVW8Il-wpZkjzsuNEXxm5l13JA8fTrprDobsqrFTCsUb9lQbd8QNWz2A4140uJXZHV7sohqOM18Lo8-AaEvNrwSrWBnZB3Xu21eL3TiOdIfS-qeRBU9muRZfjhnMZ4nUEsyQgBoTSOoLSLq-oOzRegRIuEtknMdKMvCE8EQkJo/w480-h640/1-HalfFace_20231215_103747.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MDEtwGkRF1sqwZDUe7eszSu1jD4YjbwvU_i70YIM0QpuSgWjqA-QPBh-XvI_yKcgMETJ02Ta4JzvBcrMi_4Jwrscycsh1WKSW1zNUcuAzpnocysYNG8i_Fjobw7UCPJdXioH3Kt2ZHIFHm8dZkZ8AOjTcMjxwJ5gMQNb1oCK9IDGhRX9gKoJFlUNP0rw/s1271/2-HalfHalfTree_20231215_103754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I really love the flower in the puffy jacket. Flowers have to stay warm too. Especially in a cold snap.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-80870386913217481092024-02-10T17:16:00.000-07:002024-02-10T17:16:07.168-07:00Going Postal<p> (Throughout December, 2023)</p><p>I always ask for Beau to send me pictures for the chatbooks. For December, she sent me lots of pictures, but 88% of them were postal pics. True, postal stuff takes up most of Beau's time currently, so that makes sense. But it seemed like they needed a post of their own. </p><p>Things to know about Beau's experiences:<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>December was a lovely month with hardly any snow. That all came at the end of the month and into January.</li><li>Beau finds lots of weird things in yards and around porches and takes pictures of the things that are unique or interesting to us. (Thanks Beau)</li><li>There are lots of pets wandering around, mostly cats. It seems like cats are the most neglected animals based on their need for love from a perfect stranger. But I'm assuming this is the cats own fault for acting so aloof in the first place.</li><li>Beau likes selfies. Nuf sed.</li></ul><div>So let's throw some pictures on here of postal adventures for the month of December. 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I think we'll just start with Daisy and do all her pics and then jump to Ivory, instead of mixing the two. It was a girls' choice dance in December (Preference), so Daisy picked out this nice guy named Henry and came up with a fun ask. However, she didn't have time to deliver it, and Ivory had free time, so Daisy enlisted her sister to set it up. Ivory was quite the trooper to put this question together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HREmCk-cbCvQrRylVsyloY5ekrtbZafEcLDp-g6mC2ACQllTFp7zy3WmSG_lftRO8SMX0XY4BLBkiljmRgSZmnneA5Kyj68s9YD01hba4zUYaEoUSGxNq9378uB8yLrNvEH79PSGuzDNDmjkixvphU9N1hY_rhck8xdrFJwc9wwdlJBqZa1Rf33l6MKS/s919/3-DaisyAsk_IMG_20231120_084558919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HREmCk-cbCvQrRylVsyloY5ekrtbZafEcLDp-g6mC2ACQllTFp7zy3WmSG_lftRO8SMX0XY4BLBkiljmRgSZmnneA5Kyj68s9YD01hba4zUYaEoUSGxNq9378uB8yLrNvEH79PSGuzDNDmjkixvphU9N1hY_rhck8xdrFJwc9wwdlJBqZa1Rf33l6MKS/w482-h640/3-DaisyAsk_IMG_20231120_084558919.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3W_zfWarrtGzmG8pmVui3beL4k0xqjApeoJ6zqaqbaArE3r-4IvbquXg31EX53JVAeN7Ku8o-JQyYFveaJ7xUFl7yWvStz9LlEl2JlV1i8ZfQEHgWfUHaZNzb7WqsT_wVM4N95-rExKWv4u_36EIB7Yw2IEj7wNqsR68wGFs8FV3aM7cfxZSOfcCNwE9x/s919/4-NameUnder_IMG_20231120_084547752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3W_zfWarrtGzmG8pmVui3beL4k0xqjApeoJ6zqaqbaArE3r-4IvbquXg31EX53JVAeN7Ku8o-JQyYFveaJ7xUFl7yWvStz9LlEl2JlV1i8ZfQEHgWfUHaZNzb7WqsT_wVM4N95-rExKWv4u_36EIB7Yw2IEj7wNqsR68wGFs8FV3aM7cfxZSOfcCNwE9x/w482-h640/4-NameUnder_IMG_20231120_084547752.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Ivory filled all those cups with water. That is serious dedication.</p><p>Then just a few days later, Daisy got this response. Very sweet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QSPsqhISjiHyrt2_SIYfcYKLaewvV3tyBZbuU3tmL3uNnQOpglqe3BASz7WbHuQLSa83m9W8e5PCR6lhkgZJzRZaFPvJqntw6Cyml1Wy4_coyxGV8Qg_h1aghXLo0reA2_K2S1uX8VmJjklcnc7zg_odEE94WLu8oaX79OqvwuKUtUz02KRW8q2Pgli-/s1271/1-DaisyAnswer_20231120_173657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QSPsqhISjiHyrt2_SIYfcYKLaewvV3tyBZbuU3tmL3uNnQOpglqe3BASz7WbHuQLSa83m9W8e5PCR6lhkgZJzRZaFPvJqntw6Cyml1Wy4_coyxGV8Qg_h1aghXLo0reA2_K2S1uX8VmJjklcnc7zg_odEE94WLu8oaX79OqvwuKUtUz02KRW8q2Pgli-/w640-h480/1-DaisyAnswer_20231120_173657.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Where we live, the day date is a thing. (I don't ever remember doing a day date in WA.) And it's a big thing. The more creative the better. Daisy's group did gingerbread houses, which seems fitting considering the season. They had a lot of fun. You should note that the boy in the pictures with Daisy is NOT her date. Her date was taking the pictures and you never see him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNVpEipJUDb8yo2nPNgGoRBcPCLx1GeKe9GWXE-f0kT-CapZx4GYTVufwXeZemNV6-w6a17rfppl9fctGjS1o6y8uaiOjBC3KxRpES95SdnxO_pl6VM9z4pte-zuRN-KeZOTQqzr_MPnROsvfVPyiS5qG_hUqI1JwI6ehXSp_i98Rvqe9R1Llm_6Sbcqa/s607/6-NotHerDate_IMG_20231216_122935661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="455" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNVpEipJUDb8yo2nPNgGoRBcPCLx1GeKe9GWXE-f0kT-CapZx4GYTVufwXeZemNV6-w6a17rfppl9fctGjS1o6y8uaiOjBC3KxRpES95SdnxO_pl6VM9z4pte-zuRN-KeZOTQqzr_MPnROsvfVPyiS5qG_hUqI1JwI6ehXSp_i98Rvqe9R1Llm_6Sbcqa/w480-h640/6-NotHerDate_IMG_20231216_122935661.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwEODTBLhQCQpTLUdJUKjxfnwXETS1qi6q2WHqdvQ2C4f6Rly6Fos0HB9TayxECv1pqqB__XST_931bcfOuOwC727Lk3ies5cXDlFhb4JTARd3MjHNbbX6UKDzbMuDyu67HZD76C1_HMaaJ7zwSmmKjdeVLMVTklV9-467iGAjcBW1m5_cBUzHAgitbon/s809/7-StillNotHerDate_IMG_20231216_122957289_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="809" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwEODTBLhQCQpTLUdJUKjxfnwXETS1qi6q2WHqdvQ2C4f6Rly6Fos0HB9TayxECv1pqqB__XST_931bcfOuOwC727Lk3ies5cXDlFhb4JTARd3MjHNbbX6UKDzbMuDyu67HZD76C1_HMaaJ7zwSmmKjdeVLMVTklV9-467iGAjcBW1m5_cBUzHAgitbon/w640-h480/7-StillNotHerDate_IMG_20231216_122957289_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VwYR8VOHOmxuTvyW4flRk90hGF2kApzrtD6NvxB5PHQIrESWgvhyphenhyphen84waev1392L0dvzl6gy0QXbm-fdpo1OErgu4PUXwDcr60BVH_qPEmWnJFqv1Os6qAKfHc37Nz_mQGBYCU3sKdfS-Fcd_shSQI8SZKbsmL6ky_ah7X2NbC1KzVvwloT0rxVr6jv5w/s809/8-HousesWindow_IMG_20231216_135826783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="809" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VwYR8VOHOmxuTvyW4flRk90hGF2kApzrtD6NvxB5PHQIrESWgvhyphenhyphen84waev1392L0dvzl6gy0QXbm-fdpo1OErgu4PUXwDcr60BVH_qPEmWnJFqv1Os6qAKfHc37Nz_mQGBYCU3sKdfS-Fcd_shSQI8SZKbsmL6ky_ah7X2NbC1KzVvwloT0rxVr6jv5w/w640-h480/8-HousesWindow_IMG_20231216_135826783.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWV6EcMewpXkv_Vc9X9NXfL3PZAbA8DxVlyFdbBY4M_mKwMkclpkzuCaAuuI0klDqVqZq4wSi8bJLz7Xbjn0qXan-fXvyPMJDyZazpqCEnRKlkDSq4oZkhBF0LWZfu6tOmL8h4VYyW9v-7PmXm0DgVuRdoruRnk7jwg1SSmjO8Qfkzu5qBXREHxyO1BN2b/s607/9-SantaEarrings_IMG_20231216_135951085_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="455" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWV6EcMewpXkv_Vc9X9NXfL3PZAbA8DxVlyFdbBY4M_mKwMkclpkzuCaAuuI0klDqVqZq4wSi8bJLz7Xbjn0qXan-fXvyPMJDyZazpqCEnRKlkDSq4oZkhBF0LWZfu6tOmL8h4VYyW9v-7PmXm0DgVuRdoruRnk7jwg1SSmjO8Qfkzu5qBXREHxyO1BN2b/w480-h640/9-SantaEarrings_IMG_20231216_135951085_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Not bad guys. I just noticed there are two Henrys. So we'll call one Henry H. That one is NOT Daisy's date either. Henry H. and Johnny's dates were not there, so they made a house together. You might be able to tell which is theirs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6vdTTNFfFHKlsvodYkLl6ro7Vw5WTGAN0IdDdfcFJJcBRga5y3g8u_La_WdbPLx6tGZa8_eeU8YMKtz-gPmT2Opkst5PBtbFAvqeM3Lpo9xuSXb4_DfwThbEyqvk1AZHfG2jCc8XxnTo_pi6APSBNTI1gcGCfacLAjw5AVEIU5botM9vopseGlyG8jrf/s809/10-FourHouses_IMG_20231216_140105675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="809" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6vdTTNFfFHKlsvodYkLl6ro7Vw5WTGAN0IdDdfcFJJcBRga5y3g8u_La_WdbPLx6tGZa8_eeU8YMKtz-gPmT2Opkst5PBtbFAvqeM3Lpo9xuSXb4_DfwThbEyqvk1AZHfG2jCc8XxnTo_pi6APSBNTI1gcGCfacLAjw5AVEIU5botM9vopseGlyG8jrf/w640-h480/10-FourHouses_IMG_20231216_140105675.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Daisy and her date's house looks very nice. I like the cobblestone path. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4i_iGxHyrVlCpV1k2JhIprRHGLRqoyS_q4O4D_olFLFjPGnvTPFX-2U3FUHXrVwgxvQehglvZTf1fBGKf6jteogczwTssAdLgL1f358DKHBaGThIaHBZ2Eng5Jv5UFB7Z6LR-giyHLwg0elXTs2zGbcHSIdRivJj3jqsH3LwmtvOMJlD406Ywcf65GWs/s607/11-CobblestonePath_IMG_20231216_140110872_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="455" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4i_iGxHyrVlCpV1k2JhIprRHGLRqoyS_q4O4D_olFLFjPGnvTPFX-2U3FUHXrVwgxvQehglvZTf1fBGKf6jteogczwTssAdLgL1f358DKHBaGThIaHBZ2Eng5Jv5UFB7Z6LR-giyHLwg0elXTs2zGbcHSIdRivJj3jqsH3LwmtvOMJlD406Ywcf65GWs/w480-h640/11-CobblestonePath_IMG_20231216_140110872_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>After the day date, Daisy came home to get lovely. She borrowed a dress from Ivory (which I approve of) and looked very fancy and sparkly. (She even wore the bling tennis shoes.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8chmAs82oyIY9K8llpjejjFLWhJJXeeUcM-Tb9YRjxMfTX6mi3Iiyg4tT7YCj-hNF4ZUPqLkuKBr_AQ6xYR-Ftlwh5A2cn6MZxzPc9d_a0HzO1sIcbCY0XO4y3BJEgYM11mqMrOF8zXO6XOQ9-9v8htE2S-S0iMoxgslPEEq9btOA4BC34Mr1_TaXxq5/s607/12-EyeShadow_IMG_20231216_164101129_PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="455" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8chmAs82oyIY9K8llpjejjFLWhJJXeeUcM-Tb9YRjxMfTX6mi3Iiyg4tT7YCj-hNF4ZUPqLkuKBr_AQ6xYR-Ftlwh5A2cn6MZxzPc9d_a0HzO1sIcbCY0XO4y3BJEgYM11mqMrOF8zXO6XOQ9-9v8htE2S-S0iMoxgslPEEq9btOA4BC34Mr1_TaXxq5/w480-h640/12-EyeShadow_IMG_20231216_164101129_PORTRAIT.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-36fXn6cmDWlhbhyphenhyphenrDgaRWKMwdJ4hRJ40ToE3R78CFWjlJXBW2dTF8pSEOsIlfG3ewFC5absQeHjR8SoIHGxRVXjk7Oh1437rmBbym0Fq4eRa9nPpsMNwUdp03w7Apq3opERCvcf9ZhJL_mTI6dUnJXAWaXQB2qDA7YpPBfsFZuJsX56D_BF83TtH7JA/s607/13-Glasses_IMG_20231216_164632567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="455" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-36fXn6cmDWlhbhyphenhyphenrDgaRWKMwdJ4hRJ40ToE3R78CFWjlJXBW2dTF8pSEOsIlfG3ewFC5absQeHjR8SoIHGxRVXjk7Oh1437rmBbym0Fq4eRa9nPpsMNwUdp03w7Apq3opERCvcf9ZhJL_mTI6dUnJXAWaXQB2qDA7YpPBfsFZuJsX56D_BF83TtH7JA/w480-h640/13-Glasses_IMG_20231216_164632567.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Tyler got some picture of the flower exchange before they took off. Finally, there is the Henry we were looking for.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwepL7Z_fDnwH-wJArkoN2YgpDCOEjHf80oRRNrECOsCyIiX55ywllAgrRcvPgXm9YVNK9FEi0_u0iUPdn1QkUnhiB4jW7wfZ8MFf_0WA6YxkMRWV_IBk2LN7c2Zqn-Bpc79-qHTOh4v-sOwhY9HlvWYBY6ee1d1zNwc2rjOuIzxyxdhvzZj4T1uyqcUu1/s612/14-Corsage_PXL_20231216_234950503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwepL7Z_fDnwH-wJArkoN2YgpDCOEjHf80oRRNrECOsCyIiX55ywllAgrRcvPgXm9YVNK9FEi0_u0iUPdn1QkUnhiB4jW7wfZ8MFf_0WA6YxkMRWV_IBk2LN7c2Zqn-Bpc79-qHTOh4v-sOwhY9HlvWYBY6ee1d1zNwc2rjOuIzxyxdhvzZj4T1uyqcUu1/w482-h640/14-Corsage_PXL_20231216_234950503.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9dqmMvlIza7IzRS1eNFXXJpBjLsNV2XUmIUovy8ofJblmLciX2WK8J_eSJky6Kum87toB784HUdBM-OXCvA5l0zqwufR1c2d5BaU27Srl27gMx_Fz2Y2XXsCzKH2zGwB_jA-MQLX64Hzh_-OfSkXZRxbkZN8QfKKjciWhctlFPQgJxBLDVyebF7aJ-Xy/s612/15-Boutinniere_PXL_20231216_235029186.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9dqmMvlIza7IzRS1eNFXXJpBjLsNV2XUmIUovy8ofJblmLciX2WK8J_eSJky6Kum87toB784HUdBM-OXCvA5l0zqwufR1c2d5BaU27Srl27gMx_Fz2Y2XXsCzKH2zGwB_jA-MQLX64Hzh_-OfSkXZRxbkZN8QfKKjciWhctlFPQgJxBLDVyebF7aJ-Xy/w482-h640/15-Boutinniere_PXL_20231216_235029186.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQyAcVYoAJ5ytIQloWOsCOYGhhqpmOHB2O47NUN6yC0c2GgXq3jz3Chu2gHlDW4YsxHtvBFG6vLpAEsSrmPylb72Nnyst5_XaJ0_PbnBzc3HictxZlVrEAHGzOF5A8hsLosNf0duGRHLG5PD-RvlWNXb0hanhGk80WnP5o3fjur_DURIgoKAt-7QtoV9a/s612/16-ReadyToGo_PXL_20231216_235409342.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQyAcVYoAJ5ytIQloWOsCOYGhhqpmOHB2O47NUN6yC0c2GgXq3jz3Chu2gHlDW4YsxHtvBFG6vLpAEsSrmPylb72Nnyst5_XaJ0_PbnBzc3HictxZlVrEAHGzOF5A8hsLosNf0duGRHLG5PD-RvlWNXb0hanhGk80WnP5o3fjur_DURIgoKAt-7QtoV9a/w482-h640/16-ReadyToGo_PXL_20231216_235409342.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Daisy mentioned that they had hardly any time for pictures. But they still got a couple cute ones. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vtQdT2GjhT-a_pXBLXQs4tvS0Kd2Db5VcWd7APCJxFZCdfpVsEd91_RUC8vuFX7GOyCBVft5ns5Qj-3pCmiCm88kG4MMGk5t7KlKX1V5pixfOOGHv7c2f2Dkh7fkKIryaGMdGei6SESHilfkdZ0cRbTM_JY6L1C6Tf-ej3g23t7ySUxXi9sF2XNOnyYW/s1271/17-LightsAboveGroup_IMG_4291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vtQdT2GjhT-a_pXBLXQs4tvS0Kd2Db5VcWd7APCJxFZCdfpVsEd91_RUC8vuFX7GOyCBVft5ns5Qj-3pCmiCm88kG4MMGk5t7KlKX1V5pixfOOGHv7c2f2Dkh7fkKIryaGMdGei6SESHilfkdZ0cRbTM_JY6L1C6Tf-ej3g23t7ySUxXi9sF2XNOnyYW/w640-h480/17-LightsAboveGroup_IMG_4291.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-XvtK5GMc7V7a2KwcaJL89382zawesnh4za53k2RPV5rmZR7wR6r70Yx4uIoT5lz7iGdAhaEJbNpqoDckxwCERl9qWCUbMbaeJEJfg1NVMW6faRe0Q0byu_rv1NAxMyJp7evWursTbEZB3-IBJDyn1uJ9feKomVknYmo43iWXszIk66POQhYVgbVKNw6/s1271/18-WearingTheJacket_IMG_4292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-XvtK5GMc7V7a2KwcaJL89382zawesnh4za53k2RPV5rmZR7wR6r70Yx4uIoT5lz7iGdAhaEJbNpqoDckxwCERl9qWCUbMbaeJEJfg1NVMW6faRe0Q0byu_rv1NAxMyJp7evWursTbEZB3-IBJDyn1uJ9feKomVknYmo43iWXszIk66POQhYVgbVKNw6/w640-h480/18-WearingTheJacket_IMG_4292.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FWS5IB7auhngR5vJJdBZ7ouAy5142gBRIBKYWcZtZuAZughujettLKgkerQxuIqIOvCgSMO-P4CTusXFqCraOxOhY1WkdXO_Nle0YRwXQ_Ml7iqTZoKr7-L69B-roF6GUGUkXVwaL4HY308YzWj3iVNQ46LLlLTaxnFF8xJPG2QNHq9g4WTGxHo6c7tB/s953/19-Couple_IMG_4322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FWS5IB7auhngR5vJJdBZ7ouAy5142gBRIBKYWcZtZuAZughujettLKgkerQxuIqIOvCgSMO-P4CTusXFqCraOxOhY1WkdXO_Nle0YRwXQ_Ml7iqTZoKr7-L69B-roF6GUGUkXVwaL4HY308YzWj3iVNQ46LLlLTaxnFF8xJPG2QNHq9g4WTGxHo6c7tB/w480-h640/19-Couple_IMG_4322.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbnCHEezKLG27k_OJEBz3ckvsHUnIo9FRbc5WJ_WwrngdsAmlfOA1PIo1Iz9fUUChQGGwPIi72S99LBa6ru8UKZCjrD7K_uW448EeAIqLX_ROY4pyye4yEEF6v4Z7iAY8G6ayJh4KDqasYx3IYxxVq3slKdHahhruJ4e7JgCi3WchSW8N4J31zuPWm3Ss/s1271/20-TheGirls_IMG_4333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbnCHEezKLG27k_OJEBz3ckvsHUnIo9FRbc5WJ_WwrngdsAmlfOA1PIo1Iz9fUUChQGGwPIi72S99LBa6ru8UKZCjrD7K_uW448EeAIqLX_ROY4pyye4yEEF6v4Z7iAY8G6ayJh4KDqasYx3IYxxVq3slKdHahhruJ4e7JgCi3WchSW8N4J31zuPWm3Ss/w640-h480/20-TheGirls_IMG_4333.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVAE7VS2TC_w-6cPXvKRo88sMNfqGjedrMHzS9WsfwCXnzPP_ixt34hbPHudA95C3aWxUcZYpNy3-s8CNLqRn9VxpDi-dGNJ41PodNUOPs0ViSxc2fXjZJItTDR6cSfh5R1T-wHmAzEjFOoMsHvw8uL4_GMj7Bfp8DYjBmJgYpMAeHt-wCUs42BT5VJ71/s1271/21-SillyPics_IMG_4339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVAE7VS2TC_w-6cPXvKRo88sMNfqGjedrMHzS9WsfwCXnzPP_ixt34hbPHudA95C3aWxUcZYpNy3-s8CNLqRn9VxpDi-dGNJ41PodNUOPs0ViSxc2fXjZJItTDR6cSfh5R1T-wHmAzEjFOoMsHvw8uL4_GMj7Bfp8DYjBmJgYpMAeHt-wCUs42BT5VJ71/w640-h480/21-SillyPics_IMG_4339.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And a couple more from the evening. I think Daisy had a wonderful time. (And I bet her feet didn't hurt.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtfs3RN7jm6UQkNJAvYX6X8sZigg35Z_2Q7qvPHG2m0KL1FEbSAjFI0kBlRbvr_4Cdypsn040o8eQ3VLnx2dUWRYK6KSHooLY5kN8OIVQ_LgC-aUovlI7bBSo7MNvyJGt5ZQ2UoRXmME5oipp7cv3Vh6vYH_S9uHKxniirRzJur2Yj2U27FA818Co9rvM/s809/22-Dinner_IMG_20231216_193916465_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="809" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtfs3RN7jm6UQkNJAvYX6X8sZigg35Z_2Q7qvPHG2m0KL1FEbSAjFI0kBlRbvr_4Cdypsn040o8eQ3VLnx2dUWRYK6KSHooLY5kN8OIVQ_LgC-aUovlI7bBSo7MNvyJGt5ZQ2UoRXmME5oipp7cv3Vh6vYH_S9uHKxniirRzJur2Yj2U27FA818Co9rvM/w640-h480/22-Dinner_IMG_20231216_193916465_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBw1piQr-XeFmqV2aCOx0UrI2pud3-QrarZnG2LRz4Ozd1e7UK9iqbx_9Twy7QfdNRfc-tFqYrVoPhLcz727VtH_A32w2mJjEW3ech6HV2UrQpl0QW01B7kWHTGWhvdTTydvfgQW2lW8bn78MQ4XWiNxQxR-a-cvnsnrxQRsdnwHKWzCxVwPqbFJwgxmw/s607/23-Starfish_IMG_20231216_194433167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="455" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBw1piQr-XeFmqV2aCOx0UrI2pud3-QrarZnG2LRz4Ozd1e7UK9iqbx_9Twy7QfdNRfc-tFqYrVoPhLcz727VtH_A32w2mJjEW3ech6HV2UrQpl0QW01B7kWHTGWhvdTTydvfgQW2lW8bn78MQ4XWiNxQxR-a-cvnsnrxQRsdnwHKWzCxVwPqbFJwgxmw/w480-h640/23-Starfish_IMG_20231216_194433167.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGMRQG2R5XtlAIdLQDi4HjBtR-pBDcUTK9x9wbOxvxGOPirspmf_mVYTFSa2_XkYGPhv6YBwHB1R3Rd7DzzHZ0SD5udXUEia7eguOWdq2U5-bzmV7aEH57oWuORtAI8ZZbNOXYCTjwzrgmAlV7cQ5Uc0BmohwAVN76o9CoNNmZpu8LT4k2EKeMMEt4RLp/s809/24-AtTheDance_IMG_20231216_202438224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="809" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGMRQG2R5XtlAIdLQDi4HjBtR-pBDcUTK9x9wbOxvxGOPirspmf_mVYTFSa2_XkYGPhv6YBwHB1R3Rd7DzzHZ0SD5udXUEia7eguOWdq2U5-bzmV7aEH57oWuORtAI8ZZbNOXYCTjwzrgmAlV7cQ5Uc0BmohwAVN76o9CoNNmZpu8LT4k2EKeMMEt4RLp/w640-h480/24-AtTheDance_IMG_20231216_202438224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>K, time to jump to Ivory and see how her date went. She asked Parker pretty early. (Didn't want him to be nabbed.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-VrXsI1AzAqgiaElHi-iWixGEtD81zpjZcjsU0Gnj2el09TNSv8lZVns2_oWvDgr8JTpTE-Fq6kNL31BbDTt66vnLCrAG4oeS6U20OHUzxNfuvoLnR_hg_p0wR6-UbomGYrzSmc9oHDVR30OimtSkuHJaUikeMksG-IsGICLcU60pPMZa5BMvVOVa87p/s919/2-IvoryAsk_IMG_20231103_174118265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-VrXsI1AzAqgiaElHi-iWixGEtD81zpjZcjsU0Gnj2el09TNSv8lZVns2_oWvDgr8JTpTE-Fq6kNL31BbDTt66vnLCrAG4oeS6U20OHUzxNfuvoLnR_hg_p0wR6-UbomGYrzSmc9oHDVR30OimtSkuHJaUikeMksG-IsGICLcU60pPMZa5BMvVOVa87p/w482-h640/2-IvoryAsk_IMG_20231103_174118265.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Although Ivory knew he was planning to go, it took him a really long time to respond...hence the clocks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dPIATcpnmeK-C6JgSb5CE6GUwW11GKz5T-JHFtVRqeogKG_Littqw5SLOnsJhctUpn8O9i65TQXcID-jI5tC4QWZpxe3DAMN3rIKtLL0M7WhuLW79LajdPa_x9J__YF8QlHAFtWIBUXOo2HNv-pMkTfIRDVLijATxnkj9ZHnf9Slz1dMcEgBRO3Ap4MS/s806/5-IvoryAnswer_IMG_20231211_203458751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="806" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dPIATcpnmeK-C6JgSb5CE6GUwW11GKz5T-JHFtVRqeogKG_Littqw5SLOnsJhctUpn8O9i65TQXcID-jI5tC4QWZpxe3DAMN3rIKtLL0M7WhuLW79LajdPa_x9J__YF8QlHAFtWIBUXOo2HNv-pMkTfIRDVLijATxnkj9ZHnf9Slz1dMcEgBRO3Ap4MS/w640-h482/5-IvoryAnswer_IMG_20231211_203458751.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>For their day date, they did something very unique. They made Christmas cookies. (That isn't the unique part) Then they all drew disabilities from a hat and had to deal with those while making cookies. Ivory drew mute and Parker got deaf, which isn't too bad. They couldn't communicate, but at least they could see. Some other teams were not as lucky. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRATLHbhdUAZkEdRoMLIPc3_ajtzxfu0Fz8hOQ1tMXCPfZ-2jiIYrotESUfbbWZGUwVaztrzqsRk2CSIU1trrhSaQuM2AOoEqfS1U_GRbugPYi7KOHhh1_7spbMmGpYFtY1b03AVFYj6ovVsqRyh8mPD94J7N5G2IYnPZXCC-h7mmrGyqwo5lt3e-yjDT/s607/25-Disabilities_IMG_20231216_132651862.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="457" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRATLHbhdUAZkEdRoMLIPc3_ajtzxfu0Fz8hOQ1tMXCPfZ-2jiIYrotESUfbbWZGUwVaztrzqsRk2CSIU1trrhSaQuM2AOoEqfS1U_GRbugPYi7KOHhh1_7spbMmGpYFtY1b03AVFYj6ovVsqRyh8mPD94J7N5G2IYnPZXCC-h7mmrGyqwo5lt3e-yjDT/w482-h640/25-Disabilities_IMG_20231216_132651862.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAr8UIOwoZn6prGZcVzIoFlqN7YFQST0GszPpsKyTTMbUsNOLtf_5y1PnbJULlGxoMb45dPbPaiWMGFurREoM6FsRM5fjGWDFH8TVGz8EZ5k33rRZ1ohWvhkFnNtf-BmsS0BoEJov4OFnSAswjP-lT1BGMSgAal7gVxFv7mdrOSVOXV5DoTbfTINPpEH8L/s806/26-WholeShebang_IMG_20231216_135008661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXNCFVCpLmHb5D6kZPWJmjQoeIuyM7lJ-Kv0JGq1lHiV8S28YXkZ9gl9McdX8SHvVA7xX1yMhsZOFN59Twgs0BtdMXtYjE5j0NIxR5dXm4GoHtUNeMiEjzCLBfI8mbJhoXkdy15jnG6WWuUpa5WAuDeWGH7SVIKCmkJAnkM5e1yNcyun7PSvfMMoCVIra/s607/28-NoArm_IMG_20231216_144055852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="457" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXNCFVCpLmHb5D6kZPWJmjQoeIuyM7lJ-Kv0JGq1lHiV8S28YXkZ9gl9McdX8SHvVA7xX1yMhsZOFN59Twgs0BtdMXtYjE5j0NIxR5dXm4GoHtUNeMiEjzCLBfI8mbJhoXkdy15jnG6WWuUpa5WAuDeWGH7SVIKCmkJAnkM5e1yNcyun7PSvfMMoCVIra/w482-h640/28-NoArm_IMG_20231216_144055852.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>See, these cookies are pretty cute. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aJi6BSKwIi2k0iW4rrExt8ppHNLPNzRdHNUWXczzQQuhebYra1603ei3hmj1INbUIprf31wIO1fGZoWcuRPjMw8wispbx_NGOHZF1g6KKjoT_P-qqjq6p8Cp9auFLPTjTBbUHu2zmrNnAgLVB33g9Z2cSYm44OFBvu8c9m5VVgQyRxkZEwMMIQxvl-pq/s806/28-TheseLookNice_IMG_20231216_144013445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="806" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aJi6BSKwIi2k0iW4rrExt8ppHNLPNzRdHNUWXczzQQuhebYra1603ei3hmj1INbUIprf31wIO1fGZoWcuRPjMw8wispbx_NGOHZF1g6KKjoT_P-qqjq6p8Cp9auFLPTjTBbUHu2zmrNnAgLVB33g9Z2cSYm44OFBvu8c9m5VVgQyRxkZEwMMIQxvl-pq/w640-h482/28-TheseLookNice_IMG_20231216_144013445.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>These are more like what I thought might come out of this activity. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAG8lRTSasPLHY24DLDrgIrBCAyh7RYrGFJY5Zk8CP2sNHGEqtXzQmigWbgTDURVC1iw7HUi21aKUIqfkjULsvEU4hw3M6nKuPwXPZ4iGiRIj1HgAaGPMSjoSWC3N22jBCm_B9qijs08ycj7JjSN0wbx_LrzLf66GtgqEenBScwr8Op6YZEXqA-5vFVVs/s607/29-ThatsMoreLikeIt_IMG_20231216_144048547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="457" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAG8lRTSasPLHY24DLDrgIrBCAyh7RYrGFJY5Zk8CP2sNHGEqtXzQmigWbgTDURVC1iw7HUi21aKUIqfkjULsvEU4hw3M6nKuPwXPZ4iGiRIj1HgAaGPMSjoSWC3N22jBCm_B9qijs08ycj7JjSN0wbx_LrzLf66GtgqEenBScwr8Op6YZEXqA-5vFVVs/w482-h640/29-ThatsMoreLikeIt_IMG_20231216_144048547.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Such a fun idea and this is a great group. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="806" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik82AB6p7ERuUwpH1dWHrimbzKeKZtqbly65PooSXFJs_O_yecyEoSVardzvklK7Ld5UNxcCh1tcEaiMW_5IVaplkvEoJeVJZgF7SX3zXnedGLmKK2K_H5iebKZz5qJlXKKnxSnLNgB2aJAv1ENDA9S74Y7f88lkKuH4NG7sgQDY4wNTZWwlthsWeSltwK/w640-h482/31-GroupShot_IMG_20231216_145534553.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Ivory came home and did the same thing as Daisy and got all glammed up. More sparkles... (I'm sad that I missed all this stuff. I was helping over at the last day of the Orem Temple's Open House.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3dXqGIVFWrAg_NUGmLsOMF5o6L1z5NLrx_nrfQLwHHrRQvy3Qui-u0gVKGAkt6m3IiVnXdzl-7ZXx3vhyUDO3yoGGqqKZfaA06iG64m0EqJQfMFSF5C0raoasyCpb3pdKyjZB81C0iwbBPitrdqcKLtUl_F4VDzqSb9ugujNh-Lhlpx24_SShHTo1tc3/s607/32-ColorThemed_IMG_20231216_161604082_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3dXqGIVFWrAg_NUGmLsOMF5o6L1z5NLrx_nrfQLwHHrRQvy3Qui-u0gVKGAkt6m3IiVnXdzl-7ZXx3vhyUDO3yoGGqqKZfaA06iG64m0EqJQfMFSF5C0raoasyCpb3pdKyjZB81C0iwbBPitrdqcKLtUl_F4VDzqSb9ugujNh-Lhlpx24_SShHTo1tc3/w360-h640/32-ColorThemed_IMG_20231216_161604082_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqpppAcdHOrx4TxJlN4FaaJ6pZ24hqDVSTsO9lL884mBbeT3FnCEWCaBc1PcfU5his6MLNIvGxzJls02XjqlD9Yt9Uu8iZte_82kvwehzOce1JJZePbwNjPAzLrcTB43KhJ7vgTq8qSXwNuY170XIMhvq4KEsr6oBI4m43F60elTelsDrM9L59zK1cX2q/s607/33-EyeShadow_IMG_20231216_162220584_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqpppAcdHOrx4TxJlN4FaaJ6pZ24hqDVSTsO9lL884mBbeT3FnCEWCaBc1PcfU5his6MLNIvGxzJls02XjqlD9Yt9Uu8iZte_82kvwehzOce1JJZePbwNjPAzLrcTB43KhJ7vgTq8qSXwNuY170XIMhvq4KEsr6oBI4m43F60elTelsDrM9L59zK1cX2q/w360-h640/33-EyeShadow_IMG_20231216_162220584_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>I really loved Ivory and Parker's pictures. Super cute. And creative that Ivory used my long diamond earrings in her hair. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7HHZj3pUrV3QadzH0V_MKFX5jJxaGRr14__0nyho3AwmPIIYUPY8LUBE5M22AAqiKcKjyemecdlrD6xed4J1-qz1OrXgvfGUz28MRCe-eOtQerc6cxc2Lr9K3g8lPpSLKlbJz2XgbcvgieLwgeHSgSVZyukAzuLpYXRoEMm58sdMZ7h2oM309kptuu1Q/s6000/1-Serious__MG_2368_FILM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7HHZj3pUrV3QadzH0V_MKFX5jJxaGRr14__0nyho3AwmPIIYUPY8LUBE5M22AAqiKcKjyemecdlrD6xed4J1-qz1OrXgvfGUz28MRCe-eOtQerc6cxc2Lr9K3g8lPpSLKlbJz2XgbcvgieLwgeHSgSVZyukAzuLpYXRoEMm58sdMZ7h2oM309kptuu1Q/w640-h426/1-Serious__MG_2368_FILM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_BuWx3wzWm78bY_h0-OmHpwkg3SzMQSsLSoj20QxA7NIt68D9TAA0N_U2z_Q2SD4zH0P2Ghg_0ULKqIW6zbTYlbKCeL7Lwk36KsI83EexBwiM5u-tTFmLONBvHLZglLwbc1rAdN3avq1jzeMTNZYjp-FPRWI3CoZc5bdbo99HpWlQKBmV_J5Kex1-b8l/s6000/2-Giggles__MG_2441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'm glad the girls get to have this experience. Adults seem to have forgotten how to have fun, or we have fewer opportunities like these. :)</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-41230855256793192142024-02-06T18:15:00.001-07:002024-02-06T18:15:11.710-07:00The Concert I Missed and the Other I Didn't<p>(December 6th, 2023)</p><p>December is concert season to be sure. I often enjoy these concerts the most because I really love Christmas music. We have several girls in choir, so let's visit their performances. First up is Pearl.</p><p>Pearl is still in Junior High, where they split up the concerts because the auditorium is not big enough to hold everyone. Kind of stupid in my opinion, but not anyone's fault that I know. I went to the earlier concert because I wanted to see Advanced Girls sing. Daisy came with me and then Ivory was going to join us for Pearl's later concert. Except that Dad showed up with her. Hold up!!</p><p>Tyler was super sick. His oxygen had been low and he had been ridiculously ill. Like, scary sick. So naturally, he wasn't going to come to the choir concert. That was a given. But there he was. Brilliant. Needless to say, he was there about 10 minutes and then it was too loud and his heart started racing (in the really not good way) and I took him outside and had him lay down on a bench and then I took him home. Where he should have stayed in the first place. </p><p>So Ivory took pictures for me and recorded songs. And Pearl sang and was cute.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsULkXhR8svaS_Sy3SqqakDUai-tKZMePdOLJCJ8LhenWfGBWYjDP-hhpWzMKfweB2qruIaQ1Jg4vI9XueHb9ZmrOUKs1PyIuYjPCOqNvvM-vvI8fFzoqQ1R7HoKaudX2aYPV3gzxdBM2UkWfTkzCh-fKo0Xf2VQf4gTZkh-d3Xrf2ps3M-0cj2cek1_M/s1633/1-PearlChoir_IMG_20231206_194526013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1633" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsULkXhR8svaS_Sy3SqqakDUai-tKZMePdOLJCJ8LhenWfGBWYjDP-hhpWzMKfweB2qruIaQ1Jg4vI9XueHb9ZmrOUKs1PyIuYjPCOqNvvM-vvI8fFzoqQ1R7HoKaudX2aYPV3gzxdBM2UkWfTkzCh-fKo0Xf2VQf4gTZkh-d3Xrf2ps3M-0cj2cek1_M/w640-h360/1-PearlChoir_IMG_20231206_194526013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJy-dvvHxy0Y6WqFNC5IfDaUQm5W8VIuw8xV1hnZ6cibnctbRnn_fBFeNR9bylZ-7N2huno9PLRy6KNHkqFo7JhnVRyK3LE4bd9v-Ge29alw5csm0e5lGegn8nlCA9TfpreHsQ36vmvfHgaqeWoafdq2-Me7hV1EY62_hOEMD1xSwxzXH6-7Mso0ols4U/s953/2-UpClose_20231206_191638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJy-dvvHxy0Y6WqFNC5IfDaUQm5W8VIuw8xV1hnZ6cibnctbRnn_fBFeNR9bylZ-7N2huno9PLRy6KNHkqFo7JhnVRyK3LE4bd9v-Ge29alw5csm0e5lGegn8nlCA9TfpreHsQ36vmvfHgaqeWoafdq2-Me7hV1EY62_hOEMD1xSwxzXH6-7Mso0ols4U/w480-h640/2-UpClose_20231206_191638.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nz_VfhIMgkg" width="320" youtube-src-id="nz_VfhIMgkg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7R0eAbOIgco9UEzMcWPq5DCbRfB1trd_G1plIsGkrieDSUc7bdrR9ZzMKh-VYUKqDq7xsnOZTWjksuqJ7CjVRMCeYoKlznJJC__cbcPvle2H5yabOnODTS7PuiqcIQdh-41BVxut2El2CuGx2jZOnKBJodzKmM0TvQJNsOG7iIg68vTExO8Kq9XJA41Fa/s919/3-SomeAudience_IMG_20231206_202204095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7R0eAbOIgco9UEzMcWPq5DCbRfB1trd_G1plIsGkrieDSUc7bdrR9ZzMKh-VYUKqDq7xsnOZTWjksuqJ7CjVRMCeYoKlznJJC__cbcPvle2H5yabOnODTS7PuiqcIQdh-41BVxut2El2CuGx2jZOnKBJodzKmM0TvQJNsOG7iIg68vTExO8Kq9XJA41Fa/w482-h640/3-SomeAudience_IMG_20231206_202204095.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>The concert at the High School is longer because all the choirs sing. (because there is enough seating for everyone) I got a little preview when Chamber choir came to the Junior High to show off their skills. It was fun to listen to them sing and I really enjoyed their Holly and the Ivy song. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NOovVNstx0qH38h9EFIPDl03QuyAo4jp8JJm4KJ5Iv9nEnkEOyeC9cckzXdL4BfnItEueAiEcv83604kIMXQEhmRU_cNXta0q-u9n19qqW-kqnGUvXe0XlIpeWYYsyAiRrSwpG-g4tHpNro44K9NUNBw4syfqK9OzBYqY2FJ-2lxtB41mJnw-7NWQjXo/s1694/4-AtJuniorHigh_20231215_094416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NOovVNstx0qH38h9EFIPDl03QuyAo4jp8JJm4KJ5Iv9nEnkEOyeC9cckzXdL4BfnItEueAiEcv83604kIMXQEhmRU_cNXta0q-u9n19qqW-kqnGUvXe0XlIpeWYYsyAiRrSwpG-g4tHpNro44K9NUNBw4syfqK9OzBYqY2FJ-2lxtB41mJnw-7NWQjXo/w640-h360/4-AtJuniorHigh_20231215_094416.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wMGiHsCi8Rk" width="320" youtube-src-id="wMGiHsCi8Rk"></iframe></div><p>As for the actual concert, it was really nice. Chamber Choir was up first. They sang some nice songs, of which I enjoyed Ding! Dong! Merrily on High the most. It is really fun to listen to a good choir.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjw7ASopc1McmUWqi7oq8Lqjv17yl7hzLIvvrhwt8Oqx1cLBUF4Wqk9erkaDUDe36Nr6_7JMEKLdsRN9vFlVbHVLhRvlW0PS5-rDVY_VN-d69M2r9oehxre2K2JwhvQdMfbTEC0l1IeE-ZeSViIC9K88E1DyqgX_YU_xOw2bHYSrqS3Adei085RnXARvN0/s1634/4-BehindScenes_IMG_20231219_183637733_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1634" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjw7ASopc1McmUWqi7oq8Lqjv17yl7hzLIvvrhwt8Oqx1cLBUF4Wqk9erkaDUDe36Nr6_7JMEKLdsRN9vFlVbHVLhRvlW0PS5-rDVY_VN-d69M2r9oehxre2K2JwhvQdMfbTEC0l1IeE-ZeSViIC9K88E1DyqgX_YU_xOw2bHYSrqS3Adei085RnXARvN0/w640-h360/4-BehindScenes_IMG_20231219_183637733_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NmolXy1EDtS3r3SNCJCm9AICItA2cxX2X5HuvnQDKJ5krAZcsHIlBr75g-8umffBDMskqkfZOFZGhJou4oCE286GArjibbmAZhfKHvBobfjV0H8vKxm0Xj0JKqNGA_bMeLjllg4UGLt2F_WEpm18mv4uSivtFGsdlNirMjA54DN1heuOr9px6qZrDJ8S/s1694/5-ChamberChoir_20231219_190724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NmolXy1EDtS3r3SNCJCm9AICItA2cxX2X5HuvnQDKJ5krAZcsHIlBr75g-8umffBDMskqkfZOFZGhJou4oCE286GArjibbmAZhfKHvBobfjV0H8vKxm0Xj0JKqNGA_bMeLjllg4UGLt2F_WEpm18mv4uSivtFGsdlNirMjA54DN1heuOr9px6qZrDJ8S/w640-h360/5-ChamberChoir_20231219_190724.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGwShnDxnmM" width="320" youtube-src-id="zGwShnDxnmM"></iframe></div><p>Sadly, Daisy's choir, Con Brio, sang really weird songs. They sang something from the Ceremony of Carols, which basically translates into something no one can understand so Mr. Taylor puts the words in the program. (Let's just be clear Mr. Taylor. If you are putting the words in the program so people understand what they are hearing, it is not the best song choice. Just saying.) But the harp was fun.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbZl2II7XPdbYH5lTlnuDvl4IyAR6vnYV3SGxi1XziD7gbutE0mFdfxvuiAMAga9emtDj3pTyqqLpQTO5W_wbewheE_6t5Nk1s7SqGiGxjM3p0RMx-ny5nN5GRgtMI9xouLBU4eV9LocY949k5XzIna7WZhaMjmzU4KMnivMwoLmnLho2rcvxbpZO5TzO/s1271/6-ConBrio_20231219_191703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbZl2II7XPdbYH5lTlnuDvl4IyAR6vnYV3SGxi1XziD7gbutE0mFdfxvuiAMAga9emtDj3pTyqqLpQTO5W_wbewheE_6t5Nk1s7SqGiGxjM3p0RMx-ny5nN5GRgtMI9xouLBU4eV9LocY949k5XzIna7WZhaMjmzU4KMnivMwoLmnLho2rcvxbpZO5TzO/w640-h480/6-ConBrio_20231219_191703.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/njVcojIuYq8" width="320" youtube-src-id="njVcojIuYq8"></iframe></div><p>My favorite of the evening was Fruitcake, naturally. Mr. Taylor didn't even introduce the song and Ivory felt like the audience was surprised and not engaged, but I thought it was fine. Fruitcake is crazy and should remain that way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByWSrdy7ewdbN2gqYXsRmhHL-zLpK2tWSflaXA7yw2E6qozmkmcjspSnNlB042pfLYgeAbdDdNpL2R_YVRvGyo15jtRfMC2eqlSTw2gUz7SfszX7yl2VMiGcDJnRbWtXEWO7uwc3DjuEstr_OKAp03sbtVgneW-PIgDrRXDeUeVA3km1ZL5_H_ekz70yB/s1920/7-FruitcakeStop_20231219_192455%20-%20frame%20at%202m46s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByWSrdy7ewdbN2gqYXsRmhHL-zLpK2tWSflaXA7yw2E6qozmkmcjspSnNlB042pfLYgeAbdDdNpL2R_YVRvGyo15jtRfMC2eqlSTw2gUz7SfszX7yl2VMiGcDJnRbWtXEWO7uwc3DjuEstr_OKAp03sbtVgneW-PIgDrRXDeUeVA3km1ZL5_H_ekz70yB/w640-h360/7-FruitcakeStop_20231219_192455%20-%20frame%20at%202m46s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hUx9M6_ryDc" width="320" youtube-src-id="hUx9M6_ryDc"></iframe></div><p>Finally, there was A Capella. I didn't include their song because we have plenty of video on here and they sang another winner that had the words in the program. (You know how I feel already.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfwzAPyHdPmY7q3PVyooNJw7yGAkAeWuWWJuyGwn-9qIcgGYkPkXvT0q2B1m8q9qV3MTf2kNp5f86aL4lOrKmZeimzF47rELd96GAuhG1VU4afB3mKUvC59hEOD1QPSxmWnuaEKEz7bfkeiObDATXFgvTAjxAAaU9zTPWlhtN6jKb9hmRYN8kUXnhKCKR/s1694/8-ACapella_20231219_195641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfwzAPyHdPmY7q3PVyooNJw7yGAkAeWuWWJuyGwn-9qIcgGYkPkXvT0q2B1m8q9qV3MTf2kNp5f86aL4lOrKmZeimzF47rELd96GAuhG1VU4afB3mKUvC59hEOD1QPSxmWnuaEKEz7bfkeiObDATXFgvTAjxAAaU9zTPWlhtN6jKb9hmRYN8kUXnhKCKR/w640-h360/8-ACapella_20231219_195641.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Phew, got those concerts done. Oh, and since the concerts were NOT close together, you will see that Tyler was feeling much better and attended the High School concert without having to leave before it started. Yay!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafiXhoSNtvAXhzhle4tN681i4dQe1gBwxmjsDcNWiFmuoQqUnfCGe2v29EDK7apZnIayMa9NCtvFYmwlF93Xn11M0sCuqROA1DvriaQITYPGQ_N52BpLLnxIiXq4HCHJtxmy-BzYEj4PGlHVfkdKUVWUZHRxgwWJQXj9Vr2cXaY_ZFpOfnoAxlN10FYJn/s1271/10-TheAudience_20231219_201538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafiXhoSNtvAXhzhle4tN681i4dQe1gBwxmjsDcNWiFmuoQqUnfCGe2v29EDK7apZnIayMa9NCtvFYmwlF93Xn11M0sCuqROA1DvriaQITYPGQ_N52BpLLnxIiXq4HCHJtxmy-BzYEj4PGlHVfkdKUVWUZHRxgwWJQXj9Vr2cXaY_ZFpOfnoAxlN10FYJn/w640-h480/10-TheAudience_20231219_201538.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-9617580945844171862024-02-01T17:08:00.001-07:002024-02-01T17:08:58.351-07:00Book Review 2023<p>I was trying to do posts in order, but I feel bad leaving this post until February. It’s really a January sort of post. Plus, maybe one person is dying for some good recommendations? I didn’t read quite as much as I did during 2022, but 2023 was still a substantial reading year for me. (I don’t claim to be a crazy big reader. I have friends who read hundreds of books a year. That's not me.) Oddly, I seemed to read a lot of Brandon Sanderson this year. I read 11 of his books. What can I say? He’s a great author. But enough of my blathering, let’s get to the stats and my favorites:</p><p>I read 23,768 pages from 63 books </p><p>Shortest book: <i>Mistborn Secret History</i> by Brandon Sanderson (160 pages)</p><p>Longest book: <i>Return of the Dragon Slayers</i> by Brandon Mull (608 pages)</p><p>Average book length: 377 pages </p><p>Most popular: <i>Frankenstein</i> by Mary Shelley (2,768,285 people shelved it)</p><p>Least popular: <i>The Die of Destiny</i> by Frank L.Cole (1,998 people also read it)</p><p>Highest rating on Goodreads: <i>The Warden and the Wolf King</i> by Andrew Peterson (4.74)</p><p>Most read month: March (8 books)</p><p>Least read month: September (2 books)</p><p>Most of my favorite books came from: Personal Choice! (7 out of 11) Also interesting to note is how many were audio books. (Also 7 out of 11)</p><p>Here are my top 11 favorites of the year (in no particular order) and the review that I wrote for them. Also the key that goes with them. (NC=Neighborhood Club, MB=My Book Group, FG=Family Group, PC=Personal Choice) I read so many good books, but these were the best of the best.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Bullet that Missed</b> by Richard Osman (PC) - (Audio) How did I not review this already? I finished it ages ago. It was the best guys! Of the three so far, it was my favorite. I'm so impressed with the writing and the character development. There are twists and drama and humor and surprises. I love it all! </p><p>I can't possibly have a favorite character, but maybe it would be...aah, I can't choose. Richard, he is my favorite character. Because he is brilliant, and he's planning on writing a lot more of these books. It makes me so happy. </p><p>No spoilers, of course. Just know that you are in for another treat with the Thursday Murder Club gang.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Last Devil to Die</b> by Richard Osman (PC) - (Audio) I have a hard time giving out 5 stars, and even if each of these books have gotten 4 stars, the overall series is a 5 star in my book. Holy moly Richard Osman, I love these books so much! This one was much more poetic and introspective with the themes of dementia and death (not to mention all the romantic prose from Ibrahim). All of it just adds to the realness and quirkiness of life being lived by these lovely people and murders happening along the way. </p><p>This is probably the first book I was close to tears, and I only held it together because I was listening at work and I think it's weird to cry at work. The story was very touching, while still making me laugh out loud. (Which is also weird at work, but I seem to have less control over that reaction.)</p><p>I recommend this series to almost everyone I know. I'm only sad to think that the next one won't be out until next year. But it's always nice to have something to look forward to.</p><p><i>*Usually I don’t put multiple books from one series, but these are the best books. I love each one so much.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>Okay for Now</b> by Gary Schmidt (PC) - 4.5 (audio) I loved this book so much. I'll admit that I was hesitant because I liked the Wednesday Wars a lot and I didn't see how this one could compare. But I apologize to myself and Stephanie. Why did I ever doubt? In fact, I think I may have liked this one just a little bit more.</p><p>Gary Schmidt is amazing at writing a story with a character that feels so genuine and dynamic that you can't help rooting for them and wanting to follow along their journey. But this book was chalk full of fantastic characters, covering so many human interest moments. Doug's Mom, Lucas, Christopher, Lil, Mr. Powell, Coach Reed, Mrs. Windermere, and the list goes on and on. He makes you care about each one. </p><p>I listened to the book with Pearl and we laughed out loud together and teared up together. It was such a fantastic story. I'm sorry we didn't get to see the pictures, but the reader was perfect. I'm not lying…</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hidden Valley Road</b> by Robert Kolker (MB) - (Audio) Wow, this book was intense. Not like on-the-edge-of-your-seat-what-happens-next intense, but how-does-one-family-go-through-this-stuff intense. I spent most of my time being so grateful that I don't have children with schizophrenia and then part of the time worried that they will somehow manifest it someday. (No, it doesn't run in my family, but reading about stuff makes you paranoid.)</p><p>I learned so much about the disease and it was fascinating. But my two take aways from the book have more to do with human interaction.</p><p>1) Each sibling had their own way to deal with the dynamics of the family. I can't say that I fault any of them. I have to remember that people's coping mechanisms are not the same and it is better to look for the reasons why someone chose their path than just judging them for it. I admit that I would be disappointed in siblings not being more hands on, but I can also imagine the terror of being a Galvin son and waiting for an insidious disease to descend upon me. </p><p>2) It doesn't seem to matter what you do as a parent, you can still get blamed for childhood trauma. Most notable to me was when the Galvin's sent their oldest daughter to live with a family to save her from the violence and unpredictability of her sick brother, not to mention from abuse that was not known by the parents at the time. But the daughter decided to see that as abandonment and expulsion from the family. What?? That blows my mind. </p><p>Regardless, this was a hard read. I don't have triggers, but I imagine people with abuse in their past might have a hard time getting through this. Topics included: Murder, Suicide, lots of drugs, Sexual abuse, profanity, violence, manipulation, and naturally lots of mental health issues.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Alloy of Law</b> by Brandon Sanderson (PC) - (Audio) It's Brandon Sanderson, so I'm gonna like it, but it was weird to have the story shift so drastically from book 3 to 4. I knew it was going to happen and there would be different characters, but still. It was hard to catch up. </p><p>I love the references to the house titles and things like the city being called Elendell. :) It was interesting to see the technological advancements, while they still hadn't reached things like cars and airplanes. And I liked the mixing of races so people could have twin powers. </p><p>Overall, I still got a little lost during fight scenes. They are well written. It's just hard for me to focus sometimes, especially if I'm doing something else at the same time. (Sheepish grin)</p><p>I love the new characters though. Wax and Wayne are going to be a great duo. And Miles was a fantastic bad guy! So I'll happily delve into this second half of Mistborn and see where it takes me.</p><p><i>*I ended up loving the second epic of Mistborn more than the first. My review seems half hearted, but I was totally sold in the end.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>Where the Red Fern Grows</b> by Wilson Rawls (PC) - (Audio) This book is a classic and makes my heart ache every time I read it. Pearl and I listened to it together. When we read the <i>Unteachables</i>, it sort of spoiled <i>Where the Red Fern Grows</i>, but I thought Pearl needed to experience that book even if the ending was somewhat revealed.</p><p>Even though I feel like every child should read this book, I forbid Robyn from reading it. Her tender animal heart seemed like it couldn't make it through such a story. She's an adult now, but I'll give it a few more years before I recommend she read it.</p><p>Meanwhile, I was so happy to revisit the story. I'm not sure I've read it since 5th grade, but some of the memories of the book are still vivid. I love how hard work and love of God are woven through the book. This will forever be one of my favorites!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Remarkably Bright Creatures</b> by Shelby Van Pelt (MB) - I LOVED this book. It was so heartwarming. I loved Marcellus having his own chapters and slowly deciding that humans aren't so dull after all. </p><p>I love human interest stories that slowly draw out the truth and connect lives that should be together. This one felt so relatable and it was easy to connect with the characters. Tova was a great lady. I happen to have an elderly neighbor named Tove and it made me think of her every time. </p><p>The Pacific Northwest is my home so it was fun to hear of these locations and imagine them happening right around my stomping grounds. It made me rather wistful to visit again. </p><p>Overall, it was a touching book that I thoroughly enjoyed. Fantastic debut novel Shelby!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle</b> by Stuart Turton (MB) - (Audio - 1st time) This book was quite confusing in places. It takes a crazy good mind and (I'm assuming) an intense story board to get all these pieces in the right places. It seemed a little harder since I was listening, so it was really difficult to keep track of all the names and characters...and there are plenty. Not even counting the 8 hosts, characters come and go like a drizzle in the rainforest. </p><p>I'm so glad I finished it. Somewhere past halfway, the pieces started locking into place and the curtain becomes sheer enough that clues are more obvious, although they still don't reveal all the tricks and turns coming. I was surprised by the end and thought it wrapped up well. I want someone to choose this book for book club so I can enjoy it again, but this time reading. </p><p>Good job Stuart! I picked this book up because of the title, but it was quite the adventure.</p><p>UPDATE (2nd time): I reread this book. Well, I read it instead of listening to it. Lucky for me, I am NOT good at remembering plots, so a lot of it was a total surprise again. It was much easier to follow while reading. The names didn't get as blurred and it probably helped that things came back easily as I got into the story.</p><p>It was so good!! I'm still so impressed with how the pieces fit together. The body count is rather high. I forgot how many people die. But I loved the character development and the mystery and the quantum leap elements. It was fantastic! I read it on a cruise and it was the perfect read to pick up again and again in between other activities.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Only Plane in the Sky</b> by Garrett Graff (NC) - This book was amazing. I'm old enough to remember 9/11 easily enough, but I was in Ukraine when the events transpired and I've always felt disconnected from that day. I didn't get back in the country until the following December, so even the aftermath was not something I heard about or witnessed.</p><p>This book made me feel connected to all those people and their stories. I cried multiple times. It is almost unfathomable what went on and those who sacrificed their lives trying to help. I think it shows how great American's are. Even the guy who helped the terrorists get on the plane. It is so awful that he holds himself responsible or that anyone else might. He was doing exactly what he was supposed to...helping others. That makes him a true American. </p><p>This book was well written. It was cool to see people's thoughts grouped around each of the events. It felt authentic. I'm so glad I read it and I will forever feel closer to this tragedy that forever affected my country.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Daughter of Smoke and Bone</b> by Laini Taylor (PC) - I think Laini Taylor is an amazing author. I fell in love with Strange the Dreamer! So naturally I had to check out this other series. So far it is also really good. There is a creativity and intensity to these books that I don't find in many other series. The descriptions and mannerisms of the characters leave me feeling like I am a part of the story. </p><p>I was wondering how this book would end, since Laini is pretty good at cliff hangers. Yep, there it was...the dangling thread to keep you grasping at the story. Evil temptress. So I'm off to get the second one so I can ignore my children and my chores to instead follow Karou on her journey.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Murder of Mr. Wickham</b> by Claudia Gray (PC) - (Audio) I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Yep...it was super confusing at the beginning, trying to remember all the characters in Jane Austen's books. I made myself a cheat sheet and referred to it often until I got the characters down. (Maybe the actual book has a character list at the front. I hope so.)</p><p>I enjoyed all the old-timey speech, but now put into context with a murder. I thought it was so fun. I had my suspicions about the killer, but by the end, I really didn't want it to be anyone, since I had grown so attached to everyone. It is interesting to watch the story progress beyond the initial 'happy ever after'. I admit that I often pictured the actors from the movies and that helped me keep them sorted out. </p><p>It was such a fun, clever idea and well executed I believe. It stayed true to the people and their predominant characteristics. There have been many spin-offs from the Austen legacy, some good and others...not so good. This one was one of my favorites. I will definitely follow Miss Tilney and Mister Darcy on another case.</p><p>And in case you like to see the cover. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOCDjrMzC2CEyJCzbhLD7naM8iShNdvX7RDVjD0iGwK0_SQLsrLOVUIiQYxiqCkabIBs3Bwi9uPUTCfJ9tCpAf14PeEfto0vHv3q6jhC8GeWpZDaMIqjYcW1sAkzqOICiviBQ6irGQeRjsXN1_DyEODdH3CIORXJJjem2_qCTgKK9ldONYVg-ZToWAGJI/w256-h400/10-MrWickham_59089898.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p>Not sure if you noticed, but The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle made it on here two years running. Mainly because I listened to it in 2022 and read it in 2023 and enjoyed it immensely both times. That's a first. It was a great year of reading and I'm looking forward to another.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-48494661463102583822024-01-28T19:32:00.006-07:002024-01-28T19:32:38.457-07:00Snowman and Festivities<p>(December 2nd, 2023)</p><p>I love it when we have our ward party early in the season. Then I don't have to worry about it overlapping with other events. (December can be quite the crazy month.) This year, they wanted to have a talent show for part of the entertainment. Talent night means the Cazier's are signing up, no questions asked. We never know what we are doing, but we are doing something.</p><p>We threw out plenty of ideas, but on the trip to Idaho for Thanksgiving, <i>Snowman</i> by Sia came on my playlist and I knew that was the one we needed to sing for talent night. </p><p>June was going to be out of town, but we gave jobs to everyone else. We all had singing parts, and Tyler was going to play the marimba and Beau was playing the piano. </p><p>I wish there were more acts that night. Our ward didn't really get into it. There were only three or so numbers before us. Unfortunately, Beau's shift was running late that night and wasn't there when it was our turn. </p><p>The final part of the evening was supposed to be The Nativity performed by the youth, so I begged them to go before us. (I would have felt worse ending the evening on a less spiritual note, but Santa was scheduled to come at the very end of the evening and that would have burst the Jesus bubble anyway.)</p><p>The kids did a great job with the nativity. It was a simple production with two narrators and the kids acting out the scenes onstage. Daisy was one of the narrators. She did an amazing job. She is really good at reading out loud. Her kids will be very lucky. Pearl was a cute shepherd and Ivory played the piano for all the songs. (I guess the kids on stage did sing, although they did not speak.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVwtOHf-lYIXHGrybL9cwOnrD2a1QZpDb82lFDD7C3T7cB42v7cxXuntIjF_iHMQUDyY5FHI8LaAXK0-e-fr9DS4kzGYK7ssXhY5dCEdZeba7cFlTfwPNCfiybgu2WbIVmkYB7Ih0Swk71qjAXZi52eGM43eU-eEt22W33DroAV5LnZ5JGeMNoa2Z8tiL/s1271/7-Nativity_20231202_182755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVwtOHf-lYIXHGrybL9cwOnrD2a1QZpDb82lFDD7C3T7cB42v7cxXuntIjF_iHMQUDyY5FHI8LaAXK0-e-fr9DS4kzGYK7ssXhY5dCEdZeba7cFlTfwPNCfiybgu2WbIVmkYB7Ih0Swk71qjAXZi52eGM43eU-eEt22W33DroAV5LnZ5JGeMNoa2Z8tiL/w640-h480/7-Nativity_20231202_182755.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UyujQsX8zgit3WNJZjW2SWRCnKi_Kn9-WNZVZr3XGu1zqvKRzzj45EVYV94HIW3m95UZjCMxJ0laK8pAwcOac6hVPSzwRUDrUfxmqhzlfkwSF8M408Yk6wr71wJ64UPWOqXMSAk0Jq8iwFvm_LeRVF1EuE88hQej3Md8Uz7ys9LjRxsouvqlvVelVZxh/s1271/8-PearlShepherd_20231202_182811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UyujQsX8zgit3WNJZjW2SWRCnKi_Kn9-WNZVZr3XGu1zqvKRzzj45EVYV94HIW3m95UZjCMxJ0laK8pAwcOac6hVPSzwRUDrUfxmqhzlfkwSF8M408Yk6wr71wJ64UPWOqXMSAk0Jq8iwFvm_LeRVF1EuE88hQej3Md8Uz7ys9LjRxsouvqlvVelVZxh/w640-h480/8-PearlShepherd_20231202_182811.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHqAH2Kgqxedbgv4JjbW8MJT9epZHmx7-fNvTkmHdPOOwhUMgTTr97g2xnqWC8ImBn-w6hDyL7E-scegmrSvyXkJsWaJdi5gYOz7iJ96CPX9C7vI7ZJ5IsNUHb2DLCsaXmKYJ8pT57u70W1yB8DNIQ2Jss4qDIN9d57wsrBovxxUglHWLe_h6himL8MHA/s1271/9-DaisyNarrator_20231202_182817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHqAH2Kgqxedbgv4JjbW8MJT9epZHmx7-fNvTkmHdPOOwhUMgTTr97g2xnqWC8ImBn-w6hDyL7E-scegmrSvyXkJsWaJdi5gYOz7iJ96CPX9C7vI7ZJ5IsNUHb2DLCsaXmKYJ8pT57u70W1yB8DNIQ2Jss4qDIN9d57wsrBovxxUglHWLe_h6himL8MHA/w640-h480/9-DaisyNarrator_20231202_182817.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC37AZmI7PeACdm7YkQz_eTA_jQHKSqqChjwY37wXDR3lPsChs9uvo-Sq5UxrFH_Dt-l6agyYvgqVhs0DmbsY82KMfHSli5MB4a-f05qNZquEGE3Fl7Ldv-bbNhk34Z9ObKEEb_HNHR24uqqD_2cuFwfK33Wyzdu8I0MmzfhuyLH4A40srSS8no9YZZ2zK/s953/10-IvoryPiano_20231202_182825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC37AZmI7PeACdm7YkQz_eTA_jQHKSqqChjwY37wXDR3lPsChs9uvo-Sq5UxrFH_Dt-l6agyYvgqVhs0DmbsY82KMfHSli5MB4a-f05qNZquEGE3Fl7Ldv-bbNhk34Z9ObKEEb_HNHR24uqqD_2cuFwfK33Wyzdu8I0MmzfhuyLH4A40srSS8no9YZZ2zK/w480-h640/10-IvoryPiano_20231202_182825.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>It was a very nice production and the youth did a great job. The highlights for me were Annie as the donkey and Spencer as the star. Classic.</p><p>Then it was our turn whether we were ready or not. We weren't. Beau still wasn't there, but the show must go on. It would have sounded better with the piano, but Tyler carried it just fine with the marimba. 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AaFzK0-MaWk" width="320" youtube-src-id="AaFzK0-MaWk"></iframe></div><p>It was a really fun evening. Everyone really enjoyed our number. Chelsea Stringer in particular said she wanted to be adopted into our family. She loves to sing and something like this would be right up her alley. (She did sing a song during the nativity, which was beautiful.) I'll have to remember to invite her next time. She could only make us sound better. Just a couple more selfies from the evening. Taylor came to watch the number. (He is officially Ivory's boyfriend as of a week or so ago :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistaEvnalXTIVpCkSJphLSVYDs3pzU9TRIo-SIpGkUyM05v8Mb5xj_cko5WzwmKhUNTjm1qg-C2VmDYr3KqzWZoIzUJSsQao6CzoiXAFgzEMj678notZV4MPICEgNGTByeW7ifpHZqbkAA1CNlv2fZ28m4zfIURcIUzmDRedKHNx7D6b4PytFiRvv8F_Gc/s1694/11-DaisyAndMom_20231202_185129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistaEvnalXTIVpCkSJphLSVYDs3pzU9TRIo-SIpGkUyM05v8Mb5xj_cko5WzwmKhUNTjm1qg-C2VmDYr3KqzWZoIzUJSsQao6CzoiXAFgzEMj678notZV4MPICEgNGTByeW7ifpHZqbkAA1CNlv2fZ28m4zfIURcIUzmDRedKHNx7D6b4PytFiRvv8F_Gc/w640-h360/11-DaisyAndMom_20231202_185129.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yJ7T3Y5qbNK6gvQSHeQTzqegU5h_VB3uyaW9_2qag8DaLSKHZsSuZGye0Sb1MO0n90BA19SroU8mCDLBlZ-qwUjJlVjCGAuaLiBSjCImEwT9uJx2TaBP4OHKVXhOzb-QQbS1PMQQgkndIwuoYOg27OTaaHqfw0sqSCV2h_NGUoSO99exkdHg1NDnMJ0P/s1694/12-IvesMomTaylor_20231202_185205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yJ7T3Y5qbNK6gvQSHeQTzqegU5h_VB3uyaW9_2qag8DaLSKHZsSuZGye0Sb1MO0n90BA19SroU8mCDLBlZ-qwUjJlVjCGAuaLiBSjCImEwT9uJx2TaBP4OHKVXhOzb-QQbS1PMQQgkndIwuoYOg27OTaaHqfw0sqSCV2h_NGUoSO99exkdHg1NDnMJ0P/w640-h360/12-IvesMomTaylor_20231202_185205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It was a really fun Christmas party. But I always enjoy when the Cazier's perform. </p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-63861149254875058912024-01-27T12:22:00.000-07:002024-01-27T12:22:14.013-07:00Ultimate Christmas Cards<p>(December 3rd, 2023)</p><p>Tyler makes the Christmas card for his place of work every year. It has become quite the tradition. He too me to his office one evening and showed me how people display their cards at their desks to show how long they've worked there. Cool huh?</p><p>I'm not sure I got the card on here from last year? (It may be in a chatbook somewhere) I figured I could put it on here again. This is the 2022 card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj7wsP2SweQ2Y2XctE0_8y0qrEQGJhncvNnB9MWXhO33wHvHE6A9U8MDE5ldrQj1uVRqtfE4m9tEQhivkyTJqjWmZ0oApov3o4Da2iyrSp4nppyXJOD9LJIS6SUbgvHLom5dtzvnjDFuzsjeT-jxNnKCXunRv4d8xIdeFgXl85GMDbf35D9HrTg6dhS9k/s1271/1-LastYear_20240127_100152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj7wsP2SweQ2Y2XctE0_8y0qrEQGJhncvNnB9MWXhO33wHvHE6A9U8MDE5ldrQj1uVRqtfE4m9tEQhivkyTJqjWmZ0oApov3o4Da2iyrSp4nppyXJOD9LJIS6SUbgvHLom5dtzvnjDFuzsjeT-jxNnKCXunRv4d8xIdeFgXl85GMDbf35D9HrTg6dhS9k/w640-h480/1-LastYear_20240127_100152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>This year was quite fancy and funny. It is awesome how well some of these looks go together and how creepy other ones are. See if you can kind Tyler in each card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41ZtngW0OdsqH0IQqJBdXVM-ngUCPVnwHBLsFKcywb5D4pvTBpxqU539UxA4TI1KpC3kHjPmbr-bWukDCuT7DArUhl0zviaWPjNdOuWWdsXLlRLpQS-zvJbSaOtBsxX4IhBeQB8eDZIIyoq6TBgXjLGhzVGk9C48iq2kmqq8AWCucg7KyOhDdbPw_HuXb/s2100/tmp_1706374931144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41ZtngW0OdsqH0IQqJBdXVM-ngUCPVnwHBLsFKcywb5D4pvTBpxqU539UxA4TI1KpC3kHjPmbr-bWukDCuT7DArUhl0zviaWPjNdOuWWdsXLlRLpQS-zvJbSaOtBsxX4IhBeQB8eDZIIyoq6TBgXjLGhzVGk9C48iq2kmqq8AWCucg7KyOhDdbPw_HuXb/w640-h458/tmp_1706374931144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I wonder what they will do when Tyler is gone. Christmas will never be the same there.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-370955822431666222024-01-23T22:11:00.013-07:002024-01-23T22:11:56.314-07:00Santa's Book Workshop<p>(End of November-ish, 2023)</p><p>I've had so much fun decorating the library this year (and technically last) because I've had so much help. Emily is a staple in the library. I've basically turned most of the decorating over to her. She does my signs and helps me think of ideas. It's been fun to have extra help, and she is cheaper than Beau. :)</p><p>Beau still came and did an elf for me. I loved her little packing elf. Actually, the elf wasn't so little. She was big enough that she didn't fit in the laminator and I had to cut her in two. Don't worry, you can't tell. Let's give you the big picture first. My idea was to make a little book workshop where the elves are packing up the books and getting them ready for Christmas. Can you see the vision?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NBJQETBS3Ey6-_6wXlvSrK4ivQ6wgGpq7P0E7wG7E1aHUlG4z2qV9HgT_LH4t_fei2-gMq6cLgXTUaEFdBYtnqeu5okQxg7t4Gcjk5JJkqor6E9PN97JgYL-DnWB3Cu5IZl2OXdw6IWDoP2n35UvLTJLuJP7Rzz9Wev4LSeODblmR5rf_SbnQWJFT1bY/s1271/2-Workshop_20231130_110335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NBJQETBS3Ey6-_6wXlvSrK4ivQ6wgGpq7P0E7wG7E1aHUlG4z2qV9HgT_LH4t_fei2-gMq6cLgXTUaEFdBYtnqeu5okQxg7t4Gcjk5JJkqor6E9PN97JgYL-DnWB3Cu5IZl2OXdw6IWDoP2n35UvLTJLuJP7Rzz9Wev4LSeODblmR5rf_SbnQWJFT1bY/w640-h480/2-Workshop_20231130_110335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Pretty fun, huh? Let's look at the details. Yes, the elf was halved in the middle, but her tutu hides it well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_BqKlHC3lIQoc8wUl1ye717hTgrRyxCWr7S2bZi2CNYRw3bmeO3I_ETs1iVSJoo3morqbs8wY-ebILcrkSNNy4cIcUMk4fPxX-7NWNHWmKsLwmeXEtOLFFk9wQ2n1RdPaBR1DNeG70bvBTxvIyxqHcVjgMSWUoTXKCDAjgdy5-YBAcHev9h3KWURtvI3/s1271/3-ILikeBig_20231130_110346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_BqKlHC3lIQoc8wUl1ye717hTgrRyxCWr7S2bZi2CNYRw3bmeO3I_ETs1iVSJoo3morqbs8wY-ebILcrkSNNy4cIcUMk4fPxX-7NWNHWmKsLwmeXEtOLFFk9wQ2n1RdPaBR1DNeG70bvBTxvIyxqHcVjgMSWUoTXKCDAjgdy5-YBAcHev9h3KWURtvI3/w640-h480/3-ILikeBig_20231130_110346.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I was very proud of my little door to the sleigh. Just like at the airport.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2vUJEjx-0QrStHxQPW7A7vpxWtb_iVk2zlyMIXHMM0mTLtp19SsoPn95r0d0ROGChc8g7yGgitNAxLluFAyNLLiad9oLcRY7_TT1L1msKTXOSTtdBkHWMw3dNZFp8D8vC6d-Z3qA8GOSvBPqoIXc6BgeBncDVwjF_okrrqf9riv4UUckmKENrS1Rco9S/s1271/4-ToTheSleigh_20231130_110355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2vUJEjx-0QrStHxQPW7A7vpxWtb_iVk2zlyMIXHMM0mTLtp19SsoPn95r0d0ROGChc8g7yGgitNAxLluFAyNLLiad9oLcRY7_TT1L1msKTXOSTtdBkHWMw3dNZFp8D8vC6d-Z3qA8GOSvBPqoIXc6BgeBncDVwjF_okrrqf9riv4UUckmKENrS1Rco9S/w640-h480/4-ToTheSleigh_20231130_110355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I'm also proud of my work-worked corners. Those took a bit to make, but I love the feel it gave.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9emtGGbpFwr1eKuQPzTViRR3QGEKO6oqHK72R95kPEOi0n2BDwUz7DUzdgm9VNsiACwJZvbRXLaN1Z45CotueqQdSBi-sDIYPccAzDMolxqcZ9PZgQNnLYAaHjQLBlYyBBayHz7eqpAKrDzY6Q4FVB3m18ROzvvMZQVIQQJdAtJI_gQS-S1KHwwiJhsh/s1271/5-CanyCanes_20231130_110401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9emtGGbpFwr1eKuQPzTViRR3QGEKO6oqHK72R95kPEOi0n2BDwUz7DUzdgm9VNsiACwJZvbRXLaN1Z45CotueqQdSBi-sDIYPccAzDMolxqcZ9PZgQNnLYAaHjQLBlYyBBayHz7eqpAKrDzY6Q4FVB3m18ROzvvMZQVIQQJdAtJI_gQS-S1KHwwiJhsh/w640-h480/5-CanyCanes_20231130_110401.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>These signs were supposed to look sort of homemade. I wish Emily was making signs back then...they would have been much better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzeoVrlGVidL10clLO3Zlj3jMBe4C8KianGr2bBfPyWNoM-PypfM-bK4CGIbTrxKym7cfxeiYKo2dBd7qF2qnLKIcAbIceT8o4urgBTFcXkPZ6yTubfXAMEITc-904ZIk5Z7fYfrYg0GcSMpOHBTi8KUUEwpN7kfBRHdphu4oikJJBGvP73ulu4xOLskK/s1271/6-Signs_20231130_110413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzeoVrlGVidL10clLO3Zlj3jMBe4C8KianGr2bBfPyWNoM-PypfM-bK4CGIbTrxKym7cfxeiYKo2dBd7qF2qnLKIcAbIceT8o4urgBTFcXkPZ6yTubfXAMEITc-904ZIk5Z7fYfrYg0GcSMpOHBTi8KUUEwpN7kfBRHdphu4oikJJBGvP73ulu4xOLskK/w640-h480/6-Signs_20231130_110413.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>More presents on the way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6z-gPljrR96T79al2QoQ0IXy3xdZKiR9WinhZ7ujgrXrUCrvsTQyyG_SDVy7aysVhYgytqV8mU5AmHyu_u0Q0lQsKmbSHu57AuhYMErUV-k6rZ9gi7G2RM4sT43eK_xEpPYrleHbJifJka5Hq92Dl3NY8zBgKag1aZl7UoGo1YYHQWhrkYsq7rSfHlqf/s1271/7-PresentsGoing_20231130_110417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6z-gPljrR96T79al2QoQ0IXy3xdZKiR9WinhZ7ujgrXrUCrvsTQyyG_SDVy7aysVhYgytqV8mU5AmHyu_u0Q0lQsKmbSHu57AuhYMErUV-k6rZ9gi7G2RM4sT43eK_xEpPYrleHbJifJka5Hq92Dl3NY8zBgKag1aZl7UoGo1YYHQWhrkYsq7rSfHlqf/w640-h480/7-PresentsGoing_20231130_110417.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The library is still hosting the National Junior Honor Society on a regular basis. They are such a great group of kids. We did card decorating first thing in December. And we also wrapped up our Needs drive. I was super impressed with all the stuff the kids collected. They ran everything. They made posters, and advertised in classrooms and picked up donations. We got over 1,000 items. Not too shabby. Like I said, really great students.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GcskN1pBN7q2JlrFQdyAv12D9Mt-p4ffYc-wz3ZxLDWbNeO-d8XRvUh8u2KaK3WE_30gXmvOTrFNeR7hipVlK9LKAUbsGnP8gTrpDYglj-o8t9cMk2AzwrZUE1VROuL3pK0_-G8thQPr48yd0BBluY6EVWqOYziTL6bOyXESzwuFDwNXDAKCVtuhZr7X/s1271/8-NJHSGroup_20231201_101124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GcskN1pBN7q2JlrFQdyAv12D9Mt-p4ffYc-wz3ZxLDWbNeO-d8XRvUh8u2KaK3WE_30gXmvOTrFNeR7hipVlK9LKAUbsGnP8gTrpDYglj-o8t9cMk2AzwrZUE1VROuL3pK0_-G8thQPr48yd0BBluY6EVWqOYziTL6bOyXESzwuFDwNXDAKCVtuhZr7X/w640-h480/8-NJHSGroup_20231201_101124.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBpzbe7IMXWh50K8n4TxvdgfcSR5LnT-XHo-x8uhEkl4ffpR_CRUm3kca1hyphenhyphenzVulxStvni9pIeiTNj-8lrDDwtlr1MikjaVWSg0cnyiWv9oI3a2vYTajr9vtXNOs9X2NpwHn8iDAm2zNvWQoi-nv3Duw25ydgyamXPKZxrTej7rXhWvnwFLG6gahhMj-x/s953/9-CuteCards_20231201_101136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBpzbe7IMXWh50K8n4TxvdgfcSR5LnT-XHo-x8uhEkl4ffpR_CRUm3kca1hyphenhyphenzVulxStvni9pIeiTNj-8lrDDwtlr1MikjaVWSg0cnyiWv9oI3a2vYTajr9vtXNOs9X2NpwHn8iDAm2zNvWQoi-nv3Duw25ydgyamXPKZxrTej7rXhWvnwFLG6gahhMj-x/w480-h640/9-CuteCards_20231201_101136.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHyTJ510k7Rf5FvYrIAtfisADghCauOBnJlZSem6znx9T1QfAhCdBZTpSGiNTOPOB8ZKnGht3mdFAhs_Uk1_E95sQ6MTMOVpGCNvV1Z1pq9qmQozvVNjElCo6w0SD9aCRCwu5T05AMM_EBRrRhHjlXmhuAJNSA14vkyKWk_M_IO1RXGxR4hFU2zdCZf-f/s1271/10-FoodDrive_20231201_101247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHyTJ510k7Rf5FvYrIAtfisADghCauOBnJlZSem6znx9T1QfAhCdBZTpSGiNTOPOB8ZKnGht3mdFAhs_Uk1_E95sQ6MTMOVpGCNvV1Z1pq9qmQozvVNjElCo6w0SD9aCRCwu5T05AMM_EBRrRhHjlXmhuAJNSA14vkyKWk_M_IO1RXGxR4hFU2zdCZf-f/w640-h480/10-FoodDrive_20231201_101247.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Okay, back to decor. Emily made me a sign on the message board out front. Yes, she forgot the 'c' in Grinch, but it was so cute regardless. It took her a bit of time to get it done. One evening while it was waiting to be finished, some parents used the library and let their kids run wild. I came in the next morning to find kids had taken off the tops of several markers and scribbled on the message board. The markers were ruined and Emily had to redo much of the sign. I don't get mad often, but I was furious. Also, I felt like my space was violated. I'd like to smack those parents. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbzBJFvny89FfU_TFzaI2w9QhkcZO5uc5Hj7m5VtX_TiM4FnUcPErxVoiNvIh9TmBWGvVGYZfypYKdFHnVzkRmT1_avUlost9cxhK2MP5sWel1eUmAtv4QRMC3kuhJU-oHo437lQvd_UJpTT1jWdWXpwv9KRGnwNcL5SsOI-rKwuwP2XKu_PiQkpmWBc6/s953/11-GrinchSign_20231201_150958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbzBJFvny89FfU_TFzaI2w9QhkcZO5uc5Hj7m5VtX_TiM4FnUcPErxVoiNvIh9TmBWGvVGYZfypYKdFHnVzkRmT1_avUlost9cxhK2MP5sWel1eUmAtv4QRMC3kuhJU-oHo437lQvd_UJpTT1jWdWXpwv9KRGnwNcL5SsOI-rKwuwP2XKu_PiQkpmWBc6/w480-h640/11-GrinchSign_20231201_150958.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Phew, got that out of my system. I had some fun decorations on my desk. The hedgehogs had to stay of course. They just got there. So I got them a tiny tree and wrapped dice as presents for them. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKzXRHfE-IZqq7_0cRr1K-PzAF6tWV95ai_lgPX8ruVS0b9BLA3fibBKqlKhiVdLsuti2bBU4LHPdB5xXtFSny6l9EX7atLchkehKJSGgeK2_xfSobk620JMn6VjN0Jzt61nA8KPGr-ehMbbl-3CJBDE9joMHhcI22m-YcV7wiaVRBzIQnQwcvUXXUCsL/s953/1-Nicknack_20231130_110316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKzXRHfE-IZqq7_0cRr1K-PzAF6tWV95ai_lgPX8ruVS0b9BLA3fibBKqlKhiVdLsuti2bBU4LHPdB5xXtFSny6l9EX7atLchkehKJSGgeK2_xfSobk620JMn6VjN0Jzt61nA8KPGr-ehMbbl-3CJBDE9joMHhcI22m-YcV7wiaVRBzIQnQwcvUXXUCsL/w480-h640/1-Nicknack_20231130_110316.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSaUsxLeRa0V7BxXe1sjV-eSW-0ES8WsROEmJLfXxw_NOix7bquVig97VR76zCUmXE4b4hrTEIrcuOWhzZUlKEGwHjzSIMNoUrrlnXYrScJZR0c_4xlBQZR0ArbS6p-zyeaMR6v7tk0YHWZc0LYOsF9msBxkg2c6JVl9e_KYT4Flk9pyq3Y2M8H7Yzu9T/s953/12-HedgehogsBliss_20231204_124522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSaUsxLeRa0V7BxXe1sjV-eSW-0ES8WsROEmJLfXxw_NOix7bquVig97VR76zCUmXE4b4hrTEIrcuOWhzZUlKEGwHjzSIMNoUrrlnXYrScJZR0c_4xlBQZR0ArbS6p-zyeaMR6v7tk0YHWZc0LYOsF9msBxkg2c6JVl9e_KYT4Flk9pyq3Y2M8H7Yzu9T/w480-h640/12-HedgehogsBliss_20231204_124522.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I liked all the fun details in the library. There was the calendar.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoaTPKEWIjWnnEfz3Ly04UGS_ixY4RxgyLHE8yQRnm_LuTZw9A6ISLKd7kYfvGoRH2BXnBhPE-bxTRKM_YktrXSzGhXZOIJjPg6ACiV2xlV0yetxcVYoomjVy1cWHGi3H0UzAUrXUZrZ8hPyhyphenhyphentEmC7XXFgf-jf4fc79EFVo9eE1UIjI4S3mEQ6kKbTOo/s1271/13-Calendar_20231204_150727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoaTPKEWIjWnnEfz3Ly04UGS_ixY4RxgyLHE8yQRnm_LuTZw9A6ISLKd7kYfvGoRH2BXnBhPE-bxTRKM_YktrXSzGhXZOIJjPg6ACiV2xlV0yetxcVYoomjVy1cWHGi3H0UzAUrXUZrZ8hPyhyphenhyphentEmC7XXFgf-jf4fc79EFVo9eE1UIjI4S3mEQ6kKbTOo/w640-h480/13-Calendar_20231204_150727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And the side display with a tree made entirely by Emily. She even made little ornaments of all the library friends. You may not be able to see, but all the hedgehogs are on there, along with the axolotl, the mini octopus and the cute frog Emily made. (Dill, Kumquat, and Dieter)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFf_lsAX_csBFgM3NXizyjpOotPW1_nyY8R8AvqLVFnPNgLqcTUy4SVStmyBdqbQFeIF4scGWOYcmBcHIMSXmC4gLOzHPAdFmzlTdA3r1I9c5DMCOU433YLO7UZRupeRaIRrVbiBHhNq4mQRBRFqr1VXRZjiFGLLGTEOqvvqlPAX5GIy-VvFQcCE7awXm7/s953/15-OtherThreeOrnaments_20231207_090642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFf_lsAX_csBFgM3NXizyjpOotPW1_nyY8R8AvqLVFnPNgLqcTUy4SVStmyBdqbQFeIF4scGWOYcmBcHIMSXmC4gLOzHPAdFmzlTdA3r1I9c5DMCOU433YLO7UZRupeRaIRrVbiBHhNq4mQRBRFqr1VXRZjiFGLLGTEOqvvqlPAX5GIy-VvFQcCE7awXm7/w480-h640/15-OtherThreeOrnaments_20231207_090642.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSo0ddbwHoCa96CPQIgEbWQLATmi2Sxn3llYzcTqiw-YmuAhiD96gXg6o0g3-qR04vJ8106VYPhuV2Rc7i-dPIq7SS2PgLnUsVX-lvYjunSf1KSYWe7bY-EA4e02sar5rL_l_10WonLl9IjQQyFaxiFDqQ5P4wnRrWVnOJ4hzitDLcspOhU6xJ7H8chEm/s953/16-TisTheSeason_20231207_090648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSo0ddbwHoCa96CPQIgEbWQLATmi2Sxn3llYzcTqiw-YmuAhiD96gXg6o0g3-qR04vJ8106VYPhuV2Rc7i-dPIq7SS2PgLnUsVX-lvYjunSf1KSYWe7bY-EA4e02sar5rL_l_10WonLl9IjQQyFaxiFDqQ5P4wnRrWVnOJ4hzitDLcspOhU6xJ7H8chEm/w480-h640/16-TisTheSeason_20231207_090648.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>It wouldn't be complete without a regular Christmas tree. The gnomes come out every year since they are the only fun decorations I have in the library. Maybe I'll branch out some other year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgt1CkwkunCrZWXS8LmpXoVX_ooRgSbXq21KEKZ-AgwQ5GPtSk88qe6clSAug3emf-eVR5caERsT90pTB-Nnw-e_TQRBBozQWFK5qlVXlgqtxRnQ0E1W8SsOOiKmVwgrmwAl3do9np60B_HL11Fr7jrEJQe-XOodbiQlqdoC8Rr3caIXKhHloHlVncEjO/s953/14-Tree_20231204_150739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgt1CkwkunCrZWXS8LmpXoVX_ooRgSbXq21KEKZ-AgwQ5GPtSk88qe6clSAug3emf-eVR5caERsT90pTB-Nnw-e_TQRBBozQWFK5qlVXlgqtxRnQ0E1W8SsOOiKmVwgrmwAl3do9np60B_HL11Fr7jrEJQe-XOodbiQlqdoC8Rr3caIXKhHloHlVncEjO/w480-h640/14-Tree_20231204_150739.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Merry Christmas everyone. A little late...or REALLY early.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-38100792474143217652024-01-16T22:31:00.006-07:002024-01-16T22:31:28.957-07:00November Chatbook 2023<p>Hey guys, it's a chatbook. Let's see what weirdness we encountered last November. </p><p>Let's start with a Sunday Selfie!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXR1TjiPWAzLu0l21OL0ZaH-xfKPM2IBCjE2OzCPXfcV2yAfzj6jYzWfyINTmvfbv48lpbN2vAH72tMphh-3lfnmAZOKgoZIpkyM7vUdRpiSNLlqIJtEqMq-RB85qGZH_CHMiU1xd7M0NB3wTf5IB_nNeUmsoYF36zQrAybvac3TkExKPt9SGV39cGIGT/s953/1-SundaySelfie_20231105_132130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXR1TjiPWAzLu0l21OL0ZaH-xfKPM2IBCjE2OzCPXfcV2yAfzj6jYzWfyINTmvfbv48lpbN2vAH72tMphh-3lfnmAZOKgoZIpkyM7vUdRpiSNLlqIJtEqMq-RB85qGZH_CHMiU1xd7M0NB3wTf5IB_nNeUmsoYF36zQrAybvac3TkExKPt9SGV39cGIGT/w360-h640/1-SundaySelfie_20231105_132130.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>Tyler and I got to go see a preview of <i>Elf</i> since Greg was playing Buddy's dad. It was really cute. And Greg's a natural at being grumpy. ;)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWPd8Etivf4O2T6radFVIl29402MIwATZZu__YgQGYrz4lw2MufryjG4fors_hn36x56M4yraoTus1SNcFb8kxfIKOtAKd22LRJDDQovfTudn8mlHrUdwUmYFqGoOf1qeBUgrAQ7LxYUs2LLmp_pGP5DMHaIbsB04gFrMkO1I8xYEhmSAN-QspecOZiyq/s1266/1-TooBright_PXL_20231107_024059522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWPd8Etivf4O2T6radFVIl29402MIwATZZu__YgQGYrz4lw2MufryjG4fors_hn36x56M4yraoTus1SNcFb8kxfIKOtAKd22LRJDDQovfTudn8mlHrUdwUmYFqGoOf1qeBUgrAQ7LxYUs2LLmp_pGP5DMHaIbsB04gFrMkO1I8xYEhmSAN-QspecOZiyq/w640-h482/1-TooBright_PXL_20231107_024059522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp8cM4y_AIsDXot79esbCJYIFWXvpLE81Nw8eOo6_RNMYfEfJ-BNNPQbh8dthWxkdCxIcYuwFCcFuA0DKWaISibpYQI5OHBfOQCtHPw6fMS82HGCNu90IfOEnQwiwEhzOaQtQQuxYPixbYngGZVulYS4FMxLp_eK4DIYx1V7CK1VupwarFprF1-s1u0w1/s1271/2-ElfSet_20231106_195247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp8cM4y_AIsDXot79esbCJYIFWXvpLE81Nw8eOo6_RNMYfEfJ-BNNPQbh8dthWxkdCxIcYuwFCcFuA0DKWaISibpYQI5OHBfOQCtHPw6fMS82HGCNu90IfOEnQwiwEhzOaQtQQuxYPixbYngGZVulYS4FMxLp_eK4DIYx1V7CK1VupwarFprF1-s1u0w1/w640-h480/2-ElfSet_20231106_195247.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcIfNIqG0qt0PdmeFaE3su6QkYsgVXcbvnHjQzB0iOv_p5P1vve8RF_owA1djDUG6KADv5nopdqdDUWo8XYTTKdMgaxFCoDZQYJ9_8NSh1JNjzZyIA2QDDxYZTG3E-MBfW5yjbL0iBv5PY3M3Sslb9VpJ338v6O5QTRi-OjOHJNENRH1LkjA35eLz1p3U/s1694/3-WatchedTogether_20231106_195256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcIfNIqG0qt0PdmeFaE3su6QkYsgVXcbvnHjQzB0iOv_p5P1vve8RF_owA1djDUG6KADv5nopdqdDUWo8XYTTKdMgaxFCoDZQYJ9_8NSh1JNjzZyIA2QDDxYZTG3E-MBfW5yjbL0iBv5PY3M3Sslb9VpJ338v6O5QTRi-OjOHJNENRH1LkjA35eLz1p3U/w640-h360/3-WatchedTogether_20231106_195256.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Pearl got this picture as I left the doctor's office one day. I think it's beautiful.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISXYausY0YZ85GN-RcyRRI9Vkg9-T-WMMtmHgaybhCgWBizF6unmvCMJSPhYmA6HMhIH1BavnSXTlbN3s3ywKbRG2IyxDbarVTH29qt_KjxoVwDIu4D_ros1tQETXlmNPVGmb1Ms5tT1eXdianHI40a93j26H5vNy9zjMl1QVcpNZGeItIsVTsUsMv2t1/s953/4-SunspotKiss_20231108_155441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISXYausY0YZ85GN-RcyRRI9Vkg9-T-WMMtmHgaybhCgWBizF6unmvCMJSPhYmA6HMhIH1BavnSXTlbN3s3ywKbRG2IyxDbarVTH29qt_KjxoVwDIu4D_ros1tQETXlmNPVGmb1Ms5tT1eXdianHI40a93j26H5vNy9zjMl1QVcpNZGeItIsVTsUsMv2t1/w480-h640/4-SunspotKiss_20231108_155441.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>June and I went to see <i>The Secret Garden</i> at BYU. I really love the music from that play. They did a fantastic job and I think it was a first for June. (This isn't related, but I got my PR on the mini that night and I've never been able to beat it since.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxVjBa6WZ3PbNwISV2gm-p3mg7DpABhbuCx0rvn3324lUjc4B6i1CVS2M1yHZr2h4_NUGVDf4ESayWN6BKNP6PKSn70nqk-3b2iWHTF61C2ksknCf1joCWDvgAUUuKCdRIsbVNuYuy4BFfMs5znMMPIX4-eew0ushPf8KyswcDQ-oxYE0lbIJMxa1qtUS/s1694/5-SecretGarden_20231111_220036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxVjBa6WZ3PbNwISV2gm-p3mg7DpABhbuCx0rvn3324lUjc4B6i1CVS2M1yHZr2h4_NUGVDf4ESayWN6BKNP6PKSn70nqk-3b2iWHTF61C2ksknCf1joCWDvgAUUuKCdRIsbVNuYuy4BFfMs5znMMPIX4-eew0ushPf8KyswcDQ-oxYE0lbIJMxa1qtUS/w640-h360/5-SecretGarden_20231111_220036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Beau's hair is getting long enough to braid, sort of. It sure is cute. The purple and extra colors are slowly fading. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-e0LxnWV7zduWR5yn9vC_ZAR9yuGi7uS7xJVOnVVOLgNw_7TTbndMy9hvRD5dvB2aKMAD-OUu2yTBOxDWauennVov5rgLkTyf0jtPpmzvsNQoMQPPRZzvbey3Dc-ywqbw7zmUy256ykbLE26DcxeqgTQgr-LHrAj4oDVRWW2iGlA6YkSY9Z8BKBFcCiq/s953/6-BraidedTail_20231120_231634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-e0LxnWV7zduWR5yn9vC_ZAR9yuGi7uS7xJVOnVVOLgNw_7TTbndMy9hvRD5dvB2aKMAD-OUu2yTBOxDWauennVov5rgLkTyf0jtPpmzvsNQoMQPPRZzvbey3Dc-ywqbw7zmUy256ykbLE26DcxeqgTQgr-LHrAj4oDVRWW2iGlA6YkSY9Z8BKBFcCiq/w480-h640/6-BraidedTail_20231120_231634.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4evMhxtBpkO3WLZ3NJOkRvwJuOZnYZoKv2ZAnAH0kvsbFFw3hMwr0hcWnPWgf70QrMkYRCCm__RaSfYdQqlYroCuysI_ca-yOOtP8qtlNW-pT5qzgj810_N2Z3tc8ttfdjAFG3ucAI309k10udH4uoPmQPByH612bJyOWVgSX0Ce8a8W6jJkTYhGCbYa/s953/7-TripBraid_IMG_20231123_171016_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4evMhxtBpkO3WLZ3NJOkRvwJuOZnYZoKv2ZAnAH0kvsbFFw3hMwr0hcWnPWgf70QrMkYRCCm__RaSfYdQqlYroCuysI_ca-yOOtP8qtlNW-pT5qzgj810_N2Z3tc8ttfdjAFG3ucAI309k10udH4uoPmQPByH612bJyOWVgSX0Ce8a8W6jJkTYhGCbYa/w480-h640/7-TripBraid_IMG_20231123_171016_3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The night before we left for Idaho, Beau, June, and I attended a wedding of a friend. We are thrilled for Liz and it was a fun girl's night out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzudP5hhaw1sa-DdObeIO_w32s1SpXT1mmopxSH2Br_R5iI781JQ1oRX9zC21VeY_0Ky25J3Z9OJhMhpf9Ho6m-9sd2oy2y_4GHcTP_Yaq0sF6vDPMqldKu8x0zLEHQMUR-pQpeUiSpkbEPogi9OEqhWYr92uiSLISV-Mwy7K3V9O-jQkjz45esWumsLtU/s1694/7-LizWedding_20231121_204148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzudP5hhaw1sa-DdObeIO_w32s1SpXT1mmopxSH2Br_R5iI781JQ1oRX9zC21VeY_0Ky25J3Z9OJhMhpf9Ho6m-9sd2oy2y_4GHcTP_Yaq0sF6vDPMqldKu8x0zLEHQMUR-pQpeUiSpkbEPogi9OEqhWYr92uiSLISV-Mwy7K3V9O-jQkjz45esWumsLtU/w640-h360/7-LizWedding_20231121_204148.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Always nice to spot wildlife out there. One might say deer are more rare than Dalmatians, but honestly, I've saw way more deer in 2023 than Dalmatians.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdmnjw6hoGEV3bmAKxyU58dUBLva-iuUqA6pvQSeK2aXO_yvk518lky9sqPVPiw7ZMnf4lHX85hcHAL7DfUNa1VDjPq1508eudn5sMYcWPxpA4JoerTS5dcJfB2NG8p9I-dVxUHuJlzxNygdFBi_Kjuxa4vWVVwUx0uRX04FOyZoyeBB8wCAqJ7DBg-qs/s953/8-BeauWildlife_IMG_20231103_171856_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdmnjw6hoGEV3bmAKxyU58dUBLva-iuUqA6pvQSeK2aXO_yvk518lky9sqPVPiw7ZMnf4lHX85hcHAL7DfUNa1VDjPq1508eudn5sMYcWPxpA4JoerTS5dcJfB2NG8p9I-dVxUHuJlzxNygdFBi_Kjuxa4vWVVwUx0uRX04FOyZoyeBB8wCAqJ7DBg-qs/w480-h640/8-BeauWildlife_IMG_20231103_171856_3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lDrsBw595go1rwLaa7WP3CfiTu44gVNkFLq34CZCyokDkDKLhu-38ya5DzRNoNXr7Luweqyk5lv4Kie4cjW3e-4kYHf3LDeqbZQgFG29CjuFHrxsyKoAUdKTNdPvDEn29otEnFRC2V0Ac-Af5gg6ZwCBSA1NRZzyKvh9g3-G7suqOOi1jrazFqWc79Jq/s953/10-Doggo_IMG_20231106_144759_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lDrsBw595go1rwLaa7WP3CfiTu44gVNkFLq34CZCyokDkDKLhu-38ya5DzRNoNXr7Luweqyk5lv4Kie4cjW3e-4kYHf3LDeqbZQgFG29CjuFHrxsyKoAUdKTNdPvDEn29otEnFRC2V0Ac-Af5gg6ZwCBSA1NRZzyKvh9g3-G7suqOOi1jrazFqWc79Jq/w480-h640/10-Doggo_IMG_20231106_144759_2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Lovely evening. Beau has been doing her thang, delivering mail and being a boss and looking adorable in the process.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIp8JklRPQN7C0mbD5o6MM2-TxuwEo2r3So5vdxM_M3wjbdY4XoEXyk4ibmDmH3CIfzQmM3GhWJZidu0Y9D5V-L_hM9L9BlSP3UCDdAxzrhSsVngUit2_MDWXVMLQl3bY_Gr2C_t3R0bmO7v-HkM9Zp6j945vrrZ1PlST1EmBsvOL-HgGV1e8kFVYYnN9s/s1271/9-AmazingSky_IMG_20231103_183404_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIp8JklRPQN7C0mbD5o6MM2-TxuwEo2r3So5vdxM_M3wjbdY4XoEXyk4ibmDmH3CIfzQmM3GhWJZidu0Y9D5V-L_hM9L9BlSP3UCDdAxzrhSsVngUit2_MDWXVMLQl3bY_Gr2C_t3R0bmO7v-HkM9Zp6j945vrrZ1PlST1EmBsvOL-HgGV1e8kFVYYnN9s/w640-h480/9-AmazingSky_IMG_20231103_183404_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDAK9vK2v5kTcYH0v7_JlaZCHIZ6sqXVUArYFjDPksdT8xTXDj_NQDH_JtHcyzCKe95YuB57IpuQbKqLDWZHR6e9lneTKiYPhgGf15nYGPu6IuYp6ZUmgEslh-Pd3cVN_FmjDWAcPE9rCm7qnofI1Es07pO0vIMaAnLCbFdLOhFY3ZYcQaans-dxr-vUa/s953/11-OfficialPostman_IMG_20231109_131618_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDAK9vK2v5kTcYH0v7_JlaZCHIZ6sqXVUArYFjDPksdT8xTXDj_NQDH_JtHcyzCKe95YuB57IpuQbKqLDWZHR6e9lneTKiYPhgGf15nYGPu6IuYp6ZUmgEslh-Pd3cVN_FmjDWAcPE9rCm7qnofI1Es07pO0vIMaAnLCbFdLOhFY3ZYcQaans-dxr-vUa/w480-h640/11-OfficialPostman_IMG_20231109_131618_3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQluD38HADY6m4HEMO0MWXXR58nDTZt30H1Ka8t3PgzFO2SZK3m1nHpiu12y-F7TnoGT4DaBtxMDl6wXRMHZ5BAATYuyN6liZ8v19jR7BUOubHADGTHb4SiqTHFQyNltkzC9E_e6vlRT9PCsglQz-L7inoM533iU51vy7Mb5DFTxQjiyqtOXDXhkmprn8k/s953/12-StayingWarm_original_0526c02f-b7c6-4038-8378-f07abc9be7a1_IMG_20231129_131606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="565" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQluD38HADY6m4HEMO0MWXXR58nDTZt30H1Ka8t3PgzFO2SZK3m1nHpiu12y-F7TnoGT4DaBtxMDl6wXRMHZ5BAATYuyN6liZ8v19jR7BUOubHADGTHb4SiqTHFQyNltkzC9E_e6vlRT9PCsglQz-L7inoM533iU51vy7Mb5DFTxQjiyqtOXDXhkmprn8k/w380-h640/12-StayingWarm_original_0526c02f-b7c6-4038-8378-f07abc9be7a1_IMG_20231129_131606.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><p>Did you know that Frank can balance on a Band-Aid? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDgSJszCaU_zyPhwbqzv0MfxxOSLHGT7Uje8UEzDVmPZp8OyAzMqhquTRrsKch0KLhIkLikXnN4yAQeqvLg4EmrpZ4fxBdrnwGgYKkLtFF2Fc2XTCSLeIckVp8GvrX0hyphenhyphenPP4U5D-PfVZlKyFVG7VUFLRYs5o5wiuz_VLFyQPILqicI4oy9DaBhoxTcG3Q/s953/13-FrankAPerch_IMG_20231129_185155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDgSJszCaU_zyPhwbqzv0MfxxOSLHGT7Uje8UEzDVmPZp8OyAzMqhquTRrsKch0KLhIkLikXnN4yAQeqvLg4EmrpZ4fxBdrnwGgYKkLtFF2Fc2XTCSLeIckVp8GvrX0hyphenhyphenPP4U5D-PfVZlKyFVG7VUFLRYs5o5wiuz_VLFyQPILqicI4oy9DaBhoxTcG3Q/w480-h640/13-FrankAPerch_IMG_20231129_185155.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I really like Tyler's reading glasses. Or maybe I just think he's cute when he's reading in general. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZDKUwNP2MYmoapZwiaMS-TS0A7_0ie3VPfPYOvmjmEkeYYhEDbWPT120ChWZmNlb6_2c_IWKGckK0zO6tQTFDfyXGmkbycX6SrpNECvvaMHMEbXnZcq0f2Wz8gMocRv-9B_ciFDDgltR7yeP0jCXK6oaUdyAoDSBGEQ2MwVukLp3yLg5w7bieWojeRI-/s953/14-ReadingGlasses_PXL_20231101_160154304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZDKUwNP2MYmoapZwiaMS-TS0A7_0ie3VPfPYOvmjmEkeYYhEDbWPT120ChWZmNlb6_2c_IWKGckK0zO6tQTFDfyXGmkbycX6SrpNECvvaMHMEbXnZcq0f2Wz8gMocRv-9B_ciFDDgltR7yeP0jCXK6oaUdyAoDSBGEQ2MwVukLp3yLg5w7bieWojeRI-/w480-h640/14-ReadingGlasses_PXL_20231101_160154304.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The piano is going almost all the time around here. I can't imagine how the silence will overwhelm me when the girls are gone. I just take it for granted that a melody will be going in the background. (Literally, right now Daisy is playing <i>Can You Feel the Love Tonight</i> on the piano.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb64pzVRvxgv_QjZCNSEjnB9v0lCdOrG4Rdwf25NZmSE2gbOWwF5af2BBSHQZ7dGxhV9wAH36UeXw3JAcO1VjnnNDcSAweHNKdKMKtdkWwfQ6pga5GM6xpu0gKHSkpQNXYRoJSCG7ot4ET8bhrL7k_NIHvjYzFbkSdCEbFiClCTPcTMtFe0ChK7ki03ZC/s1266/15-PianoPlaying_PXL_20231103_034907491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb64pzVRvxgv_QjZCNSEjnB9v0lCdOrG4Rdwf25NZmSE2gbOWwF5af2BBSHQZ7dGxhV9wAH36UeXw3JAcO1VjnnNDcSAweHNKdKMKtdkWwfQ6pga5GM6xpu0gKHSkpQNXYRoJSCG7ot4ET8bhrL7k_NIHvjYzFbkSdCEbFiClCTPcTMtFe0ChK7ki03ZC/w640-h482/15-PianoPlaying_PXL_20231103_034907491.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Not sure why I added this photo except that I love to see Tyler playing games with the girls. And you can't tell, but the potatoes au gratin in the background had four different kinds of potato including sweet potatoes and it was delicious.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuwQaSF2x-NWbeUg4i2Fj5z0V9bXO8Mr9-g9gdvG0M55GTOei7ix2_4_T2cWJ6mhvfXZvmjvsTY2z74TDLmuP-bQJj91LBHLGfZ91G0FO6OO1OaX0dxK3NRPY1zU5QuYKSi8KsHzeuqflmHIs-KpSiitTVE1L-r6VFr_mqYwv6utScWlYe-ALmU8e8gzP/s1266/16-PlayingRipple_PXL_20231110_015612650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuwQaSF2x-NWbeUg4i2Fj5z0V9bXO8Mr9-g9gdvG0M55GTOei7ix2_4_T2cWJ6mhvfXZvmjvsTY2z74TDLmuP-bQJj91LBHLGfZ91G0FO6OO1OaX0dxK3NRPY1zU5QuYKSi8KsHzeuqflmHIs-KpSiitTVE1L-r6VFr_mqYwv6utScWlYe-ALmU8e8gzP/w640-h482/16-PlayingRipple_PXL_20231110_015612650.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Skaters.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqM9V9KBFXsNGGehJ5Nf_fYEOrmPBG4qzJBCZRPn0NYFWYN64BRtdidy7mdntvvqllMXnIwpJaRkTUmoaeAO4BHAflTgtXG0rbwh-MgnTcrGBNuGefQ2-hb2thJZDTz7xkcMOkxGOoMmg1KKVpeO1sStUG0mndDxrL8K9vheZufI6vLqfWNDpvjyqXP08/s953/17-Skating_PXL_20231112_235758478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqM9V9KBFXsNGGehJ5Nf_fYEOrmPBG4qzJBCZRPn0NYFWYN64BRtdidy7mdntvvqllMXnIwpJaRkTUmoaeAO4BHAflTgtXG0rbwh-MgnTcrGBNuGefQ2-hb2thJZDTz7xkcMOkxGOoMmg1KKVpeO1sStUG0mndDxrL8K9vheZufI6vLqfWNDpvjyqXP08/w480-h640/17-Skating_PXL_20231112_235758478.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhslKt0CYRr1_4QBn61jAsJ50LEydHcaP1FJmGPbEhRpZGrn4rpQdm9QYg3fTs6MxOC1DQxzZuR5eQrCo7BHLVnNSY5R_VUtsojasBDNZeGaShecIpwmkwGzIZDlncEtDJRmqyXarYxk2xfdPmk6VnsIkWN-WZoONbyQ3qLuRfLSekcqlt_pYMANV-ibE/s953/18-DarkPhoto_PXL_20231113_000019304.MP-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhslKt0CYRr1_4QBn61jAsJ50LEydHcaP1FJmGPbEhRpZGrn4rpQdm9QYg3fTs6MxOC1DQxzZuR5eQrCo7BHLVnNSY5R_VUtsojasBDNZeGaShecIpwmkwGzIZDlncEtDJRmqyXarYxk2xfdPmk6VnsIkWN-WZoONbyQ3qLuRfLSekcqlt_pYMANV-ibE/w480-h640/18-DarkPhoto_PXL_20231113_000019304.MP-EDIT.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Tyler got some swag from his speaking lab workshop class thing. It wasn't that exciting, but seeing him on the path to speaking is.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R0fj9xiIGj0ab8tTuJju7hTeb-qt9_E_IoZ_2GpWtDmXCbCwqXdNggpIJJC-FmCCtDvqJMphyphenhyphen3gl5mhJfRaoZwuT3Yu1-jhXuAXqcOx-9otS1gPvo67aeoJdqBKzpzJ_bwB4rgg6w2QOpI3_FQw0RxjeUJFfBUCkoCcYh1Bz6kT2oNh4J-mE3jMOPR6R/s953/19-SpeakerSwag_PXL_20231115_203840807.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R0fj9xiIGj0ab8tTuJju7hTeb-qt9_E_IoZ_2GpWtDmXCbCwqXdNggpIJJC-FmCCtDvqJMphyphenhyphen3gl5mhJfRaoZwuT3Yu1-jhXuAXqcOx-9otS1gPvo67aeoJdqBKzpzJ_bwB4rgg6w2QOpI3_FQw0RxjeUJFfBUCkoCcYh1Bz6kT2oNh4J-mE3jMOPR6R/w482-h640/19-SpeakerSwag_PXL_20231115_203840807.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Ah yes. We cleaned up June's extra room so Granny V could visit and Beau moved in a hot minute later. Now I can't really find the floor, but this is proof that it was clean for a moment.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0EaOevOFVCce40lbmed86Gkk4gK_9wz5ytP5yO7OKjagSEqoTCqotmpBuLwCaU8vLwp0KzT_iNUZ2g7XYPYbhfSuy057iXpvX9Z6OwIV2He4I05S2K5P5PnpSfTdTYUkCPS3msx8bJnA-sh9U-svjZLNvNUxaOab74wzQVd8TzWvK5_UJyulj4H8GhRY/s1266/20-GuestRoom_PXL_20231117_013954978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0EaOevOFVCce40lbmed86Gkk4gK_9wz5ytP5yO7OKjagSEqoTCqotmpBuLwCaU8vLwp0KzT_iNUZ2g7XYPYbhfSuy057iXpvX9Z6OwIV2He4I05S2K5P5PnpSfTdTYUkCPS3msx8bJnA-sh9U-svjZLNvNUxaOab74wzQVd8TzWvK5_UJyulj4H8GhRY/w640-h482/20-GuestRoom_PXL_20231117_013954978.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Temple buddies!! June finished up work at the Provo temple last month and now she's hoping to move over to the Orem temple. I would love to work with her on Friday nights, so I'm hoping it works out. She isn't exactly in the boundaries, but I here Orem is going to let BYU students help out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb7avgDlZjSMZKksiuMIFr7dnI1j7Zg5A40-VPPkkK-n6jm3T-4Tyt0JdwiJxtxE4d6G-mRCe3zQLeYgMFFItpUfVH02WWqP3On-BLwAj_wtOMht779kCTdS6ZikD-DfE-6RP505tBWQSFLGszkop42yGYlXFCB7cxLjkXOB-2E-ZBoZNDobLH29Kt6fg/s953/21-TempleBuddy_20231104_195935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb7avgDlZjSMZKksiuMIFr7dnI1j7Zg5A40-VPPkkK-n6jm3T-4Tyt0JdwiJxtxE4d6G-mRCe3zQLeYgMFFItpUfVH02WWqP3On-BLwAj_wtOMht779kCTdS6ZikD-DfE-6RP505tBWQSFLGszkop42yGYlXFCB7cxLjkXOB-2E-ZBoZNDobLH29Kt6fg/w480-h640/21-TempleBuddy_20231104_195935.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD310FSOap2Or51DS52obAULo6HxRss85AJG9r4Fjel6FPhQnWLsaTPskX9JULAd2zgTdREMxZhPP_hVpN5dZmDIZrPZiUvPRoQoDmzCw2YUdgc_iL2ZJb6KJWbWF1IoaqYc7jtgWDU1O4XfqjcwYx8RXD6EV7_5ymcp3Jw1uQvp2M2OFcEpnTyYNtBduK/s1271/22-WashPurple_20231111_173522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD310FSOap2Or51DS52obAULo6HxRss85AJG9r4Fjel6FPhQnWLsaTPskX9JULAd2zgTdREMxZhPP_hVpN5dZmDIZrPZiUvPRoQoDmzCw2YUdgc_iL2ZJb6KJWbWF1IoaqYc7jtgWDU1O4XfqjcwYx8RXD6EV7_5ymcp3Jw1uQvp2M2OFcEpnTyYNtBduK/w640-h480/22-WashPurple_20231111_173522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Who wore it better? Gotta love matching with your district.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-VkE6Z2Uv94IByP9JIpB6IL0tcy51FxCccaOhxVpbXHnRXZmtX06E0Or9vfEVSJgzJBp1yPHiCJvZ5cURftP9KV2dZ7RnsrkoE7quLauc6WwN-8mP1VfnAnqDPXuyTdtF5KvEmumfChX0wo9y0yjUiDVzzZ3gdtzxDIUmVp5pL9kDx0N_R4Z4dadqMa3/s953/22-WhoWoreItBest_20231106_210149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-VkE6Z2Uv94IByP9JIpB6IL0tcy51FxCccaOhxVpbXHnRXZmtX06E0Or9vfEVSJgzJBp1yPHiCJvZ5cURftP9KV2dZ7RnsrkoE7quLauc6WwN-8mP1VfnAnqDPXuyTdtF5KvEmumfChX0wo9y0yjUiDVzzZ3gdtzxDIUmVp5pL9kDx0N_R4Z4dadqMa3/w480-h640/22-WhoWoreItBest_20231106_210149.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I don't think I will ever get tired of clouds and mountains and Utah. I love this state. Yes, even the stupid snow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPfoCk7U8y2mH4GRN_8zxjFp90sydAshiCD9_QshroNRAyUEeDlX2ux41Osw1RNQ37OxpIfPQFHQluCL40dPPe_ao-eyVwr4ed8RzpZIoICvpPmQ-GpfpBIzB0x3R9JGXlqFwjYlTam3HJfD4W4o_UzNi6lelRJQOkImFt_XxSPFhM-zIu6UCfE6V4NWn/s1271/23-SnowInMountain_20231108_073720-EFFECTS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPfoCk7U8y2mH4GRN_8zxjFp90sydAshiCD9_QshroNRAyUEeDlX2ux41Osw1RNQ37OxpIfPQFHQluCL40dPPe_ao-eyVwr4ed8RzpZIoICvpPmQ-GpfpBIzB0x3R9JGXlqFwjYlTam3HJfD4W4o_UzNi6lelRJQOkImFt_XxSPFhM-zIu6UCfE6V4NWn/w640-h480/23-SnowInMountain_20231108_073720-EFFECTS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Beau and June eating dinner, like they frequently did before Beau moved back home. They still eat together, but usually it is here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDdMu5hmTSYOhdophr9POblG8qoWoML0Pbcm51DARAbrOUqQoC2iZg3yuhKBNL4Dg43N1dxlrgnXHsLqkuZcyUDeYwMMJ89a8Vzmu3v9OsZ7n2B3lqF65j25HXPt18PnYpOsKGziwFCrYSuaWQHLvQ3FS9icCoD82pP8l9PYMR-AJsC-RuHw4gvbSTK96/s1271/24-Dinner_20231108_230039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDdMu5hmTSYOhdophr9POblG8qoWoML0Pbcm51DARAbrOUqQoC2iZg3yuhKBNL4Dg43N1dxlrgnXHsLqkuZcyUDeYwMMJ89a8Vzmu3v9OsZ7n2B3lqF65j25HXPt18PnYpOsKGziwFCrYSuaWQHLvQ3FS9icCoD82pP8l9PYMR-AJsC-RuHw4gvbSTK96/w640-h480/24-Dinner_20231108_230039.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>When we moved the round table out of the back bedroom, someone rolled it in front of Ivory's door, much like the tomb. I think she was surprised to be blockaded in her room when she woke up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsMcIzxPylx-D5dy_-KInsAAfT9CakQS_E7r2z2q7BYJJwNxvqKBHRctFWzd3dN6kWhUk6geGz-kdPvfbzgh63FixwilEygycXu08_E2OSu9VORQmq8pKXaOoz7qSach8Mi9iI4oGE467wgKOK0IzEhjXfcC5sPgua-NQW5px4V84o-maYNIMgcpNCUcY/s953/25-RollStoneDoor_20231112_001055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsMcIzxPylx-D5dy_-KInsAAfT9CakQS_E7r2z2q7BYJJwNxvqKBHRctFWzd3dN6kWhUk6geGz-kdPvfbzgh63FixwilEygycXu08_E2OSu9VORQmq8pKXaOoz7qSach8Mi9iI4oGE467wgKOK0IzEhjXfcC5sPgua-NQW5px4V84o-maYNIMgcpNCUcY/w480-h640/25-RollStoneDoor_20231112_001055.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>June continues to love her job at the MTC. She barely switched from nights to afternoons in the new year and I'm excited to see her more in the evenings. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvnnDtZq2MuKJ8SO4PnXh02x_AtPsYn11LA6yr33zEr-xoF0lWaVlBdN-G00r5R_iUeb4tvt6Gc9b4Zqm6GCNbqlLHFq36a_qOn3J1AghaQ2Fk85rEKK_s23xaRdPcg1yCrBRp0fqn3JpZzmMEMu-2BNlwBLQjUm7zSGtEpWpEfknCK2ZCVQzD3nQD7l5/s1271/26-AnotherGroup_20231120_205918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvnnDtZq2MuKJ8SO4PnXh02x_AtPsYn11LA6yr33zEr-xoF0lWaVlBdN-G00r5R_iUeb4tvt6Gc9b4Zqm6GCNbqlLHFq36a_qOn3J1AghaQ2Fk85rEKK_s23xaRdPcg1yCrBRp0fqn3JpZzmMEMu-2BNlwBLQjUm7zSGtEpWpEfknCK2ZCVQzD3nQD7l5/w640-h480/26-AnotherGroup_20231120_205918.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>This is quite the creative selfie. Pearl is so pretty. She did her own photo shoot and it's adorable.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ysg7iiJ_OIrbWSInKnzm0K9w5gfyf6C6jzQl2gqJY6mmzw4tQA35HPsxUZKn5YrRgW6IFwMQF2VIYNK322ImPGfazEEMJlTXyB296kqQ_2ox7oZzeVMoP_yIAJ7bCvb8zWV2TyKZaNS976tR9ldhCtIe5ceLoZiQ28yTRDhv41k-EqI-zxA8ILsLL7_8/s953/27-CreativeSelfie_20231111_223146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ysg7iiJ_OIrbWSInKnzm0K9w5gfyf6C6jzQl2gqJY6mmzw4tQA35HPsxUZKn5YrRgW6IFwMQF2VIYNK322ImPGfazEEMJlTXyB296kqQ_2ox7oZzeVMoP_yIAJ7bCvb8zWV2TyKZaNS976tR9ldhCtIe5ceLoZiQ28yTRDhv41k-EqI-zxA8ILsLL7_8/w480-h640/27-CreativeSelfie_20231111_223146.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2x1qz2k5HqmEF13myxyOr9db7sZbMsoQ5J6qhcoaGWfVVL3r9ZOrygL18_t1WwBta6dRwWKON_UkwFXeM7xKScwVomhFO10QJuiOvIWRcTurDmjLeNYo_b6T0leA7KGxKgq69HKSdZi29brDWqkwfCT_V8bgEWJE0gHGajH7kvz8xhUfshwlpq5GtpBu/s953/28-GlitterLiner_20231111_223157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2x1qz2k5HqmEF13myxyOr9db7sZbMsoQ5J6qhcoaGWfVVL3r9ZOrygL18_t1WwBta6dRwWKON_UkwFXeM7xKScwVomhFO10QJuiOvIWRcTurDmjLeNYo_b6T0leA7KGxKgq69HKSdZi29brDWqkwfCT_V8bgEWJE0gHGajH7kvz8xhUfshwlpq5GtpBu/w480-h640/28-GlitterLiner_20231111_223157.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Daisy finally got a new phone which is so great for her. One of her first photos was of her and her bestest friend Liberty. I'm already lamenting that I'm going to have to check another phone for chatbook pics, but better more photos than a lack thereof.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaEhrahuZsWre7G1p6d-hZiiMaIt1gsoYRRk1Rf5vHj0bNBgymHUdL0MM6nueVUdFzEISWtSeRkhn8efbTc2Y46G3tIcYLjEe55eIqzRS2tqSQo4sJzzi7o_YjVMYfK6VPfDqB1feCMD5PoiMCsqXH_1QVy52lxW2-wXVnyGg_YAq9123haarOZSRlhaJ/s1225/29-FirstPhotoOnPhone_IMG_20231107_124352147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1225" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaEhrahuZsWre7G1p6d-hZiiMaIt1gsoYRRk1Rf5vHj0bNBgymHUdL0MM6nueVUdFzEISWtSeRkhn8efbTc2Y46G3tIcYLjEe55eIqzRS2tqSQo4sJzzi7o_YjVMYfK6VPfDqB1feCMD5PoiMCsqXH_1QVy52lxW2-wXVnyGg_YAq9123haarOZSRlhaJ/w640-h480/29-FirstPhotoOnPhone_IMG_20231107_124352147.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Um...Ivory took ceramics first semester. She made some of the weirdest things I've ever seen. Take this piece for instance. It is a severed finger. A GIANT severed finger. Don't ask why? I have no idea.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR86xZcnPfNnU38ybBdSxmLko1MWo96-x-hbmwtFA2ee7olLZsrtof7_SX3auRZHjFYO1_Rd_vqjGwDrgwwYBkNN7jcx659nJCUa-4JdOZ3uNjGNH3v1C_csucivExs-YPnu9Z_F8sG3tDWtQ4XYg3EPzuAaPr93grK8xboMobRp39bnPyhRQSk6ZfQkt/s1221/30-LargeFinger_IMG_20231101_101732212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR86xZcnPfNnU38ybBdSxmLko1MWo96-x-hbmwtFA2ee7olLZsrtof7_SX3auRZHjFYO1_Rd_vqjGwDrgwwYBkNN7jcx659nJCUa-4JdOZ3uNjGNH3v1C_csucivExs-YPnu9Z_F8sG3tDWtQ4XYg3EPzuAaPr93grK8xboMobRp39bnPyhRQSk6ZfQkt/w640-h482/30-LargeFinger_IMG_20231101_101732212.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Ivory cut her hair!! It seems like forever now and so normal to see her with her cute layers. I really love it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMVFHp_oU2_uas4U7PyKG4m_VBIx635xAwWn4klnS3DMuU7nKemthcA2FpQ3poUkp0Hfw_PnVKKWM3pVVsLy4M6V4nhx9uirC1IWwaf5k-9nZNF3Je7xPRL0FCqTV4KsC9neN5swYMNP0tQgM9iPKxAR09SF9paq7SlfNrvkod24MFKHE5jP3vYKcutSS/s919/31-Layers_IMG_20231101_165853206_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="517" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMVFHp_oU2_uas4U7PyKG4m_VBIx635xAwWn4klnS3DMuU7nKemthcA2FpQ3poUkp0Hfw_PnVKKWM3pVVsLy4M6V4nhx9uirC1IWwaf5k-9nZNF3Je7xPRL0FCqTV4KsC9neN5swYMNP0tQgM9iPKxAR09SF9paq7SlfNrvkod24MFKHE5jP3vYKcutSS/w360-h640/31-Layers_IMG_20231101_165853206_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>Ivory adores Maisie Peters. Even I know some of her music since Ivory plays it for me. After she cut her hair, she thought she looks a little more like her. So she recreated Maisie's album cover. Not going to lie, the resemblance is noticeable.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaD70y77-TX_9SAm8PzOCgMPy92hE9yIrdEMYh6LlyWjt651a6Y0m87UIxn9q0XYj9EcUuCUWLKeIdX13RClgyZlj-O0LGxWJBfKIltFY5EE9-o5gt9YKwV2GqiLpxBROUAvnZPWQ4iVcSArlnc7-iYFJJD9gqDVe6EsI_arAv_WyycSaTaJsOqTqG3fI/s300/31-MasiyCover_300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaD70y77-TX_9SAm8PzOCgMPy92hE9yIrdEMYh6LlyWjt651a6Y0m87UIxn9q0XYj9EcUuCUWLKeIdX13RClgyZlj-O0LGxWJBfKIltFY5EE9-o5gt9YKwV2GqiLpxBROUAvnZPWQ4iVcSArlnc7-iYFJJD9gqDVe6EsI_arAv_WyycSaTaJsOqTqG3fI/w640-h640/31-MasiyCover_300x300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM85Uwb8Wjs7IMJe7OpSUFh05PUYCntjDbdZaGjnsFnzyMWcwzAAcf3RBXpoWU_KgMoXmwvJBi5b0BCcjW9oxCPlKllEg1VxEpLF-yKAWgMltCfSqer75Y_DohRmIr9oqQ0a9sWc3G6vMGg59KhTKEafQH4CPJOKRns46FMnLzMCrGiNh7067Xovh4Mkf_/s919/32-CoverRedo_IMG_20231101_222002460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM85Uwb8Wjs7IMJe7OpSUFh05PUYCntjDbdZaGjnsFnzyMWcwzAAcf3RBXpoWU_KgMoXmwvJBi5b0BCcjW9oxCPlKllEg1VxEpLF-yKAWgMltCfSqer75Y_DohRmIr9oqQ0a9sWc3G6vMGg59KhTKEafQH4CPJOKRns46FMnLzMCrGiNh7067Xovh4Mkf_/w482-h640/32-CoverRedo_IMG_20231101_222002460.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Ivory is learning to adult and be independent. She ended up attending a Women's conference all on her own. She had a great time and met a lot of fun people. She's really growing up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkXPdDNnNLwD1QYqGUfgd5w0SZkWmQ4enifSogv0KDowW6ka27pokKVPSutHWoEFgL-Ij7YpK8tTuVro9Y_aLV8XIhN1hKIe7CNF1ZGSpMP0oRdFuFg-5r5VFc75ntnehS5diBbNZ3D-fXEznDyWfVI7WZOWzwp62h-u2mj7TI1u8WOdIuK6vxS49EHUk/s919/33-EmbraceConference_IMG_20231104_113008885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkXPdDNnNLwD1QYqGUfgd5w0SZkWmQ4enifSogv0KDowW6ka27pokKVPSutHWoEFgL-Ij7YpK8tTuVro9Y_aLV8XIhN1hKIe7CNF1ZGSpMP0oRdFuFg-5r5VFc75ntnehS5diBbNZ3D-fXEznDyWfVI7WZOWzwp62h-u2mj7TI1u8WOdIuK6vxS49EHUk/w482-h640/33-EmbraceConference_IMG_20231104_113008885.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Ceramics may not be her thing, but I have loved the stuff coming out of Ivory's baking and pastry class. The little loaves from Thanksgiving weren't the first batch. After Ivory made them the first time, I've insisted she make them frequently. Delicious. And her cakes and other goodies have been amazing. Maybe I'm biased, but I can't eat the pottery.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCRP3sT86KyM3W224GJQzppjm1zc0oGUhGvyv5-LopqZgj71877P6m8iY9zIvmPDYzQ_D9dGq5rvOwlVbXvDKYTfykW46OxTN-F4nCmtFlMnNloC2LcfiPEpC1S-R0YovjL7WmEb64xYNnvUgyZbdMQzXsNfHEwyZ37EeZDWpwTiz00rNm-VyRbJGCQBA/s1221/34-Bread_IMG_20231110_165358290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCRP3sT86KyM3W224GJQzppjm1zc0oGUhGvyv5-LopqZgj71877P6m8iY9zIvmPDYzQ_D9dGq5rvOwlVbXvDKYTfykW46OxTN-F4nCmtFlMnNloC2LcfiPEpC1S-R0YovjL7WmEb64xYNnvUgyZbdMQzXsNfHEwyZ37EeZDWpwTiz00rNm-VyRbJGCQBA/w640-h482/34-Bread_IMG_20231110_165358290.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52jiBsE2-_FmSHgMWyntoeRSY2fu3l6K2tGbQsHbc4zlMnKEmi0V9KdhI20EbQ6o1qOe5Ze_wH4X_aN5_hvAxXI_w3HWMpjRo_Lhv4XiF5A3yjg2frav7MzpbDwsFh75ZQ0yeogaNGMZdsuJLFQRtCHjrsKvG1Y2YcATh86sb8m_E8a-RQnE7VLNjkSjc/s919/35-BetterBread_IMG_20231119_174851216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52jiBsE2-_FmSHgMWyntoeRSY2fu3l6K2tGbQsHbc4zlMnKEmi0V9KdhI20EbQ6o1qOe5Ze_wH4X_aN5_hvAxXI_w3HWMpjRo_Lhv4XiF5A3yjg2frav7MzpbDwsFh75ZQ0yeogaNGMZdsuJLFQRtCHjrsKvG1Y2YcATh86sb8m_E8a-RQnE7VLNjkSjc/w482-h640/35-BetterBread_IMG_20231119_174851216.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27GouQmwsNW-jwkvxDy3Kd7ZY0vdzp68Ohnobj02Ow2wVYqjgy4465hQVL-rgd7NzYIgcCCaZEOAuZNp3cTDVEcuWyeqPfrvHKFcIBGOfO2jZw-Q2HGkdV010mXVcLtl-LCRZnLQGE9XZSCSIaZFEzI5SymBtIIRMEgBbjcLTApiRGuwM0FW14Zqjx2UA/s919/37-GorgeousCake_IMG_20231130_141821463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27GouQmwsNW-jwkvxDy3Kd7ZY0vdzp68Ohnobj02Ow2wVYqjgy4465hQVL-rgd7NzYIgcCCaZEOAuZNp3cTDVEcuWyeqPfrvHKFcIBGOfO2jZw-Q2HGkdV010mXVcLtl-LCRZnLQGE9XZSCSIaZFEzI5SymBtIIRMEgBbjcLTApiRGuwM0FW14Zqjx2UA/w482-h640/37-GorgeousCake_IMG_20231130_141821463.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Last pic. We got the tree up at the end of November. It might be Nova's favorite time of year since she thinks it's wonderful we put down a blanket for her in two rooms. Sure, we call them tree skirts, but she knows better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoi_jg-o9xtZvdxO7TD-Nj1w_Mm5s2sMYl1Y2zSibDKjMM-DWUF33PfZNwx0pgiO0yMQcReBFFK_FmMTr4_32zTBjEMumIto7xO7q4ZoECnEmvix_k-nSqWhtTIegFYIgWWHYtOVsDdTQWDvestloKDrD-yalGJfhuhBGpa6JPDzARJIkF6rff1b6jIVQ/s919/36-SkirtLover_IMG_20231126_222105777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoi_jg-o9xtZvdxO7TD-Nj1w_Mm5s2sMYl1Y2zSibDKjMM-DWUF33PfZNwx0pgiO0yMQcReBFFK_FmMTr4_32zTBjEMumIto7xO7q4ZoECnEmvix_k-nSqWhtTIegFYIgWWHYtOVsDdTQWDvestloKDrD-yalGJfhuhBGpa6JPDzARJIkF6rff1b6jIVQ/w482-h640/36-SkirtLover_IMG_20231126_222105777.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>That's all from November. It feels like quite a while ago. Time keeps skipping along.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-89251084711516440692024-01-15T11:38:00.003-07:002024-01-15T11:38:39.526-07:00Laser Swift<p>(November 30th, 2023)</p><p>I love that if you look, you can find the most random things happening in your area. Ivory stumbled across a laser Taylor Swift show at the planetarium. She got tickets for her and Pearl to go. I'm not sure if it was worth it since I think it was just Taylor Swift songs playing while they did lights and pictures, but maybe the memories they made as sisters is priceless. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Y-K-BzN9Ei84lAWB2VfCSVi4jpFr3uetl2it7AJlYdweQef9XpuKTFxOWbSGo6tY5y0BJy1fRtA5lAU0yl-QFvYkAHVB6fX4yq2qT4JDqYQmy-b0XUmYpYGJl0CFLxue-UwmELUQw1okFf-n79FccvU2WzxY4HiFgbmpko2Yke4-6i500M4B7kj-Qt4L/s1079/2-Sisters_IMG_20231130_185858717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="1079" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Y-K-BzN9Ei84lAWB2VfCSVi4jpFr3uetl2it7AJlYdweQef9XpuKTFxOWbSGo6tY5y0BJy1fRtA5lAU0yl-QFvYkAHVB6fX4yq2qT4JDqYQmy-b0XUmYpYGJl0CFLxue-UwmELUQw1okFf-n79FccvU2WzxY4HiFgbmpko2Yke4-6i500M4B7kj-Qt4L/w640-h360/2-Sisters_IMG_20231130_185858717.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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And ending the evening with ice cream makes the whole experience sweet.</p><p>-Insert from Ivory- You have no idea how hard it was to find that ice cream. Apparently Macey's is a hoax and they don't stay open as long as they should but we only wanted soft serve so we were looking around for soft serve near salt lake. And we decided to go find this one place that looked like it'd be really good and it took us to the middle of nowhere. There did happen to be a parked 'ice cream' car but it was actually just a police surveillance car in disguise. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCzVlrl-VewjeKP67VzDxU-LQPNTb489c1Ek7IjiIj1gpSWEU3WKpUSmWRTQGbnDZDPFjFSGC6JLLVDTxn1dlWZxHUMt0mioe6Igfs1T2yHh-Zlz9_s2dixC_iAjjJU0D1WX86uFRtgsZOgwEtYWpeBR_dCEOlf3d25vhyphenhyphenH8d77wXSCpvQ8BZYO0izq1_/s607/10-disguisedIMG_20231130_205339798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="457" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCzVlrl-VewjeKP67VzDxU-LQPNTb489c1Ek7IjiIj1gpSWEU3WKpUSmWRTQGbnDZDPFjFSGC6JLLVDTxn1dlWZxHUMt0mioe6Igfs1T2yHh-Zlz9_s2dixC_iAjjJU0D1WX86uFRtgsZOgwEtYWpeBR_dCEOlf3d25vhyphenhyphenH8d77wXSCpvQ8BZYO0izq1_/w482-h640/10-disguisedIMG_20231130_205339798.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>After much more driving we did achieve ice cream, as you can see. That was honestly more memory making than the laser concert haha.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-6096146534119432392024-01-14T22:43:00.004-07:002024-01-14T22:43:37.895-07:00My First Reel<p>(November 26th, 2023)</p><p>I had a goal to make a reel in 2023. As it got later in the year, I knew I needed to get on it, so when Pearl decided to cut her hair, it was a perfect opportunity. Except that Beau did most of it for me, so I'm not sure how much I can call it mine. But it got it done, and it was super fun.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZuJIcQuIWl8" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZuJIcQuIWl8"></iframe></div><p>For the record, the music matched perfectly in production and was off a little in completion. C'est la vie.</p><p>And for the book, here is a before and after pic. What a cutie. Pearl loves her short hair and it looks great on her.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK280OQOJJ4ZGooz3eMSLPE79Xuozb3BAUl0O8VXdWkUq4fabNtAARqjAGqMatf6DxKAKrsGSj1xPuw2klvPCqRfRPaU_-nD5K7YwLC2oOkaWq-fkJ3tcR9OEVyNbIlTZ5U7Nwjdi7uVCFjlDVFs0oAg6a9ldH7CKMRQhNsMi6DmKPWBYUFgfZEkeNAgz/s1920/1-Before_VID_46941005_224954_906%20-%20frame%20at%200m0s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1088" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK280OQOJJ4ZGooz3eMSLPE79Xuozb3BAUl0O8VXdWkUq4fabNtAARqjAGqMatf6DxKAKrsGSj1xPuw2klvPCqRfRPaU_-nD5K7YwLC2oOkaWq-fkJ3tcR9OEVyNbIlTZ5U7Nwjdi7uVCFjlDVFs0oAg6a9ldH7CKMRQhNsMi6DmKPWBYUFgfZEkeNAgz/w362-h640/1-Before_VID_46941005_224954_906%20-%20frame%20at%200m0s.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUT0VApgsDGeYg-0WZiz95P0NGBJgk6fSeoUDW4wdbgZaM048GzZQWT6ZX4HYkAcSewL5pPC7bdbhJmwKrydr4PjnYLSB4EL5qkhU1aXpK6rKjrVSQ3yQh-GkIIjpJ19NqtWEUEWrLTDgsC_lr1xgdBSEuCSzyWuJWC6dJyL_8RhKSXDJ0xeMDrN_DPzd/s1920/2-After_VID_46941005_224954_906%20-%20frame%20at%200m6s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1088" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUT0VApgsDGeYg-0WZiz95P0NGBJgk6fSeoUDW4wdbgZaM048GzZQWT6ZX4HYkAcSewL5pPC7bdbhJmwKrydr4PjnYLSB4EL5qkhU1aXpK6rKjrVSQ3yQh-GkIIjpJ19NqtWEUEWrLTDgsC_lr1xgdBSEuCSzyWuJWC6dJyL_8RhKSXDJ0xeMDrN_DPzd/w362-h640/2-After_VID_46941005_224954_906%20-%20frame%20at%200m6s.jpg" width="362" /></a></div>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-54902176750057548692024-01-13T13:21:00.000-07:002024-01-13T13:21:21.986-07:00Give Thanks <p>(November 21-25, 2023)</p><p>Thanksgiving was a blast this year. We went up to Idaho because it is close-ish and we wanted to run into extended family, namely the married cousins and spouses. The older girls did not have much time off from work, so we went in two groups. Tyler went up on Tuesday with the younger three, and June, Beau and I came up on Wednesday night after June got off work. You can see here that the earlier visitors took advantage of their extra time...by watching movies. :) And playing some games. (I think they watched the entire Season 1 of <i>Wednesday</i> with Granny V.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2M7TV4a_c4mbQcNeHOON9w6xOPddtEzXAvZ9Vi_duK8skqrYcgpFVvcZDY__HuENiBshY6iXjxDnCNoyjuyhppvBpbHRgaRf2RR7brPC5J7eN-VneBUnoBXWzgcDYlSlblAtj5e11BxxiHjNC2J-QtDMUzCL4_EWV85nYBbUXXaIUwzk3HADOMEwnJiod/s851/1-WatchingShows_PXL_20231122_181253344.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="851" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2M7TV4a_c4mbQcNeHOON9w6xOPddtEzXAvZ9Vi_duK8skqrYcgpFVvcZDY__HuENiBshY6iXjxDnCNoyjuyhppvBpbHRgaRf2RR7brPC5J7eN-VneBUnoBXWzgcDYlSlblAtj5e11BxxiHjNC2J-QtDMUzCL4_EWV85nYBbUXXaIUwzk3HADOMEwnJiod/w640-h482/1-WatchingShows_PXL_20231122_181253344.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4owmE7-HcVlNTTgy9HYPmoR_53zqMVrqRY85moV9cm6K_y4P53LQXvoK2p64KGlURRDu5dlMa76N0_elByt-5x0xv_5JZYAQppoksavH8i6Hmwg1VMkUmcKrhNS-ukpAsY6OE1qjMsQ71a1H-cnSfVZ0YR2TsK_ft_Zutpc_T77vU0ehRPx0JQVexC_E/s851/3-LiarsDice_PXL_20231123_025807780.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="851" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4owmE7-HcVlNTTgy9HYPmoR_53zqMVrqRY85moV9cm6K_y4P53LQXvoK2p64KGlURRDu5dlMa76N0_elByt-5x0xv_5JZYAQppoksavH8i6Hmwg1VMkUmcKrhNS-ukpAsY6OE1qjMsQ71a1H-cnSfVZ0YR2TsK_ft_Zutpc_T77vU0ehRPx0JQVexC_E/w640-h482/3-LiarsDice_PXL_20231123_025807780.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Nova was left behind, as usual, so we could love on Granny V's dogs. I believe Abu is the favorite, or perhaps he just snuggles better. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK-wRUK183Tiyweb3rDkq4cv4242CDEejEpo_aOpC0T7Bz2n1c6TM_wURdu4zxQl5AJ5EhMnjqJ-wjXJsq5y6Z7iFMrQXcXLRGDYELFhXyMpJngyYekeE-yRR06O8d4SKggPL2-4Z1rCuoyI-uMC8miborc5ytgnEgIOnXPsyWBmq0d6jx4pwV0KmMlBW/s851/2-LovePuppies_PXL_20231122_212653580.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="851" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK-wRUK183Tiyweb3rDkq4cv4242CDEejEpo_aOpC0T7Bz2n1c6TM_wURdu4zxQl5AJ5EhMnjqJ-wjXJsq5y6Z7iFMrQXcXLRGDYELFhXyMpJngyYekeE-yRR06O8d4SKggPL2-4Z1rCuoyI-uMC8miborc5ytgnEgIOnXPsyWBmq0d6jx4pwV0KmMlBW/w640-h482/2-LovePuppies_PXL_20231122_212653580.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSl1h0EPemcEhFNOvmwXUVoa0Em1c-thZQapaQNiIBIvi3Zk0Zx5RXQHHUlwruc0tB-JOcyYK5wmb1pMyBPohIyHWy2bLeK0WghuzgGs0X_ANqfwjxRQHSiDoC34wtuqCc94eSdPHcYcgDz8WCgdwX3hHlK-KWmjSNrAHOCRSFwfUEQAnhVtiLLVAd-Og/s953/9-LovetheDog_20231123_111007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSl1h0EPemcEhFNOvmwXUVoa0Em1c-thZQapaQNiIBIvi3Zk0Zx5RXQHHUlwruc0tB-JOcyYK5wmb1pMyBPohIyHWy2bLeK0WghuzgGs0X_ANqfwjxRQHSiDoC34wtuqCc94eSdPHcYcgDz8WCgdwX3hHlK-KWmjSNrAHOCRSFwfUEQAnhVtiLLVAd-Og/w480-h640/9-LovetheDog_20231123_111007.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Lu0Yt42p6Jx_Hg0dev7F9AYSopPxHRfniGIIckjB0Bor2YsiSujvpGYd7_3nqsKeFdgyJ_QoENwL3WCtAvM1_YceO3jnjeieh8e_-jIMHYg44ZGMn0BzBtOHFixMOPxiOEnb3zf6cDt_rJOiMz5Vl-6y7ZH5uwY1Z2qU8mTjMQZU6M6eB78xYsa8FCya/s1271/10-Sleeper_20231123_155211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Lu0Yt42p6Jx_Hg0dev7F9AYSopPxHRfniGIIckjB0Bor2YsiSujvpGYd7_3nqsKeFdgyJ_QoENwL3WCtAvM1_YceO3jnjeieh8e_-jIMHYg44ZGMn0BzBtOHFixMOPxiOEnb3zf6cDt_rJOiMz5Vl-6y7ZH5uwY1Z2qU8mTjMQZU6M6eB78xYsa8FCya/w640-h480/10-Sleeper_20231123_155211.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>But Odie is very cute and gets in your business whether you like it or not.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoLAuZbR7mGV_k7JA8zwytYvajOh9TB4uBDU_lLRolu7MH9GutGKeDHVJiSEyt0Wk-axlPSJTtMzWsZ2B4faXOQA39yl2huw9sGz9gcmXEWX0bVG9TqouF3Y9rPLGgnUZjjELySMey8vkKgyOZHOk_PZBUKbvwAJEhyphenhyphenjp_PPLztKm6dnPAqdm6XcOkWPf/s953/11-Odie_20231123_174602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoLAuZbR7mGV_k7JA8zwytYvajOh9TB4uBDU_lLRolu7MH9GutGKeDHVJiSEyt0Wk-axlPSJTtMzWsZ2B4faXOQA39yl2huw9sGz9gcmXEWX0bVG9TqouF3Y9rPLGgnUZjjELySMey8vkKgyOZHOk_PZBUKbvwAJEhyphenhyphenjp_PPLztKm6dnPAqdm6XcOkWPf/w480-h640/11-Odie_20231123_174602.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Thursday was the only day we were all up there. Granny V put out the regular breakfast of pies. Basically, you can just get pie whenever you want all day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcNtuQUk7Pc62UzL-Kvunwo2R6BllFfPzP7eumY90Pegm5lTcQiqrtmkQ_3Ceg4zlhIDXnDYfHJjgruVUACcNOGsOBJgtNlA8-uDX5G-WkgB20DgiSdvQWJGkvUqhqwXZAiCN2vZoP2iR2HEbcEPQ0N4KZ3gs0XWPo1oN6vCLThR2F5Rd9Y-q1BIcZX-1/s953/3-PieBreakfast_20231123_092938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcNtuQUk7Pc62UzL-Kvunwo2R6BllFfPzP7eumY90Pegm5lTcQiqrtmkQ_3Ceg4zlhIDXnDYfHJjgruVUACcNOGsOBJgtNlA8-uDX5G-WkgB20DgiSdvQWJGkvUqhqwXZAiCN2vZoP2iR2HEbcEPQ0N4KZ3gs0XWPo1oN6vCLThR2F5Rd9Y-q1BIcZX-1/w480-h640/3-PieBreakfast_20231123_092938.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>She also inspired what I hope will be a continuing tradition. She hosted a Salsa Competition. There were five entries. June and I made salsa the day before and brought it up. Tyler and KJ made their salsa first thing in the morning. And I have no idea when Kaysen made his. Everything looked yummy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeb-ZD8337ZTERt6hOjBwgg75jwYEtt2HKUWicUlij4ktfZU1T2g408-aQhFAfMj3jF_82Hi190NIMnEwr7Ho7Gx29ON11A99tomc0HQdBvRZRszB0SZz8QO0wSNGCcSMuHoAt816Tfr6LMgpHGtf2FQsZ9bHP5NUMMu4F1OSLP-_tBe_ElAFilO09K6Z/s1271/5-WithNames_20231123_094944~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeb-ZD8337ZTERt6hOjBwgg75jwYEtt2HKUWicUlij4ktfZU1T2g408-aQhFAfMj3jF_82Hi190NIMnEwr7Ho7Gx29ON11A99tomc0HQdBvRZRszB0SZz8QO0wSNGCcSMuHoAt816Tfr6LMgpHGtf2FQsZ9bHP5NUMMu4F1OSLP-_tBe_ElAFilO09K6Z/w640-h480/5-WithNames_20231123_094944~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Tyler made a unique but basic salsa with some serrano and mango. He called it Serrano Serenade. There was some good heat, but nothing overwhelming, like you might expect from Tyler. KJ made guacamole, which is cheating in my opinion, since I think guac is better than salsa. Kaysen made a sweet salsa that had pineapple and mango. I made an avocado salsa, which is NOT guacamole, thanks for asking. And June made a roasted habanero mango salsa that was easily the hottest of the group. </p><p>Granny V had guests judges come in. I was a little nervous when a whole bunch of old people walked through the door. I was worried that June's salsa might kill one of them. Luckily, those who disliked extra heat were warned away. (Sorry I don't have pictures of the judges.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH4t8XTAj9EU5BCz8IKiR1x1YBDlFwRy9J0dXKGEjEOYbMFFxpzADRVxLm-3Nq0T9iEkMvxwhJYjcQKRyiPy_f0ZGqfDb7JktfITx5cwRSu7yRP-V1C976BMDWmYqpPoM4bbR_nvqPzZ-szJe4VFRFe6bkJHFterDVselfOX8-N9gJWklOm5I_Ahz0pxo/s1271/6-BetterWaiting_20231123_094952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH4t8XTAj9EU5BCz8IKiR1x1YBDlFwRy9J0dXKGEjEOYbMFFxpzADRVxLm-3Nq0T9iEkMvxwhJYjcQKRyiPy_f0ZGqfDb7JktfITx5cwRSu7yRP-V1C976BMDWmYqpPoM4bbR_nvqPzZ-szJe4VFRFe6bkJHFterDVselfOX8-N9gJWklOm5I_Ahz0pxo/w640-h480/6-BetterWaiting_20231123_094952.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>When all was said and done and eaten, the winner was Tyler. His salsa was very flavorful and delicious. Runner up was KJ, because guess what...the judges love guacamole. :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF7H06DzfxQ7D4Yv3a-Sx2A5Pqg44vjz6UuxfSrZ5-k1HaEosumaxHr3JkdPtkjvAG0Be7ZgPdKjNq2BSumMvWqF9FnGumYXDasOpVsu6jSVAVi_g-CkHJlOxVCYslfzSfx-sdDPITr-Mj76S1hWMg89H7Ak9VLPK5JcmVL_6pQBEt-eZBUCHsKkiCODB/s953/7-FirstPlace_20231123_100113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF7H06DzfxQ7D4Yv3a-Sx2A5Pqg44vjz6UuxfSrZ5-k1HaEosumaxHr3JkdPtkjvAG0Be7ZgPdKjNq2BSumMvWqF9FnGumYXDasOpVsu6jSVAVi_g-CkHJlOxVCYslfzSfx-sdDPITr-Mj76S1hWMg89H7Ak9VLPK5JcmVL_6pQBEt-eZBUCHsKkiCODB/w480-h640/7-FirstPlace_20231123_100113.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Then we all dug in. It was nice to have chips and salsa to snack on before the main event. Great idea Granny V and we all liked the little salsa bowl that was the prize.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3pDx4fP2ztF5xLB8FwlYJ02X4zQUwYt-ucBeJg5Odknly8rjRk42wCLfn6Gz48djtPnK9Fz4fLx7cgwz0yFaIIG2C-B6aMnt8dSEz776QQfhyphenhyphenXWmT9YvEJecMTbEiPi2vmCRdWtwsjvAWXSDdnnkj6M9AmuzBArKQTZtG5fKdD9D1ApGHvxegEEhFsSw/s953/8-TryingTheSalsa_20231123_100828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3pDx4fP2ztF5xLB8FwlYJ02X4zQUwYt-ucBeJg5Odknly8rjRk42wCLfn6Gz48djtPnK9Fz4fLx7cgwz0yFaIIG2C-B6aMnt8dSEz776QQfhyphenhyphenXWmT9YvEJecMTbEiPi2vmCRdWtwsjvAWXSDdnnkj6M9AmuzBArKQTZtG5fKdD9D1ApGHvxegEEhFsSw/w480-h640/8-TryingTheSalsa_20231123_100828.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The rest of the day was super chill. Dinner wasn't until the evening, so everyone chatted, napped, read, played games, and hung out. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmxtVtdf_gyr99aUOncIT4UuG2vPY6Ln5wFf14qEwCxPiH0inQvNKW8unDvos5_52bjReh3EWmP42PVYShPz1-zC0Oo6Sp2PQcy2wDDxUExNyy9xNqTvL5a_1sVaBfDbqZAGcg_1j-Vo08mTld_pil4mc55EI61hZLMn2c41ck7oQarUh5cJSKfOZur_u/s953/12-GmaJune_20231123_155319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmxtVtdf_gyr99aUOncIT4UuG2vPY6Ln5wFf14qEwCxPiH0inQvNKW8unDvos5_52bjReh3EWmP42PVYShPz1-zC0Oo6Sp2PQcy2wDDxUExNyy9xNqTvL5a_1sVaBfDbqZAGcg_1j-Vo08mTld_pil4mc55EI61hZLMn2c41ck7oQarUh5cJSKfOZur_u/w480-h640/12-GmaJune_20231123_155319.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7iUQCk7ja3rqb6TMuB9szPA5S4nFXpETkEOZrlCTTb4Z_mf2yaoe2jm2vrRTL72ltC1kSDUGO0hR47Ocme0gbcoOF0LEywDIRwD83TZfvyNb6LJl2T-zOccTeJx8_-pP7BB2d0Cm5FAxWQmntBZuFcAUzCe5sZP816t4PpTXmcvyEHRBWcxmUu4DNIhk/s1271/13-IveBeau_20231123_111013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7iUQCk7ja3rqb6TMuB9szPA5S4nFXpETkEOZrlCTTb4Z_mf2yaoe2jm2vrRTL72ltC1kSDUGO0hR47Ocme0gbcoOF0LEywDIRwD83TZfvyNb6LJl2T-zOccTeJx8_-pP7BB2d0Cm5FAxWQmntBZuFcAUzCe5sZP816t4PpTXmcvyEHRBWcxmUu4DNIhk/w640-h480/13-IveBeau_20231123_111013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj_x_uUHmtsoh-_bxNJSznRv6n9HCRhcWxNda4iNXXY8wqHUw6LkzPWgMFDBoqoBAWEPPpYZDHLQ2ckFBJQ12pultIBB_Pr42GMY45ssOdoNQeFIInUOmjjN6YIs6Fon8pomtkLWDo2kk9AMa_62DZiRBm_S6loylVVgwoHbE-3FThFC6-GiMlwevIrkT/s953/14-EllenNaps_20231123_173003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj_x_uUHmtsoh-_bxNJSznRv6n9HCRhcWxNda4iNXXY8wqHUw6LkzPWgMFDBoqoBAWEPPpYZDHLQ2ckFBJQ12pultIBB_Pr42GMY45ssOdoNQeFIInUOmjjN6YIs6Fon8pomtkLWDo2kk9AMa_62DZiRBm_S6loylVVgwoHbE-3FThFC6-GiMlwevIrkT/w480-h640/14-EllenNaps_20231123_173003.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFtHzWfC7fIL4mSXmtkkSxXtiHZ7CkojArMUkCbFIDPzY_ZahowKv9J8HO3yhobnuPocsMl7lHOLUDhU20Txyjr_U9467xrMHIIS2e0IwcBOWL4uumFRqAO5wUjjGPwv78RCR6yTO4uJRf75CV31SVA-9IYzAtsh4XwHfDjxWf9aJ0BOba4g8lKhE7mhX/s1271/15-LotsOfUs_20231123_173011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFtHzWfC7fIL4mSXmtkkSxXtiHZ7CkojArMUkCbFIDPzY_ZahowKv9J8HO3yhobnuPocsMl7lHOLUDhU20Txyjr_U9467xrMHIIS2e0IwcBOWL4uumFRqAO5wUjjGPwv78RCR6yTO4uJRf75CV31SVA-9IYzAtsh4XwHfDjxWf9aJ0BOba4g8lKhE7mhX/w640-h480/15-LotsOfUs_20231123_173011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_dyJWpo6xKqM3wJ03gzoAutwW50FhfpLRWZLM_NKpgIerL9ZToK_gPnGfDLifmrSVARYgfWDQvbA690Vu6_lILAbUjYNMdBsT_d9zOHM7MOnbT3Q9M_githHBm8COXyWN_En-QW_k_JqMkjgk-Ln2EzyV6vwKnwIche_hM5psMi-7ZWcG51leZGzl7Xg/s953/16-MomJune_20231123_174223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_dyJWpo6xKqM3wJ03gzoAutwW50FhfpLRWZLM_NKpgIerL9ZToK_gPnGfDLifmrSVARYgfWDQvbA690Vu6_lILAbUjYNMdBsT_d9zOHM7MOnbT3Q9M_githHBm8COXyWN_En-QW_k_JqMkjgk-Ln2EzyV6vwKnwIche_hM5psMi-7ZWcG51leZGzl7Xg/w480-h640/16-MomJune_20231123_174223.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>June's first companion in the DR happens to be going to school out at BYUI, so June drove up to grab her and bring her down for the feasting. It was so fun to have Hermana Fernandes, now Karla, come share in the festivities.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0CMSUsEBKv61D33zFoDgUV5M2qOi4Sh5_k4PCKLjWToSz4IBZ2r6oNQ-cTBFzmxKTA6Oko1C7CYps8hE9X7eu_xCtX_9JwpxEdC8W8Jl-HmFoWzn3eq906xSGQ4uThAWk3KLM9nYJM-wVPBpqCPzSJ7wolWkC2Rs3FEjKEOUh7kOdx1owDuhD-bQbnmb/s953/17-Hermanas_original_8e5ab663-770d-4461-92b1-bfe123e34f8c_Screenshot_20231121_121506_Photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0CMSUsEBKv61D33zFoDgUV5M2qOi4Sh5_k4PCKLjWToSz4IBZ2r6oNQ-cTBFzmxKTA6Oko1C7CYps8hE9X7eu_xCtX_9JwpxEdC8W8Jl-HmFoWzn3eq906xSGQ4uThAWk3KLM9nYJM-wVPBpqCPzSJ7wolWkC2Rs3FEjKEOUh7kOdx1owDuhD-bQbnmb/w426-h640/17-Hermanas_original_8e5ab663-770d-4461-92b1-bfe123e34f8c_Screenshot_20231121_121506_Photos.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Xxdzeynq0t2nlwHg6AI-j2kbLrWKymKakURjcYAFhybtQP0_MVxdlVaiQhUJoCppevKl7TDuLBjmgSCpxZXOPNyGunmhwe0cEAWgFnEACdiHtR8Gv6JGxKfKDWVyZRlGcVbuCxRqSJ0cspqFAeAFvydT9r6RirQN-9C3oHThv9btnFZeySpcANGG_tl4/s953/18-CamillePlays_20231123_174240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Xxdzeynq0t2nlwHg6AI-j2kbLrWKymKakURjcYAFhybtQP0_MVxdlVaiQhUJoCppevKl7TDuLBjmgSCpxZXOPNyGunmhwe0cEAWgFnEACdiHtR8Gv6JGxKfKDWVyZRlGcVbuCxRqSJ0cspqFAeAFvydT9r6RirQN-9C3oHThv9btnFZeySpcANGG_tl4/w480-h640/18-CamillePlays_20231123_174240.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>People were assigned different food tasks and worked on them when necessary. I was assigned yams which turned out very well, for my first time trying them. Kolby and Tyler are always involved with the meat. Beau worked on gravy and Ivory knabbed June and Karla to help her with the mini loaves. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblDHnXVt06BGYdrfiMejfbUkMf9Q-Ms1G2AQd5MR7VZ-1uBUk7sFYZq_Azcx0WBwZW0DojKyOnOqSSFqnZttsCFmvWlcN1C-Qs4VsSPQ8I2uv8g00HOXGqLCeconEi-rRjqVYxJ7H5v_blTUlZPYoOq8xxj7wULb9EpQmfHf2PrztVBX1-OuRCtuo1uEF/s953/19-AlmsotReady_20231123_174256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblDHnXVt06BGYdrfiMejfbUkMf9Q-Ms1G2AQd5MR7VZ-1uBUk7sFYZq_Azcx0WBwZW0DojKyOnOqSSFqnZttsCFmvWlcN1C-Qs4VsSPQ8I2uv8g00HOXGqLCeconEi-rRjqVYxJ7H5v_blTUlZPYoOq8xxj7wULb9EpQmfHf2PrztVBX1-OuRCtuo1uEF/w480-h640/19-AlmsotReady_20231123_174256.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-AKeOTTxuHQSZHpVgJBYWIP0llK3xAaGiWfuJfukcaJbYbnuVKEjiO2ZOzSI_HRciyPoBkne9_gpbsa3vIk1xzglEyUf-lJHVi5JKs0kZvWwfEEXy021Tn0l_4pWnGtIdjwJqWY2yu9An3zd4THBQbEwxf8vbVg90bnxYa-EHn8k57xD0_CVcpRzMXDI/s1634/19-MakingBread_IMG_20231123_170628185_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1634" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-AKeOTTxuHQSZHpVgJBYWIP0llK3xAaGiWfuJfukcaJbYbnuVKEjiO2ZOzSI_HRciyPoBkne9_gpbsa3vIk1xzglEyUf-lJHVi5JKs0kZvWwfEEXy021Tn0l_4pWnGtIdjwJqWY2yu9An3zd4THBQbEwxf8vbVg90bnxYa-EHn8k57xD0_CVcpRzMXDI/w640-h360/19-MakingBread_IMG_20231123_170628185_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbeDcPomh1sfvfIm6BWAyb5QmnGLBhC7O16-dVp81ImDqB_14EIkflR4AMxqe-jzgJPqUqYz8PKx7misHUPIHv1fLA0p0XU6EYQxQiKqGpPt4-nt-KmdORSYZ9PU2IFGxqjFLNzUhpLrlwuo6r97W3ZF_3pOQf8kGMWKutgIPjKVeGpMNTAltTii8nAD8/s919/19-RollLoaves_IMG_20231123_174851236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbeDcPomh1sfvfIm6BWAyb5QmnGLBhC7O16-dVp81ImDqB_14EIkflR4AMxqe-jzgJPqUqYz8PKx7misHUPIHv1fLA0p0XU6EYQxQiKqGpPt4-nt-KmdORSYZ9PU2IFGxqjFLNzUhpLrlwuo6r97W3ZF_3pOQf8kGMWKutgIPjKVeGpMNTAltTii8nAD8/w482-h640/19-RollLoaves_IMG_20231123_174851236.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChnV6671oMOpWd_r8_O_SVMO6CzrNKfIAYPW37R3U-g8qufkg-9VppWcLtIrI_RRI1CccWJKvghWWYfFP2OQy5kjE2IgMhRh1mdnK58_S_FtMaYzDMmrNFXJezT2k3K2ZMDuR404FgqXtXx8vcmF9nt18kSXLO3xQsEhRGsm-ON3reOoa8GOI6WZ_Jpng/s953/20-FInishingTouches_20231123_174700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChnV6671oMOpWd_r8_O_SVMO6CzrNKfIAYPW37R3U-g8qufkg-9VppWcLtIrI_RRI1CccWJKvghWWYfFP2OQy5kjE2IgMhRh1mdnK58_S_FtMaYzDMmrNFXJezT2k3K2ZMDuR404FgqXtXx8vcmF9nt18kSXLO3xQsEhRGsm-ON3reOoa8GOI6WZ_Jpng/w480-h640/20-FInishingTouches_20231123_174700.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Then...time to feast. Everything was delicious as usual.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oZkEU-BBlMjloREMC6ayiAlpAcQCKXHp08d6GB-ce3jFyZe5WOg3m4bt0TuKXjWeEAWN1LEcEDfC4ROBHjfZ5qo-MWMaRstYP6lgs1k3tETNs29maUxwfRl5y9HA1Gnx-Pom2L19YTrppw2rm-rg91eddDzfqHWF8mUy4xYm3xyDlmvKvk7FIdxvlS5P/s1271/21-Feast_20231123_180614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oZkEU-BBlMjloREMC6ayiAlpAcQCKXHp08d6GB-ce3jFyZe5WOg3m4bt0TuKXjWeEAWN1LEcEDfC4ROBHjfZ5qo-MWMaRstYP6lgs1k3tETNs29maUxwfRl5y9HA1Gnx-Pom2L19YTrppw2rm-rg91eddDzfqHWF8mUy4xYm3xyDlmvKvk7FIdxvlS5P/w640-h480/21-Feast_20231123_180614.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zq4L-aj7misKbFzkXSJwRIcfFJwgg8Ko3dTwa-sIrzfsU4HkV7IVqFr-i_cpSd1OY7to7jaD0yzceo5u8ZkwPqJYOKiFs37h712qXIiv6hXXAUNp9VvxsV5JrlEo-QBVRlMIMfp3b5nwEyu8FuHdpVezJEqJlNAg1LP-zeIqwTSGdxbGI0H7-mDJo-56/s1694/22-MostlyOurFam_20231123_180732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zq4L-aj7misKbFzkXSJwRIcfFJwgg8Ko3dTwa-sIrzfsU4HkV7IVqFr-i_cpSd1OY7to7jaD0yzceo5u8ZkwPqJYOKiFs37h712qXIiv6hXXAUNp9VvxsV5JrlEo-QBVRlMIMfp3b5nwEyu8FuHdpVezJEqJlNAg1LP-zeIqwTSGdxbGI0H7-mDJo-56/w640-h360/22-MostlyOurFam_20231123_180732.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwgDvfepW620gUoUFwmUaSkowZz-5qlRobs8rnAM3J_iE25GTJhPvOi3croOYG_5sUcjbBBN2EsXvEhvj1_4WlW_YGB56e1iamKlGrVQ_MSgxhaRbtqNotVyI2_G1mzqjeZtmM8ao3qxzuKq2RdlHH9Pwoi-obhFIjWanS1LWM0CqSUkXf2kwVd2HZ_T1/s1271/23-Friends_20231123_180848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwgDvfepW620gUoUFwmUaSkowZz-5qlRobs8rnAM3J_iE25GTJhPvOi3croOYG_5sUcjbBBN2EsXvEhvj1_4WlW_YGB56e1iamKlGrVQ_MSgxhaRbtqNotVyI2_G1mzqjeZtmM8ao3qxzuKq2RdlHH9Pwoi-obhFIjWanS1LWM0CqSUkXf2kwVd2HZ_T1/w640-h480/23-Friends_20231123_180848.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />In the evening we had more fun talking and hanging out. Karla got to try the oculus which is always fun.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaY7TzmPqCBM0wz503hnMDHwG7lCFScWbkTu3gfEgNKNembtltq9bgbyhtj6SOrCh_l1ZnTC5cXWdNNQPJYObz6wmaBs41MsUWO6wS9joTzSl1s-nrrRMq7ka1CMzLBVUytESsFuicQ1mB6Ccr8oMmF0D_wfbL4ZM1rlpBt47i4Bv6RO6zn4h9PGkvoz1/s953/24-CamilleOculus_20231123_205116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaY7TzmPqCBM0wz503hnMDHwG7lCFScWbkTu3gfEgNKNembtltq9bgbyhtj6SOrCh_l1ZnTC5cXWdNNQPJYObz6wmaBs41MsUWO6wS9joTzSl1s-nrrRMq7ka1CMzLBVUytESsFuicQ1mB6Ccr8oMmF0D_wfbL4ZM1rlpBt47i4Bv6RO6zn4h9PGkvoz1/w480-h640/24-CamilleOculus_20231123_205116.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzszp9aZzHk07Jt5TEAM35i2tpTWTaiAAINMZkyvaaUiqr6gd7BLhRuhXoqhfrFFTmorzO7v6JircqPPCQqUIIVRMzeEYBmVY5iRwlcgnAllAsh1AvAB8kbRQbSc-UqzuzuK3Q3f4eK89h1nVgsWlVhw_vGyQS2YYZ2dKEVbQ3Ssm5Q4TcmJqSe4QtvkJq/s1271/25-Evening_20231123_210055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzszp9aZzHk07Jt5TEAM35i2tpTWTaiAAINMZkyvaaUiqr6gd7BLhRuhXoqhfrFFTmorzO7v6JircqPPCQqUIIVRMzeEYBmVY5iRwlcgnAllAsh1AvAB8kbRQbSc-UqzuzuK3Q3f4eK89h1nVgsWlVhw_vGyQS2YYZ2dKEVbQ3Ssm5Q4TcmJqSe4QtvkJq/w640-h480/25-Evening_20231123_210055.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Did you notice Daisy had blue eyes? Not sure you could really see them in other pictures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO7WW8IxROOVWQ4JAU7YBRZ4C6SpQ7rQJNbBoq1wcrxCkK5bGABL8akg-Z4iWhAOxYRXmrv17ntJCapQcnZbifOj98hkfziBnKS4PUNb4Y9aaJ6vSF_DmdDVVlWPmQ7Z3CKND9lSPV2lUAmWSZr3wo5uxQ2YsHIgcMOYCOutQiwU9Gxi8ATtIqbOxDUjH/s1694/26-BlueEyes_20231123_202144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO7WW8IxROOVWQ4JAU7YBRZ4C6SpQ7rQJNbBoq1wcrxCkK5bGABL8akg-Z4iWhAOxYRXmrv17ntJCapQcnZbifOj98hkfziBnKS4PUNb4Y9aaJ6vSF_DmdDVVlWPmQ7Z3CKND9lSPV2lUAmWSZr3wo5uxQ2YsHIgcMOYCOutQiwU9Gxi8ATtIqbOxDUjH/w640-h360/26-BlueEyes_20231123_202144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The majority of us left that night so we could sleep in the next day. That may not have been the best choice. It was a very scary, snowy, icy drive, in which I almost lost control and almost fell asleep. The girls aren't the best at staying awake to entertain the driver. But no one died and I didn't even crash, so Yay! Next time, I'll drive during the day if possible.</p><p>Tyler stayed with the littles for another day to spend time with family. Got to soak up everything you can. And this picture from a video of Kolby is pretty worth it too. :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgps1nqoqCNreNbY-eXB2xv19DNqtdQFhYlPlV4tdtKi0pKBabNzitcKeqVJBA1z0-tosk412XXc6cUhYv5r_KQiZhufgRh12rsrsrDxQoFwVoyvFna_Xq5todW4Wd3ekIbu5LN4XB3_zxJhyphenhyphenDNizRApNMWfLxLtTP_hv-kIgFClfSfpdMJ0pZQ_gRRkyhe/s1920/23-KolbyDances_PXL_20231124_193059533.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m9s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgps1nqoqCNreNbY-eXB2xv19DNqtdQFhYlPlV4tdtKi0pKBabNzitcKeqVJBA1z0-tosk412XXc6cUhYv5r_KQiZhufgRh12rsrsrDxQoFwVoyvFna_Xq5todW4Wd3ekIbu5LN4XB3_zxJhyphenhyphenDNizRApNMWfLxLtTP_hv-kIgFClfSfpdMJ0pZQ_gRRkyhe/w640-h362/23-KolbyDances_PXL_20231124_193059533.TS%20-%20frame%20at%200m9s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCuutzy6sGOapfi6169g_ZVK6kVGUtDNu2yhXpfa-AXF8a8Sq8jHEPayH5emVp4IpBZiVGD66vg0haAQlnuQwDy9Cv2TjvQSlKCPiN0am7qXVwZbvvCmVDWGNUD2TCrM-kvqBuKGFN96m0gSY-FfyAY6OUGUmxZ_aBn6xv9k2JOZUIRq538tHvdeqPU8q/s851/28-BlanketFort_PXL_20231125_045628717.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="851" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCuutzy6sGOapfi6169g_ZVK6kVGUtDNu2yhXpfa-AXF8a8Sq8jHEPayH5emVp4IpBZiVGD66vg0haAQlnuQwDy9Cv2TjvQSlKCPiN0am7qXVwZbvvCmVDWGNUD2TCrM-kvqBuKGFN96m0gSY-FfyAY6OUGUmxZ_aBn6xv9k2JOZUIRq538tHvdeqPU8q/w640-h482/28-BlanketFort_PXL_20231125_045628717.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Oh, the girls even helped Grandma put up a new tree. It looks lovely. I like how one holiday melts into the next.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wYYrcqL-Q6DLH2-HoCR_9oRaxcJqGZITu_HqAvfrukrLStbUGsCzwxOKLG_dIc7sl8eW5qFu9434vFek0wDZgQcmVb-Y_F0N-8WxJL5iaOuyHKtojS8u4oZdaKmujj9dn3LWEOFtEE68-pH8UxYDGRF5NaWCVGnF9Vmt5iB91ZhClwqq0Fz_IoF-XlwH/s851/27-TreeUp_PXL_20231125_043519151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="851" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wYYrcqL-Q6DLH2-HoCR_9oRaxcJqGZITu_HqAvfrukrLStbUGsCzwxOKLG_dIc7sl8eW5qFu9434vFek0wDZgQcmVb-Y_F0N-8WxJL5iaOuyHKtojS8u4oZdaKmujj9dn3LWEOFtEE68-pH8UxYDGRF5NaWCVGnF9Vmt5iB91ZhClwqq0Fz_IoF-XlwH/w640-h482/27-TreeUp_PXL_20231125_043519151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-87909598567945514982024-01-09T17:13:00.002-07:002024-01-09T17:13:37.895-07:00Thankful Turkey 2023<p>(Monday, November 20th, 2023)</p><p>I think it might have been June's year to make the turkey while she was on her mission. So we had Beau do it instead. However, the 2022 turkey has still not been laminated. Beau made it, we took it to CA and had the Kelly's draw on feathers, we brought it home, left it for a year and then finally glued it together and yet...it is not finished!! Beau refused to put the year on it. (And I actually have no idea where it is now.) I hope it shows up again next year so we can get it on the wall. If you want to remember what it looks like, scroll through <a href="https://caziertm.blogspot.com/2022/12/thanksgiving-2022.html" target="_blank">this post</a>. </p><p>Meanwhile, with June home this year, she was in charge of the turkey. She came up with a fun idea to do a black and white turkey. He looks very sharp.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYh3hRu2TxE263Ny1i5AhIMUIoUEqkUglkCIEeqhZhJRditiZWx5J3LRTdU8LgE25tTMKskzt0s3kWt0Q_TdleCR-u0AFxVGpArYn9E248zqAxoofStorf3_uCxLEkShpGdPbsKjvRIcZq1n5aigZxzviUAZVTN4v-bJ4fIidDAD2dwoxkMgPacvgUV1r/s1271/2-2023Turkey_20231120_233001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYh3hRu2TxE263Ny1i5AhIMUIoUEqkUglkCIEeqhZhJRditiZWx5J3LRTdU8LgE25tTMKskzt0s3kWt0Q_TdleCR-u0AFxVGpArYn9E248zqAxoofStorf3_uCxLEkShpGdPbsKjvRIcZq1n5aigZxzviUAZVTN4v-bJ4fIidDAD2dwoxkMgPacvgUV1r/w640-h480/2-2023Turkey_20231120_233001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuJf8FgeWh_kQKTPhJEP_80UOjsOXeGPPZsb0B331Lsy_CmqjKVP-d3_SZnRjYSaQhrAmmD0bYGXFIvzGC3eVB0jNIkwKCoAVK33amcuScvUUxmDvRJn_Xly6DlaI1m9eOy5CxRFJcfNsME7FAsR9FX1p0dHUjYlgM8K03sEjz5F3bNbCJuPP8QkG-HZZ/s855/3-OnWall_20231124_103656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="855" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuJf8FgeWh_kQKTPhJEP_80UOjsOXeGPPZsb0B331Lsy_CmqjKVP-d3_SZnRjYSaQhrAmmD0bYGXFIvzGC3eVB0jNIkwKCoAVK33amcuScvUUxmDvRJn_Xly6DlaI1m9eOy5CxRFJcfNsME7FAsR9FX1p0dHUjYlgM8K03sEjz5F3bNbCJuPP8QkG-HZZ/w640-h480/3-OnWall_20231124_103656.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>But probably the most astounding thing was that I figured out how to hang the turkeys...finally. Every year I put them up with tape and nothing keeps them on the wall. Each morning, we come down to see how many turkeys gave up and landed on the floor during the night. I've tried all sorts of fancy sticky stuffs. This year, it finally clicked. I put up ribbon and strung the turkeys with clothes pins. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgI1XYDt1HMMMkjNgcg4BhmQYVmdVaxPxGxmpWxdp9CuxZ_Tii9MePOLJyuqP3Dd08iUu-LPHneOxhqkGKwYTvgJCS_yRyePGcrPsjVpGnEf1vJsqIcXULf6lBJtcm0TyCT3y0VXA1qbX7liNVFih-8yEpOVA9HQRSAGT06bfEHW_rAmZripU4GzOWXsI/s953/1-HangOnWall_20231124_122706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgI1XYDt1HMMMkjNgcg4BhmQYVmdVaxPxGxmpWxdp9CuxZ_Tii9MePOLJyuqP3Dd08iUu-LPHneOxhqkGKwYTvgJCS_yRyePGcrPsjVpGnEf1vJsqIcXULf6lBJtcm0TyCT3y0VXA1qbX7liNVFih-8yEpOVA9HQRSAGT06bfEHW_rAmZripU4GzOWXsI/w480-h640/1-HangOnWall_20231124_122706.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Seriously, why didn't I think of this years ago? It will look nicer next year. I just barely got the idea going. Next year (this year - 2024) it's my turn for the turkey. We are a bit out of order. I'll see if I can make something half as good as tux turkey.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-14011018191390401312024-01-05T09:30:00.003-07:002024-01-05T09:30:45.750-07:00Mega Concert "Contemporary Musical Theater"<p>(November 16-17, 2023)</p><p>The Mega concert is a huge deal at our high school. The choir kids use it to raise money and they spend weeks and weeks getting ready. Even if I didn't have a kid in choir, I would go. It's a really fun event.</p><p>This year was even cooler than usual, because we have two kids in choir, and Ivory is in Chamber, so she gets to do some extra things. But even on top of all that, Ivory auditioned with Kelsie to be the MCs of the show and they got it! For you, this means more video than usual and you can watch what you want and just view pictures if you don't. Ives and Kels did such a great job. They were the cutest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHw-iZRbxKZViTKyufoNXDTc2ZZlYq8Nm2Val5EOnV6c4iG1ekd1U0UjhzpRMtckWSQ6LhMswA5SnJbJwoBb5D8IVQuZsCp6FaxTOAIRFuaDb_Do0w-NVcC48MjfeT7cuu-i-3_29VxdXTjh-ySNKDtoaSC6bF2KTKU4zSWfSD307qiBm180S-v6veKJG/s855/2-CutestMCs_20231116_211710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="855" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHw-iZRbxKZViTKyufoNXDTc2ZZlYq8Nm2Val5EOnV6c4iG1ekd1U0UjhzpRMtckWSQ6LhMswA5SnJbJwoBb5D8IVQuZsCp6FaxTOAIRFuaDb_Do0w-NVcC48MjfeT7cuu-i-3_29VxdXTjh-ySNKDtoaSC6bF2KTKU4zSWfSD307qiBm180S-v6veKJG/w640-h480/2-CutestMCs_20231116_211710.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The theme this year was Contemporary Musical Theater, which is a favorite of mine, and honestly a breath of fresh air after the Jazz year. (sorry Jazz) Ivory and Daisy auditioned for a duet and sadly didn't get picked. They sang Meg and Christine's duet from <i>Phantom of the Opera</i> and it was amazing. However, there is a lot of things that go into choosing and I liked most of the other choices for the concert. And perhaps it would have been a bit much for Ivory to MC <i>and</i> have a specialty number. </p><p>Let's get into the concert. Obviously I focus on my kids, but you'll get to see a couple other things as well. There was a large group number at the beginning, but the song was from <i>Rent</i> and I haven't seen that yet. I just saw a trailer for a movie about how <i>Rent</i> was written, starring Andrew Garfield. I wonder if it will be any good...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYUTc89SJmNvptCj9q8fXWurm7OJLlvR8QUa7-Nq8irDJBXLxzeNiwkylvGVWiCpXU7kHKROVGwgt72lO7OUaveNUj6e6-WtUxsMvVK1okZmSd_b5euW6O1dPp5maRR61LmQsW-VLpKZYWVzQqyGO5aC0wtGGSJcHOchPCI_X2pnbxNX7TWtdQvQjkw2l/s1271/15-DaisyInFirstNumber_20231116_190648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYUTc89SJmNvptCj9q8fXWurm7OJLlvR8QUa7-Nq8irDJBXLxzeNiwkylvGVWiCpXU7kHKROVGwgt72lO7OUaveNUj6e6-WtUxsMvVK1okZmSd_b5euW6O1dPp5maRR61LmQsW-VLpKZYWVzQqyGO5aC0wtGGSJcHOchPCI_X2pnbxNX7TWtdQvQjkw2l/w640-h480/15-DaisyInFirstNumber_20231116_190648.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Then Ivory and Kelsie came on and kicked off the show. Their sketch was two girls going on a road trip to New York and Ivory wants to play Musical Theater music on the way. Kelsie is skeptical, but she goes along with it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDFt3UFl24XxVhQlV2OUBTvHPuIbKRjkjBhXriDfRTTSalzVJnogO-Xwto4cXKgI2ksh8gfpjMmhVJuWW9kkgzOU_OQkbTS0BJyo4hpvPDzq8BFjG3rNrip1IChCZwC0xQ0WnCAaqe_CS8j8g_hdnOXrdRmxHrEaMSh8Dnb90L4Ki4zd9a4vdOcNId3Lh/s1920/1-FirstSetRoadTrip_20231116_190853%20-%20frame%20at%200m9s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDFt3UFl24XxVhQlV2OUBTvHPuIbKRjkjBhXriDfRTTSalzVJnogO-Xwto4cXKgI2ksh8gfpjMmhVJuWW9kkgzOU_OQkbTS0BJyo4hpvPDzq8BFjG3rNrip1IChCZwC0xQ0WnCAaqe_CS8j8g_hdnOXrdRmxHrEaMSh8Dnb90L4Ki4zd9a4vdOcNId3Lh/w640-h360/1-FirstSetRoadTrip_20231116_190853%20-%20frame%20at%200m9s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JqIEsyljS0" width="320" youtube-src-id="-JqIEsyljS0"></iframe></div><p>At their next interlude, you find them at a diner, where they meet a sweet waitress, Jada. Jada went on to sing, She Used to Be Mine from <i>Waitress</i>. (Which I also haven't seen. Maybe I'm not as big of a fan as I think...) I'm sad I don't have Jada's number. It was lovely.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uBPEPISqRHVWopxx0EpTAoZumIxgKICzE1NO8jOzqjMD3CJN1G4vWa3zJ1bn_IYeHuphVTr8BAwr7ZeLBaRcTZGHb317peukCcZ7a76WvvMty4-Ae7fyOoQVMWei30hN1LGtN4fJNZ7RRlnBDsQktlEsTfSK_9MkG5bEZXgdCT1cVH6bYIUpTN01__Pc/s1920/4-JadaWaitressSet2_20231116_191717%20-%20frame%20at%201m14s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uBPEPISqRHVWopxx0EpTAoZumIxgKICzE1NO8jOzqjMD3CJN1G4vWa3zJ1bn_IYeHuphVTr8BAwr7ZeLBaRcTZGHb317peukCcZ7a76WvvMty4-Ae7fyOoQVMWei30hN1LGtN4fJNZ7RRlnBDsQktlEsTfSK_9MkG5bEZXgdCT1cVH6bYIUpTN01__Pc/w640-h360/4-JadaWaitressSet2_20231116_191717%20-%20frame%20at%201m14s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YuUqu7aRfdY" width="320" youtube-src-id="YuUqu7aRfdY"></iframe></div><p>Chamber Choir was up next. They sang songs from <i>Dear Evan Hansen</i>. (Um...I haven't seen that one either. How embarrassing.) But I did recognize the songs. Probably many people heard songs they recognized from the concert, although they may not have realized they were from musicals. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hZ5NYN-bCVLnIfSPZkNVbHMMYla6nfDv0EmSNi2Zr8mwkZNGKbmo2vhPvTtw3qSXuODT4HnTY-PRDsO9Af7fNFuSRa3rFBFAxZyLl4pFG9FymeKeXmUxa-yf1k2FlDLPGBra94gQWstKRBS_1zQRcZVYqsHBsl3B9lZw8h1Cdqw2tw2CJ0XDxHvL0bBX/s1271/4-ChamberSings_20231117_192403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hZ5NYN-bCVLnIfSPZkNVbHMMYla6nfDv0EmSNi2Zr8mwkZNGKbmo2vhPvTtw3qSXuODT4HnTY-PRDsO9Af7fNFuSRa3rFBFAxZyLl4pFG9FymeKeXmUxa-yf1k2FlDLPGBra94gQWstKRBS_1zQRcZVYqsHBsl3B9lZw8h1Cdqw2tw2CJ0XDxHvL0bBX/w640-h480/4-ChamberSings_20231117_192403.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d4f8th9tQEQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="d4f8th9tQEQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The next encounter for Kelsie and Ivory is at a random park, but it yields great rewards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ew7kOKxsD6MCRnes8DEvrqaU3UN9cWzdFjpY_vJcGS7fWNPnk4ZJfgWjS5eMglPNb3QlGPWXNg8xE1QUOuwlWdYH4OcZiTUX2Rar1mpXuv4fJEcZ4NJ5ql12MnjRiBYA8SFhabiq114PUYkCtYCD3jPZFxQXcl_-05pe-pYvRYKBJnP44dmcY2Pg-H78/s1920/6-ZachGivesAFlower3rdSet_20231116_193530%20-%20frame%20at%202m9s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ew7kOKxsD6MCRnes8DEvrqaU3UN9cWzdFjpY_vJcGS7fWNPnk4ZJfgWjS5eMglPNb3QlGPWXNg8xE1QUOuwlWdYH4OcZiTUX2Rar1mpXuv4fJEcZ4NJ5ql12MnjRiBYA8SFhabiq114PUYkCtYCD3jPZFxQXcl_-05pe-pYvRYKBJnP44dmcY2Pg-H78/w640-h360/6-ZachGivesAFlower3rdSet_20231116_193530%20-%20frame%20at%202m9s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1vTUjtZITaA" width="320" youtube-src-id="1vTUjtZITaA"></iframe></div><p>It leads into Zach's solo, which was amazing. I made Tyler record it the next evening. (And YES, I've seen Beauty and the Beast.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lrDdNX2Yidc" width="320" youtube-src-id="lrDdNX2Yidc"></iframe></div><p>Then it was Con Brio. This was Daisy's time to shine. She had a solo in Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now, from <i>Hairspray</i>. (I've seen parts of that one...does that count?)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MbM5u-OU2vVu0sZcr2fMi24EpSvy4KwFE5xyd24RGCOsoCFHTGewvIbVwCCzhr0gJogYoaJtWkxsO5LGnyDTNcbPRY-05d8ksWEzhj8bBgGVgA86G9MnkIGKnkaPaTpU8lNbbD7v5UWsOmw4t5wPjTkl4q1OHPcOu-R4zV8DQ-vetKMVi3v6YN1MfOIU/s1271/3-ToeTouchBigGirl_20231117_193836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MbM5u-OU2vVu0sZcr2fMi24EpSvy4KwFE5xyd24RGCOsoCFHTGewvIbVwCCzhr0gJogYoaJtWkxsO5LGnyDTNcbPRY-05d8ksWEzhj8bBgGVgA86G9MnkIGKnkaPaTpU8lNbbD7v5UWsOmw4t5wPjTkl4q1OHPcOu-R4zV8DQ-vetKMVi3v6YN1MfOIU/w640-h480/3-ToeTouchBigGirl_20231117_193836.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvEA1zfvqJt1c4ZFQlxVJ7CRHmuoWA1nP52k70ovBm4zFWwfl9L64I4xXVSl8TNBBwbQ3cQOcU40jWexXkWFWYvDXjLPdCLDwjvPf4KcMVD5nZ7L7j3dt5aJfH6VtqDz50KBZlLaIfNRj6hs8ERcvhFSu0Ku_dpSOBypak6gEpW02ELGf77R87GS4aDm8/s1920/5-DaisySolo_20231117_194049%20-%20frame%20at%201m8s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvEA1zfvqJt1c4ZFQlxVJ7CRHmuoWA1nP52k70ovBm4zFWwfl9L64I4xXVSl8TNBBwbQ3cQOcU40jWexXkWFWYvDXjLPdCLDwjvPf4KcMVD5nZ7L7j3dt5aJfH6VtqDz50KBZlLaIfNRj6hs8ERcvhFSu0Ku_dpSOBypak6gEpW02ELGf77R87GS4aDm8/w640-h360/5-DaisySolo_20231117_194049%20-%20frame%20at%201m8s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JlVX7SLHgHk" width="320" youtube-src-id="JlVX7SLHgHk"></iframe></div><p>Kelsie and Ivory were back after that. They made it to New York! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHu22geLBuHEhx0sxqQwIAJ3Aq3fY88ge2DZmngeoMF37yWiecDjaySp1ZS-Vln9W2l4QoumIK6jsrk-EKgYqnyMMllkGdku4uwYjofsXf4sCnJXPplfUzYPrUU2Ygcac6BilZgPLvK9QXXGxJ_jWtCL5tiLnaAIfqeVmzIaiv3y53Y3Jlg_KP4z6VW87/s1920/7-TackleNewYork_20231116_194731%20-%20frame%20at%200m39s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHu22geLBuHEhx0sxqQwIAJ3Aq3fY88ge2DZmngeoMF37yWiecDjaySp1ZS-Vln9W2l4QoumIK6jsrk-EKgYqnyMMllkGdku4uwYjofsXf4sCnJXPplfUzYPrUU2Ygcac6BilZgPLvK9QXXGxJ_jWtCL5tiLnaAIfqeVmzIaiv3y53Y3Jlg_KP4z6VW87/w640-h360/7-TackleNewYork_20231116_194731%20-%20frame%20at%200m39s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h4jo5QUaps4" width="320" youtube-src-id="h4jo5QUaps4"></iframe></div><p>After a few specialty numbers and one really funny number (Always Look on the Bright Side of Life from <i>Spamalot</i>) Ivory and Kelsie were back, still in New York and looking for another adventure.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vi57kK_PXeY" width="320" youtube-src-id="vi57kK_PXeY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJsOurq-lWawUcWYXZuBFkhyphenhyphen2_q4aRALkPb8TLiA3NDqsblubBofKBswOglFXxuFMRKIpjyqhOrJ-iCQTkFZbSYV7dmStJUuWAwV0ZN9IRA_OWDRvuArvtz7ihcrvleWP3frN0Z8rWlVUxIONSTD_CUOLse2mHOb8Wzyh6XNzYXE_5OGNA48ajwAyykLw/s1920/8-CheckingOffNewYork_20231116_200839%20-%20frame%20at%200m23s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJsOurq-lWawUcWYXZuBFkhyphenhyphen2_q4aRALkPb8TLiA3NDqsblubBofKBswOglFXxuFMRKIpjyqhOrJ-iCQTkFZbSYV7dmStJUuWAwV0ZN9IRA_OWDRvuArvtz7ihcrvleWP3frN0Z8rWlVUxIONSTD_CUOLse2mHOb8Wzyh6XNzYXE_5OGNA48ajwAyykLw/w640-h360/8-CheckingOffNewYork_20231116_200839%20-%20frame%20at%200m23s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/57H9CF6B6tQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="57H9CF6B6tQ"></iframe></div><p>That bit led into some numbers from <i>Greatest Showman</i>. (Yes!! I've seen that one.) I'd also seen many of the shows highlighted in the specialty numbers. There was <i>Les Mis</i>, <i>Thoroughly Modern Millie</i>, <i>Wicked</i>, <i>Beauty and the Beast</i>, and <i>Newsies</i>. My favorite was I Dreamed a Dream duet performed by two girls. The harmony was fantastic.</p><p>Our MCs were back to find love for Ivory. It almost works. I had Tyler record the second night so we could get Parker's song. Totally worth it. (And no...I haven't seen <i>Hamilton</i> yet. No Disney+)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKs7CL_bAz8qARVqDh8MlT2LnxsZOfyjTMoRHDYHdbdmo5tlNoSAWJLQ9Ldg1nYwuG1XUEoTvQpoBw-oym82uJUAv6hokD-UuqG3shtncQZwNboM8yEs_Fs44R6JxIZItLOiL8N_HQ2K4uUJvYm-YjUG87o9Xvr307nS9EC95kzENUGYCGraqdvGIH6di/s1920/11-ParkerBlueSteel_20231116_202103%20-%20frame%20at%202m35s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKs7CL_bAz8qARVqDh8MlT2LnxsZOfyjTMoRHDYHdbdmo5tlNoSAWJLQ9Ldg1nYwuG1XUEoTvQpoBw-oym82uJUAv6hokD-UuqG3shtncQZwNboM8yEs_Fs44R6JxIZItLOiL8N_HQ2K4uUJvYm-YjUG87o9Xvr307nS9EC95kzENUGYCGraqdvGIH6di/w640-h360/11-ParkerBlueSteel_20231116_202103%20-%20frame%20at%202m35s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lv1LBfg6LW4" width="320" youtube-src-id="Lv1LBfg6LW4"></iframe></div><p>The combined girls did a great number from <i>La La Land</i>, Another Day of Sun. It was super cute. Both Ivory and Daisy were in it, but it was really hard to find Ivory for most of it. She was in the back on the left side. Daisy was right front. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs4j8zy6Qa3jB17CKcZdCGaLI5Ppnr9Owrb-B7CcF9Z-tW83-LvHOPxbeBQzKDYGIWlCyUXChWOPan3LiwUOsLzm05KlHrtLBOdNKIuQSXxXf-gbDy59EpVSIe80-XpnaojoxVDxnE-Qzp2ZZCcfgBiYXCxmzj_G7slPCFEsUHdO6KB4VeC6kIA4nWjE_/s1271/9-IvesDayOfSun_20231117_202412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs4j8zy6Qa3jB17CKcZdCGaLI5Ppnr9Owrb-B7CcF9Z-tW83-LvHOPxbeBQzKDYGIWlCyUXChWOPan3LiwUOsLzm05KlHrtLBOdNKIuQSXxXf-gbDy59EpVSIe80-XpnaojoxVDxnE-Qzp2ZZCcfgBiYXCxmzj_G7slPCFEsUHdO6KB4VeC6kIA4nWjE_/w640-h480/9-IvesDayOfSun_20231117_202412.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt046CnEHdtGO-qxh2ISOcqUpKjb32X7q_swV0Ldf8-lQZJzOWVL1qSLwRmYKr-ZnMllvX8beo2StboQl10XSLzsgXt_mPKNC9Ta7IWh35TN-xM6DVWXMS_MdW1M7uUg-OWfCLPdLp584mhMKEM2XtOFFvbB2-vHYehCNQ1eNuY6aqVABPHaW8XVBt9Vc/s1271/10-DAisDayOfSun_20231117_202438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt046CnEHdtGO-qxh2ISOcqUpKjb32X7q_swV0Ldf8-lQZJzOWVL1qSLwRmYKr-ZnMllvX8beo2StboQl10XSLzsgXt_mPKNC9Ta7IWh35TN-xM6DVWXMS_MdW1M7uUg-OWfCLPdLp584mhMKEM2XtOFFvbB2-vHYehCNQ1eNuY6aqVABPHaW8XVBt9Vc/w640-h480/10-DAisDayOfSun_20231117_202438.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nYwWXjB6Pug" width="320" youtube-src-id="nYwWXjB6Pug"></iframe></div><br /><p>Last choir up is A Cappella. They did several selections from Hamilton. It's a great medley.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippb09DO9M_AC9hSKoGV-QjiDghHzy-pf6xE3RxItfwiahBd0V5Myje3kWX26H-11uxt7uX4vEyMieSg34tvkK69he4alf6L74OhtFaP_3by0XJWk1lyjLcAZiJ403HOwzTXvdS9K9ETpdHPIPVEi_vOOh3eP5YgwUNaDxa-mEwJSyGr4ZDkfBblL_N8Zv/s953/11-Hamilton_20231117_203527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippb09DO9M_AC9hSKoGV-QjiDghHzy-pf6xE3RxItfwiahBd0V5Myje3kWX26H-11uxt7uX4vEyMieSg34tvkK69he4alf6L74OhtFaP_3by0XJWk1lyjLcAZiJ403HOwzTXvdS9K9ETpdHPIPVEi_vOOh3eP5YgwUNaDxa-mEwJSyGr4ZDkfBblL_N8Zv/w480-h640/11-Hamilton_20231117_203527.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8FUwNm4QKR1GhCppjRp2IteHmulbnU1QaWWI7A9aZM7kYiC4fePaYP-ElCjqpHDnTKgmw-C0jGjK5ZpUtdHIsj2pPRamVum6ZymvZK7W7Ay6XqHr4vmm7kArDRTTmzluzXnhIyh0zRlDSvHUavKY6oc5mx1yroHFFmqJPBAhVhyphenhyphenQFRYqkQtKN0Um2Qv7/s1271/12-GirlsHamilton_20231117_204050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8FUwNm4QKR1GhCppjRp2IteHmulbnU1QaWWI7A9aZM7kYiC4fePaYP-ElCjqpHDnTKgmw-C0jGjK5ZpUtdHIsj2pPRamVum6ZymvZK7W7Ay6XqHr4vmm7kArDRTTmzluzXnhIyh0zRlDSvHUavKY6oc5mx1yroHFFmqJPBAhVhyphenhyphenQFRYqkQtKN0Um2Qv7/w640-h480/12-GirlsHamilton_20231117_204050.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vgyJYRpH9xc" width="320" youtube-src-id="vgyJYRpH9xc"></iframe></div><p>And so the Mega Concert draws to a close. So does Kelsie and Ivory's road trip. Goodbyes are hard, but the promise to stay in touch takes away the most bitter sting. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEgfphacLNZ0_2lr8e0Qg9NY3AvlGDpOezpx26M_9HJ7xe5cHNrrab4uC88_mZYRxz8JWchHtH0XveYiOW3Z3U0Z6ALKFu6MCrynCGV57pAIOsxrveEo1yqto2qM0UcauMjPZ-oa_qIIHkoLkthZRfS0BBbSXFffdoFhh9tLPsdQAAYSfSCdIZXnRep3q/s1920/14-Goodbye_PXL_20231118_034415077.TS%20-%20frame%20at%201m56s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1920" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEgfphacLNZ0_2lr8e0Qg9NY3AvlGDpOezpx26M_9HJ7xe5cHNrrab4uC88_mZYRxz8JWchHtH0XveYiOW3Z3U0Z6ALKFu6MCrynCGV57pAIOsxrveEo1yqto2qM0UcauMjPZ-oa_qIIHkoLkthZRfS0BBbSXFffdoFhh9tLPsdQAAYSfSCdIZXnRep3q/w640-h362/14-Goodbye_PXL_20231118_034415077.TS%20-%20frame%20at%201m56s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CX-L9RQS-6Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="CX-L9RQS-6Y"></iframe></div><p>The closing song was from <i>Wicked</i> (which I have seen!!!) For Good, was a great choice for a closer. And Ivory and Daisy even were near each other. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicH8EF7-AbEn3iqaLOqTI4WpppO2PdpzeQ13tiYzo9q9bt5vjOeOlKP-8HLaHqLHDPL3eKls2bUlUH8kpaXPkbgnP0GH5ScXlKezjZ1ZqToOCxSYIWIvZ0lUJVVlAmpRFLftTxft46eC7HVWMZEWNeT8tDd8r99K8U1Ulcj0ceTaxj1dwOk3yfLycoJ5_T/s1271/13-LastSong_20231117_204841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicH8EF7-AbEn3iqaLOqTI4WpppO2PdpzeQ13tiYzo9q9bt5vjOeOlKP-8HLaHqLHDPL3eKls2bUlUH8kpaXPkbgnP0GH5ScXlKezjZ1ZqToOCxSYIWIvZ0lUJVVlAmpRFLftTxft46eC7HVWMZEWNeT8tDd8r99K8U1Ulcj0ceTaxj1dwOk3yfLycoJ5_T/w640-h480/13-LastSong_20231117_204841.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1PcQI1D_1ME" width="320" youtube-src-id="1PcQI1D_1ME"></iframe></div><p>It was a wonderful concert. I was able to go both nights. Everyone split up and went the night that worked best. Here's the group night one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BFSAPeEXIEXqyQ6PlE6IiTdz6uFcA6yqwRhuxohNiyE9Pqe3ExB3_dMuE2VGRpBGxqUOA76lpdjC4M5bHUyOhOoliIq3xI9vHXwsqLCemudasJCExarSggxY1chlAoLwKxdjgCoLgZoZuWtdPwnXuV791YUKHP6FRDdYJ2bwP0NOv_tPmG_R2Ri_EASI/s855/1-NightOneAudience_20231116_211700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="855" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BFSAPeEXIEXqyQ6PlE6IiTdz6uFcA6yqwRhuxohNiyE9Pqe3ExB3_dMuE2VGRpBGxqUOA76lpdjC4M5bHUyOhOoliIq3xI9vHXwsqLCemudasJCExarSggxY1chlAoLwKxdjgCoLgZoZuWtdPwnXuV791YUKHP6FRDdYJ2bwP0NOv_tPmG_R2Ri_EASI/w640-h480/1-NightOneAudience_20231116_211700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Granny V made it night 2. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoevio-D3n8rlHLYU06sBWy026s1eU8YZhbScJnJq2FEqgRUJDeZtch_DaAYB-4-m4e8W4kYoETymxk8A-qkZBTnn8jAe1b9UOhjgnJ9jNNYEDtXByCdvEtNp7qDK0PSwMnhH4dmYU-RUYyzuoc0XcPLCyJ1vlYUfGaygqzfRPKKk8CkrlhTVrwoovTCc3/s1271/14-GrandmaCame_20231117_210532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoevio-D3n8rlHLYU06sBWy026s1eU8YZhbScJnJq2FEqgRUJDeZtch_DaAYB-4-m4e8W4kYoETymxk8A-qkZBTnn8jAe1b9UOhjgnJ9jNNYEDtXByCdvEtNp7qDK0PSwMnhH4dmYU-RUYyzuoc0XcPLCyJ1vlYUfGaygqzfRPKKk8CkrlhTVrwoovTCc3/w640-h480/14-GrandmaCame_20231117_210532.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>My kids are so talented. It was fun to watch them stretch and try new things. I'm very grateful to Mr. Taylor who organizes this event so many kids can experience this type of production.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-65112811215092801122024-01-02T10:46:00.001-07:002024-01-11T17:05:32.251-07:00Fashion Girls<p>(November 3rd, 2023)</p><p>Pearl has some great friends. They like to get together and dress up, or sometimes dress down. It's a good age to experiment with makeup and clothes. Sometimes they try to see who can do the worst makeup and other times they go all glam. It's pretty cute. Brooklyn and Makelle are great girls. I'm glad Pearl has fun people to hang out with. 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This will be our temple, the one we go to. It will be the one I serve in come this January. I've really enjoyed going to trainings and I can't believe how soon I'll have a weekly shift. The Temple is so beautiful. Whenever I make a run to Walmart, I stop and look at the temple. I've seen it in many settings. Tyler often catches lovely views as he comes home. This one is pretty spectacular.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbhYj5SRWuEjS4pA-TR1CcKMt9gUCtCPEQntpND9zaTs0umF6fgKHWto33s-wyezPEZ9l2YEddMggkoiAMN8xTqqd8yJL-VnitlBaZ7wDWHSOS074lXHEfVyu_FyubeupmK76027cMHiCR_vyz29VYilBsAMamhdZlPUEma96OvsBCoQSAsM7QL6EfeOG/s953/7-Temple_PXL_20231012_004904268.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbhYj5SRWuEjS4pA-TR1CcKMt9gUCtCPEQntpND9zaTs0umF6fgKHWto33s-wyezPEZ9l2YEddMggkoiAMN8xTqqd8yJL-VnitlBaZ7wDWHSOS074lXHEfVyu_FyubeupmK76027cMHiCR_vyz29VYilBsAMamhdZlPUEma96OvsBCoQSAsM7QL6EfeOG/w482-h640/7-Temple_PXL_20231012_004904268.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL~2.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Having a new temple built actually requires a LOT of planning and help. Most things are planned well in advance, but sometimes they need more spontaneous help. Pearl went to help one evening when they asked for volunteers to come plant flowers. She didn't know anyone, but she went willingly and helped quite a bit. She was there as it got dark and she got some great pictures of the lit temple.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbbdOU8JxmkU5wNAOtcTnE4RfMmI_LOuMSi5ZYSu-VFuB0ZXQjSY8SrafNuArvwVA9B8VXGe3kwxpNUgPiPWxGDLcIrYbl6wzyQ7cxIT56Aiaj3RehZYgTVR-lUQlhNaSyYGpjdjCfPm8720R5ydJxtvc-ldYiUPNSeB7Aqc5NjDpZuUfbOZI2kusabtz/s1280/1-PearlDiDFlowers_d1db3c2c7b916f2f6832db74d604da7b694c4101-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbbdOU8JxmkU5wNAOtcTnE4RfMmI_LOuMSi5ZYSu-VFuB0ZXQjSY8SrafNuArvwVA9B8VXGe3kwxpNUgPiPWxGDLcIrYbl6wzyQ7cxIT56Aiaj3RehZYgTVR-lUQlhNaSyYGpjdjCfPm8720R5ydJxtvc-ldYiUPNSeB7Aqc5NjDpZuUfbOZI2kusabtz/w480-h640/1-PearlDiDFlowers_d1db3c2c7b916f2f6832db74d604da7b694c4101-1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm66nSfn9sbKwM6tSkKxAicQ3yiKQxWqVM96pVbz66pSwmEB-8IiQQ1EPVW-dC3c9dh400NzFz-7TEMa6-J5nKZAmxdCHNNO1Qzoy6X9v9zOKFkg3PP4JWOxEfq-sC68tlIo6HHu3BETNBFBPg17KCXY0i3nZk_7W6crx3MpyAAmIAILeW4Faus-Hur57/s953/10-Selfie_20231005_192043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm66nSfn9sbKwM6tSkKxAicQ3yiKQxWqVM96pVbz66pSwmEB-8IiQQ1EPVW-dC3c9dh400NzFz-7TEMa6-J5nKZAmxdCHNNO1Qzoy6X9v9zOKFkg3PP4JWOxEfq-sC68tlIo6HHu3BETNBFBPg17KCXY0i3nZk_7W6crx3MpyAAmIAILeW4Faus-Hur57/w480-h640/10-Selfie_20231005_192043.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItiOWxXzZVdLFMuGRfAYmjFC-_8wMqs46ncq0wZ7YIRkH1TXnbRPYJTr2dbMI1HETaksdeO-RTPf_p_LnozPf2wJg0pcoRm4CLVm13SmlQctaU0S5vsdtfPu6Z9qBrRpBHndnkf8dG7nXU0BAOYAteRddExm7CS9TFMC28if8bDHhL5Ciju6QrAvmpk2V/s953/11-OremTemple_20231005_192920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItiOWxXzZVdLFMuGRfAYmjFC-_8wMqs46ncq0wZ7YIRkH1TXnbRPYJTr2dbMI1HETaksdeO-RTPf_p_LnozPf2wJg0pcoRm4CLVm13SmlQctaU0S5vsdtfPu6Z9qBrRpBHndnkf8dG7nXU0BAOYAteRddExm7CS9TFMC28if8bDHhL5Ciju6QrAvmpk2V/w480-h640/11-OremTemple_20231005_192920.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The open house started at the end of October. That requires a lot of volunteers as well. Our Stake was assigned the last three days of the open house, Dec 14-16th. Most of us signed up for at least one shift, others took a couple. We'll get to that in a minute. </p><p>First, we went to the open house ourselves in November. We planned a day that Granny V was in town, so that was fun to have her with us. There isn't a lot of parking at the temple; the Orem temple is quite small, so they had several shuttles going to and from the temple. We took one over and I got a shot of us on the bus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSW7S1xYJvNJlHJE9lyfG9zPScQ8LDA_Ze_gvWyM6wk_iUFinmeyBsXPCntol5tnni-T5j5X6uMgRLB94RriLf-nCtXasJRhgQQI1zeuf3sfQym9CAUAbo4zrp3ZrFRiB1zYQ3UHyAtTthe56UE2L50NbiGBJ9wKgW1wJomI9HqlKAHjdfwTPRw9NzyEb/s953/2-%20OnBusOneSide_20231118_184117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSW7S1xYJvNJlHJE9lyfG9zPScQ8LDA_Ze_gvWyM6wk_iUFinmeyBsXPCntol5tnni-T5j5X6uMgRLB94RriLf-nCtXasJRhgQQI1zeuf3sfQym9CAUAbo4zrp3ZrFRiB1zYQ3UHyAtTthe56UE2L50NbiGBJ9wKgW1wJomI9HqlKAHjdfwTPRw9NzyEb/w360-h640/2-%20OnBusOneSide_20231118_184117.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUUZH8c6_wCDqLsxgLockzkPPThSSOXLYiaY5j3wxZmMtBkPVSZSxY3djDfGoOvm6pbaRxtY2Rffwh5p-msda4xfUsVKre9zDMxvxsK60L2zkcuYLFUwgxPO2qIQP2kj9WDVtjdibmoz5zN37KCj7pKzVVeAkb16HvMdnQYUmwAUl8CJXm8TLX19TXe58/s953/3-OnBuSTheOther_20231118_184125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUUZH8c6_wCDqLsxgLockzkPPThSSOXLYiaY5j3wxZmMtBkPVSZSxY3djDfGoOvm6pbaRxtY2Rffwh5p-msda4xfUsVKre9zDMxvxsK60L2zkcuYLFUwgxPO2qIQP2kj9WDVtjdibmoz5zN37KCj7pKzVVeAkb16HvMdnQYUmwAUl8CJXm8TLX19TXe58/w360-h640/3-OnBuSTheOther_20231118_184125.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>We also grabbed a couple shots outside that evening. The extra face is Matthew, who came with Analena. I believe he is no longer in the picture. I mean, he is physically IN the picture, just not in Analena's life anymore. You got that, right?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIQ3QDHslabbG4sXh_wwPQh__P5aueUL0uohtsEtCDi0aXio0OcVhFi5xf917O-Q5uISPBSZae3HMwezg0SPQwtI4z6rKKwVjltGMElS449gMiugdCkqgiia4Bs527lVSzr8PAxJBtYpsCst30DIWSQSX1Drowb1_04X7ssEBrhR8WcWrrKVSPbyYM6r5/s953/5-Selfie_20231118_184641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIQ3QDHslabbG4sXh_wwPQh__P5aueUL0uohtsEtCDi0aXio0OcVhFi5xf917O-Q5uISPBSZae3HMwezg0SPQwtI4z6rKKwVjltGMElS449gMiugdCkqgiia4Bs527lVSzr8PAxJBtYpsCst30DIWSQSX1Drowb1_04X7ssEBrhR8WcWrrKVSPbyYM6r5/w360-h640/5-Selfie_20231118_184641.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgIDpeHTZRGqxhTvsI4EVzVpUXDc7oulwLdZykuyWHsnkDNImVtmtEwQ3bnOy0zm_e2_Do0QgOVEpTzGrCxwV6z2LkMQyyD2ivne4E5z-KYAZTg8GemBnEcUL_FR6ZpshcPV_NfOSiPPxbvYRCOupxqDcSVZ-KEyo1Z10u419Fn7g72Dgded_lu8INGkb/s1694/6-MoreOfUs_20231118_184705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgIDpeHTZRGqxhTvsI4EVzVpUXDc7oulwLdZykuyWHsnkDNImVtmtEwQ3bnOy0zm_e2_Do0QgOVEpTzGrCxwV6z2LkMQyyD2ivne4E5z-KYAZTg8GemBnEcUL_FR6ZpshcPV_NfOSiPPxbvYRCOupxqDcSVZ-KEyo1Z10u419Fn7g72Dgded_lu8INGkb/w640-h360/6-MoreOfUs_20231118_184705.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It was really fun to go through and see the temple. It is really lovely. There are lots of greens and pinks. The theme is cherry trees because the land where the temple is built used to be a cherry orchard. On the bottom row of windows, you can see marshlands and find wildlife in the stained glass such as a hummingbird, a dragonfly, and a heron. The second floor windows show the blossoming trees and on the top floor, you can see the bright red cherries. So pretty.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweoxYBxgR2lbBkvarZDKUyTqkDFr-5ZGijXesC6rCc2yrUtaHX22vZDzjVMusTQSbyARadjYcH1XgFug5cCBpDaIcFWAvRfphhi5sRu5H21KAoep5lAXPqkT5f63yQMVFqtx772RvzGHJ8rVcJKA37HMpOKrlybhutjTvQZB2VLLKJhxD3EdLU9OzTM8x/s953/9-UpperWindowsCherries_PXL_20231119_021643306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweoxYBxgR2lbBkvarZDKUyTqkDFr-5ZGijXesC6rCc2yrUtaHX22vZDzjVMusTQSbyARadjYcH1XgFug5cCBpDaIcFWAvRfphhi5sRu5H21KAoep5lAXPqkT5f63yQMVFqtx772RvzGHJ8rVcJKA37HMpOKrlybhutjTvQZB2VLLKJhxD3EdLU9OzTM8x/w482-h640/9-UpperWindowsCherries_PXL_20231119_021643306.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>I walked with Ivory and we were able to talk more about the temple since she will go through within the next year most likely. It wasn't a very long tour. A half hour later, they spit us out the back. Not a bad looking group. (Oh, June is absent since she was out of town.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeG3Qc3ppSGfVvsrgiaxe9Dtt9RaNc64HTTnUxfCMQ_DKt0L1hU00tYoAldUgpoWdEE_mf2kOtyRdwnterMKWMoEIww4-TEISURO8Gsa0h6P8zJ7ZG6ovYAgonXznluxpUjVF1NHAj4yxC4x6gKUlEG4nyzqNUviMmQKKW8LEbCFewrS_0hopmH7GJV9m/s1266/8-Exiting_PXL_20231119_021618361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeG3Qc3ppSGfVvsrgiaxe9Dtt9RaNc64HTTnUxfCMQ_DKt0L1hU00tYoAldUgpoWdEE_mf2kOtyRdwnterMKWMoEIww4-TEISURO8Gsa0h6P8zJ7ZG6ovYAgonXznluxpUjVF1NHAj4yxC4x6gKUlEG4nyzqNUviMmQKKW8LEbCFewrS_0hopmH7GJV9m/w640-h482/8-Exiting_PXL_20231119_021618361.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>As for our volunteer days, those were really fun. They were short volunteers and so they announced on the Sunday before to sign up for more times. Pearl and Daisy took a shift on Thursday morning during school. The Bishop gave them permission to skip school. ;) I took a shift driving the golf cart on Thursday night. It was so fun but beyond cold. Like mucho frio. It was worth it to meet so many awesome people and drive them around to the front, but it took a while to feel my feet again after the event.</p><p>Friday, Ivory and Daisy took a ushering shift and June, Pearl, and I did ushering on Saturday. Actually, Pearl was too young, so she could only do foot coverings. Three hours of bending over to put booties on people's feet is intense. </p><p>Ushering was quite enjoyable. I saw people I knew and smiled a lot. I got asked a lot of random questions and could only answer about half. But I'm so glad we got an opportunity to serve. It was a wonderful experience and once again, I'm thrilled to have <i>our</i> temple so close. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfR3yujUaJvMj-yCeqYWAx6xK0RMlQoZOur3UZbT17L5Skfm5WCg4vEjnMN6a5zbNP2LDWyKOwpSlEJiD_AV1276CMNJInk1PX8-K5B7wJTzcsDvMx4W8EEKbb0GYhbekMgVTEndDQ-2WPUlTSoV5xp00XOk-PrbdMo7B2-GzCFhw185X2DgSqcAMm-16/s953/4-NightTemple_20231118_184631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfR3yujUaJvMj-yCeqYWAx6xK0RMlQoZOur3UZbT17L5Skfm5WCg4vEjnMN6a5zbNP2LDWyKOwpSlEJiD_AV1276CMNJInk1PX8-K5B7wJTzcsDvMx4W8EEKbb0GYhbekMgVTEndDQ-2WPUlTSoV5xp00XOk-PrbdMo7B2-GzCFhw185X2DgSqcAMm-16/w480-h640/4-NightTemple_20231118_184631.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Oh, I almost forgot. June got to attend the open house later with Isaac. He came back from his mission just days before it ended. Don't worry, you'll see more of him I'm sure. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA00JYT9_DPaMrZmyHCs1Vgk6NeYc38fwWTw0l4uFJlQDQAsFyXJl_ErEm_8CbAboa-3Os7oyjV53KrLr4bZqjpB38zDu3OwYbvm9f11HXfbLv3YVUpHjZVltmSuBL82bIIs8vPhsFCpdfj2FnR3yjkTNE7BudwAVcrktBNqy9lX2UdlZJnHib7Trlklt4/s1271/12-BlueSky_20231215_150333-EFFECTS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA00JYT9_DPaMrZmyHCs1Vgk6NeYc38fwWTw0l4uFJlQDQAsFyXJl_ErEm_8CbAboa-3Os7oyjV53KrLr4bZqjpB38zDu3OwYbvm9f11HXfbLv3YVUpHjZVltmSuBL82bIIs8vPhsFCpdfj2FnR3yjkTNE7BudwAVcrktBNqy9lX2UdlZJnHib7Trlklt4/w640-h480/12-BlueSky_20231215_150333-EFFECTS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0F0xsaF2Ssl7vnRoapomVmRbnf6-MUnVNG0PgKu3gYcuEN30FYmODXEXg1gojtOjN4VzIQW6LmOMzVtBArIqlVRoVmkWAPr-KzEVFxJGai5rICOEdQMCtfmDEtT5SpJmnoLPnd3fsG1X11_8QIgY2juDPn7VyvRQ_dVnDL8Qgip_ZJDEyC7R86vyS3E6a/s1271/13-IsaacBack_20231215_150347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0F0xsaF2Ssl7vnRoapomVmRbnf6-MUnVNG0PgKu3gYcuEN30FYmODXEXg1gojtOjN4VzIQW6LmOMzVtBArIqlVRoVmkWAPr-KzEVFxJGai5rICOEdQMCtfmDEtT5SpJmnoLPnd3fsG1X11_8QIgY2juDPn7VyvRQ_dVnDL8Qgip_ZJDEyC7R86vyS3E6a/w640-h480/13-IsaacBack_20231215_150347.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-12579350926251973092023-12-06T20:41:00.002-07:002023-12-06T20:41:22.508-07:00Books are Apple-Solutely the Best Pick!<p>(November 3rd, 2023)</p><p>Doing the library displays has been more fun this year. More people are invested and helping me out. Whether with time, or ideas, extra help has come from the library gang (the girls who are always there) and my kids as usual. We opted for a pretty simple display for Fall. It's surprising how much work is still needed when you aren't even filling up the windows.</p><p>June came in and helped with my large sign, and Beau was right there creating artwork that is beyond me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlFs7pfyTw4BalZGjLl7TlKT7adOggTXmVNT-kgEmdf5I6kT-biY7CadqPEq0dRW5z3wS_1iNtPPffNy-HSn0MXKZWZdOqA-ycWbP8mZCsdQeJVakCVZ_z4ODmHvSKxurn6QFsUcFpr1o3p36ZBuGRWZ4JZg3PQhxCG4fXkj3zHRm2RYvFdUc4ZjzALlp/s1271/2-MakingTheSign_20231029_190459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlFs7pfyTw4BalZGjLl7TlKT7adOggTXmVNT-kgEmdf5I6kT-biY7CadqPEq0dRW5z3wS_1iNtPPffNy-HSn0MXKZWZdOqA-ycWbP8mZCsdQeJVakCVZ_z4ODmHvSKxurn6QFsUcFpr1o3p36ZBuGRWZ4JZg3PQhxCG4fXkj3zHRm2RYvFdUc4ZjzALlp/w640-h480/2-MakingTheSign_20231029_190459.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I like to hang things (as you know) so I ordered a bunch of Chinese lanterns that looked like apples. They were so fun.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvtrDjeeCeD8SOPc1_pKk0jGnTE5vXoZQphzXjSLcAM6348_foqs3CN6-AvaKZS74btkRCr3r7B9-_KqBuhJjqbhD38pJUnRqhVK74DH6ek5akNh_FhyGBmagKC330ErIBpdlgIu3ohhSv3ecdqFL0TAUZoeRgq9S1EclEkiMwNwiWbWcvwgHAG8eRxtz/s1271/3-ApplesHanging_20231102_112041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvtrDjeeCeD8SOPc1_pKk0jGnTE5vXoZQphzXjSLcAM6348_foqs3CN6-AvaKZS74btkRCr3r7B9-_KqBuhJjqbhD38pJUnRqhVK74DH6ek5akNh_FhyGBmagKC330ErIBpdlgIu3ohhSv3ecdqFL0TAUZoeRgq9S1EclEkiMwNwiWbWcvwgHAG8eRxtz/w640-h480/3-ApplesHanging_20231102_112041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>When we finished up, the windows really were sparse, but if you look closely, there were fun things.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXf_dkLWGladSU3NfvogMMVgfhgTZdKZR0t2UQqnMmzjkCPXgmXdy0v5i4xPXM7rOEjIozQ1f0MAIJk-3qc9HbHl67BtC8-8ugoq4EWAzF5YpkIWEknotPu_tqznqyqfFKhi9ACkfj92B6arkpLJzHBeotNnD2aWNbB7AROoVmGgqfJ-L-Ecp2JdhqzGX/s1271/4-SmallDisplay_20231102_143334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXf_dkLWGladSU3NfvogMMVgfhgTZdKZR0t2UQqnMmzjkCPXgmXdy0v5i4xPXM7rOEjIozQ1f0MAIJk-3qc9HbHl67BtC8-8ugoq4EWAzF5YpkIWEknotPu_tqznqyqfFKhi9ACkfj92B6arkpLJzHBeotNnD2aWNbB7AROoVmGgqfJ-L-Ecp2JdhqzGX/w640-h480/4-SmallDisplay_20231102_143334.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The sign, of course.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDfmTuB6dwRaXbHTDPDUigwgyj7wWFT21ScTqKVPJO88FKWhcpfB0TORiXiQ6i53BMUT8qeOaFvHSJfIUZzomZMso2m49DaT2_iq8lC55T0QGh5RPrOxlP93nVnSlH6ujbAfXFmNq2xQBmW6FIXojbIUh-VJXRH94vvwoW0OVpMItv1uxbZwxH_CelebA/s1271/5-FinishedSign_20231102_143349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDfmTuB6dwRaXbHTDPDUigwgyj7wWFT21ScTqKVPJO88FKWhcpfB0TORiXiQ6i53BMUT8qeOaFvHSJfIUZzomZMso2m49DaT2_iq8lC55T0QGh5RPrOxlP93nVnSlH6ujbAfXFmNq2xQBmW6FIXojbIUh-VJXRH94vvwoW0OVpMItv1uxbZwxH_CelebA/w640-h480/5-FinishedSign_20231102_143349.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>There was a little hedgehog reading a recipe book.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52r-_T1B_vBpl4glVlR4Fta7UxbsyG1YqEYuXo2iJFNm2ESBs9W4rqmbY3d6s6z_3dWWDag4Q_DImJwBL-kvAGtLMpDAvVpgcy8kRlh4wAhVCxAdAUvSI5Gk203GcEE3nGpyH_SQdMuOWCbXoPauyqt-uzGN04K1R57v_VZuF6dpZNX1UAQJFLc2b7cGt/s1271/6-ReadingHedgehog_20231102_143453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52r-_T1B_vBpl4glVlR4Fta7UxbsyG1YqEYuXo2iJFNm2ESBs9W4rqmbY3d6s6z_3dWWDag4Q_DImJwBL-kvAGtLMpDAvVpgcy8kRlh4wAhVCxAdAUvSI5Gk203GcEE3nGpyH_SQdMuOWCbXoPauyqt-uzGN04K1R57v_VZuF6dpZNX1UAQJFLc2b7cGt/w640-h480/6-ReadingHedgehog_20231102_143453.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Another little guy had an apple stuck on him. There were apples in most of the windows and those were my favorite things to make.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy4MuLW3riXulQw2MX9EeooufiY31ChFbYu7fFc8-nJeFw_yrqqA_a4CVt5Q3hhBWWz88zQ6gBq-bbL8YpJjYiqP4koUGPlhZZXuPvwYxeiUkmMV_nqiFy07DSjNEzMyrnEkyvq3849HJFRXse8iWNi5iiVJ-Qk1apeVlefpHU8FJsLkr6qjkAQ45CtFF/s1271/7-AppleStuckGuy_20231102_143502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy4MuLW3riXulQw2MX9EeooufiY31ChFbYu7fFc8-nJeFw_yrqqA_a4CVt5Q3hhBWWz88zQ6gBq-bbL8YpJjYiqP4koUGPlhZZXuPvwYxeiUkmMV_nqiFy07DSjNEzMyrnEkyvq3849HJFRXse8iWNi5iiVJ-Qk1apeVlefpHU8FJsLkr6qjkAQ45CtFF/w640-h480/7-AppleStuckGuy_20231102_143502.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>This little guy was getting cozy for the season. Beau does such a fantastic job. Look at his little claw on his paw.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij39Di0cFNP7umiRB5_EzW2gdtmIRmcu_GtobG2LAU3oCyNzOm5xIrz7nU7mYKIuMfoCVUSfF9q_4k8PCcp4vi3Ntp6vGrMh80iF4L_fxWCYKvSgqoU4d1zzU_L7dMPrVc2uaSs0K303NrsJnk3PSjfeXcQSoyNQBe4yntOWzKNhOe9lBIwNv5S9u3tMYi/s1271/8-CozyHedgehog_20231102_143507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij39Di0cFNP7umiRB5_EzW2gdtmIRmcu_GtobG2LAU3oCyNzOm5xIrz7nU7mYKIuMfoCVUSfF9q_4k8PCcp4vi3Ntp6vGrMh80iF4L_fxWCYKvSgqoU4d1zzU_L7dMPrVc2uaSs0K303NrsJnk3PSjfeXcQSoyNQBe4yntOWzKNhOe9lBIwNv5S9u3tMYi/w640-h480/8-CozyHedgehog_20231102_143507.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I wanted to get some hedgehog art for my desk shelf. I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted, but when I found this hedgehog crystal growing kit on Amazon, I knew that was the thing. The little guys take about a week to grow, so they didn't join the library until the end of the month.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm77InAtoL8IUPPb6U8JYANg15M_I4Im9UvhZ7XxKUXKM6XrXeltssVrYFcda6CY73Rq-r_xFfJGvmSEoWzKWLB1iMD5JE4QRzIe_yC7ORUOEV9McDSAA5UkZa8_0K5I0cL7OIYRCfiN0hfFGXlfZFSw4VkxiDSUeO_YN9DbsVAN288PfcKb50PIIobimy/s1271/9-GrewSomeHedgehogs_20231125_161255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm77InAtoL8IUPPb6U8JYANg15M_I4Im9UvhZ7XxKUXKM6XrXeltssVrYFcda6CY73Rq-r_xFfJGvmSEoWzKWLB1iMD5JE4QRzIe_yC7ORUOEV9McDSAA5UkZa8_0K5I0cL7OIYRCfiN0hfFGXlfZFSw4VkxiDSUeO_YN9DbsVAN288PfcKb50PIIobimy/w640-h480/9-GrewSomeHedgehogs_20231125_161255.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZDBlTg8u65gtY4F_G79LOr4aZNSiBPuGNEQsqE1MfjWDUWPqpsWCtEc5luuBTz5K3NNNvkxBfQTJZoaI4cpaO_0O4oX7HtpVCRUo6yHUYA-vDLzMgl9aEub5q1Yeu4GLQ2IePuN5aaOlGoNnGmPPPyL6iV0L338MoOobzyz_Pxm3XjgeaLaj1y8JG0Ti/s953/10-CoolCrystals_20231125_161336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZDBlTg8u65gtY4F_G79LOr4aZNSiBPuGNEQsqE1MfjWDUWPqpsWCtEc5luuBTz5K3NNNvkxBfQTJZoaI4cpaO_0O4oX7HtpVCRUo6yHUYA-vDLzMgl9aEub5q1Yeu4GLQ2IePuN5aaOlGoNnGmPPPyL6iV0L338MoOobzyz_Pxm3XjgeaLaj1y8JG0Ti/w480-h640/10-CoolCrystals_20231125_161336.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Everyone who sees them loves them. Emily grew the green one at her house. He has a little mohawk. They all are unique in their own way. The blue one...well, I dropped him by accident in the sink, so his quirks are not his fault. Then we had a lot of fun naming them. Meet Pecan, Neutron, Crouton, and Toby.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSe7cowKT289atPf2OhtSkigRXjUxdULH7LAvct9WZOMImAX4CSkdo2MuWC4ZXxdI7-BlnDGGojq3i_UOMyj02WCl8zYzZziwQCkyUP-7xPXLEwed7dN1FqP5UdDkMfET4MG8uc-W3VcnRJ9yiAoQcXFC-Fn_BwKyPjyNwFsq4cbO3AnpuSXywroEjKfl5/s1271/11-Named_20231127_133538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSe7cowKT289atPf2OhtSkigRXjUxdULH7LAvct9WZOMImAX4CSkdo2MuWC4ZXxdI7-BlnDGGojq3i_UOMyj02WCl8zYzZziwQCkyUP-7xPXLEwed7dN1FqP5UdDkMfET4MG8uc-W3VcnRJ9yiAoQcXFC-Fn_BwKyPjyNwFsq4cbO3AnpuSXywroEjKfl5/w640-h480/11-Named_20231127_133538.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Don't worry, I couldn't bare to get rid of them when I took down the fall decorations. Look for these cute guys to show up with the Christmas display as well. :) </p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-2183546407949887322023-12-02T23:04:00.013-07:002023-12-02T23:04:53.475-07:00October Chatbook 2023<p>October was a great month. I already miss it but that is probably because it is snowing right now and I'm not ready for winter, even if it IS December. So let's look back at those lovely fall moments.</p><p>At school Emily helps make my signs to go outside. It started as something for her to do during lunch, since she doesn't like to go to the lunchroom, but after seeing her art and penmanship skills, she's hired. I haven't done a sign yet this year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVs7WfxBMB1C9kL_6W8MJbPdueJa2_wlEHlUm2-c3vA_iqhVaTgS-7_K6BKZ5MudZ-xWF5qBEKOvvRBhHx3wvowQChMooq7Br33m3mP_O8F3baspCkF0LnjtPSgBUNRgqtIjim6z9QL0Qq7-zsOwQLJLf-QApN1onuG5xHxp0ngzufT_hd_JcfcRlTOc3/s953/1-SignOutside_20231002_112027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVs7WfxBMB1C9kL_6W8MJbPdueJa2_wlEHlUm2-c3vA_iqhVaTgS-7_K6BKZ5MudZ-xWF5qBEKOvvRBhHx3wvowQChMooq7Br33m3mP_O8F3baspCkF0LnjtPSgBUNRgqtIjim6z9QL0Qq7-zsOwQLJLf-QApN1onuG5xHxp0ngzufT_hd_JcfcRlTOc3/w480-h640/1-SignOutside_20231002_112027.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Four of us went up to see <i>Catch Me If You Can</i>. This play has nothing to do with the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio. It had a twisty ending that I didn't see coming. Don't worry, I won't spoil it. You'll have to go yourself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZ8BQ0iA-H6OAfG2v2sdRjq6lxrhCe_ny8q8HRCkP0DeJjKLi3Xhf3mA6pkurT5_95t8PVWD8OhQD5WIWuIv_MhRqrw-SUSg1neUaz1pWtPaAgv78XjEDgbve-rUuDy5UbqkqWeUeXr9wRZd9sDGN8rN5-NjA-4Pn__CHKue3Tge886xKJ6kXcipdwi-f/s1694/2-CatchMeIfYou_20231002_191529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZ8BQ0iA-H6OAfG2v2sdRjq6lxrhCe_ny8q8HRCkP0DeJjKLi3Xhf3mA6pkurT5_95t8PVWD8OhQD5WIWuIv_MhRqrw-SUSg1neUaz1pWtPaAgv78XjEDgbve-rUuDy5UbqkqWeUeXr9wRZd9sDGN8rN5-NjA-4Pn__CHKue3Tge886xKJ6kXcipdwi-f/w640-h360/2-CatchMeIfYou_20231002_191529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqerHuJAKRWgEUZd_DckxxClHYJCVAgBAwuzCl3Z4jPRaI5cQSR474sldp16UzHYv44VttItbD98tVrnvt-YFvWjqIn1_KafCRoFyQBgKKCrl8Pl3JwVj3Z9UgIowvfaDitN7KxYCgTxOwog8za39XCf9uXUiU_lak4a4hAdTwax-NVpSssoe6iFfushrM/s953/3-DontTell_20231002_192806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqerHuJAKRWgEUZd_DckxxClHYJCVAgBAwuzCl3Z4jPRaI5cQSR474sldp16UzHYv44VttItbD98tVrnvt-YFvWjqIn1_KafCRoFyQBgKKCrl8Pl3JwVj3Z9UgIowvfaDitN7KxYCgTxOwog8za39XCf9uXUiU_lak4a4hAdTwax-NVpSssoe6iFfushrM/w360-h640/3-DontTell_20231002_192806.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>I love when teachers go above the normal requirements to make things fun for the students. For the orchestra concert, they played some music from <i>The Nightmare Before Christmas</i>, so Mrs. Tippetts dressed up as Jack Skelington. Props!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggz_7QtJXQB37TSMFVMWxXXwo2YIiELp0nhWRszdQQPwEc_EOwVox8PlexcgV8OfZpPqn7OpOCutneh6UkORtcS7T9BeR5N_A0kraQLnMedcDl6PR4R0UXhXDC66f11fIU2x421I-Jky3McgApxQHnLSck4nEQbk-TZQvNztWl13aTkHVFrloUUjMHKArI/s953/3-TippettsCostume_20231004_184151_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggz_7QtJXQB37TSMFVMWxXXwo2YIiELp0nhWRszdQQPwEc_EOwVox8PlexcgV8OfZpPqn7OpOCutneh6UkORtcS7T9BeR5N_A0kraQLnMedcDl6PR4R0UXhXDC66f11fIU2x421I-Jky3McgApxQHnLSck4nEQbk-TZQvNztWl13aTkHVFrloUUjMHKArI/w480-h640/3-TippettsCostume_20231004_184151_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I got these cute donut earrings. They are so realistic. But you'd have to eat like 50 donuts that size to get a good bite.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjT2otNFA_YMbOv8yYDKpv6tTeJn93tA1YZBQ_eiSPAYbRaWLHrh0izYk6T7on-PYHYA2KMp3KBzCubKdhUZ2RliSCvVy_BabxD6Akhnv9MdLg7bLEJo7XsrLZJuuYAJxQqZn9lOZU0XEUqjOhqS2rJxuqi1CbU5ykbHx2ToGJpp1-0sLP64H1Obg_A7IR/s953/4-DonutEarrings_20231007_150507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjT2otNFA_YMbOv8yYDKpv6tTeJn93tA1YZBQ_eiSPAYbRaWLHrh0izYk6T7on-PYHYA2KMp3KBzCubKdhUZ2RliSCvVy_BabxD6Akhnv9MdLg7bLEJo7XsrLZJuuYAJxQqZn9lOZU0XEUqjOhqS2rJxuqi1CbU5ykbHx2ToGJpp1-0sLP64H1Obg_A7IR/w360-h640/4-DonutEarrings_20231007_150507.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>Beau and June continue to make dinner together now and then. Sometimes it looks truly scrumptious! And sometimes I send food home with them. I'm always more than happy to share food.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RMwL0IaNSKxNfxx9XOOvvkE3iWQH8vTfN_tWeLrwgQ53CLzOuQH2JHORBTfXKD-Laiq4kYkcwnO4F-WGYidlvIPVQmsXu6OJC1PuUWXRomOVC2nRPnyXo5NN-KOJtJuJqM4m2xzIcXAnh2MkUrWrZRVrD7LEoe_Xjg1zB0h3cVleYu_vn6rN_e-9pSeJ/s953/4-EatingWell_20231004_223356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RMwL0IaNSKxNfxx9XOOvvkE3iWQH8vTfN_tWeLrwgQ53CLzOuQH2JHORBTfXKD-Laiq4kYkcwnO4F-WGYidlvIPVQmsXu6OJC1PuUWXRomOVC2nRPnyXo5NN-KOJtJuJqM4m2xzIcXAnh2MkUrWrZRVrD7LEoe_Xjg1zB0h3cVleYu_vn6rN_e-9pSeJ/w480-h640/4-EatingWell_20231004_223356.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSH6FGixctck8FVUDPtvLUq768hHW0XrMqANFf0qbUJryOR7-WQj03UqH9Dpk9gt7HTjuK0STUcfu44sPBTuOKmOdT0GWKSDwn9zR_tLZ7NSRXNng0bpKBiBqCNaZEs-bfn48uuLTitYlmq0G7fMIfj-5rwx8ME2QodazDGA6We8OxlYBevWBU5BmvxCb/s953/4-FoodFromHome_20231005_211606.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSH6FGixctck8FVUDPtvLUq768hHW0XrMqANFf0qbUJryOR7-WQj03UqH9Dpk9gt7HTjuK0STUcfu44sPBTuOKmOdT0GWKSDwn9zR_tLZ7NSRXNng0bpKBiBqCNaZEs-bfn48uuLTitYlmq0G7fMIfj-5rwx8ME2QodazDGA6We8OxlYBevWBU5BmvxCb/w480-h640/4-FoodFromHome_20231005_211606.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Daisy is found in her <i>Comfy</i> more often with the colder weather settling in. Sometimes she looks very strange in it. This first picture is NOT photoshopped. Daisy is holding herself up and she tucked in her legsShe does look very ghosty.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3TpkkRfkRdx6XxtlJZXmsijIRdJ9FCuWLqaT8la93zMXSLrIjxWrDPQG2lHAaUxetrm6-vScvA_6I29mjqfrmuZ0ndpNlH96qZAtEFkpLuR1UCosXQf57j-gOBeIponyE6u5FAJAmYpNYYerwC7uSYQDsSjizG3xcElEdFTV8hIj7Fru8Yd-X7wr0RTK/s953/5-GhostDaisy_20231010_171627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3TpkkRfkRdx6XxtlJZXmsijIRdJ9FCuWLqaT8la93zMXSLrIjxWrDPQG2lHAaUxetrm6-vScvA_6I29mjqfrmuZ0ndpNlH96qZAtEFkpLuR1UCosXQf57j-gOBeIponyE6u5FAJAmYpNYYerwC7uSYQDsSjizG3xcElEdFTV8hIj7Fru8Yd-X7wr0RTK/w480-h640/5-GhostDaisy_20231010_171627.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6h_tpis500zo5MTUvK-3m-Rk0g0o_IpxftdKC8kQd8XjorSjBDa-XVzk5VzHAejrWxBfZ0wNqvHl9H8C7UEke6XLdBi1fMslQ_HexNROPTYb36OWF0Y7USb-WnciRnrBScBZ7e1iHjDZZYPbdJNVGkbkbztSvNPr_wTY0rF2KiZ3sfvWym6PpUIXQk6e/s953/5-Unnatural_20231028_230525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6h_tpis500zo5MTUvK-3m-Rk0g0o_IpxftdKC8kQd8XjorSjBDa-XVzk5VzHAejrWxBfZ0wNqvHl9H8C7UEke6XLdBi1fMslQ_HexNROPTYb36OWF0Y7USb-WnciRnrBScBZ7e1iHjDZZYPbdJNVGkbkbztSvNPr_wTY0rF2KiZ3sfvWym6PpUIXQk6e/w480-h640/5-Unnatural_20231028_230525.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I don't like the creepy tiny babies. But I do appreciate the humor of putting one in the spider's maw. :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-USTL1cOnAMQUUtcqpGUf02NYD3L7JwmeW2_yXBGPpaI1G_PtKPlI5fAsk7bJaZaLumR9Nxlcx-gByTijH6koVBAm0L1-nlcDwmpjCVgYBOokfaUMaFLN3MLRycxf8mCbNE1kftyGVKcfrjgO8s6wJ8wb3eohKDz5CJ1YJO4b6vuwtcJ7o47y41L1_0X/s953/6-BabyEatingSpider_20231011_142939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-USTL1cOnAMQUUtcqpGUf02NYD3L7JwmeW2_yXBGPpaI1G_PtKPlI5fAsk7bJaZaLumR9Nxlcx-gByTijH6koVBAm0L1-nlcDwmpjCVgYBOokfaUMaFLN3MLRycxf8mCbNE1kftyGVKcfrjgO8s6wJ8wb3eohKDz5CJ1YJO4b6vuwtcJ7o47y41L1_0X/w480-h640/6-BabyEatingSpider_20231011_142939.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Utah, you so beautiful. Between epic sunsets, wispy clouds, and even foggy days, it never is boring around here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6PYp8PIVTGiZpI83EP3havXAujD-5nBjTU0tfQiPQaN8DHPI4Isps1l1Y3jLjRygKK9X_hi4Ty01ImHKwyRTj04mrT27wLZ9ju21BkhkZ97EkeK75h1bXCGow19KnhoEs_iIybBFRBTkJgYI0IZFI2utU8WoQMKjL1F-BEslMGqT8o1HJvN0l-NiIWU6/s1271/8-SoGorgeous_20231012_184649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6PYp8PIVTGiZpI83EP3havXAujD-5nBjTU0tfQiPQaN8DHPI4Isps1l1Y3jLjRygKK9X_hi4Ty01ImHKwyRTj04mrT27wLZ9ju21BkhkZ97EkeK75h1bXCGow19KnhoEs_iIybBFRBTkJgYI0IZFI2utU8WoQMKjL1F-BEslMGqT8o1HJvN0l-NiIWU6/w640-h480/8-SoGorgeous_20231012_184649.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOJMZ0i70etsshhPZEdoSZ-1TQiyvtF0AvV2KnkfeSD7C0iHtz4vXbh_1qR-gfxt3r-s5g30m3Es3QwqFkXtMuxzo7uufir_rO29mrJH8nsGDldygDtCcJwvZOVU1n5lVTCFt7W5gxKkRkMf8ynpC1ioFtNExI2SEOjm2ihSdWRhwHCaesRy_g2xunmHf/s1920/19-MistyMountains_IMG_20231011_164458658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOJMZ0i70etsshhPZEdoSZ-1TQiyvtF0AvV2KnkfeSD7C0iHtz4vXbh_1qR-gfxt3r-s5g30m3Es3QwqFkXtMuxzo7uufir_rO29mrJH8nsGDldygDtCcJwvZOVU1n5lVTCFt7W5gxKkRkMf8ynpC1ioFtNExI2SEOjm2ihSdWRhwHCaesRy_g2xunmHf/w640-h288/19-MistyMountains_IMG_20231011_164458658.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4V2FipfsLHSMdjBUQhmRtZ8_UCKEgfxwo8uEwp8XknYadQirXAh8U7rUmZ8rcbMCPEvrXW_ctfFuGvmOpun7u4uRGCMZcP_dfJIQNntHkkx-GhPY9gPGHLKdxc-2iPKxyZtsq-90B4koXczsVTHEg7aU_EWYThNpy_p54XDR9Fb7REAIfpWR6_5kSCR7q/s1221/20-BloodyClouds_IMG_20231015_072652266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4V2FipfsLHSMdjBUQhmRtZ8_UCKEgfxwo8uEwp8XknYadQirXAh8U7rUmZ8rcbMCPEvrXW_ctfFuGvmOpun7u4uRGCMZcP_dfJIQNntHkkx-GhPY9gPGHLKdxc-2iPKxyZtsq-90B4koXczsVTHEg7aU_EWYThNpy_p54XDR9Fb7REAIfpWR6_5kSCR7q/w640-h482/20-BloodyClouds_IMG_20231015_072652266.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiefK3pT339qxhWWoxo2qbxSTCIvdBUHtuZVnCD91AwEc5XgVi_yMz5tuGFXioSAKs-tMSiut9u0SMjGvjLOg9Qtv1bQJWBPS-5juWmxKrve31w1dHNi-9bzckukP6xTB-fPO24DG78vuz1q6QtsYD8zIwdqwVjtkEoAgMNN1TO7ddNR2VkXa3VTKxlLcl/s1271/21-FogAndSnow_20231026_103116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiefK3pT339qxhWWoxo2qbxSTCIvdBUHtuZVnCD91AwEc5XgVi_yMz5tuGFXioSAKs-tMSiut9u0SMjGvjLOg9Qtv1bQJWBPS-5juWmxKrve31w1dHNi-9bzckukP6xTB-fPO24DG78vuz1q6QtsYD8zIwdqwVjtkEoAgMNN1TO7ddNR2VkXa3VTKxlLcl/w640-h480/21-FogAndSnow_20231026_103116.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Since June works at the MTC, she sometimes runs into people we know. Her recent run ins include Elder Densley, Elder Bates, and Elder Nield.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfFZrFxrBJaCbbe4xFRRJCL9GBtT0U15yrCtzxs33ggNpqemhkGYO50nqrAC2ByEh0851dM4Ihz7Q1xJyHYRphrmjRIeeR-bC9PlDO5-TxTneCW6YsVc18tMu-Ixpf2r7qTBPtAaAVOUXnbMTtizf_A3epIpKB31Lybd-Dxc6B-ZZZVwg_OYMiLyAdNyP/s953/9-DanielAtMTC_20231006_210719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfFZrFxrBJaCbbe4xFRRJCL9GBtT0U15yrCtzxs33ggNpqemhkGYO50nqrAC2ByEh0851dM4Ihz7Q1xJyHYRphrmjRIeeR-bC9PlDO5-TxTneCW6YsVc18tMu-Ixpf2r7qTBPtAaAVOUXnbMTtizf_A3epIpKB31Lybd-Dxc6B-ZZZVwg_OYMiLyAdNyP/w480-h640/9-DanielAtMTC_20231006_210719.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvJQ9haSJgC7TJ-DwWCD99ZRRIDfJXZnE706PeRhnZIZnpUI80nSdGgwgtU6wlJCYThPJoxML54Ghfl_Di0VdYeG4ripd_oMejugHSQM1GdYqZM_nZjYs5ycqMX5UU-MYBFNONEFz2gB9VExyobFc-NrA0KoZkqDWMCOm8bysBt3Nlrn5rXquCjvACCnV/s1271/9-ElderBates_20231014_121636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvJQ9haSJgC7TJ-DwWCD99ZRRIDfJXZnE706PeRhnZIZnpUI80nSdGgwgtU6wlJCYThPJoxML54Ghfl_Di0VdYeG4ripd_oMejugHSQM1GdYqZM_nZjYs5ycqMX5UU-MYBFNONEFz2gB9VExyobFc-NrA0KoZkqDWMCOm8bysBt3Nlrn5rXquCjvACCnV/w640-h480/9-ElderBates_20231014_121636.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxiPpJjGg2e9JtBvfQyKJ9LIBBUysw86vWofsKA_5QGVXNWa7Eudj8rOqo4LebN3MWUNifofvcpxTurZYwsTz_AWS-kfJRKyA6df5IoHGaIzZqBDlwn9jrtkkpf-jU_hSG-NeKgORvpURQccG5K0NosHESG9TZGsjnXMm8I5JVMaLQfRSTf8wQxIjwlCa/s953/9-ElderNield_20231014_120902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxiPpJjGg2e9JtBvfQyKJ9LIBBUysw86vWofsKA_5QGVXNWa7Eudj8rOqo4LebN3MWUNifofvcpxTurZYwsTz_AWS-kfJRKyA6df5IoHGaIzZqBDlwn9jrtkkpf-jU_hSG-NeKgORvpURQccG5K0NosHESG9TZGsjnXMm8I5JVMaLQfRSTf8wQxIjwlCa/w480-h640/9-ElderNield_20231014_120902.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Can you see the creature lurking under Beau? I think she is protecting us from it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaGWLkl2TmRM2wQNcPfiXSsMyQsS4DvIb5mxd5EBoQoUQYKnhDA9dBW8F7vitcZuonFDPGRS9f9lR1tadEgx5z-LRe1oqg4h7eNgfytxD92-8YzVRdd84nZCkmts0iqWdS_YV-5srsOBxf8roo96cWaTCAy4lMnGEGBXX4avxSQoY_amM1c__KilaW18w/s953/9-NovaHiding_20231017_224540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaGWLkl2TmRM2wQNcPfiXSsMyQsS4DvIb5mxd5EBoQoUQYKnhDA9dBW8F7vitcZuonFDPGRS9f9lR1tadEgx5z-LRe1oqg4h7eNgfytxD92-8YzVRdd84nZCkmts0iqWdS_YV-5srsOBxf8roo96cWaTCAy4lMnGEGBXX4avxSQoY_amM1c__KilaW18w/w480-h640/9-NovaHiding_20231017_224540.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Sunday Selfie!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdRwrYkhYySL0aMLOQ7ZzTv6y7LhTwOd5E6qdOIQ2wiNjIimmwV5PIRJZsYJ1EtOvDapgnc1jbtCWhRX9s78r9pxl93oiBAA-fWa2ZODDZKJL7Wy-2iGyYDB9QEspglmzxN_xyUzQDbc1ItgCio4pHztpd5LJFQQToeewGbUJsyjY86WtsJGfrUYaJeHl/s953/10-SundaySelfie_20231022_110714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdRwrYkhYySL0aMLOQ7ZzTv6y7LhTwOd5E6qdOIQ2wiNjIimmwV5PIRJZsYJ1EtOvDapgnc1jbtCWhRX9s78r9pxl93oiBAA-fWa2ZODDZKJL7Wy-2iGyYDB9QEspglmzxN_xyUzQDbc1ItgCio4pHztpd5LJFQQToeewGbUJsyjY86WtsJGfrUYaJeHl/w360-h640/10-SundaySelfie_20231022_110714.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>Not a bad impression of Cousin It.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuSWcoBlvFK95X1al4NC-R-vPxpPJDubGWwQTBAjzMEiVQpK_AgzE3pIgPW6y71a1eRnHti26fDmHHFvnCzKPa10WeiL055-nXNb1w_2CDHy5qnPC-RnY1Nirezscblpmrb8nBN7_d4-u_4e_hsjWfJNhwzsyHkXRo6d150oZTbMRy0sjYsYcCQsyPbbW/s953/11-CousinIt_20231023_224809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuSWcoBlvFK95X1al4NC-R-vPxpPJDubGWwQTBAjzMEiVQpK_AgzE3pIgPW6y71a1eRnHti26fDmHHFvnCzKPa10WeiL055-nXNb1w_2CDHy5qnPC-RnY1Nirezscblpmrb8nBN7_d4-u_4e_hsjWfJNhwzsyHkXRo6d150oZTbMRy0sjYsYcCQsyPbbW/w480-h640/11-CousinIt_20231023_224809.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Uncle Tim and Erin came to visit for a couple days. They were looking into a device that might help Erin communicate better. It was such a pleasure to see them, even for a brief time. We don't get nearly enough time with our CA family.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqszt31uzx_kAOrTTr86-8_JOlv2_Jf_pWT-iOngbH3LfSNkjhXgR7t8elTW5rXlFrfSv_1Lw40rejp1hQRY4BQ8tTUlU8ntYhF2aXFk8-jK_3uBo9Gxx16iylLtVxQ_eQgkKJVrMzBqPk44hWlOnILHFf8-jnDUItEAjnXBxl-bb957D9DczJFwnNz44/s1271/14-ErinVisits_20231026_160601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqszt31uzx_kAOrTTr86-8_JOlv2_Jf_pWT-iOngbH3LfSNkjhXgR7t8elTW5rXlFrfSv_1Lw40rejp1hQRY4BQ8tTUlU8ntYhF2aXFk8-jK_3uBo9Gxx16iylLtVxQ_eQgkKJVrMzBqPk44hWlOnILHFf8-jnDUItEAjnXBxl-bb957D9DczJFwnNz44/w640-h480/14-ErinVisits_20231026_160601.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXB4Jx-ewEKlVHqeeBFjJ-yVFeIc_hwI4q85UeewmbJO0QJZDhh58ELYv9Pw6I3g4V3s9uUwwrixPdmHTUNmcXur7BxmDopiEu-7PoeSopRU-OjSoL6QzSY1ASBkxoVFIJAj_fKTxZHAlA0My0muQ9Kn8rccrFVKZ2EAx8YXXspzfNrE5OytaUKvmfia65/s1271/15-TimToo_20231026_160610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXB4Jx-ewEKlVHqeeBFjJ-yVFeIc_hwI4q85UeewmbJO0QJZDhh58ELYv9Pw6I3g4V3s9uUwwrixPdmHTUNmcXur7BxmDopiEu-7PoeSopRU-OjSoL6QzSY1ASBkxoVFIJAj_fKTxZHAlA0My0muQ9Kn8rccrFVKZ2EAx8YXXspzfNrE5OytaUKvmfia65/w640-h480/15-TimToo_20231026_160610.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I went to another of Jorri's concerts. They are so lovely. This one was in a new city building by the library. It was a nice location. What really made the evening memorable was leaving the truck lights on and having to ask Jake for a ride home. He was so kind to drive me and Pearl <i>and</i> pick up June on the way back. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKW3P8qx4dllajuc8eoMQKcJuLmVcr2Kb1LCxGMYsRSMqBmnGGAt0XAGO7lsE5jiyhJg4DQg87PWu-RgdIpsdEuGIw8OLFDzdogMq30N9a2r1f1Mk0iRqzGbi6795xfXfEOhglYhyphenhyphenLtJllKHKe0A7OAj3ooFENWHFk1zyKKhMN_8Vjv2vwMAg3Ccyd4Ce/s1271/16-CommunityChoir_20231028_191038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKW3P8qx4dllajuc8eoMQKcJuLmVcr2Kb1LCxGMYsRSMqBmnGGAt0XAGO7lsE5jiyhJg4DQg87PWu-RgdIpsdEuGIw8OLFDzdogMq30N9a2r1f1Mk0iRqzGbi6795xfXfEOhglYhyphenhyphenLtJllKHKe0A7OAj3ooFENWHFk1zyKKhMN_8Vjv2vwMAg3Ccyd4Ce/w640-h480/16-CommunityChoir_20231028_191038.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Last chatbook, you saw Jafar. Here is one of the other friendly snakes that Mr. Longson has. Her name is Marvel. She is smaller, but still a handful.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqanHXJJg4pXbL40DuNNfLAPToe-w88qo-W0RBuvA5dSDCTx5LbxuUM6dTvb_Gkey_3VlNtssGkEnqsLupihW2y4KNgEh6KnmD4zpLZb7IHWXLm-UVqydY6tdcZGXG5p24JaAv1-NgfP1_hZY6Ks23eJ98K8KvqIX6uqz40l-GUDND5IE7jyRFqmDelBZ/s953/17-Marvel_20231017_093433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqanHXJJg4pXbL40DuNNfLAPToe-w88qo-W0RBuvA5dSDCTx5LbxuUM6dTvb_Gkey_3VlNtssGkEnqsLupihW2y4KNgEh6KnmD4zpLZb7IHWXLm-UVqydY6tdcZGXG5p24JaAv1-NgfP1_hZY6Ks23eJ98K8KvqIX6uqz40l-GUDND5IE7jyRFqmDelBZ/w480-h640/17-Marvel_20231017_093433.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The kids had a glow party for a mutual activity. That sounds like a good time and I love how Pearl attached glow sticks to her glasses.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcBJrQxHiiyXp1WjJ01hSUBe-rvst7Z0LvydE65nGbvRpMNqNHw9KHTZiBnWuSvcvHw4XcMuIgTKyPyxh1rbFn5ofBUV-YMrhl8aI2mrhzqmBsTRZgaCxDgRlNPxOOqvCTwAn3fCl-Ky1TmPAgSig35_BtisYTp_LpGIwPmJaFYXLbUGF_z7aNige_JKD/s953/18-GlowParty_20231025_195732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcBJrQxHiiyXp1WjJ01hSUBe-rvst7Z0LvydE65nGbvRpMNqNHw9KHTZiBnWuSvcvHw4XcMuIgTKyPyxh1rbFn5ofBUV-YMrhl8aI2mrhzqmBsTRZgaCxDgRlNPxOOqvCTwAn3fCl-Ky1TmPAgSig35_BtisYTp_LpGIwPmJaFYXLbUGF_z7aNige_JKD/w480-h640/18-GlowParty_20231025_195732.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Beau dyed her hair blue, purple, and pink. Very fun and cheerful.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2XwzRSB4rRMCvsXjFyJNVB5NaEJcBQJZxfYcZ0l-Prargpl1-1XjrKkmDX1UB1uv53_CRs8_OJ_I_OArno_m0F1LK7MVEwgL8JFuBj7XOouQ0a4AcK2MyZldIoIavzvoGN_uptsNi2mUDUFHdn6nl2oxNvCjhtjD30ltSfuSVOEQR8y9aDNIKX1Cb9wA/s1271/22-ColoredHair_20231029_231659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2XwzRSB4rRMCvsXjFyJNVB5NaEJcBQJZxfYcZ0l-Prargpl1-1XjrKkmDX1UB1uv53_CRs8_OJ_I_OArno_m0F1LK7MVEwgL8JFuBj7XOouQ0a4AcK2MyZldIoIavzvoGN_uptsNi2mUDUFHdn6nl2oxNvCjhtjD30ltSfuSVOEQR8y9aDNIKX1Cb9wA/w640-h480/22-ColoredHair_20231029_231659.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We went to see <i>Wait Until Dark</i> at BYU. It was SO GOOD! I was worried about not liking the characters as well as the movie, but those students smashed it. For some of the kids, it was the first time seeing it. What a great show.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwqGy6MjVWWuTBYAydIK7vUBGrhi62ixzkLAIQHZwkIedagsfwNQwryBhdDK6DNivmsP-FWYLZza8j55ehnCC0AyOPcZxZmtWlyyIIWdTXgjD8Pkl42zmWMv-TGSQwrcbrmEvZjZTCdzK9NZWtXCM7Kb2SI_IQUcXxfBC7eMoIbvmq3SRftBgA0aCt0ab/s1271/23-WaitUntilDark_PXL_20231021_195200780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwqGy6MjVWWuTBYAydIK7vUBGrhi62ixzkLAIQHZwkIedagsfwNQwryBhdDK6DNivmsP-FWYLZza8j55ehnCC0AyOPcZxZmtWlyyIIWdTXgjD8Pkl42zmWMv-TGSQwrcbrmEvZjZTCdzK9NZWtXCM7Kb2SI_IQUcXxfBC7eMoIbvmq3SRftBgA0aCt0ab/w640-h480/23-WaitUntilDark_PXL_20231021_195200780.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>These two look so cute. It looks like Christmas morning, but Tyler's a bit old to be waiting at the top of the stairs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmSzqrzxUDXjTKOpZXZKm1edv2P9Rl41XuFRgd_a9VhEpWr394-Ael-yIRauVcAJ_EILj8XyJKdE_lsTK_GnVpSroNxv1ZqNmGbD-gMECQrSL5BcbNoIjv4De8Jly7JufyyWxCYaLyoNRbJNVTlQKgweqRcKtq7FBmo5yKislvC2Vr2pN9c53vGITgvIS/s1266/24-FeelsLikeChristmas_PXL_20231029_065743016.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmSzqrzxUDXjTKOpZXZKm1edv2P9Rl41XuFRgd_a9VhEpWr394-Ael-yIRauVcAJ_EILj8XyJKdE_lsTK_GnVpSroNxv1ZqNmGbD-gMECQrSL5BcbNoIjv4De8Jly7JufyyWxCYaLyoNRbJNVTlQKgweqRcKtq7FBmo5yKislvC2Vr2pN9c53vGITgvIS/w640-h482/24-FeelsLikeChristmas_PXL_20231029_065743016.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Guys! That's it. Kind of a short chatbook this time around. Time to jump into November.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-2444175713620621922023-12-02T09:43:00.007-07:002023-12-02T09:43:54.954-07:00Seminary Teacher's Dreams Come True Too<p>(October 31st, 2023)</p><p> Brother Bayles was Ivory's seminary teacher for a time in both 10th and 11th grade. They got to know each other pretty well and along the route, they found they shared a love of special effects and gore. Ivory would show her pictures to Bro. Bayles and he would ask for her to come do special effects on him. Of course, that doesn't really work out on a normal day, but on Halloween...</p><p>They worked it all out and Ivory went in on her free period and did some special effects for Bro. Bayles. He was so happy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkUe9FmvPOqw1vnFkt5dEp539CyaIoZEEIsX3XcF2ITSLhdYsQ_NTFriJChtxac3_rLPFGl_ISP7XRC2cgkeU5_-6-jcm-5DlXuAuAeMGa-GZzpBfvNDRzFrOj27-kHCE6JBGchxQpvMU0dEVGKN60R5RwgDKcXtrbsMTb8cAxiFDbyzy6cqj9K718UUw/s919/2-ToothpickHand_IMG_20231031_085307344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkUe9FmvPOqw1vnFkt5dEp539CyaIoZEEIsX3XcF2ITSLhdYsQ_NTFriJChtxac3_rLPFGl_ISP7XRC2cgkeU5_-6-jcm-5DlXuAuAeMGa-GZzpBfvNDRzFrOj27-kHCE6JBGchxQpvMU0dEVGKN60R5RwgDKcXtrbsMTb8cAxiFDbyzy6cqj9K718UUw/w482-h640/2-ToothpickHand_IMG_20231031_085307344.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLtNe3ZPe6s6nVojiqaEIYj4bdXdIybZY92vEwf3BKFY1NvnoWmVdVdw8pKReZr_mUsMnoSx3fklnWmVy4-xU3HuJNh0s-imMQ5BSF9YvzyQhYiDutJICrxCQebbSaI8K2cmU1ibNnGPJRtrZpNNy78Cs1PqpUyORe4_dppqwLJGTmPK5oEEpZoX8B7-b/s919/3-Ouch_IMG_20231031_085311376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLtNe3ZPe6s6nVojiqaEIYj4bdXdIybZY92vEwf3BKFY1NvnoWmVdVdw8pKReZr_mUsMnoSx3fklnWmVy4-xU3HuJNh0s-imMQ5BSF9YvzyQhYiDutJICrxCQebbSaI8K2cmU1ibNnGPJRtrZpNNy78Cs1PqpUyORe4_dppqwLJGTmPK5oEEpZoX8B7-b/w482-h640/3-Ouch_IMG_20231031_085311376.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifmVOkqCWiEMfGa2xLjC0DpbE5M8JDqZ3Q1H3-ij_Mjyp3WKESFd4-YYkt5XzHMCCDru48jzzrxDp_2yN6BJQXZc1NLwyctgweLqzqpyG2SHqEswkkvSnrTC8RvaPTzO88afWf7w_BjhY4R7jkThPvlPVSS7TlkWZtR_hQbjiB1cxnF8aD2nzGdREbDdh/s919/4-NotherAngle_IMG_20231031_085316850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifmVOkqCWiEMfGa2xLjC0DpbE5M8JDqZ3Q1H3-ij_Mjyp3WKESFd4-YYkt5XzHMCCDru48jzzrxDp_2yN6BJQXZc1NLwyctgweLqzqpyG2SHqEswkkvSnrTC8RvaPTzO88afWf7w_BjhY4R7jkThPvlPVSS7TlkWZtR_hQbjiB1cxnF8aD2nzGdREbDdh/w482-h640/4-NotherAngle_IMG_20231031_085316850.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uBCjaWb4SnnqnruCJfjpS8GefOfhyK9_uknucaiJGYtfAngKLQMtfZcCRkIq2mvEy6Zea8TfiVoBNa1z1kpDqvve2m5ixlZeWrOiZOaoyq59ObZIlUq2L6gSHh8Rx3rWpHFPUsMO-zH2LeHWlPW0DL42_4QpJZg7lNS3kfEBPYVzdxjsJQxg2_-VtUUq/s919/5-PoorFinger_IMG_20231031_085321615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uBCjaWb4SnnqnruCJfjpS8GefOfhyK9_uknucaiJGYtfAngKLQMtfZcCRkIq2mvEy6Zea8TfiVoBNa1z1kpDqvve2m5ixlZeWrOiZOaoyq59ObZIlUq2L6gSHh8Rx3rWpHFPUsMO-zH2LeHWlPW0DL42_4QpJZg7lNS3kfEBPYVzdxjsJQxg2_-VtUUq/w482-h640/5-PoorFinger_IMG_20231031_085321615.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Deanne even took a picture and sent it to me. (She is the seminary secretary)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVz5F_HXmzOKeU7ZHDuLr-QqsHNbnsUzNw3FQz1UyVKp_Pv06D15pi_mL6fcIzIbcIjoZjvJoW2Lrmi4b0WQvo_Z0WsQz98FJ3_bg8pRHBD85r1cJ4IePoIPloXxbrNiB9pRvKs0MHcf0_RPA98UWQAKpyB7bmzVY1feO44O4FNdHf0216xBtItitU8qK/s1600/1-BrotherBaylis_889cff0ace148272150b26814e8f1d736ba3bfcf-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVz5F_HXmzOKeU7ZHDuLr-QqsHNbnsUzNw3FQz1UyVKp_Pv06D15pi_mL6fcIzIbcIjoZjvJoW2Lrmi4b0WQvo_Z0WsQz98FJ3_bg8pRHBD85r1cJ4IePoIPloXxbrNiB9pRvKs0MHcf0_RPA98UWQAKpyB7bmzVY1feO44O4FNdHf0216xBtItitU8qK/w480-h640/1-BrotherBaylis_889cff0ace148272150b26814e8f1d736ba3bfcf-1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Unfortunately, not usually having a bloody hand, Bro. Bayles got fake blood on himself all day. When Ivory came to see him again, he told her he was losing the battle. He had blood on his pants, tie, other hand, sleeve, white shirt, and a little bit on his bum. So perhaps he may have to scrub that outfit, but I think he thought it was worth it.</p><p>Oh and here's a sneak peek at the process of Ivory becoming sick Tink. Pretty cool huh?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNYtFkYOCT7BIzuohu84JgezExTu7_fJrSzreTuz7kdh8E_dVykPMaiaAkuPTxywvSLqvpvZbCDHMY9blqAWxt6tdwb7gZQTdvVcFHIO_nmucLrpZi0WyPEt25orbEqnztROOqH2DpHbE_orz_pcc4cvleAZxPZGi8D2CdPJLYP0ito-Hz-zDbqwbR1tc/s1221/6-Sores_IMG_20231031_114745543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNYtFkYOCT7BIzuohu84JgezExTu7_fJrSzreTuz7kdh8E_dVykPMaiaAkuPTxywvSLqvpvZbCDHMY9blqAWxt6tdwb7gZQTdvVcFHIO_nmucLrpZi0WyPEt25orbEqnztROOqH2DpHbE_orz_pcc4cvleAZxPZGi8D2CdPJLYP0ito-Hz-zDbqwbR1tc/w640-h482/6-Sores_IMG_20231031_114745543.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pOlf_m4cDD_d6zzQ7NC_j0G01cIIPkP0PrGFiO8c8gils2Ey-lb1PkMk0zO5zbjN3uE6asO8LnthA5J3SQg2TbH1DCsIv1E9TCPK5VRMZ14OUG6xtqf6chw1cPdmk87eKq3B-tcZ-miOifH3vht8isTCnZL5UMlxVJ5uKcz7nX1z-YWUmmGp1vN9WJug/s919/7-AddPink_IMG_20231031_115333555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pOlf_m4cDD_d6zzQ7NC_j0G01cIIPkP0PrGFiO8c8gils2Ey-lb1PkMk0zO5zbjN3uE6asO8LnthA5J3SQg2TbH1DCsIv1E9TCPK5VRMZ14OUG6xtqf6chw1cPdmk87eKq3B-tcZ-miOifH3vht8isTCnZL5UMlxVJ5uKcz7nX1z-YWUmmGp1vN9WJug/w482-h640/7-AddPink_IMG_20231031_115333555.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeziPrm48L0kdok0PgJR0R5ihECEaW4GYVhKnwRCjudzFgVR0JMs7Yaosd9fUghz60YxL4id0m-kEVYwTyuZDz1IgA2aVXBs-s-6X3-ToiqjJddTSprE49OyfK625AeFHhRwAlTD79ErhJz2aBNDs7AtK4O4FVopbiL8mi6w-aO6oXdEsvyYWwella91l/s919/8-AndRed_IMG_20231031_120750318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeziPrm48L0kdok0PgJR0R5ihECEaW4GYVhKnwRCjudzFgVR0JMs7Yaosd9fUghz60YxL4id0m-kEVYwTyuZDz1IgA2aVXBs-s-6X3-ToiqjJddTSprE49OyfK625AeFHhRwAlTD79ErhJz2aBNDs7AtK4O4FVopbiL8mi6w-aO6oXdEsvyYWwella91l/w482-h640/8-AndRed_IMG_20231031_120750318.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-MUqKNNjX-TuZX-e3qFIKs-5qFcauQxYnhPPv7x2t5udyrsP_36xcsffjgFKkR15aOVa-Z-OdXDQS6h0djRZh0zrvKVU_vJWxBZU1sNzGfOEz69QTNywacFkTUahgRSAR_btEkhI_KpCkgiwf7mzSgCJIPT7qfuAyZ022HwdbbfNzBRx0xyTWI1E1lDe/s919/9-Pain_IMG_20231031_141955708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="517" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-MUqKNNjX-TuZX-e3qFIKs-5qFcauQxYnhPPv7x2t5udyrsP_36xcsffjgFKkR15aOVa-Z-OdXDQS6h0djRZh0zrvKVU_vJWxBZU1sNzGfOEz69QTNywacFkTUahgRSAR_btEkhI_KpCkgiwf7mzSgCJIPT7qfuAyZ022HwdbbfNzBRx0xyTWI1E1lDe/w360-h640/9-Pain_IMG_20231031_141955708.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Unlike Brother Bayles, Ivory wrapped up her wounds when she went to put a coat on. She's just more experienced in these matters.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7KZJU4k5ZmPwFmqUWtuktUe9Da7fk8c15o82eMbVy3aEnRHFGFZ9oXW7yman_kAUFavkI6od6aKNmcGkIfiLCyOYGK-Cg9NfOuSx4rtG9V7StH875dQH_DI7SteDV6oggYCvbvBL0nVdjApbdzCWRZVp3AvFk1i6ji0x5jB22bU6C8pB_6yf3UkvJAy_/s919/10-WrapItUp_IMG_20231031_220638295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7KZJU4k5ZmPwFmqUWtuktUe9Da7fk8c15o82eMbVy3aEnRHFGFZ9oXW7yman_kAUFavkI6od6aKNmcGkIfiLCyOYGK-Cg9NfOuSx4rtG9V7StH875dQH_DI7SteDV6oggYCvbvBL0nVdjApbdzCWRZVp3AvFk1i6ji0x5jB22bU6C8pB_6yf3UkvJAy_/w482-h640/10-WrapItUp_IMG_20231031_220638295.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div>Now we know that dreams can come true...even for Seminary teachers.</div>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-38536468376669754332023-11-30T22:48:00.005-07:002023-11-30T22:48:53.310-07:00The Whole Sheboygan (including Halloween Photo Shoot)<p>(October 31st, 2023)</p><p>I really love Halloween. I love all the spookiness and the dressing up. I could care less about the candy, but that seems to be part of it. We always have a good time around here. Halloween morning is always a bit of a rush and crunch. Everyone stayed over which was super nice because everyone helps everyone in the morning with makeup and hair and whatnot. Beau did flames on Daisy's arms and makeup for June and Pearl. And of course we ate the monster cereal. That is tradition.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk93aYZnGWlaEQXpam-i6IRyt1XyB4k_pG9Ebo302UXyM85MdXL2f1TCSz8l6riAmjKVkzlpHAr9Pj2E8Pp1NlHVN0VR412DOqsqRhk_Aaee8NFBKrsE0xAV_s6EuF8gxW7mSjFWJyLYaPNTw4ilB1hht7-h1i6RtPnJxM_w2lNsLx_BUf0flE3czS-K3/s1271/3-Cereal_20231031_070612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk93aYZnGWlaEQXpam-i6IRyt1XyB4k_pG9Ebo302UXyM85MdXL2f1TCSz8l6riAmjKVkzlpHAr9Pj2E8Pp1NlHVN0VR412DOqsqRhk_Aaee8NFBKrsE0xAV_s6EuF8gxW7mSjFWJyLYaPNTw4ilB1hht7-h1i6RtPnJxM_w2lNsLx_BUf0flE3czS-K3/w640-h480/3-Cereal_20231031_070612.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSsPOW3TNDOHSCHJjNhtL1Ln_LNP_AzQBY_U6FbsMXJTeJNUtmMJ2r4tlJFQdeZ6JSZDhMD5avkml8gTrETvdg-CmmhZik0H1ffwd_2XZ9EoVizJwWFy1dMxDlVraQnP1_vOeZH7TzL_4R14yf1Ve1OFyrXItFD8WTAjkNAwTXyzKIXhLahn6xJXKI5LG/s953/4-EarlyMorning_20231031_070618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSsPOW3TNDOHSCHJjNhtL1Ln_LNP_AzQBY_U6FbsMXJTeJNUtmMJ2r4tlJFQdeZ6JSZDhMD5avkml8gTrETvdg-CmmhZik0H1ffwd_2XZ9EoVizJwWFy1dMxDlVraQnP1_vOeZH7TzL_4R14yf1Ve1OFyrXItFD8WTAjkNAwTXyzKIXhLahn6xJXKI5LG/w480-h640/4-EarlyMorning_20231031_070618.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinONGGyyslrt2mkIj6csBBW9loPeFJ6q0WWa1brwsw9Vv16q3LZYhCSBhLixLy3_Mz1VgK2tfFaR_CLaqHFuM0azxee37zdJ4l9zqXdHxL__y_r03mzoKhoxCBUWiq6xKQ7h8hhGmuSehaXQCPrVLDlP_JG56OP2SS8pkk_7y6IM2FPCDL199RjiRNGhBz/s953/5-ArmFlames_20231031_070714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinONGGyyslrt2mkIj6csBBW9loPeFJ6q0WWa1brwsw9Vv16q3LZYhCSBhLixLy3_Mz1VgK2tfFaR_CLaqHFuM0azxee37zdJ4l9zqXdHxL__y_r03mzoKhoxCBUWiq6xKQ7h8hhGmuSehaXQCPrVLDlP_JG56OP2SS8pkk_7y6IM2FPCDL199RjiRNGhBz/w480-h640/5-ArmFlames_20231031_070714.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Then off we all went to our day. June dressed up at BYU. She was She-Ra and she said only three or so people recognized her. She went trick or treating on campus and they wanted to get rid of their candy, so she got a haul. The makeup Beau did on her was really cute and June said it was the first makeup she had worn since before her mission.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSDT-1xrb-jZPMDcD75idYh-j1E1z_jny-R6NW_EqKvrojD6rDBCA5FZabFj2TOclndlNjrvGzTnRw_C2WHhCktROy6qXVoNZcxEmVRorEFDUn79DjUwgSfX474aLoPja-GMGwtDgi-ttKpWgLTpNsVynElpdqdwJzLbk5S8oviTnGY_VuTdWNoACp2fh/s953/8-AtSchool_20231031_081935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSDT-1xrb-jZPMDcD75idYh-j1E1z_jny-R6NW_EqKvrojD6rDBCA5FZabFj2TOclndlNjrvGzTnRw_C2WHhCktROy6qXVoNZcxEmVRorEFDUn79DjUwgSfX474aLoPja-GMGwtDgi-ttKpWgLTpNsVynElpdqdwJzLbk5S8oviTnGY_VuTdWNoACp2fh/w480-h640/8-AtSchool_20231031_081935.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoEgLezVzKXfB68VBn480dGZQXWI-viMrds4TPEcCcIkJmUaGvvIQfJ8azHNa4rzMvTjn0GvcICqX8jhLNEVRf8xZKT5irKvQhN8Lii7yAQ8fG9UytnVux8cPv_d0qQZ0ydcACxNnJJ1DvFYiWKSobH2c9vHydeDhOfEMLFEAMblX9rY_Z3oXP5LzVxC7/s953/8-Makeup_20231031_081915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoEgLezVzKXfB68VBn480dGZQXWI-viMrds4TPEcCcIkJmUaGvvIQfJ8azHNa4rzMvTjn0GvcICqX8jhLNEVRf8xZKT5irKvQhN8Lii7yAQ8fG9UytnVux8cPv_d0qQZ0ydcACxNnJJ1DvFYiWKSobH2c9vHydeDhOfEMLFEAMblX9rY_Z3oXP5LzVxC7/w480-h640/8-Makeup_20231031_081915.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVdMrJztXcErGp1qYx6hEplT9dICAvXWWI2887C6e6UBamHI22E8ED7ksCz-5FidJ35Lm9fyPml5uXZ0nFoCCgcp_KMG214Ttpg0etQ7jzYzOdRnkNxp7PShyXyX_2QUfiS3T32X5XLUpmHmId97XkjJoX1dnfyrxXYS4uiwmLkt3K4UgWnQuBl2ro5DR/s953/9-TonsOfCandy_20231031_131254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVdMrJztXcErGp1qYx6hEplT9dICAvXWWI2887C6e6UBamHI22E8ED7ksCz-5FidJ35Lm9fyPml5uXZ0nFoCCgcp_KMG214Ttpg0etQ7jzYzOdRnkNxp7PShyXyX_2QUfiS3T32X5XLUpmHmId97XkjJoX1dnfyrxXYS4uiwmLkt3K4UgWnQuBl2ro5DR/w480-h640/9-TonsOfCandy_20231031_131254.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I had a lot of fun at work. I love to see what everyone dresses up as. My favorites by far were Rachel, Katrina, and Katie who dressed up at the Chipettes. Classic. And the science teachers with a few extras who dressed up as characters from Princess Bride. They look amazing!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGbE0FIBulwQdK33O0t2V8G6e3QL9-7SojPlH8ae7EoNin2jtBOcaIKF9dtEzfoeZsE6mC6r1Ko2LR-GpMh9dSmX8nrFMCmSUTIBXGZa6FSY-P0NStgbtCTW0wj9wowrvPuuFGkjlP-pxPJbKAbmvgPQIvO06YcXB2UnU1LaxTkpx0oBLVb5eAQdDIr7O/s953/6-AtWork_20231031_085956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGbE0FIBulwQdK33O0t2V8G6e3QL9-7SojPlH8ae7EoNin2jtBOcaIKF9dtEzfoeZsE6mC6r1Ko2LR-GpMh9dSmX8nrFMCmSUTIBXGZa6FSY-P0NStgbtCTW0wj9wowrvPuuFGkjlP-pxPJbKAbmvgPQIvO06YcXB2UnU1LaxTkpx0oBLVb5eAQdDIr7O/w360-h640/6-AtWork_20231031_085956.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKJUOq7jVOCeoj3Dk425Znc0SuwHhZznBJn-7kCSS_k_O_LyKLuyPLcl5WKDK0rQaY37F3YcVjrlxIbfGkhfT2xmsGFYEmRkkahD62GMdjSv-KbYHY2GUBPzLQpXUEUs5SEOSaKlDhQSao6XEGdd4Tr9t8dGENvVsMCgzg11uxgU-pIVpka7ljWvxLH4f/s1271/7-Chipettes_20231031_114956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKJUOq7jVOCeoj3Dk425Znc0SuwHhZznBJn-7kCSS_k_O_LyKLuyPLcl5WKDK0rQaY37F3YcVjrlxIbfGkhfT2xmsGFYEmRkkahD62GMdjSv-KbYHY2GUBPzLQpXUEUs5SEOSaKlDhQSao6XEGdd4Tr9t8dGENvVsMCgzg11uxgU-pIVpka7ljWvxLH4f/w640-h480/7-Chipettes_20231031_114956.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOcAYpvtxQ_W0u3yMjO4-7WD4GKKymd5Uzh2NfQLdtKE18ZBBAtnr6afmuj9vI6p2Vpu1UR-A15lshWh83OdMu6RLoN4Wo5OUJqAz13Gj9Q6xCaGg2BGV3IvPTq6kNSW0c0FPCr0LaySl1SJOPW4dv_zd5yC8YPTXTWikalvna1GLgRvPAU_m0PzFzpko/s868/1-PrincessBride_20231031_145546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="868" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOcAYpvtxQ_W0u3yMjO4-7WD4GKKymd5Uzh2NfQLdtKE18ZBBAtnr6afmuj9vI6p2Vpu1UR-A15lshWh83OdMu6RLoN4Wo5OUJqAz13Gj9Q6xCaGg2BGV3IvPTq6kNSW0c0FPCr0LaySl1SJOPW4dv_zd5yC8YPTXTWikalvna1GLgRvPAU_m0PzFzpko/w640-h480/1-PrincessBride_20231031_145546.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>In the evening, we went to our ward Trunk-or-Treat. It also doubled as our photo shoot backdrop. It was the only time we were all together while it was still light and it was great. Let's take a look at all our cool costumes. June, as you know, was She-Ra, Princess of Power.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4sO_JMOW75fp_wwT63tQ0D4s7VD18WTc5GowMHICNXCwgiZa27eEkXKT5gEAUKvNIFAoJkrs4QGmLoB0eE1zqTtY68Ew82tesv_qqGnuD5UkNj3yHwARnl7dZCFFvIqchHa8dLpRuodScL93zjmvM8tWhmuW0e2AJ53Lz7gBcY4slGFji-1wxtr64EkW/s953/10-Shield_20231031_171044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4sO_JMOW75fp_wwT63tQ0D4s7VD18WTc5GowMHICNXCwgiZa27eEkXKT5gEAUKvNIFAoJkrs4QGmLoB0eE1zqTtY68Ew82tesv_qqGnuD5UkNj3yHwARnl7dZCFFvIqchHa8dLpRuodScL93zjmvM8tWhmuW0e2AJ53Lz7gBcY4slGFji-1wxtr64EkW/w480-h640/10-Shield_20231031_171044.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5syikFNvJw8C37BBCENFqmvPQD1mzWHWSjFMjoU7ropHVM9p3N5WmkMKE-eRcBikIrPeXlNo6L7ivtWcLg0KnXKt1OY_w9EuvJu5-VUAnu8fjCgRxl-kJZJvZbhc31zaEpiVtrdhHLCRn3SpUMAe5HKZmnp866IiraoLIP0BcNisBG_kJ2avYERnMeDo/s953/11-SideAngle_20231031_171115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5syikFNvJw8C37BBCENFqmvPQD1mzWHWSjFMjoU7ropHVM9p3N5WmkMKE-eRcBikIrPeXlNo6L7ivtWcLg0KnXKt1OY_w9EuvJu5-VUAnu8fjCgRxl-kJZJvZbhc31zaEpiVtrdhHLCRn3SpUMAe5HKZmnp866IiraoLIP0BcNisBG_kJ2avYERnMeDo/w480-h640/11-SideAngle_20231031_171115.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjgVEsm4GrG-yXNVaqxwFLeq4zOfMI018vPYFqP_wF3x9ON9K4yOLnobN2IFeqBvAbwZegIDB0ssCmgpubdZJJLLuGi3XG87_c8JevJzVBf4824VezuSYO5sHdtUDG5_uEHbybLFnnHncfGWSKxCBROvM_kL5B8uo4xF0TCD0irw8IRYQUWdAOsUUvsNx/s953/12-SheRa_20231031_171034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjgVEsm4GrG-yXNVaqxwFLeq4zOfMI018vPYFqP_wF3x9ON9K4yOLnobN2IFeqBvAbwZegIDB0ssCmgpubdZJJLLuGi3XG87_c8JevJzVBf4824VezuSYO5sHdtUDG5_uEHbybLFnnHncfGWSKxCBROvM_kL5B8uo4xF0TCD0irw8IRYQUWdAOsUUvsNx/w480-h640/12-SheRa_20231031_171034.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9u2QbW6vfaxZFdyy4ecDuhwsOMT2Pzkdh_2lSOxlGGTGYeDXkNfu-iW8egmG3umj2X9fMW9r6nB-Gn1Hs7qmwu6DaNtfCA-9tqg6Jmgqoy7tXb6Tsnj_92JDeRaMYEQvo-1vf2poS2d6nNz-q__rXfbAtM9cPd6MwLYRBhTItympvzzKobRnjLl9AZL5P/s953/13-Cape_20231031_171234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9u2QbW6vfaxZFdyy4ecDuhwsOMT2Pzkdh_2lSOxlGGTGYeDXkNfu-iW8egmG3umj2X9fMW9r6nB-Gn1Hs7qmwu6DaNtfCA-9tqg6Jmgqoy7tXb6Tsnj_92JDeRaMYEQvo-1vf2poS2d6nNz-q__rXfbAtM9cPd6MwLYRBhTItympvzzKobRnjLl9AZL5P/w480-h640/13-Cape_20231031_171234.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Pearl was Doric from the <i>Dungeons and Dragons</i> movie. If you haven't seen that yet, watch it. It is epic. But if you don't know Doric, you could just say Pearl is dressed as a Tiefling. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKqXWmhCY2rLMjf9fLHVM0w5zYu5tEu2yY5_vo0KxaqeB8kVaH2NT0-R7ug_o8qFn3Dx_4K2VXdng_bG92WALirQT3Z2mlvrTnjOrD9lKxEDM_ddhhDEg4__0SQpNytBb2qRuuE0oDvaMQ2P9I_h9zfTWL8zPAKjwmCI5zpLCLU9wDxgvgUGWSLZwn-dV/s953/14-AgainstTree_20231031_171537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKqXWmhCY2rLMjf9fLHVM0w5zYu5tEu2yY5_vo0KxaqeB8kVaH2NT0-R7ug_o8qFn3Dx_4K2VXdng_bG92WALirQT3Z2mlvrTnjOrD9lKxEDM_ddhhDEg4__0SQpNytBb2qRuuE0oDvaMQ2P9I_h9zfTWL8zPAKjwmCI5zpLCLU9wDxgvgUGWSLZwn-dV/w480-h640/14-AgainstTree_20231031_171537.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZSCjz8N6ztmOWZsi3gMrOVxSaXnT0sAK1FC3HsuMC8g24T2SuOiUwEs_-vsftVUGGFL7jGE9P3EGxR81gHUNj7aCq3-urbLdl6cGx-G74wl08q4kvtlD7-UMCVxqnKtN17m3faQOKvgVMZKWFhdekuimbGlypjsBvUurteocxTHa85iGRjqlxFO9bdMq/s953/15-CuteHorns_20231031_171551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZSCjz8N6ztmOWZsi3gMrOVxSaXnT0sAK1FC3HsuMC8g24T2SuOiUwEs_-vsftVUGGFL7jGE9P3EGxR81gHUNj7aCq3-urbLdl6cGx-G74wl08q4kvtlD7-UMCVxqnKtN17m3faQOKvgVMZKWFhdekuimbGlypjsBvUurteocxTHa85iGRjqlxFO9bdMq/w480-h640/15-CuteHorns_20231031_171551.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBliohXJ_JtIhck4CuSEx3-_h3WT9Lzl1TgIHMvbOnbbAztHqZO4ks2X7ummnzboVbrsmatNLAXrayw7SqzSsaSFZXe326XLYjcucSi27s5hS6P6A9AMor5v7_p4NL327u6y6bNkuSmTvsfclAqY6BigzB6gw9cPnzibYuTPms3vdEgp1PPfrOug9ED8mm/s953/16-ShieldPose_20231031_171612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBliohXJ_JtIhck4CuSEx3-_h3WT9Lzl1TgIHMvbOnbbAztHqZO4ks2X7ummnzboVbrsmatNLAXrayw7SqzSsaSFZXe326XLYjcucSi27s5hS6P6A9AMor5v7_p4NL327u6y6bNkuSmTvsfclAqY6BigzB6gw9cPnzibYuTPms3vdEgp1PPfrOug9ED8mm/w480-h640/16-ShieldPose_20231031_171612.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YKCh4PRj01JwU96aTPli9Cky5Eqf4p-173B0ACvP5l1fVFsjXnynqA5knzypBZdHwgQ6vYl6ekVWRQsfm_Tzwml37HRlpyX9lCfrsPg5Fsz2iaZq3GZ5j0-2zyviMbksfNhiu7TFosZ908rEKJ5SgWh1H5O3kiN0LSwzwyW_1Ph9ne1Z_lGGc4jq98i4/s953/17-PeekAroundTree_20231031_171621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YKCh4PRj01JwU96aTPli9Cky5Eqf4p-173B0ACvP5l1fVFsjXnynqA5knzypBZdHwgQ6vYl6ekVWRQsfm_Tzwml37HRlpyX9lCfrsPg5Fsz2iaZq3GZ5j0-2zyviMbksfNhiu7TFosZ908rEKJ5SgWh1H5O3kiN0LSwzwyW_1Ph9ne1Z_lGGc4jq98i4/w480-h640/17-PeekAroundTree_20231031_171621.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Ivory dressed as Tinkerbell again since she already had the stuff on hand. But she added a twist. She was sick Tink, who is slowly dying because people don't believe in fairies. Yikes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELhG6Q8PUgJIXnw8cBgBDjmVQx7KJjA7MOmCyjmydI6JHWWS4Ee2PMwBH6v1GLW6waOW_A_YAcAk4t51G-aC6gpK1XDpo7vEUNNL2j1lBA4yC62Fgh3a1iDJ5evDUKgDVX5TBMPGC24DrHTVKKDDeN1N12H4ePd2kvdDzPuV0ImWCrtuxSEX1pJk9heGI/s953/18-StopBelieving_20231031_172555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELhG6Q8PUgJIXnw8cBgBDjmVQx7KJjA7MOmCyjmydI6JHWWS4Ee2PMwBH6v1GLW6waOW_A_YAcAk4t51G-aC6gpK1XDpo7vEUNNL2j1lBA4yC62Fgh3a1iDJ5evDUKgDVX5TBMPGC24DrHTVKKDDeN1N12H4ePd2kvdDzPuV0ImWCrtuxSEX1pJk9heGI/w480-h640/18-StopBelieving_20231031_172555.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wMeA1muAt_-FpJn0FUsrsFhDQjfYLQ8ob6fBqkYurwK_q5bl2kvLBUnQCOPJMhhaIDPWfIhYhI3hlvbv7mmFu8cBtMkUGS3AKnubMDaQXxZIqxfEg2Lvojl3G9rRhbwHoZDG7lWjeGQ6g5qa7GnO1PYnr2GFrmCSOpuEdiSqp09Kw0qCCGHdKXNtT5w8/s953/19-Flying_20231031_172625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wMeA1muAt_-FpJn0FUsrsFhDQjfYLQ8ob6fBqkYurwK_q5bl2kvLBUnQCOPJMhhaIDPWfIhYhI3hlvbv7mmFu8cBtMkUGS3AKnubMDaQXxZIqxfEg2Lvojl3G9rRhbwHoZDG7lWjeGQ6g5qa7GnO1PYnr2GFrmCSOpuEdiSqp09Kw0qCCGHdKXNtT5w8/w480-h640/19-Flying_20231031_172625.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa0FVhZZi275XDAgOBNr7wDhRKhts6-7UTywtkiE-FhkUVcQuHOPkugf0RgUe4rVQwgZVO_YTNd3fnEVTtqehIojsFdFfRSi6lws2jnWdfDrBU-Km6_osO027WZ6I_CBJZE4qe8DwWUQXaOvyBjkQMrN2GClk7YmEh2aNwhY7MPLRARVBPZhWkKgEpRoL/s953/20-Pose_20231031_172705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa0FVhZZi275XDAgOBNr7wDhRKhts6-7UTywtkiE-FhkUVcQuHOPkugf0RgUe4rVQwgZVO_YTNd3fnEVTtqehIojsFdFfRSi6lws2jnWdfDrBU-Km6_osO027WZ6I_CBJZE4qe8DwWUQXaOvyBjkQMrN2GClk7YmEh2aNwhY7MPLRARVBPZhWkKgEpRoL/w480-h640/20-Pose_20231031_172705.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp29WAV-IvrbNBPn7TRz61mHHdkeyu6Rn03mCw1JiK0ne9sTB-YIH8QsscBTU0l-GeMqbf0y1GWG54sYbhLcckafrCEdx-v9OMAn9Rtrr57VE5DZX-q9sabA-H8VwOMwic0g94pI8v19GEqgb9O-lUrzcNrRKDZpQhcZ7IImBe1CAGyFlwwOAbFTrWncp/s953/21-EyebrowUp_20231031_172714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp29WAV-IvrbNBPn7TRz61mHHdkeyu6Rn03mCw1JiK0ne9sTB-YIH8QsscBTU0l-GeMqbf0y1GWG54sYbhLcckafrCEdx-v9OMAn9Rtrr57VE5DZX-q9sabA-H8VwOMwic0g94pI8v19GEqgb9O-lUrzcNrRKDZpQhcZ7IImBe1CAGyFlwwOAbFTrWncp/w480-h640/21-EyebrowUp_20231031_172714.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Daisy was Hookfang from <i>How to Train Your Dragon</i>. She planned this outfit months in advance by asking for cool contacts for her birthday in July. They really completed the outfit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK4COjSMdtflQTeqGTDJOh0lN9DdobLk3dnG5aRy1KE1svfGxLtBXgtFqyee-5ihrPTGs_P9ivWkM4GfVoySsdYIjuveyi8uiFaRXIYCSmX43ZQ2tPr5pnwuawLa4NH9vv7-Rz_mjN9e0KROzrOigW1MRwrQUmBNQKsgW_Rw-QyBXOySDiziT3i2wvj3o/s953/22-Hookfang_20231031_172752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK4COjSMdtflQTeqGTDJOh0lN9DdobLk3dnG5aRy1KE1svfGxLtBXgtFqyee-5ihrPTGs_P9ivWkM4GfVoySsdYIjuveyi8uiFaRXIYCSmX43ZQ2tPr5pnwuawLa4NH9vv7-Rz_mjN9e0KROzrOigW1MRwrQUmBNQKsgW_Rw-QyBXOySDiziT3i2wvj3o/w480-h640/22-Hookfang_20231031_172752.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwb_rfRhxplMdhg8OztD0CZ1XkQxOpkqzDo7IuMYn0tUo-MBfKKhyphenhyphen3FedGj2Z0NrX3xbt2bL5xZRNqf8syKff6J2xjLc3jOZ9cof3WBX4lTxZQw_SmeZ9cF6VkoGwveFWavtxnpQMfp13rtBpQVP-sfWBybo6WLYgYIo_zEy-xUDLds3X3qAwayWTc6rP/s953/23-FlamesEverywhere_20231031_172822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwb_rfRhxplMdhg8OztD0CZ1XkQxOpkqzDo7IuMYn0tUo-MBfKKhyphenhyphen3FedGj2Z0NrX3xbt2bL5xZRNqf8syKff6J2xjLc3jOZ9cof3WBX4lTxZQw_SmeZ9cF6VkoGwveFWavtxnpQMfp13rtBpQVP-sfWBybo6WLYgYIo_zEy-xUDLds3X3qAwayWTc6rP/w480-h640/23-FlamesEverywhere_20231031_172822.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4w2fxIbzc9C3ABtYQsVHaoNL03C2TltN2aMxWCvydWwWkOgWyeSOhdSJUIabTf54hPrwNRoYmrrTxl2aWkM3jzpLREZW8uEYgXq-i6CT56IHKm7GpM0_ACLIf6ukVgjugjSdFu9wxSQZaM3TNbRTIAzPa4WbWv8SW-arEe4lxkEa6wzghGhK7ZWlxIDs/s953/24-TheEyes_20231031_172838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4w2fxIbzc9C3ABtYQsVHaoNL03C2TltN2aMxWCvydWwWkOgWyeSOhdSJUIabTf54hPrwNRoYmrrTxl2aWkM3jzpLREZW8uEYgXq-i6CT56IHKm7GpM0_ACLIf6ukVgjugjSdFu9wxSQZaM3TNbRTIAzPa4WbWv8SW-arEe4lxkEa6wzghGhK7ZWlxIDs/w480-h640/24-TheEyes_20231031_172838.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfet1WMptHVLvHlxXAvBEEeHXCFq5igDbDTTQgwDG4CIFp07upK7xGgpVPnMngC0fFaPdVLUPoi7GJBb_uPChxHqDXPH7JDMOFr2Od0Mkq4a_xkNJJAksrLSWDgbmMf-9zQSrhVpzlS4XzJpjJSZ80mzoKRHTc2e4PZPjLCaEBR20VUsYKC0mW4vSb3LjD/s953/25-Fierce_20231031_172843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfet1WMptHVLvHlxXAvBEEeHXCFq5igDbDTTQgwDG4CIFp07upK7xGgpVPnMngC0fFaPdVLUPoi7GJBb_uPChxHqDXPH7JDMOFr2Od0Mkq4a_xkNJJAksrLSWDgbmMf-9zQSrhVpzlS4XzJpjJSZ80mzoKRHTc2e4PZPjLCaEBR20VUsYKC0mW4vSb3LjD/w480-h640/25-Fierce_20231031_172843.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Beau was a sad clown. She looked amazing. Her makeup was really cool. And the hair was perfect for it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrz0dhrZb7HrgEePwcCaZ64b_OODs5u-GQUUD5Tvtz_GnuDwJDlV00mR43sjNBPxAB7xvtWVapC4_lWf55q5LcyNwDAzFifO25-Gk4ODEQFTZGifhRylqJOBlumEf4ayhQTpQb5-KoTZ7B85mpOM7iloyN1fg6zBqWA_W7Ya0y7tqTSl6Gt4fpG84cHEJ/s953/26-SadClown_20231031_174744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrz0dhrZb7HrgEePwcCaZ64b_OODs5u-GQUUD5Tvtz_GnuDwJDlV00mR43sjNBPxAB7xvtWVapC4_lWf55q5LcyNwDAzFifO25-Gk4ODEQFTZGifhRylqJOBlumEf4ayhQTpQb5-KoTZ7B85mpOM7iloyN1fg6zBqWA_W7Ya0y7tqTSl6Gt4fpG84cHEJ/w480-h640/26-SadClown_20231031_174744.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mV1NGzv4XiHw6jiqbi2xVzaugo63MqWt_eKtiJgmMjI3Irz67hdfEoWYXndMd6VO-r3ZJZEsihhNjspnoe8_SVFlL7t8POVourF77HUrb7ORmwQKlIYXBeglPV6oUVyk4_5h0EnqdmR9ZgwB3uzS6UAJ3QDSP68ywEx19RAawE3Un0dDN1YGuBVXVx_F/s953/27-HoldKnees_20231031_174803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mV1NGzv4XiHw6jiqbi2xVzaugo63MqWt_eKtiJgmMjI3Irz67hdfEoWYXndMd6VO-r3ZJZEsihhNjspnoe8_SVFlL7t8POVourF77HUrb7ORmwQKlIYXBeglPV6oUVyk4_5h0EnqdmR9ZgwB3uzS6UAJ3QDSP68ywEx19RAawE3Un0dDN1YGuBVXVx_F/w480-h640/27-HoldKnees_20231031_174803.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa20fI_BNxWaF-XXe6iPA3rUbAbtAM2sin1DYk3PZOV6kt4ePd5-4xwzdV9tNOCqQaYywpLbxfCu5VXodXswGP5f3hKa0eOsJ2c9riwZgRPxWfR_lxgtGyB5prw25ivWytknVSt5ITGTlDABAzC6wz0q-Dx0XVw7NSERNvKWrKqZBpxOknPQ3ue9jyc40/s953/28-CloseUp_20231031_174819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa20fI_BNxWaF-XXe6iPA3rUbAbtAM2sin1DYk3PZOV6kt4ePd5-4xwzdV9tNOCqQaYywpLbxfCu5VXodXswGP5f3hKa0eOsJ2c9riwZgRPxWfR_lxgtGyB5prw25ivWytknVSt5ITGTlDABAzC6wz0q-Dx0XVw7NSERNvKWrKqZBpxOknPQ3ue9jyc40/w480-h640/28-CloseUp_20231031_174819.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKmercirwucwtqKSSHQG_UDguiDXcJWb7nuXruyCSSgaayanKXNbxrN8V7TSiWwEX8Pr2zXvFvASEGGvGe7bH29ScF7FnoemQjG1Lu075eGylDYhqmQuaj0AX-P5xfh8kBxX5WbkZmd4vfjaEkPjFcQgpF0IkOiATWBKG8OLdZQKfXrYFVSdcpAWJ39b2/s953/29-Forlorn_20231031_174809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKmercirwucwtqKSSHQG_UDguiDXcJWb7nuXruyCSSgaayanKXNbxrN8V7TSiWwEX8Pr2zXvFvASEGGvGe7bH29ScF7FnoemQjG1Lu075eGylDYhqmQuaj0AX-P5xfh8kBxX5WbkZmd4vfjaEkPjFcQgpF0IkOiATWBKG8OLdZQKfXrYFVSdcpAWJ39b2/w480-h640/29-Forlorn_20231031_174809.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Tyler and I were repping the U.S.A. I went as Lady Liberty and he dressed up as Uncle Sam. We were practically celebrities. Everyone recognized us. ;)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mCS5iz7iQPB1vRjb3gB2-jgnnX8-eFoaDKfwEHPrdY4ZwCOtfR1LZzPNiysDjC1B8lN0O9EvbDPeU3z4T7iUs_cdXKsYxR5dNN3OhToeJv6g-srqlFeT3uS7Z9N6FM3WuvjATX-hQcp4X8uVgux8_n_34HdvRXfUCEdbCpSIh3VljknYXufgeHdgPeLm/s953/30-LadyLiberty_20231031_172211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mCS5iz7iQPB1vRjb3gB2-jgnnX8-eFoaDKfwEHPrdY4ZwCOtfR1LZzPNiysDjC1B8lN0O9EvbDPeU3z4T7iUs_cdXKsYxR5dNN3OhToeJv6g-srqlFeT3uS7Z9N6FM3WuvjATX-hQcp4X8uVgux8_n_34HdvRXfUCEdbCpSIh3VljknYXufgeHdgPeLm/w480-h640/30-LadyLiberty_20231031_172211.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuN0c08nNfG_8XZE7UXl0X5cQJaCJhJRJAaNUtXXnhkoTIlvlhF090R5bjlnz4HsTJ3DjksmGVek_fA4JHNw5HVoezHmPCrGegtyonMe_EDiAzmjp_5fQCOy7g0HpbsBZ-VnT0xc8a4_T3GFGsHSy-e-KolUGDdK7pyl_qwg2s4CYtggm_MIvgX8RVR93/s953/31-Celebs_20231031_172317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuN0c08nNfG_8XZE7UXl0X5cQJaCJhJRJAaNUtXXnhkoTIlvlhF090R5bjlnz4HsTJ3DjksmGVek_fA4JHNw5HVoezHmPCrGegtyonMe_EDiAzmjp_5fQCOy7g0HpbsBZ-VnT0xc8a4_T3GFGsHSy-e-KolUGDdK7pyl_qwg2s4CYtggm_MIvgX8RVR93/w360-h640/31-Celebs_20231031_172317.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu24yRgyyJW00xq1Z8FGzeOd7agSpHE7EEUQqbuaFwjsdJLBAGD99C44pnXATzF5-d_N6f-A36x7uTA6SOnUby3nkqs6KWdm35g1AzTBJPsfiES7Vw-TdxHYife21XLaCu7oREe-3Z_SvOSEkqxaxMCBVKa2WEbshjPX5Pxw0XVKXuqzrljQTS1VYH5SwX/s953/32-PinkSocks_20231031_175132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu24yRgyyJW00xq1Z8FGzeOd7agSpHE7EEUQqbuaFwjsdJLBAGD99C44pnXATzF5-d_N6f-A36x7uTA6SOnUby3nkqs6KWdm35g1AzTBJPsfiES7Vw-TdxHYife21XLaCu7oREe-3Z_SvOSEkqxaxMCBVKa2WEbshjPX5Pxw0XVKXuqzrljQTS1VYH5SwX/w480-h640/32-PinkSocks_20231031_175132.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVFENi7QqZoPcQYCyc_MbRfjTLk5V0pfI3oCRCQfkbTAPj0F-XYDC4Jihsjy0ZZ7MexlAcoMsfDoPkZq7hDqvgB4xHZ-hxq4ylLq5j_I8T4Ipf9PdLwSS82Snj64rg4nHDXU6204c8ltBmn_787fRs7ljDwUaszrtywAJdI60qImjFU1JyBh995uSFiev/s953/33-UncleSamTakesAKnee_20231031_175211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVFENi7QqZoPcQYCyc_MbRfjTLk5V0pfI3oCRCQfkbTAPj0F-XYDC4Jihsjy0ZZ7MexlAcoMsfDoPkZq7hDqvgB4xHZ-hxq4ylLq5j_I8T4Ipf9PdLwSS82Snj64rg4nHDXU6204c8ltBmn_787fRs7ljDwUaszrtywAJdI60qImjFU1JyBh995uSFiev/w480-h640/33-UncleSamTakesAKnee_20231031_175211.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Pretty good looking gang this year, if you ask me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3-IT2Vz3dH_pHxmbLjvD_BHloFDTDEkdQkkDzztzmEm4-p_zE8wh0ELbAkb_uHI3A20Gp1uxsuVHx0YV-XTu_Euu8dcIDKGavp-Q77sc-Oi8mbgJtKrIfseJtoH__XdW1pg6W26QhoEgRUJtO3ROncmXjpTWb0g_N9E1XTI6lvIONl34FtEL3sszwuhG/s1271/34-GoodLookingGroup_20231031_175545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3-IT2Vz3dH_pHxmbLjvD_BHloFDTDEkdQkkDzztzmEm4-p_zE8wh0ELbAkb_uHI3A20Gp1uxsuVHx0YV-XTu_Euu8dcIDKGavp-Q77sc-Oi8mbgJtKrIfseJtoH__XdW1pg6W26QhoEgRUJtO3ROncmXjpTWb0g_N9E1XTI6lvIONl34FtEL3sszwuhG/w640-h480/34-GoodLookingGroup_20231031_175545.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It was chilly, but not terrible. We stayed in the parking lot until we started to see the same kids coming around for the fourth time. I'm glad I stayed long enough to see the lady on the horse. She looked so nazgul.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbahMsAWPYVuwR5PvkAxe3bUumYxUlj-gUZ40UfmE3zvUeDkZgj1yurHcG3eOl_UJm78p9jmDZn5Qs0CM_I4tmitYlDlXLkwV6YDPf5la1TX1Kq5Ki-gCvkoK_9iap2w5S0pYklyPeWJW5L5Psf-6JlfcxKJ3cgkNiVcC1t6GNRqpHqcinC4bof_7tDw4D/s953/35-MidnightRider_20231031_180924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbahMsAWPYVuwR5PvkAxe3bUumYxUlj-gUZ40UfmE3zvUeDkZgj1yurHcG3eOl_UJm78p9jmDZn5Qs0CM_I4tmitYlDlXLkwV6YDPf5la1TX1Kq5Ki-gCvkoK_9iap2w5S0pYklyPeWJW5L5Psf-6JlfcxKJ3cgkNiVcC1t6GNRqpHqcinC4bof_7tDw4D/w480-h640/35-MidnightRider_20231031_180924.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Pearl stayed home with June and me this year to hand out candy and play Mau. We had a great time. Later, when Ivory came home, she had a moment with the dog. I can't even remember what they were wrestling over, but Nova won. Ivory got a cut gum. It was the most realistic blood of the evening. :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQnFsTCUszmKvsahxONzZgSyPVOfL-LfeeKBkVqzUe_UZNramevl_01R6i9qWUR_A8dGX9y2v7UYbSgJJkw9_6oLEUr0xlIE2Fty3O_Lz_u3YOqMVH6E1LIoDMq5t4gwxBhYMgXRBRGkR31BEbONWlU15T8CbxLVPuJhMnfcGNjLrBYL32wQGu-6acJAj/s953/36-RealBlood_20231031_191555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQnFsTCUszmKvsahxONzZgSyPVOfL-LfeeKBkVqzUe_UZNramevl_01R6i9qWUR_A8dGX9y2v7UYbSgJJkw9_6oLEUr0xlIE2Fty3O_Lz_u3YOqMVH6E1LIoDMq5t4gwxBhYMgXRBRGkR31BEbONWlU15T8CbxLVPuJhMnfcGNjLrBYL32wQGu-6acJAj/w480-h640/36-RealBlood_20231031_191555.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I had to laugh at our neighbor. Curtis did a great job decorating his porch and I love the coffins he put up. But it seems a strange dichotomy to see his Christmas tree in the window. Maybe just a little early for that Curtis.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQk_0T6Axr_jNvyr3MC5dcCtvEB6YI2GOLmMRMQMN-2eEZtePAiSOdPA5CGP4nkVWRh4vI9zX2QcuowcxYSD-zTiOrF5EZc_Ij6mQNM46FOBcfF2Ev1JtoVQnGHmuLoVd474t1pPA4bHFby5eP3hKLXYN4quZkcRdPO5shj046n_eQ3KcE8l1tBOxpgM0/s953/37-ChristmasTreeWhat_20231031_193828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQk_0T6Axr_jNvyr3MC5dcCtvEB6YI2GOLmMRMQMN-2eEZtePAiSOdPA5CGP4nkVWRh4vI9zX2QcuowcxYSD-zTiOrF5EZc_Ij6mQNM46FOBcfF2Ev1JtoVQnGHmuLoVd474t1pPA4bHFby5eP3hKLXYN4quZkcRdPO5shj046n_eQ3KcE8l1tBOxpgM0/w480-h640/37-ChristmasTreeWhat_20231031_193828.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Happy Halloween y'all. </p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-59172282745552520462023-11-29T21:35:00.002-07:002023-11-29T21:35:37.594-07:00Sadies 2023<p> (October 28th, 2023)</p><p>Sadie's is a girl's choice dance. Ivory decided to ask a coworker who she is friends with. His name is Taylor and he's a pretty cool guy. She left him a poster, bursting with flavor. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKayQ6RbE6s9iKgFfJamKKtXJcS_H023YS-tqNML5Z8d5a834UDyUhAb0hAoWyFsmCn6vAcKYRj9-drjHjDQvsrzrEIhcSecRuLOMQYVDtp09wyikEUgowHFfcPD74mosmF2HQYaVU-9a-9qReb9KxUtGHeYwPjig4uk4-jQtBxK1gZsgD3CmB_8SMx4lK/s1221/1-AskedTaylor_IMG_20231005_163320009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKayQ6RbE6s9iKgFfJamKKtXJcS_H023YS-tqNML5Z8d5a834UDyUhAb0hAoWyFsmCn6vAcKYRj9-drjHjDQvsrzrEIhcSecRuLOMQYVDtp09wyikEUgowHFfcPD74mosmF2HQYaVU-9a-9qReb9KxUtGHeYwPjig4uk4-jQtBxK1gZsgD3CmB_8SMx4lK/w640-h482/1-AskedTaylor_IMG_20231005_163320009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>He responded in kind.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVSWtw1xTIQfwX3_T0bHiWXquIu05xv5YGd7IOlGsnjO8ageOF5u1q-scR8r1JrJuW3HdOeYgHm9ArS4knzqct9cOpn4Y2VFMqF3ZBp6eNW7GWPW0AFGUmzT2vlc_itYqKNDoVBZ6K5Ecw-Ho99WbOpOA0fH3N9M4i0OZEDetux7HyEN5vLo1gMHm0VJv/s1221/2-Response_IMG_20231017_202751894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVSWtw1xTIQfwX3_T0bHiWXquIu05xv5YGd7IOlGsnjO8ageOF5u1q-scR8r1JrJuW3HdOeYgHm9ArS4knzqct9cOpn4Y2VFMqF3ZBp6eNW7GWPW0AFGUmzT2vlc_itYqKNDoVBZ6K5Ecw-Ho99WbOpOA0fH3N9M4i0OZEDetux7HyEN5vLo1gMHm0VJv/w640-h482/2-Response_IMG_20231017_202751894.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Ivory had a really fun group. They carved pumpkins for their day date.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vUEh3Y8PvFbFjnGPHb-isFHwd6DhgFLU1hSLA4TYzw5AhvOqVLOzIFGplUVFxrgUtKNQZBmfoDNyS9ghfvM9S9uJuUf3BhG4P9ojI1uN9NAD8hLo885AgL51k8RwCS72NsAEX9Zc2aBAnF1YEk2fKdeKReW620YDwsSHKEPUEuMeqAOAvoi8dMTzb88W/s1221/6-DayDate_IMG_20231028_123607871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vUEh3Y8PvFbFjnGPHb-isFHwd6DhgFLU1hSLA4TYzw5AhvOqVLOzIFGplUVFxrgUtKNQZBmfoDNyS9ghfvM9S9uJuUf3BhG4P9ojI1uN9NAD8hLo885AgL51k8RwCS72NsAEX9Zc2aBAnF1YEk2fKdeKReW620YDwsSHKEPUEuMeqAOAvoi8dMTzb88W/w640-h482/6-DayDate_IMG_20231028_123607871.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOpvRLVAnvaEg16c5cNBCTTaWr9cfswJtXwlmaTsbFR3yW6UDQNySiqVGuhYOV7wyT604JGr81ZyOnHeOv2okMregFmIPGi6nUXOqgnuE2j3nRVkNgr8X87qQqDaxjX1th6rggBC_1yLas5fsKhK2IM4j0ogE1ta9lsE6koxS4kPW_9BGaRUk2Vmcpfg5/s1634/7-GroupPic_IMG_20231028_130911324_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1634" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOpvRLVAnvaEg16c5cNBCTTaWr9cfswJtXwlmaTsbFR3yW6UDQNySiqVGuhYOV7wyT604JGr81ZyOnHeOv2okMregFmIPGi6nUXOqgnuE2j3nRVkNgr8X87qQqDaxjX1th6rggBC_1yLas5fsKhK2IM4j0ogE1ta9lsE6koxS4kPW_9BGaRUk2Vmcpfg5/w640-h360/7-GroupPic_IMG_20231028_130911324_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The theme for Sadies was movie couples. Ivory and Taylor decided to go as Tinkerbell and Peter Pan. Ivory thrifted her outfit and it looked really cute.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxguDXXbwNYodfpNryl1TUlvO0_a87TUzUZb6bwVBw6uX01F_iCcellIrLwO8R6SNuZZvnWTgWrMs3HHWRKOG1BM_wPzFdttnqXdes26EpfQLgXlIHb0L5bedw4waXRlXs1gekTvwAeL3MfyOfuvZ106XxfF10ibWBviEkd7joP27S3QeBT5xfKAZnTrBm/s953/3-Tink_20231028_161020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxguDXXbwNYodfpNryl1TUlvO0_a87TUzUZb6bwVBw6uX01F_iCcellIrLwO8R6SNuZZvnWTgWrMs3HHWRKOG1BM_wPzFdttnqXdes26EpfQLgXlIHb0L5bedw4waXRlXs1gekTvwAeL3MfyOfuvZ106XxfF10ibWBviEkd7joP27S3QeBT5xfKAZnTrBm/w480-h640/3-Tink_20231028_161020.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypyIHleWzbHuPtXTdwgdOn3tpEb1FixWhmrmGMsCbpEGd-jF-_sRzT3WF0XYvapqh9qVUei44JchJqq3402GoBJA-NQs019WhN-rFyIUVOJLivxHHm5OUetnzJwSLOimi0C4Dhoa91P9oWUAcAdEvt09pjOWDhTEWvPwykzOQgIhRkBYuNFkgoPqDggNN/s953/4-HairFlying_20231028_161028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypyIHleWzbHuPtXTdwgdOn3tpEb1FixWhmrmGMsCbpEGd-jF-_sRzT3WF0XYvapqh9qVUei44JchJqq3402GoBJA-NQs019WhN-rFyIUVOJLivxHHm5OUetnzJwSLOimi0C4Dhoa91P9oWUAcAdEvt09pjOWDhTEWvPwykzOQgIhRkBYuNFkgoPqDggNN/w480-h640/4-HairFlying_20231028_161028.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Kelsie met Ivory at the house before they went to pick up dates. She was dressed as Anastasia. So cute!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteblTKlz5HKIpuj6UmO-UCO2Fp9RFWWTSJlKDIBjiF8NHt6wpvBQBbvVk1eBMuZiZGA0Ta7WAEb9vVJSrAaiFTDkJy_AajNO434e7Wo-5kWZrq3hwAl00aO2WJ2tDvsOAwpu6no0wYspEjYPY7CZ4dE_idwWy2g0_joGMaDiushse4soopDwf4odpMOSA/s953/5-TheseTwo_20231028_161807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteblTKlz5HKIpuj6UmO-UCO2Fp9RFWWTSJlKDIBjiF8NHt6wpvBQBbvVk1eBMuZiZGA0Ta7WAEb9vVJSrAaiFTDkJy_AajNO434e7Wo-5kWZrq3hwAl00aO2WJ2tDvsOAwpu6no0wYspEjYPY7CZ4dE_idwWy2g0_joGMaDiushse4soopDwf4odpMOSA/w480-h640/5-TheseTwo_20231028_161807.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I was supposed to take pictures for them, but I gave blood that morning and it was too much. I was not feeling good, so Tyler went in my stead. He's the best. He got some really great shots of the couples.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlzcx4rcYsWsilvHfhm4PXcDOY9y89Is94tq2yy9Scig7N7Csr4_FTnhqfEFmHitWMQMICGYQG8_CqOhZaL7TfBYk_c6pHQnpHEWE4JAseR4z5C7oaaooYxp_NmJIDhV3rmA8X864hCMYTv2l0tf6bHFDpJA0-AC8phqvIvTCFPg2-wIRno28h68aqj7C/s919/8-ModernPeter_PXL_20231028_231321787.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlzcx4rcYsWsilvHfhm4PXcDOY9y89Is94tq2yy9Scig7N7Csr4_FTnhqfEFmHitWMQMICGYQG8_CqOhZaL7TfBYk_c6pHQnpHEWE4JAseR4z5C7oaaooYxp_NmJIDhV3rmA8X864hCMYTv2l0tf6bHFDpJA0-AC8phqvIvTCFPg2-wIRno28h68aqj7C/w482-h640/8-ModernPeter_PXL_20231028_231321787.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit18wM4QjhDQB4o2pWSbUGq_ueLtfdvSBkRLEEwaYBYPjX-IOm4uAt94He0k1_2pxzE5GeNDLfo8_Bd_OR6dgBxQEuyW0sGrax9fx20TFoInJ4zSvS3jdfnXkPm-BqR7KIj-et2iHJTCsdUTDxU7bqG4r4C7txtWHz15rklPfBBlWBHcIh-HceQ7ebYHAw/s919/9-Tiptoe_PXL_20231028_231525167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit18wM4QjhDQB4o2pWSbUGq_ueLtfdvSBkRLEEwaYBYPjX-IOm4uAt94He0k1_2pxzE5GeNDLfo8_Bd_OR6dgBxQEuyW0sGrax9fx20TFoInJ4zSvS3jdfnXkPm-BqR7KIj-et2iHJTCsdUTDxU7bqG4r4C7txtWHz15rklPfBBlWBHcIh-HceQ7ebYHAw/w482-h640/9-Tiptoe_PXL_20231028_231525167.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p>Can you tell who everyone is? Dmitri and Anastasia, Tink and Peter, Alfredo and Remy, Characters from Dwight in Shining Armor (Job is Baldric, but I don't know who Sadie is?), Anna and Christoff. Such cute couples costumes!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEUZt5Pv2kYko3uk-7JAhJnz-jLw8yLeAMVthEo-BgVREy_T-fugtQZGPGrPBR9Dg4mkEc8kFtaCJwqcLmDV5So23z5I1kp14LDtxRDhIGZNdzUlhPpW_eF3IP5iyYBEc0uDnZH7isRSY15Y8VhpysFyiwKsl8_TrwgbMg7HNizFK8WfYPBCnXp6kOs1B/s1221/10-FamousCouples_PXL_20231028_234238617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEUZt5Pv2kYko3uk-7JAhJnz-jLw8yLeAMVthEo-BgVREy_T-fugtQZGPGrPBR9Dg4mkEc8kFtaCJwqcLmDV5So23z5I1kp14LDtxRDhIGZNdzUlhPpW_eF3IP5iyYBEc0uDnZH7isRSY15Y8VhpysFyiwKsl8_TrwgbMg7HNizFK8WfYPBCnXp6kOs1B/w640-h482/10-FamousCouples_PXL_20231028_234238617.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Not sure what the descending picture is about, but I think it's funny both the guys and girls did it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGBUUI7FFKwl1C2eVP8ogJKhja0rxHly04uN2kGEGVVWL4MOwcaAHt7zCd7KZ_G7qJQouebOearouwrdfImqD3GzswQWtSWKijcu5niVjbOmLLvoqOLysoeQZhrabmhbyYuJzK1zOKJKifm2nSDag_CCcR_jvWbZG3L7uVpnAOzsVFNeWwAXxdbq1flCZ/s1221/11-TheGirls_PXL_20231028_234410025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGBUUI7FFKwl1C2eVP8ogJKhja0rxHly04uN2kGEGVVWL4MOwcaAHt7zCd7KZ_G7qJQouebOearouwrdfImqD3GzswQWtSWKijcu5niVjbOmLLvoqOLysoeQZhrabmhbyYuJzK1zOKJKifm2nSDag_CCcR_jvWbZG3L7uVpnAOzsVFNeWwAXxdbq1flCZ/w640-h482/11-TheGirls_PXL_20231028_234410025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWO1IiExEV8XGIivrJ63napgnVwrVZ_Y-nlSSOB-NNBZIkuAX7HXBOzY0XLFtO8TlyaelmWY93HtJfE-d-4w5C8u74V6ScNrV1iZ9kr0lkG1_OJ5Gsw3VoPOixMM0gyFON4dkJUp0-OI9Hrm4Na9naPmWpVQAHEK14H6-1BqlOlK4QH-FB11l9dFH79R0/s1221/12-Layer_PXL_20231028_234552646.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1221" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWO1IiExEV8XGIivrJ63napgnVwrVZ_Y-nlSSOB-NNBZIkuAX7HXBOzY0XLFtO8TlyaelmWY93HtJfE-d-4w5C8u74V6ScNrV1iZ9kr0lkG1_OJ5Gsw3VoPOixMM0gyFON4dkJUp0-OI9Hrm4Na9naPmWpVQAHEK14H6-1BqlOlK4QH-FB11l9dFH79R0/w640-h482/12-Layer_PXL_20231028_234552646.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGky9Dh_d7ZWx9XtaTd1ZSUey1NERz-vhiWYyoucRkkzOQ2rn0woBCiEFRk4w3Q7LoN3aEFZ1n9Y89q8eXoaSel5Dlhw2_hmx96fAjH1yK6pjn9qMIs3-3XuFqoIBTOcmwX9AQlDlQOR8iEaCvJeP-QUg36ptoSOdqQpSb_5cM_6KM6eDZKKs6FiEUWNY-/s1266/13-GuysDuplicated_PXL_20231028_234959623.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGky9Dh_d7ZWx9XtaTd1ZSUey1NERz-vhiWYyoucRkkzOQ2rn0woBCiEFRk4w3Q7LoN3aEFZ1n9Y89q8eXoaSel5Dlhw2_hmx96fAjH1yK6pjn9qMIs3-3XuFqoIBTOcmwX9AQlDlQOR8iEaCvJeP-QUg36ptoSOdqQpSb_5cM_6KM6eDZKKs6FiEUWNY-/w640-h482/13-GuysDuplicated_PXL_20231028_234959623.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>My favorite picture of the night is Kelsie and Landon replicating the scene where Anastasia learns to dance. This is spot on and adorable.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qid3FP21E3HxMMqwfmQs0RUWh6ZSmQbwxj20IS3eJeTfmo6_xbWXJfDnjWmRR9LGLQ56VZGquMdBPJhYlB34t3tU1_ypFnAhLjsml0tOyWCllg19wFYDYMBIsmubOdfurx73YBg5bBhNSK-8hcKLlyWs1tREJPuTLJFUeY_Ma4hovvsUwJfdqbZMCpaA/s1266/14-Cutest_PXL_20231028_231037316.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qid3FP21E3HxMMqwfmQs0RUWh6ZSmQbwxj20IS3eJeTfmo6_xbWXJfDnjWmRR9LGLQ56VZGquMdBPJhYlB34t3tU1_ypFnAhLjsml0tOyWCllg19wFYDYMBIsmubOdfurx73YBg5bBhNSK-8hcKLlyWs1tREJPuTLJFUeY_Ma4hovvsUwJfdqbZMCpaA/w640-h482/14-Cutest_PXL_20231028_231037316.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Later when I saw the pictures, I joked that Taylor didn't dress up much. He is the most modern Peter Pan I've seen. Tyler said, "Yeah, he didn't dress up much, but he did have white makeup on his eyes." Which made me laugh because Taylor has Vitiligo, which causes patches of skin to lose pigment. Tyler didn't know this, so I can see his mistake. </p><p>Since the dance, Ivory has been hanging out with Taylor more. She's really glad that she asked him to Sadie's even though she didn't know him very well at the time and now they're friends yay</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-89017002274856808592023-11-29T18:27:00.008-07:002023-11-29T18:27:46.619-07:00Swifty<p>(October 26th, 2023)</p><p>I don't consider myself a 'swifty.' I like some of Taylor's songs, but I'm not obsessed and I couldn't tell you the name of more than two of her albums...until now.</p><p>Now I could probably tell you four. (I have such a bad memory.)</p><p>When Taylor Swift was on tour, I heard about people going to the concerts, but I had no idea when and where they were. I live a fairly Swift-free life. Then she goes and makes the movie, which is a cool idea. So much cheaper than going in person and you get a close approximation of the real deal.</p><p>I probably would not have paid money to go to the movie. Well, I didn't pay money. Caroline loves Taylor Swift and Jason bought out the theater for a birthday present to her. She asked me if any of the girls wanted to come. Ivory would have loved it, but she was busy, so I took Beau. It sounded like a fun evening. I don't mind Taylor Swift, but I LOVE Caroline. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi2vRWS98zjtlBYJqMh5baHGMdj5bWdxd1mMPERl0w7YOsKig9VgIRG5wtkn5OUIHE7HbYq4TYcPuvks_DK7YMM1JTUeBvn8OXDlcJXOFS70AvqC53h7f2TxW5Fbqes-NO5D0XLVrO5hjC6OUDK_tSDtP_row1opHsfp2qFsTOf-7Z3YX8ZwHR05G62iE/s1280/2-MovieConcert_be8160af5d6d3b184c477672e96267e99de43274-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi2vRWS98zjtlBYJqMh5baHGMdj5bWdxd1mMPERl0w7YOsKig9VgIRG5wtkn5OUIHE7HbYq4TYcPuvks_DK7YMM1JTUeBvn8OXDlcJXOFS70AvqC53h7f2TxW5Fbqes-NO5D0XLVrO5hjC6OUDK_tSDtP_row1opHsfp2qFsTOf-7Z3YX8ZwHR05G62iE/w640-h480/2-MovieConcert_be8160af5d6d3b184c477672e96267e99de43274-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We went to dinner at a fancy pizza place. I've already forgotten the name of that place too. Pizza 712 or something. It was actually super tasty. I feel bad that I didn't dress up more. It would have been a good excuse to buy something with sequins. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeIRJF8V6OllCiGKpLh1UrnppvXkGzf42V1nvP75EWNdiCclBks966VNnbpGW5XWnAV_tdoJSJ7b_n_dLQnBjyw-WugbfcI4maTddPlixhXNnvNUbcRxeZcgQ90UfEEOMsXh2O2qWqIPbNSCDw3SZBqml3PoLbwP3qDnYC7Nvqrx7vmVUK5a0tjuUHOMl/s1694/3-Dinner_20231026_180119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeIRJF8V6OllCiGKpLh1UrnppvXkGzf42V1nvP75EWNdiCclBks966VNnbpGW5XWnAV_tdoJSJ7b_n_dLQnBjyw-WugbfcI4maTddPlixhXNnvNUbcRxeZcgQ90UfEEOMsXh2O2qWqIPbNSCDw3SZBqml3PoLbwP3qDnYC7Nvqrx7vmVUK5a0tjuUHOMl/w640-h360/3-Dinner_20231026_180119.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHxIDolAMta1ycxCJo_Mb1K_1AO94yufxMbN2BExHPe07q7YpOYwtDdOHYCVMnjCAgZGjryncK4hDWJnNQ0PhWX92hapatNU0pJ2N6A68RFiPnSqZ9NdEYomCtOmVCTDQWPzbqvK265vZDTD2hbhPnRKCbH5S-Si0nT8gINv83v1dFUTiVNpIb4bfEJSp/s1600/1-Dinner_0a0e8fe4a0e3ce94c8f41488bdac7822d73f53d0-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHxIDolAMta1ycxCJo_Mb1K_1AO94yufxMbN2BExHPe07q7YpOYwtDdOHYCVMnjCAgZGjryncK4hDWJnNQ0PhWX92hapatNU0pJ2N6A68RFiPnSqZ9NdEYomCtOmVCTDQWPzbqvK265vZDTD2hbhPnRKCbH5S-Si0nT8gINv83v1dFUTiVNpIb4bfEJSp/w480-h640/1-Dinner_0a0e8fe4a0e3ce94c8f41488bdac7822d73f53d0-2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The concert/movie was super fun. I loved the costumes and the back up dancers. The whole thing was well choreographed and executed. Taylor can sure put on a performance. I even got out of my seat and danced at one point. (Because Caroline said I had to.) I'm really glad I brought Beau. She knew the lyrics to every. single. song. Impressive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ0a5x_wWmYifFYSzrEA3slEcj36ZJevLvxJpeu1uNVv6mPl5l4Ls-Qee4OmM11uQ04NxXG9BXO9JWxpdq1YuTEgSCCgkXaCp8JutMbNb4EnDaGwUq9PzbNtgonF3-zKHU2Ih3v62qTxyPhgI0m5K3OebPJ5528MFAFYgEfdh6_MICsuAVmz0-KR8vLU6/s1271/4-TaylorSwift_20231026_182054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ0a5x_wWmYifFYSzrEA3slEcj36ZJevLvxJpeu1uNVv6mPl5l4Ls-Qee4OmM11uQ04NxXG9BXO9JWxpdq1YuTEgSCCgkXaCp8JutMbNb4EnDaGwUq9PzbNtgonF3-zKHU2Ih3v62qTxyPhgI0m5K3OebPJ5528MFAFYgEfdh6_MICsuAVmz0-KR8vLU6/w640-h480/4-TaylorSwift_20231026_182054.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrofVaSICrrtqzA0MTjKeoNbXygaDHLPG4_KB0aHRLSNdJ2P7HOKzolQoeufnS45Va53iudqoh6R_6n2j_jfaVg5qg5LKRFbhRLUm_5ce39L-EzcgrOULjAZo49dgzR-8tSNN5NKEajWnt1yz1v2i4ZXdDkDtDnhCRvluSZAuqM5PgqnQ1c_b3hA-RUuf/s1694/5-SoFun_20231026_181916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1694" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrofVaSICrrtqzA0MTjKeoNbXygaDHLPG4_KB0aHRLSNdJ2P7HOKzolQoeufnS45Va53iudqoh6R_6n2j_jfaVg5qg5LKRFbhRLUm_5ce39L-EzcgrOULjAZo49dgzR-8tSNN5NKEajWnt1yz1v2i4ZXdDkDtDnhCRvluSZAuqM5PgqnQ1c_b3hA-RUuf/w640-h360/5-SoFun_20231026_181916.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It was a really fun night. In the end, I'm not more or less of a fan than I was before. But I'm glad I got to see the show.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-62686057697724117982023-11-28T17:40:00.003-07:002023-11-28T17:40:54.047-07:00Booooooks!<p>(October 2023)</p><p>Every year in October I want to do a fun Halloween display in the windows, but we usually do Teen Read week and I end up decorating for that instead. Then I don't want to change everything for just a week or two. I've had all these fun Halloween ideas that have just been sitting there. </p><p>This year, however, Mr. Trent left on a cruise during the time we do Teen Read week. With the added burden of National Junior Honor Society and him being gone, I was feeling swamped. I didn't know how I was going to do it all. Then he told me that we don't have to do Teen Read week in October. We can do it anytime. What?? That is genius. (He doesn't know, but we are never doing it in October again. Not if I can help it. Instead, I'll be doing Halloween displays.) </p><p>I started small for my first time. Just something simple and fun. I got Beau and her friend Courage to help make ghosts and I love how it turned out. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIw6u9l9sXx_hab44dosED7q1WxaV-HkcYaSmqeKdobyGD50yr-VTYzOAsuvbrYSNsiCWl4m9wOYQmGnmUUiBpSfIxDkr2gmYKewJ7J-gFqZ4pcFofO9QMD8oH7i3Cw_5R6vNjfAj3P0vWdVimuyety6YdsFMlMM6o89kOkI9ZKuPSqOJG2yYApFEX3cF/s1271/5-Booooks_20231025_122017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIw6u9l9sXx_hab44dosED7q1WxaV-HkcYaSmqeKdobyGD50yr-VTYzOAsuvbrYSNsiCWl4m9wOYQmGnmUUiBpSfIxDkr2gmYKewJ7J-gFqZ4pcFofO9QMD8oH7i3Cw_5R6vNjfAj3P0vWdVimuyety6YdsFMlMM6o89kOkI9ZKuPSqOJG2yYApFEX3cF/w640-h480/5-Booooks_20231025_122017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdOX56Fjf-MUw2-DOSBVvNVinyuCYOed4gKUaiOFyq1MZH6TXqWlnXynFB2sdiErAHTl9CzYesnlR3S5aRhNSJL7tWrarOhlKBa34zat90JlHT-EZMVlsPn9lcE7JRO0KEhwOO4tC3i3E5fwmp0FCHpShXqx3FGfoN_B-Qj3e00e6vkJ1r-sfvRWSENfj/s953/6-CourageGhost_20231025_122024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdOX56Fjf-MUw2-DOSBVvNVinyuCYOed4gKUaiOFyq1MZH6TXqWlnXynFB2sdiErAHTl9CzYesnlR3S5aRhNSJL7tWrarOhlKBa34zat90JlHT-EZMVlsPn9lcE7JRO0KEhwOO4tC3i3E5fwmp0FCHpShXqx3FGfoN_B-Qj3e00e6vkJ1r-sfvRWSENfj/w480-h640/6-CourageGhost_20231025_122024.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeFrfXB5a59tkzPMYAFwfTiMmnqIqw6f2Eg1CHwmPi_TaCp9AvbLlv514fGOuCt4_c17Ih0nLusxvVpKpKOYcF5r5dMkEnNAmQI2nMPaHE2c_fAJyhfk1QmRRcPrL7CqOVnhQpU1u_YCGDatded19rKct6lhteO07bRv3U7yx3eSOCZQeZG_FuSE2VWsZ/s953/7-BeauGhost_20231025_122033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeFrfXB5a59tkzPMYAFwfTiMmnqIqw6f2Eg1CHwmPi_TaCp9AvbLlv514fGOuCt4_c17Ih0nLusxvVpKpKOYcF5r5dMkEnNAmQI2nMPaHE2c_fAJyhfk1QmRRcPrL7CqOVnhQpU1u_YCGDatded19rKct6lhteO07bRv3U7yx3eSOCZQeZG_FuSE2VWsZ/w480-h640/7-BeauGhost_20231025_122033.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Emily has been doing my stand up signs and I love her little decorations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6VwMuHqTw4LK_kAswvZaOWjvp-5gq9wi8n1Qk5K1d0VTnGwI5EAWPx6kV8_gPZHlJ05ZtMtwlEeLK0RhbSFRMoqBeE6lKOw51hFda1r0vEmgfiX_jaJKIagFgNRpGvohfga9DebrJ7oFyrjCL8fjcbF_Na88Xj-3PQPE2QTNjI3UpKT0J5Ocb0gmRDcX/s953/4-OutsideSign_20231025_122009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6VwMuHqTw4LK_kAswvZaOWjvp-5gq9wi8n1Qk5K1d0VTnGwI5EAWPx6kV8_gPZHlJ05ZtMtwlEeLK0RhbSFRMoqBeE6lKOw51hFda1r0vEmgfiX_jaJKIagFgNRpGvohfga9DebrJ7oFyrjCL8fjcbF_Na88Xj-3PQPE2QTNjI3UpKT0J5Ocb0gmRDcX/w480-h640/4-OutsideSign_20231025_122009.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I put up some streamers and more ghosts inside. I think my favorite part is hanging things on the inside of the doors. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcTHtFrKEYL2yt0OmxxTsjV3dxC-bQdVDZb7CQ4LCwLdprVWFjxXoH8ksxtnlMsRmvqWkaj99qGDlyhwQzMtFt5X7mtkrbTCOnR88Y7JZRj6J-LtPctEHt5H8Z5H9nlVLSwvSgSOX-5oQdyOv5JyhC7z-UznjSgDz5a3rUhM5yU6Fntqv2z05vRqmuMAm/s953/3-Streamers_20231025_121957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcTHtFrKEYL2yt0OmxxTsjV3dxC-bQdVDZb7CQ4LCwLdprVWFjxXoH8ksxtnlMsRmvqWkaj99qGDlyhwQzMtFt5X7mtkrbTCOnR88Y7JZRj6J-LtPctEHt5H8Z5H9nlVLSwvSgSOX-5oQdyOv5JyhC7z-UznjSgDz5a3rUhM5yU6Fntqv2z05vRqmuMAm/w480-h640/3-Streamers_20231025_121957.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Emily also helped me change the inside display. We did Peek-a-book and put up the most checked out books in the library. Then we covered them by genre and you could check under to see which ones were the most popular. It was a fun display.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgB94N8A3kk8s5U5c-N1cLzla2ddW43m5gI595LtP8qcX-L2Sg6JM2VbS073H4dVzEh3QbM3TX971f9NYCbs4KjEJspnmTVsmmfGHKGq0TJatUj28ug2LDZ2gOklzSniRqVT6v-yj0C7f9eafLY0_hbW4raNmP7dkBm7FUI2tU94r6_O4AMtcxKhBVOAxv/s1271/1-Peek-a-Book_20231025_121931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgB94N8A3kk8s5U5c-N1cLzla2ddW43m5gI595LtP8qcX-L2Sg6JM2VbS073H4dVzEh3QbM3TX971f9NYCbs4KjEJspnmTVsmmfGHKGq0TJatUj28ug2LDZ2gOklzSniRqVT6v-yj0C7f9eafLY0_hbW4raNmP7dkBm7FUI2tU94r6_O4AMtcxKhBVOAxv/w640-h480/1-Peek-a-Book_20231025_121931.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV8y5-yZiWC1bgTIONoISoQZQh3v-PBVUqgtsT1BbbTPXPlS07kTx6L7rUkLy_nYbHeMNSfm6WeTxBfoKy5IDsUTpZJhxtAsGk3Up48eqP-tOQBWoLzXAUZSEoZoQHnR2yoLJt0_1iu2TFvApWXtmW7FC8h8Lk5qiSlsNwOq1c9-l_I8UbbseTb2SJYPo/s1271/2-LiftToSee_20231025_121941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV8y5-yZiWC1bgTIONoISoQZQh3v-PBVUqgtsT1BbbTPXPlS07kTx6L7rUkLy_nYbHeMNSfm6WeTxBfoKy5IDsUTpZJhxtAsGk3Up48eqP-tOQBWoLzXAUZSEoZoQHnR2yoLJt0_1iu2TFvApWXtmW7FC8h8Lk5qiSlsNwOq1c9-l_I8UbbseTb2SJYPo/w640-h480/2-LiftToSee_20231025_121941.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It is a fun little enterprise to keep the library decorated. It's been nice to have the extra help from Emily. And she isn't even a library aide until next semester. I'm spoiled this year.</p>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498037780309705491.post-82112643853753985232023-11-27T21:51:00.004-07:002023-11-27T21:51:21.284-07:00C.A.R.V.E.<p>(October 22nd, 2023)</p><p>We got our pumpkins at Jaker's and saved them to carve another day. As usual we tried to catch a day where everyone was available, but somehow we missed Dad. Or he didn't want to carve, which might also have been the case. But the rest of us had a great time. Here are some great before and afters:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sKFc1vDv8F6ME8Kx0fhAlZM-llSDHUcs0Son10YzXNllY_DUYs9572ggN6SPZrbHZMlA3-OJYIye5a2mYpg-0QrdbWHLbIvmlA-uBSvxGXruJHUzEznfVPEM0C3nO8GXFv9rT-XvNrNN35cKsl0Rtpa-lYBh4Wn8L6w8CR4RTxR9dEDil0ujE50tFQj_/s953/1-BeauB4_20231022_161242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sKFc1vDv8F6ME8Kx0fhAlZM-llSDHUcs0Son10YzXNllY_DUYs9572ggN6SPZrbHZMlA3-OJYIye5a2mYpg-0QrdbWHLbIvmlA-uBSvxGXruJHUzEznfVPEM0C3nO8GXFv9rT-XvNrNN35cKsl0Rtpa-lYBh4Wn8L6w8CR4RTxR9dEDil0ujE50tFQj_/w480-h640/1-BeauB4_20231022_161242.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBhNYS_yY-W7jTrNXKybt9hfdhKPkI1di86nNTo9noBGW8nrh55xbxcfdYiiTXJYjE_nrjSXgkKb22RiJed3C9GuekfIF_eXaBVs1q7eFYTSkRWisC36pyy2HctqMd1sWpONuZogMCUFDulBQL7XM2nIZBMdpX5N7IolWyy10oEhPrWRQ79UTHBGYiiQr/s953/2-SadClown_20231022_172849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfj1xx-BV6zgn0fB9zJzF1gXzobHVqvOml2qWBiXtv_7u5NGetw7rnYIXcYUPXH8SDiNOVLq7acEbpAoAq54RQlZalyeJ6em8mRtz1a3VomBlBd_tAesDVwvB8rYDYLz0rYDyDrTSIKabLE2rIM5cnoyUdPplN-uLFHNGyKx5WC99bXAuYz6wSoub9gir/s953/11-Liberty_20231022_173055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfj1xx-BV6zgn0fB9zJzF1gXzobHVqvOml2qWBiXtv_7u5NGetw7rnYIXcYUPXH8SDiNOVLq7acEbpAoAq54RQlZalyeJ6em8mRtz1a3VomBlBd_tAesDVwvB8rYDYLz0rYDyDrTSIKabLE2rIM5cnoyUdPplN-uLFHNGyKx5WC99bXAuYz6wSoub9gir/w480-h640/11-Liberty_20231022_173055.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Daisy only has a before because there was a slight issue with her pumpkins. She wanted to make Lock, Shock, and Barrel from the Nightmare Before Christmas, but when she finished, she only liked Barrel and didn't want to put the others up. We still got some background shots and I liked all three stacked for the whole effect.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVxoLDtOlFc_zWOUd5L5AiGuz-k8xvbqpzJyKZEqDSHHULw1L2MiNvt0Jpysb4Zf8xD96t6pau0mud3sTQwredAhDk6nPzb5j84ooTE7M4uMcyu-t-lDRIyGThwXXlutKuWEL2dHD7pcEfG7DDWG30etISzgh4fs_Z5uDb4PTnwKdS4h-EXRxCI_H0e9t/s953/5-Triplets_20231022_161305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVxoLDtOlFc_zWOUd5L5AiGuz-k8xvbqpzJyKZEqDSHHULw1L2MiNvt0Jpysb4Zf8xD96t6pau0mud3sTQwredAhDk6nPzb5j84ooTE7M4uMcyu-t-lDRIyGThwXXlutKuWEL2dHD7pcEfG7DDWG30etISzgh4fs_Z5uDb4PTnwKdS4h-EXRxCI_H0e9t/w480-h640/5-Triplets_20231022_161305.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We didn't take a lot of pictures while carving. Everyone gets into what they are doing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwsId9nyoGEweCX7CWFpL66By5RpDiUpMDOEdparlFTAVUkZVCLXFwL_n-KlR2U1HNDRBcHOQGJFGaXkAHyePI66pX-4qBFobBmuVg6vXU7HwMuRpp-C4kDPnSV8vkF4-KuYHSgJNobtBVizc7JCUkfrD0BHC1TAOJ7gFP7Yd89mSA4rzvzyuI5u7jOry/s1271/12-WorkingOnPumpkins_20231022_172033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1271" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwsId9nyoGEweCX7CWFpL66By5RpDiUpMDOEdparlFTAVUkZVCLXFwL_n-KlR2U1HNDRBcHOQGJFGaXkAHyePI66pX-4qBFobBmuVg6vXU7HwMuRpp-C4kDPnSV8vkF4-KuYHSgJNobtBVizc7JCUkfrD0BHC1TAOJ7gFP7Yd89mSA4rzvzyuI5u7jOry/w640-h480/12-WorkingOnPumpkins_20231022_172033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1f3o-Psji8moPSfwuCBCXkLfyyI_nMaNXEgKRXqd_KrscDe_dXK70Rr9i55T5Rb1orRiRhyh8Mcz1GYkkZ2rd7bhAv27quZyp0ykRC2B1154V-G5vAX7RyzwQ386ErZEy0jycVP4zvgbEPve7Hb9dzPdmXH6_NaoPMKuFDuIG8dopY-SPdiUfV3S6Co2e/s953/13-ScrapingGuts_20231022_172755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1f3o-Psji8moPSfwuCBCXkLfyyI_nMaNXEgKRXqd_KrscDe_dXK70Rr9i55T5Rb1orRiRhyh8Mcz1GYkkZ2rd7bhAv27quZyp0ykRC2B1154V-G5vAX7RyzwQ386ErZEy0jycVP4zvgbEPve7Hb9dzPdmXH6_NaoPMKuFDuIG8dopY-SPdiUfV3S6Co2e/w480-h640/13-ScrapingGuts_20231022_172755.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I loved all the finished products. Everyone did a great job this year. Here is June's pixel carved pumpkin, my statue of liberty and Pearl's Minion (from Megamind) I think she did that pattern all by herself!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl70m3WHyUifFgSp3IKVHi-BlblSSseIHXh2Nvb2SWg0vLutqeXguJMnzagUXBVIOOUR7uM5QbEUfgypg5qy7U5iO6E_i8wH3lzY2a21HFN8qG1nqcRb1blQA2WqKPcZ6nAmTt7Dl-_Ni0jhGGBr8Ti8ANd3V3u1Rj1td8xNO8nhFyYYOgBJPUs2I4T2KN/s953/14-OnThePorch_20231022_181443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl70m3WHyUifFgSp3IKVHi-BlblSSseIHXh2Nvb2SWg0vLutqeXguJMnzagUXBVIOOUR7uM5QbEUfgypg5qy7U5iO6E_i8wH3lzY2a21HFN8qG1nqcRb1blQA2WqKPcZ6nAmTt7Dl-_Ni0jhGGBr8Ti8ANd3V3u1Rj1td8xNO8nhFyYYOgBJPUs2I4T2KN/w480-h640/14-OnThePorch_20231022_181443.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Other side was Daisy's Barrel, Ivory's skeleton, and Beau's sad clown. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYiMcJAdKqYzLYhQv8DR82j9H9FGTfy5DS1se7MivHR61K82jByJhfdXCmA2Qj9ljBYh6KdBl_3XgNefGD-WSSbaUGZyc2k_XxB9Mg4qEd-OFBQc1w-PAZQ0ObLko5U02tXanPlKRH6GPHsxDBn8juQoiV66hPOMXHNitC9D10mcgebtDmG5PRd8umuq_/s953/15-OtherSide_20231022_181439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYiMcJAdKqYzLYhQv8DR82j9H9FGTfy5DS1se7MivHR61K82jByJhfdXCmA2Qj9ljBYh6KdBl_3XgNefGD-WSSbaUGZyc2k_XxB9Mg4qEd-OFBQc1w-PAZQ0ObLko5U02tXanPlKRH6GPHsxDBn8juQoiV66hPOMXHNitC9D10mcgebtDmG5PRd8umuq_/w480-h640/15-OtherSide_20231022_181439.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I was thinking that my lady liberty didn't look very good, but she was amazing with a candle inside. Check it out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIh_K8y2tW0PLeDQ69qVafqa-ECCLRHhIqCvmwtVvDnLQNjCVYMCywv5vlb3zv8iBFg2_NpjLS4VPE8fnp-KbUE_pOBSJrtyhOwD88orofGXto_8r5WdH62Yty3u2Xs573A3cj5PWUMwCF4m9kmOIT4yhyDLRiXYw_eZmGMtcIaJ_kkynya85y1aFtDKGv/s1266/16-Glowy_PXL_20231023_010430356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIh_K8y2tW0PLeDQ69qVafqa-ECCLRHhIqCvmwtVvDnLQNjCVYMCywv5vlb3zv8iBFg2_NpjLS4VPE8fnp-KbUE_pOBSJrtyhOwD88orofGXto_8r5WdH62Yty3u2Xs573A3cj5PWUMwCF4m9kmOIT4yhyDLRiXYw_eZmGMtcIaJ_kkynya85y1aFtDKGv/w640-h482/16-Glowy_PXL_20231023_010430356.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ORWFZ7WKVDuNbG5VHwlJkQT0L8Dn9lK1-MDzIwKCc3DzAeMNfxCdBh4IsPnqA3RkExhVT7XLaZ19cnOTnZqYQVB7GPlXbFKBxnZbw2FQVaQZXIz7ewRXEyDotKBNsklNQyM9B08xFcaIoKf_CNun8oEkxZNF6t2a_hAjYT9EQIU9UuaMddRVCcAmpbBW/s1266/17-DaisyStack_PXL_20231023_010438671~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ORWFZ7WKVDuNbG5VHwlJkQT0L8Dn9lK1-MDzIwKCc3DzAeMNfxCdBh4IsPnqA3RkExhVT7XLaZ19cnOTnZqYQVB7GPlXbFKBxnZbw2FQVaQZXIz7ewRXEyDotKBNsklNQyM9B08xFcaIoKf_CNun8oEkxZNF6t2a_hAjYT9EQIU9UuaMddRVCcAmpbBW/w640-h482/17-DaisyStack_PXL_20231023_010438671~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFO5ac9iGvdIhZcyDGz8GCnNqH6Egsxt6Sj6_VasOAKJJ8-AKB7TRfOSH7R2ArnQUD1kFnhbzhZv7LCgJH1eqC6LdZK8LUIdg86eMTomgtqACffs_iCk1ohcKOljJeAmgmLARoBgsu5faUB6g3W5DArHSN8TC0V8sleetg1cGQKjiO1ADbP5gSHoZM5Dy/s1266/18-BothSides_PXL_20231023_010626084.LONG_EXPOSURE-01.COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFO5ac9iGvdIhZcyDGz8GCnNqH6Egsxt6Sj6_VasOAKJJ8-AKB7TRfOSH7R2ArnQUD1kFnhbzhZv7LCgJH1eqC6LdZK8LUIdg86eMTomgtqACffs_iCk1ohcKOljJeAmgmLARoBgsu5faUB6g3W5DArHSN8TC0V8sleetg1cGQKjiO1ADbP5gSHoZM5Dy/w640-h482/18-BothSides_PXL_20231023_010626084.LONG_EXPOSURE-01.COVER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Minion looks pretty amazing too. I like his glowy eyes. It was a great year for carving. Sorry we missed you dad. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6ffWoHkokeFQUbkZNzoFlKAjAqukusw0X_oOKV-Qac7vZYCx3pnATG-e32agZCXo8VdudxDAUkpBRhCivG4i2yaZ_9okAJCtZAxTdo5ELDbHqMjnnOY5x47FW6_H1gDcZwUgbhpkC7L8e5HNXLO_M_FaO_1thI44A2TJGO1ew-eyO4y5jO9Esn3HJXYC/s1266/19-SoGoodLit_PXL_20231023_010716373.LONG_EXPOSURE-01.COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1266" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6ffWoHkokeFQUbkZNzoFlKAjAqukusw0X_oOKV-Qac7vZYCx3pnATG-e32agZCXo8VdudxDAUkpBRhCivG4i2yaZ_9okAJCtZAxTdo5ELDbHqMjnnOY5x47FW6_H1gDcZwUgbhpkC7L8e5HNXLO_M_FaO_1thI44A2TJGO1ew-eyO4y5jO9Esn3HJXYC/w640-h482/19-SoGoodLit_PXL_20231023_010716373.LONG_EXPOSURE-01.COVER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Maleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750122940211083741noreply@blogger.com0