tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91031420112336384392024-02-21T09:25:10.972-07:00Sperry DelightRecipe for Sperry Delight:
Combine frozen blueberries, milk and sugar in blender to desired sweetness.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-6642658371996602832015-04-13T05:48:00.004-06:002015-04-13T05:48:44.678-06:00Just a few pictures<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm sorry that some day I'm going to have to tell my son<br />that this is how he spent most of his time in England</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-67408784700175679192015-04-13T05:40:00.000-06:002015-04-13T05:40:30.122-06:00Easter Break<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few of our Easter Break wanderings. We were lucky to have my parents and sister come visit us, we were all thoroughly spoiled. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Westminster Abbey ( very fun kids trail, huge gold/chocolate<br />coins were their prize at the end)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyone listening to conference might remember the reference to martyrs<br />at Westminster Abbey? We were just there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Princesses at Hampton Court Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waterfall near Tarn Hows in the Lake District</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Edinburgh Castle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My handmade souvenir, a pendant with watch parts.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-78467794909262096772015-01-12T05:59:00.002-07:002015-01-12T05:59:50.088-07:00Winter BreakBenjamin and the girls had two weeks off of school for Christmas break. It was so nice to have everyone home. We tried to take advantage of the time off to go see some things, although we did do quite a bit of just hanging out at home, which I really enjoy.<br />
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We went to Kensington Palace, which was interesting. It's where Queen Victoria lived the first 18 years of her life, most of the time she was in just a few rooms. It was very fascinating to learn about her, she was quite amazing. This is also where Princess Diana lived and where Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George live, although the papers rumored they were away for the Christmas holiday.<br />
We also wandered a bit around Kensington Gardens, London seems to do a good job of making sure there is lots of green space. My favorite was the Peter Pan statue. Also in the gardens is the Princess Diana memorial playground, and it was awesome. You are not allowed in without children and the kids loved it. It has a big pirate ship, Indian teepees and a rock crocodile. In the warm weather there is a water feature for them to play in, we may have to go back. There was also a whole section of musical play things, some you jump on, or bang on to make music. It was a lot of fun.<br />
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And no, I don't make my girls wear skirts, they do that on their own. It's making them wear jeans that is difficult.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's all of us in front of Kensington Palace. We don't get too many pictures with all of us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In front of Kensington Palace with statue of Queen Victoria</td></tr>
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<br /><br /><br />Another day we went to Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland. During December they have carnival rides, an Ice Palace, Circus and Markets that could take up hours ( and enough of them you could get lost in, I know from personal experience, Luckily it was only me that was lost and not any kids.) We went through the Ice Palace, which had lots of cool sculptures and we went to the circus! We had bought our tickets online, and we got there early so we decided just to wait there. Luckily, we got in line early and ended up sitting on the front row! It was very fun. They had acrobats, a juggler, a clown, and some tight rope walkers which were my favorite. They didn't use any nets or anything and did some pretty cool tricks. I didn't take many pictures that day so you'll have to use your imagination.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The temperature inside was - 8 degrees Celsius. Can you imagine anything so cold? It was more like 10 outside. (The conversion for you Fahrenheit people is 17 degrees and 50 degrees. I'm finding that London weather isn't nearly so dreary as Utah weather in spite of all the rain.)</td></tr>
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In no particular order, here are my top ten reasons I'm grateful to live in a time when I can own a smartphone. (By the way, isn't my new case cute?)<br />
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1. The first day here, I had an appointment to see someone about finding a place to live. We had mapped out where it was, and how to get there but as soon as I walked out of the hotel, I got lost. No worries, I just asked my smartphone to tell me how to get there and it told me every turn to take, even while I was walking. It's also super convenient whenever we're going anywhere to find directions, which buses and trains to take. It is not fool proof, sometimes we get stuck or things don't work out how they're supposed to, but it's still very nice.<br />
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2. Even though I live on the other side of the world from my family, it isn't too difficult to talk to them. Thanks to Google Hangouts I can video chat, text and even call any number in the US for free.<br />
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3. It is very easy to check and see what the weather will be like. So I know when to be adamant about fighting with my kids about wearing a coat and when to let it go.<br />
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4. Occasionally I will find a song the girls especially like on you tube and we listen on the way to school. (Their favorites are the songs they danced to on Mom's Wii) It is a great way to lift the mood in the morning and make sure they're happy when they start their day.<br />
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5. I can read my scriptures anywhere, and I find I'm a lot more likely to read when they are right there in my hand already.<br />
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6. I have started having my groceries delivered by Asda, and they have this great app that lets me add things to my list, compare prices and set up delivery. It's very convenient, especially because when I don't have them delivered, I have to carry them home all by myself. You know that game you play called how much can I carry in one trip? It gets a lot harder when the one trip is a ten minute walk.<br />
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7. I have a map that allows me to follow Ben on his way home. So I can see when he's still at school, when he was at school 45 minutes ago and it hasn't updated because he's on the tube, and when he's on the bus nearly home. I love knowing he'll be walking in the door soon.<br />
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8. Most of the time when I cook, I decide what to make, or look at what ingredients I have and find a recipe on my phone. We would probably have buttered rice every night if not for that.<br />
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9. I can take pictures of my cute kids and the fun things we're doing and share them immediately with family and friends.<br />
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10. I can listen to my music anywhere, and thanks to chrome cast, I can start videos for the kids without getting out of bed.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-70126656727415014082014-10-16T04:09:00.001-06:002014-10-16T04:09:34.567-06:00WalkingI have been walking a lot lately. The girls school is 1.3 miles from our house. There is a bus relatively close but... it's a pain trying to ride with a double stroller and all the kids during busy times, like around school. If there is no room in the handicap spot, then I can't get on. It also costs 1.40 per ride so I would be spending $5 (I can't find the pound symbol on my keyboard) a day. So, to save money and anxiety, I've been walking. My legs are still sore every day, and I asked Ben when he thought I would stop being sore. He said it took the pioneers three weeks on the trail before they were trail hardened. I laughed, thinking he was joking, but he said he was serious. So now when I push my stroller up the hill with 2-3 children in it I think of it as my personal handcart. We are coming up on three weeks so hopefully I will stop being sore soon. Now if I can only stop buying chocolate, I may be in good shape.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-14800599563135137302014-10-06T06:05:00.002-06:002014-10-06T06:05:35.386-06:00Home Sweet HomeWonder of wonders, Miracle of miracles. Two girls are at school most of the day, and the baby and the toddler occasionally nap at the same time. So I actually cleaned up a bit, enough I felt like I could take some pictures of our new house. It is furnished and already decorated,which I love because then I don't have to do it myself.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front of our house, the garage is off to the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our living room, complete with white couch (which gives Ben constant anxiety) <br />
and a cute coffee table that also serves as our toy box.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other side of living room with door to our garden, swing given to us by our landlord's <br />
sister-in-law when she found out we came without any baby stuff<br />
(she also gave us a baby bed and some toys), and our ginormous television.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dining room and table. We bought a folding chair so Ben didn't have to stand every meal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stairs, very creaky. As are all the floors upstairs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downstairs bathroom. It's very nice to have two bathrooms again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen. A bit smaller than we are used to, but not bad. Washing machine in the kitchen.<br />
No clothes dryer :( I'd rather not have a dishwasher since I never use it anyway.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small fridge, there is a bigger one and a deep freezer in the garage <br />
but we haven't used them at all because we have to carry all <br />
our groceries home so we don't stock up like we used to.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our cute English Garden. One of our neighbors has lost a few balls over <br />
our fence but we're not sure where they belong so we haven't returned them yet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upstairs hall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Janie and BenJr's room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leah and Anika share this room and bed. <br />There's a big wardrobe to the right that holds all the girls clothes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upstairs bathroom, we enjoyed our baths at the hotel. Last baths for a year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our bed, big closet to the right. Do you like my stroller box/side table?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other side of our room. Big open space with not much purpose except<br /> to relocate children when people come to visit us. Hint Hint.</td></tr>
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That's the grand tour. We feel very blessed to be here.<br />
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I had intended to post about our new house but that would require having it clean enough to publish pictures so we'll see if that ever happens. Right now I am listening to the bells ringing at the church near us. Very pretty music I'm not sure what it is for, Tuesday night but it's cool. The more I see of London, the more I feel extremely blessed that we found the place we did. It has the prefect blend of being very close to lots of shopping, and bring relatively quiet and un-busy. With 3 bedrooms it's bigger than anywhere we have lived and we have our very own yard (or garden as it's referred to here.) One of our favourite things is the park that is 5 minutes away. The girls call it the obstacle course park.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-45841811654597042172014-09-17T02:47:00.001-06:002014-09-18T11:16:50.681-06:00The next chapter <p dir="ltr">We packed up our family and flew around the world. More to come. </p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-30608827196638542602014-08-21T14:18:00.000-06:002014-08-21T14:22:34.232-06:00The time I cut my own hair...So my sister says to me, "will you cut my hair?"<br />
Do I have any hair cutting experience? Not beyond cutting my girls hair, which I don't think counts.<br />
She's crazy. So of course I look into how hard it would be and decide, "Sure I'll cut your hair."<br />
Might as well cut mine first though.<br />
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I found several tutorials online about how to do it.<br />
I first put it in a high pony tail, and cut.<br />
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I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. I hate going to get my hair cut and have been putting it off for months now. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end result of the first cut. I evened it up a bit and took<br /> more off the longest parts and then forgot to take more pictures.</td></tr>
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I turned 30 years old this week. I feel pretty young.<br />
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The day began badly, waay too early, but it ended well with dinner with my family, flowers and Girl Scout cookies (samoas naturally). And lots of people love me, I had lots of calls and texts, thanks to everyone.<br />
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Funny things said to me on my birthday. (<span style="font-size: large;">Yelled) "I want you to die!!</span> And <span style="font-size: large;">"it's not your birthday <i>tomorrow</i>!"</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-48998090687327996792012-03-30T13:11:00.002-06:002012-03-30T13:18:50.940-06:00Anika Karen Sperry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fjtyQpzU6moHLIeUF2ZvQAsYtYM_ruTDEW8zxWcUjTljvBpSlwnssryTLcGwgJLRH-cWQ8WPzLc9-_4d5TB4K5Of_ek1cZy0y6ebndl6B4kRkikYa_shrLE-M7OolApk2LYpDmULp3M/s1600/3-25-12+080.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fjtyQpzU6moHLIeUF2ZvQAsYtYM_ruTDEW8zxWcUjTljvBpSlwnssryTLcGwgJLRH-cWQ8WPzLc9-_4d5TB4K5Of_ek1cZy0y6ebndl6B4kRkikYa_shrLE-M7OolApk2LYpDmULp3M/s320/3-25-12+080.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725771144934464050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPlLoaSRq4Dt3iNpv252uVI6X0eXTP-K2ns_hWltp4HCMDyeheU1fWaamodxpoPOBXGe85OQeSmFcxICwOv2YZV_6_T0iikt7EFUzVz-5li4aqMOg6IiDj1L4YPnCI2x5OWm8urQgALM/s1600/3-25-12+086.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; 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Janie got her wish and is going to have another sister. We're thinking about the name Anika (a-ni-ka, not ah-nee-ka) I am anticipating most people mispronouncing it, but a decision several months before the birth is less stressful than a few days after.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-24221714987549820822011-09-14T12:25:00.003-06:002011-09-14T12:34:22.999-06:00Pioneer TrekWe took our family on a pioneer trek. Although I was nervous about how the girls would handle things, everything went very smoothly. The girls were very well behaved and we had a good experience. It made me really appreciate the pioneers because I could start to imagine what it would be like to take a family on a journey like that<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652284063125386642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrhdmuKubXexI-j9AgyXOuJIDVG5ZkZBbcV-rd2CkqbzQOqCYF4gjEZC-mnUivWrZxBNUJHwJ1nByPGE8HesVjVrkvymPUhyB1TyzLRm8AsRzrPHefu_vfHskKW-awBmz3l9SKXc_0i4/s320/258.JPG" />This is the girls riding in our handcart.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMHOZdbW6M6akxkmG12zmKwl99rDA2Wky_yf_1CenbO7vgYzcAWe0SZh1b9pFarNC5RK5UKbbjO8czigHBcM2ryPtDziDz-BJqfwfellmkaduVMMkDBA-yQQ6yhGPqI800RgrOpFEqs4/s1600/288.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652284058541001762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMHOZdbW6M6akxkmG12zmKwl99rDA2Wky_yf_1CenbO7vgYzcAWe0SZh1b9pFarNC5RK5UKbbjO8czigHBcM2ryPtDziDz-BJqfwfellmkaduVMMkDBA-yQQ6yhGPqI800RgrOpFEqs4/s320/288.JPG" /></a> They even took naps while we were there!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSecyl3MGfyK9YBDoEzwi7TZOtfHpNDc8MNTWoEFpfp_XGzbQ8TcPr0G4tn5gqBH3vlH76IaOiIYNBhEH6lBngD6h3K6E1zNqw3zuIiwlLYFmUapq9hqOXHvEL9x43w9R156JcbwG2fFA/s1600/311.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652284049940325170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSecyl3MGfyK9YBDoEzwi7TZOtfHpNDc8MNTWoEFpfp_XGzbQ8TcPr0G4tn5gqBH3vlH76IaOiIYNBhEH6lBngD6h3K6E1zNqw3zuIiwlLYFmUapq9hqOXHvEL9x43w9R156JcbwG2fFA/s320/311.JPG" /></a> Daddy Benjamin carrying a sleeping baby.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9Efia-dzgp0hBmRXYAhoztyBbti-kYnwijKpTwBZo1tpMDdDVWqdjEgrVYHgfFfIrBv6JffVa1lwDRupv9lUMjmq6DcI0277RYUfOki2rc_37nFlWYTs6ueaVH6xbVrBJgOU64CKafY/s1600/254.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652284046485005970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9Efia-dzgp0hBmRXYAhoztyBbti-kYnwijKpTwBZo1tpMDdDVWqdjEgrVYHgfFfIrBv6JffVa1lwDRupv9lUMjmq6DcI0277RYUfOki2rc_37nFlWYTs6ueaVH6xbVrBJgOU64CKafY/s320/254.JPG" /></a> And all of us in our pioneer getup.</div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-36168344129133371372011-07-17T14:00:00.001-06:002011-07-17T14:05:29.961-06:00Some Summer Stuff<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFnJAP0CCG4oRTYtleMDpM35O_9JIuZbdNVaTMFTh4cPLPSlir38vPKUTknJUtkCew73RonFl6zJZIg0guSa5bfrXZcBEts3m2bOpxif68wHkGsnICUelu24vsyMvau-5ejxLBTDF03I/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630414123220329922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFnJAP0CCG4oRTYtleMDpM35O_9JIuZbdNVaTMFTh4cPLPSlir38vPKUTknJUtkCew73RonFl6zJZIg0guSa5bfrXZcBEts3m2bOpxif68wHkGsnICUelu24vsyMvau-5ejxLBTDF03I/s320/5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4Sk7ZrTRPv_YRvt6p2Lc2c-Y-f5jGzwJsNz4fUTyXhqcVcU4SSjoSGYwChKwpgQES_8owlkfDrhec9BQPo7E3wnrzFB2XZntCvSg-a31FtDJMxQmJDFw2AixOKAoTTPe4TVQRb3namM/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630414121066291554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4Sk7ZrTRPv_YRvt6p2Lc2c-Y-f5jGzwJsNz4fUTyXhqcVcU4SSjoSGYwChKwpgQES_8owlkfDrhec9BQPo7E3wnrzFB2XZntCvSg-a31FtDJMxQmJDFw2AixOKAoTTPe4TVQRb3namM/s320/4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u2qsVAJLwgk-nH0nVbhlx4ZnjohnpzbyXUenWVHWx7EfKLDlDlT95plqRyTYspbsfiG0rbKZJpgm3PP0svw2eriMOGgS_iZriA-skrkwkio8c9Du_XJI7MOI9vMkelX2Se7xmDdWauc/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630414118296366898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u2qsVAJLwgk-nH0nVbhlx4ZnjohnpzbyXUenWVHWx7EfKLDlDlT95plqRyTYspbsfiG0rbKZJpgm3PP0svw2eriMOGgS_iZriA-skrkwkio8c9Du_XJI7MOI9vMkelX2Se7xmDdWauc/s320/3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZHMxiVL4gciHLKxDZa9uwlJQtP31jMQ810m7AKKgktSDYLtHfYVLsmtVTv_AxRhjgC2xR6ikaEf4AZ1AnJpAKPbQWlVEW5Jpw7-NT9E7Vk79FffjiHG3OA4GzOHjC3ClevndfqCpwlg/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630414120463730722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZHMxiVL4gciHLKxDZa9uwlJQtP31jMQ810m7AKKgktSDYLtHfYVLsmtVTv_AxRhjgC2xR6ikaEf4AZ1AnJpAKPbQWlVEW5Jpw7-NT9E7Vk79FffjiHG3OA4GzOHjC3ClevndfqCpwlg/s320/1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-8658141381674069452011-06-28T13:38:00.002-06:002011-06-28T13:50:01.889-06:00......It always starts out this way, I'm all ambitious and plan to blog all the time. Hmmm. I guess I shouldn't expect myself to change right? <br /><br />Well, a quick update on the past few months. Benjamin graduated!!! HOORAY!!!! One thing down, many more to go. This summer was supposed to be a break but so far nothing has stopped. I just figured that Ben needs to work 65-70 hours a week for the rest of the summer in order to survive next fall. Sigh. I keep hoping that someday I will have a husband that works for 40 hours a week, and that's all. Sigh.<br /><br />Graduate school starts in August, Benjamin's getting a master's in Public Health. (hopefully that will be the end, he may have to get a PhD but we hope not) Benjamin will be going to Africa for school two summers from now and after that it's off to Africa. (In case you didn't already know that was the plan, yes I'm serious. The question Ben always gets when he tells people this is "Is your wife ok with that.")<br /><br />We are planning on going to Bear Lake at least once this summer. I am very excited to bring the girls. Pretty sure that Leah will be content all day long at the beach, sand and water, how could she not be entertained. If I'm really ambitious I'll post some pictures.<br /><br />Also, our ward is doing a family pioneer trek this year which I'm very excited about. I am in the middle of making pioneer clothes for myself and the girls, they don't exactly match but it will be fun. Again I'll try to post pictures when I'm finished.<br /><br />That is all.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-33819374341649022522011-03-26T20:45:00.003-06:002011-03-26T20:52:11.274-06:00First Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJ2twfMINHop3XrHaBmCAYLIh2erDJO-Zi6PXHiDI0qF9q0gt9-Mr0l3eWxOsIaG8L6NDxF24C9bltXuXCZE4G7FgvE8fgQFw1ByjJl_3jJVWBJqYjmaqhyphenhyphen9zt5n-s3dp1PXotyhG_qM/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588586277219566594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJ2twfMINHop3XrHaBmCAYLIh2erDJO-Zi6PXHiDI0qF9q0gt9-Mr0l3eWxOsIaG8L6NDxF24C9bltXuXCZE4G7FgvE8fgQFw1ByjJl_3jJVWBJqYjmaqhyphenhyphen9zt5n-s3dp1PXotyhG_qM/s320/036.JPG" /></a> <br /><div>Well, it's taken me long enough but she turned one last month. Take notice of the shirt, I made the number one (thanks Erin for the idea). I also made chocolate ice cream bowls (not that she noticed, she was pretty intensely focused on her ice cream). Her newest thing is to cry and hang on my legs whenever I'm trying to get anything done, if I'm sitting, she's happy to play but the second I get up she's at my feet, begging to be carried. Hopefully it's a short phase.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-60025357608934481232011-01-19T13:56:00.003-07:002011-01-19T14:09:30.477-07:00a walker and a singer<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw2iiHqSyXewseARlKEE_Sd5GLbxJ6YroLRufJA0UC2ubbQ1-JixrofaFFxDvaDIoFvbqlEyulJPwxiYSjYwA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">On Sunday, she just decided to take off across the room</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwzrPY0rQlxOgXVUmg2vAVdJaXjemTLRG5DuFqixi2UWG1EvUek9MdCApvgT7gUDn3DpeFnSIxQaCK40wXp_A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: small; ">Singing her favorite song</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-90450124831450556762011-01-10T19:53:00.003-07:002011-01-10T20:18:40.082-07:00PinkaliciousMy daughter has a new favorite book, it's called <i>Pinkalicious</i>, it's about a girl who loves pink, eats tons of pink cupcakes and turns pink. Thanks to aunt Heather who gave it to her for Christmas. (it does come in handy to be related to a librarian.) I decided for fun we would make pink cupcakes. The pink food coloring I have is very pink, very exciting. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the girls as we were mixing things together. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(also fingerpainting, not such a hit)</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQCixpdX6m3sjiMI9B5Bw86OOI4bkXTtHgB-tcphepHZoue_T9hcSDBr_128CcHfeuwYdBpOEOGBkMt2OihG5Outgtb4y_1PFf-kq7c0UIV9GVq0i_oXp39vEsvOLRomUQhZACHvvSIc/s320/1-10-2011+038.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560757526965094354" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">Typically, Janie only wanted to look at the pictures on the camera, not smile for them.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While we were making them Janie asked if Daddy was going to tell her she had had enough. (Also part of the book) I told her we'd have to ask Dad later and see, he of course was obliging.</div><div><br /></div><div>I only had a few paper liners so I decided I would just liberally grease the pan for all of them, since I was getting the pan dirty anyway. Mistake. They all stuck to the bottom of the pan. I tried to be careful and cut them out with a knife but they completely broke apart. Luckily, I have some plastic containers about that size, so I stuffed all the broken stuff inside and set the rest on top. Some of them turned out ok looking, I made pink sugar and dusted the top with it. A few were just crumbled cake with lumps of frosting mixed in.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9nhHyNGg1ldmuBk0oN0bitSf-sNssIrziAq5wCs6u2iKrOm1ueH6E36PPXbmZtZnbLYa92CyvKTmHJ97cGBZKb8qBoT3XQzN8MVH4Pfnt7hMiG5_c0hoDtKzkqCEZBYxMYhPT_4r_FA/s320/1-10-2011+039.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560757518295271906" /><br /></div><div>Also part of the book, the girl puts on a pink fairy princess dress, Janie mentioned putting hers on and I thought about it but didn't do anything. Fortunately, (or not depending on how you look at things) she peed her pants in the middle of everything and had to change all of her clothes, so I put on her pink dress.</div><div><br /></div><div>Did I mention that I don't actually even eat cupcakes anymore? So I only made six, (luckily because they sort of bombed) but it turned out to be pretty fun anyway, at least I feel like a good mom for being crafty and stuff, and including my kids.</div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KRzIm7bxGfmRBjWqtPvkVDJjZkrAPRr52Ggcqz8DWbZ8oiqLR89M0EUqx3_0Ew3U-CyRdiQVt88_7t-IFI8OGj3aoTn5ux2PyOTLuc2Eo3fezfDyV2UsmDkaJCVoRLiT-MOaUv4H92o/s1600/1-10-2011+042.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KRzIm7bxGfmRBjWqtPvkVDJjZkrAPRr52Ggcqz8DWbZ8oiqLR89M0EUqx3_0Ew3U-CyRdiQVt88_7t-IFI8OGj3aoTn5ux2PyOTLuc2Eo3fezfDyV2UsmDkaJCVoRLiT-MOaUv4H92o/s1600/1-10-2011+042.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KRzIm7bxGfmRBjWqtPvkVDJjZkrAPRr52Ggcqz8DWbZ8oiqLR89M0EUqx3_0Ew3U-CyRdiQVt88_7t-IFI8OGj3aoTn5ux2PyOTLuc2Eo3fezfDyV2UsmDkaJCVoRLiT-MOaUv4H92o/s320/1-10-2011+042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560757545318801938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7x7MwBAnxCjh17vwdWqaM4y8d-wj2KzDuEDNRTUZYK1AdU9i0BJq_khbRrP7qzAcMjQETxTwuhARQq9ixfrSBuo3p21aK7N79adgPx4Rzszc5UQXoMXmRvywXZvf55H4Sn1zc2BC0aY/s1600/1-10-2011+041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7x7MwBAnxCjh17vwdWqaM4y8d-wj2KzDuEDNRTUZYK1AdU9i0BJq_khbRrP7qzAcMjQETxTwuhARQq9ixfrSBuo3p21aK7N79adgPx4Rzszc5UQXoMXmRvywXZvf55H4Sn1zc2BC0aY/s320/1-10-2011+041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560757535414356098" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, there's not much chance of Janie turning pink herself, because she only licked the frosting off the top. I admit to doing the same thing myself and leaving the cupcake part for my husband. (I know, I know, no cupcakes but frosting is okay?) Next time I guess we should skip the whole cupcake thing and go strait for the frosting.</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-40205399071019191382010-12-16T20:40:00.002-07:002010-12-22T13:40:50.244-07:0040 hour work week<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">School is over for the semester. So my husband has a break of about a month where all he has to do is work 40 hours a week. It's so amazing! He works eight hour days (can you believe it? we're used to twelve hour days) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Sometimes, he's still home in the morning when the kids wake up. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;">He comes home from work and he has time to play with us. After the girls go to bed we do whatever we want. Like read books together or play games. Not that there's nothing else to do, there are still applications to graduate school that have to be finished soon, and callings and other things, but basically, it's amazing. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I have a feeling that this is not ever going to be normal for us. And I'm okay with that, busy is good, but man, less busy is REALLY nice (at least for a little while.)</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-9147860336576642902010-11-26T15:57:00.002-07:002010-11-26T16:00:17.359-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I just have one thing to say</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oNBrVIeg5EMmIfD97WUMn6YrlB0pQ3HOsBPKk9qP2HoFx6y14xeAC5iTRZWAimY9fU4KUqKDxUeYeYDy256Qx2Row8VZRp-FpocFKu10wa6EQM8lkJIcpiqGezG-DThb-F3l9CH445k/s320/nanowrimo.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 98px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543996733678623250" /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-50592981454436546012010-11-12T09:16:00.003-07:002010-11-12T09:23:52.704-07:00Mid November UpdateSo my two year old has an imaginary, well friend isn't the best description. She has an imaginary dinosaur. Sometimes she'll be crying about something and she'll say, 'the dinosaur scared me.' Then, sometimes right after that she'll say, 'the dinosaur made me happy' and she'll start laughing. It's kind of disturbing how quickly she can turn her crying on and off, even when she seems to have a legitimate reason for crying. And the dinosaur is green, in case you were wondering, but we don't know much else about it except it seems to be controlling my child's mood.<div><br /></div><div>Also, my novel is coming along a lot better than I thought it would. I have written about 21,000 words so far, so I'm almost halfway. I guess I have more creativity than I thought I might because I am somehow managing to keep my story going. At least so far.</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, Leah has just barely started crawling in the last few days. It's taken her nine months, but she's much more interested in walking. I can't wait to have her underfoot all the time :) :| :(</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103142011233638439.post-34203202790615048732010-10-29T14:09:00.005-06:002010-10-29T14:32:23.551-06:00My Novel<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">So my sister told me that November is National Novel Writing Month. There's a website that sponsors writing a novel in thirty days. (<a href="http://nanowrimo.org">NaNoWriMo.org</a>) So, I'm going to write a novel. Yes, you heard me, I'm going to write a novel. Sure, the only real reason is to say that I've written a novel. It's one of those things like not eating candy anymore that is satisfying just because it's hard (and out of the ordinary). I am supposed to start Nov 1 and I have no idea what I will write about. I'm pretty sure it's going to turn out lame and sappy, but that doesn't really matter (I have to keep telling myself) all that matters is that if I finish in a month I will get a great certificate saying I am a certified novel writer. Hmmmmm. That didn't sound as impressive as I thought it might. Oh well. My sister is doing this as well, and we've promised each other we won't back out. 50,000 words in a month. I can do it, even is it's trash. The way I see it, a lot of stuff out there is trash anyway, so I'll just be in the norm. Hopefully I'll be able to come up with some idea in the next three days. I'll keep you posted.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3