tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38805273672306431032024-02-07T06:00:10.253-08:00Call Me Irresponsiblemirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.comBlogger610125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-50763066749927340392018-08-26T14:05:00.000-07:002018-08-26T14:05:27.612-07:00The AnkleBackposting for Jan 2018<br />
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After Christmas, our family went to the playground/dog park one day. Clyde and Lucy decided to swing while Stephen, Iris and I watched the dogs play. Shortly, Clyde ran in and told us Lucy had hurt herself very badly.<br />
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When we got to her, she was, indeed, in a lot of pain. We quickly took her to PM pediatrics, where they told us it was just a sprain... a bad sprain, but a sprain. This is how it looked when we got home.<br />
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Then it obviously started looking much worse, and, though we were following instructions, she was still hurting and we were wondering if their diagnosis was correct.<br />
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Her entire foot was so swollen, and eventually the bruising crept up to her knee.<br />
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After a couple of weeks, I took her to an orthopedist. It was broken. Two clean breaks through the fibula.<br />
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She was crushed, because this meant indefinite postponement of her surprise 16th birthday gift... a trip with her and two friends. We had already reserved a unit and bought tickets. <br />
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But she braved up, got a blue cast, and we headed home...<br />
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Iris had fixed her a cushy corner of the couch, complete with snacks, covers, books, and nail polish.<br />
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She was still able to attend some events, but was struggling with being bummed about being unable to participate. She really had a better attitude about it than I think I would have had.<br />
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Kind of hard to play organ in a cast.<br />
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By mid April, she was pretty much cleared by her physical therapist to resume regular activities, though the bone had, oddly, not completely healed. So what we originally thought was a sprain, took 3 and a half months to get over.mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-62317169935412479812018-08-26T13:38:00.005-07:002018-08-26T13:38:48.622-07:00New Year's Eve 2018Backposting for Jan 2018<br />
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Our friends had us over for New Year's Eve, and we had a blast!<br />
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Lucy arriving, and being assisted by her best Lilly.<br />
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Matt, Amy, and fam introduce us to Codenames. That is a REALLY fun game. Simple, but it doesn't get old really quick.<br />
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I think Stephen and Lucy are guessing here... love Meg's face.<br />
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Lu having her hair styled by her best Meg. <br />
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The littles watching Home Alone 2.<br />
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The bigs painting nails while Lucy introduces Meg and Lil to Korean dramas.<br />
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noodle fight at midnight!!<br />
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snuggles<br />
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And we parted ways and slept!!<br />
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Lucy in pure bliss. All it takes is a nice set of coloring pens.<br />
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It's just a bit harder to read when someone keeps scooting closer and closer until they are literally ON TOP of you.<br />
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This is the view I woke up to for a few months. Thankfully, she has sort of stopped doing this.<br />
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Lucy and Daddy doing a displaced arm stunt. (we laughed so hard!)<br />
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Stephen's nap, slowly got addictive.<br />
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My guys.<br />
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I was the last to rise one morning, and this is what I found.<br />
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These two snuggling is a very common sight around here. Still chokes Stephen and I up a bit since we didn't think she'd ever get to have a dog.<br />
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the cat-snakes all in one basket<br />
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Iris took helping us snap beans very seriously. She set up a station and donned an apron.<br />
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Rubik and ramen. My kids are hooked on Rubik's cubes.<br />
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Ladies's Christmas dinner.<br />
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I feel like Fleur looks like she's claiming Lucy and not sharing her, and Lucy is totally fine with this.<br />
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Mom and Paul hosted a party for the Psych movie!! EEeeek! We were all so excited!<br />
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This is how excited my kids are when their progress reports arrive in the mail. I'm not even joking, this is not a staged photo. They love the little extra comments their teachers write about them. See Clyde laughing... yeah... that's because of the things his teachers had to say about him.<br />
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Lucy pumping gas for the first time, state law requires that you be 16.<br />
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When Iris's panic attacks came back, one of the ways they manifested was that showers were terrifying. This was because of the lack of assurance she had that we were still in the house and alive, due to the noise of the shower. We are so thankful to God for easing her fear and for this pup! Fleur was INSTRUMENTAL in helping her heal from this. She guarded Iris during showers for MONTHS. She has only recently successfully retired from her position, and none of us no what we would have done without her. She got to where she would lie down and not move, even if the door was open, until Iris turned the water off. Showers are now no longer an issue for Iris. Praise the Lord!!<br />
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Here is just a photo dump of the fall semester of Mrs E's Victorian Girl's class.<br />
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This class is the highlight of these girls' school year. They look so forward to this living history class. It's a sequence of 4 years, each covering a different era... Colonial, Prairie, Victorian, then Civil War. Each time they meet, Mrs E provides a craft, snack, music lesson, history lesson, and game from the currently studied era.<br />
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I think this semester, I only got outdoor pics :(<br />
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<br />mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-3539726606368533022018-08-05T14:48:00.000-07:002018-08-05T14:48:24.279-07:00Christmas at Home 2017Backposting for December of 2017<br />
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We woke up Christmas morning, got ready leisurely, and then the kids started separating presents into stacks. It's funny leading up to Christmas, because we get weird about the wrapping paper. We all want to wrap each person's gift in a paper we think they will like, but not if someone else has already wrapped that person's gift in it. :P<br />
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Kids with Nana :)<br />
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The puppies get their presents. They lasted about 2 hours.<br />
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Clyde reading the comical coffee mug (HE LOVES COFFEE) that Iris got him. <br />
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Lucy was very excited to get her sketching pencils from Clyde. They had been repeatedly mentioned leading up to Christmas.<br />
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Nana opening a gift.<br />
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Iris with her My Little Pony inspired eye-shadow from Lucy, and Lucy with her Piano Guys sheet music from Iris. :)<br />
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Clyde with his glass putty from Lu and Lu with her drawing pencils again.<br />
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Everyone gave Daddy survival stuff!<br />
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Lu got a gift card for a break out place.<br />
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Iris with her new "grown up" Bible.<br />
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Stephen's battery pack to help further his solar power projects.<br />
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Iris sees she has a Pandora box... get it??<br />
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Clyde's new record player! (packaged with a wand rack)<br />
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Displaying her charm bracelet with the newly added charms.<br />
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Clyde got Iris a small waffle iron and Iris got him a funny mug.<br />
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Stephen surprised me with a necklace with his initials on it... per some song lyrics we've been singing. (My first jewelry ever from Tiffany's! I think us girls all kind of swooned over the blue box a little.)<br />
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Everyone starts enjoying their gifts for the rest of our lazy day.<br />
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Iris coloring with her new markers in her Harry Potter coloring book.<br />
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Lu painting and stamping her nails.<br />
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Family playing Clyde's new Nefarious game.<br />
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Lucy cracking open her Compilation of Sherlock Holmes from Nena and Papa.<br />
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Clyde trying out his new record player with Oak Ridge Boys followed by ABBA. :D<br />
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</3>mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-55510885336017564282018-07-14T00:57:00.002-07:002018-07-14T00:57:51.383-07:00Christmas Eve Lesson in CarolsBackposting for December of 2017<br />
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On Christmas Eve, after we celebrated at Mom's, it was time for all of us to head to church for our Lesson in Carols. We needed to get there early because Lucy, and many other of our Covenant kids, were playing the prelude music as the congregation filtered in.<br />
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Here she is, semi-ready, and a LOT nervous right before time to go.<br />
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We got to hang out with friends and family before it started.<br />
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Then we all quieted down when it was time for Lucy to start 'Joy to the World.'<br />
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This gaggle of girls was all giddy after finding out they would be allowed to sit together.<br />
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My boy, sister, and mom near the end of the evening, right before we sang 'Silent Night.'<br />
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<br />mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-84935039309462975272018-07-14T00:48:00.000-07:002018-07-14T00:48:09.736-07:00Christmas at Mom's 2017Backposting for Dec of 2017<br />
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We had Christmas at Mom's on Christmas Eve this year...<br />
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Mom and Paul made an awesome (entirely dairy-free for Lucy) Christmas dinner!! Seriously, I know enough kids with allergies, that I know that it's not normal for grandparents to be this careful and inclusive. We are so blessed!!<br />
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Opening presents ensued, and beget many hugs, much laughter and gobs of picture taking....<br />
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It was a most lovely Christmas with family!!mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-66560949373152673672018-07-13T23:53:00.000-07:002018-07-14T00:32:07.445-07:00High School Progressive DinnerBackposting for December of 2017<br />
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This was super fun, I so enjoyed being a part of it! The families that hosted loved our youth so well, and showed great hospitality!<br />
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This was another event for which I posted a ton more pictures in an album for our church family, but these were the ones I wanted for this blog :)<br />
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Appetizers at the first house.<br />
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Most of the girls just naturally congregated in one room...<br />
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Most of the boys plus a couple girls settled in on the porch.<br />
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Adorable decorations at the next house, serving the main course...<br />
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We had dessert at the third and final location.<br />
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The last house is also where the kids did their white elephant gift exchange.<br />
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This event was super fun and contained much warmth and laughter.mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-84763007924178137412018-07-13T23:43:00.002-07:002018-07-13T23:43:51.722-07:00Middle School Christmas PartyBackposting for December of 2017....<br />
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The middle school youth at our church had a Christmas party...<br />
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So this was SO much fun, and I took more pics than this that I posted for our church family, but these are the ones I decided to put on my blog. The competition was fierce and hysterical!<br />
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sigh. I think it pains Clyde to smile for a picture!mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-73541588207359343182018-07-13T23:37:00.001-07:002018-07-13T23:37:31.233-07:00Thanksgiving 2017Backposting for November of 2017<br />
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My Aunt Rita and Uncle Allen hosted Thanksgiving again :)<br />
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Some of my pics didn't turn out because I accidentally took video. *facepalm*<br />
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Clydie still loves playing with little kids. Hope he never grows out of it.<br />
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Iris watches after engaging in a good bit of the long battle.<br />
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Mom and siblings, minus Uncle Norman. <br />
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Good times, with family that we don't see nearly as often!! <3 p=""></3>mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-39171216600660470182018-07-13T23:22:00.001-07:002018-07-13T23:22:14.319-07:00Christmas Preparations!Backposting for November of 2017...<br />
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We went to Mom's to help decorate...<br />
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someone had a slightly bigger audience to make chuckle...<br />
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he worked so hard<br />
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Iris snuck in the back room to make secret paper chains as a surprise.<br />
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We left Lu there, but when Nena and Papa brought her home she had new ornaments for everyone.<br />
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We decorated at our house...<br />
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It's become a tradition that Iris wears that silver tinsel on her head as we trim the tree, I'm not sure that it's ever been used for anything else.<br />
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They like to line up the little angel ornaments that Nena and Lucy always get Stephen and I. Mom bought us our first one for our first Christmas...before Lucy.<br />
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Fleur trying NOT to eat Clyde's ornaments.<br />
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Once Stephen sat out my Christmas pillows the pups got more comfortable.<br />
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Or maybe they like the tree skirt better... they can't decide.<br />
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And we decorated some at Dad's....<br />
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Then us girls started cutting and mounting the branches.<br />
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Lu made the angel.<br />
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And since it was Sherry's birthday weekend, we added some birthday festivities...<br />
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And we were all prepped for Christmas!!<br />
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<br />mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-82773814412285370402018-06-12T20:30:00.002-07:002018-06-12T20:30:52.905-07:00Universal Day 4Backposting for November of 2017<br />
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Our fourth day at the parks, we kind of dabbled in both "dry" parks, but got plenty wet!<br />
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Here are some highlights...<br />
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She rang the bell, so she won a bracelet.<br />
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See that black lump under the water? That's Clyde.<br />
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After we had gotten thoroughly hungry, worn out, and soaked (only some of us), we went to a restaurant that has supposedly won awards as far as theme park restaurants. It's called Mythos and had an ancient Greek theme. It is visually gorgeous, and the food was tasty!<br />
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Remember that picture where Clyde got drenched?? Well, when he sat in the restaurant the AC was too much for him. He was shaking uncontrollably, and his lips started turning blue... so I bought him that Ravenclaw sweatshirt :)<br />
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It was a seriously cool restaurant!<br />
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It wasn't too long after dinner, when the kids started talking about park-hopping again, that Nena, Papa, and Sherry decided they were done for the day, but told us to carry on and get our last day's worth out of the park.<br />
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So, we went back to Universal Studios and Iris bought and interactive wand in Daigon Alley. If you move the wands in certain patterns, cameras pick up the motions and different neat things happen, like a feather levitating, or a bird starts singing, or a fountain turns on. It's pretty neat.<br />
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Then there was more Men in Black and Transformers to take in.<br />
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...more benches to rest on whilst your family uses the bathroom.<br />
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...more falling asleep while standing, as you wait for the Hogwarts Express to take you closer to your bed...<br />
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...and then when you arrive safely back in Hogsmeade, only to realize you're about to leave once and for all without ever having tasted a butterbeer, you finally buy your very own...<br />
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And then we staggered out and drove back to our rental house ready to pack up the next morning!! It was a beautiful trip!mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-48362383632594526032018-06-11T19:45:00.000-07:002018-06-11T19:45:09.267-07:00Volcano Bay! (Universal Day 3)Backposting for November of 2017<br />
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Our third day at the parks was spent at Volcano Bay, Universal's new water park. <br />
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Ya'll... their wristbands that they pass out to everybody make the wait times so much better. The pavement and sand don't burn and tear up your feet like that of most water parks, and the ends of the slides don't almost drown you. It's a really clean and beautiful water park.<br />
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Here is Iris modeling the wristband each guest is given when they enter the park. You walk to which ever ride you don't want to stand in line for, scan your wrist band and then go do something else, like play in a lazy river, until you feel your band vibrate, then you have several minutes to get back to the original ride, and you just hop on. It's really great!<br />
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This gorgeous volcano behind us has three slide inside it, two of which have a floor that drops out from underneath you. Clyde rode both!!<br />
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Wrapped around the volcano is a wave pool, and there are beautiful lights under and around the waterfall that make the volcano glow in different colors at night.<br />
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We rode this slide and it's sister slide several times with no line, when we first arrived!<br />
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There are two "lazy rivers" at Volcano Bay, but one isn't really lazy, it's like a speed river. It keeps you moving rapidly, and while it is very exciting, it can stress people out too. Nena was NOT a fan! Probably anyone who is young or not a strong swimmer won't enjoy it so much. These guys ADORED it though!<br />
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Here is the REAL lazy river! It is very scenic and goes through a fun lit up cave!! We went around several times!<br />
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Next up was a water roller coaster. This one was definitely my favorite!!! I think it was the kids' favorite too!! This was the first ride for which we used our wristbands to hold our place in line.<br />
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During a locker/potty/snack break, I had to take this shot of Lu drinking Dr Pepper with THOSE CURLS!!!<br />
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And my pretty Mama! Ya'll seriously, who would have ever guessed that this healthy, adventurous Mama would be having open heart surgery two months after this picture was taken??!!<br />
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Normally, at water parks my syncope isn't as bad, because the water helps bring my temperature down, but it kicked in after a couple hours. The kids got to keep sliding and riding with Sherry and Nena while Stephen and I got dry and stayed in the shade with our feet in the water.<br />
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I'm blessed in that I have an awesome Mom and sister who will continue to take pictures in my absence!<br />
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After they got done with all the slides and rides, Mom joined Stephen and I, while Sherry and the kids got in the wave pool and played as the sun went down and the volcano lit up!<br />
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I was still wearing my Hufflepuff colors :)<br />
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This was an amazingly fun day!! And it wore us out well!mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-39787517412061049872018-06-10T19:26:00.002-07:002018-06-10T19:26:33.919-07:00Universal Day 2Backposting for November of 2017<br />
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Day two at Universal, we decided that even though we were going to Universal Studios for most of the day, we would start in Islands of Adventure so we could ride the Hogwart's Express to the Studios park and back. <br />
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Since we had already been through Islands of Adventure, we kind of went at a more relaxed pace and took advantage of some fun photo ops...<br />
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Iris and Clyde walked up to this fountain, and it started talking to them and having a conversation with them. And if they teased it too much it would increase the water pressure and splash them. It was hysterical!<br />
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Ha! This one cracks me up!<br />
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Everyone is excited about our ride in the Hogwart's Express!!<br />
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It did NOT disappoint! Seriously, the Express is so fun (if you're into Harry Potter, if not, then it's not worth the extra money)<br />
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The Night Bus!<br />
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Sneaking in to the Ministry of Magic...<br />
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Our first glimpse of Daigon Alley! It was wonderful!<br />
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Inside Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. This was a really, really, really neat store.<br />
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Iris purchasing her Pygmy Puff...<br />
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Lucy next to the counter where the tellers are at Gringott's Bank...<br />
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On the Escape from Gringott's ride... Lucy is pretty game for most rides, but she does have a phobia of fire, so if there are fire breathing dragons and she can actually feel the heat, that goes on the clutch-daddy-tightly list.<br />
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We ate at a shockingly quiet, nice, and tasty restaurant called Lombard's Seafood Grill. I highly recommend this place; it gives you a nice air-conditioned break, during which, you will forget you are in a theme park.<br />
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As we ventured away from the Harry Potter stuff, we arrived at the Men in Black ride. This one is SUPER fun!! You're shooting at targets as you practice being an agent, and you are competing with others in your car. We all loved it!<br />
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Next was ET. This one is nice and cool, and leisurely. The flying scene is beautiful, and you're on a bike, it kind of gets a bit weird after that, but we still really enjoyed it!! And Iris may have fallen in love with an ET plush doll at the end. ;)<br />
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Papa making Iris laugh after she was close to having a panic attack. Yup, anxiety can even follow you to your vacation destination, but thankfully for us, it left her fairly quickly.<br />
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The Minion ride was next and EVERYONE of us laughed SO hard just while we waited in line!! Seriously, waiting in line was hysterical!<br />
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After the Minion ride, four of us rode transformers! It was great! We are huge fans of Bumblebee, though.<br />
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We ended our loop through Universal Studios back in Daigon Alley, and the kids went into the wand shop. It was gorgeous, and very realistic!<br />
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We went back to the Hogwart's Express. <br />
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And after ending up BACK in Islands of Adventure, and walking to the exit of the park, we were all exhausted. We very gratefully stumbled into Margaritaville for dinner.<br />
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A very funny and friendly balloon guy on stiltz ( our table was up high) chatted it up with Iris while making her a sword.<br />
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It was a REALLY super fun, and amazing day!!mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-50669203338946830472018-06-09T18:11:00.000-07:002018-06-09T18:14:02.984-07:00Universal Day 1Backposting for November 2017<br />
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None of us had ever been to Universal before, so we were SO EXCITED. The kids wore their "we're just here for our muggle studies" shirts, and the adventure began...<br />
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Universal is divided into three parks. The two dry parks are Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios. We spent day 1 just in Islands of Adventure, although you can buy a ticket to both and ride the Hogwart's Express from one park to another. We did end up trying that on day 2. I highly recommend it, if you're a Harry Potter fan!!!<br />
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On our way in, we stopped for a quick group pic before we enter the park...<br />
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We book it through Seuss Landing so we can get to the Harry Potter area quickly. But as we went, everyone was admiring the view...<br />
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And then we get our first glimpse of Hogsmeade!!!!<br />
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Nena and Papa in front of Hogwarts... which contained our first ride, Forbidden Journey. It was Ahhh-mazing!<br />
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Next was Flight of the Hippogriff. This was an adorable little coaster, which I quite enjoyed. Really, I could've ridden it all day! There's Nena and Lu in the 2nd row...<br />
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and me and Iris, with Clyde behind us...<br />
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In the line for Flight of the Hippogriff, we got to see Hagrid's hut. We were so excited we were bouncing. 😁<br />
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It was so great, we had to ride it again!!<br />
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The whole time we had been riding stuff, Iris had been DESPERATE to visit Honeyduke's!! We FINALLY let her...<br />
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Iris purchasing candy from Honeyduke's, including a chocolate frog!<br />
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The shops and little shows in Hogsmeade were all really beautiful and fun! The bathrooms are even well though out and entertaining! I'm serious!<br />
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Next stop was Jurassic Park! The amazing music contributed to the atmosphere!<br />
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Papa and Sherry stopping for a snack...<br />
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On the Jurassic Park ride, Iris was pretty nervous. She kept expecting the drop to happen suddenly, without warning...<br />
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it was a very pretty ride...<br />
and look at my adventurous Momma!<br />
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This is AFTER the drenching drop!<br />
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Next we went into Toon Lagoon where everything looks like it's in a comic strip...<br />
The girls were dancing with Stephen to the fun music during a restroom break.<br />
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Dudley Do-right's boat-shoot is super fun!<br />
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Then Popeye's River Raft...<br />
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The Next area of the park was Marvel Super Hero Island, which really deserves more than one pic, it is a really neat section and everything looks like it belongs in a comic book.<br />
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But this coaster was the COOLEST part of the Marvel area. It may actually be the most intense coaster I've ever been on, and I've been on some! Stephen, Clyde and I rode it.<br />
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Here are Nena and Papa...<br />
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After Marvel, we circled back through Seuss Landing and got a group pic!<br />
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Then we rode the little Seuss train thingy that goes up over the park. It's a really cute ride.<br />
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And those are some of the highlights, though certainly not everything from our first day at Universal!<br />
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Back to the house we went, to rest up for another day.<br />
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<br />mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-85348657608554141672018-06-09T17:11:00.000-07:002018-06-09T17:11:12.712-07:00Vacation 2017Backposting fro November 2017<br />
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Nena, Papa, Sherry, and we five, went to Orlando for vacation this year. David didn't get to go due to keeping up his awesome grades! :( This group has been to Orlando three other times to visit Disney, but this time we were going to visit Universal, all of us for the first time! It was a timely idea too, since two springs before, we had all read the Harry Potter books... except Papa and Stephen.<br />
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These are the pics when we were NOT in the parks.... the rental house, and the other fun things we did...<br />
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The house...<br />
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Clyde got a room that is supposed to sleep 3 all to himself, due to being the only boy on the trip!<br />
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The girls unpacking their bags and getting comfortable in their cute room.<br />
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Shortly after we unpacked, a bunch of us congregated in Sherry's room to see what Hogwarts house Sherry and Nena and Papa are in... and only slightly less importantly, what their patronuses are.<br />
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If you're curious, Nena and Sherry are both Hufflepuff like Stephen, the kids, and I....runs in the family. Clyde is Ravenclaw and Papa is Slytherin.<br />
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Sherry, Nena, and Papa walked a couple of times with the kids to the amazing pool! I would often use this time to paint my nails or grab a Dunkin Donuts coffee. Stephen used it to nap and to secretly read the first Harry Potter book.<br />
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Sherry being the awesomest aunt ever!<br />
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On one of our days off we went to Disney Springs. Yes, we were there to visit Universal and not Disney, but we still love Disney stuff and the Springs is free, after all. That and they have Erin McKenna's Bakery that Lucy can eat from, so ....<br />
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Iris with her adorable Mickey cake-pop. This girl is all about cake-pops!<br />
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Clyde eating a decked out candy apple.<br />
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Papa scoping out all the sweets in the shop from which the apple and cake-pop came...<br />
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And this was the light saber he built. You don't have to purchase one to build one, which is awesome!<br />
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If Iris could have bought ANYTHING, this would have been it. Unfortunately, we were't sure how we would rig it up in her room.<br />
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Which one is NOT made of LEGO's??? <br />
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Mickey ears!! <br />
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Nena and Papa at Rainforest Cafe.<br />
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Lucy trying on the Belle themed 50's dress at the clothing store. They have 50's attire themed by characters, movies, and rides.<br />
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Iris and Clyde bouncing their super-bouncy balls from Rainforest Cafe. These turned out to be great purchases, as they've used them a ton. Glad someone was able to retrieve Iris's out of the alligator infest pond that it rolled into shortly after this picture was taken. Apparently they have a long-reaching tool solely for this purpose.<br />
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Stephen and I went on a date one night... this is what we picked.<br />
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I had french onion soup, quiche and fruit.<br />
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Stephen asked for the smallest dessert available. This is what they brought him.<br />
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This was mine. I was not prepared. That flan in the center of my sundae was the size of my spread out hand. And there is ice cream all up under it.<br />
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These are some of the milkshakes ready to be toted out by the waiters...<br />
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Stephen and I after our meal.<br />
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Clyde found a bitty little turtle in the road on the walk back from the pool.<br />
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Papa and Lucy planning out the next day<br />
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Morning cuddles on the fuzzy pillows in the living room while we wait for the caffeine to kick in. He's on his phone, so he's not as desperate.<br />
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Games at the pool with Nena and Papa...<br />
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The adults, chilling....<br />
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Our church sometimes has a reformation celebration where kids and adults where costumes (if they want) and play reformation related games.... think "Diet of Worms", "Pin the 95 Thesis", "Tetzel's Toss", etc...<br />
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On our way to all the fun, we stopped at Panera... couldn't resist some pics...<br />
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Some of the big girls!<br />
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More big girls!<br />
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Clyde and JT... I always wondered if people knew it was Clyde in there...<br />
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These two guys definitely knew it was Clyde :P<br />
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Lu ran a booth... My kids are SO BIG! 😱<br />
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Falkor had some big fans!<br />
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Everybody's favorite SuperGirl!<br />
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Iris and Katie...<br />
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The girls in the jumpy house!<br />
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Lucy still working...<br />
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So I took lots of pics of the girls, apparently, but Iris is my youngest, so....<br />
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Falkor observing all the merriment.<br />
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Clyde and Will assisting with a booth!<br />
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<br />mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-36057502161934034722018-05-09T12:09:00.001-07:002018-05-09T12:09:17.506-07:00Halloween 2017Backposting for fall of 2017<br />
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I told the kids to go thrifty this year. They did awesome! I think I purchased Lu a tiara, Clyde a cardboard box, and Iris... nothing.<br />
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Lucy was Zoe Nightshade from Rick Riordan's Greek mythology books. She's one of Artemis's huntresses.<br />
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Clyde was an Enderman from Minecraft... apparently, they are really long, black, have purple eyes, and carry around a block of Earth.<br />
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Iris was a pirate!<br />
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We went to Mom and Paul's church. This guy did some magic tricks that REALLY impressed everyone!<br />
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We went trick-or-treating with friends in their neighborhood!! It was SO much fun! Thanks, Susan!<br />
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This was the COOLEST house!!<br />
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mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-31735405606447426662018-05-09T11:43:00.003-07:002018-05-09T11:44:43.845-07:00My 37th BirthdayBackposting for fall of 2017<br />
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My birthday, per normal, rolled around once again.<br />
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Mom took me shopping for the day, bought me cothes and took me out to eat!! It was wonderful! NO pictures :( . Dad and Janet had dessert for me and gave me a card and gift. :) . Once again... no pictures! Ya'll, I'm failing at documentation lately. :(<br />
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We had nothing planned on my ACTUAL birthday, because... life. It fell on a day full of classes and errands.<br />
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But I woke up, stepped out onto our stoop, and immediately knew my sister had paid me an early morning fairy visit!!<br />
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Seriously, she did all of that before I was even awake, and the dogs never barked!<br />
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Later, while I was running the kids to Iris's Victorian girls class, my WONDERFUL friend, Amy, had made me a from-scratch, coffee-chocolate frappuccino!! Just for me! and she had JUST made it before class, so it was still all icy and yummy!<br />
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Later in the week, Nana, Stephen, and the kids fixed me dinner, dessert and a party!!<br />
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Cards from my sweet kiddos and Stephen!! I know Nana got me one too, there must not be a pic.<br />
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It was fun!! I felt loved and blessed!!mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-13335846033514248072018-04-29T13:28:00.002-07:002018-04-29T13:28:27.879-07:00Fun Miscellaneous Pictures Backpost from July-September of 2017<br />
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This is where are put the pictures I love that don't fit into other posts :)<br />
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This is the day that Mom took Sherry, Clyde, and I out to buy Clyde some fall clothes. He chose Red Lobster just so he could have these bad beauties, here. Cause Nena is awesome like that!<br />
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After the dogs got into some paper towels, I swept them up and and took a quick pic before disposing. <br />
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This is just happy and pretty :)<br />
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Iris wasn't feeling well, and the pups could tell.<br />
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Lucy watching some drawing tutorials...<br />
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flowers. if i remember correctly, we were all stopped up with pollen problems when we were buying these, but they were so pretty!<br />
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Pokemon Go and downtown exercise<br />
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Creative Surfaces let me keep this sample while I waited on my new countertops, and I still keep it because it's so pretty.<br />
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Just thought this was cute of Miss Blue Eyes<br />
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Antiquing<br />
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This hair! I mean, even when you just slap it up on her head, it's so pretty!<br />
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And SHE is just so pretty<br />
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the boys working on some plumbing after the new countertops were put in<br />
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Clyde letting his darling Lupine ride/play on his back<br />
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Clyde imitating his Dad.<br />
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Iris morphed the coffee table into a sort of throne/daybed for Falkor<br />
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New couch got delivered after old one broke. It's just a couple of shades darker, other than that.... exactly the same. Because it's cheap. <br />
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Iris and Nana made this from scratch I believe.<br />
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So this was a fun pic... while he waited on vet. I was trying to get it centered... couldve done a tad better. But ISN'T FALKOR THE CUTEST??!!<br />
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Snuck a pic in during trombone.<br />
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We went in Marshall's and Falkor picked out a toy and carried it to the front.<br />
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Then Fleur stole it, so Falkor ate her leg.<br />
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Silly dog with a stick.<br />
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We decided to all go out and try another restaurant. They did well with Lucy's allergy, AND they even let us bring the pups into the patio area! <br />
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Clyde ordered a TON of wings!!<br />
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Sauce on the face ;)mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-71039790932297412382018-04-29T11:35:00.003-07:002018-04-29T11:35:59.309-07:00Iris at Victorian GirlsBackposting for September 2017<br />
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Iris started her 3rd year of historical girls with Mrs. E this year. Victorian Girls had a new uniform. I washed, and cut the fabric, but due to our basement flooding and the rest of the house being partly unaccessible, Mrs E put it together for us!! First dress I haven't made, it was kind of weird.<br />
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Here is their first day!!<br />
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This class and the sweet time with the other girls is always so enjoyed by my girls!!mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-38744714353185194452018-04-29T11:05:00.001-07:002018-04-29T11:05:49.778-07:00Dad's Birthday WeekendBackposting for September of 2017<br />
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Dad always enjoys watching our dogs, and they enjoy obliging by being playful and cute. It's so nice of Dad and Janet to let us bring them when we come.<br />
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Clyde's card for Dad earned lots of laughter!<br />
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Iris's pop-up card for Grandad!<br />
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Lucy's card with Grandad playing trombone.<br />
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Dad's present covered in chocolate.<br />
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I like this one.<br />
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Lucy working on her Spanish project at Grandad and Grandmom's. They liked seeing her pictures.<br />
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More running on the acreage.<br />
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We had a great time celebrating Dad's birthday!<br />
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When you're a homeschool kid and you run into your homeschooled friend at the grocery store, and you realize one of you brought all your books in the car.... you get to have one of these! ...an impromptu playdate (where your mom makes you both finish school first.)<br />
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I was impressed, they stayed pretty focused.mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880527367230643103.post-15036672468076027092018-04-29T10:43:00.003-07:002018-04-29T10:43:38.192-07:00Lucy DrivesBackposting for September 2017<br />
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We left the house one day with the sole intention of getting Lucy some more driving hours, which we did! But we also found a little guy the scared our driver... she was terrified she had run over him.<br />
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And I just thought these pics were cute! Well.... the top two anyway. :)mirandagailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465044722388322408noreply@blogger.com0