tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42230818712061315872024-03-12T23:46:03.433-06:00Miller MusingsComings and goings and random thoughts about the Miller familyWinniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-28504440508010866832012-02-14T16:47:00.000-07:002012-03-01T10:03:50.826-07:00...At Least His Heart Wasn't Broken<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Valentines Day, a day full of chocolates, candy, heartfelt sentiments, cheesy sayings, school Valentines exchanges, and a trip to the emergency room. Wait, what?<br />
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You heard right...I said a trip to the emergency room.<br />
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My Valentines Day consisted of going into Caleb's class and helping with his class Valentine's party. We had a great time playing games and enjoying the chocolate fountain. Everyone loved the game I taught them where you shoot cotton swabs out of drinking straws at paper hearts. What child doesn't like a good flying projectile? Caleb and I had fun shooting at each other and then I went home, after saying goodbye to my smiling, chocolate-stained son. An hour later as I was driving into the school to bring him home, I got a call.<br />
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"Mrs. Miller? This is the office, I'm calling to say that Caleb is resting comfortably in the nurse's office and that he's fine but it looks like he has broken his arm."<br />
Audible gasp, followed by, "I'll be inside in two seconds."<br />
I walked into the office where the receptionist lead me back to where Caleb was sitting on an examination table, looking perfectly calm and even a little bored.<br />
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"Hey Mom."<br />
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So here's what went down: Caleb was sitting on a scoop chair that is on the floor checking out his Valentines haul, when apparently boys started to sit on him. This is a common occurrence in the class, anyone who sits in the scoop chair will run the risk of having any number of people pile on. However, on this day, he was holding his arm out at a weird angle when the final boy sat on him. He said it didn't hurt, it just felt weird. He calmly told everyone to get off of him and when they saw his arm bent at an unnatural angle, the kids started getting excited. <br />
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Caleb went over to his teacher and held up his arm, "I think something happened to my arm." The teacher reacted so calmly that Caleb thought he was imagining things for a moment. She told the students to calm down and took him to the office. <br />
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I called the pediatrician and they advised me to go to the emergency room. While this was happening, the teacher came in with half of the class in tow. She was holding them back and keeping them from coming into the infirmary.<br />
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Kids: Is he crying?<br />
Mrs. D: No, he's not crying?<br />
Kids: Are you sure? Check his eyes. Are their tears in his eyes?<br />
Mrs. D: No he's not crying, in fact he's laughing because you are being so silly.<br />
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I have to admit, seeing his arm bent at a wonky angle like that is a little icky. The receptionist wrapped up his arm and gave him a baggie full of ice and we headed toward the hospital.<br />
I did not make him carry his backpack.<br />
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When we got to the ER, were were admitted in immediately. (Note to self: the ER is really quiet in the afternoon--that is the time to go, if you have any say in the matter.)<br />
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The nurse was fussing with him and starting an i.v. when the doctor came in. He asked Caleb on a scale of 1 to 10, with ten being unbearable, what would he rank his pain.<br />
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Caleb shrugged his shoulders and said, "Um, a two?"<br />
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The nurse, the doctor and I all looked at each other and said in unison, "Tough kid." They told him that if any time he needed something for the pain, to tell them. Then they sent us off for x-rays. Here is what we found out:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See how his bone his flipped up in this side angle? That's why his arm swooshes downward.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From this angle, you can't see the position of his bone but you can see where it is broken</td></tr>
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Caleb had broken his wrist, across a growth plate. Because of this, the emergency room doctor thought it best that an orthopedic surgeon take care of the situation. Because Caleb had to hold his arm in some awkward positions to take the xrays, he started to feel uncomfortable. The nurse gave him a bit of morphine in his i.v., which helped with the pain. <br />
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The one thing that Caleb was really worried about was how much it would hurt when they would as he put it, "pop my arm back into place." When the orthopedic surgeon came in, he looked at Caleb's x-rays and explained to him that they will give him some anesthesia (Propofol) to knock him out completely so he won't feel or remember a thing. When they made sure he was completely under, they put his arm in a machine called a C-Arm to take some more x-rays.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">x-ray before his bone is realigned. </td></tr>
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Then he took Caleb's arm and twisted and yanked on it with considerable force. Ick. Then they wrapped his arm in a splint. (Getting a cast was three days away because the swelling needed to go down.) After that was done, all I could say was, "I'm glad you completely knocked him out for that."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All bones, skin and muscles exactly where they should be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top view.</td></tr>
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The hardest thing for me was watching him go under. Watching his eyes roll back while the anesthesiologist was holding his head still really hurt my heart. Why is that? I just felt really helpless. We couldn't go home until he was completely conscious so I had to wait for about thirty highly entertaining minutes. <br />
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Some of my favorite exchanges were:<br />
Me: Caleb, it's time to wake up.<br />
C: No! I'm getting a splint!<br />
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Me: Buddy, I'm so proud of you, you did so well!<br />
C: I'm more proud of you, you did well-er.<br />
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C: What's my middle name?<br />
Me: Caleb (which it is)<br />
C: No it's not! That's my first name. What's my middle name?<br />
Me: What do you think it is?<br />
C: I don't know<br />
Me: How about Jack (which it is not)?<br />
C: Jack? Ok.<br />
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C: Can you buy some of that medicine at the store that looks like milk (Propofol)? it makes me feel like I'm home. I like it.<br />
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And my favorite:<br />
C: You are the best mom that I've ever had! (he said this with tears running down his face. This is the only time tears were shed.)<br />
HAPPY VALENTINES TO ME!!<br />
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When we got home three hours later, there were several boys who came by to see how he was doing. Cupcakes, cookies, well wishes and jokes were heaped upon him. Add to that the huge fuss his sisters made about him and you get a kid who is little uncomfortable with all the attention (but I think he loved it).<br />
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We felt bad for the boy that broke Caleb's wrist, he came by with his dad and he was close to tears, he felt so bad. He gave Caleb a note apologizing for his "bad choices and bad example," and "I wish I was in that chair and not you,". We told him we knew it was a freak accident and that it was completely unintentional. After he left, Caleb said, "I feel worse for Trace than for me."<br />
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Three days later, he went to get a cast. Should he get a green one or a blue one? Decisions, decisions. In the end, he chose a blue one. Because the break was across a growth plate, the cast went up to nearly his armpit, to be sure that it was completly stable to heal properly. He was bummed out about that until the doctor explained that if it didn't heal properly, they would have to cut the bone and reset it. With that explained, Caleb was totally fine with the big cast.<br />
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He has to wear the big cast for two weeks and after that, they will put a shorter cast on him for another three weeks. The girls and I offered to decorate it with crystals or some other sort of bling --he politely declined.<br />
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Caleb is in the middle of his basketball season and he really enjoys it, so he and his team are really disappointed that he is out for the season.<br />
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He is not however, disappointed that his piano lessons are on hiatus.<br />
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This is our first experience with a broken bone. Pretty amazing considering that I had girls doing flips ten feet off the ground and walking across stair wells that have a fifteen foot drop.<br />
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I think we all handled it pretty well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting an xray to make sure everything was still lined up. What a sweet kid! I heart him.</td></tr>
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<br />Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-47544612572065343412012-02-09T14:31:00.001-07:002012-02-09T14:48:20.794-07:00Blinding SmileToday is a day that Emma has been waiting for over two years. Today is the day that Emma had her braces removed. Here she is outside the orthodontist's office.<br />
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Here she is after the hardware is gone and we are waiting for a smoothie.</div>
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She is so happy and I think that she is absolutely beautiful! (Of course I thought that when she was wearing braces, and before she was wearing braces, and even before she had any teeth.)Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-11229840010448858002011-10-15T13:44:00.000-06:002011-11-01T14:54:13.360-06:00Play Me a Tune?Caleb had a Halloween recital. He was ready and rarin' to go for the 5:30 performance. Since it was close to Halloween, the performers could play their songs wearing their costumes if they wanted to. Caleb is sometimes funny about costumes so he decided that we was going to go dressed as a neatly dressed 10 year old. <br />
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At 5:25, I got a call from my friend who has three of her kids performing that night.<br />
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J: Is everything ok?<br />
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Me: Yeah, we're just getting ready to head out.<br />
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J: I was just wondering because you aren't here yet. <br />
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Me: Wait, when does the recital start?<br />
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J: 5:00<br />
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Me: Oh, snap.<br />
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Caleb and I rushed down to the church just as the last person was performing. The teacher had rearranged to order so Caleb could go after.<br />
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Literally within a minute of walking in, Caleb played his first piece:The Spinning Wheel, by Albert Ellmenreich.<br />
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<br />Next, he played Snowflake Rag followed by The Great Wall of China, both by Faber</div>
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We weren't the only ones to get the time wrong. While we were waiting for the other performers to arrive, Caleb's piano teacher wanted Caleb to play The Great Wall of China slower because she thinks it sound prettier that way.</div>
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His final piece is The Goblin Council, and original song by Caleb Miller</div>
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Because of my mistake with the timing of the whole thing, the girls and Brad unfortunately missed the whole recital. How did Caleb act about the evening's events? He remained as cool as a cucumber.</div>
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That Boy, I sure love him.</div>Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-53026053945502963952011-10-13T16:15:00.000-06:002011-10-28T17:58:57.966-06:00Hanging out at the Bird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two times a year, the Millers go up to Snowbird and stay at The Cliff Lodge. In July there are always people coming and going and it is a little bit like party central. In October, it is more laid back and relaxed, due to everyone schedules. It's more difficult to make it up there when everyone is in school and there are a lot of activities going on.<br />
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This fall, we managed to go up for a couple of days. Snowbird did NOT look like the picture above. We were looking forward to enjoying the changing fall colors but we got a winter scene instead.<br />
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It was pretty but it didn't make me want to go outside and walk around the resort very much. That didn't seem to deter the kids very much. They were running around in their swimsuits like it was the middle of August.<br />
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One afternoon, I took my parents up there and we spent the evening and had dinner there. My mom and dad loved just sitting around and relaxing with the kids.<br />
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Here are Emma and Caleb making the most of the facilities. The hot tub out on our balcony was a good place to relax.<br />
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They had a lot of fun at the pool. What these pictures don't show is that my mom is wearing a winter coat when she was snapping these pictures.<br />
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After work Brad came up and went to the spa. I swear, if we had a steam room in our house, I would never see him. Thanks Wood and Susan for letting me share the condo with my folks, we had a nice, quiet, relaxing evening.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0Snowbird, Alta, UT 84092, USA40.5818948 -111.655202440.5698353 -111.67494339999999 40.5939543 -111.6354614tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-62922847223620413852011-09-24T14:13:00.000-06:002012-02-07T15:11:55.055-07:00On Top of the World (Or at least Utah Valley)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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See this mountain? This is Mount Timpanogos. To me it represents home. Whenever I leave to go anywhere, as soon as I get a glimpse of this mountain, I take a big sigh and think to myself, "I am home." <br />
And now when I look at it, I can say, "My whole family has been to the top of it."<br />
I love the fall. It's my favorite time of the year. I love the smell of the air, the golden tinge of the sunlight, and the colors. Brad wanted to hike to the top of Timpanogos with his family. I hadn't been up to the top in over 20 years ( I'll save that story for another time). So our party of 12 set out for the Timpanoeke trailhead. Little did we know that the weekend of the 24th was free entrance into National Parks and Monuements, sooo....we had some company.<br />
Fourteen miles...the hike was fourteen miles. Good thing the it was a beautiful day and the scenery spectacular.<br />
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It was a beautiful hike. I have never really been good at hiking uphill and when a mountain peak is 11,749 feet, there is going to be a LOT of uphill hiking. Luckily the scenery helped. We all hiked at a different pace, which meant once again, I was manning the end of the party (you know, to protect my family from predators, which cull the herd by picking off the old and infirm). We made it up to the saddle and enjoyed a moment together before we proceeded up to the summit.<br />
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That last bit to the summit is an exercise of mind over matter. I kept chanting to myself, "Don't worry about the heights, look where you are stepping, keep moving and don't give up! Oh, and why is it that the kids seem to be expending so much less effort than me?"</div>
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We made it up to the top! What a view, it was the first time that Rachel, Emma and Caleb had been to the top of any mountain and they are incredible hikers.<br />
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After spending some time at the top, we started back down. Rachel was anxious because she had another (!) homecoming dance she was asked to. She and Emma basically ran all the way down. She was still two hours late to her date but luckily, she had her phone with her so she could tell her date what was going on throughout the day so he didn't think that she was standing him up. Brad, Derek and the boys did their best to keep up with them so there would be a car for them to take Rachel back home. Oh to be young and fit again!<br />
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Trent and Caroline was somewhere in the middle of the party and I had the company of this wonderful man.<br />
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I'm so glad that he stayed with me and kept me company, my feet hurt and I had to keep encouraging myself to take one more step. We made it to the trail head 90 minutes behind Rachel and Emma. Both of my big toenails are a deep shade of purple but it was worth it. <br />
<br />Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com1Timpanogos Summit Trail (052), Provo, UT 84604, USA40.4074835579241 -111.660661697387740.4014380579241 -111.6705321973877 40.4135290579241 -111.65079119738769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-7709230984375754012011-09-15T17:52:00.000-06:002011-09-15T18:08:18.293-06:00With No Adult SupervisionOn the last Tuesday of August, Rachel and Emma wanted to go to Thanksgiving Point Gardens. In August, Thanksgiving Point has Two Dollar Tuesdays, which means any venue there (except the movie theater) has the admission price of only two dollars. Whatta deal! Unfortunately, the month of August flew by and we didn't have any Tuesdays available before school started. <br />
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Rachel got her driver's license the Friday before.<br />
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That means that she can drive a vehicle without an adult sitting by her in the passenger seat.<br />
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That means that Rachel suddenly has dreams of her driving down the freeway with the music blasting, wearing impossibly stylish sunglasses and the stylish scarf she has 'round her neck flapping in the wind.<br />
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Dream on, Sistah.<br />
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Still the girls managed to talk me into letting them take my car after school to Thanksgiving Point to walk around the gardens for awhile. Thanksgiving Point is less than ten minutes away from our house but every road between home and there is under construction. Whenever I drive through the labyrinth of cones and sudden lane changes, I tightly grip the steering wheel and hold my breath. So I had to wonder how a newly licensed driver (my first born in whom I'm particularly fond of) would handle it. With my teeth clenched and my toes gripping the carpet, I looked into the expectant eyes of my only two daughters and said, "Yes." (I couldn't go because I was in charge of the Young Women's activity that night.) I told them to make it home well before the activity and watched them drive away, all while praying fervently for their safety.<br />
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Rachel and Emma love to take pictures, but if you have known them for any amount of time, you already knew that. Here are some pictures they took while wandering the gardens.<br />
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They not only look good in front of the camera but apparently, they do well behind the camera too. To tell you the truth, I was a tad jealous of them. I love walking around the gardens and it must have been so fun feel so independent and grown up. They both came home in one piece and made it in time for the YW activity that night, which was a picnic with your mom (mmm, sushi!).<br />
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What a nice day!<br />
I wonder when they will ask me for the car again?<br />
<br />Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-29455643136576369912011-09-14T14:45:00.000-06:002011-09-15T08:06:07.645-06:00HomecomingRachel went to her first Homecoming dance last weekend. She went with Colton Magnusson, a nice guy who actually asked her to homecoming the week before school started (he asked a month in advance!) Things sure have changed since I was the age to go to homecoming dances. The girls would wait in anticipation for the evening to come when their dates would come and they would go off on their dates. Nowadays, they have something called a "day date," which means that they do something during the day, they come home and get ready for the dance and then they are off again. They went with a group of 9 couples. Man, that is a lot of teenagers!<br />
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Here they are at 09:30 in the morning, they are off to Park City to play on the Zip Lines and the Alpine Slide.<br />
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She came home at about 4:30. We spent the next couple of hours curling hair, putting on makeup, and adjusting clothing. <br />
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She looks so very grown up and beautiful, don't you think? Then she and Colton drove away and had dinner and the dance.<br />
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Because Colton is on the student council, they had to clean up after the dance and they didn't get home until 12:45. I'm glad that they had fun.<br />
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I would comment more but I'm still wigging out on the fact that I have a child that is old enough to go to homecoming dances.<br />
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<br />Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-64372713226873938492011-08-25T14:59:00.000-06:002012-02-07T15:16:28.218-07:00Lake of The Crags<em>"You are surrounded by small perpendicular peaks that are a beautiful miniature of the giganitc peaks found in other areas of the Tetons. Around you on all sides are these perpendicular spires and peaks and the area is studded with snow fields. This area has one of the most beautiful mountain views in the Tetons, lacking the grandeur of the spectacular great peaks but in many ways surpassing them all in beauty. This is a place that has always affected me as a sort of Shan-gri-la, where I like to sit and think and contempate the solitude and beauties of nature." </em><br />
<em>~Paul Petzoldt</em><br />
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You said it, Paul.<br />
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One morning, our gang of seven set off for the Lake of the Crags. Brad went there in 1993 and Dan has been a couple of times as well. I do not know of any human being that can hike as well as these two. So when they suggested that we go up there, I knew that we had crossed a threshold with my children - they are now considered hard core hikers. <br />
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This is Brad in 1993. He went to Lake of the Crags with my brother, Ed.</div>
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Steep. Have I mentioned how steep the trail is? There is a 2800 foot elevation change in two miles. I told everyone before we went on the hike that I'm a slow hiker, especially uphill. I did not (or maybe I did, depending on how you look at it) disappoint.<br />
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It got to the point that they had to stop every once in awhile to let me catch up to them. Rachel later told me that she was glad I made it necessary for them to stop periodically, as Dan sets a pace that a mountain goat would have a hard time keeping up with. Brad stayed behind to make sure I was still moving. I figure I was lagging behind for a purpose. You see, when predators hunt, who do they go after? The weak, the sick and the old; thus culling the herd so that the group in general remain healthy. I was ony protecting my hiking buddies. You are welcome.<br />
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Lake of the Crags. All together now....oooh, aaaah. We took a well deserved rest and soaked in the surroundings.<br />
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The water was painfully cold, as is evidenced by the chunks of snow floating on it. But we must keep smiling, right?<br />
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We tried to take a family picture. So which one should we use for our Christmas picture this year?<br />
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The hike down was a bit easier for me but I learned an important lesson, I will not wear my hiking sandals for another long hike again. Rocks kept getting in my shoes and my feet got really cold on the snowfields. Look at us, we are glissading! (That means sliding down a snowfield while trying to avoid bruising your body and your dignity.)<br />
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We made it to String Lake to find that Grammie and Grampa had taken the kids to play in the water. It was a good day, but we all felt it the next morning.Dan told me that the kids kept up with him the entire time with Caleb jumping from boulder to boulder and the girls not even breaking a sweat. Brad calculated that the girls and I hiked about 24 miles on this trip and he and Caleb logged in 50. Yup, I guess that means we are a hiking family.<br />
I think the difficulty of the journey made the destination that much more beautiful. Life is funny that way.<br />
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We made one more trip for the season to The Tetons and Yellowstone. I know what you're thinking, "What? You went there again? Don't you get tired of doing the same thing so many times?" <br />
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The answer is yes and no.<br />
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Yes, we went there again. No, we aren't doing the same thing again. There were several things that we did that we haven't done before or don't do very often:<br />
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1. We went on a few hikes that we had never been to before.<br />
2. We got to spend quality time with Dan, Abby and their cute girls.<br />
3. We got to hang out with Derek and Laura and family for part of the time. (Okay, we do that a lot, but we always enjoy it.)<br />
4. We hiked with Trent and Caroline. (Which we don't do very often and we enoy it.)<br />
5. Rachel drove in the National Parks, and did a really good job doing it.<br />
6. Brad, Dan and the kids went for a nighttime hike to Huckleberry Hotspring and had a soak in the light of the full moon and the company of a bullfrog. I had a nice quiet time in the cabin by my own self.<br />
7. The girls and I drove home and left Brad and Caleb there (they came home with Wood and Derek).<br />
8. Rachel, Emma and Caleb went on their first 11 mile hike up into the Tetons.<br />
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We hiked to Phelps Lake with the intention of swimming and jumping off a boulder into the cold water. Instead, we got cloudy, windy weather and a bear that followed us along part of the trail. It was minding its own business, just rooting around rotten logs for tasty grubs. But we Millers have a deep respect for nature and anything that might possibly rip one to shreds so let's just say having a bear saunter within 10 yard of us made us uneasy. At one point we climbed up on the boulder we would have used to jump into the lake and just watched it. Kate and Lucy were scared of the bear until I named it StrawBEARY Shortcake. While we were on the boulder, we broke out our lunch of sushi and turkey sandwiches. </div>
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But we made it out unscathed and knowing we now have a cool story to tell about a bear encounter.<br />
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We went swimming/wading in Moose Falls in Yellowstone. Lucy and I had an adventure where we were stuck out in the middle of the river because I was too wimpy to get my clothes wet.<br />
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We sat out on rocks and pondered nothing in particular.<br />
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At one point, Dan and Abby headed back to California and Wood, Susan and we hiked along the Howard Eaton Trail that follows the Yellowstone River. The adults thought it was a beautiful hike but Rach, Em and Cabes thought it was boring.<br />
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Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0Grand Teton National Park, 101 Moose, Jackson, WY 83001, USA43.8113221 -110.65502243.4446611 -111.286736 44.1779831 -110.023308tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-25533796541183558392011-07-30T14:47:00.000-06:002011-09-02T17:30:52.676-06:00A Whirlwind of ActivitiesThe week of July 25-30 was full of a plethora of activities. There was a little something for everyone. Valerie and her girls came up from California for a little visit. Jake stayed at home with his dad because he had football tryouts, much to the disappointment of Caleb and Jake. Although they didn't get to spend time with each other, both boys had a good week with Jake getting to spend quality time with his dad and Caleb having his days filled with other cousins.<br />
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Rachel, Emma, Sara and Sydney got to go to OYA (Outdoor Youth Adventures) in Idaho with each other. Rachel had gone two years ago and she wanted to share the experience with her sister and cousins. Those four girls have always been closer than sisters but after camp, they were even tighter. I knew they would have a good time, even if they did have to use an outhouse, sleep in a tepee and not shower the entire time they were there.<br />
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While they were in Idaho roughing it, I got to spend quality time with Valerie and Grace. Val and I were a little concerned with Caleb just being with Grace, we were afraid that they would be bored and complain, it turned out that our fears were unfounded. One afternoon, we went to Thanksgiving Point with Laura, Max and Ellie. I haven't been to the Dinosaur Museum in years and it brought back fond memories of me taking my little ones there (sigh).<br />
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Thursday afternoon, Caleb, Brad and Grace went up to Lava Hot Springs with Derek's family. There they met up with Grammie, Grampa and Sam's Family. Valerie and I stayed home. Thanks to Aunt Rachel for taking the pictures (she's always been good at documenting good times, I however, often forget).<br />
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They spent hours tubing down the river<br />
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On Friday, Valerie and I drove to Rexburg to pick up some tired and dirty girls who were dropped off at BYU-Idaho. On Saturday, we were going to have a memorial service in Kilgore Idaho for Pat Bennett, Susan's grandfather. So we drove to Idaho Falls and checked into a hotel.<br />
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The first things the girls did was shower. <br />
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Who knew Idaho Falls was such a nice place? After dinner, we went for a walk along the river front.<br />
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The next morning we drove to Kilgore to the little cemetery there. Parley "Pat" Bennett was a police officer in Los Angeles in the 20s. He moved there with his little family to find a better job for them because they couldn't make a decent living in Idaho at the time. He was killed in the line of duty by a robber and he left behind his wife and two small children, Kenneth and Enid (Susan's mother). He was buried in Los Angeles and his wife, Elizabeth moved back to Idaho with her 6 year old son and 3 year old daughter. <br />
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As an interesting aside, Brian (Valerie's husband) had a great grandfather that also served in the LAPD at the same time as Pat. Being such a small force, they undoubtedly knew each other. Small world, huh?<br />
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Susan and her brother and sisters have been discussing having a headstone in Kilgore next to Elizabeth. After many years of discussing, they were finally able to have a headstone made and placed in Idaho next to his wife. All of Susan's children and Susan's sisters came to have a memorial service. It is an exact replica of the headstone in Los Angeles. <br />
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The memorial service was perfect. One of the many things I admire about Susan is her love of family, not only for her posterity but for her ancestry. She has passed that love to her children and her children's children. I know that it meant a lot to Susan to have all of her children come to Idaho and share this moment with her.<br />
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Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-37824638537082163622011-07-14T10:01:00.002-06:002011-08-15T09:05:19.509-06:00Lift Where You Stand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz24R_r1Vm2at6VMmQpphhoa0gEPxWY4FDD-fOywFYsvXMsrckVuqgzPy0OGPza8ZIhXoxRghySnUlHZI6R0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>When the trailer and truck were mired in the sand, we realized that the only way to move the trailer was to completely unload it and move it into a position where we could rehitch once the truck was unstuck. Darrin Poulsen, one of the dads that were there, has a knack of being able to turn anything into a spiritual learning experience. He retold the story in one of Dieter F. Uchtdorf"s conference <a href="http://lds.org/general-conference/2008/10/lift-where-you-stand?lang=eng&query=dieter+f+uchtdorf+"lift+where+you+stand"">talks.</a> In this talk, he tells of his experience of having to move a piano with some other men. In order to move it, they needed to just lift it where they were standing. With many people doing that, they were able to move the piano with ease. The the girls all gathered around the trailer and lifted and moved the trailer. They were pretty proud of themselves.<br />
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This whole experience could have been the start of a lot of bad attitudes (heat, dust, manual labor, car troubles), but when we made it back to the freeway, one of my Beehives enthusiastically exclaimed, "Sister Miller, that was the best ever!!! I knew camp was going to be fun but not this fun!!" The other girls in the car wholeheartedly agreed.<br />
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I love this girlies.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-7003295589032732442011-07-09T15:38:00.058-06:002012-02-07T16:01:56.633-07:00What You Get when you Combine 50+ Girls and a DesertThe last week of June we had our annual girls camp for the girls in our ward. This year we thought we would do something a little extra special and go down to Southern Utah. Have you ever been there? It's beautiful but really, REALLY hot the last week of June. We loaded up the cars, trucks and trailers and headed down to Green River.<br />
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On the way down, we thought we would take a little detour off of I-70 to check out a petroglyph named The Black Dragon. (As an aside, Brad and I took the kids to see it several years ago and we drove back and forth on that stretch of highway five or six times before we could find the turnoff.) We pulled up to a small stand of cottonwoods and had a nice lunch and the girls tried to stay cool by spraying each other off.<br />
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On this first stop, we learned a very important lesson; we learned that a full sized truck pulling a fully loaded trailer has no business driving on soft sand.<br />
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The trailer was unhitched, emptied of all its contents. Then the work began. Girls were sent up the hillside to gather flat rocks to put under the wheels. After a quick prayer, most everyone lined up behind the truck and started the push. (I had to document the whole affair, so I didn't push.)<br />
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Half of our party was unaware of what had happened because they drove out in front of the truck. They waited a couple of miles away wondering what had happened to the rest of us. They figured out what had happened when they saw the huge dust cloud billow up into the sky. Everyone behind the truck was now the same earthy red color. We take blending into the enviroment very seriously.<br />
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Then we got the trail man(girl) handled and moved it out of the way. (I'll save that story for another <a href="http://bradandwinnie.blogspot.com/2011/07/lift-where-you-stand.html">post</a>) After that was done, an assembly line was formed and we loaded up the trailer and hitched it back up to the truck. Yay! Keep in mind that it was about 102 degrees while this was happening. <br />
By then, the rest of the party had driven back to see what was going on. Sometimes it is good to get the bad thing out of the way at the beginning of the trip, right? So I get back in my car and it won't start. Are you serious?! Michelle, our Young Women president fortuneately has a Suburban that is very much like Mary Poppins magical carpet bag- she not only produced a shovel to help dig out the truck but she also had a portable battery that comes in handy when someone's car won't start. We drove back out to the highway. Because the road was so narrow, the cars that came back to see what was going on had to drive for a couple of miles backward. Those women have some skills!<br />
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When we got to Green River State Park, we set up camp. The water was extremely high this year so the girls were told to stay away from the river, although someone forgot to tell the mosquitos.<br />
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The next day we drove to Moab to raft the Mighty, Mighty Colorado.<br />
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Everyone had a great time, even the people on our raft. We had a girl for a river guide and because she was the only female guide, she felt like she had something to prove. She pushed us hard. It also didn't help that 2/3 of the raft had the average weight of 80 pounds. Combine those two things and let's just say it was a little intense.<br />
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After rafting, we went to a park in Moab and just hung out and had dinner and waited for things to cool down before we went on our hike. In the evening, we headed out to Corona Arch. Underneath the Arch, we had a short devotional. It was a visual, and spiritual feast!<br />
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This was Rachel's first year as a Youth Camp Leader. This means that she was responsible for 6 girls and she was the "mom" for their tent. The theme this year was Winnie the Pooh and each tent was assigned a character. Rachel's tent was Kanga and Roo. She stayed up until 2:00am the night before making cute pockets for them and making a map of the 100 acre Wood. I'm not sure where the I heart JB comes in the Winnie the Pooh story, though. I've read the Winnie the Pooh stories many times and I have not a single recollection of Justin Bieber being in any of the stories.</div>
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Emma after several days of roughing it. She forgot her razor.</div>
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One of the priesthood leaders brought water balloons and there were many welcome, wet games.</div>
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I was soaked by some of my girls. They "lured" me out of the pavillion by saying, "Sister Miller! Theres a --spider--yeah, a spider here that we want you to see!" I thought I would play the good sport and let them douse me. I did manage to dump half a cooler full of water on a couple of them though.<br />
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Emma is here in her tent writing some notes to the other girls in the camp.<br />
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During free time there were crafts and other things that were organized. I noticed that Emma was missing. I found her in her tent. The poor thing was wiped out.<br />
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I never went to girls camp when I was a girl but I can tell you that as an adult leader, I love it.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-19327609540948848942011-06-25T17:23:00.008-06:002011-08-09T17:27:48.244-06:00That Was Some Trip!We made it home from our trip to Yellowstone safe and sound. We were beat and glad to be home. Some of us sat down and watched TV. Some of us immediately started to unpack and put away their things. Some of us took a shower. Some of us just burrowed into a down comforter that needed to be put away for the season and fell asleep.<br />
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We had a little picnic by lower Falls. <br />
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Rachel and Emma having a sit by Upper Falls. They said that the bench was a little lumpy and it made weird noises when they sat down on it.<br />
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Because of the unseasonably cool weather, many of the wildlife was still in the low country. On this trip, we saw a total of 11 grizzly and brown bears with and without their cubs. We saw more bears on this trip than all the previous trips the past 15 years combined.<br />
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We were all happy, honest.<br />
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and knitting. This project is my first foray into cables.<br />
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We pulled over and enjoyed the new viewpoint at Gibbon Falls<br />
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So do you remember last year when we had that mega-huge <a href="http://bradandwinnie.blogspot.com/2010/08/epic-adventure.html">family reunion</a> in The Tetons and Yellowstone? It's something that I will not forget anytime soon. Well part of the reason we had such a big shindig was because Wood thought that it would be his last year to sample the lakes. Through some slight of hand and some maneuvering (that man can do anything!), he still has funding for his research. So that means the Millers are out in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with water bottles and taking samples of various lakes. Yay!<br />
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We arrived a couple of days later than Wood and Susan, Derek and Laura, and Trent and Caroline(who left the morning we arrived). I guess that it was really cold and it was rainy in Jackson Hole and The Tetons but they managed to get a few hikes in. By the time that we arrived Sunday evening, the weather had cleared up a little bit. Sunday was the last game of the NBA finals between the Heat and the Mavs so most were content with getting some pizzas and watching the game in our hotel room. Susan took Laura and me to a nice restaurant in town called Sweetwater. The food was delicious and the company even better! After dinner, Brad, Derek, Laura and I walked to the town square where the kids played some night games while the adults discussed various episodes of The X Files. All in all, it was a good evening in Jackson Hole.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sampling Two Ocean Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching Grampa sample the inlet at Two Ocean Lake</td></tr>
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We spent much more time than usual in the Great Room at Jackson Lake Lodge. It was relaxing reading, listening to music and playing with various electronic gadgets. We also had our traditional pizza at Leeks Marina. We usually really like the food there but this time, the pizza was good but the Teton Bread (which is there version of cheese and garlic bread) was a little much.<br />
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The next day, Derek and his family went home and we stayed on in the Tetons and hiked around Jenny Lake. The good thing about the weather being so cool and rainy is that there were minimal mosquitoes. Someone please tell me of any good or useful thing a mosquito can do, I dare you.<br />
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Along with the beautiful hikes in the park, driving around is just as relaxing and beautiful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, I admit it, this drive wasn't all that relaxing for me.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Good thing Grampa was there to take over if things got out of control. He was much more calm with Caleb driving than I was when Rachel first started driving (and she has a permit).<br />
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Friday morning, everyone gathered at our Stake Center and had a hot breakfast. There were about 300 youth in attendance. The activity for the day was modeled after <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/">The Amazing Race</a>. All the youth were separated into groups different colored tee shirts and then into smaller groups of four or five. There were 13 stations situated all over the north end of Utah Valley. At each station, the team was required to complete a task before they got the clue to the next location. (The drivers had received a 27 page packet beforehand with a list of the locations, maps, etc..) So let's see, let's just say that there were 320 kids, divided that by 4 and we have 80 cars driving around with people excited and hurrying to the next location and that sounds like scary times, right? Actually, we all were relatively unharmed.<br />
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I was assigned to be a driver of four girls I did not previously know. Cute, cute girls. It did make me feel pretty good that Rachel and Emma both wanted me to drive them. I would have thought that they would want me to be as far away from them as possible :)<br />
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Here are some of the activities:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Humanitarian project: making baby rattles to send overseas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was lucky enough to be at the same stations as Emma's group so I got to see her several times that day.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Another challenge that we did was that each one of the girls were given a laminated card with a number and "Pay It Forward" on the front. We were to perform a random act of kindness for each card and then head to a local restaurant where there were computer's set up to record the service that we did (<a href="http://payitforwardutah.blogspot.com/2011/06/112.html">Pay it Forward</a>). With each act of service, we were to give the recipient the card and challenge them to perform an act of kindness themselves. It think this was my favorite activity. <br />
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The most difficult challenge was when we went to the local dinosaur museum and looked for clues hidden in a mural. We had to solve these clues and plug them into a crazy formula like: green clues + grey clues/ blue clues = the combination to open the lock that had the next clue. Good thing there were other teams there, we all helped each other out. Math never was my best subject.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We just pulled over when we saw someone working in her garden and offered to help.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helping someone load their groceries in the car.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last activity before dinner. Yoga. Aaaaah.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>After dinner the stake patriarch spoke and a couple of the youth about making good choices, and having integrity. Then we all went home and rested up for the next day.<br />
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Saturday morning, everyone went to the mouth of Grove Creek Canyon and went on a hike. Throughout the hike, they had to stop at 13 different stations to pass of The Articles of Faith. The final destination was the park by the Timpanogos Temple. I didn't attend this portion of the activity because I had to pack for a week long trip that we were leaving for the next morning. <br />
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After lunch (I think there were over 100 boxes of pizza!) Every grabbed a raked and cleaned up the park. When that was done, there were fun and games.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel trying to master the four legged race.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma enjoying the company of her friends.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>After the games, we had the treat of listening to Kris Belcher speak to us. She had tumors in her eyes when she was 7 months old and the radiation that cured the cancer disfigured her face. Seven years ago, she developed cancer in her eye from the radiation she had received when she was a baby. Not only did it completely blind her, but it left her without an eye. She is truly an inspiration.<br />
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After Sister Belcher spoke, we all headed home. At 8:00 the youth went back to the church for a dance. This is the activity that Rachel and Emma definitely did NOT want me to be present. Which was okay with me.<br />
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You may wonder why the number 13 was so prevalent throughout this activity (and no, it wasn't because the tee shirt company had a discount on the number 13). This year's theme for the Youth, is the 13th Article of Faith, which is:<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent and in doing good to all men. Indeed we may follow the admonition of Paul--We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, we hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things."</span><br />
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The time, money and logistics involved in this event just proves to me how much The Church values its youth. I am glad to have spent two days in the company of such outstanding people.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-64368600110689846772011-06-16T09:00:00.005-06:002011-06-16T09:00:09.114-06:00L'ArtisteEmma took a 3D art class this year. She's always been artistic. When she was 9, she entered in an art contest where they had to make a picture of a duck for the Duck Stamp for hunting licenses. Emma's depiction of the Hooded Merganser won first place for the state of Utah.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last day of school this year, she came home with these works of art.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSeNQV6kUYjf3BXpgbE-agZgBKTMLhhHeolIoEr7d6SmcP4s2rsru1fnVFaexizFkT_DgGHym6t7XmzNQlrYVfvhKjtM2HV4DkwqSLTD-jKe1_ivTPUNUuxXaYEzXpk0XS5hSWc_ItRs/s1600/IMG_5680%255B2%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSeNQV6kUYjf3BXpgbE-agZgBKTMLhhHeolIoEr7d6SmcP4s2rsru1fnVFaexizFkT_DgGHym6t7XmzNQlrYVfvhKjtM2HV4DkwqSLTD-jKe1_ivTPUNUuxXaYEzXpk0XS5hSWc_ItRs/s320/IMG_5680%255B2%255D.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div>Behold, the minimalist giraffe. This project caused her some amount of stress because she had to use sticks, wire, string and hot glue to make it work. She originally had a bulkier head make from more sticks but it wouldn't hold up. I think the end result turned out great.<br />
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Materials: 1 ball 100% cotton yarn<br />
No 7 needles<br />
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Directions:<br />
K=Knit stitch<br />
S= Slip stitch<br />
Cast on 45 stitches (or any odd number of stitches)<br />
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Row 1: Knit (this is the right side)<br />
Row 2: *K1, S1* repeat between * across, ending K1<br />
Row 3: K<br />
Row 4: Knit 2, *S1, K1* Repeat between * across ending 1<br />
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Keep working in pattern until your piece is square, fininishing with wrong side row. Bind off in knitting on the right side.<br />
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Note: You can slip either knitwise or purlwise, as long as you keep the yarn behind the fabric while you are working. Slipping knitwise will make a slightly denser fabric.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-27764385429407539162011-06-10T10:00:00.005-06:002011-06-12T08:45:25.367-06:00Ballband DishclothI've decided that I like knitting dishcloths. They are great little projects to have in between the big ones and they are so straightforward. They knit up so quickly that I'm done before I get bored of knitting one. Plus I think that these homemade dishcloths work better than the terry cloth ones that you can get at a store.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ballband dishcloth</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I love the little brick pattern, and the colors? Oh so many possibilities!<br />
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Materials needed:<br />
Size 7 needles<br />
Peaches and Creme (or any 100% cotton yarn): One ball of each color A (brown) color B (eggplant)<br />
Finished size: Approx. 9 1/4" x 9 3/4"<br />
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YF=Yarn Front<br />
YB- Yarn Back<br />
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Directions:<br />
Cast on 45 stitches with color A (When asked to slipstitch, do so purlwise)<br />
Row 1: (Color A) Knit<br />
Row 2: (Color A) Purl<br />
Row 3: (Color B) K4 Slip1 *K5 Slip1* continue between * across to last 4 stitches, K5<br />
Row 4: (Color B) K4 YF Slip 1 YB *K5 YF Slip1 YB *Continue between * across to last 4 stitches, K4<br />
Row 5: (Color B) P4 YB Slip 1 YF *P5 YB Slip ! YF* Continue between * across to last 4 sts, P4<br />
Row 6: (Color B) Repeat Row 4<br />
Row 7: (Color A) Knit<br />
Row 8: (Color A) Purl<br />
Row 9: (Color B) K1 Slip 1 *K5 Slip 1* Continue between * across to 1 sts, K1<br />
Row 10: (Color B) K1 YF Slip 1 YB *K5 YF Slip 1 YB* Continue between * across to 1 sts, K1<br />
Row 11: (Color B) P1 YB Slip 1 YF *P5 YB Slip1 YF* Continue between* across to 1 sts, P1<br />
Row 12: (Color B) Repeat Row 10<br />
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Repeat 12 rows until desired length is reached finishing with rows 12. For a more varied effect, switch colors when desired.<br />
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Bind off loosely.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-5051297934587781012011-06-08T21:28:00.015-06:002011-06-09T20:35:23.350-06:00Oh So SweetOn June 3, 1995 Rachel was born bright-eyed and ready to take on the world.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7 days old</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was always on the go. Always.</div><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;">1 year old. This is the Place Monument</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">She was fearless.</div><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;">2 years old. Little Wild Horse Canyon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 years old. Great Falls of the Potomac.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She loves the great outdoors (just like her dad).</div><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;">4 years old. Jackson Hole</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was sassy. Very sassy (and very skinny, look at how tight her belt is cinched up).</div><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;">5 years old. Disney World</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">She like to be dressed up and looking pretty.</div><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8JRJ9dC-exR0Lz0ZGKc8df8kgtSpMPTvkmntKwPyDD4AejrQX84epRgEGE07BNYwZWrS-wQnuCNYyUIQ_cxHlr8lEB2lO26sg7G1fawgr-tMyTO2BIPYX0arhTyX8vBt_vzeiGR9LFk/s1600/Rachel%2527s+16+years_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8JRJ9dC-exR0Lz0ZGKc8df8kgtSpMPTvkmntKwPyDD4AejrQX84epRgEGE07BNYwZWrS-wQnuCNYyUIQ_cxHlr8lEB2lO26sg7G1fawgr-tMyTO2BIPYX0arhTyX8vBt_vzeiGR9LFk/s320/Rachel%2527s+16+years_0006.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6 years old. With Emma, Sara and Sydney. Sam and Rachel's wedding reception</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She loves her brother and sister dearly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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;">7 years old. Buffalo Peak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 years old. Capitol Reef</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She is creative</div><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;">9 years old. Princess Leia ( with enough layers underneath to keep her warm.)</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She stood out. She wasn't concerned with being like everyone else.</div><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;">10 years old. Captain Jack Sparrow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">11 years old. Hope of America award.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12 years old. Rachel and Emma best friends/sisters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">13 years old. Messing around with crazy clothes and makeup with friends.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has a flair for the dramatic</div><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;">14 years old. Midsummer's Night Dream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15 years old. Getting ready to walk the tightrope.</td></tr>
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</div>Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-81681087190092069982011-05-27T09:00:00.000-06:002011-05-27T09:00:07.138-06:00Looking Ahead to the FutureI'm getting old.<br />
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An inevitable part that goes along with that is that my children are getting older as well. Along with growing up comes the part of thinking and preparing for the future.<br />
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Rachel, Emma and I went to a workshop at BYU last weekend. Foundations is a day-long activity that is hosted by the Multicultural Student Services. It is for 8th through 10th graders and their parents who are interested in learning about ways to prepare for college. Both the girls were slightly wary about giving up a whole Saturday to learn about preparing for college, but when I told them that lunch was provided and that it would be on BYU's campus, they agreed.<br />
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One thing the girls didn't realize was that there would be so many different ethnicities there (even though I showed them the flyer that had "Multicultural Student Services" printed on the front). They thought that was a nice surprise.<br />
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It is a great program! The kids were separated into the different grades and then broken up into small groups of 8-10. The parents went into an auditorium where a panel of high school counselors and academic advisors answered questions and showed the many different ways to get financial aid and scholarships. <br />
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The kids had workshops on how to make goals and prepare for college interspersed with service activities and lots of games. <br />
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When we came home that afternoon, Rachel and Emma had a list of goals they wanted to accomplish, and a bunch of new friends. I had a notebook of useful information that will put me in the right direction of finding a way to pay for my girls' education.<br />
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This was on the back of Emma's worksheet.<br />
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Some of the things on Em's worksheet that make me smile are:<br />
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1. How she wants to always be in good shape but she doesn't like to excercise. <br />
2. How she tells herself to get over it.<br />
3.Her doodle<br />
She has a good head on her shoulders.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rachel's goal sheet was a little more specific. I'm pretty impressed with it. Rach has always like to plan and map out her life so this excercise was right up her alley.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ04_HcxvTWtJzcLHZbElzGI0k6XjN6o9axtYMJGNxL0SgvpCVdB6-z61vs38Q9wZwXYFZLwBhle2xv-_lc8EChkwAU2qPsu2qpzc_mb39CbGmmcLOxQe45uvbhy4XMbDyXs5oQoRvVq0/s1600/Rachel%2527s+Goals+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ04_HcxvTWtJzcLHZbElzGI0k6XjN6o9axtYMJGNxL0SgvpCVdB6-z61vs38Q9wZwXYFZLwBhle2xv-_lc8EChkwAU2qPsu2qpzc_mb39CbGmmcLOxQe45uvbhy4XMbDyXs5oQoRvVq0/s400/Rachel%2527s+Goals+11.jpg" t8="true" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pretty good girls, if you ask me. Maybe when they graduate from college, they'll be able to spring for a trip for their beloved parents to an exotic locale.</div>Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-55961900556864686142011-05-26T09:00:00.004-06:002011-05-26T21:50:45.218-06:00Looking Back to OkayamaA couple of weeks ago, one of Brad's old companions, Kelly Atkin, from his mission requested me as a friend on facebook. I'm not sure if Brad will ever be on facebook and I've had a couple of his friends contact me so they could contact him.<br />
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Imagine my surprise when I came home Tuesday night and he was sitting on my couch! <br />
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Let me paint a picture for you on what my Tuesday evenings are like:<br />
1. I am rushing around trying to get dinner served for everyone.<br />
2. Caleb has to be dressed and ready for scouts by 6:30.<br />
3. The girls and I go to Young Women at 7:00. <br />
4. Tuesday is also laundry day so I usually have piles of folded laundry lying around in the family room waiting for kids to put away.<br />
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Tuesdays are really hectic for me. To top that off, I had a presidency meeting after the Young Women activity until 9:30. So to say the least, I was a little mortified that Kelly had dropped by unannounced right in the middle of my laundry-strewn, dirty dish filled counters, and homework on every flat surface home. Having said that however, Brad and Kelly looked like they were having the time of their lives and they sat and talked for about four hours.<br />
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During their mission, they went to get a haircut from this woman on a regular basis. One time, Brad challenged themselves to ask her if she was willing to take the discussions. She was friendly and she said yes. Because she was a single woman, the missionaries aren't allowed to visit them by themselves. So they brought along a woman from the ward to accompany them. <br />
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When they knocked on the door, the woman opened the door and spoke to them, they saw another woman standing behind her. She was kind of wild looking woman with big hair and she looked at them like she was a little frightened and wary. Brad and Kelly noticed her but didn't think much of it thinking that she was nervous about the missionaries. They gave the discussion and it went really well, with the hairdresser being very interested in what they had to say and the wild haired woman sitting quietly in the corner and out of the way. <br />
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After the discussion was over, the woman from the ward that accompanied them talked to the big-haired woman for awhile and then they left. While she was driving Elders Miller and Atkin back to their house, she asked them if they noticed that other woman. They said that they did and they figured she was just nervous because they were proselytizing. Not so, said the woman from the ward, the wild-haired woman said that she was a psychic and that her hobby was fortune telling. (Brad told me the word but I can't remember it, it sounded like umeboshi. Which I know isn't right because that is the word for a pickled plum. I KNOW her hobby wasn't being a pickled plum.) She said that she was so surprised and a little frightened when her friend opened the door because she saw three people standing there, the woman from the ward and the two missionaries. The woman looked normal but the missionaries were surrounded by a bright aura, a glow that encircled the two missionaries. She was a little freaked out. I probably would be too.<br />
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I had never heard that story before but it sure is a good missionary story, isn't it?<br />
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I'm glad that Kelly stopped by and got to visit with Brad, it makes me happy to see Brad so happily reminiscing; in spite of the fact that Rachel and Emma's underwear was lying in a pile by their feet.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-72424473988546337252011-05-25T10:40:00.018-06:002011-05-26T08:01:19.943-06:00WebelosCaleb earned his Webelos rank last week. Scouting is still a little bit like a foreign country to me. Webelos?!? What the heck does that mean? Luckily, Brad is an Eagle Scout and he was really into scouting when he was younger so Caleb has a parent that will help guide him through the world of merit badges, certifications, weird skits and silly songs. Oh, and I was told that Webelo means "We Be Loyal Scouts".<br />
Caleb is at an age where it is not quite as cool to be outwardly affectionate to your mom in public. Here is is pinning the mother's badge on me.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyBWYh_LpBW86Qjrm5AULZ4yBySpARiyCodoMfiX-_yKvuB62I5q5iUDW2aRz0mdBKhlTjbedB9a_DbafbClA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scouts is great! Caleb loves it.</div>Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-90741948230167854242011-05-25T08:22:00.002-06:002011-05-25T08:24:49.778-06:00Making the CutI've been looking at my blog links and I'm wondering, if someone hasn't posted in over a year, is it safe to say that they've lost the Bloggin' Fever and they probably won't post anytime soon? Would it be rude to delete their link from my blog? Just wondering.Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223081871206131587.post-53651478563544697212011-05-24T12:13:00.003-06:002011-05-24T18:40:20.355-06:00Chubby Penguin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjktCL5TDOAKJJbwwMkt3HsDuiI8jKaIbd5YG3h4vXcSiBte6PfNHFc0DJIEGkMKogD3Pm1HrLOXhhGNKjkenJ9B3afF5rKcGpsn5_8crS4MIuclthVoKLnyb6d__mBTdQVYzNcr-vU8/s1600/IMG_5673%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjktCL5TDOAKJJbwwMkt3HsDuiI8jKaIbd5YG3h4vXcSiBte6PfNHFc0DJIEGkMKogD3Pm1HrLOXhhGNKjkenJ9B3afF5rKcGpsn5_8crS4MIuclthVoKLnyb6d__mBTdQVYzNcr-vU8/s200/IMG_5673%255B1%255D.JPG" t8="true" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RfJmEDoxnD0Hchprn-xWBx_ASYBd1OCx3H0eg4wHa9kF7xcJe5X_51o_Y6gmctBbJAn8aYJUeGtIcCZiYI77OGQBEzyz9ObV9Fvf23aF8AnB1qB2mTCvyVMsutZBLHyLI9BpvPs4XQQ/s1600/IMG_5675%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RfJmEDoxnD0Hchprn-xWBx_ASYBd1OCx3H0eg4wHa9kF7xcJe5X_51o_Y6gmctBbJAn8aYJUeGtIcCZiYI77OGQBEzyz9ObV9Fvf23aF8AnB1qB2mTCvyVMsutZBLHyLI9BpvPs4XQQ/s200/IMG_5675%255B1%255D.JPG" t8="true" width="200" /></a></div> I knitted up this little guy this week. It was my nephew Max's birthday and I remembered that last year at the family reunion, he mentioned that he would really like for me to somehow knit him a penguin. With a bow tie. I came up with a penguin without a tie but with cute tufts over his eyes. I hope he likes it. He is one of the coolest kids I know. Happy 12th, Max! <br />
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As an aside I was wondering if I should post the instructions for my projects. Is that pretentious? Would any of the six people who read my blog find that at all interesting?Winniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470855064994150770noreply@blogger.com2