tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14188000154433990082024-03-13T05:58:40.164-07:00A Whole Lot of Monkey BusinessThe Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743735894110905644noreply@blogger.comBlogger587125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418800015443399008.post-10957193519425498932020-04-30T17:07:00.000-07:002020-04-30T17:07:03.807-07:00I can see the Blessings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This blog post started out being named, "I think 2020 needs a little electricity" - you know, a little jump to restart it! But as I have reflected I have seen the blessings in our lives. 2020 started out with us in Las Vegas. We have never done a trip during New Years before and so we were super excited. We met up with Emma and Clayten and some other family for a day or two while there. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ea9E6psDEuA/XqnDmMv9iyI/AAAAAAAAJwA/Ot8uL2caZ1UrdaeJ5YiLuUURTls-mGU_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_2920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ea9E6psDEuA/XqnDmMv9iyI/AAAAAAAAJwA/Ot8uL2caZ1UrdaeJ5YiLuUURTls-mGU_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/IMG_2920.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
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We enjoyed the 2020 festivities, although we didn't do anything fancy as we had the kids with us, but just being there with all the people and the fireworks was fun.</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Trial: </span> Rob and I had a flight (leftover for when we were going to take a job in Vegas and were going to find a house), but the boys took the van to Vegas as a boys' road trip. As we were preparing to take off for our return flight, the boys texted us telling us the van had broken down. It was the second time in a few months. They were in the middle of the Arizona desert! I did a quick google search and found them a place they could take the van to get it fixed and called my brother Karl asking if he could pick them up if need be. We planned on landing and immediately getting in our car to head to Phoenix. What a way to start 2020- right? </div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Blessing:</span><span style="color: yellow;">: </span>The boys were able to go 30 miles an hour back to a small town, on the advice of Karl, and there was a garage that fixed them up for just around $300. Luckily Rob had thought to give Sam a credit card for anything they might need. They made it the rest of the way home safely.</div>
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We decided we were done with our beloved van forever after that. You can't strand my babies in the middle of the Arizona desert and think I'm going to keep you around! It was still hard to let it go. We have so many memories with this van. It has been with us 11 years. We've driven it across the entire United States and all over Europe. Max was just 3 when we bought it. It was the first car we bought straight out and since then we haven't had a single car payment. We have saved money and paid outright for cars. We bought Rob's, Emma's and Sam's cars all without a loan. I stewed over which car to get knowing we would be in debt again. I finally decided since we didn't have the money to pay for any of them right now, that I might as well get the one I really wanted. Behold the 300 horse power Mini John Cooper Works Countryman. It's actually a medium size car. There is plenty of room in the back for the boys (the two that are left anyway!) We can never go on a trip all together again without taking two cars, but I figured we were only a year or so away from not ever doing that again anyway.</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Trial:</span> At the end of January we started working on Samuel's paperwork to go on a mission. We had everything except his physical done (including getting all the boys new passports.) He went for his physical and fainted when they took blood. He always looks like he is seizing a little when he faints. They did an EKG and he sent it to me. That's when I intervened. They sent him home with an EKG that said he was actively having a heart attack. We got him another appointment and did another EKG that wasn't a whole lot better, so the doctor said she wouldn't sign his paperwork until he saw a cardiologist and a neurologist. He couldn't get an appointment to see either until August. When he came over for Sunday dinner he said he probably wouldn't go on a mission if he couldn't be seen until August and then had to submit paperwork in the fall and maybe not go until winter. And I can't say I blamed him, but I went into panic mode. I found someone who was willing to see him in Utah in a couple of weeks, but we were worried about insurance. </div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Blessing: </span> His doctor was able to talk to the cardiologist and he was seen within a couple weeks. The initial EKG was better and the Echo and stress test showed nothing wrong except a slight leak in his tricuspid and pulmonic valves. No heart damage and no ventricular hypertrophy! Also the neurologist had so many cancelations due to the pandemic that they talked to him via Skype in between his cardiology appointments and passed him with flying colors. (He did have an MRI already.) So he now he just has to pick up the papers soon after he talks to his doctor on the 5th of May. We wanted those papers in by the end of March, but with the mess that is going on now, it's probably a good thing to have waited a little.</div>
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At the beginning of February, Rob had surgery on his knee. </div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Trial: </span> He had the same problem as before and couldn't pee after the surgery.</div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Blessing:</span> He had told the nurses that I was a nurse and so after we stayed waiting until almost the end of the entire day, they gave us a couple foley catheter kits for me to insert if needed. And most thankfully, it was not needed!</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Trial: </span> Middle of February we had two big and one tiny trial. The tiny one- my foot! A blood vessel just decided to pop and the foot got huge and painful. Thankful it did that while I was on administrative leave. See my boss was forwarded a picture I put on Facebook that showed the logo of the hospital on the uniform. A month and a half later I was complaining about how stressed I was and included people going all crazy and rude at the hospital as one of the things stressing me out. That was also forwarded to him. Apparently that's enough to get thrown into administrative hell, lose a weeks worth of pay and a decrease in my position. I now make $2 less an hour. I almost lost my job over that, because I was about to write my boss and tell him exactly what he could do with that job. My husband stopped me and wrote a very humble text back instead. Thank goodness for husbands. Of course I have no need of this job and can quit anytime, which I still think about, occasionally. The other big trial was finding out we owed almost $8000 in taxes. Something slipped through the cracks there- even though I claimed no exemptions and Rob only claimed one!</div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Blessings:</span> I still have my job, the foot healed without too much pressure on it that week, since I wasn't on my feet 12 hours a day and we actually had the money to pay off the taxes. Who has $8000 just lying around. We did, thankfully!</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Trial: </span> Ah March, the start of "everyone is in jail!" The official quarantines hit, churches, temples, schools, everything shut down. But I still went to work, just with a lot more PPE!</div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"> Blessings: </span> The boys have been doing their school work online, which we have no problem with. Rob works from home and I still go to work. Neither one of us lost a job or income. We have been given the right to do sacrament in our own home and I have 4 priesthood holders that can do that for us. Max prepares and passes the sacrament, Joe and Sam bless each week. With the Come Follow Me program we have been prepared to teach in our homes already. I have had some amazing experience as we have prepared for and given lessons to the family, as I have tried playing the hymns again, as we have sat around and discussed scriptures with Yvette, Sam's non-member girlfriend. I have felt the spirit more than I have at church for a long time. I feel part of the process, again, finally. </div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"> Trial:</span> That brings us the April. In April our garage freezer decided it was done working. We noticed the mess of fruit juice all over the concrete and realized what was happening. Looking for a freezer to replace it was disheartening, however, as it seemed to be one of the many things people were hoarding. Who hoards freezers? We finally found one- it was the last one left; a floor model and big enough to hold a 7 foot linebacker or three regular bodies. By the end of the day we had the mess cleaned up except for the stains on the concrete, but then realized the fridge had quit too. AAAHHHH! It took us a couple days to find a fridge, because people who were hoarding freezers moved on to fridges.</div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Blessings:</span> We now have a chest freezer and an "apartment fridge." I have always wanted a chest freezer. We eventually found both and saved some stuff, although the meat had to be thrown away- no one trusted it. We also amazingly had the money to pay for both!</div>
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I am not super excited to see what May brings. We are still in quarantine. I hope that will be lifted by the middle of May, because I need a break from the same every day! There have been plenty of trials this year already, but thankfully we have had lots of blessings too! </div>
<br />The Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743735894110905644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418800015443399008.post-41853980016018413512020-04-14T11:23:00.000-07:002020-04-14T11:23:00.120-07:00I'm having my own issueI know that the zombie apocalypse is in full swing but I'm in the middle of a flowmagedon myself (during the pre-menopausal wars.) It makes me think of the woman who touched the hem of Jesus's clothing who had an issue of blood for 12 year. The other day was the first time since high school when I had to ask someone to go get me another pair of pants. I peaked my head into our break room and motioned for another female nurse to follow me. The male nurse who was just getting on, said, "ooh, this must be bad. I want to see too." "No Daniel, you don't need to see too." "Why not?" and he looked at me like I had greatly offended him. Talk about issues. I have an issue! Of course my issue has only lasted 4 days. I have gone through a whole lot of underwear and pants in 4 days. If I had to go 12 years with an issue, I would have lost my mind on day 14! Some people can handle thing a lot better than others. The Lord knew we would be weak in these days, that's why he has blessed us eternally with cautery tools and Gynecologists. After just 4 days I'm ready to say let's take that puppy out! But that would be elective surgery and there are no elective surgeries in the time of the apocalypse, so I will have to continue braving the world, with extra pants in tow and thankfulness in my heart for washing machines.The Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743735894110905644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418800015443399008.post-23347320265525241822020-04-03T16:11:00.000-07:002020-04-03T16:11:09.363-07:00Interrupting Quarantines<div style="text-align: center;">
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I wanted to update this blog and you would think I could have done it by now. I have only chronicled up to September of last year. But instead we are interrupting this regularly scheduled procrastination session to let you know about all the current happenings.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES IS QUARANTINED! (NOT TO MENTION MOST OF THE WORLD!)</span></div>
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So whew, yeah- it's crazy out there. It's not the zombie apocalypse yet, thank goodness, but we did see a guy taking a walk with his family carrying a rather large wrench! Toilet paper- gone (we have enough to get us through the end of the year, however, because we are LDS. Come on, we prepare!) Hand sanitizer- gone (we have lots of little bottles from Christmas when we bought out Bath and Body works), Clorox wipes- gone (we have a few stashed away), at one point meat, eggs and bread were gone too, Vitamin C- can't find it under $30 a small bottle, bleach- gone, hydrogen peroxide- gone, rubbing alcohol- gone, N95 mask that we need in the hospital- severe shortage, ventilators in the hospital- supply is strained, anything we need in the hospitals- severely strained. People be crazy!</div>
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The culprit- a little virus that goes by the name of Covid-19. I had my first known (that I know) positive case on Sunday. He is currently in the ICU on a ventilator. Hopefully my mask and goggles and gloves did their jobs. The peak of the infection is supposed to hit in 2 weeks time so I am sure there will be more to come.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">My team one day. You can't tell who anyone is because we are all in blue scrubs and have masks on. It gets pretty confusing some days. There is a doctor, 2 techs, our secretary and 6 nurses in this picture. We have been training the floor nurses in case we need them to come down and start helping in the ED. The two that came down this day did super well!</span></i></div>
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Since the culprit is highly contagious everyone has been told to stay at home unless they are "essential personnel." I am essential. Rob stays at home and works from here. All stores and restaurants are closed except grocery stores and take-out or drive-thrus. Schools are closed and will not reopen for the rest of the year. The boys will start online school in a couple weeks. This week is officially spring break. The poor seniors won't get a graduation ceremony or Prom or anything. Church is at home. We have had some really good discussions. </div>
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The church was preparing us for this time for the last half a year when they went to 2 hour church and wanted us to have our own discussions at home with the <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-individuals-and-families-book-of-mormon-2020?lang=eng">Come Follow Me </a>program. </div>
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Life has slowed wayyyy down. </div>
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Some of things we have been doing to pass the time:</div>
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After living in one place for almost 4 years, I was getting agitated with all the mess and the piles of stuff we don't use. Until now, I have to go through that every 3 years as we move. So we have been moving slowly through a deep clean of the house. Currently we have these two closets done, the boys closets and chest of drawers, the baseboards, vents, yard, and game closet cleaned out.</div>
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We have done a little bit of homework. The boys are going through an easy Sudoku puzzle in this picture for their math.</div>
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I made a mask, for just in case. It's not nearly as beautiful as all the ones being made by tons of people to hand out to EMS, grocery store workers, Postal workers, etc.</div>
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I helped a local business. They had to bring all their inventory home, so now they can only sell online. It was a win-win situation, especially since they delivered straight to my door!</div>
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Lots of relaxing time is going on. Doesn't this water look eerie? It turned that color from one of the bath bombs Emma gave me for Christmas.</div>
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We take a walk every day. We call it "our constitution." The dog is especially grateful after a long winter when I refused to take a walk. Long being a relative term, because this is the desert so December through February.</div>
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We made a golf target with an amazon box and played each other to 200 points. The biggest hole at the far end was negative 10 points, so Rob was winning, but then ended up not.</div>
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Yvette and Joseph won instead.</div>
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We also played a game of greed that night. Sam won- we never did finish that game.</div>
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Max still has piano lessons- just virtually.</div>
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We try to go play tennis most days too. And then there is the mind numbing hours we are on our phones and playing games on the playstation. There is plenty of that happening! And the amount of times someone wants to eat! Why do they eat soooo much food? Rob always wants it cooked too. Can't we just eat a salad or a peanut butter sandwich? Nope. Exercise, exercise, exercise. It's the only thing that is going to save me. Good thing we have a treadmill and weights, since all the gyms are closed!<br />
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My gym- when it's open. Love <span style="color: blue;">Chuze gym</span> and their team training. </div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Don't Miss This</span> on Youtube and <span style="color: #f1c232;">dontmissthisstudy</span> on Instagram. Love the way they teach and the points they bring out in the Book of Mormon</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">comefollowmestudy</span> on instagram. Great thought for the day </div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Bedsideroundz </span>and <span style="color: #45818e;">eddyjoemd</span> and <span style="color: #45818e;">zdoggmd </span>on instagram. I learn something medical most days from these three. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">the Babylon Bee</span>- best satyrical website ever.</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">codebluememes</span><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span>on instagram. Nursing humor at it's best. You won't get most of these or appreciate them at all if you aren't a nurse.</div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Mental Floss</span> on the web or on instagram. Fun facts. I used to love their magazine when they put one out. </div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">My new car.</span> I love it!</div>
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It's a John Cooper Works Mini Countrymen. It actually has tons of room in the back for the boys and it has 300 horse power. I have already gotten my first ticket in it. It's so zippy and fun!</div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Elantris </span>by Brandon Sanderson (We actually just finished it.)</div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Schitt's Creek </span>on Netflix. I kept getting it recommended to me, but I wouldn't watch it, because of the name. I finally broke down and tried it. I love it. There is some language and sexual content that a lot of my friends and family wouldn't enjoy, but I think it's witty and fun and heart warming at times.</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist </span>on Hulu. Super heart warming, fun and great singing to boot!</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Words with Friends 2 and Boggle</span> on my phone. Look me up if you want to play.</div>
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The Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743735894110905644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418800015443399008.post-11018416502192651352019-09-22T17:56:00.002-07:002020-04-02T15:50:41.384-07:00The One Where We Meet the GUY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The first picture we took, made me look fat-seriously fat, so I made Grandma take another picture. There were none that turned out well with Rob and I in them</div>
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After a visit with Mom and Dad and Grandma Keck we went to go meet Emma Elizabeth (Grandma Delta Elizabeth's namesake) at the Eastern Idaho State Fair. A whole lot of Kress's came too. In fact I think all the siblings were accounted for! Emma brought the boy she had been dating since April. We were finally meeting "The Guy"! It was a fun trip and we enjoyed watching the "Git 'er Done guy" who we didn't actually want to see, but Emma and Clayten wanted to so we went. And it was actually pretty funny. No guy is going to ever be good enough for Emma in our opinion but, she was happy and seemed to really like him. And that's all I have to say about that.</div>
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The other awesome thing was that on the way home, we got to stop and see our friends from Colorado- The Bishop's. Their son Ben was getting married. Ben was Emma's age when they babysat for us in Colorado. For some reason I never got a picture of them, but they were so friendly and talked with us like we had never left and we were still the best of friends. Love friends like that! While we were waiting for the reception to start at Thanksgiving point we went into this art studio. They were working on the stain glass window for the Rome temple. We weren't allowed to take a picture of it, but we could of the mock up. It was really very cool!</div>
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Wonderful, wonderful trip! So glad we took it!</div>
<br />The Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743735894110905644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418800015443399008.post-55232666503824261462019-09-22T17:39:00.000-07:002019-09-22T17:39:07.905-07:00The rest of the Summer<div style="text-align: center;">
And the rest of the summer...</div>
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We had Emma a little longer and loved having her down with us. We played games</div>
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Who's the Dalmuti now?</div>
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Celebrated Sam's birthday</div>
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And Max went to scout camp</div>
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Joe became legal!</div>
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Don't worry-he didn't just get Hostess cupcakes for his birthday. I also made him this cool death by chocolate cake which was super yummy!</div>
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And we celebrated Angus's birthday!</div>
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Now it's time to get back to school!</div>
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Max 7th, Joe 10th</div>
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Sam 13th- College- for this one! In the summer they made all the freshman come down and do an overnighter. They showed them around campus and had talks and presentations. They set them up with a councilor that talked to them about what they wanted to major in and then set them up with the classes and the schedules they would need to keep for the years ahead to get that degree. They also had Sam do some testing and got him enrolled with the honors college. He skipped ahead in math and went to the honors Chemistry. </div>
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For Sam's graduation he wanted to go on a cruise to Antartica. Not that that isn't totally cool and I would totally be up for it if I was a millionaire, but since we aren't and we wanted everyone to go on the cruise with us, we made him make another choice. His choice: Alaska!</div>
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We started out in Vancouver. And to show you how memorable this was, in August we played a game in Relief society- <i>Never have I ever </i>and I said, "never have I ever been to Canada." Right! Ya I just blocked it out of my mind, because this was June and it was freaking cold and rainy and cloudy. The hotel room we rented was a joke, the owners were super rude and we ended up having to get another room for the two days we were there, but also paying for that one. Super expensive. I don't hold Canada as a country responsible for this terrible holiday experience consciously, but obviously I do unconsciously!</div>
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We saw some cool things at Stanley park in the pouring rain at 54 degrees in June!</div>
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We didn't do a ton on the boat. We did a lot of sight seeing and stopping at different towns. Our first stop Ketchikan.</div>
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Emma was my partner and our kayak was broke. It wouldn't go like the other kayaks. The instructor even came over and told us to do certain things and we would do them and the boat wouldn't go the way it was supposed to. Rob said it was operator malfunction, but I'm telling you it was lopsided or something! In the end we figured out how to compensate for it's short comings as a kayak and made it go with the rest of the group.</div>
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At the end of the kayak trip, Sam had to jump into the water. He went to the end of the pier and did a back flip into the water. They made us do an incident report, because it was the rules if anyone "fell" in the water! </div>
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We also found the Alaskan Fudge company in Juneau. It was soooo delicious!</div>
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Cool black flowers. Now you know there is such a thing! I think they were just really deep purple, but I'm going with black flowers!</div>
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In Skagway (I think- see what happens when you wait a year and a half to update your blog!) We saw a variety show and panned for gold. </div>
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Everyone got a little gold!</div>
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Glaciers and more Glaciers. And yes, everyone recorded and whooped as they fell apart. Cheering for global warming- I don't know about us!</div>
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When we reached Whittier, I took the bus up to Anchorage, rented a car, drove back down and got the family and then we headed to the military resort in Seward. Another horribly cold, raining not awesome stay. But Sam got to try and snag some Salmon. He didn't get any, even though he tried for several hours. It was the very start of the season.</div>
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Then we headed up to Anchorage to stay a day with our friends from Ohio and Germany- The Bedell's. They are totally amazing people.</div>
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From there we took our rental up to Denali for a couple days. </div>
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Sled dogs! Actual working sled dogs. They work hard in the winter months and show off for us in the summer months</div>
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Mt. McKinley which is now again called Denali (but I'm old and learned the name the other way, so i keep forgetting!) Sam really wanted to walk on it a little, but it is in the middle of the park with no roads to it. You have to plan way in advance to get flown there or have some good money. We just settled for looking at it from afar.</div>
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We saw bears and moose and mountain sheep and antelope and caribou and lots of eagles. </div>
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Not your every day fun on the boat, beach, food, beach, fun on the boat kind of cruise, but definitely an adventure. Something we will never forget. Thanks Sam for choosing Alaska to explore!</div>
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The end of school is always a rush of projects and papers that you have to wonder if they couldn't have been done at a different time. </div>
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Battering Ram! That cost a pretty penny!</div>
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Samuel also competed in one more track meet, representing the state of New Mexico. Carl Lewis showed up and Samuel got to shake hands with him. He got many looks by recruiters, all who wished him good luck after they realized he had graduated a little while ago. If we had only known what we do now, last year! </div>
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Sam just showed off his flipping as the New Mexico team walked by fans. Very impressive!</div>
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He got his farthest jump ever in the triple jump this meet!</div>
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He had no idea who Carl Lewis was. We had to tell him and make him go down and shake hands. Kids these days! ha ha!</div>
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And banquets. Here is the track records board that isn't updated with Sam's latest records, but at least his name is on there! Joseph had a tennis banquet but none of us could go. Sam had to drive him to it. So sad! I loved those tennis coaches!</div>
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And we celebrated Max's 13th birthday with the Deacon's quorum. </div>
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Seniors getting ready to receive their diplomas</div>
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Several days later, on Sunday we had Sam dress up again and take better pictures!</div>
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With his Grandparents Keck</div>
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And his Grandparents Thomson</div>
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And then we hosted a party!!!</div>
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We had a S'mores bar which was off the hook!</div>
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All these boys made state by time, place or as alternates. Sam made state in the 110 hurdles his first race of the season by time. He made state by time about 3/4 of the way through in the 300 m hurdles and he was an alternate for the 4x400 team. He was on the team when they made it by time on the second run of the season, but all the relays had to be run again, because one of their runners had been ineligible almost the entire year. It really messed up the team. These guys never treated him badly, however, which is a real credit to them. They were supposed to win state this year, but without him they couldn't re-qualify one relay and then all the things he was supposed to win or get second in they had no one else to replace him with. It was super sad and frustrating, but these guys kept a positive attitude the whole way!</div>
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Every year the coach get those who qualified for state a gift. This year it was black bathrobes. The kids loved them! Seriously, though, black, terry cloth robes in New Mexico heat?</div>
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Notice the difference from the picture above to the picture below? Sam grew his hair out all year. It was a huge afro. Everyone kept trying to get him to cut it, but he wouldn't. He waited until State. He said he was going to surprise everyone and run super fast once it was shaved! </div>
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These boys (the hurdlers) got taken out several times by various coaches for making the State team.</div>
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The Three Amigos and their coach- Best Coach Ever!- "what are you? Some kind of hurdle expert or something?" (quote from a parent of another team)</div>
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Sam got 2nd in the 110's- not his fastest time</div>
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And third in his 300 hurdles- definitely his fastest time and a new school record! Our fastest 300er was disqualified for a stupid reason. I'm sure he will take the school record next year. Then Ethan came out of nowhere and took 4th! So super psyched for him. He didn't qualify in anything until Districts and it was his last race to run- and then he goes crazy and gets 4th in State! Sam was only supposed to get 6th from his qualifying race the day before. So big win and big surprises for our team!</div>
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Last minute, Sam was put in to the finals of the 4x400. He was a little nervous and super tired from his two big performances already that day. </div>
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But they pulled it off with a 4th place finish! They had won or gotten 2nd every race that year, but with injuries and people being ineligible, they had to grab people from everywhere to make all the relay teams! Three of these guys were completely exhausted already!</div>
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Way to go Samuel- 2nd, 3rd and 4th in State!</div>
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We went from 7th the first day, to 5th the second day and by the end of the day, we had enough amazing surprises like Sam's 3rd and Ethan's 4th that we actually took home 2nd place in State. Last year we were 1st the first and second day, all the way to the final race, where we lost it by 2 points. 2nd place was super hard last year. This year there was nothing but smiles! With everything these boys had to go through to take that 2nd place, they deserved every bit of happiness they got from it!</div>
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Seniors! (which by the way had graduated 2 days before!)</div>
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Spring is a pretty awesome season! This year it was a little bittersweet. I was freaking out about being down yet another child! Samuel's time with us was quickly coming to a close. All our boys are active in the Spring and I love watching them. I called my mother-in-law one time and said how sorry I was that she had to sit there and watch a baseball game, because everyone knows how horribly boring baseball games are! And she said, "sorry for you. You have to sit there and watch a track meet go on for hours!" Ha ha, I guess I got told! I love track. I love watching every race! I haven't been a regular attendant at the field part, expect high jump until this year. Personally I just can't think of better entertainment! And these guys and their parents and our coaches! Seriously, they are the best!</div>
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Max started club track late, but he loved, loved throwing everything! Next year we will start on time, and next year he has to run something as well!- 'cause mama said so!</div>
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Winter fun? You mean more sports, right? So this is the year that the boys actually tried out snowboarding. Sam took to it quickly, Joseph said he liked it, but not on that mountain and Max said, "no thank you!" after ramming into a post of some sort. I don't know, because I had to work. You can tell how broken up about that I am, right? Cold and I don't get along.</div>
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Sam, thankfully, chose not to do wrestling again this year. He said it was just way too gross in this state. He battled impetigo and ringworm all last winter and was done with it. Instead he chose to work on track by doing a track winter season. There were only a few meets in winter season, because it isn't even a real thing at our school. Our head coach just told us about meets and we signed up and went as independents. </div>
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One of the meets we attended was the Chandler Invite. It was in Chandler Arizona, so we got to stay with Karl and Terrie. Karl and David came and watched. The first part was rather boring, but it did have a first cousin once removed running in it. His Dad- our cousin and our uncle, his Grandpa also came to watch. Karl stayed until Sam biffed it bad in the 110 hurdles. Someone threw a hurdle into his lane. It was very sad. And then got 5th in the 300's. Karl came back that night to watch the elite runners. We only had a couple running with the elites. They were amazing to watch. They were jumping 17 feet in pole vault! Jerry- our coaches son- won the mile and one other race. Our others didn't advance in their heats. </div>
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Maxwell played basketball, again. He loves basketball. It was a pretty short team. Max was one of the tallest. They put him in the first game to tip the ball. They never did that again. Poor Max. He will learn to jump one day!</div>
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You can't have winter without a useless holiday called Valentine's Day. We rarely do anything on it. But this year I was feeling creative and made cinnamon roll hearts from scratch.</div>
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As the winter came to a close and spring began we got ready for MORE SPORTS! Graduation, college acceptance, and warmer weather. Angus even got all spruced up for it.</div>
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Essential parts of our Christmas season:</h3>
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1. Two trees- one with Mom and Dad's wedding ornaments and carefully picked out ornaments that match and another with homemade, silly and fun gifted ornaments. Can you tell which one this is?</div>
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2. Celebration of St. Nicholas day. He comes on the night of the 5th and fills your shoe with wonderful stuff. </div>
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3. Yummy treats- super essential!</div>
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This one was made by a nurse in my ED. Super cute and yummy</div>
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This one was made by me! This was my first year of success with old fashioned fudge. I got some awesome pointers from our fabulous cook, Carolyn, and it finally worked out. Who knew the secret was to not stir it?</div>
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4. Cuteness in all it's many forms. Poor puppy!</div>
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5. The reading of and acting out of the First Nativity. Emma is usually Mary and Joseph is usually Joseph, but it has varied. Our sheep has run off at this point.</div>
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6. Christmas morning round up. They must all sit on the stairs and look pretty in the morning until I get a picture and start the video camera. Yes it is always me, so you will never see me in the Christmas morning round up. Aren't they so cute, even as big as they are?</div>
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I had to work Thanksgiving in order to get out working Christmas or New Years when Emma was home.</div>
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That morning we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and then the boys went on a hike up the Sandias while I worked. </div>
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The next day we enjoyed our Thanksgiving lunch!</div>
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I made apple, pumpkin cream cheese and a mixed berry pies. They were all delicious!</div>
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King Robert got a little bit older this year. We love him with all our hearts!</div>
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At some point getting older stops being fun and starts sucking. I'm not sure what that age is, but Rob has passed it. He is dealing with it well though. He still works out, but he has changed the way he does it so he doesn't keep getting hurt. He has bought about 4 pairs of reading glasses and now remembers to bring them with him wherever he goes. He uses creams and lotions and sunscreen at all times. He works out his mind constantly- continuing his German studies and his physics studies. He is currently teaching Sunday school for the adults so he is also studying the scriptures intensely. One of the fun games his friends play at church is "where will Rob go with this lesson?" I can't even guess half the time! </div>
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It's a pretty sweet deal living with this guy! I sure love him!</div>
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Ok, so it might be all about the sports, but we did do a few other things this fall!</div>
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We went to the state fair! Always good fun, greasy food and hot at the State Fair!</div>
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Mom and Dad sent a postcard from their travels and Max colored it.</div>
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We watched conference and built structures</div>
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We went to see the Balloon festival again. This time with Grandma. Grandpa was sick!</div>
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I decided to learn once in for all that I am indeed allergic to Penicillin. Somehow I got it in me while working and became a patient as I got huge hives and then started sweating profusely and then almost fainted. We tried oral Benadryl first, but when the hives continued to spread I had to check in. </div>
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Max's football team he signed up for dissolved- not enough players. I thought there were plenty of players! He would have gotten to participate constantly! Instead he was placed on a team that had played together for years and practiced about 25 minutes away. When you have almost every day practices this really stinks! Also they did a lot of Friday night lights and tailgating parties and other things to simulate high school football, but since we had a senior playing high school football we ignored all of those things. I was either at Sam's game or working so I only got to see 2 of his games. Poor Max. He understood, he said. He played a guard this year.</div>
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Our cross country team is 1st or 2nd in the state depending on the year, so he was never going to make varsity. Even the people on the JV team were running 18 minute 5K's, so he was on the C-team. A lot of people are on C-team. This is the land of the runner!</div>
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The team mom's made these for all the seniors. There was a hook on the back for hanging balloons on game day!</div>
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He started out on kick off and kick off return team</div>
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and as an alternate receiver, but since his coach never ever ever changes players, he didn't play receiver very often. The coach kept trying him in various positions in practice. He told him that he was too athletic to be sitting on the side lines. He finally decided to put him in as a nose guard. Yep all 5'8 140 pounds of him pushing against 250 pounders. </div>
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They had specific plays they used him in. He was supposed to do specific things, which he usually accomplished despite the huge guy in his way, but usually got crushed in the end. </div>
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We eventually learned to sit away from the main crowd who were loud and rude and yelled a lot. Our team isn't the greatest. We have an amazing assortment of skill players! They always review us well, because of this. We also get 2 or 3 signed to college every year. Unfortunately, we have very few big guys for our line (hence using Sam.) So in the end, our season isn't very long. If we make play-off's we are out the first round. We didn't even make play-offs this year. We still got people signed to colleges, however. When we moved we found out where the main players families sit- like the quarterback's family. I always wondered if the mom could hear all those negative comments! Nope! She doesn't sit by the bench people and the B team families! </div>
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I got slightly more involved this year- only slightly. These women are a little over the top for me. But I did help with Homecoming. They did a great job!</div>
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This is Sam going to homecoming... by himself! </div>
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if only for a split second during our cloudy weather! </div>
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Robert and the boys also went up camping with Grandma and Grandpa Thomson while I went with Emma back to her dorm and checked out her new digs. Very nice place. I became known as the exercise mom pretty quickly. I had nothing else to do while Emma worked! </div>
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And then before we left we got PEACHES! </div>
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Oh how I have missed good peaches! There is nothing like them!</div>
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We had a family reunion! I know, right? We have only had one of those that I can remember, other than this one. It's hard when you drop your kids off all over the country and when 2 of them marry military men themselves and some just need an attitude adjustment! But hey, we did it and plenty of people came!</div>
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We had 4th of July with sparklers and pool and slip and slide time,</div>
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We had birthday celebration complete with mini cakes to frost and decorate,</div>
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The book has pictures of all the kids and grandkids. The quilt was a representation of each family. They chose the main color. I chose the square that would represent the family. We have green and a hunters star since Rob is Army and we move a lot and we own a lot of guns. Karl's is red- I assume for Arizona State and his is Wheel of fortune, because he is in the finance game. Mike's is maroon, I assume for Texas A&M and his is Sister's choice, since they have a lot of girls in their family. Cindy's is robins egg blue (not sure why. Probably because she likes that color) and is a windmill- they live in Washington state and were Air Force, so it seemed to fit. Dan's is.... I can't remember! It was birds in flight though. Was it blue??? Anyway, him and his wife both work for the airlines, so that's why the pattern. Lise's was purple, because that fits her and the pattern was bento box, because she loves anime. Tim's was a pattern that just looked digital to me, because he is into everything digital and it was grey, because he likes things plain.</div>
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We visited with Great Grandma Keck</div>
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What a great fun family reunion Mom and Dad planned! It was so good to see everyone that came. I haven't seen my sister in years and I had never met the two littles. Gretchen and Dan were a blast. I love people who aren't afraid to get into the fun even if it means getting soaking wet! </div>
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Not much traveling has gone on since we left Europe. Travel isn't as easy in the states. Everything is so darn expensive and so....far...a...way! But for the 4th of July weekend we decided to get away. We only made it an hour or so north, but it was away! </div>
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We visited Santa Fe and went to their pancake breakfast and old fashion car show.</div>
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This year we took a trip up to Wolf Lodge in Colorado to celebrate Max turning 12. Twelve is a pretty big birthday in our house. Max got the priesthood at church and now gets to pass the sacrament.</div>
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We are all looking pretty hot in our wolf ears!</div>
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The kids loved playing Magi Quest. </div>
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Then we visited the Air Force Academy, where are good friends from Ohio, the Killpack's met us and did the tour for us. He is currently a professor at the Academy</div>
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Sam had senior pictures. I took him to the mall to shop for something decent to wear. He kept saying no to everything, so finally I just sent him into Express and didn't go in with him. He came out with this. Yep, those are fancy shorts, boat shoes and an expensive t-shirt. That's the fanciest he has been in years!</div>
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Sam went to several football camps, one over in Arizona, while the two younger boys went to Trek- which is reenactment of Pioneer time. They had handcart teams and had to pull handcarts all day. They try to make it fun with dances and games and some music. This one was much more modern than the one Rob and I participated in. We weren't allowed to have toothpaste or tents and we had to make all our own food pretty much from scratch. We did not have to kill a chicken, though! These guys had instant oatmeal and sandwiches and donuts. (Ok, maybe not donuts, but close enough!) Since Max had turned 12 just a couple weeks before he got to go with the group!</div>
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And Emmmmmmmmmmmaaaa! Emma came home for a month and learned to drive a stick shift as well- because it's a skill people!</div>
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Sam turned 18!<br />
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We celebrated at the movies and at the trampoline park</div>
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We went up to Santa Fe for the 4th of July</div>
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And then up to Los Alamos- home of Fat man and Little boy!</div>
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We played a lot of tennis</div>
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I worked on a a quilt for my Mama</div>
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And Sam experienced his first cupping. I'm not a fan! That just looks like it destroyed all the capillaries in his skin. I don't know how that is supposed to help him!</div>
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And somewhere in all of that, I got a job and started working two 12 hour shifts every week as well as taking all the classes I needed to renew all my lost certifications! I still have one more to go in November. I have to have a lot of certifications!</div>
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After football and wrestling, I was pretty depressed about what we had done for our oldest son, but he moves well and showed it. He went into track with determination and found some amazing coaches that helped him reach for his potential. Coming out of Stuttgart, I think he only had a 17 sec (something) for his best time at the 110 meter hurdles and maybe 5'8 for his high jump. Of course it was his first year in high school running or jumping. He mastered the 3 step technique this year and learned to deal with ice baths. </div>
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Even I became involved with the team, because the coaches were so awesome! Rob and I tried to make most of the meets. </div>
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So many parents were never there. They are long and some think really boring, but I have always found track fascinating and it helps when you personally know the kids and their struggles. We rooted for all kinds of kids, including from other teams, because we learned of their stories, or guessed at some. A lot of the boys would come say hi to us and give me a hug. Sam's hurdle coach was also named Debi and so we talked lots. Such a great group of kids and adults! </div>
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Sam made it to state in the 110 hurdles, high jump and as an alternate for the sprint medley team. </div>
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For those that qualified they had a special dinner. I was invited to participate. So amazing to watch! </div>
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The meet itself was hot but the competition was fierce. Those kids gave every last ounce they had. We watched lots of throwing up. They even had to move the podium because of a big pile of puke in front of it. Do you know where they moved it- on top of the puke! NICE! </div>
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Our meet had 4 A, 5A, and 6 A. It was interesting to see the difference. Sam would have won or come close to winning the races of the 4 and 5 A schools. He ended up getting 5th in the 110 hurdles for the big schools.</div>
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Our team was winning the whole meet. We had got a good amount of people into state finals, so we were super excited and hopeful. We lost in the very last race of the day and ended up getting 2nd. Second in all of New Mexico for running is not bad. In fact it is very very good! We had a kid high jump who tied 6 other kids in the nation that had jump the same height- only 7 kids in the entire nation! One of our teams racers went on to sign for BYU track team. I expect him to do great things. He was the national 400m winner. I think we are pretty competitive. But just as every one knows 2nd stinks. 1st you're the winner, 3rd you are happy you are on the podium, but 2nd? Blah! It was so sad to watch! It all was quite an experience and they have one more year to try and win it all- at least with Sam on the team!</div>
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So glad Sam chose to do track. He ended with a 15.3 second PR I believe and a 6 foot high jump. Not bad for a 5'8 kid! He also ended up with another Varsity letter and another coaches award! Way to go buddy!</div>
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Here we are in our new Easter outfits. </div>
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I swear I look like I am in pain, but I believe it was just the sun hitting my eyes. Or maybe I'm just getting old and it shows more when I smile. But I wanted to show my whole dress. All of that is embroidery! It comes from a new website that I was introduced to by a friend called <a href="http://www.eshakti.com/">eshakti</a>. They customize your dress for you. You can change the neck, the sleeves, the length and give them your measurements and they make the dress for you. Super excited about it!</div>
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We had a super low key Easter, but a nice one. One where we laughed together and enjoyed each others company. </div>
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I taught my class and did the eggs with objects in each one that represent the story of Christ's last time on the earth. I have changed it a little to focus on the things I think should be focused on more.</div>
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1. Matt 26:26-28 (sacrament cup) This is the Last supper and the institution of the sacrament</div>
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2. Matt 26:14-15 (3 pennies wrapped in tin foil) The 30 pieces of silver</div>
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3. Matt 26:36-45 (Olive oil) representing the Garden of Gethesemane</div>
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4. Matt 27:1-2 (rope) Jesus is bound</div>
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7. Matt 27:50-54 (rocks) the earthquakes, ending with the soldiers believing that Jesus was the son of God</div>
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11. John 20:2-9 (small roll of gauze) seeing the empty tomb </div>
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I would like to tweak it a little more and put in the part about Mary seeing Jesus. More than anything I wanted to focus on the fact that he had risen and not so much about the death. The death is in there, but it's not the main focus. </div>
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What I found was 1. 8 year olds, even my smartie pants kids, have trouble reading long scriptures.</div>
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2. They don't understand how scriptures are laid out or are written down on a paper. They kept saying Matt- what does Matt mean? I had to tell them more than a couple times that Matt was short for Matthew. Then they would say 26 dot dot 26 dash 28. 3. They really can't find scriptures. I had to go around showing them every single time, even though we stayed in the same 2 chapters most of the time. I had to say, "don't turn your page, don't turn your page. Stay where you are" almost every single time and then come around and point to the right verse. So that took our whole lesson! But at least we talked of Christ and the real reason for Easter AND we learned a little about how to find scriptures!</div>
<br />The Monkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743735894110905644noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418800015443399008.post-40469502951345695252017-04-01T17:42:00.002-07:002017-04-01T17:42:58.685-07:00April Fools!<div style="text-align: center;">
Today it was winter in New Mexico- no lie. </div>
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It's been 70-80 degrees for 3 weeks, but today Mother Nature said, "April Fools!"</div>
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Sam's track meet was canceled after they ran the 3200m and the 4x100m. Our girls scratched because they false started and then our boys scratched because they couldn't feel anything with their hands being frozen and dropped the baton. Sam's race was up next when they decided to cancel the meet due to the snow! That's right- Snow! I had to laugh when I saw the Petroglyph National Monuments fire danger sign at Moderate!</div>
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Max however, completed his football game. You think that's another April Fools? Nope. They have spring football here as well as fall. We signed up late, but they let us on if we would go to the next town over to play with their team. They have so few players that even when they let everyone they could sign up late, they still only have 10 healthy players and 2 sick ones. We figured these guys have all played together since they were like 5 so it was about the only way Max would actually get to play. He started on offense </div>
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He also played a little linebacker. His hands were completely frozen when it was all done. He couldn't even get his pads undone.</div>
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With all this winter weather it made me crave meat which I rarely do- so we went to the best burger around! And we got to see a little Emma there!</div>
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What a start to April!</div>
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