tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90741456800768863822024-03-26T23:37:26.555-07:00The Christensen FamilyStephen Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882648310011695887noreply@blogger.comBlogger650125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-60058689406088413452024-02-11T13:19:00.000-08:002024-02-23T13:06:46.706-08:00Confessions of a Primary Music Leader: Melody Maps<p>So, was my first time teaching a song using a melody map. I was nervous that it wouldn't go well- kids would be confused, I'd look like a fool, kids would get bored, and then I would've wasted time precious time and feel like a failure. </p><p>I printed off the pre-made map (graciously done by a fellow music leader on Facebook), taped the sheets together, and drew lines between the various symbols showing the rise and fall of the music. For those who are not familiar with a melody map (I wasn't), it is a sort of puzzle for the kids to figure out as you sing the song. It looks a bit like those maps on heart-rate monitors at the hospital, you know the ones that have various peaks and drops, except there's dots and images at the points of each peak and drop. The various dots and images with different colors account for each syllable in the lyrics and represent words in the song. As the notes in the musical score rise and fall, so do the dots/images. So it's kinda like a way to read music except without notes on a staff and without words. See? It's a puzzle. And can you see why it sounds a bit confusing and like a real risk to try with primary kids?</p><p>Well, I had decided to give it a go because these melody maps are so highly spoken of on the music leader Facebook groups I'm part of.</p><p>The map was a little small, so I had the kids come right up close and sit on the ground in front of the chalkboard where it was displayed. The junior primary kids were first. I was skeptical they'd figure out any of it except the really obvious pictures that represented concrete words in the song. Boy, did they surprise me. They figured out every symbol and colored dot and by the end of our 7 minutes learning that song, they were able to sing it with me by following that map. I was amazed. Even my little sunbeams were engaged the whole time. The sunbeams! Three year olds! </p><p>Next was Senior primary. They did figure things out a little faster than the Jr. primary, but it still held their attention clear to the end when I had them try to sing the song without me and only use the map. It wasn't perfect, but it wasn't bad! And, that made me excited to see that they have potential to learn music quickly if they're engaged. That's an epiphany! After our weeks-long practice of drilling our Christmas song and very little progress made in those weeks, I had determined that teaching new music was going to be a long process. After this past Sunday, I learned it doesn't have to be.</p><p>Repetition by drilling is not only boring, it lacks engagement which shuts down the learning. That's good to remember. I guess that should be obvious. For instance, I can remember all the counties in Utah that I learned in 4th grade by pointing to a map and singing a song with it. But I can't remember the countries of the world that I learned in 6th grade which I learned by drilling for a test. </p><p>I hope to be engaging every week from here on out.</p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-39603422943497137932023-12-29T15:45:00.000-08:002024-02-23T13:07:25.059-08:00Confessions of a Primary Music Leader: Giving Machine Meets Primary Singing TimeGuess what's awesome? Back in November, I (Lani) got a new calling as the Primary Music Leader at church! I knew that my calling as Stake Relief Society President was coming to an end soon, and the week that I was getting released, I was asked to sub for the primary music leader. I gladly accepted. The Friday before church, I was outside when I was hit with a spiritual message in my mind- "You're going to be the next Primary Music Leader!" With that message came a surge of excitement and happiness. Then I felt a little bad because I knew then that Steve wouldn't be able to call me into the Sunday School like he was considering. I felt bad for Steve because he seems to often have to find new teachers and it's a tough thing to do. <div><br /></div><div>Anyway, the following Sunday I was indeed called to the position. I accepted my new calling and got to work immediately.
I have pondered the purposes of primary and music. I have tried to use the spirit to guide my leadership. I have felt led.
One of the first things I felt led to do was a service project during singing time. It all came together in my mind, I submitted the idea to our primary president, she got bishop approval, and we pulled off a really cool giving machine for the kids to create kits for refugees. </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkvReNydvhiXrw2OaEiZilDb7W7ndUwwcvDXuHRFg5pevmhO1CQvq40DYsok6LjIdZmOw_b_qkNRcRV-CI9Za6XXiLDw2VS79hVMTo1BX8kDLfDb7LJhpQmAGT1h8Oz4RjZJ25R2nMnzCPqtaasGohxLiao6m6NH_3rYxOi3ZWyqysoF-5WsNgaL8pVo7/s1179/IMG_3284.PNG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkvReNydvhiXrw2OaEiZilDb7W7ndUwwcvDXuHRFg5pevmhO1CQvq40DYsok6LjIdZmOw_b_qkNRcRV-CI9Za6XXiLDw2VS79hVMTo1BX8kDLfDb7LJhpQmAGT1h8Oz4RjZJ25R2nMnzCPqtaasGohxLiao6m6NH_3rYxOi3ZWyqysoF-5WsNgaL8pVo7/s600/IMG_3284.PNG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my reference photo</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxAOKBHLethNghzUyGpaAFs0ccrCi8o0NxE2PqVuxMDI_HEK4OzoraF8ZhfHeyEwboBBC7V7MTTxX-1FcKJeP-N4MtJiqGsNZ7tNbSFPgjGA1HyuBRhNRjeLbWDFwpKTlmiCP35yJnLnttbmYej70rZW-U72HZHVGACMF_9AuZvlwFCftBqnHWHnyMy04/s4032/IMG_3301.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxAOKBHLethNghzUyGpaAFs0ccrCi8o0NxE2PqVuxMDI_HEK4OzoraF8ZhfHeyEwboBBC7V7MTTxX-1FcKJeP-N4MtJiqGsNZ7tNbSFPgjGA1HyuBRhNRjeLbWDFwpKTlmiCP35yJnLnttbmYej70rZW-U72HZHVGACMF_9AuZvlwFCftBqnHWHnyMy04/s600/IMG_3301.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The project mid-way through</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABS1Eij8fjJle1VL5tgL0sWP8wiXwDI4hMeD0NLM24_nNvauWSt1CH8SNBh3OeDyrkgoiAbCSjhHPMtcJGLI9L1J-iNv7LXP0c7bGUS4tsUXopUuUAcxPSEyO6cPRsqMVHHUEMnS2iAOaocSZYqc2RmdslBn0H5_OIv365PP36iOu3-7a55z2kCy1d_41/s4032/IMG_3311.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABS1Eij8fjJle1VL5tgL0sWP8wiXwDI4hMeD0NLM24_nNvauWSt1CH8SNBh3OeDyrkgoiAbCSjhHPMtcJGLI9L1J-iNv7LXP0c7bGUS4tsUXopUuUAcxPSEyO6cPRsqMVHHUEMnS2iAOaocSZYqc2RmdslBn0H5_OIv365PP36iOu3-7a55z2kCy1d_41/s600/IMG_3311.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara hiding behind the finished project. 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padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 1em; text-align: left;">Other Giving Machines...</span></h2><div>I felt to share this idea on Facebook. This is what I posted:</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the next few weeks, as the children sing with all their hearts, they’ll earn paper hearts they can put into the giving machine that day. Then they may select a card with a picture of a hygiene item or a winter item to place in the container to donate. The primary president will purchase the actual items, and the week before Christmas, the children will each assemble their own hygiene kit or winter kit for donation to the refugees! I’m excited for the kids to focus on Christ and giving as they “Give as He Gave.” #LightTheWorld</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We purchased enough items for every child to make one kit each in a few weeks. We’re not keeping track necessarily of how many of each item the children choose. It would just be too much to organize for us. The giving machines are just a fun way to let the kids be involved and take ownership in the giving. It also keeps the spirit of giving going for the next few weeks. </span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The lists for the Hygiene kits and winter kits are on the website for Lifting hands International. There’s links to it on JustServe.org. </span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WINTER KITS:</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Winter hat/beanie</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Pair of socks</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Pair of knit gloves</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Place items in a ziplock type bag. Please label bag to indicate whether the kit is for a man, woman, boy, or girl.</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HYGIENE KITS</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Shampoo</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Deodorant</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Toothpaste</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Toothbrush</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Hairbrush or comb</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Bar of soap</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • 1 Washcloth</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> • Place items in a 1 gallon ziplock type bag.</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~ Service ideas from JustServe.org</span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~ If making a machine is too much work, you could just place pictures on your chalk board. </span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~ Our giving machine was made from a large washing machine box sourced for free from the local furniture store. </span></p></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-497aabc5-7fff-0034-19c2-aa078f7eb20d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~ To maximize singing time, the box was made into 3 machines so several kids could go at the same time. We cut one side of the box down the middle and opened it up for 3 full panels. </span></p></span></div></blockquote><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><span style="text-align: left;"> Something I didn't expect was how this idea would spread and inspire and affect so many other primaries. After I posted the idea, over the next few weeks I saw several other wards post their take on the idea. That means that there was a lot of other primaries that got to serve and make a difference as they sang. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzogp4UxdiNKlYi1crw8gIXPVnF7obE1gzSYsCy_6UBQUEyops6Pdk7wJA9D-VPXrZnnKcyvYlJDFM_OYHLuYdwJs-w9vS__CuiGOCrDpmJBnDrgckx6P9EMKWphjHr99Rh6nMmVC4cBEt6oar7bF-ggxvydL24QykQX8pqXEtGjL9mObrsGCVbQFzGb34/s4032/IMG_3455.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzogp4UxdiNKlYi1crw8gIXPVnF7obE1gzSYsCy_6UBQUEyops6Pdk7wJA9D-VPXrZnnKcyvYlJDFM_OYHLuYdwJs-w9vS__CuiGOCrDpmJBnDrgckx6P9EMKWphjHr99Rh6nMmVC4cBEt6oar7bF-ggxvydL24QykQX8pqXEtGjL9mObrsGCVbQFzGb34/w480-h640/IMG_3455.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>"Are you going on a mission or something? Is that why you want to go through the temple?" This was the common question Lily got asked as word spread that she would be receiving her temple endowment. The answer to that is, although she's considering a mission, it's not the reason. She just felt it was the right time for her. If you were to ask me as her mother if I think it's the right time, I'd boldly say YES! Lily has always been mature in her understanding and responsible. I'm so happy for her to be able to experience the blessings that come with temple covenants and service.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9DydIVs_VWAV7CiH1-Lozi4BJFkPwMLJLzV52usKcUaGYPG7SCSXMDnRnavRUm3mhyphenhyphenfSYpV4XtMx9pB7HGlwYTR72kHGKUEu4PbSQs6GR-Y0VHuyoR7DewA6j93qX8ADDjxN2sOjuzOLVwnnUMvAdiNLSl748WQsMREfNGMg9kdojcOyF09XZ4EiQrW4/s4032/IMG_3464.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9DydIVs_VWAV7CiH1-Lozi4BJFkPwMLJLzV52usKcUaGYPG7SCSXMDnRnavRUm3mhyphenhyphenfSYpV4XtMx9pB7HGlwYTR72kHGKUEu4PbSQs6GR-Y0VHuyoR7DewA6j93qX8ADDjxN2sOjuzOLVwnnUMvAdiNLSl748WQsMREfNGMg9kdojcOyF09XZ4EiQrW4/w480-h640/IMG_3464.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Provo, Utah temple</td></tr></tbody></table>Lily chose to receive her endowment at the Provo temple on the weekend of Thanksgiving. This temple won't be around much longer. It was the first temple I ever went to. I did proxy baptisms here the day I turned 12. I remember as a child, looking out the window of our van and seeing this temple in the distance. Its orange glowing spire could be seen across the valley. I'm pretty sure it doesn't glow orange anymore, though I'm not sure. When I was young, my dad said the shape of this temple reminds him of God's thumbtack. When I was a youth, I was told the shape actually represented the pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day that the children of Israel were led and protected by as they wandered in the wilderness. I think that's cool.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEwlvl09VmbQ13xZPzqRil9Zsv2h9EeNT3mbHjkbDpt0yGdqbNiMi78sErjds7Fn3I-HrDbkKzlhwJgOGAQKFw7EEuFDmCQ3Jt4_Om0_pVk4TcFjfGdXfQL2U9Fp3FzCn0IO9dBXfgCaa9TJdlq9jrvKCzcUQEKFOFJ3JfUsq-pHBWC-X6Zh7Vfc93JCm/s4032/IMG_3430.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEwlvl09VmbQ13xZPzqRil9Zsv2h9EeNT3mbHjkbDpt0yGdqbNiMi78sErjds7Fn3I-HrDbkKzlhwJgOGAQKFw7EEuFDmCQ3Jt4_Om0_pVk4TcFjfGdXfQL2U9Fp3FzCn0IO9dBXfgCaa9TJdlq9jrvKCzcUQEKFOFJ3JfUsq-pHBWC-X6Zh7Vfc93JCm/w640-h480/IMG_3430.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>The morning was quite brisk and a light snow had fallen overnight. It made for such a beautiful scene. The morning sunlight couldn't penetrate the cloud against the mountain, but it had come up and in places where the mountain or clouds weren't blocking it, the rays poured over places in Utah valley. That glow was reflecting in the front windows of the temple as we arrived. WHAT A WELCOME!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1n53yb9bTfOoPnP6hPMFB2S2ZEPsWfkdNO_d5YwTXgRO_19NrbmuW3gJLOX46rA3qk8wZjvg7GYhY2Wx1HQtzExpBtgnKPLsJndCERZD2BltfJytnnmhNhdPIOFacXiFQ80oDy0VWnjRIwd5-4qGUK_9UIlApq4B-uS-67EZxHIFbxBrrOoEGOrw8SXWc/s2606/IMG_3438.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="2606" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1n53yb9bTfOoPnP6hPMFB2S2ZEPsWfkdNO_d5YwTXgRO_19NrbmuW3gJLOX46rA3qk8wZjvg7GYhY2Wx1HQtzExpBtgnKPLsJndCERZD2BltfJytnnmhNhdPIOFacXiFQ80oDy0VWnjRIwd5-4qGUK_9UIlApq4B-uS-67EZxHIFbxBrrOoEGOrw8SXWc/w640-h480/IMG_3438.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>There was limited seating available online, but those family members who could, got on and made the 9am appointment. The experience was beautiful and I've journaled about it twice. And I still feel I didn't adequately describe my joy of this wonderful occasion. <p></p><p>Lily is a VERY special and elect daughter of our Heavenly Father. I've always considered her an angel God sent me. I'm proud of her for the life she's choosing to live, one with God guiding and directing. I'm thankful for the witnesses of the Holy Ghost that she has received of God's reality and love. I relate to her in one of her spiritual gifts of understanding God's love as it is portrayed in His creations, in nature and in people. During our time in the Celestial Room of the temple, a place which is symbolic of the presence of God, I pointed out to Lily the picture of Christ and how he's visually represented there. Then I told her my mind asked the question "Where's Heavenly Father's picture? Is He represented here?" That's when the Holy Ghost brought my eyes to the crystals glistening, the colorful flowers, the golden scrolls in the decor. I could see God's majesty and glory, and love through those things, even though they weren't necessarily symbols of Him. After I shared that with Lily, she added, "Yes, and His children." That was the most prominent thing in that room. His children. They were everywhere. In fact the celestial room was so crowded, there was standing room only and even then we were grouped pretty heavily. God's children, though. What an insight! What truth! We are created in His image. He endows us with His power. We are representation of His love as we live the covenants we make, as we serve and bless. Since then, it's been a good reminder to me to see people as children of God, and in that way, I see God in them! Even those who publicly shame the divinity within them, God loves them and in them there is still a reminder of God, the creator of all. And there's another reminder too- Christ paid the price for all to have the opportunity to return to God in this life or one day. There's always HOPE thanks to Christ and the perfect plan of Heavenly Father. And thanks to temples we get to be reminded of that!</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6pxw4XN9VsNQWuTttVJ_Qzetn69keH54dKxtUi68CAq7NC-e8qRXIB1Hb8QbC6kbHj2VYsT-sLJrwisCt4gn8pF5CqEbBuPWBoZz-iQ_SxgdP1vK2t2fkiUBDoEHLUO7QZgw_11VDQrN8ltAewEplQT7Q35gybNw9-2RcMiNmbKCA016YkXZJtdO1FHX/s4032/IMG_3441.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6pxw4XN9VsNQWuTttVJ_Qzetn69keH54dKxtUi68CAq7NC-e8qRXIB1Hb8QbC6kbHj2VYsT-sLJrwisCt4gn8pF5CqEbBuPWBoZz-iQ_SxgdP1vK2t2fkiUBDoEHLUO7QZgw_11VDQrN8ltAewEplQT7Q35gybNw9-2RcMiNmbKCA016YkXZJtdO1FHX/s320/IMG_3441.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April carrying everyone's temple bags</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Afterward, my dad and Deb paid for us all to go to Chuck-A-Rama! </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFwMiDWisGNhvOo03LC3S72YtB6W9bK_a6mEaNTbkaRk5CqPJVv45Y4PMoQtg6IZgflpeKis7pa4xniP6_-ANTqo-7PogCX4IOSJ3nR6_vFi7oRdGSGRUS5_fnBtxYr8RgHCNBvS2Va4Rh6xPrQaba68hgudeCZ2r18SJndBvwVP5VUo0TTWWr0fdO_eW/s4032/IMG_3440.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFwMiDWisGNhvOo03LC3S72YtB6W9bK_a6mEaNTbkaRk5CqPJVv45Y4PMoQtg6IZgflpeKis7pa4xniP6_-ANTqo-7PogCX4IOSJ3nR6_vFi7oRdGSGRUS5_fnBtxYr8RgHCNBvS2Va4Rh6xPrQaba68hgudeCZ2r18SJndBvwVP5VUo0TTWWr0fdO_eW/s320/IMG_3440.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-60420781749265093132023-12-09T13:42:00.000-08:002023-12-09T13:42:10.838-08:00Amazing August! Birthday, New Driver, FSY, 20th Anniversary, Guting Reunion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Amara's 16th Birthday</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Amara is a joy to have in our lives! She's always loved to play games, and she really enjoys gaming on Roblox, Rocket League, and Star Stables. Her hard work with online driver's education earned her a driver's license shortly after she turned 16. She never speeds because she knows she looks underage which makes her more of a target to pull over. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Her focus for self-directed homeschool is preparing for the ACT. She also attends several classes at Alliance Learning Center (taught by me). She hopes to go to college in the future. She continues to dance with Miss Heather at the Cynthia Center. Her grace is truly beautiful as she dances! She works occasionally doing filing for a local insurance company and she recently got hired to babysit a 7-month old girl a couple times a week. She looks forward to getting more money. She loves to shop.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusUA2EpwWzX9oli-X8EH6ajUMfJ1ru1hV0RFaZiiGCMuhVAaZrL3TDweQfubPiGbQ4PFkL2Fnj-z2CV6zzB6X20V2HDpLSwpIGDmAlUP5ghU4ebcXLcIsX-LkGB-PxENUcU7LCD6Jpg8gJIv2caPvYhtJQEQkmOcvOzdndQWVg2ibuyuLwpHiI6Qm5DnQ/s4032/IMG_1716.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusUA2EpwWzX9oli-X8EH6ajUMfJ1ru1hV0RFaZiiGCMuhVAaZrL3TDweQfubPiGbQ4PFkL2Fnj-z2CV6zzB6X20V2HDpLSwpIGDmAlUP5ghU4ebcXLcIsX-LkGB-PxENUcU7LCD6Jpg8gJIv2caPvYhtJQEQkmOcvOzdndQWVg2ibuyuLwpHiI6Qm5DnQ/s320/IMG_1716.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Amara got several fun little gifts and a big gift of getting the hamster she's always wanted, though she would need to pick it out herself. She ended up getting it a few weeks later at Petco.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-LrzPHjqjwfoTvwtP1WXPZKzvwOwQxfWOI241V6ybZf7TviYs6Zb859i-xrqlf58TI9D2LE1BX3AmJFHlQhSTDEcxIZsR3Ol2mmtSywbOqnXTRQRcTdEFD1f-F4MIkEPX5VEJQVZd4CTE4fbB2CHnMw1-wdei4cY5TTDt4GPoJVh9X5d6a-BDExPshkT/s4032/IMG_1721.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-LrzPHjqjwfoTvwtP1WXPZKzvwOwQxfWOI241V6ybZf7TviYs6Zb859i-xrqlf58TI9D2LE1BX3AmJFHlQhSTDEcxIZsR3Ol2mmtSywbOqnXTRQRcTdEFD1f-F4MIkEPX5VEJQVZd4CTE4fbB2CHnMw1-wdei4cY5TTDt4GPoJVh9X5d6a-BDExPshkT/s320/IMG_1721.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHo4XUmIvIIp6hlU5Deagnhk9C6hUtKpJFIqsAl1i5a4bhGEZI7MpH5CuuQ8bvD3W55fFCBr5-HNhnZnqHVSbVgoULUYHwCpGNqb-zdTwgIWxEOwvrB2LiyIqw5Uv9cfHkOoWeQ3_1rNU-Pfon0X4Y5mVTJ70aU3MPLipvIZfvvN8yRNN1wqYz0pvV-_wC/s4032/IMG_1722.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Her favorite things there are the cheeseburger and nuggets with sweet and sour sauce.</td></tr></tbody></table>One of the best things that happened was that Amara's friend group secretly planned to surprise her when she got home from her Young Women's activity. Mandi and Lily are no longer in Young Women's so they decorated the house with balloons and other cute banners. When the rest of the girls were done at their activity, they offered to drive Amara home. When Amara got out of the car, and turned the corner to the front door, she was stalled because the door was locked. All the girls quickly filed through the back door and then I opened the front door for Amara. She was greeted with a big SURPRISE! It wasn't a very long party, but it was perfect for everyone's schedules. 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Worth every penny ($7)!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRu26H8ookpb0zTLc3kbF1fY-eX0TIywETGTIa4HgA_JBkNDh0ZWWfL_GS4zyitEkliStPgBHk9JRSUYkOwqUpLYKNvCpzoWcuh1dqakdaOi4ffuPE4IA1Fg4Kp8c1r8ZlWOjZzOlGROTAOmSogv5x3UpGGUfq3nWCdyXRnphfCqhCvRrBgOmhhtdqaJV/s4032/IMG_2534.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRu26H8ookpb0zTLc3kbF1fY-eX0TIywETGTIa4HgA_JBkNDh0ZWWfL_GS4zyitEkliStPgBHk9JRSUYkOwqUpLYKNvCpzoWcuh1dqakdaOi4ffuPE4IA1Fg4Kp8c1r8ZlWOjZzOlGROTAOmSogv5x3UpGGUfq3nWCdyXRnphfCqhCvRrBgOmhhtdqaJV/s320/IMG_2534.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VOxc71rylpiAq7Ev5twS9wKoVe6-dZJS6wf5RuJ9p1lzIX3q3RJ4RGhkwj9P7-BzMqq_wYwYy5OqrjJaV2hmdRJQVqhCUaVh5DtqAhet9-JqWroqErdyPF2vL7_38VbQalkPqUQd9Mvm3KuX2VQ7ly-j9UAczUITwHFgSGpfQdJK1FdKdYysSr1L_2jP/s320/IMG_1754.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>What a pleasure it was for me to be invited to attend the Ballard Ward's Women's Camp. It was 3 days and 2 nights up Whiterocks Canyon. I had never camped there before, and it was beautiful. I invited my mom along and we had a fantastic time with the sisters from Ballard. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGHbnISV1aGKNH4mKT-dZrYPjem82-77LYqmOSgaG6N6g9eXicedZV4z8pj6zTIw3o0kypvGqSXvPsCkmiBC-pPc6dr93NfzGnXk7pqG4DrMH4EZoBnKP7UpjCgPLkuJy_xm6HVBztmse8pHa-4Q9--IQt-V0JYnM6om7zcs9iR4mRHEDn3rwwQP2O_3M/s4032/IMG_1762.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGHbnISV1aGKNH4mKT-dZrYPjem82-77LYqmOSgaG6N6g9eXicedZV4z8pj6zTIw3o0kypvGqSXvPsCkmiBC-pPc6dr93NfzGnXk7pqG4DrMH4EZoBnKP7UpjCgPLkuJy_xm6HVBztmse8pHa-4Q9--IQt-V0JYnM6om7zcs9iR4mRHEDn3rwwQP2O_3M/s320/IMG_1762.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As we drove up, we opened the windows and the smell of pine filled our car! It was magical. The breeze was as fragrant music to the soul.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zdthG1teG0IHXXvtOGZmaxO94uXkAPdhA_AtQ1zrF0gvt1GIZ5OCM6Kogd3FPHJdlhjUJxoaaCdIE0Py5-B9Xw6Jd_4YeS5U6zro_N8pCMf2_uJNeHcpIEGxWyxPmhj87qP_XxhsEdJtJJFrO7p7X4R1ltLnkHQVdWjLG1tyoXHWcTEUQMOmAM4UEmoy/s4032/IMG_1768.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zdthG1teG0IHXXvtOGZmaxO94uXkAPdhA_AtQ1zrF0gvt1GIZ5OCM6Kogd3FPHJdlhjUJxoaaCdIE0Py5-B9Xw6Jd_4YeS5U6zro_N8pCMf2_uJNeHcpIEGxWyxPmhj87qP_XxhsEdJtJJFrO7p7X4R1ltLnkHQVdWjLG1tyoXHWcTEUQMOmAM4UEmoy/s320/IMG_1768.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>S'mores!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghl0ab4qlg9bmL7octCwV1B1xWSuuriuo10x5Yl8RquNAhrP9pg8gQwtM2sSivT58l1JzVYGzUkqYyrd0jacbvGHP5-M-tSS42LLMiPLBWefFnelUOGMr8Hr4ln2bE47m8UNtUmG81K_X-jPfsrTq5ipPRszipgh3nxLzQJmmZW2TNot-MmajOlp6kiiab/s4032/IMG_1770.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghl0ab4qlg9bmL7octCwV1B1xWSuuriuo10x5Yl8RquNAhrP9pg8gQwtM2sSivT58l1JzVYGzUkqYyrd0jacbvGHP5-M-tSS42LLMiPLBWefFnelUOGMr8Hr4ln2bE47m8UNtUmG81K_X-jPfsrTq5ipPRszipgh3nxLzQJmmZW2TNot-MmajOlp6kiiab/s320/IMG_1770.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>They had set up 2 Giant 16-man tents for those who didn't bring a camper along. We only used 1 of the tents, and it fit 8 of us with our gear. I think 16 people in there would be really tight and no room for gear.<div><br /></div><div>The nights were FREEZING. I was so glad I brought a fleece onesie and my winter coat and an extra blanket. After the first night it was apparent to me that I should have brought a beanie and another sleeping bag. I was so cold I couldn't sleep. I was so blessed by another sister who had lots of extra blankets for my second night. I was warm but got so warm I had to actually shed my coat and unzipped my sleeping bag to cool off. I was sweating. haha! I slept much better on night 2, though. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgB4im3w1hb5psaUpsxXRl3bA1tgSlFB_FYhlwr4OFBRyURCLeiKTK4EbzlbHHew3RJPxEoPzFjMrsbcYnmQ5g5HuWTlEHmWBGSh7qpMNblm5vXFpeZjWaGtRoS6vBpldKw-fRGwiaISqTbAGF49XdNupCm2Vru0xlS-NDX7VIZ-HOIYEfl1shsLAZ1rh/s4032/IMG_1776.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgB4im3w1hb5psaUpsxXRl3bA1tgSlFB_FYhlwr4OFBRyURCLeiKTK4EbzlbHHew3RJPxEoPzFjMrsbcYnmQ5g5HuWTlEHmWBGSh7qpMNblm5vXFpeZjWaGtRoS6vBpldKw-fRGwiaISqTbAGF49XdNupCm2Vru0xlS-NDX7VIZ-HOIYEfl1shsLAZ1rh/s320/IMG_1776.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Our mid-morning service project on day 2 was tying quilts to donate. That was a first for me. I've never tied a quilt in the forest before! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEWibEqzZZKteTH2ZDfqsVNrbl1LgFiuC6Lq-zr27vfBEcPnQIkoPKNK-fTnEp8EtslPKZSdFxMTO_2UjHxxrwKeJwXmMdZoopMIxVw5ireS0uIr8bL4iGxh1DctnlLJOVLVyupzYtOyT1c7d7dm6FWkzrXG849gpSRhLLtx6TysYrWhVIqGHbGd5XtB9/s4032/IMG_1778.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEWibEqzZZKteTH2ZDfqsVNrbl1LgFiuC6Lq-zr27vfBEcPnQIkoPKNK-fTnEp8EtslPKZSdFxMTO_2UjHxxrwKeJwXmMdZoopMIxVw5ireS0uIr8bL4iGxh1DctnlLJOVLVyupzYtOyT1c7d7dm6FWkzrXG849gpSRhLLtx6TysYrWhVIqGHbGd5XtB9/s320/IMG_1778.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we didn't have a planned activity, there was always a fire going and a circle of camp chairs to engage in some good conversation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRRRhxJH2J8et3VG7jdXY96_vPLDGquggkkfMJy5lkKEXnKeE6xZ6MC4zQeDaEoKJrebTt5axA-9Dr-OikFGqSG1XDqIf2VYyvGWaln-0R3y_s00gX0IK6_8gEiz8DxEl8ECTlX-14QjgNzxM-JpZhRJA9_Keb8RsZWcsxxw9_Z-uJ86xPzTkytSAm7R-/s4032/IMG_1769.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRRRhxJH2J8et3VG7jdXY96_vPLDGquggkkfMJy5lkKEXnKeE6xZ6MC4zQeDaEoKJrebTt5axA-9Dr-OikFGqSG1XDqIf2VYyvGWaln-0R3y_s00gX0IK6_8gEiz8DxEl8ECTlX-14QjgNzxM-JpZhRJA9_Keb8RsZWcsxxw9_Z-uJ86xPzTkytSAm7R-/s320/IMG_1769.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Our meals were always yummy and no one went hungry. Our camp cooks did such a good job feeding us.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr4rjwhQN2-n-OMcKEVm7dANmvK7a5vSN6lIm6_LjBddbh5B2OAeXHglLbKb6IvANxcOunBrD-sJm_GcNKp32lTZuareQaDzs1hSfJHmCeWmuUUWFGjxUptb_RjaTIT63kmCG_b_b_IFb8iMt7ZDPrVebnDOLsfR7ahchEbLNxnyt3QcgF5zYydbeyfI0/s4032/IMG_1773.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr4rjwhQN2-n-OMcKEVm7dANmvK7a5vSN6lIm6_LjBddbh5B2OAeXHglLbKb6IvANxcOunBrD-sJm_GcNKp32lTZuareQaDzs1hSfJHmCeWmuUUWFGjxUptb_RjaTIT63kmCG_b_b_IFb8iMt7ZDPrVebnDOLsfR7ahchEbLNxnyt3QcgF5zYydbeyfI0/s320/IMG_1773.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another quilt</td></tr></tbody></table>We had another activity of washing one another's feet, an act of our Savior to his apostles. We were given a small chunk of pink soap, a new washcloth, and a disposable pan with warmed water to wash one another's feet. Then we were also given a new pair of soft socks. I was so glad my mom was there to be my partner because it's already uncomfortable for me to touch someone's feet and to let anyone touch my feet. At least I had my own mom there to take that stranger discomfort away.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBobAdzhjqH7UOB72prplMV7TR7lVfqkOWKHvWDsZlwnIOf2o1Ye8p56Uyx9EvyPHQuFy610Q1m3KwNwnRffcSjxiH794bpL_UY8jp9rNntlrz2ye7Th_OP258_L6GYR0j5Luw0l7NTU_p-wqNaxaYMqK7Xb9qcoErlCPtC9UmCSUZPsl_qG5P7c1oXXo6/s4032/IMG_1780.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBobAdzhjqH7UOB72prplMV7TR7lVfqkOWKHvWDsZlwnIOf2o1Ye8p56Uyx9EvyPHQuFy610Q1m3KwNwnRffcSjxiH794bpL_UY8jp9rNntlrz2ye7Th_OP258_L6GYR0j5Luw0l7NTU_p-wqNaxaYMqK7Xb9qcoErlCPtC9UmCSUZPsl_qG5P7c1oXXo6/s320/IMG_1780.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvhj08B0JpCy8Rt8Qh1fdlxtAVXqoLWDDSjjqPPFMvI7BfeeoXFpXLS49BTPER1gzsFpGne2i3q3P2mZ7iDs22Psa9L8dl-wSevcMT3DhY0y_7Fl1OgTM1G9nylpUtpGuXO77QaxPRrz3b0_CqmMFi3G0bQdekmBMgZIpqkRqxwG336XlOlUaEGZSEmZT/s4032/IMG_1782.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvhj08B0JpCy8Rt8Qh1fdlxtAVXqoLWDDSjjqPPFMvI7BfeeoXFpXLS49BTPER1gzsFpGne2i3q3P2mZ7iDs22Psa9L8dl-wSevcMT3DhY0y_7Fl1OgTM1G9nylpUtpGuXO77QaxPRrz3b0_CqmMFi3G0bQdekmBMgZIpqkRqxwG336XlOlUaEGZSEmZT/s320/IMG_1782.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Our final night we had dutch oven parmesan chicken, a camping tradition for the Ballard RS president. It's not the Italian Chicken Parmigiana. It's breaded and baked chicken breasts. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREt9rV7ICyMxe4XIsU8DoEByC5WK2q_nQ5VOH6s1Ii37QztdiV0BxDKsmQ0BEDnCs88iYl8H2LFl7z1Miz9yCJlMzfANDy0jeH0bjf4qjrD9iugoAQyPXdowWmMfQMMV70FSz9vDSo8CDqwWJLlUMr0HP4pfuNt7EpEZ24pk8Qxuo4kcdDtEeqXFjHuth/s4032/IMG_1783.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREt9rV7ICyMxe4XIsU8DoEByC5WK2q_nQ5VOH6s1Ii37QztdiV0BxDKsmQ0BEDnCs88iYl8H2LFl7z1Miz9yCJlMzfANDy0jeH0bjf4qjrD9iugoAQyPXdowWmMfQMMV70FSz9vDSo8CDqwWJLlUMr0HP4pfuNt7EpEZ24pk8Qxuo4kcdDtEeqXFjHuth/s320/IMG_1783.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98wvKPlOLKTYgasJ3ffo7h-mGqrS1aOu2pYXyT1q4-v6LQzZd9tc12MrT5JEdWYywHoKZuP8sz0ZXf7umszkX9BuQzkhsqsjyjLuuYFI3usudPIWswktGU2lSDpWh6mO-q6xXFlbTLCIKolAwoWqvYGwe93fDTpo9168E6vTsi1XwdGKpP8McMcs0ZnXn/s4032/IMG_1788.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98wvKPlOLKTYgasJ3ffo7h-mGqrS1aOu2pYXyT1q4-v6LQzZd9tc12MrT5JEdWYywHoKZuP8sz0ZXf7umszkX9BuQzkhsqsjyjLuuYFI3usudPIWswktGU2lSDpWh6mO-q6xXFlbTLCIKolAwoWqvYGwe93fDTpo9168E6vTsi1XwdGKpP8McMcs0ZnXn/s320/IMG_1788.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">FSY for the Girls</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQcEzZ9LQi8tGQDHio8OO9QB3CM7-646wk_lrw-xz8Vku04f4iGfXq42ITBdpGzZbMo6a_Plz-DjgkBKk0eajB4Pnk8gCjZ5U2pAbte9nlM4Icqid_vCkCYTmCUzniVloZY8ezVzXjXBJk0J5KcnIjvruJxU-7GZV42jZRRiWk-w21-nfbpgtizU_cg5f/s4032/IMG_1794.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQcEzZ9LQi8tGQDHio8OO9QB3CM7-646wk_lrw-xz8Vku04f4iGfXq42ITBdpGzZbMo6a_Plz-DjgkBKk0eajB4Pnk8gCjZ5U2pAbte9nlM4Icqid_vCkCYTmCUzniVloZY8ezVzXjXBJk0J5KcnIjvruJxU-7GZV42jZRRiWk-w21-nfbpgtizU_cg5f/s320/IMG_1794.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Lily and Amara went to Provo for FSY conference and got to share a dorm room. Steve and I dropped them off on Monday and came back for them on Saturday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had a lot of fun with their company and stayed plenty busy.<br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM3p4_7pGm_4L1UyN8MJ7SlvSQPuiD-KQEAJ4VQKFAaj2VG5IIS_FcItKvOW-Qu66vIDaQOsSESIXWnVqc8_-F_Uv7Y1f_MC_W9N-t-QGJjjetPA50tqiErEqvtTlG4qgQo8FsHZgJKTQd2CKz_TVEx1LS98BpwpKVAB9lF8uKMkLli-TSRA0ZKg-sFBM/s4032/IMG_1795.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM3p4_7pGm_4L1UyN8MJ7SlvSQPuiD-KQEAJ4VQKFAaj2VG5IIS_FcItKvOW-Qu66vIDaQOsSESIXWnVqc8_-F_Uv7Y1f_MC_W9N-t-QGJjjetPA50tqiErEqvtTlG4qgQo8FsHZgJKTQd2CKz_TVEx1LS98BpwpKVAB9lF8uKMkLli-TSRA0ZKg-sFBM/s320/IMG_1795.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">While they were there, Steve and I took our 20th anniversary vacay to Moab and Telluride. I took so many pics but my time to blog seems to be slim. Just know I journaled everything and here's a few tips for if I ever plan a similar trip:</div></span><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">20th Anniversary Vacation</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">MOAB-</span></h3><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We wanted a more quiet experience, not the touristy attractions, and we got just that. We stayed at the Moab Resort in a 1 room suite with full kitchen. I give it 5 stars. The room was clean, beautiful, and bigger than we needed, but would be great if we had brought our girls. It comes with breakfast (give yourself plenty of time to get it because it's restaurant style where you order and wait for your food).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We planned indoor activities during the heat of day and outdoor activities for the early morning and evening. </div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Morning helicopter tour (20 min)- ride of a lifetime. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qo_1CO7mizhYSJXJiATAltybW0acPHLTrzOyS2uLTdYR0-gW0YtdVCxFvn4LcphFcaVZcTcHwpec-DPF7qFsVkVrKVfNVplTEJEPo5CuN9CkzznJA2iMJW1M65PiD-5J3Y8gxlmPhSzVU0thGG53MI8HTTHMwhFt2EcsGfjfw9if8XhDqaToIpq4emDe/s4032/IMG_1883.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qo_1CO7mizhYSJXJiATAltybW0acPHLTrzOyS2uLTdYR0-gW0YtdVCxFvn4LcphFcaVZcTcHwpec-DPF7qFsVkVrKVfNVplTEJEPo5CuN9CkzznJA2iMJW1M65PiD-5J3Y8gxlmPhSzVU0thGG53MI8HTTHMwhFt2EcsGfjfw9if8XhDqaToIpq4emDe/s320/IMG_1883.HEIC" width="320" /></a></li></ul></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">Gorgeous views and somewhat bumpier than you'd expect. Fantastic picture views. Took my nerves a few hours to recover from all the shaking. Still worth it.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Evening cafeteria-style chuckwagon dinner with river boat tour- <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjZWCWxHlrFnXlYIvgrCXGoaxMLSWSZ5CvjQCU-J0CvJetyEDWrhP6DuZIJAYR9we4pEFQHxym5LfZGQngZRXwDNJSFac31w_Xw7OAHVDzlNPpToiQKTb3bcvcjgaUeVA5yS7MiflWQiBMuH0EwroDZjdAuTFBVYHwIjjE0X4CB6-4jYUi2zrsTv5tOAe/s3088/IMG_1835.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjZWCWxHlrFnXlYIvgrCXGoaxMLSWSZ5CvjQCU-J0CvJetyEDWrhP6DuZIJAYR9we4pEFQHxym5LfZGQngZRXwDNJSFac31w_Xw7OAHVDzlNPpToiQKTb3bcvcjgaUeVA5yS7MiflWQiBMuH0EwroDZjdAuTFBVYHwIjjE0X4CB6-4jYUi2zrsTv5tOAe/s320/IMG_1835.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07i21Ce7rd4mZGQyRfA5k8_SuW1Zxm4nAR0eftA2a0XyMzEmhA2SYgopsCxsaXNepgFvvoI1qW7tbNkpUN3sNT-NaVo_TXpNTomwGRJe8SudZy9d35KJXGA3Oo1_1jQbuTsx_J-CyCpdqjQsLEp4n29L-WWKC5Orxvuzsb-8eXTlxxD6ucQs40hinZaW_/s3088/IMG_1817.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07i21Ce7rd4mZGQyRfA5k8_SuW1Zxm4nAR0eftA2a0XyMzEmhA2SYgopsCxsaXNepgFvvoI1qW7tbNkpUN3sNT-NaVo_TXpNTomwGRJe8SudZy9d35KJXGA3Oo1_1jQbuTsx_J-CyCpdqjQsLEp4n29L-WWKC5Orxvuzsb-8eXTlxxD6ucQs40hinZaW_/s320/IMG_1817.HEIC" width="240" /></a></li></ul></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">Do this! It's romantic to be on the water under the stars among towering red rock. We saw beavers working on the side of the river, too. Learned a little about the area. The recorded program was a bit cheesy, but the audio quality on the boat was on point. I enjoyed watching the light show on the mountains as we floated back to the dock.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Morning hike to Corona Arch- <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaiUMiR0CjxWM0CA1M8gl0mvVgE5kRRFTs3Y4IpumwKRaVCsN0r2GkqYrm7Cwjjxq18Uje9OtXscD-3yB6uRFGLA2nZQHsvlilcI8xoCEvVskewDaJSL2trdhx6bYaxn-qPVBiHKCFdAGbmJH4uqsGdD4IIPllqD10uFFud30PIXnNoNuPKlsz5PvxkJE/s4032/IMG_2180.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaiUMiR0CjxWM0CA1M8gl0mvVgE5kRRFTs3Y4IpumwKRaVCsN0r2GkqYrm7Cwjjxq18Uje9OtXscD-3yB6uRFGLA2nZQHsvlilcI8xoCEvVskewDaJSL2trdhx6bYaxn-qPVBiHKCFdAGbmJH4uqsGdD4IIPllqD10uFFud30PIXnNoNuPKlsz5PvxkJE/s320/IMG_2180.HEIC" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0elDAo_pnVdAlN8Ly6sG6vIll7oFAlkcNyYjD7Kd89ihojkHK_6eOmPotUAba9T49rlGMCTTD_U331epexAwT7EtEggbwZPdlMs2cJv-1TlKAAVWVQhetgy1omzp4zimv_95voFAY89Z9LqeobMRw-_2iu04605woQ55BtH_I7llWK1ANoNIA5r7Ql4o/s3088/IMG_2178.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0elDAo_pnVdAlN8Ly6sG6vIll7oFAlkcNyYjD7Kd89ihojkHK_6eOmPotUAba9T49rlGMCTTD_U331epexAwT7EtEggbwZPdlMs2cJv-1TlKAAVWVQhetgy1omzp4zimv_95voFAY89Z9LqeobMRw-_2iu04605woQ55BtH_I7llWK1ANoNIA5r7Ql4o/s320/IMG_2178.HEIC" width="240" /></a></li></ul></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">Do this! It's about a mile there and just a peaceful, beautiful experience. We went a little before sunrise and had the trail to ourselves in perfect hiking temps.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Hole in the Rock tour- HA! </li></ul></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3iCkB4ZkuPGsfmrhZa_OehE7aurjihR2gJ-Jyc2032JHVxgUzws7f-la3JaFFjNQGA4ZZJPqDAeNcPflnJsDbNw6fYcm0I00aRCq6FueapPIjbd0qHwbvVJUqvKw-NnTwMa906WAmiqR_8OpjseP5Ialgwx_-hYvlfEUPwzb-pMCRerVuF8PVXov6c1G/s4032/IMG_2083.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3iCkB4ZkuPGsfmrhZa_OehE7aurjihR2gJ-Jyc2032JHVxgUzws7f-la3JaFFjNQGA4ZZJPqDAeNcPflnJsDbNw6fYcm0I00aRCq6FueapPIjbd0qHwbvVJUqvKw-NnTwMa906WAmiqR_8OpjseP5Ialgwx_-hYvlfEUPwzb-pMCRerVuF8PVXov6c1G/s320/IMG_2083.HEIC" width="320" /> </a><span style="text-align: left;">I loved this place. It was so quirky but so unique. It's a 5000 square foot home that was blasted out of the mountain. We had ice cream while there and liked looking at the sculptures and various things. Do the tour. It's worth the $9 to visit. I even bought the little book for sale in the gift shop and enjoyed the story behind the people that lived there.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Doughbirds Donuts-<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9MBCwy846jWElBGjfqxYDM7oWzwff0bdfMEJmZ587Iz3nXKjM6FGwNmR_dzFXmdqQ7qqaWB-QnMtlFzMWe67UpGrEdqqzlKH4kcFHI6hNAQlx3Qg4ts-NsqZf1TjiU7R4cGP9iAfPq6VNSabcqo40toIkl0b_E5Ynna1n-QKdepOfS78uUEry-Pq-Rsu/s4032/IMG_2341.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9MBCwy846jWElBGjfqxYDM7oWzwff0bdfMEJmZ587Iz3nXKjM6FGwNmR_dzFXmdqQ7qqaWB-QnMtlFzMWe67UpGrEdqqzlKH4kcFHI6hNAQlx3Qg4ts-NsqZf1TjiU7R4cGP9iAfPq6VNSabcqo40toIkl0b_E5Ynna1n-QKdepOfS78uUEry-Pq-Rsu/s320/IMG_2341.HEIC" width="320" /></a>This place has lots of interesting flavors and charm. I had the spicy chicken sandwich which was good and very messy and spicy. I wish I could've eaten it indoors because it was HOT in my mouth and HOT outside, and sitting in the shade was ok except the garbage can out there reeked. </li><li style="text-align: left;">Quesadilla Mobilla Food Truck- the quesadillas are good, but next time, I'd share one. It's a lot.</li><li style="text-align: left;">Grocery store has some good cheaper and healthier options for ready-made food. And we liked it because we had a full kitchen we could use to cook. If I bring my family to Moab one day, I'd hit up the grocery store for our food and enjoy it in the air-conditioned hotel room.</li></ul></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Telluride-</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I knew it would be an expensive tourist town, and it sure was. There is nary a parking spot anywhere to be found, though there are a couple free lots. We stayed 24 hours here and here's my tips-</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Stay in Norwood, go to Telluride in the day. Norwood is an hour away, but a cute tiny town with a delicious diner called The Divide (better food than the expensive, crowded restaurants in Telluride). You'll save hundreds in lodging. Plus the motel there is not scary or trashy. It's not posh, but feels safe. There was a cute farmer's market across the street (Thursday). And there is a grocery store if you want to grab food that doesn't cost bars of gold.</li><li>If you do stay in Telluride, the Camel's Garden is a good place. It's super close to the free gondola, offers a paid private parking garage, has nearby bike rentals, and an elevated continental breakfast.</li><li>Go to Bridal Veil Falls and take the jeep tour up there to save yourself the hike.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo4-wQHgDoTNu-OHUoXBwOih06gM85HdNJBmLXN6AVaxRKmn3qEqD6Q160N1m5Ickd51unYZeJhz8OCev2X68rZ0L-ZSJiZV-mqUPVlzh9wwYQnbzg9OBwvGb4m35GV0Ef5SmcEm5-M96Pmb5U0b_L_FpGsscozUPj1SgwsKQyKOULc9QTD_300l_fCOY/s4032/IMG_2259.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo4-wQHgDoTNu-OHUoXBwOih06gM85HdNJBmLXN6AVaxRKmn3qEqD6Q160N1m5Ickd51unYZeJhz8OCev2X68rZ0L-ZSJiZV-mqUPVlzh9wwYQnbzg9OBwvGb4m35GV0Ef5SmcEm5-M96Pmb5U0b_L_FpGsscozUPj1SgwsKQyKOULc9QTD_300l_fCOY/s320/IMG_2259.HEIC" width="240" /></a>So pretty! (also crowded) That was way fun. Super bumpy, but great views, and a good way to get to know the history and local tips from the tour guide. </li><li>GONDOLA- ride that over and over. It's free with gorgeous views.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYhczwl82oh9GdzUeyjGoIilwlzNm1WF7YULgAea07oW-Ut52WS-WhyphenhyphencOg9CW7UB3Lv5zIlPoCo-lwIztr61GzmtuPNPHNXRrGJJDmckiqQnU_NWZbd-PpbfllRzd83wxiahtgL80zI8jJo1XfhyQNlqhs3rW7KHLuc0iXahJyz8bMk7CMaN-hGaFK5Jm/s2699/IMG_2318%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="2699" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYhczwl82oh9GdzUeyjGoIilwlzNm1WF7YULgAea07oW-Ut52WS-WhyphenhyphencOg9CW7UB3Lv5zIlPoCo-lwIztr61GzmtuPNPHNXRrGJJDmckiqQnU_NWZbd-PpbfllRzd83wxiahtgL80zI8jJo1XfhyQNlqhs3rW7KHLuc0iXahJyz8bMk7CMaN-hGaFK5Jm/s320/IMG_2318%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></li><li>If you're feeling adventurous- Mountain Village Bike Park-<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gn6KHaIRmLEdNk-VxwU9ZZwHISchhao5S_2prG1XsiI8dCDf1y6R1BWD_hs-kzRwXsapvusLwrb2P_SdG7GZ09rrkUlgPsLi_h_35rIobwvOgJ2bN_WxVdEEd-0_4DHDv4SE9TUYZ2KQjP2DInym-vcEHY0Ak3y3pIG8h92ukON5RbAVIH8XZ8YhUVUQ/s4032/IMG_2309.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gn6KHaIRmLEdNk-VxwU9ZZwHISchhao5S_2prG1XsiI8dCDf1y6R1BWD_hs-kzRwXsapvusLwrb2P_SdG7GZ09rrkUlgPsLi_h_35rIobwvOgJ2bN_WxVdEEd-0_4DHDv4SE9TUYZ2KQjP2DInym-vcEHY0Ak3y3pIG8h92ukON5RbAVIH8XZ8YhUVUQ/s320/IMG_2309.HEIC" width="320" /></a>Rent helmets and bikes, get a lift ticket and go to the top of the mountain then ride down on the 5 mile trail. It's freaky and fun. Take it slow like I did and get off your bike and walk the really steep turns and such. Take the pull offs if there's someone behind you and let them pass. This says it's a beginner trail but it is intense for a beginner. Even my second time down when I was more comfortable with managing the bike, I scared myself on a couple occasions where I was glad my guardian angel helped steer me in just the nick of time. Tips: Don't get cocky. Wear long pants and a jacket and gloves, it's chilly in that altitude. My hands were buzzing from the constant bumps and vibrations. This, though, was a favorite memory of mine. Steve and I were kids again, except with a better appreciation for life and the beauty of nature. It was so pretty weaving down the trail in the forest!</li><li>The disc golf course in Mountain Village is all kinds of confusing, so I'd say skip it unless you're a die hard and can figure it out.</li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">Guting/Ng Family Reunion In Utah!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had so much fun for the Guting Reunion! Mom's siblings stayed with her at her house and my sibling's (April, Micah, and families) stayed at mine. It was awesome that all of my mom's siblings were able to make it! Aunty Raz and Uncle Ray even brought their dog, Colbee, with them as they drove across several states in their RV with Aunty Nani.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to the Uinta County Fair and Aunty Nani rode rides with Lily. It was her birthday! 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Though all our voices got tired from cheering so much. And a couple of our group got puked on by a little girl who had too much sugar behind us.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCOmCi4l3Ojb6w_iuW63QIVxUylzqGYrlv9bboRD9a0Sk5gdt7FtJgcBlpS_0xwT8YnxfgFHZJf5CTJvTb_j3ecuSteO5MxsbFMyiu5rGXHT2xaG_DIHxsPe5YKsm14A_BhdFgBot8pQJv5uTk7fkjA3yBjGHZrj56hUt9ul-G5Vqwli8NqZMGW16zl1T/s4032/IMG_9600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCOmCi4l3Ojb6w_iuW63QIVxUylzqGYrlv9bboRD9a0Sk5gdt7FtJgcBlpS_0xwT8YnxfgFHZJf5CTJvTb_j3ecuSteO5MxsbFMyiu5rGXHT2xaG_DIHxsPe5YKsm14A_BhdFgBot8pQJv5uTk7fkjA3yBjGHZrj56hUt9ul-G5Vqwli8NqZMGW16zl1T/s320/IMG_9600.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2iitgHmfyLsrjn6S6yWq8DjLeiL3M2iySGyoM1Skwb68h_KAsjDgSo3VHx3PqWnH3inSj9hlQnOwhJe9gRnlmBy8wRfNaDqNm4GdrowfwyhLJMNMDU2FccHEmCgauD1PfYc6YwIvrvleihEuRqGP6Z7XMO8F_7C5ORMy9ix47uMX5LaFkw18RliPSW6Q/s4032/IMG_2415.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2iitgHmfyLsrjn6S6yWq8DjLeiL3M2iySGyoM1Skwb68h_KAsjDgSo3VHx3PqWnH3inSj9hlQnOwhJe9gRnlmBy8wRfNaDqNm4GdrowfwyhLJMNMDU2FccHEmCgauD1PfYc6YwIvrvleihEuRqGP6Z7XMO8F_7C5ORMy9ix47uMX5LaFkw18RliPSW6Q/s320/IMG_2415.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoNgcTJl9fzGJPR4SOcql7l1XI0yMMXW72-eNJAuxHCtpQw1elSbZKcqAfDp6p9k_-cF3dP0EKiLu7P5bJ0urMxxGB6T_UnfX3J2vG35Fz8lZDAykrUb1Zga8S6tj_1nRU1phI9rsMGbFhBDWVUDNHVzPWVzhuEkU3Yo1DS_e53rMq7NQgpCoExU6_Gmj/s4032/IMG_2427.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoNgcTJl9fzGJPR4SOcql7l1XI0yMMXW72-eNJAuxHCtpQw1elSbZKcqAfDp6p9k_-cF3dP0EKiLu7P5bJ0urMxxGB6T_UnfX3J2vG35Fz8lZDAykrUb1Zga8S6tj_1nRU1phI9rsMGbFhBDWVUDNHVzPWVzhuEkU3Yo1DS_e53rMq7NQgpCoExU6_Gmj/s320/IMG_2427.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fireworks after the show</td></tr></tbody></table>We did our own family talent show and ham dinner. It was great to see everyone's variety of talents! Everything from catching a stuffed animal to Mom's siblings singing Sweet Caroline!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSnXMI-8hX6aHwZhyhWF45cgOWCUwy1ZgXpYjujCyVbkvajVlSM4angnwJsL-dyi3aIart8Sb6Afiwv2hpDVNtH_8d1RvxNIxerlc3j0ewda6sz5fmNo7o0dwKSi0M2EDQKWDDFz3cg6cjofrzszxRqCgrL2YKcN-M3I8fUI2X5rq-bCtOXQo5RCWjt6T/s4032/IMG_3535.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSnXMI-8hX6aHwZhyhWF45cgOWCUwy1ZgXpYjujCyVbkvajVlSM4angnwJsL-dyi3aIart8Sb6Afiwv2hpDVNtH_8d1RvxNIxerlc3j0ewda6sz5fmNo7o0dwKSi0M2EDQKWDDFz3cg6cjofrzszxRqCgrL2YKcN-M3I8fUI2X5rq-bCtOXQo5RCWjt6T/s320/IMG_3535.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jay's artistic drawings. He's really good!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDfvLGTOENwfMsUIyTy1yhGpccFjIAgk0gs6djBCBE1KpMNZ8LwRQ05zrqIegyVfD3jRnCtKCDNxam2FjPWhSW2WO5K8GdF4EGwatarhm9g1hlmVQVVzRfry8kFz7tnPi-mfsHyiQwrCgTfZOBu-CcUWfxEY5qegF-KlD0GESWf66xtEV6U6fd6-CyVH8/s4032/IMG_3538.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDfvLGTOENwfMsUIyTy1yhGpccFjIAgk0gs6djBCBE1KpMNZ8LwRQ05zrqIegyVfD3jRnCtKCDNxam2FjPWhSW2WO5K8GdF4EGwatarhm9g1hlmVQVVzRfry8kFz7tnPi-mfsHyiQwrCgTfZOBu-CcUWfxEY5qegF-KlD0GESWf66xtEV6U6fd6-CyVH8/s320/IMG_3538.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexa catching a stuffed animal</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_40a4C-nwkfHTC4C0IQR6Ryns6e3gijmyQ7TqtAIU0el5i93LtwHvmZ4ElumEWcSbch2FuWpqmadIo9HKU0FHUtv9Ju6ZPVYVrpeO7N2UjXh6972ViicyujVvKdwa0CfBQhTWr5AUVcZvnOiKvxj3yXDbzuSYz9_kwS8Z3_M0sKennc4QAavq0Aetl2_r/s4032/IMG_9619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_40a4C-nwkfHTC4C0IQR6Ryns6e3gijmyQ7TqtAIU0el5i93LtwHvmZ4ElumEWcSbch2FuWpqmadIo9HKU0FHUtv9Ju6ZPVYVrpeO7N2UjXh6972ViicyujVvKdwa0CfBQhTWr5AUVcZvnOiKvxj3yXDbzuSYz9_kwS8Z3_M0sKennc4QAavq0Aetl2_r/s320/IMG_9619.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Micah playing his clarinet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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"Hands...Touching Hands..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxncmtaw5Nf2dge6WVIgEP3ZMl0frpOXmAZDZDYaiTjIjArfVZjhE1odU6H68Z9s-Ont7SLfMQeH3fkAs36f9ETFzcNdcK9aCdWP5a739A_WwlZcVnDY64SlQQnPwR5-si-ZqK5boBEI11eA9NjWrsmEDMM_B-H6G-7NH5GgMEb9UXRB8a0de10qlt-eT/s3520/IMG_3575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxncmtaw5Nf2dge6WVIgEP3ZMl0frpOXmAZDZDYaiTjIjArfVZjhE1odU6H68Z9s-Ont7SLfMQeH3fkAs36f9ETFzcNdcK9aCdWP5a739A_WwlZcVnDY64SlQQnPwR5-si-ZqK5boBEI11eA9NjWrsmEDMM_B-H6G-7NH5GgMEb9UXRB8a0de10qlt-eT/s320/IMG_3575.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"...reaching out..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQcwLptOM9IoR0EWrHTBrSslKIDlmdgLUpBLzCQzUOLu-3wJZQfSlQcTBZthluYj4YxM5uE8yD10C18OzFjSZYbs2wiUF1AMzfH7Tl4ALtHYOmJXU0_4xrc_WLGmKZN0BLfxe9UFZtudXQDPtTpdRBWxTql0oJHclSRBekG6oFjh8DcYeFG3iEscogKT0/s1600/image000000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQcwLptOM9IoR0EWrHTBrSslKIDlmdgLUpBLzCQzUOLu-3wJZQfSlQcTBZthluYj4YxM5uE8yD10C18OzFjSZYbs2wiUF1AMzfH7Tl4ALtHYOmJXU0_4xrc_WLGmKZN0BLfxe9UFZtudXQDPtTpdRBWxTql0oJHclSRBekG6oFjh8DcYeFG3iEscogKT0/s320/image000000.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One last pic before heading home!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-78993079281742294182023-07-30T20:46:00.002-07:002023-07-30T20:54:15.613-07:00The Sky This Summer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Don’t worry, I was the passenger!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgao6QkKxdeSPn66WdLMvi19c52WpPNt1QPuN_9NehBUzokZQoX9B24p57luxQeTk4F6qqna4qKvib74QmJx5DSi-CPdppACwDDNokHCoE6zbmckiqNYs78Sc2S5Ejf97A4SwiYLDbzzGKM3crkIToXpH1tPdy3tZWLze5XYMnLm3NexybSQhtsQDn2sj/s4032/IMG_1662.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgao6QkKxdeSPn66WdLMvi19c52WpPNt1QPuN_9NehBUzokZQoX9B24p57luxQeTk4F6qqna4qKvib74QmJx5DSi-CPdppACwDDNokHCoE6zbmckiqNYs78Sc2S5Ejf97A4SwiYLDbzzGKM3crkIToXpH1tPdy3tZWLze5XYMnLm3NexybSQhtsQDn2sj/s320/IMG_1662.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1n40BcOhyXUBa9w1RgEm8Bl-avXLkYOP5qEWQxPJq-zuPhQg6GP6aPeZWGvLvjzayYWVj1xk5EUD71iCPdFKTC3SF_Nlml6oeIXw0yhvaLcFTghREc5w8VDiyK6bqawaeXguGE9oCZQpApsTsNydiFB8Hl8U3ZGI2Wgp0iwTQ4pgRbdC9xvp1pZ9Z_lX/s4032/IMG_1640.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1n40BcOhyXUBa9w1RgEm8Bl-avXLkYOP5qEWQxPJq-zuPhQg6GP6aPeZWGvLvjzayYWVj1xk5EUD71iCPdFKTC3SF_Nlml6oeIXw0yhvaLcFTghREc5w8VDiyK6bqawaeXguGE9oCZQpApsTsNydiFB8Hl8U3ZGI2Wgp0iwTQ4pgRbdC9xvp1pZ9Z_lX/s320/IMG_1640.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZbQOF7KZUlNwUZ8MOz_StlKCCKEIRFWdnX_Fh9L7ORN1gU8I7133LLnZpHhUU6taOauw9-8QWzRn64OwJJrQK8zcIqx1SxfaXZiqelcRbPZYs3IyA_3MopHIJ-3-yx3-jCeCqlzdGqHQdEL10TsmLENfnKgLOavZjTszyxxrVXDPGQyC6oNONyY77AKp/s4032/IMG_1564.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZbQOF7KZUlNwUZ8MOz_StlKCCKEIRFWdnX_Fh9L7ORN1gU8I7133LLnZpHhUU6taOauw9-8QWzRn64OwJJrQK8zcIqx1SxfaXZiqelcRbPZYs3IyA_3MopHIJ-3-yx3-jCeCqlzdGqHQdEL10TsmLENfnKgLOavZjTszyxxrVXDPGQyC6oNONyY77AKp/s320/IMG_1564.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-20260284526161022732023-01-24T21:40:00.001-08:002023-04-24T11:07:32.741-07:00My Birthday <h2 style="text-align: left;">Morning</h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtC7ykriZcu2TdzcqsXWmb6cobYTCT_0xokygkAIaR7JLeR2ymapnbZMb2nbwISdAiSYwGW7Ijuuabab59UfYwDlOX-sPBNF0PDDocom_XAcECt1dGO1nl-mlVc_p64V8WSthlxbaHiucMQ9DUM1QDjLU0sKpuo_9LSo3ibM51Dc8WIjY6x739ZYn3qQ/s4032/IMG_9089.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtC7ykriZcu2TdzcqsXWmb6cobYTCT_0xokygkAIaR7JLeR2ymapnbZMb2nbwISdAiSYwGW7Ijuuabab59UfYwDlOX-sPBNF0PDDocom_XAcECt1dGO1nl-mlVc_p64V8WSthlxbaHiucMQ9DUM1QDjLU0sKpuo_9LSo3ibM51Dc8WIjY6x739ZYn3qQ/s320/IMG_9089.HEIC" width="320" /></a></h2>I woke up and guess what I saw? The sun was rising, so I rushed outside to get a picture, I even walked across the street to get one without power lines. Then I came back in the house and was showered by homemade confetti by my sweet daughter, Amara. She wished me a happy birthday and threw her arms around me. I hugged her tight. I am always surprised by her confetti shower every year. Then I looked into the living room which I totally didn't pay attention to when I was leaving to get my sunrise picture, and I saw that it had double decorations! Our Christmas decor was still up and added to it was all our birthday celebration decor. "Thanks Amara! Did you decorate?" That's when she slumped in my arms, "I'm so tired. I stayed up past midnight decorating." Aw. That is her. Thoughtful. Sacrificing her sleep, on a school night, no less. Then she was up early enough to throw confetti on me when I got up to view the sunrise.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNE141Wr26n5T040ZhsN-UZ1H2oJ_-A43lrXHDD099Fb_-QkfHfveBDpkcdnotTRvOMtCqOiw8ebQpqRB0zZHVU4xXaTUqKtltjZW-prDnSZxyP_kvUG4AvvFIRCNtDrfoKxNCq8CGPo_YxB_dhiMsyUT8_H71ww7jY-MBqBPissJ0nyWctsOAciMDhw/s4032/IMG_9087.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNE141Wr26n5T040ZhsN-UZ1H2oJ_-A43lrXHDD099Fb_-QkfHfveBDpkcdnotTRvOMtCqOiw8ebQpqRB0zZHVU4xXaTUqKtltjZW-prDnSZxyP_kvUG4AvvFIRCNtDrfoKxNCq8CGPo_YxB_dhiMsyUT8_H71ww7jY-MBqBPissJ0nyWctsOAciMDhw/s320/IMG_9087.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My birthday sunrise. Thank you, Heavenly Father!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheallHQOGe9MBbv4YPLc4ukGBfr1xdYz5gy1TmuNClnyr9NMZdj5U4ZNniHed5myciIFdeqgvHezzngDfcs88n25AWxuNV5J1juK_EetC_sKH5D0KJgt_7n_S-MKmMwbaox0kOw2Etwr5VRdZMqfLA16LNaz7WhfjHeNp-kFYFYliL0CP9DAv27J3GA/s4032/IMG_9086.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheallHQOGe9MBbv4YPLc4ukGBfr1xdYz5gy1TmuNClnyr9NMZdj5U4ZNniHed5myciIFdeqgvHezzngDfcs88n25AWxuNV5J1juK_EetC_sKH5D0KJgt_7n_S-MKmMwbaox0kOw2Etwr5VRdZMqfLA16LNaz7WhfjHeNp-kFYFYliL0CP9DAv27J3GA/s320/IMG_9086.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtA1jKJSvcBIhR0gx_OzR4rI8Msmpl3ZvZN9Q3zl4XKKWkYE7nELQE657u8ogeuVerHgb-ptr_xPlswRS_rzxGcv-hWCAuVHI-6xkRIj1sgIjaw_Op08Sj-Cl_kXf4V-0bnpBQCAD8Tegur2-8G3_Ia8m6hBO314HqQDE3mkJHA5nuYge-QyaHVlo3g/s4032/IMG_9093.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtA1jKJSvcBIhR0gx_OzR4rI8Msmpl3ZvZN9Q3zl4XKKWkYE7nELQE657u8ogeuVerHgb-ptr_xPlswRS_rzxGcv-hWCAuVHI-6xkRIj1sgIjaw_Op08Sj-Cl_kXf4V-0bnpBQCAD8Tegur2-8G3_Ia8m6hBO314HqQDE3mkJHA5nuYge-QyaHVlo3g/s320/IMG_9093.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our eyes looked so tired in the last picture so we decided to quit faking like we were bright-eyed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpGq34NFctPozdyTPyW2F1_w0P7a6cY5QICZq2iYhwIffmS6q7vVJsVWF1XSoOJBsTkRc6c2pQ53O1GVS29C1SvnR1h8F7vgNVIFainYdd_0Yz1OprFIJ0fKLqzSKuCbRTiNW4W405tpaxTbbGNEpsPxD0DIFo7dLZYMrDuP2W0qDEyBo7jpGgOC4eA/s4032/IMG_9094.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpGq34NFctPozdyTPyW2F1_w0P7a6cY5QICZq2iYhwIffmS6q7vVJsVWF1XSoOJBsTkRc6c2pQ53O1GVS29C1SvnR1h8F7vgNVIFainYdd_0Yz1OprFIJ0fKLqzSKuCbRTiNW4W405tpaxTbbGNEpsPxD0DIFo7dLZYMrDuP2W0qDEyBo7jpGgOC4eA/s320/IMG_9094.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade confetti that rained down on me!</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;">Midday</h2><div>After the girls left for their classes, I was alone. Usually I'd go to the temple with my mom because Tuesday is our temple day, but she wasn't going to be able to this time. Then, what surprise should walk through the door- it was Steve! With flowers and fancy chocolate bars in hand, he announced that he took the day off and wanted to take me to lunch and the temple, if I wanted. I was THRILLED! So, we made appointments, got ready, and went to Vernal.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHpdyi8yJPQQxl5wQsDFX9DMJe84k6-Uuf8nWRh9D3e5zN2VD2ZSdZEvKoWlpXm_w1fEP8YR5oOy5Lj9qYMHgk9z-qD55tPWdoY2yFQlnAggUGxybjvpWhOZ9EFlds8Up06JD5tWa2mr5rmvPPTZTeA_v95tkUt7ZoD7x_KmdhufQS3kiCQmNTRQ1VQ/s1024/2023-04-02_21-39-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHpdyi8yJPQQxl5wQsDFX9DMJe84k6-Uuf8nWRh9D3e5zN2VD2ZSdZEvKoWlpXm_w1fEP8YR5oOy5Lj9qYMHgk9z-qD55tPWdoY2yFQlnAggUGxybjvpWhOZ9EFlds8Up06JD5tWa2mr5rmvPPTZTeA_v95tkUt7ZoD7x_KmdhufQS3kiCQmNTRQ1VQ/s320/2023-04-02_21-39-22.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXEcJIi8KHiJ_hoOI_De8t1RHdo7ODeqjpOjIWKmbtmCoIMRDkf4Nix07K1KOOdqSGiLg-D8Mw0-Nf68KMpSTmcqovx5lWKElU_926eSKxPHombAn-bzAZ-L5BPgmiCQyBLao0eAbOxlCPu8B1YYk0f6dOR9nG_Avkhk_m9oV2ErgQvsWVx3rjNXuxQ/s1024/2023-04-02_21-33-37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXEcJIi8KHiJ_hoOI_De8t1RHdo7ODeqjpOjIWKmbtmCoIMRDkf4Nix07K1KOOdqSGiLg-D8Mw0-Nf68KMpSTmcqovx5lWKElU_926eSKxPHombAn-bzAZ-L5BPgmiCQyBLao0eAbOxlCPu8B1YYk0f6dOR9nG_Avkhk_m9oV2ErgQvsWVx3rjNXuxQ/s320/2023-04-02_21-33-37.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>It was my choice for lunch, though I am always so hesitant to choose because I want to please, and I know Steve is way more picky when it comes to food and restaurants. I also didn't know how much he wanted to spend, but since it was my birthday, I pushed all that aside and decided on Plaza Mexicana. But, I was taking a bit too long to answer, so Steve made the suggestion, "How about Plaza Mexicana? We don't have to, we really could go anywhere, but they have those crispy rellenos." 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The sunset was beautiful on our drive to Myton! I ordered the steak-on-a-rock tri-tip, my fave! They bring the raw, seasoned steak meat out on a crazy-hot 500 degree rock and you get to cook it yourself at the table. I got sweet potato fries and veggies with it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CWJLY51EOScZBbYtRFg3Z1TCc80CjET3TAWWGgebk9Sc9J1N4XlFEY0V7YxgKjQWmyFyBbd9qZWk--yspw6wRAshJkMYtXEIMjqvQQdypPAsJfN4d3g3Rov7AYhJz4HaMyEKsyTAEzqCF-wYvmI13ccmuZJMbEewnBhLjjBY2xjbbnzMpnkY9GK5OQ/s4032/IMG_9105.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CWJLY51EOScZBbYtRFg3Z1TCc80CjET3TAWWGgebk9Sc9J1N4XlFEY0V7YxgKjQWmyFyBbd9qZWk--yspw6wRAshJkMYtXEIMjqvQQdypPAsJfN4d3g3Rov7AYhJz4HaMyEKsyTAEzqCF-wYvmI13ccmuZJMbEewnBhLjjBY2xjbbnzMpnkY9GK5OQ/s320/IMG_9105.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuhacuyYmmoor-iDncKYbyT560xANQ83rEvX1OC_milLH4dT_2XPUQKl9kNIExV-cG5Gt6vkBCXsESpJAC7JVcpPqMYOXzDwxN6ROJjiC4SbgICnpC-0zrdGaaWaAjT64R6GwKSeYjnC_qfA_vttak70hzurBozorYJHCDK0W5yYaBIJ4eiiTrfWIBg/s4032/IMG_9112.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuhacuyYmmoor-iDncKYbyT560xANQ83rEvX1OC_milLH4dT_2XPUQKl9kNIExV-cG5Gt6vkBCXsESpJAC7JVcpPqMYOXzDwxN6ROJjiC4SbgICnpC-0zrdGaaWaAjT64R6GwKSeYjnC_qfA_vttak70hzurBozorYJHCDK0W5yYaBIJ4eiiTrfWIBg/s320/IMG_9112.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizx_onlceO2Aez-25-m9wMvd5k9RcUJnZiS7nl4uhWRuOtfDhkdH_FBNy4zmTtEcx7FMEZBVngg-6NGsUJMKm_ZVFHx2-X_AbpGEtvPVbUMpnVdcI_BJIiozaHuOj_XPtHeijqAg6raUghC_GbaW-FQbOmGuXfQDWrmo2LlyshdlFHWLOh9viK3MuppQ/s4032/IMG_9115.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizx_onlceO2Aez-25-m9wMvd5k9RcUJnZiS7nl4uhWRuOtfDhkdH_FBNy4zmTtEcx7FMEZBVngg-6NGsUJMKm_ZVFHx2-X_AbpGEtvPVbUMpnVdcI_BJIiozaHuOj_XPtHeijqAg6raUghC_GbaW-FQbOmGuXfQDWrmo2LlyshdlFHWLOh9viK3MuppQ/s320/IMG_9115.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>When we got home, it was time for cake and ice cream. There were a few too many good choices at the store when Steve and I went there after the temple. So, we brought home 4 different ice creams! Yeah, that was probably a little excessive, but I can tell you none of it went to waste.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSHcS3-qaP0-nM43_wFC4_rTp1X158uhfMh3IzDTIKdUFKGv6347co87moG1kzk98mqM015OGClmO4Sbo0JNcM3Yod36wE8R7zMzRDk41wJr7iRDmKe7wotnGun-TG5Ujbks4svMzErRameYf8pN6jrlpuDCdpRZf6KGqA53T0VRgS-YxuzneEc3VUQ/s1920/IMG_9118.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSHcS3-qaP0-nM43_wFC4_rTp1X158uhfMh3IzDTIKdUFKGv6347co87moG1kzk98mqM015OGClmO4Sbo0JNcM3Yod36wE8R7zMzRDk41wJr7iRDmKe7wotnGun-TG5Ujbks4svMzErRameYf8pN6jrlpuDCdpRZf6KGqA53T0VRgS-YxuzneEc3VUQ/s320/IMG_9118.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Then my cake came out and that was hilarious. Steve removed the packaging and the whole cake topping just slid right off! So he scooped it up the best he could and redecorated the cake. I loved it! 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I feel very blessed to have been surrounded by good and loving family all my life. I know that's not the reality for everyone, though I wish it was. To me, family is the best birthday gift and spending time with them is something you can't buy!</div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-81599550279110016822022-12-25T18:08:00.001-08:002023-01-05T20:37:05.065-08:00Christmas Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">A Night In Bethlehem</h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-XR3izy8h9qIjuiHiQH7WlzNRn9EX0JWuxnUAw9_BlOzGs9O9KWkilAjG99OkNyM9SYu9xIRMV2QLrFTPg_3G1-8INlN_yd5MSXIsTLFDsGM8UqsghFSS1AQjTl6A4MJsrSFZ_70jbm0gIb7rhYDxo8In3AW1vQZuF-YWdYpvQRxrrrknCMrITSZYA/s4032/IMG_8797.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-XR3izy8h9qIjuiHiQH7WlzNRn9EX0JWuxnUAw9_BlOzGs9O9KWkilAjG99OkNyM9SYu9xIRMV2QLrFTPg_3G1-8INlN_yd5MSXIsTLFDsGM8UqsghFSS1AQjTl6A4MJsrSFZ_70jbm0gIb7rhYDxo8In3AW1vQZuF-YWdYpvQRxrrrknCMrITSZYA/w400-h300/IMG_8797.HEIC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little wooden nativity is from Hawaii, it is actually 2 pieces that slide together, and it stores flat.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I love, love, love Relief Society activities. I wish they were weekly (or daily), but that's asking a lot, I know. I'm so pleased our ward put together this blessed evening for us. They called it "A Night in Bethlehem." The table centerpieces were little nativities. I LOVE NATIVITIES! Especially small ones.</div><div><br /></div><div>The gym was turned into an ancient Bethlehem marketplace with 3 canopies lined up and tables with the offerings for us.. dinner, dessert, and gifts.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iKmHyi8CGSqCnvDoFoCWe058zxoFNDNlMRoJNTGvFAzSV6Cn0-Sw-kxavbYI8pAxf4et0E7KNadWDL-o8C5ZYk4CKMisdjhxqZsgsmTOAZovsGx6n6skFV_vS_qYTc6TCDipC484ebwfw6_Ue6_er-8p3d8blZqAWnLmYPStpelGFGW6iXLlZ04JOA/s4032/IMG_8798.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iKmHyi8CGSqCnvDoFoCWe058zxoFNDNlMRoJNTGvFAzSV6Cn0-Sw-kxavbYI8pAxf4et0E7KNadWDL-o8C5ZYk4CKMisdjhxqZsgsmTOAZovsGx6n6skFV_vS_qYTc6TCDipC484ebwfw6_Ue6_er-8p3d8blZqAWnLmYPStpelGFGW6iXLlZ04JOA/s600/IMG_8798.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEl3AyCEydl6br4L9L_4hgASBBRJj6U7fxJrdSv64EAMLCbh-5kKX78N1xmD2K-lJo_PSVhOMW-7OHLjzonSNglgA2VEj-9ovbAYiYTJq9USsLn45qFfTIxZkRNw1jXlkFY02OQ8h13s-UVCf5_LzauEeKdcb86Nq1b9ao1fzk8xKtLWxlyADvZOwCIw/s600/IMG_8800.HEIC" width="600" /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VmTluH-M9GLocMfFSmof-3bGB_aTsqnj_9IubF1t1nn-Dh2Wf9NjTRzqTLmVARsCYgHcr9bUyRau8W5cQ83BKqkHWh_JClqHWu3lER44YnKwVmTOVahExHYnKo6zg2k_TdtyC1W_DruWnDxKEM-NgDTQucPvx6pNdDHP-k4WR2ntjLSMZgLqmScOmg/s4032/IMG_8801.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VmTluH-M9GLocMfFSmof-3bGB_aTsqnj_9IubF1t1nn-Dh2Wf9NjTRzqTLmVARsCYgHcr9bUyRau8W5cQ83BKqkHWh_JClqHWu3lER44YnKwVmTOVahExHYnKo6zg2k_TdtyC1W_DruWnDxKEM-NgDTQucPvx6pNdDHP-k4WR2ntjLSMZgLqmScOmg/s600/IMG_8801.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carolyn Heaton spoke to us about the foods of the Middle East. She used to live there.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKrdo619BRCk90w6d3dIOAcstPuxIx21P2eQ1oTUQeF80YP3CERtrX5yBWIs2mw71cTfy6xHv5OMqZnpKVmHi6TB5kXkq2FOw9CL0DxP0TRtUcY5DlqwHmRslQhkRUN3igkxCE_CA8TG7U_wqldr38scsQ-s7ZZPDH23Xj-fh3MVpt3DXbWDq87gRTA/s4032/IMG_8802.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKrdo619BRCk90w6d3dIOAcstPuxIx21P2eQ1oTUQeF80YP3CERtrX5yBWIs2mw71cTfy6xHv5OMqZnpKVmHi6TB5kXkq2FOw9CL0DxP0TRtUcY5DlqwHmRslQhkRUN3igkxCE_CA8TG7U_wqldr38scsQ-s7ZZPDH23Xj-fh3MVpt3DXbWDq87gRTA/s600/IMG_8802.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade flatbread</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTl63hbnrDxlTjoWBHgIO2_JjMijKbyO9DXnqe6QBUChPEb3S9ZZoK-S7Pvdf75N35MZ1p1fsFPIOf3cz-PFx21_kEgojYND9z5nM9CYjsAhngEeBGLb2pd0V8SCe-Le2YY0B05mQ4hEUBwkUowi3f2KYO38baSVVkZ1bKKwfAbKVR6gV-1AOUOCfKg/s4032/IMG_8803.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTl63hbnrDxlTjoWBHgIO2_JjMijKbyO9DXnqe6QBUChPEb3S9ZZoK-S7Pvdf75N35MZ1p1fsFPIOf3cz-PFx21_kEgojYND9z5nM9CYjsAhngEeBGLb2pd0V8SCe-Le2YY0B05mQ4hEUBwkUowi3f2KYO38baSVVkZ1bKKwfAbKVR6gV-1AOUOCfKg/s600/IMG_8803.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rice and a veggie-herb salad called taboulleh</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRULwCKefEDUp32kUONPX4W4xMzY_p8W1X6mNWqyLLCQ6ZMoswpl_b0Hg-LtiRBNtTaNQgO0QiEUzHucdfNT4_-keLx34reiSZA8llYBk_quDABGsx0Ni2DPox2CmKMQJ7OXc8CDf5-6U_Evc3GLcsIpOO-0uuWb3nbnwB6AtHdW1Xe4701fOrgA3WQ/s4032/IMG_8804.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRULwCKefEDUp32kUONPX4W4xMzY_p8W1X6mNWqyLLCQ6ZMoswpl_b0Hg-LtiRBNtTaNQgO0QiEUzHucdfNT4_-keLx34reiSZA8llYBk_quDABGsx0Ni2DPox2CmKMQJ7OXc8CDf5-6U_Evc3GLcsIpOO-0uuWb3nbnwB6AtHdW1Xe4701fOrgA3WQ/s600/IMG_8804.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wow! Look at this spread! A whole table charcuterie with crackers, cheeses, nuts, olives, fruits, etc.!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBxKkq20MAzUszylvjCldQLpOwxWDkOJnuQO6hO8VDQe67o4aayI986PngykJxlpvOb2HCLMlOijQB86ycdeLfA_pNVOXYd-n_T8ldi7TEXqdortR4l9EnBPcZBSlu327RK1xUVT0wB3j8p_e_qXdgNdVv1bccY0uR6660tR880V61TBhFIPum5RQwg/s4032/IMG_8805.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBxKkq20MAzUszylvjCldQLpOwxWDkOJnuQO6hO8VDQe67o4aayI986PngykJxlpvOb2HCLMlOijQB86ycdeLfA_pNVOXYd-n_T8ldi7TEXqdortR4l9EnBPcZBSlu327RK1xUVT0wB3j8p_e_qXdgNdVv1bccY0uR6660tR880V61TBhFIPum5RQwg/s600/IMG_8805.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dessert was cheesecakes and chocolates, and the drink was a delicious lime and cucumber mixture.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhuv04fZ1_befratEBfQQVAWe7PfOf5eP03aCSCVqs10w6eHeAPFyxeKn-mutL1As5XgVMLqtmGz8K-291NO7w4XZulM5GeYNdDkPvPuAxSU7jjeQ4Ee_798xDNZdFtAiAcCX5f31MUvH4pPQ9rEMXuMn3c3urKumlpb6Z4ymvCWHTK_hg4LkH3WzIw/s4032/IMG_8806.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhuv04fZ1_befratEBfQQVAWe7PfOf5eP03aCSCVqs10w6eHeAPFyxeKn-mutL1As5XgVMLqtmGz8K-291NO7w4XZulM5GeYNdDkPvPuAxSU7jjeQ4Ee_798xDNZdFtAiAcCX5f31MUvH4pPQ9rEMXuMn3c3urKumlpb6Z4ymvCWHTK_hg4LkH3WzIw/s600/IMG_8806.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These ornaments were our gifts and they're made of olivewood.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOW2AzGkQb4pH2JqOddWGTMb_I3KithOyZYFyCNVRJ9bmBSmLAFObvbsC0jxIxpbv61VeERzsEVuhP8pXIjF3758Bbq8SdjzeJ9iTAEWB_r9GfXgKMHWkWmY8EOOqqUhSlaPhyKM-mJGbw6RdFExnxMr5pIiKDwsdcqriW8F-YzdN8-S3OB0rjqBKVnA/s4032/IMG_8807.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOW2AzGkQb4pH2JqOddWGTMb_I3KithOyZYFyCNVRJ9bmBSmLAFObvbsC0jxIxpbv61VeERzsEVuhP8pXIjF3758Bbq8SdjzeJ9iTAEWB_r9GfXgKMHWkWmY8EOOqqUhSlaPhyKM-mJGbw6RdFExnxMr5pIiKDwsdcqriW8F-YzdN8-S3OB0rjqBKVnA/s600/IMG_8807.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My plate. I could eat this food every day.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">Some Christmas-y Things That Made Me Smile</h3><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtW1WijqiOSRf-3YFbKbDcoVfSa1kpaM6lWOVLBbUYmMAouaOJ0GfsrPPZoPx8_kT1TaL6zYE606MB6Bri89d169Ad0MQV4E9eTHDXf2JzkE27un25P85qCxGQA7okqvx5ZhFhYn2bxytEgVh_m0EA-qteGSXxjO1FGuw54JlQOaTj4VfBfXEnmox1w/s1616/IMG_8809.PNG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1170" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtW1WijqiOSRf-3YFbKbDcoVfSa1kpaM6lWOVLBbUYmMAouaOJ0GfsrPPZoPx8_kT1TaL6zYE606MB6Bri89d169Ad0MQV4E9eTHDXf2JzkE27un25P85qCxGQA7okqvx5ZhFhYn2bxytEgVh_m0EA-qteGSXxjO1FGuw54JlQOaTj4VfBfXEnmox1w/s600/IMG_8809.PNG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found this comic on facebook.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNpZaGxaiFzOqvXBqr396rwle6iGWZ3KgfhIcpCGa2QPLNIKQACAp0GeIaPb11m0GOV2_cjjDEdH5JxipFTfn-25q2--7hw0al_v6pE23VNPcHOF0DuxsgnMK0cDsrhfeJr_qHrFG5aUeKob4AJBMjuNYMVnkIrHqP8Or97KpSOvI1OIdcOU6Ef-Arg/s4032/IMG_8810.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNpZaGxaiFzOqvXBqr396rwle6iGWZ3KgfhIcpCGa2QPLNIKQACAp0GeIaPb11m0GOV2_cjjDEdH5JxipFTfn-25q2--7hw0al_v6pE23VNPcHOF0DuxsgnMK0cDsrhfeJr_qHrFG5aUeKob4AJBMjuNYMVnkIrHqP8Or97KpSOvI1OIdcOU6Ef-Arg/s600/IMG_8810.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This snowflake fell into my van one very cold morning as I was taking Amara to school. Isn't it beautiful?</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhe5T0KVYS-6e07C2XKD6gmqYhTmMXLgGdF6UvhKQ7cwYyXHKMtfY82rWzynESt-F9G5hs2u2IaPu10vJz4Sv0Gp_zhqJmR2T5At6XV_1_UZ_qBpHxP-Pa179itX_rBriTxjMReZuPGlGT9aif8foWeMvW2LfHMWWwg-lj5A5ZGHXPG7akyULmrTf7Q/s4032/IMG_8812.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhe5T0KVYS-6e07C2XKD6gmqYhTmMXLgGdF6UvhKQ7cwYyXHKMtfY82rWzynESt-F9G5hs2u2IaPu10vJz4Sv0Gp_zhqJmR2T5At6XV_1_UZ_qBpHxP-Pa179itX_rBriTxjMReZuPGlGT9aif8foWeMvW2LfHMWWwg-lj5A5ZGHXPG7akyULmrTf7Q/s600/IMG_8812.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our friends living up in Tridell made a really cool light show on their house.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykj6lGgjxXqRLRkWMr9hAsYd3Zd3FUWnhxu3FfJBq-UusTWsBZNnKW5axmBGu7j2CQ79tA7Dph78hp5sHGcJYf4h2zARLce3frqsKfGQjS41v9I765HZJnTmkQjKadQTixKNGcaiT5zarWvsIzc83hF3oqc8r8l0az6Q7xm_e3lhhg9a8lrWX806gaQ/s4032/IMG_8817.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykj6lGgjxXqRLRkWMr9hAsYd3Zd3FUWnhxu3FfJBq-UusTWsBZNnKW5axmBGu7j2CQ79tA7Dph78hp5sHGcJYf4h2zARLce3frqsKfGQjS41v9I765HZJnTmkQjKadQTixKNGcaiT5zarWvsIzc83hF3oqc8r8l0az6Q7xm_e3lhhg9a8lrWX806gaQ/s600/IMG_8817.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've had some gorgeous winter sunrises!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUDAQ-v9N2YrA0wIb93erZxDwURkL2IkhOtOxsxsqAjW8doHL7G8wyhlyVJqyl07nQI4JhLyS-rVjugUVdM4jWLOOv0FXCIV7SItoPZ1By0DJxbxVwRDBvHOPO5-tI9Auc1FposPmBAMDD22CkRglK1plrOD51p7hxX4EiokJM-553L8bP4fnYdg9Qw/s4032/IMG_8823.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUDAQ-v9N2YrA0wIb93erZxDwURkL2IkhOtOxsxsqAjW8doHL7G8wyhlyVJqyl07nQI4JhLyS-rVjugUVdM4jWLOOv0FXCIV7SItoPZ1By0DJxbxVwRDBvHOPO5-tI9Auc1FposPmBAMDD22CkRglK1plrOD51p7hxX4EiokJM-553L8bP4fnYdg9Qw/s600/IMG_8823.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our succulent started blooming~. It's never done that before.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZR5VUiMFFvNn4KL1b9x53M1Co8EzzaA_fZRYjDKUaV5viBuew_TOafzSTMlZ54RMgFBuJXbXmEEbYMOAbnXRuFyCgceGqafNlQMBP7VCNbusu7_3F9P_bsn-T4sX5TxqZShaNHstxIju_SwlNuBQjBQiDkhg5aUi_V4XBwcKS9cgrwt19IVwyeSPvZg/s4032/IMG_8832.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZR5VUiMFFvNn4KL1b9x53M1Co8EzzaA_fZRYjDKUaV5viBuew_TOafzSTMlZ54RMgFBuJXbXmEEbYMOAbnXRuFyCgceGqafNlQMBP7VCNbusu7_3F9P_bsn-T4sX5TxqZShaNHstxIju_SwlNuBQjBQiDkhg5aUi_V4XBwcKS9cgrwt19IVwyeSPvZg/s600/IMG_8832.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another gorgeous sunrise</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY44fFC0ohIqCst30lvkOYRcWKAYK4HCpOV-wMccX7kMbzZdAaGj7BPQgA0rZxwh4wUAHEa7GixfY3YRfTDXnrdyhCARothXcyiW8zyJnLP69xei_4ALiCZgoXBoKgHxM9DnfgiUjdDSwTiCqfK6uPet9hjy-DGOa4xObgUOvLDzf3LnjOXSPDtTy1Q/s4032/IMG_8830.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY44fFC0ohIqCst30lvkOYRcWKAYK4HCpOV-wMccX7kMbzZdAaGj7BPQgA0rZxwh4wUAHEa7GixfY3YRfTDXnrdyhCARothXcyiW8zyJnLP69xei_4ALiCZgoXBoKgHxM9DnfgiUjdDSwTiCqfK6uPet9hjy-DGOa4xObgUOvLDzf3LnjOXSPDtTy1Q/s600/IMG_8830.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our cute little animal</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EQ7K71oT7chG9fyy03GN7GzvPOVmTiqFRHhwu_vTAaMtSbp5QW_11MZsN_1oxswbOXZI4Wfqn2kGxKplN2DtTS_yLMfi4GHzMKgpUbZGAm1RFZIsgvPiaVggNXetfeMUvnF-m-xHf3hQD8nuzeSg8Cx5WUvyKma8nJGLLTT1gDj895LlxTCHuI_qUw/s4032/IMG_8836.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EQ7K71oT7chG9fyy03GN7GzvPOVmTiqFRHhwu_vTAaMtSbp5QW_11MZsN_1oxswbOXZI4Wfqn2kGxKplN2DtTS_yLMfi4GHzMKgpUbZGAm1RFZIsgvPiaVggNXetfeMUvnF-m-xHf3hQD8nuzeSg8Cx5WUvyKma8nJGLLTT1gDj895LlxTCHuI_qUw/s600/IMG_8836.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching lots of Christmas movies with a little lap dog.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvVqM0DlsGbIZ59YcIott9ExMsAyxsU7z0zbtp_eVA3QhPTs5N7NR0bjXV6eBblErYSsmnP2L23h0ZqOsxTRP2_142MB3596uwOQczsBbSFyYl3IaulpL5xN8uRsPBAyDWCCuUFpKAMEffe9imWdicBtgcqzPx7AgbA0un9xu5m52eEGhOASm_kLfvg/s4032/IMG_8838.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvVqM0DlsGbIZ59YcIott9ExMsAyxsU7z0zbtp_eVA3QhPTs5N7NR0bjXV6eBblErYSsmnP2L23h0ZqOsxTRP2_142MB3596uwOQczsBbSFyYl3IaulpL5xN8uRsPBAyDWCCuUFpKAMEffe9imWdicBtgcqzPx7AgbA0un9xu5m52eEGhOASm_kLfvg/s600/IMG_8838.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily with the lucky lap dog.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Christmas Eve</h3><div>Since my mom was headed out of town to stay with Micah's family for Christmas, we had a Christmas Eve celebration brunch with gift opening at her house. It was a really great time!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK3x1t2S7Oo6sI96k7EVQDtqSl44xtNNSZRgVDzBxsLwspmXp53oH27mpBENeOJWeuxHGw2jNRHIvoBmbrYIK0TlraEE3CjBC8YovFE9v-wNIEBI-9rdfudYeXWs_HCoQi4M0xgosavXhLXfXTWajwIBHEBJ1w2qosEVzzaAy7WGhdBs8ORq43IUh2Q/s4032/IMG_8842.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK3x1t2S7Oo6sI96k7EVQDtqSl44xtNNSZRgVDzBxsLwspmXp53oH27mpBENeOJWeuxHGw2jNRHIvoBmbrYIK0TlraEE3CjBC8YovFE9v-wNIEBI-9rdfudYeXWs_HCoQi4M0xgosavXhLXfXTWajwIBHEBJ1w2qosEVzzaAy7WGhdBs8ORq43IUh2Q/s600/IMG_8842.HEIC" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGex2wUQgKpXh6B7ASuEpjafMkvsMH8svynKf3WPAZXh1FMhwz5fuJJ-qsNQ-hfojCcjXBKNEJiBi9MKkBUfE_4zdxEWTJzs5nA_7iM80xb0u8UTiMO9r2rmWKc5QNdm_pvKYHaaWZfYfG7E4p2xTd2gGtuJZ7ubcR7MVKgy5rpbyYsYR27nDXhcoLw/s4032/IMG_8844.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGex2wUQgKpXh6B7ASuEpjafMkvsMH8svynKf3WPAZXh1FMhwz5fuJJ-qsNQ-hfojCcjXBKNEJiBi9MKkBUfE_4zdxEWTJzs5nA_7iM80xb0u8UTiMO9r2rmWKc5QNdm_pvKYHaaWZfYfG7E4p2xTd2gGtuJZ7ubcR7MVKgy5rpbyYsYR27nDXhcoLw/s600/IMG_8844.HEIC" width="600" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmISrV9l-UZJ5QupBGxvMYqSf4nFLdSNCVFQwceqQqccYOc0Aq2N6SS3NWcEyjdtbr-iNacvKbfvrN7weUCLconOSl4EyzFZ7A72ZPoJeTekUX_ZFDwY-nY8JMZRHiy_6tb0KfZ6MP8MSg7wFWXT5R6G0Oqy7exf0s4YNHTeTCaHathaiNnlANhKMiw/s4032/IMG_8845.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmISrV9l-UZJ5QupBGxvMYqSf4nFLdSNCVFQwceqQqccYOc0Aq2N6SS3NWcEyjdtbr-iNacvKbfvrN7weUCLconOSl4EyzFZ7A72ZPoJeTekUX_ZFDwY-nY8JMZRHiy_6tb0KfZ6MP8MSg7wFWXT5R6G0Oqy7exf0s4YNHTeTCaHathaiNnlANhKMiw/s600/IMG_8845.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom opening the cute tiny handmade gifts from Amara- a butterfly bookmark and a tiny charm.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Our Christmas Eve Dinner</h3><div>We had a lovely meal, I must say. I submitted it to our family's Marco Polo Cooking Challenge. We made the traditional Krab Stuffed Mushrooms, and then I made some tri-tip steak which turned out really good. I also made a marshmallow snowball pistachio jello salad (aka watergate salad, but who likes that stupid name?). I'm very pleased with how this all turned out, especially since it was all last minute.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7Pv0c2TZBOWkVbmn6b22TxWTA0NjtvxEY-_wdEhZTyFMA4LgihewCHROU6rjxAW2cWwgqYnOE_19xgiS66_fTTKR1oSAfAiiGPiWtKNKGZrDacwe7UkimRChPUYHYlvPtRPWFpmCgSwYTOeZh2mhhzCorF7Z-qXAAsv5owL9rwotxTXoNT8a7yHwJQ/s4032/IMG_8847.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7Pv0c2TZBOWkVbmn6b22TxWTA0NjtvxEY-_wdEhZTyFMA4LgihewCHROU6rjxAW2cWwgqYnOE_19xgiS66_fTTKR1oSAfAiiGPiWtKNKGZrDacwe7UkimRChPUYHYlvPtRPWFpmCgSwYTOeZh2mhhzCorF7Z-qXAAsv5owL9rwotxTXoNT8a7yHwJQ/s600/IMG_8847.HEIC" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMA2a51imgsRwsg9E-WCR96jEn1t1unsEt0Fxy9TAtuy6IQ0vslMepfkWgEqjIvnVG6vUJUVkJFKbLJdsXT5i2Pw1PGlHGC5TFYCRYATAk-la5L7OJA8wwAV5YULUWsrhrXYWIqj4hp9fvLfV5CrX6sOeqKiD3FXsmO2XBFGSb5IjnfCJs5hb-3clzQg/s4032/IMG_8848.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMA2a51imgsRwsg9E-WCR96jEn1t1unsEt0Fxy9TAtuy6IQ0vslMepfkWgEqjIvnVG6vUJUVkJFKbLJdsXT5i2Pw1PGlHGC5TFYCRYATAk-la5L7OJA8wwAV5YULUWsrhrXYWIqj4hp9fvLfV5CrX6sOeqKiD3FXsmO2XBFGSb5IjnfCJs5hb-3clzQg/s600/IMG_8848.HEIC" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rLyOwfaplE1s8UPfRh23EqWh84g3MKJtE3dw5q_0Dh_nrADk8j4tMfvG9r3R2jZ7NkFpd-XV2UdLlxTyfe6y4s1cG98dhqDsV-NpZLJmAhb0-WruAgJTiGl72MJwClVLuKsatgV_1WFYBGTv32tdfM_JG9rd-P05rqW8J4HcjMbV9pfhiCMthzLhtA/s4032/IMG_8849.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rLyOwfaplE1s8UPfRh23EqWh84g3MKJtE3dw5q_0Dh_nrADk8j4tMfvG9r3R2jZ7NkFpd-XV2UdLlxTyfe6y4s1cG98dhqDsV-NpZLJmAhb0-WruAgJTiGl72MJwClVLuKsatgV_1WFYBGTv32tdfM_JG9rd-P05rqW8J4HcjMbV9pfhiCMthzLhtA/s600/IMG_8849.HEIC" width="600" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0ssjwCCV0TvTZknpR6T-M4nNbjLGlZzVWzApVgmukulmLvqIJTLmimL-PDCQ3pGmmbdd49Lk9E8TeXWBKK4W75dSAqHXsh_56ZyRQO0cdazV-Uvy4o-r0hfnD2JPnAArwpWRjvizox7o2sf6SmAUxM9gnRTNujRaEIucdbWGV-PNH30tfnRqTQFerw/s4032/IMG_8856.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0ssjwCCV0TvTZknpR6T-M4nNbjLGlZzVWzApVgmukulmLvqIJTLmimL-PDCQ3pGmmbdd49Lk9E8TeXWBKK4W75dSAqHXsh_56ZyRQO0cdazV-Uvy4o-r0hfnD2JPnAArwpWRjvizox7o2sf6SmAUxM9gnRTNujRaEIucdbWGV-PNH30tfnRqTQFerw/s600/IMG_8856.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls donning their new pjs. Yeah, they loved them.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6u_3j_waNhYfqnylo3R2L1wdsO1amDcpnuCXaq1egdcwPynRdP-TI6-tu8df-Q1zfduUXN-Yuh8o7EiXAlXB-GhKSbXYNIl-FGEMWQ1b1evXLj5jqeTVLZoWQhAkFImG1NqQNJwRCa7kgw22MkK2DSQb-mTEjSYdD_4uL4RyUbXv0L4ggfccgPerjg/s4032/IMG_8862.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6u_3j_waNhYfqnylo3R2L1wdsO1amDcpnuCXaq1egdcwPynRdP-TI6-tu8df-Q1zfduUXN-Yuh8o7EiXAlXB-GhKSbXYNIl-FGEMWQ1b1evXLj5jqeTVLZoWQhAkFImG1NqQNJwRCa7kgw22MkK2DSQb-mTEjSYdD_4uL4RyUbXv0L4ggfccgPerjg/s600/IMG_8862.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Christmas Day</h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My first gift on Christmas morning was a fire and ice sunrise! Thanks to God for the chance to experience his wonderous handiwork. 🌅 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My daughter and I share a journal, and in it we answer questions. Last night a question came up whether I preferred sunrises or sunsets. If you know me, you know I love both, but if I had to choose I think I would choose the sunrise because of the peace and tranquility that is present when the world is still mostly asleep. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Shortly after the sunrise this morning, I read the Christmas story in the Bible found in Luke 2. The verse that stood out to me was about peace. I’ve come to see that peace in my life has everything to do with Jesus Christ. He is my sunrise. Quite literally he is the “Risen Son.” Practicing His teachings of “good will to men” is what has brought peace and joy to my life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bzM6sKfQcr8X5QygI1wB3AeVBrba0GcfLEUZ-7OO5K5RPIlpxDXQOOUi7EvETx9xpXA3XPFV9IK1lHlHRb_4FY906T_3rowdEBsNTUVbBMj5l4JtjRXYGYMkGhSJZ6QfGIOQ7UqDXa9DPI52M0fvDlos2s0tl_HF7kJqdHYE-xJA2b2YvHm_NVSEIQ/s600/IMG_8865.HEIC" width="600" /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mX4d6m88kVcIocP2EwID7fzS-jJeKOPbwBfvmvOZy3GzKjlAdaRgVZ4rg-enQUoYfBm6VPPkFEVOSQUYEfAV7BY2d5wQXYEPbiE-MFs4KY3CTSbft8vONXnYJNWwBElbyctOkPEAa-udmkVkULgGL4MY3OXNtXq55yTLpojU3ijFsFlflInhDnR2OA/s4032/IMG_8866.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mX4d6m88kVcIocP2EwID7fzS-jJeKOPbwBfvmvOZy3GzKjlAdaRgVZ4rg-enQUoYfBm6VPPkFEVOSQUYEfAV7BY2d5wQXYEPbiE-MFs4KY3CTSbft8vONXnYJNWwBElbyctOkPEAa-udmkVkULgGL4MY3OXNtXq55yTLpojU3ijFsFlflInhDnR2OA/s600/IMG_8866.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new addition to our home ~ The gnome in the home. Steve's coworker gave it to us and we've been taking turns hiding it around the house. It's been fun! Here the gnome is hiding a gift for the family (a Nintendo switch)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GWd3oqeUtLYthBFIdgCk1_houWHh8CcAXoTTU-WAQqKnMOu1JPr92M55xHkrYeCiUM31Yv5dRdiCEiYsVzGJk_Wc2iDxqcJntdbxXQPz4gWl38hW9clTStToDaNwmdVy0OAUefy2FkHrw3qmc1JgR9S7xNVXPlUKvY2Wr2tVQfjeRBT_bUkEv5NttQ/s4032/IMG_8867.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GWd3oqeUtLYthBFIdgCk1_houWHh8CcAXoTTU-WAQqKnMOu1JPr92M55xHkrYeCiUM31Yv5dRdiCEiYsVzGJk_Wc2iDxqcJntdbxXQPz4gWl38hW9clTStToDaNwmdVy0OAUefy2FkHrw3qmc1JgR9S7xNVXPlUKvY2Wr2tVQfjeRBT_bUkEv5NttQ/s600/IMG_8867.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-cI82qVX6zel4vaQnURpKtasDM3W7I45yrSIq3eBT_AW2lTayQO-ZFcFppLZvWtmaiJLRBRqv7YGW5EGXOT_B8lDuvmcax4ViqUR9ieez5_r7XUaa9XfaUTV-ub3qo3X6Kx1rYjSgSMCzEHWFpsYSGC5IcQdEqrtcSLnAs2BxDuVr81rP30qFZ5CvA/s4032/IMG_8868.HEIC" style="display: block; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9QeazjK_fJb6yT1g4JAgi7_cMJ_LVAlZNra9AOZl-AoMC-ApavYXUdXKU6THvsKf7BfGPrMGDjPLkZYP_u2z0fqOqt1V4BGNgZYz_ToVFgE5OQ2VYlbDnVzdWtQJ4Ry0RULRkyhCtLlIvDgQDIOt6Zm2yl-CckdcOetx4qRY9OwEdP1jnhOsjfmJBQ/s4032/IMG_8897.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9QeazjK_fJb6yT1g4JAgi7_cMJ_LVAlZNra9AOZl-AoMC-ApavYXUdXKU6THvsKf7BfGPrMGDjPLkZYP_u2z0fqOqt1V4BGNgZYz_ToVFgE5OQ2VYlbDnVzdWtQJ4Ry0RULRkyhCtLlIvDgQDIOt6Zm2yl-CckdcOetx4qRY9OwEdP1jnhOsjfmJBQ/s600/IMG_8897.HEIC" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara made Lily a writing prompt jar. She loved it.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ek4Wl3sOaCB1mEx1EiIP6HSW9hNQUI_ET1NQ56uerJmBoSR8DtpACvc03KyJ0PkMXkYtSUry96KY_Y6bG15wEj1WblrU3hAAuCtIeqhi7x1xw8UWaTD5bWIqRdYNFM-QV4DHkz21Kwpcq6yhbxMlUvMYVWi_1XKOINySQHrnVtfZzk1GTeGuCpIigg/s3088/IMG_8899.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ek4Wl3sOaCB1mEx1EiIP6HSW9hNQUI_ET1NQ56uerJmBoSR8DtpACvc03KyJ0PkMXkYtSUry96KY_Y6bG15wEj1WblrU3hAAuCtIeqhi7x1xw8UWaTD5bWIqRdYNFM-QV4DHkz21Kwpcq6yhbxMlUvMYVWi_1XKOINySQHrnVtfZzk1GTeGuCpIigg/s600/IMG_8899.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara also got me my favorite Little Debbie snack- Cosmic Brownies!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjS2U0bv6T2WqsNeAYD1qTJmdH8rdfKDDOEQ1HDUZFnzynZkhyDQtcQsz_anV9A4Ao8ds0ySJ0vpJwHmiXWRFGRuUPkgtsPQNlBaEQRtkvyOysxqGgfVFyDt5LvUZiAgv3wsdIlz-shq5EKfjxBCVJFYUxvt95CaAIMVDYKY0Q9JZVz8wk-QlrgZaV6w/s4032/IMG_8900.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjS2U0bv6T2WqsNeAYD1qTJmdH8rdfKDDOEQ1HDUZFnzynZkhyDQtcQsz_anV9A4Ao8ds0ySJ0vpJwHmiXWRFGRuUPkgtsPQNlBaEQRtkvyOysxqGgfVFyDt5LvUZiAgv3wsdIlz-shq5EKfjxBCVJFYUxvt95CaAIMVDYKY0Q9JZVz8wk-QlrgZaV6w/s600/IMG_8900.HEIC" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI_7oxtOFc-3eQLulCXKg8cgT66bCLJexwzHDQDuvN3HJV7wfei_eBxiFXG9X7ztL6wRK8sJN4YPo7NPQOiIgbDKbJHGbNCWXYWv7hSgFFQKZlVlkeEX4cGzCjN2YfKkL9_7Gv6PRumlkegdhYFOnHIo5oPZ7sDUSM_llkXnMin_PMCUsGvyj3TPrkw/s4032/IMG_8901.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI_7oxtOFc-3eQLulCXKg8cgT66bCLJexwzHDQDuvN3HJV7wfei_eBxiFXG9X7ztL6wRK8sJN4YPo7NPQOiIgbDKbJHGbNCWXYWv7hSgFFQKZlVlkeEX4cGzCjN2YfKkL9_7Gv6PRumlkegdhYFOnHIo5oPZ7sDUSM_llkXnMin_PMCUsGvyj3TPrkw/s600/IMG_8901.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve loved his newly covered car seats. I actually fixed his seat which was missing giant chunks of foam, so I bought more foam and shoved it into the holes and taped it down, then covered the whole ugly mess with new seat covers (with matching steering wheel cover and seat belt covers)!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3976RNfI_PtnazLnrYKTyaKhlQ6iVf2ZGzcm2wzsBpWMAf1BRTe9G-_LkdISULz5mq-NzMORP2inX7XKgZMV8TWrTBb04Ea2UOjV-_TaoiuZflH1ofurWinhLfG2m6Pq1q6A1Kp2KYGksO7r1jIxU30NkOcTLraOIuVOKXOnenuw5UEP1p0t81tMWLQ/s3088/IMG_8902.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3976RNfI_PtnazLnrYKTyaKhlQ6iVf2ZGzcm2wzsBpWMAf1BRTe9G-_LkdISULz5mq-NzMORP2inX7XKgZMV8TWrTBb04Ea2UOjV-_TaoiuZflH1ofurWinhLfG2m6Pq1q6A1Kp2KYGksO7r1jIxU30NkOcTLraOIuVOKXOnenuw5UEP1p0t81tMWLQ/s600/IMG_8902.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WHAT?!!! Thanks Steve for getting our family Shen Yun tickets! We're all super excited!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wzIlTRpuH_1pydgGycmGmNcCT9dyh-4kk9Mu1Q49nVmYkJNV4dAl7v9T8R1sbGemXspG8vRwhsO9Rf55YA2ewxdc5XCgRgguh_aEMh88vCOMAItWibqBqSTmlTG-M4JSVzSsIzNkSvmCRFUmrDl1y8qpGmsuqD-jCfg8P5aoRhofH8ofueeN7BBssQ/s4032/IMG_8903.HEIC" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wzIlTRpuH_1pydgGycmGmNcCT9dyh-4kk9Mu1Q49nVmYkJNV4dAl7v9T8R1sbGemXspG8vRwhsO9Rf55YA2ewxdc5XCgRgguh_aEMh88vCOMAItWibqBqSTmlTG-M4JSVzSsIzNkSvmCRFUmrDl1y8qpGmsuqD-jCfg8P5aoRhofH8ofueeN7BBssQ/s600/IMG_8903.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara found the Nintendo Switch!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2CvnOEKqEI4oluoE8UTWsiRRuaY5ItmBaFT0ZXR_C69wGFIoytBT69hqIsiyccY9mL2O1jtwa0rGQND63fBZ-2_lYJVL_VHF6y36brdwIm-kU3dcnScb5B5DPGdZI3pf0-8TsNngB0S45gvr9M_d1-OhVCvMqGkwBLlyobUra_LUkOPfyalLBIaOTg/s4032/IMG_0709.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></a>We went for a winter drive as the sun was setting and got to view the sunset from a prime location.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2CvnOEKqEI4oluoE8UTWsiRRuaY5ItmBaFT0ZXR_C69wGFIoytBT69hqIsiyccY9mL2O1jtwa0rGQND63fBZ-2_lYJVL_VHF6y36brdwIm-kU3dcnScb5B5DPGdZI3pf0-8TsNngB0S45gvr9M_d1-OhVCvMqGkwBLlyobUra_LUkOPfyalLBIaOTg/s4032/IMG_0709.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2CvnOEKqEI4oluoE8UTWsiRRuaY5ItmBaFT0ZXR_C69wGFIoytBT69hqIsiyccY9mL2O1jtwa0rGQND63fBZ-2_lYJVL_VHF6y36brdwIm-kU3dcnScb5B5DPGdZI3pf0-8TsNngB0S45gvr9M_d1-OhVCvMqGkwBLlyobUra_LUkOPfyalLBIaOTg/s600/IMG_0709.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1Jb9ml2iMxP_Y1Ghj46nf5CJG7ZHRwWDRYF8z7jH00JWM7_GmKwQl8z2zcIYA6GMLAbj53OwTU21wfVO8ZPG19VF0VF4WqrK9wnWUhUMiRs7GFJFtCXdzxRqhvB24ivt6_WMa3-maNy5aeMPF373wotObdg5cLQW0J8FYgl_VX2e1F4sqxCvo3x2PQ/s4032/IMG_0710.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1Jb9ml2iMxP_Y1Ghj46nf5CJG7ZHRwWDRYF8z7jH00JWM7_GmKwQl8z2zcIYA6GMLAbj53OwTU21wfVO8ZPG19VF0VF4WqrK9wnWUhUMiRs7GFJFtCXdzxRqhvB24ivt6_WMa3-maNy5aeMPF373wotObdg5cLQW0J8FYgl_VX2e1F4sqxCvo3x2PQ/s600/IMG_0710.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5YobsXUtpNRqdhdZBFVc5oDyhvfLDeJkPOAvKsd3rO51bNow2mKpLtCWz97Hghomyd6B7R88urH_qVsfAIEXAQwvzD0REkP4ynn37zd6k00MSji6ly4L6mW4Fi4mwg_-JQEWkA1n6RBxcObCIKtYEc0Z295zVUSaxKaLkEeH5x8neKOVQ0xBxYseNw/s4032/IMG_0711.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5YobsXUtpNRqdhdZBFVc5oDyhvfLDeJkPOAvKsd3rO51bNow2mKpLtCWz97Hghomyd6B7R88urH_qVsfAIEXAQwvzD0REkP4ynn37zd6k00MSji6ly4L6mW4Fi4mwg_-JQEWkA1n6RBxcObCIKtYEc0Z295zVUSaxKaLkEeH5x8neKOVQ0xBxYseNw/s600/IMG_0711.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq89xL133NsHwL5muKgcrnF1fuB4Vbwq9chJ2M9fYVZaYJbjrFt-3D9iPaJ9vV9dmyHbPT6zHsyLz_0aKjqXvidFCEj6PgyIKIqadYHdRQFKmA9Cg33mxrnhRri1pdGfneevdpWSnPRhapgo6whVFwAuff1n3PB3brn45ekHwNcglTsS_LlS3mBuS9g/s4032/IMG_0715.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq89xL133NsHwL5muKgcrnF1fuB4Vbwq9chJ2M9fYVZaYJbjrFt-3D9iPaJ9vV9dmyHbPT6zHsyLz_0aKjqXvidFCEj6PgyIKIqadYHdRQFKmA9Cg33mxrnhRri1pdGfneevdpWSnPRhapgo6whVFwAuff1n3PB3brn45ekHwNcglTsS_LlS3mBuS9g/s600/IMG_0715.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone had built a snowman up there. It was obviously built awhile ago. Now it seems as if it's trying to get a face tan.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdd7aRIwP_PghZQdANlvWwDY7fvjwQ5PzSe7VfFqtz7JAFjHbANAZ_uUk1OSLTaZoah4Bvr6Xkuod9EL6Cv0mkyofIKSNo3VeSy5dOWYICLMUStnvf2Vk3wNrsZrPcsE_qdT_6zmTp3ID6bzsdP_Wa7hRb2ruWhXdCeAqOTiOHSfWlzoHnNhJtLz0DEg/s600/IMG_0720.JPG" width="600" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The cold, hard world is turned into a perfect canvas ready to display in stark contrast the warmth of His goodness and light. 💕 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The sun set is a perfect image to describe how I feel at the close of this year. In seeking God and looking heavenward I’ve experienced a variety of divine, personal moments testifying to me that God is here for us and can make beauty in a harsh world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePMQ-y3smpV409_J-HbtZXY0IelNrk8IUHqeddN206Ievq2dMBp0q2B-iDlAPOvvqpLg77bYiJo-_4DCgJMkFdeUT5EQqvPZ3CedNOERGgsBcX8ksiNiDsaCNII8-10vr9joWZ-Haq1PDJtozPjnqssEIzHr9rAVEJ8of-2DKJ1l0FlIWAtY-M0NjMw/s600/IMG_0724.JPG" width="600" /></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-38166767067198779852022-12-21T21:22:00.001-08:002023-01-03T19:25:22.844-08:00Our Family 2022 Newsletter and Fall Family Photos<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBE7DY8jHOkJHEIXRyhZZkJ9v1UIhpdzPbO2HXROI8Totty4KM9OxHOC81b-gum_Kpqn070qvB-eMhHOcM_Uox6qwmnm9tTmIeiE1ZOb-AQmfdJqzEXc7pEzig1nVYOod3AKqssyMRnFyb3rEy_cwfog9vSP_HwjdJ-38FoZJ7ZgyTCN6s0N-9geP44Q/s2000/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our final day, the girls and I piled in the car to take the cousins to school in the morning. I was the embarrassing aunty taking their pictures as they got to school. I love my nieces and nephews! Jayden went to school with his mom, so I didn't get his picture.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieAFPvvFxu9u1ZpzbxrnaJNDoXV0bvAe4GgVfDmNOSAPFQSocDsf_zsum-uKLG8VZqPl-ufLJVDOYd27FSHvrLZlwhLIdIzi2SHq6rOPCGbj0amfljnz-vhJbWsxhQaxsq2MgPOZ7QZR0AC8I7U4jTyUQcIvA22uZRt4kPBemkT-B9IYrp7ImJ3rWXA/s4032/IMG_8635.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieAFPvvFxu9u1ZpzbxrnaJNDoXV0bvAe4GgVfDmNOSAPFQSocDsf_zsum-uKLG8VZqPl-ufLJVDOYd27FSHvrLZlwhLIdIzi2SHq6rOPCGbj0amfljnz-vhJbWsxhQaxsq2MgPOZ7QZR0AC8I7U4jTyUQcIvA22uZRt4kPBemkT-B9IYrp7ImJ3rWXA/s320/IMG_8635.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bye JJ and Maizie!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGkzZPKvKMBNEGeiq1Lvxx_TvgeFkSkvSWhCmZEdKp49cCeRSjl_kqYRTB5Xk-w2bc7w_HqMToV3VHk6z7GB352IJOOMf_ThjXakxSq0-QtORsoff6DEL6yqi4LVwJ8n4-tLYRWu_XLyO5PJtybV0xdK1tsOGuHg8QgG1JZrBV5YCXkcfg3J0BOfVyA/s4032/IMG_8637.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGkzZPKvKMBNEGeiq1Lvxx_TvgeFkSkvSWhCmZEdKp49cCeRSjl_kqYRTB5Xk-w2bc7w_HqMToV3VHk6z7GB352IJOOMf_ThjXakxSq0-QtORsoff6DEL6yqi4LVwJ8n4-tLYRWu_XLyO5PJtybV0xdK1tsOGuHg8QgG1JZrBV5YCXkcfg3J0BOfVyA/s320/IMG_8637.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bye beautiful green mountain of Manoa valley!</td></tr></tbody></table>When we got back to Joe's home to pack our things, Joe pointed out these beautiful white mushrooms that pop up overnight in his woodchips. They don't last long, like only a few hours, but they are beautiful, tiny, delicate and intricate!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj5hgb3bGsAKepEv8BlhLBvhdu-PNd2qinCmESkevw1MDMgvxRgWO4F5zPxLGdJ3x3LDbP8r-7jHm-MOzXDI7Dt4Le2TS6tbhS5GlxrSDPryvzCYvOzQyXedCiif8wrEiiMZDVYhYBnhXoDCWkdoSRrAy7EiDqsBqIEuS8wMtZiuG5f_OvswmQPekVw/s4032/IMG_8643.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj5hgb3bGsAKepEv8BlhLBvhdu-PNd2qinCmESkevw1MDMgvxRgWO4F5zPxLGdJ3x3LDbP8r-7jHm-MOzXDI7Dt4Le2TS6tbhS5GlxrSDPryvzCYvOzQyXedCiif8wrEiiMZDVYhYBnhXoDCWkdoSRrAy7EiDqsBqIEuS8wMtZiuG5f_OvswmQPekVw/s320/IMG_8643.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKj0efriD2zRyZFvq6QXz-V4sFbt7UAubEUC1CuRKwVSJev2PMcS8NIk7kaa0l-jBdf82qSwtWBFryWLIuS4Xsr3-jvPgGFjQ-tpIAcHipcrf_Y30RxdfGSiVBdceUOqtUyuAN9c2r_1YJ83iGhcxk0u27600LJtGWYiIl_aW-PYfwNkT9phv5w9B-ZA/s4032/IMG_8645.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKj0efriD2zRyZFvq6QXz-V4sFbt7UAubEUC1CuRKwVSJev2PMcS8NIk7kaa0l-jBdf82qSwtWBFryWLIuS4Xsr3-jvPgGFjQ-tpIAcHipcrf_Y30RxdfGSiVBdceUOqtUyuAN9c2r_1YJ83iGhcxk0u27600LJtGWYiIl_aW-PYfwNkT9phv5w9B-ZA/s320/IMG_8645.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>Joe took us to a beach near Diamond Head so we could touch the ocean one last time. This beach was a perfectly peaceful scene, where the sky meets the sea.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXLmEuRypeC5xe-6qqamKx6bza01HQsIuhnZF8jV6yzvTgLGlLwni69Q405qAmU7Ov3sz8VB6EqgiYiSQ_cQLbz5GqQowRAur-QW6SJaow99-yw_RECh0m4aLHUMtgMqv-NjxuHylZmj75bF_gkQhaXKsv0de2TaZVypriEMtd3AzwVZ5B0Ij9jsO7w/s4032/IMG_8648.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXLmEuRypeC5xe-6qqamKx6bza01HQsIuhnZF8jV6yzvTgLGlLwni69Q405qAmU7Ov3sz8VB6EqgiYiSQ_cQLbz5GqQowRAur-QW6SJaow99-yw_RECh0m4aLHUMtgMqv-NjxuHylZmj75bF_gkQhaXKsv0de2TaZVypriEMtd3AzwVZ5B0Ij9jsO7w/s320/IMG_8648.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9Rexr13z1dTGy3MFZWIZsR3O75hRb1x_p7apA32aNa8L0pibEt69Gxp2MXIF5hFcGgha4HdJwj6ImgBHaPyADWxp1ykTLaUCB6_ab0X_sSCoE7Uep1XS9khHubY8rtSl2i7jtYVmHG0sm8CifqY5d6_u24aVh-S0bRbDF2qUbn4XaNf0J8Sd206VoA/s4032/IMG_8651.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9Rexr13z1dTGy3MFZWIZsR3O75hRb1x_p7apA32aNa8L0pibEt69Gxp2MXIF5hFcGgha4HdJwj6ImgBHaPyADWxp1ykTLaUCB6_ab0X_sSCoE7Uep1XS9khHubY8rtSl2i7jtYVmHG0sm8CifqY5d6_u24aVh-S0bRbDF2qUbn4XaNf0J8Sd206VoA/s320/IMG_8651.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The waves come from two different directions. Cool!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37gj0l70NO8J45IKbl75E_jQEqPD1CkuOiJKwbpNnVTY9SuJ4HmmN4YIheBzMY9VqEpDM_5kfesBsVMX7e4WoVMvYw7iJXkedNAHLYgCZkCEH2597K5GU_Mr7Wj3YRSo21A5yrqSkB8NpnFLpW_qJG4My3XtiWfeUeyKum9edK4_MHQl_dSeFYJF1Nw/s3088/IMG_8652.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37gj0l70NO8J45IKbl75E_jQEqPD1CkuOiJKwbpNnVTY9SuJ4HmmN4YIheBzMY9VqEpDM_5kfesBsVMX7e4WoVMvYw7iJXkedNAHLYgCZkCEH2597K5GU_Mr7Wj3YRSo21A5yrqSkB8NpnFLpW_qJG4My3XtiWfeUeyKum9edK4_MHQl_dSeFYJF1Nw/s320/IMG_8652.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIFdu0fl9VOcEhoF3fdSlkd0_VjApxC5dSFYt_K4wLiweQfarwn7GV-H-EXU7tSKyN8aONf0XZFcyVtsWoFLLyniIn4uKyK0E7SVfRgatDq8HIaNtuDo71Mv1u6L67JMtQczrQcDGfkX_S2Vxl3Rm6VLbzA_cf8pdo_YKzXBR2azJlm0WS8jyk77xCQ/s4032/IMG_8653.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIFdu0fl9VOcEhoF3fdSlkd0_VjApxC5dSFYt_K4wLiweQfarwn7GV-H-EXU7tSKyN8aONf0XZFcyVtsWoFLLyniIn4uKyK0E7SVfRgatDq8HIaNtuDo71Mv1u6L67JMtQczrQcDGfkX_S2Vxl3Rm6VLbzA_cf8pdo_YKzXBR2azJlm0WS8jyk77xCQ/s320/IMG_8653.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My footsteps in the sand</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJLF-7IfuOlHtGafPqEdTEjptwiQwKfNnu-imnu2FmKI9_eTAX-3oNdjH5hP7H2bXUEqeAKZVgam3l-dDrjURwdLG0RLh4IaRBvkPg0n1BrUwi8HiopcDY5f4ffkMJdawGMS1U4g2axw8aD3nWXHW1UWKHLr43LCVpGzDTpbvF9rCOJ9NV3F0_ptmbA/s4032/IMG_8656.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJLF-7IfuOlHtGafPqEdTEjptwiQwKfNnu-imnu2FmKI9_eTAX-3oNdjH5hP7H2bXUEqeAKZVgam3l-dDrjURwdLG0RLh4IaRBvkPg0n1BrUwi8HiopcDY5f4ffkMJdawGMS1U4g2axw8aD3nWXHW1UWKHLr43LCVpGzDTpbvF9rCOJ9NV3F0_ptmbA/s320/IMG_8656.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara found some coral.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2GCjl1QXSo2hULwwGB5rhSO6rq3L5Cxqr64f7D6bHc7lN18FnjRftukDa-FbEOMolrIR_Hkm8NwEUmQktifv0z3PBX0dozllwpQui1j-043JObKZ6oCqp2_Tw8JLjUhAlh3Dl3zklicoJLrl_Jg7dnIYcpAuP0R2pTzXDKfC3kIObPeMEuGhPWXI8g/s4032/IMG_8662.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2GCjl1QXSo2hULwwGB5rhSO6rq3L5Cxqr64f7D6bHc7lN18FnjRftukDa-FbEOMolrIR_Hkm8NwEUmQktifv0z3PBX0dozllwpQui1j-043JObKZ6oCqp2_Tw8JLjUhAlh3Dl3zklicoJLrl_Jg7dnIYcpAuP0R2pTzXDKfC3kIObPeMEuGhPWXI8g/s320/IMG_8662.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful beach!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VNUyes6HYF6PibgqOCFl3kLXy2Pbf4u8B2lcmyL5UPk8pCruR_qd6I-bCMiWsabq4_blcDLlhUiLzP8-yYYHiMsKaHlk36c1DTA0TjyyAm9kT98F9fi2xbmvWdsXtDOc4to8oV2wgRxUnObA7aQNGCh0gkD3xIVpJIvOIqRn_PmCrSmK0-d7i7RraA/s4032/IMG_8665.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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It is to me a testament of God's glory, imagination, and creativity.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7Lik1JL1VDyPDZWvyXGNsczQYjWDKDO2--6esaZXZYdDVLFPdqkAPLJIdrtqRK2k4yi_mTYdf5NYWVBTnMQ6eShWZbWRqvvI9a20_prbdWlEodzycRMJJmiWLl5pnQV1srZITHWktAIxfj-5ZfZuHAPESCfwBS1uVNhUezqloFrtWucuMJtdSTmu4w/s4032/IMG_8669.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7Lik1JL1VDyPDZWvyXGNsczQYjWDKDO2--6esaZXZYdDVLFPdqkAPLJIdrtqRK2k4yi_mTYdf5NYWVBTnMQ6eShWZbWRqvvI9a20_prbdWlEodzycRMJJmiWLl5pnQV1srZITHWktAIxfj-5ZfZuHAPESCfwBS1uVNhUezqloFrtWucuMJtdSTmu4w/s320/IMG_8669.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look! The bushes here are all flowery!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Joe took us to Nandings Bakery to enjoy some fresh Filipino delights. There were many gorgous offerings and we ended up purchasing a half dozen of them.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKUUdcjrxahg62oW9_O_fXySEETSqqVjflOBb6mXoiS-PLu8Q6knupzl0_uWb3TKKwbOa0AI45BPgPgOCmdA_uJZhaC-fJYCJ_YqcPR5U_TZQDSbWk8dslgNeRPxShXoskxYuxK4Mcp8V2ynezOixWNKupon2EnRAX1MTqjtHtFLrYQ73e0GoYLnvNw/s4032/IMG_8670.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKUUdcjrxahg62oW9_O_fXySEETSqqVjflOBb6mXoiS-PLu8Q6knupzl0_uWb3TKKwbOa0AI45BPgPgOCmdA_uJZhaC-fJYCJ_YqcPR5U_TZQDSbWk8dslgNeRPxShXoskxYuxK4Mcp8V2ynezOixWNKupon2EnRAX1MTqjtHtFLrYQ73e0GoYLnvNw/s320/IMG_8670.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHLekmOWH9fNKn3XuUJodRolIXAGTmCM4GgfitUl8ygmlqic3xlZcG2cI_DHvVA9F7fd5LQwSucrKP0PMs8k0XDEmrLwQygJPvodutMQi5WXxcNim2zDRldF3uxgYgo4OCEJZZMBJ_bEzi_B6zV6Iu0xp7YohJfZ44467LoOKRdu7Lg1ZyJawyKX_GA/s4032/IMG_8671.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHLekmOWH9fNKn3XuUJodRolIXAGTmCM4GgfitUl8ygmlqic3xlZcG2cI_DHvVA9F7fd5LQwSucrKP0PMs8k0XDEmrLwQygJPvodutMQi5WXxcNim2zDRldF3uxgYgo4OCEJZZMBJ_bEzi_B6zV6Iu0xp7YohJfZ44467LoOKRdu7Lg1ZyJawyKX_GA/w640-h480/IMG_8671.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at all those confections!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEW9vxyL-uxXLuMVtKBdxjeLfA-Wwb2aXQWO2F8biKJTG2wEfRMkPyAF6w8BgwK5ain9kkwGPt1GN3vz00oj6LToNcvVvmO8hj6SxoypQNooq7n2YKqlX5SqiAEaQbFpkECEarpbVsP78K3NX5flB7JD84NjDAc59X6ZHY0EX9ufJf-iQX-qr_s6tZA/s4032/IMG_8672.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEW9vxyL-uxXLuMVtKBdxjeLfA-Wwb2aXQWO2F8biKJTG2wEfRMkPyAF6w8BgwK5ain9kkwGPt1GN3vz00oj6LToNcvVvmO8hj6SxoypQNooq7n2YKqlX5SqiAEaQbFpkECEarpbVsP78K3NX5flB7JD84NjDAc59X6ZHY0EX9ufJf-iQX-qr_s6tZA/w480-h640/IMG_8672.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEBkaEkFeqnPOl5_ckTgjV3AfKUrQYqNQ1BEvbwugTOygSgqqM4e3JvQ-Igw9Lp3tQVQzM_93FDAjN-T9yVD6RcEcMqQ3xpXWVMBNDqKDut5n3GjyDyYGGnxj-bf2_bQz1PdQfFE1-BQeT88QQANSlJ6cuD2qRcv9zoXdj5Kkx2FbPbLWv4GPhc0biw/s4032/IMG_8673.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEBkaEkFeqnPOl5_ckTgjV3AfKUrQYqNQ1BEvbwugTOygSgqqM4e3JvQ-Igw9Lp3tQVQzM_93FDAjN-T9yVD6RcEcMqQ3xpXWVMBNDqKDut5n3GjyDyYGGnxj-bf2_bQz1PdQfFE1-BQeT88QQANSlJ6cuD2qRcv9zoXdj5Kkx2FbPbLWv4GPhc0biw/w480-h640/IMG_8673.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved the ube silang.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dCc2Vq80m5bCGHEbIVJMgg4hYHUiw1-Dbg3LAJi7Cnv2a6lBVQCCkFklMgo722ufsL_nrF1rwXmhnHoV9pSdgXWu_GEUdhRMMIqAKK_yooxf0nDwBpfTUQ4ZMC7488Puno9vr_Ci0x7I3mcRoR_jk0HUtqqegQoOVXbKzX3o6twU7SxUgxbhWAivPA/s4032/IMG_8674.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dCc2Vq80m5bCGHEbIVJMgg4hYHUiw1-Dbg3LAJi7Cnv2a6lBVQCCkFklMgo722ufsL_nrF1rwXmhnHoV9pSdgXWu_GEUdhRMMIqAKK_yooxf0nDwBpfTUQ4ZMC7488Puno9vr_Ci0x7I3mcRoR_jk0HUtqqegQoOVXbKzX3o6twU7SxUgxbhWAivPA/s320/IMG_8674.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These were so very good and a great snack for the airport and for our flight, too.</td></tr></tbody></table> I wasn't sure I was going to like them as much as a donut, but honestly, they're way better. The bread is so tender and delicious! You gotta eat it fresh for that heavenly experience though, otherwise it reverts being on par with a donut (which is still good).<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For lunch, Joe took us to Steve's favorite place on the island, Costco. Steve legitimately loved the ice cream there which was wonderfully creamy. He also legitimately could enjoy his food knowing it didn't cost a premium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-TiLZfI2yBLNJufJwvZYi8XgQrISQpBaXpsqRhkILDZacx2M3OKyN9n8b_t7lt86fqMrBwbO607xsBKXFK9_e3VZJxTT5E7UpqjL5BTA2-4igGOjvZmvJr_rUIYqsZg4Db9nZCLVR6JP2aRlgdNRx6XhK6GQdu6_ylmM92eazmics3D4FMRHlgT5Fg/s4032/IMG_8676.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-TiLZfI2yBLNJufJwvZYi8XgQrISQpBaXpsqRhkILDZacx2M3OKyN9n8b_t7lt86fqMrBwbO607xsBKXFK9_e3VZJxTT5E7UpqjL5BTA2-4igGOjvZmvJr_rUIYqsZg4Db9nZCLVR6JP2aRlgdNRx6XhK6GQdu6_ylmM92eazmics3D4FMRHlgT5Fg/s320/IMG_8676.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p>Hawaii was the perfect family vacation. Hanging out with Joe's family was bliss. Seeing the tropcial landscapes, tasting the local flavors, paying the supreme prices (ok, not that), added charm to our experience. I'm so glad we were able to make this happen! </p>We said goodbye to Joe as he drove us to the airport after lunch, and ended up flying across the ocean in the evening and arriving in Sacramento at 11pm. We pretended to sleep at the airport, then boarded our plane to Vegas at 6am and then we finally boarded our flight back to Salt Lake around 9am. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEU2cB1PqAmUzZ8NPYN8DRFTnGQ_nss9Waj8yCknZJhREIexQt2tXWULiTAQM547jR8z305QjCrbJE7gllWn1TDgaMPvz-Jm03nplJXTy4opdYAcBjz3pn-h2L8DSuczP0ZYYjyPaMmaxSVtDV5vCGAvCPa7Pe9gEWKOU7zkgt7cWFwwjlfNBbM0mdQ/s4032/IMG_8681.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEU2cB1PqAmUzZ8NPYN8DRFTnGQ_nss9Waj8yCknZJhREIexQt2tXWULiTAQM547jR8z305QjCrbJE7gllWn1TDgaMPvz-Jm03nplJXTy4opdYAcBjz3pn-h2L8DSuczP0ZYYjyPaMmaxSVtDV5vCGAvCPa7Pe9gEWKOU7zkgt7cWFwwjlfNBbM0mdQ/s320/IMG_8681.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoMZ_B8aabXcYR9Ctztv9neHm09czdrFowUbYfA8SQfQ374FRyCqglpcinnMPGx0olHoWPkXQjNXMUPk-Sk5IFiJKQwRVI33ocaUCOJBwy4h43yUwOyFG_QeP_KCdpDR6DC7pQ0jOsI3gxTXLMHn86Z7UXa-fuO2myo7IhwephBEpYjRPspyyGGhf9Q/s4032/IMG_8685.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoMZ_B8aabXcYR9Ctztv9neHm09czdrFowUbYfA8SQfQ374FRyCqglpcinnMPGx0olHoWPkXQjNXMUPk-Sk5IFiJKQwRVI33ocaUCOJBwy4h43yUwOyFG_QeP_KCdpDR6DC7pQ0jOsI3gxTXLMHn86Z7UXa-fuO2myo7IhwephBEpYjRPspyyGGhf9Q/s320/IMG_8685.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>It was A LOT of traveling and a bit annoying to have that many stops. And we were exhausted. I'm so glad my sister picked us up from the airport and drove us back to her house where we picked up some burgers, ate, and took a bit of a nap before we hit the road back home.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHKHAcyENuEjqMwooOD2GaOclNQEgBRSTApeY4LVhSHvcRJ12H57Ugjtpr9kBm_1HYCqMOQB_95amMd4mFiUyS63y33aqa88sKe_zdmn71uc0rBkHQkuA1gvKFLuupP1SF2u4z0ydi_PSgIKLrGC06xTwMj9oLYbzGldt9Fi9GZUIAXko0NVP4ZQy3A/s4032/IMG_8693.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHKHAcyENuEjqMwooOD2GaOclNQEgBRSTApeY4LVhSHvcRJ12H57Ugjtpr9kBm_1HYCqMOQB_95amMd4mFiUyS63y33aqa88sKe_zdmn71uc0rBkHQkuA1gvKFLuupP1SF2u4z0ydi_PSgIKLrGC06xTwMj9oLYbzGldt9Fi9GZUIAXko0NVP4ZQy3A/s320/IMG_8693.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The snow by Strawberry Reservoir, so different from the sand along the ocean.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">💗💗💗💗</div><br /> <p></p></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-11647760753300031592022-11-28T17:43:00.001-08:002023-01-03T19:24:27.432-08:00Pines in Paradise & Good Local Eats<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Wa'ahila Ridge State Recreation Area</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Straight up the cliffs from my brother's house is a forest unlike any I've ever been to. We drove up some really steep streets to get up there. The streets were akin to the vertical inclines in San Francisco. Because there is a dense population on those steep hills, the roads are packed with parked cars, basically turned into one-way streets. There are signs posted that uphill traffic gets the right of way. I think it's good that they don't get snow there or else the cars would have a hard time getting home.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-1cbeUKys30MnNGlnkFg39DYxsi7A1exIcOICs3j06nzi9lSeI-lPrI_DqHRlKW6m1nOBt_YnmmFUBxrLxn1Y3N_oV2LrzOVmBiS1gV7DZGGqsULHEr0qjbncHUV1MV1xCryQbhZ3XG3SR9OISX2VJYFRBm0181_oLg7b4erYyswgRQE7LH52-74bw/s4032/IMG_8602.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-1cbeUKys30MnNGlnkFg39DYxsi7A1exIcOICs3j06nzi9lSeI-lPrI_DqHRlKW6m1nOBt_YnmmFUBxrLxn1Y3N_oV2LrzOVmBiS1gV7DZGGqsULHEr0qjbncHUV1MV1xCryQbhZ3XG3SR9OISX2VJYFRBm0181_oLg7b4erYyswgRQE7LH52-74bw/s320/IMG_8602.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall trees</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once to Waahila Ridge, we had the forest all to ourselves. It was a cool place. Joe told me that the sailors needed tall straight trees to make masts from, so this variety was introduced to the area. The pines are perfect for masts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">FYI- "<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #330000; font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">The beginning of this hike is in a cook pine forest. Cook pines (Araucaria columnaris) come from the Cook Islands. The name is misleading, as they are not pines at all but in the family Araucariaceae, a genus of 18 or 19 species found from New Guinea to New Zealand and Brazil to Chile. Interestingly it's one of the few plants only natively found in the southern hemisphere." (</span></span></span><a href="http://www.explorebiodiversity.com/Hawaii/hikes/waahilaridge_about.html">http://www.explorebiodiversity.com/Hawaii/hikes/waahilaridge_about.html</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FlAQwDjCWmDS2cr1dPT6lBixSfwBg5_eINXPjsjY2hCXty-4adg16mEkPqhIJE-9wZGKysAHm9F0sbVR51hIl7Bz9838K4oA_0dKmW1QqMiPoUxgo2JIr_gL1rXfGTJz-y6E0kTVdXheZwDnnDd-8gFo5zuyE0wffdUroo2qE8b84Y3MG_hGj7bDbQ/s723/image000006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="723" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FlAQwDjCWmDS2cr1dPT6lBixSfwBg5_eINXPjsjY2hCXty-4adg16mEkPqhIJE-9wZGKysAHm9F0sbVR51hIl7Bz9838K4oA_0dKmW1QqMiPoUxgo2JIr_gL1rXfGTJz-y6E0kTVdXheZwDnnDd-8gFo5zuyE0wffdUroo2qE8b84Y3MG_hGj7bDbQ/w640-h480/image000006.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the cool nubs left on the trees from the branches that have dropped.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This is where you go to get good local Hawaiian food, with a diner-style ambiance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got the Teri-beef plate, best Teri beef I've ever had. I tried Uncle Joe's Oxtail soup and loved it. It has a rich broth somewhat reminiscent of pho. Amara liked her gyoza ramen. I can't remember what everyone else got, but I know that if I go back to Hawaii, I want to go eat here again. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFa3P2qN7q4e8vBykVrLv47q3tqGeFDyGdOGLh6RknhiirjPhfm2GU7re5gMh8RJxCDcSNxxPR1TXUeSDq3qorEB27kM0Ew6VMiOu24tqqLUEkEpGRfWhxLHXw6zImzuWfZS_vALQa6lHDUr5MqDyJRfA2M53ykGy_lq75I7j1UWw_30lgvcStzoQeA/s723/image000003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFa3P2qN7q4e8vBykVrLv47q3tqGeFDyGdOGLh6RknhiirjPhfm2GU7re5gMh8RJxCDcSNxxPR1TXUeSDq3qorEB27kM0Ew6VMiOu24tqqLUEkEpGRfWhxLHXw6zImzuWfZS_vALQa6lHDUr5MqDyJRfA2M53ykGy_lq75I7j1UWw_30lgvcStzoQeA/w480-h640/image000003.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For dessert. we split up and got ice cream treats. The boys went to SomiSomi. Joe recommended their ice cream because it is really good and creamy. They also serve it with a cute fishtail-shaped cone on top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DHS5iOU_eGDS4mgYwFUpyBs7MmkDpoOsCsaZaTb9JL_Qe3EuDV2nqx2Ek3zq1ndIUn-hTjEWJIrzTHVSymgg569Pzn1bjdZ2DYEJ904-SzbTGItGvxY_pQ1mrooAjf4zlO5YRFO7k6EEc6j-4omTbNlXHPJ3VikH-imS1E5TyocyeBpgVPpFfsW2sQ/s1023/image000000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DHS5iOU_eGDS4mgYwFUpyBs7MmkDpoOsCsaZaTb9JL_Qe3EuDV2nqx2Ek3zq1ndIUn-hTjEWJIrzTHVSymgg569Pzn1bjdZ2DYEJ904-SzbTGItGvxY_pQ1mrooAjf4zlO5YRFO7k6EEc6j-4omTbNlXHPJ3VikH-imS1E5TyocyeBpgVPpFfsW2sQ/w480-h640/image000000.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicau3T8YgzCgYNZhTutdwv-p4xVXU91i8wVPeUP2UNbdY6ly_X00u5odiqsDAApd6qwTHsNVcjTzZSVGW2uMAWlaDnNbS9e5VpUVTvpHtEAmcsaqmwkhQzcYqEAZVQlRhafC2rpuNP30n84-sVrsE71NtXRyHnMemfVXap0BtXAb0wazpLspY2AW9EYg/s1023/image000001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="767" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicau3T8YgzCgYNZhTutdwv-p4xVXU91i8wVPeUP2UNbdY6ly_X00u5odiqsDAApd6qwTHsNVcjTzZSVGW2uMAWlaDnNbS9e5VpUVTvpHtEAmcsaqmwkhQzcYqEAZVQlRhafC2rpuNP30n84-sVrsE71NtXRyHnMemfVXap0BtXAb0wazpLspY2AW9EYg/w300-h400/image000001.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily found a shop just for her.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3V0NIcomZ8l0rqOxqzGjcI77jFlv-Zq1sYOOYAYqEjWofm4DxDdi6YfD3LlvUV91pogtnO1j76k-qZNhXbJykeWI0hORj1v2O-3-KPhSqKo9vtzGGf3tZ0JyFAc-BNfWCQLQcEX4GI0CX7JlK7gKt835etmo1vxAoWmXm_jSofDX48G8SFOAm1Ewpw/s4032/IMG_8629.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3V0NIcomZ8l0rqOxqzGjcI77jFlv-Zq1sYOOYAYqEjWofm4DxDdi6YfD3LlvUV91pogtnO1j76k-qZNhXbJykeWI0hORj1v2O-3-KPhSqKo9vtzGGf3tZ0JyFAc-BNfWCQLQcEX4GI0CX7JlK7gKt835etmo1vxAoWmXm_jSofDX48G8SFOAm1Ewpw/w640-h480/IMG_8629.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls went to Sweet Creams to get rolled ice cream. YUM!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWT9v1M6M1ojn5FYc7d39SFxpmD2xmQTN-hxGo2DIxhtfHubJmTJZ38gCGrg7Etwc7EP844P6ihbGL9aAexi1N3ZoXhUnF6MZh0zrZey9nkc_aA1R9F6RnSLVENBXuNPMrQy8pFcVYLENJNXe3vBecayrO85URavQQ25cThvxEU9_iZx71YvOydnrYw/s3088/IMG_8627.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWT9v1M6M1ojn5FYc7d39SFxpmD2xmQTN-hxGo2DIxhtfHubJmTJZ38gCGrg7Etwc7EP844P6ihbGL9aAexi1N3ZoXhUnF6MZh0zrZey9nkc_aA1R9F6RnSLVENBXuNPMrQy8pFcVYLENJNXe3vBecayrO85URavQQ25cThvxEU9_iZx71YvOydnrYw/w480-h640/IMG_8627.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My rolled ice cream was a hot cocoa base, biscoff cookie and Nutella mixed in, with a pocky stick and roasted marshmallow on top. Very good!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NuXUlNsVb-S0ZE0g-iFxMVgdbLfcbtB9nZJ5fiBwmgIdf9oZbGAWO9PM2n38BOjZSP9kuY2EUV9p72eHq39BhqPbTf8mfqgvErqFKUQNq2hWFZ8yRvBA8zHen2goPqGitdQjCmh8FcqBucoNNlBnSXPJOldjafw8cXQwggQU_cKtz77FVHBI9vI5hw/s4032/IMG_8623.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NuXUlNsVb-S0ZE0g-iFxMVgdbLfcbtB9nZJ5fiBwmgIdf9oZbGAWO9PM2n38BOjZSP9kuY2EUV9p72eHq39BhqPbTf8mfqgvErqFKUQNq2hWFZ8yRvBA8zHen2goPqGitdQjCmh8FcqBucoNNlBnSXPJOldjafw8cXQwggQU_cKtz77FVHBI9vI5hw/w480-h640/IMG_8623.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for our crew outside of Sam's Club/Walmart. Lily making an important phone call. She was attempting to find a date for when she returned home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Fancy Local Fruits</h3>On our bucket list was to try fresh guava. We got lucky and Joe found us one last guava (it was the end of the guava season). We loved the color of it. The seeds were not my favorite (a little big and annoying to chew). Flavorwise, I liked it. Amara thought it was somewhat bland. Then my brother introduced me to his guava jelly he made, and I've decided that's really how I like guava. No seeds, just a nice sweet tropical flavor. I had that on toast for breakfast almost every morning.<div><br /></div><div>Joe also introduced us to a Hawaiian papaya. I've had papaya before and didn't like it, but these were different and WAY better! I really liked Hawaiian papaya. It's almost like mango, nice and sweet.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxTOCRB8CF_B0N9hLu8hlOvmov8buBumInLre81kNM5O7vQF6Yuc_0YzuceDwXsFncCo6Z6GSEqbjpsilDt1vQwGEtiTCeqxn0F8L52KxagCrDr3Et2734mYMDENX-pdAWvHsQdtTm1_TnaJ8-MM0wM1xLKAioscGe3OfOX5ynbeNN8blED3U-Wc7SQ/s4032/IMG_8600.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxTOCRB8CF_B0N9hLu8hlOvmov8buBumInLre81kNM5O7vQF6Yuc_0YzuceDwXsFncCo6Z6GSEqbjpsilDt1vQwGEtiTCeqxn0F8L52KxagCrDr3Et2734mYMDENX-pdAWvHsQdtTm1_TnaJ8-MM0wM1xLKAioscGe3OfOX5ynbeNN8blED3U-Wc7SQ/w480-h640/IMG_8600.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hawaiian papaya</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLio6G5I6N47dLoUNhc2TCHq_lCTPooTIP6Bjl1bf_s53LRO4S2xBxwkhEI92Y3hHuatjmqBwQsorO2fCpLfG7MaKC2Vv6eB1w9HhOh8_-Onfdcl6e1C-ZQq3t_7vOhkc2n_OF2h1XkwtmRzwTWq6bs_J9IVgm0dNvfHYAKprMUlCfjT4crzYr6julJg/s4032/IMG_8599.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLio6G5I6N47dLoUNhc2TCHq_lCTPooTIP6Bjl1bf_s53LRO4S2xBxwkhEI92Y3hHuatjmqBwQsorO2fCpLfG7MaKC2Vv6eB1w9HhOh8_-Onfdcl6e1C-ZQq3t_7vOhkc2n_OF2h1XkwtmRzwTWq6bs_J9IVgm0dNvfHYAKprMUlCfjT4crzYr6julJg/w480-h640/IMG_8599.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guava</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcLLE5kR3aIgEXOES3OeSyW14ityThMJgZEudE4wpONKGvY_kGNtdSzXqUwfEpFpwdpaFxQxpJG9_vY8QovWs8ZNmNMLgOMUamNsK0wODCpKX_LmGnJD9sScwO8pgfZ9BkS2Ci_wv155wgIWKqG-SlbVpEOmSuwd1Zg8wfWTFnd6KrCcfz59nSXJKxA/s4032/IMG_8598.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcLLE5kR3aIgEXOES3OeSyW14ityThMJgZEudE4wpONKGvY_kGNtdSzXqUwfEpFpwdpaFxQxpJG9_vY8QovWs8ZNmNMLgOMUamNsK0wODCpKX_LmGnJD9sScwO8pgfZ9BkS2Ci_wv155wgIWKqG-SlbVpEOmSuwd1Zg8wfWTFnd6KrCcfz59nSXJKxA/w480-h640/IMG_8598.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe's Hawaiian Oranges are almost in season.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-60169171559499025812022-11-27T21:13:00.000-08:002023-01-03T19:26:01.054-08:00Church, Honoring Family Graves, and Legit Chinese Food<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My brother's ward meets for church at the "Tab." It's a beautiful building. I love how there's open air hallways and courtyards instead of foyers. They also had a huge mosaic mural of Jesus, an outdoor water feature in front of the presidents offices, and giant banyan trees on site.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g96hxO5s6pUDMEX6sySTHCITIrCmDxdY0SLfiFQz9CPiAZDD7zj6LTOXbhAwA8UalnR6pXUZ-r1Dvy5fGQXKrv3xaqx_bBoC3hSZU6FYCcalwjmXTnqIsmn2t6UQr1WnkQx9Snz4zHKSRALFHm5crWkdLRMHZFwsX0LTbBO5h9zcvTdaFfADmC09Ig/s4032/IMG_8466.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g96hxO5s6pUDMEX6sySTHCITIrCmDxdY0SLfiFQz9CPiAZDD7zj6LTOXbhAwA8UalnR6pXUZ-r1Dvy5fGQXKrv3xaqx_bBoC3hSZU6FYCcalwjmXTnqIsmn2t6UQr1WnkQx9Snz4zHKSRALFHm5crWkdLRMHZFwsX0LTbBO5h9zcvTdaFfADmC09Ig/s320/IMG_8466.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>The look of the place was only one of the sweet things of attending church there. The congregation was welcoming and they gave me a lei in Relief Society with a big hug. <p></p><p>I loved the upliftment from the meetings. In sacrament meeting a youth speaker spoke on forgiving others who hurt her. A sister who got up after her spoke of her testimony that God sees us through hard times as she was wrongly imprisoned and went through great trials because of it.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In our Relief Society class, I loved that we learned of a man who help carry Christ's cross. It hit me hard that it's important to step up and help others. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh24I4hQeEoowc6bSPrU79S2rp9fU0Yl89WNOS78FtwUEO38k1I2k2A5l_QAO8btWNI2SORYUP0z9gHcDG6Zu8GZG3BldokKFelUs-YJgzE6QGG22ibbW3wZG8Yz78AaHOdHKSwcts4ZJ8BNRt7mNl5JnWNO88OSn6pmaGyHDghokptuzDcHT2JmLXA/s4032/IMG_8470.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh24I4hQeEoowc6bSPrU79S2rp9fU0Yl89WNOS78FtwUEO38k1I2k2A5l_QAO8btWNI2SORYUP0z9gHcDG6Zu8GZG3BldokKFelUs-YJgzE6QGG22ibbW3wZG8Yz78AaHOdHKSwcts4ZJ8BNRt7mNl5JnWNO88OSn6pmaGyHDghokptuzDcHT2JmLXA/w640-h480/IMG_8470.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">family pic under the gigantic banyan tree.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlsAwr5iqO366HmqIEuHjiyFwFEjSVvFK8uO50vMs-V4v5P5qhbQf7A2pPbJzDOZMHF_x2lRprD-kofzv8dIKWApXdPcWTE95Ya6IqLNOLKzKGfl4AzuDJlfcsnqBNg4yLxQxTgVcWfZVhDaIgmUKsSkF0pHRsU52p1nwgVK4waY6QjmZPiT-2F25ag/s4032/IMG_8472.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlsAwr5iqO366HmqIEuHjiyFwFEjSVvFK8uO50vMs-V4v5P5qhbQf7A2pPbJzDOZMHF_x2lRprD-kofzv8dIKWApXdPcWTE95Ya6IqLNOLKzKGfl4AzuDJlfcsnqBNg4yLxQxTgVcWfZVhDaIgmUKsSkF0pHRsU52p1nwgVK4waY6QjmZPiT-2F25ag/w640-h480/IMG_8472.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And us a little closer to the camera.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBuYopVv5fkgDxRxbCUIAR1PDrJN0UWYHB1CRsR1Z3J-B5eM2OzXuYB6mVqVt46Dl0auSh-UfeypbAGtcZLRNJmsYYBvdRPamX53lOAzotQ65_vhYRvgRgBFw54Fj8FeO2aDO-9aurqAXqUfTo3Hh1-KEHt2bzxgQVvnySAGjpWXzUW4t9dIIb8gCbA/s3088/IMG_8474.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBuYopVv5fkgDxRxbCUIAR1PDrJN0UWYHB1CRsR1Z3J-B5eM2OzXuYB6mVqVt46Dl0auSh-UfeypbAGtcZLRNJmsYYBvdRPamX53lOAzotQ65_vhYRvgRgBFw54Fj8FeO2aDO-9aurqAXqUfTo3Hh1-KEHt2bzxgQVvnySAGjpWXzUW4t9dIIb8gCbA/s320/IMG_8474.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my brother, Joe.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwF4U1uDQb7eL7PHcm2ZMfIu_GjKUoyKY9EYK-58HwYxM8D2NmDK_44lefTv52C8QB7lnleAQHhiJaqAxFPj-5KbATpfjxrY3TBctfGZ5DLlUqOJ-ZUVrJZ7zitJGogEcr5DvpNQr44FxUeY-KNPenUtFZ6Oc4A6L1yMIcSmyr9NWNzbYyACZsmMf4A/s4032/IMG_8475.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwF4U1uDQb7eL7PHcm2ZMfIu_GjKUoyKY9EYK-58HwYxM8D2NmDK_44lefTv52C8QB7lnleAQHhiJaqAxFPj-5KbATpfjxrY3TBctfGZ5DLlUqOJ-ZUVrJZ7zitJGogEcr5DvpNQr44FxUeY-KNPenUtFZ6Oc4A6L1yMIcSmyr9NWNzbYyACZsmMf4A/s320/IMG_8475.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The courtyard at the Tab that connects all the classrooms, offices, chapel, and gym</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Visiting the Cemeteries</h3><div>I loved that Uncle Joe and Aunty Kathy were able to come with us to visit the gravesites of our family. We went to 3 separate cemeteries and left flower arrangements at the grave sites. Aunty Kathy and Uncle Joe had picked up a bunch of flowers at the swap meet earlier that day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELsFso1D3RhNiM9bxiXaOaxssQiIkfh5MCAk2ujVMNhD3doA6oqRUM0__nes1eMgQbeKyahEcne-ObvfWaNETUnNrGaz2MKAycnTQI6DMRFwX6N9AehsCpQKBzqnCiAl0YfnEndr16KNTFNdFcLqzL5zHyvGA1fssTGzfykovQc_zjoumS5Ou2lXQQA/s4032/IMG_8477.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELsFso1D3RhNiM9bxiXaOaxssQiIkfh5MCAk2ujVMNhD3doA6oqRUM0__nes1eMgQbeKyahEcne-ObvfWaNETUnNrGaz2MKAycnTQI6DMRFwX6N9AehsCpQKBzqnCiAl0YfnEndr16KNTFNdFcLqzL5zHyvGA1fssTGzfykovQc_zjoumS5Ou2lXQQA/s320/IMG_8477.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACD9yhLPsaitftUZfhyTNwQbzzjhcCBulEBNRZ5teL8GGgoodPXL5KBOtwfyfjzsWCVkWgfMeZ-r9mnDEIN9EvPHLESaycvBI9WVQlGvSKF3xFIZ1cWmnSy05tmOhw-L-T6r7rwNWC3kjzcKbiVrDEJ-Ah5vuEBTnF_IkrgSAR0wPygeHcq0Z0rjTsA/s4032/IMG_8478.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACD9yhLPsaitftUZfhyTNwQbzzjhcCBulEBNRZ5teL8GGgoodPXL5KBOtwfyfjzsWCVkWgfMeZ-r9mnDEIN9EvPHLESaycvBI9WVQlGvSKF3xFIZ1cWmnSy05tmOhw-L-T6r7rwNWC3kjzcKbiVrDEJ-Ah5vuEBTnF_IkrgSAR0wPygeHcq0Z0rjTsA/s320/IMG_8478.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Grandpa's grave, Vicente Ramiro Guting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDU0yUfE2Art3fTpX-CJIpsUpa74xb0dCduRAbZHipKMVxM7JJyRFdzH0U2FBJSBBjJoXxcFmPx47O81HzijsYOszJqgNEK2u9LclLL040PP_kYQ23_bzaqMHSmT4xGjPF-FzB6ZWqrA5V0qRCLKtEjzSMouKY2nSe5aqJdQFVAdFGAOaTj4rUzfDA4w/s4032/IMG_8479.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDU0yUfE2Art3fTpX-CJIpsUpa74xb0dCduRAbZHipKMVxM7JJyRFdzH0U2FBJSBBjJoXxcFmPx47O81HzijsYOszJqgNEK2u9LclLL040PP_kYQ23_bzaqMHSmT4xGjPF-FzB6ZWqrA5V0qRCLKtEjzSMouKY2nSe5aqJdQFVAdFGAOaTj4rUzfDA4w/s320/IMG_8479.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Agapito Pascua was a 1/2 brother to my grandpa. They called him Pete.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAn3PN9GgQpO3HZa_OP4e2dCkRO4VKxKEoKYLLD04u8Cwmdu9BLQeaq7oHYr_2vi4BaQIthgtiUoZsZ2HPLYRlXyub8DAd6IkBXwNqLbfnzT2GIHy5__vZPjCu-AFIOF1PezVp8-bfjmXZVOdAVN3zjLmwic0LAQ7efwpDqfldpm9SiK9ovoh9LIJiA/s4032/IMG_8481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAn3PN9GgQpO3HZa_OP4e2dCkRO4VKxKEoKYLLD04u8Cwmdu9BLQeaq7oHYr_2vi4BaQIthgtiUoZsZ2HPLYRlXyub8DAd6IkBXwNqLbfnzT2GIHy5__vZPjCu-AFIOF1PezVp8-bfjmXZVOdAVN3zjLmwic0LAQ7efwpDqfldpm9SiK9ovoh9LIJiA/s320/IMG_8481.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gees, my mom's godparents. I was named after Elizabeth Gee, and she passed away on my 14th birthday. She was very special to my mom. She loved her dearly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguq6yiCeeYFzfQFCSc6Xb5HMYml_O9GAxrXeMjgR6klGIXf4RnGCJ3TgwXML6Z6aooIiyB9FEp5jSFXaSdsDzn-__JZUfGlB1R-hf0TwOFN40fqRo5-Or674shRuTkwqr6I_JCXvnZzU_T72fnuWJxHyZG43OjApXLvyFqRH4qFwBKDRz75yXLn8VQ4Q/s4032/IMG_8482.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguq6yiCeeYFzfQFCSc6Xb5HMYml_O9GAxrXeMjgR6klGIXf4RnGCJ3TgwXML6Z6aooIiyB9FEp5jSFXaSdsDzn-__JZUfGlB1R-hf0TwOFN40fqRo5-Or674shRuTkwqr6I_JCXvnZzU_T72fnuWJxHyZG43OjApXLvyFqRH4qFwBKDRz75yXLn8VQ4Q/s320/IMG_8482.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I keep taking tree pics. Smile tree! Hawaii has cool trees, what can I say? </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJM5n1l57SNEowFjV6oANvCZneCw4yT8Zjg-akf91dbCge4gkMNTsUu8Ebnaml3HVOC20d_NRJw5Dda8ZwWgxyQQtLz1vXgoOKoIQMTLB16DR2U-EHuiTSb1stN9awW9-p4JQBkQclsgd_ZyUbk5IcZtC7ojdTM6BdXsCPIs34rLUBAFP2B1KV27Gbw/s4032/IMG_8483.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJM5n1l57SNEowFjV6oANvCZneCw4yT8Zjg-akf91dbCge4gkMNTsUu8Ebnaml3HVOC20d_NRJw5Dda8ZwWgxyQQtLz1vXgoOKoIQMTLB16DR2U-EHuiTSb1stN9awW9-p4JQBkQclsgd_ZyUbk5IcZtC7ojdTM6BdXsCPIs34rLUBAFP2B1KV27Gbw/s320/IMG_8483.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I heard about this island. It's where my grandpa Guting used to work construction overseas.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotBtaKVnvD_c-NNyPfWz6JKiY5CZfprfern0OKkjRQo--dcKMCzJpDKvgT0_on5b7iWzhIg6N4bmXM0UkOnFcdwvOOqpHB17JTDEXw_UGPfQZp1y-AatrmWrz_iPXc5QRX3pwjjZasUHTvoiF1kYf2Yi4xiR4YXM4nXBp-cVsrhc2TLM2kByDPn8khw/s4032/IMG_8484.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotBtaKVnvD_c-NNyPfWz6JKiY5CZfprfern0OKkjRQo--dcKMCzJpDKvgT0_on5b7iWzhIg6N4bmXM0UkOnFcdwvOOqpHB17JTDEXw_UGPfQZp1y-AatrmWrz_iPXc5QRX3pwjjZasUHTvoiF1kYf2Yi4xiR4YXM4nXBp-cVsrhc2TLM2kByDPn8khw/s320/IMG_8484.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our crew getting a pic at the Punchbowl Cemetery. The picture doesn't do it justice, but that place is stunningly beautiful.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BExS6fsk2HWamCJuc6u9VKCXSVMtacGIIZljwcJtKLEEQYWESZzABOm-NfLv3Ci_7fqedS8D4N9-jyudzj4wN3oYuUpCPMTQ0dqYr9bTn3pa0OCJtKfZbXuwlR3LwQFHouM3NbIeV8oUH1o-ew1_9bQsPA8ZbtLKtgHuwP69Y_w_MXMHBuSa3QPqFg/s4032/IMG_8490.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BExS6fsk2HWamCJuc6u9VKCXSVMtacGIIZljwcJtKLEEQYWESZzABOm-NfLv3Ci_7fqedS8D4N9-jyudzj4wN3oYuUpCPMTQ0dqYr9bTn3pa0OCJtKfZbXuwlR3LwQFHouM3NbIeV8oUH1o-ew1_9bQsPA8ZbtLKtgHuwP69Y_w_MXMHBuSa3QPqFg/s320/IMG_8490.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cemetery overlooks Honolulu</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Pali Highway Scenic Lookout</h3><div>I'm so glad we stopped at this amazing lookout off the Pali Highway. It was amazing to get such a grand view of the island and the ocean. 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It was absolutely serene, garden-of-eden-like. This is where my Grandma Linda, my mom's mom, is buried. 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These two lived together many years at the end of their lives at their childhood home in Honolulu on Prospect Street.</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Chinese Restaurant in Kaneohe</h3><h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This place was really good Chinese food. Everything we ordered was delicious. Everyone loved the charsiu pork with the steamed buns. I also loved the cold ginger chicken, cashew vegetables with noodles, and spicy eggplant. The kids also had orange chicken, beef broccoli, and a second order of charsiu with the steam buns. I know I'm missing other dishes we ordered, but I just remember that everyone loved everything. It was also fun that there were giant lazy </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susans</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> in the middle of the table for people to pass food around.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aPgcREvqZNT2X5_nwEQc05UrsutHCy06Cs3kLllPka6DNiKxvQ5OoQqxMajMxaU1HgdtS-R8FyayeoN4RThd_HA6DYpiKKp_7GRVj5jjWZGhibX4eXv79LzmdDDD4ClWJ6_i2rc88f4z6J8ZA5s9uXrHKnvy5VWvXcHrbEfPDYsq0bz0mS2LK6XbrA/s4032/IMG_8589.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aPgcREvqZNT2X5_nwEQc05UrsutHCy06Cs3kLllPka6DNiKxvQ5OoQqxMajMxaU1HgdtS-R8FyayeoN4RThd_HA6DYpiKKp_7GRVj5jjWZGhibX4eXv79LzmdDDD4ClWJ6_i2rc88f4z6J8ZA5s9uXrHKnvy5VWvXcHrbEfPDYsq0bz0mS2LK6XbrA/w640-h480/IMG_8589.HEIC" width="640" /></a></h3><h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The kids table at the Chinese Restaurant.</span></span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></h3><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDQj0LxDuJZ14cuvT2xml0flVnDn6VG3oPomdBwch4f3TAhukhFep4Da82DjSkhHO3t9shc2l4OysA1sIinY29gxQBlzyIlUHc2gvBi8uBCXcQvBhj58heeiWjigydyhBJkRog_ww6so0kJihj7tB2LBJCcj5gc6N5kqJ1OPGuatliAIJXmBA4klOXQ/s4032/IMG_8590.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDQj0LxDuJZ14cuvT2xml0flVnDn6VG3oPomdBwch4f3TAhukhFep4Da82DjSkhHO3t9shc2l4OysA1sIinY29gxQBlzyIlUHc2gvBi8uBCXcQvBhj58heeiWjigydyhBJkRog_ww6so0kJihj7tB2LBJCcj5gc6N5kqJ1OPGuatliAIJXmBA4klOXQ/w640-h480/IMG_8590.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The adults table. Sorry for the distorted image. I was trying hard to get everyone in the pic using my wide angle and it really does a number to those on the edges of the photo.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo1cwvLJCFC9YOVJ2DQjCGo5jZDjFpRAbwzCxqsfYcH-YqPWxqu8Ww4bwd5LF12HEkhY4Z_uiwWi2XihbSBPw_HjyzQnpr0ePxnrRhGk1dfWwO_8RpnTdsm5zhpY7QCI5Mls3z-b8oQNjOoYyWqkfGa76tMhwssYGBj4NNQVUCjBG65kiSPbVyeTcdA/s4032/IMG_8591.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo1cwvLJCFC9YOVJ2DQjCGo5jZDjFpRAbwzCxqsfYcH-YqPWxqu8Ww4bwd5LF12HEkhY4Z_uiwWi2XihbSBPw_HjyzQnpr0ePxnrRhGk1dfWwO_8RpnTdsm5zhpY7QCI5Mls3z-b8oQNjOoYyWqkfGa76tMhwssYGBj4NNQVUCjBG65kiSPbVyeTcdA/w480-h640/IMG_8591.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum! Everything was delicious!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-20665282240773224482022-11-26T19:06:00.000-08:002023-01-03T19:26:30.643-08:00Hawaii! Beach Day<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSdboRhP62gSgmzMRhFj9PTsLE8A0_KDUZ6Yfepb3ONmSShr6lWTRuFTnoWk1xGZYwtGF8QPZklE_VYg_Z_6L1mkss6LxwCIP2-obUpr_XVNasknLdIudlnBWGD9PhPBZfzIH5pBGRjEXII4wHmb1RlIAjCCOLHaWLrgnlHF8R7pYzvfY3v9WZNHVZA/s4032/IMG_8408.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSdboRhP62gSgmzMRhFj9PTsLE8A0_KDUZ6Yfepb3ONmSShr6lWTRuFTnoWk1xGZYwtGF8QPZklE_VYg_Z_6L1mkss6LxwCIP2-obUpr_XVNasknLdIudlnBWGD9PhPBZfzIH5pBGRjEXII4wHmb1RlIAjCCOLHaWLrgnlHF8R7pYzvfY3v9WZNHVZA/s320/IMG_8408.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a nice surprise to wake up to a box of Leonards Malasadas!</td></tr></tbody></table> Thank you Missy for hitting up the shop in the early morning on your way home from work. So fresh and fabulous! You're the best!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6p7J4k9-kI7zbOvZjrXmtlHQb-ZJngQt7Hsrjy5s_Gw367FU-n_Dwq0QIneXU32AWoigvd1Z2OqQe6K5tPEPlBrFowVqyuG2Fkd6T2Y2yqS8axKO56pfZS3TKsvmuPXdhv1NZ14oG_6ixhqGmY1en6zdr20nvBMvjuC8395hdAuG1TiF5Hhm-CfbOw/s4032/IMG_8409.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6p7J4k9-kI7zbOvZjrXmtlHQb-ZJngQt7Hsrjy5s_Gw367FU-n_Dwq0QIneXU32AWoigvd1Z2OqQe6K5tPEPlBrFowVqyuG2Fkd6T2Y2yqS8axKO56pfZS3TKsvmuPXdhv1NZ14oG_6ixhqGmY1en6zdr20nvBMvjuC8395hdAuG1TiF5Hhm-CfbOw/s320/IMG_8409.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first choice is the delicious coconut-filling.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">We had a few minutes in the morning which seemed like a good time to take an exploration walk over to the nearby Chinese cemetery. On the walk over I snapped some pics of the gorgeous tropical plantlife. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD56VQKW245vx-7XFt3Y9SDvrRmmcYcRnu2jI6Uk9urxcLXjCeCWX8fRMsLxKxScMUd-g-iG80MCkLzieqahyURGeDxf6H2XgHiXjTU_WuDPzqSV2TAdJTXBqNfktk_P-k31mjyetNaKEwyHQSCbFtkrvlG0rZgC0bb7qBqwWBhgYA6vckgBGUl59VQ/s4032/IMG_8410.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD56VQKW245vx-7XFt3Y9SDvrRmmcYcRnu2jI6Uk9urxcLXjCeCWX8fRMsLxKxScMUd-g-iG80MCkLzieqahyURGeDxf6H2XgHiXjTU_WuDPzqSV2TAdJTXBqNfktk_P-k31mjyetNaKEwyHQSCbFtkrvlG0rZgC0bb7qBqwWBhgYA6vckgBGUl59VQ/w480-h640/IMG_8410.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxpcxp7c2zNwoNHMiTRK11Ih5x1a0HONWP_rWi863BLY91JaYyNemW0edfltyFXyPlyirGYKzxPiC-YO-hJwiTVdFaXsoEwQPcC6KwjRb1YFb8qFaCYkvzTdCD2B5_hlVp2anmg_UhOvIhU1QuLfQ0j2Mc73M4RHyKc-JSybKXCapEgdNNGr8rYD3Cw/s4032/IMG_8411.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxpcxp7c2zNwoNHMiTRK11Ih5x1a0HONWP_rWi863BLY91JaYyNemW0edfltyFXyPlyirGYKzxPiC-YO-hJwiTVdFaXsoEwQPcC6KwjRb1YFb8qFaCYkvzTdCD2B5_hlVp2anmg_UhOvIhU1QuLfQ0j2Mc73M4RHyKc-JSybKXCapEgdNNGr8rYD3Cw/w480-h640/IMG_8411.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs3j-sI6z9af_4EUrNGDn3BQmQ_i9UaZL6Xoteh_2STAD7bTmQSP7Ww7N4MARiGb48rghcYvKFLTvEk4hiEfvPEmSu0oKl9Nc8W2vPCbEXUHVvGp_yAL27nobd4C0he0PGP8JHDpyygtgHgvssi2X42_i0Mp3RRgyFi9Oy6pxp5cJLpT9oG5C5bAY0Q/s4032/IMG_8412.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs3j-sI6z9af_4EUrNGDn3BQmQ_i9UaZL6Xoteh_2STAD7bTmQSP7Ww7N4MARiGb48rghcYvKFLTvEk4hiEfvPEmSu0oKl9Nc8W2vPCbEXUHVvGp_yAL27nobd4C0he0PGP8JHDpyygtgHgvssi2X42_i0Mp3RRgyFi9Oy6pxp5cJLpT9oG5C5bAY0Q/w480-h640/IMG_8412.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>The Chinese cemetery was so unique, unlike the cemeteries I've been to. It's built at the top of a hill and was beautifully landscaped.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNhml_ofFYLVBO24XQdKFpdtg9pVncT4Z4OxhvWWKVQUpNmc1F1BHpfdBt662j9TMRnLnxC2eOqkRvwk3qgUKNYM9WpZtIIF6SUhQ8ZALnj7zTGXo2x2Z5R-CnT9_djZnmvgmeDEnw-4AIcinkNZGc1UjJKTWoy6Q0Oa90Rua2LSyUluu8XasWanhrw/s4032/IMG_8413.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNhml_ofFYLVBO24XQdKFpdtg9pVncT4Z4OxhvWWKVQUpNmc1F1BHpfdBt662j9TMRnLnxC2eOqkRvwk3qgUKNYM9WpZtIIF6SUhQ8ZALnj7zTGXo2x2Z5R-CnT9_djZnmvgmeDEnw-4AIcinkNZGc1UjJKTWoy6Q0Oa90Rua2LSyUluu8XasWanhrw/w640-h480/IMG_8413.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFEjfQQIoEhJTzNzLrraJONzfH8HIH5gPjBisW3JK6dkARMMcoG8m9-aJOkvAUQHE2EY6PnhS6z_LqyZ0S_ItMA7No7qeDa-YnjCXuxcQhzlQD1dbqMrJQmTjEPHQA6QEuLyuQ6Dg--45Mh1GJoQtiAKJfHFSYW3J2eBB3_nv6j1BxZPD1f2mBoNXqA/s4032/IMG_8414.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The picture doesn't do it justice.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5O3YW-YxQZq6Sy7g4QpP0_msP0--6bnLvbo0LMFS90ZKawHJjMjAEX3EIUze4_HwP1rJoABFHptiI3i1z8qbc9CNmEU8cxaqiIjIAri3_12LvcLUwyJxrmClKaMlkgK6iKAR-Me0825yjBiJ6krdMHcwAVBk98utooXEtV-KZ_1hp66BrPvU6Ki4SQ/s4032/IMG_8422.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5O3YW-YxQZq6Sy7g4QpP0_msP0--6bnLvbo0LMFS90ZKawHJjMjAEX3EIUze4_HwP1rJoABFHptiI3i1z8qbc9CNmEU8cxaqiIjIAri3_12LvcLUwyJxrmClKaMlkgK6iKAR-Me0825yjBiJ6krdMHcwAVBk98utooXEtV-KZ_1hp66BrPvU6Ki4SQ/w480-h640/IMG_8422.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSq37uPhLTlYCKnyd6Lp0njxO6vCixUd1xsCC_tHvBl9sahYPAQulCoyCc2NaWqJ6x6FZP2u5ZjzEgyP0kGLV0KCSWsJxptiO85N4iwinW5KPQ13tguHNTU-tlcA0qJP0laIKA6Qzt7tJ2yhI0ChOgojajvHZvlUFP4zIPq8AcZ2ed8g__T3IRUERoAQ/s4032/IMG_8424.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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There was a fine, beautiful mist that began to gently sweep across as we were leaving.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia81xfW6RH3q20eN5G-woz0_w03CCeMcbF6aE1KSnWkRvScWpYQxGD6tdiJdgDZ7Yv7xVhVWLdCKCQIuiSrA40aoPEAJDEGt72sjQuDP6uO1ptrG832KwpqSjrIo0O7uridHLwFt1srl7PWizLX-xNyU2B7MpXBa-xF7fUwMyms92Gag7n4R9Y_iVmg/s4032/IMG_8429.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia81xfW6RH3q20eN5G-woz0_w03CCeMcbF6aE1KSnWkRvScWpYQxGD6tdiJdgDZ7Yv7xVhVWLdCKCQIuiSrA40aoPEAJDEGt72sjQuDP6uO1ptrG832KwpqSjrIo0O7uridHLwFt1srl7PWizLX-xNyU2B7MpXBa-xF7fUwMyms92Gag7n4R9Y_iVmg/w640-h480/IMG_8429.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another favorite view. The symmetry. The organization. It makes for such a peaceful sight.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY6xD3ZvRfOrdevNbqbcOi6fd0rM9CRG2Rkuw54KDjWyvrH4F23KE_pH3cE_2mDwnHvykzrE8NQNy5C4AP538ICCDkHj-sQJgzn8rJINq4jPxMTf_DNK1KS4f63nSm6IgduzglvfoDPmyMSbjaMxkmQ9PmZYBIeZFu3X994s7jCDEIF0OrzM83NWMrw/s4032/IMG_8431.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY6xD3ZvRfOrdevNbqbcOi6fd0rM9CRG2Rkuw54KDjWyvrH4F23KE_pH3cE_2mDwnHvykzrE8NQNy5C4AP538ICCDkHj-sQJgzn8rJINq4jPxMTf_DNK1KS4f63nSm6IgduzglvfoDPmyMSbjaMxkmQ9PmZYBIeZFu3X994s7jCDEIF0OrzM83NWMrw/w480-h640/IMG_8431.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That mist over the cemetery created a gorgeous rainbow behind us as we walked home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFSV8hRNFniMcKTxPcTSKVPQ8xQXFVTvn-Ib_HK7uSyX3M_9MPGs4ACOKDlHvt0yvoWQOjvEk1Ogjt4Ym7slsEZtmoiZsnUDIzq32ympdoKW_TRKeeaa0r15uwRRkYSPfkknXYrKDYVFvIEEgmHKUasuaaImpFdy82bTGd4C25dzECfu5rKOGKXR4FA/s4032/IMG_8432.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFSV8hRNFniMcKTxPcTSKVPQ8xQXFVTvn-Ib_HK7uSyX3M_9MPGs4ACOKDlHvt0yvoWQOjvEk1Ogjt4Ym7slsEZtmoiZsnUDIzq32ympdoKW_TRKeeaa0r15uwRRkYSPfkknXYrKDYVFvIEEgmHKUasuaaImpFdy82bTGd4C25dzECfu5rKOGKXR4FA/w480-h640/IMG_8432.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve is admiring the tree that looks like it has mini-trees growing on it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeJEKt-OQVaXXcofvbbuDnJe2tLhC9Wk6QVqrBbJsgqFSsoYZxaSLDbxsWu5oxO2NJ9FPZemvyFlrcYBMNqDn2L8pT3CBk0Zd70S4BNlEfnxIa_vkiycxq_KHif8MfJOBnTBleE0yGZJL5eOgcCZe6Kwav68rCLH1HgBSJKwJKm6_Coozh732tA1KgQ/s4032/IMG_8433.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeJEKt-OQVaXXcofvbbuDnJe2tLhC9Wk6QVqrBbJsgqFSsoYZxaSLDbxsWu5oxO2NJ9FPZemvyFlrcYBMNqDn2L8pT3CBk0Zd70S4BNlEfnxIa_vkiycxq_KHif8MfJOBnTBleE0yGZJL5eOgcCZe6Kwav68rCLH1HgBSJKwJKm6_Coozh732tA1KgQ/w480-h640/IMG_8433.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Malia's Swim Meet</h3><div>We were blessed that Malia had a swim meet scheduled while we were there. I've always wanted to see her in her element. We packed in a few snacks and went to watch Malia.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vl74bxJNW6VcGj1QbnZFGSk0Gl5RVQaeHfxKVktH2QazC83hzOyHUV1cTK_KNIs7P0c_m3qeTWfPa8pqx-1_K4y1i3dINaQ5qzd7y3AFxL4CsbxyVoGy_U5DIEAjuWFj_HTi1FbaP8oaUHMO1hoNl276FhUH_MNsbZnOu-v30MeJcZiv6knOjHoj1Q/s4032/IMG_8434.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vl74bxJNW6VcGj1QbnZFGSk0Gl5RVQaeHfxKVktH2QazC83hzOyHUV1cTK_KNIs7P0c_m3qeTWfPa8pqx-1_K4y1i3dINaQ5qzd7y3AFxL4CsbxyVoGy_U5DIEAjuWFj_HTi1FbaP8oaUHMO1hoNl276FhUH_MNsbZnOu-v30MeJcZiv6knOjHoj1Q/w480-h640/IMG_8434.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok. These. JJ introduced me to Turtle Chips, we bought them at Costco. And Oh MY!</td></tr></tbody></table> I could definitely lose control eating those. So Good! They're Korean (like so many good foods).<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDuG0NBSqTtgQC06QZlLQiGFtxaX1OTUC5PInLvyNy8FUaDndhchJAuJWZDSQz9zXTkEmyx5rkM1iL_jy-i0NnDRwla2SG-iuE3s52OWhUgo1awrbZbp9SXTkG6gkCdc1Siy9DzpteHYwjOIGOU0fVuPwurwex8IA5ZvrmJeVK8mdlO1WDOROg0bo_w/s4032/IMG_8441.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDuG0NBSqTtgQC06QZlLQiGFtxaX1OTUC5PInLvyNy8FUaDndhchJAuJWZDSQz9zXTkEmyx5rkM1iL_jy-i0NnDRwla2SG-iuE3s52OWhUgo1awrbZbp9SXTkG6gkCdc1Siy9DzpteHYwjOIGOU0fVuPwurwex8IA5ZvrmJeVK8mdlO1WDOROg0bo_w/w640-h480/IMG_8441.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go Malia! She's in lane 3. What a great swimmer!</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Beach Time!</h3><div>We went to Sherwoods Beach where we could play in some waves. 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text-align: center;">We had a great time. I enjoyed watching from the shore with Missy. Everyone else definitely got pushed around by some good heavy waves. They all looked like they were having a blast. Yay for checking off "Go to the beach" from our bucket list!</div><p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-33794765511125087962022-11-25T11:45:00.000-08:002023-01-03T19:26:54.657-08:00North Shore Day! Laie Temple, PCC, 7 Brothers, and Crab Catching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Joe lent us one of their cars so we could take the hour drive to the North Shore and attend the temple as a family and go see some of the attractions there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Drive & Scenery</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a beautiful drive to the North Shore. It's not a great distance, but the speed limits are low, so it allowed us to enjoy the scenery. I just loved the mountains- super steep slopes, almost straight up from the ground, green everywhere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxCH4R7PbU3L1lvoYuYkSzyFYkGIwEjGenQYARF-38JZh0nGrJbEkZItgb1I1I1uOW9gBvgyuMv1U4hveOeBr3QJOm1R1qI6Gt74ETqKR2ADpTYAHIvxoq-oi2Zr4u3lEpejP4LIsDVV-JdtTrtmrZ7V6Sfw8qHIeEIBcLp9ftJrkjXxdP4bzOWHlkA/s4032/IMG_8307.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxCH4R7PbU3L1lvoYuYkSzyFYkGIwEjGenQYARF-38JZh0nGrJbEkZItgb1I1I1uOW9gBvgyuMv1U4hveOeBr3QJOm1R1qI6Gt74ETqKR2ADpTYAHIvxoq-oi2Zr4u3lEpejP4LIsDVV-JdtTrtmrZ7V6Sfw8qHIeEIBcLp9ftJrkjXxdP4bzOWHlkA/s320/IMG_8307.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDk4KmEg4BXnCnp0kJ0kxo6jAHqMv1lTqcDWF2zADSK4kY5RckpXoTFg5ruvC3RwUGdUPHwUoQfRuIJMqUUN3926zZ89iawRg_wMpbrDijzJFS9mSd72gchhIAbX0wIFQIrjzJeRb3D2N6rKHvhAqQuizlRYt3Gch7T_s070QtVvdDYRskx3yy6Dv5XA/s4032/IMG_8308.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span> "</span>What a blessing to have been able to attend the Lai'e Temple with my family today! We were blessed by God in a tender mercy way. The only reason we got a reservation time was because a "mistake" the temple presidency made in opening up the 10am time slot when a ward had reserved the time. I took the only 4 openings they had for months. That was a mini-sweet-miracle. </div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span> I enjoyed all aspects of my temple experience today. First we walked around the grounds and just appreciated and admired the beauty of creation and caring found in the manicured, beautiful landscape. God was found there. The banyan trees are gorgeous! The weather was gorgeous too!</span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><span> Because of the other group, we had time to watch proxy baptisms and wait. I enjoyed that time because I could pay attention to the art and architecture and be taught by my surroundings. There were 6 Roman archways with murals painted above them. Each depicted the ancient apostles doing miracles or teaching. Only one mural was of Christ specifically and it was Him being </span>baptized. It struck me as a beautiful concept that others were commissioned to help out Christ and do His work. Once called and covenanted, they dedicate their lives to His work. That is just what we do too in proxy work. We are commissioned by Christ to help others make covenants.</span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><br /></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><span> Another awesome thing was Steve was the baptizer for an elderly woman we met outside who had Chinese family names to </span>baptize. Steve baptized her as she stood as a proxy for her family, and the names were cool, written in Chinese symbols. Steve read the English translations really well. Two of those names, as their work was being done, I could sense great feelings of joy. </span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><br /></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><span> </span>I liked pondering what it would be like to have the Savior take us individually into the waters of baptism.</span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><br /></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span><span> Later while everyone was doing proxy confirmations, because I was pressed for time, I went over and rented some white clothes to change into so I could enter the celestial room. There, I sat, pondered, and prayed. It was a dream come true to see the building and the space my parents were in 40+ years ago getting married and starting our family. That family broke. Yet, I have a divine assurance that God can make things ok. Christ can fix all kinds of broken things we're incapable of. I have no idea how, when, or what will happen, but I know because of Christ I have hope and happiness." I truly do.</span></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUDm0U3_ZOC_BQrTpTzMSM3EI-0vy0A9N3JG8SMdQEtqLyKJAKAhHwnnPvc8Nxfs-IgI6b0_sGzF6xd6jXbf8Gr-kGPG61uPbYgIe5l5HXfbJSczuFRLkvI6U_DO3qiL2ammqlOpEr29xAIx7h-LmPf6W5-fTGs800q4gq2b903H_-zHlR7Z24XUzog/s4032/IMG_8320.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUDm0U3_ZOC_BQrTpTzMSM3EI-0vy0A9N3JG8SMdQEtqLyKJAKAhHwnnPvc8Nxfs-IgI6b0_sGzF6xd6jXbf8Gr-kGPG61uPbYgIe5l5HXfbJSczuFRLkvI6U_DO3qiL2ammqlOpEr29xAIx7h-LmPf6W5-fTGs800q4gq2b903H_-zHlR7Z24XUzog/w480-h640/IMG_8320.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The temple drive</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQhvo9AhD1pmU20719lLmFOnrtDiYSOcrovmII-YnBiJV9dlKeWhS7U7ZfWTuKPoB9kaV-SmzMtyfN7EXG8_p1hfalCybDuAJU1SIeqUWwHvTPKjFz1qz2mP96i5opKaDUFuE6S7kHLTlry0k0A7GCHD44Ncz5x3uXBHdh4mC7gJeeYmSitRHQ2cAWg/s4032/IMG_8321.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQhvo9AhD1pmU20719lLmFOnrtDiYSOcrovmII-YnBiJV9dlKeWhS7U7ZfWTuKPoB9kaV-SmzMtyfN7EXG8_p1hfalCybDuAJU1SIeqUWwHvTPKjFz1qz2mP96i5opKaDUFuE6S7kHLTlry0k0A7GCHD44Ncz5x3uXBHdh4mC7gJeeYmSitRHQ2cAWg/w480-h640/IMG_8321.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Banyan tree near the temple baptistry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintPNm0IMK44TZtVo-2uKz87VIxX-s0SfoFy2d1mis9pGzUDDJIxvaJSGtZgg1xVh6guy8lEywE2peYJrV_OX8b1iWp8v9r1piHW0fGqH5nsz3_w5kFbgPlACrusuKUdqDTU60fqiY3k6ZOAoxtolDtkMwe8gTMR57QSL6-sDQWGEBKH0e2wgzvMrbCg/s4032/IMG_8323.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintPNm0IMK44TZtVo-2uKz87VIxX-s0SfoFy2d1mis9pGzUDDJIxvaJSGtZgg1xVh6guy8lEywE2peYJrV_OX8b1iWp8v9r1piHW0fGqH5nsz3_w5kFbgPlACrusuKUdqDTU60fqiY3k6ZOAoxtolDtkMwe8gTMR57QSL6-sDQWGEBKH0e2wgzvMrbCg/w480-h640/IMG_8323.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see my family at the base of the tree? It gives you a perspective of just how grand it is.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83yiAr6fxaYu1aDwhxZxYV4ZZOw1-9ID15DBpnYcUdU40ZsSeBkEtb1plDIGewMt0zdNZ5b_2vqqtdiExmviAfZ3g4tT2sCRaun4otcUwWQib34FqpKMY1_7EwxAYyT_FZnDb1_kziSCBievurFn9L8G-TkCqT_hEMNsaKR2NMP418Mb1M9RA2bHZ3Q/s3088/IMG_8324.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83yiAr6fxaYu1aDwhxZxYV4ZZOw1-9ID15DBpnYcUdU40ZsSeBkEtb1plDIGewMt0zdNZ5b_2vqqtdiExmviAfZ3g4tT2sCRaun4otcUwWQib34FqpKMY1_7EwxAYyT_FZnDb1_kziSCBievurFn9L8G-TkCqT_hEMNsaKR2NMP418Mb1M9RA2bHZ3Q/w480-h640/IMG_8324.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie in front of the top temple fountain looking out toward the road.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was not cheap, but the girls really wanted the Nutella strawberry crepe, and they didn't want to share, and we needed to eat, and none of our options were budget-friendly... so we splurged. Steve would rather starve than fork over that much cash for a crepe, so while he refused food, the girls got their dessert crepes and I got a pesto shrimp crepe. It cost about $50 for those 3 crepes. I admit that was a blow to my psyche about the state of affairs in this world, but to make matters worse, Lily was eating too slow and we were all waiting on her, so when we told her to bring her food with her so we could get going, she lost her grip on her plate and the crepe landed face down on the sidewalk! NOOOO! That was so tragic. After releasing a few unhelpful remarks about throwing away money, I stopped myself and just screamed inside. I could tell Lily was upset and disappointed but she kept it in. She lost her appetite.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSjA2fG2jrU4qpnw_7cf44dOTslLf0EGmFe4mnTGRsV38QOvbqa9dSZ1JGQn132BXvfhWrEbHXiROmWSU8B-zHjA_DzmUwF51nnTT8rTeR8R_P08EH8YuPLHsUET84J-jMkyO4YDXzyWlwyzkW4JyKKvHzNg15ZlZrHuYpW6c9UROlhyCBwS9C_8hOA/s4032/IMG_8340.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSjA2fG2jrU4qpnw_7cf44dOTslLf0EGmFe4mnTGRsV38QOvbqa9dSZ1JGQn132BXvfhWrEbHXiROmWSU8B-zHjA_DzmUwF51nnTT8rTeR8R_P08EH8YuPLHsUET84J-jMkyO4YDXzyWlwyzkW4JyKKvHzNg15ZlZrHuYpW6c9UROlhyCBwS9C_8hOA/s320/IMG_8340.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKW8BrxpQT3ZAdc8w1nOEqS6qMs3jW3ETQvopL5raH5LlI8l6c_n6GN9jAWYwvOmph2b_lfp06zXfuUwP20ncOLpjw8DI1WgDZkQZuw1emYt5Rv9NfCnSYRqBNgOOMmVh1-6W_uf1N63a83sFd8qGeZ7YxD2TmyiwIdVuJynZfAOUyiEL2KORQVqRS6g/s4032/IMG_8342.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKW8BrxpQT3ZAdc8w1nOEqS6qMs3jW3ETQvopL5raH5LlI8l6c_n6GN9jAWYwvOmph2b_lfp06zXfuUwP20ncOLpjw8DI1WgDZkQZuw1emYt5Rv9NfCnSYRqBNgOOMmVh1-6W_uf1N63a83sFd8qGeZ7YxD2TmyiwIdVuJynZfAOUyiEL2KORQVqRS6g/s320/IMG_8342.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGumfggioF_gGY_hoKa7TB4kisqofj3790dp92_Kiplqkw61nSeIOc3kzy_FiElPg7lhy1Q2kl5TJoLq349hw0IA1MWB3LhSYBRxW2tLYXbMomDuJNGA-x1fTX2xyjKup1LQ5PWH8jZMvgVA54D5iOngm1DBf-sL1lqF8mjOLt0nWPioKuBeIqaAgNw/s4032/IMG_8343.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGumfggioF_gGY_hoKa7TB4kisqofj3790dp92_Kiplqkw61nSeIOc3kzy_FiElPg7lhy1Q2kl5TJoLq349hw0IA1MWB3LhSYBRxW2tLYXbMomDuJNGA-x1fTX2xyjKup1LQ5PWH8jZMvgVA54D5iOngm1DBf-sL1lqF8mjOLt0nWPioKuBeIqaAgNw/s320/IMG_8343.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>We felt pressed for time because the villages are only open from noon-5, and we wanted to get the most out of our day. The following photos are some cool things we saw and did.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFcKmx6h-blWIshtcsfAjb8Y_E67CZ6KiQqLr9db54mx-EbBOnpd4I3m2l4W4UP0XHEytKi_NagvHVd6aLLzJyIQvXmmvF1SWnppU_pBkMSCU_j_gcAs7cL2Qa54CBMDK3mvbw-fKYLJVkm4jNqkORnP7iVNXNjSDTNLSrG-v-ITI-16_rbjgXPiGdA/s4032/IMG_8344.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFcKmx6h-blWIshtcsfAjb8Y_E67CZ6KiQqLr9db54mx-EbBOnpd4I3m2l4W4UP0XHEytKi_NagvHVd6aLLzJyIQvXmmvF1SWnppU_pBkMSCU_j_gcAs7cL2Qa54CBMDK3mvbw-fKYLJVkm4jNqkORnP7iVNXNjSDTNLSrG-v-ITI-16_rbjgXPiGdA/w480-h640/IMG_8344.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No idea what this is, but it looked really cool.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltO6oGq62HChjQWlyXKUUrwzRdGgvy1hRXOyPH-IyIj3AS_G8jkMbFdfAx5j03b4GIhIfpunDtVUCSEiQ38_Qbw6PvnPHa6odwfYFIjUuE5jsCod3ua7gQZseZ7rvo0uoDaTu1nqYaAEe30YkE0kGqtg0R5r92BBvUD9a-T9rbADhinduVGotY6PnyA/s4032/IMG_8349.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltO6oGq62HChjQWlyXKUUrwzRdGgvy1hRXOyPH-IyIj3AS_G8jkMbFdfAx5j03b4GIhIfpunDtVUCSEiQ38_Qbw6PvnPHa6odwfYFIjUuE5jsCod3ua7gQZseZ7rvo0uoDaTu1nqYaAEe30YkE0kGqtg0R5r92BBvUD9a-T9rbADhinduVGotY6PnyA/w480-h640/IMG_8349.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A zoomed out pic of the one above</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEn69tpLSdrURwDfJgL4I_-z3n4Ki7Rf4zzLEvzT6G1qUFsdH6XE-5pqEGALX2jcN7KY9XC2W38wY7bnuaUU1bmzZSaf6sur1VM5SgRB9p5aT1J7cgt9wUct8l6P1OSUJGs-LAun0cW2TNNnji7FuAuukdNzdcCR1zcXRlmvgI0Yj3NHUINk4zs4lpQ/s4032/IMG_8351.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEn69tpLSdrURwDfJgL4I_-z3n4Ki7Rf4zzLEvzT6G1qUFsdH6XE-5pqEGALX2jcN7KY9XC2W38wY7bnuaUU1bmzZSaf6sur1VM5SgRB9p5aT1J7cgt9wUct8l6P1OSUJGs-LAun0cW2TNNnji7FuAuukdNzdcCR1zcXRlmvgI0Yj3NHUINk4zs4lpQ/s320/IMG_8351.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making poi at the Hawaiian village.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLsE1OSFN1yGL0Y3B_s2Nk7yv0wfvzqXViOycvH0ujAM_QnZnfRtATm-J2vwCXNVlbAKdntZsiGjs2ZEo1GKoffgrRBFh6xJu7IBPof2DTH6LXaT6kpkXYi82QSV7U36LKQXE3XtihupYEUWU_JJbqOUqEBFHHyuS2s8D9c4zNU3Op98yAig7hOBI7A/s3088/IMG_8352.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLsE1OSFN1yGL0Y3B_s2Nk7yv0wfvzqXViOycvH0ujAM_QnZnfRtATm-J2vwCXNVlbAKdntZsiGjs2ZEo1GKoffgrRBFh6xJu7IBPof2DTH6LXaT6kpkXYi82QSV7U36LKQXE3XtihupYEUWU_JJbqOUqEBFHHyuS2s8D9c4zNU3Op98yAig7hOBI7A/s320/IMG_8352.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My selfie with Jason Momoa (he's the guy in the big guy in the background). I don't even know who he is, never seen his movies. The only reason I thought I should take a picture is because the guy making the poi was totally star-struck and excited that Jason Momoa was there. He kept saying, "Oh no! The poi isn't ready and he's coming this way!"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteXV5wa71Y3EmO-j1ISny1dL4c42Y5SzV4pw0rnPGttMQb-8ewdplxCE7C2LbDuFLszlgWUFDAshl2hwbGhIOgpZvZE3A0FIjbUrqJC5DH1OTt1aAm7ClR2b7HIS0HlBfM_TRSEGAvI_x5Xi-MsoaI7F0TkC21aTDrsoAM1yLdQSpMRK3rSgiTcUkKQ/s4032/IMG_8354.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteXV5wa71Y3EmO-j1ISny1dL4c42Y5SzV4pw0rnPGttMQb-8ewdplxCE7C2LbDuFLszlgWUFDAshl2hwbGhIOgpZvZE3A0FIjbUrqJC5DH1OTt1aAm7ClR2b7HIS0HlBfM_TRSEGAvI_x5Xi-MsoaI7F0TkC21aTDrsoAM1yLdQSpMRK3rSgiTcUkKQ/s320/IMG_8354.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a pic to prove it was Jason Momoa. His entourage seemed to be following the same plan we were in making our way through the villages. Amara got a better paparazzi pic of him when we were in the village of Tonga.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtb2B2nm9s6goIQcuDiO7r0DaR99Zy9vQtW_C495uKfRO5SiL3SY-RpdJyiU4xXgUKzjzQWia1ipPiZMnemkldLUW1_-Gh1aq-sTWzVAPVuwbh1fos97EcIJo3CnbzpN49ZLM-lD_qVAsHgl6Xgl_IH-Kw8AiD6p7lCWvUYGgeMREtejK9X9vhNmZBVg/s4032/IMG_8355.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtb2B2nm9s6goIQcuDiO7r0DaR99Zy9vQtW_C495uKfRO5SiL3SY-RpdJyiU4xXgUKzjzQWia1ipPiZMnemkldLUW1_-Gh1aq-sTWzVAPVuwbh1fos97EcIJo3CnbzpN49ZLM-lD_qVAsHgl6Xgl_IH-Kw8AiD6p7lCWvUYGgeMREtejK9X9vhNmZBVg/s320/IMG_8355.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ancient Hula demonstration</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O803ww3s4vw-_P6tUXbgERjZqsWxsgvsEtv3cq8xBuXRmimLwuQGVwTrEO9e1q0L_pH4RNT3bBGGoASlXQRfzbORz78O-biKaJQTrfKDX5FwEwXibVctkmld5oOKPXyDDZCTcPR69EousJ2q7gkmv_RNaeJ1s1NXXOMUf-kTQdSgztU5rcB1yYj9fg/s4032/IMG_8360.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O803ww3s4vw-_P6tUXbgERjZqsWxsgvsEtv3cq8xBuXRmimLwuQGVwTrEO9e1q0L_pH4RNT3bBGGoASlXQRfzbORz78O-biKaJQTrfKDX5FwEwXibVctkmld5oOKPXyDDZCTcPR69EousJ2q7gkmv_RNaeJ1s1NXXOMUf-kTQdSgztU5rcB1yYj9fg/s320/IMG_8360.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying an ancient Hawaiian game</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPWUu0Vg266dlh4_X5nsBh4MeXtMrjxpHHmX3xXO18QhAv7Om9bKLUSrQ0fDGp4EvQdeEdh2bFFwhuhjSf2hUR2q35AUnw_vgT2h5ZoCKtcDQlhpSa-jb-20mkm0Wf04_WpSKBEzXatWemBVEFHzlxMqLvfm0XdjJBpmYlbO3WjLq1GZrs8ZbbN_0-w/s4032/IMG_8361.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPWUu0Vg266dlh4_X5nsBh4MeXtMrjxpHHmX3xXO18QhAv7Om9bKLUSrQ0fDGp4EvQdeEdh2bFFwhuhjSf2hUR2q35AUnw_vgT2h5ZoCKtcDQlhpSa-jb-20mkm0Wf04_WpSKBEzXatWemBVEFHzlxMqLvfm0XdjJBpmYlbO3WjLq1GZrs8ZbbN_0-w/s320/IMG_8361.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyqGl7kF8JebFTlw0r8ZP2csdHLN45TawsUsGNd6ZaU4_rnxCZ9Xo5omibWcSmEwXWV3pdueyhLY9NlKPz4NpJmGi1zQ1gxF7ONjfGxezczTgUDfQlc405qCk_06fwmXo6sRjRmWzoNP4nFeJTQd2frl1N59q6kzYQDu6mElWccheSVv-H1Q0tGJ-jg/s2670/IMG_8365.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2670" data-original-width="2507" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyqGl7kF8JebFTlw0r8ZP2csdHLN45TawsUsGNd6ZaU4_rnxCZ9Xo5omibWcSmEwXWV3pdueyhLY9NlKPz4NpJmGi1zQ1gxF7ONjfGxezczTgUDfQlc405qCk_06fwmXo6sRjRmWzoNP4nFeJTQd2frl1N59q6kzYQDu6mElWccheSVv-H1Q0tGJ-jg/s320/IMG_8365.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another ancient Hawaiian game, rolling a disc through the sticks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic39AujIiIrhObgmi61uLGvVoWNqa7QsI-NzlFTIzpgo4JnSoIzUxGYn3yNNgn0IqKhqHpWjZVB9PoC0lFE_7KM3dWJdQxZY80vIWebmmNdyIEe-QwKzHWYbJGBw1L3OvHyoyncTH6mIRSfXMbP6oBTWJkgRuLi8JCC_XDKy-1EaUC7TT3ofMkKEcekQ/s4032/IMG_8366.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic39AujIiIrhObgmi61uLGvVoWNqa7QsI-NzlFTIzpgo4JnSoIzUxGYn3yNNgn0IqKhqHpWjZVB9PoC0lFE_7KM3dWJdQxZY80vIWebmmNdyIEe-QwKzHWYbJGBw1L3OvHyoyncTH6mIRSfXMbP6oBTWJkgRuLi8JCC_XDKy-1EaUC7TT3ofMkKEcekQ/s320/IMG_8366.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More poi makers. We tasted the poi, but both times it wasn't finished, it was still really gummy.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCH9SrwGi-eNQ38gef7-duaXP_k5Jl4PT2NN_A4o1J93NHi6554-nistNpCxCSir766ZGry4uGH43buBjE8l0aS_T_7Clz44H3kjgql3nLm9Ma74M4c8Dy7Z4Faqy-1haNMRuNuU-xhn2dUAFf8WmLLXQ0NmFBvTlvU6ctZL9-t89TAuJJDN_eF0UA2A/s4032/IMG_8367.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCH9SrwGi-eNQ38gef7-duaXP_k5Jl4PT2NN_A4o1J93NHi6554-nistNpCxCSir766ZGry4uGH43buBjE8l0aS_T_7Clz44H3kjgql3nLm9Ma74M4c8Dy7Z4Faqy-1haNMRuNuU-xhn2dUAFf8WmLLXQ0NmFBvTlvU6ctZL9-t89TAuJJDN_eF0UA2A/s320/IMG_8367.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Tahiti we sample delicious coconut bread and learned their method of cooking it in the ground oven.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAOMv831HKYEBeVXcwrG1UqqOyscr6JN6yjkk0lQ3PtnSBWvmYb8y7IMWmkUi6i80t5-Qm1Vaw9Z46aSAj3SNKNB9G7-sGBbfkBugmZTrMWMTvGXwapA_nnMtOUsKdumf_3OVmoKbycvB8QPYzNIkkTh9FxMCiVyVbHX5yBxcRoDcJTJOYyatR78XOQ/s4032/IMG_8394.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAOMv831HKYEBeVXcwrG1UqqOyscr6JN6yjkk0lQ3PtnSBWvmYb8y7IMWmkUi6i80t5-Qm1Vaw9Z46aSAj3SNKNB9G7-sGBbfkBugmZTrMWMTvGXwapA_nnMtOUsKdumf_3OVmoKbycvB8QPYzNIkkTh9FxMCiVyVbHX5yBxcRoDcJTJOYyatR78XOQ/w480-h640/IMG_8394.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This statue was at the entrance to the PCC. Shaka!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">7 Brothers Burgers</h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxovNc1-iT2rqiZYoFUHmYUq7Kkvgb-1WWmVnXc0nNGYC5KeJi3EK9sNYtZhPhYFstB5lLcDXhQpUnlWKGihxvt3h574VZvMaBCBF0RYF8mPu8OZ08bcmNNeHmioIw0xO86s3a9o2PdmcZOe76YX0AhzpxjpXL5E75gLpZYFuYkSjM-K_x-bEr1fS__g/s4032/IMG_8397.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxovNc1-iT2rqiZYoFUHmYUq7Kkvgb-1WWmVnXc0nNGYC5KeJi3EK9sNYtZhPhYFstB5lLcDXhQpUnlWKGihxvt3h574VZvMaBCBF0RYF8mPu8OZ08bcmNNeHmioIw0xO86s3a9o2PdmcZOe76YX0AhzpxjpXL5E75gLpZYFuYkSjM-K_x-bEr1fS__g/s320/IMG_8397.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Paniolo Burger. Huge. Joe gave me a bite and it was legit! It was much like a western burger you'd find at other burger places with bbq sauce and onion rings, but on steroids!<br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br />We were tired and hungry after a full day at the temple and PCC, and Joe's family drove to the North Shore to meet us for dinner and to take us crab catching. Joe recommended 7 Brothers. I've heard of this place and seen it referenced on TV. It's famous for big burgers. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Well, let's just say, our food did not disappoint. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKd5IE8zGU4krQbjT4oc6WFVbsIt32_BRQ-5-b9p1Njm9WKjBp89TPN-L7RvL6LpTrP_gIy6_axDywLXTOgxn1RTiqoL6Q27g4haxG0pOO1IFWEeQE_jNOy_N76gT0IKctxBowhwkWhNsnVlhjxSREhqBksJ4-_6J0dl56WfkQoNeWnDHJqgZ6iDNtUw/s2370/IMG_8398.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2370" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKd5IE8zGU4krQbjT4oc6WFVbsIt32_BRQ-5-b9p1Njm9WKjBp89TPN-L7RvL6LpTrP_gIy6_axDywLXTOgxn1RTiqoL6Q27g4haxG0pOO1IFWEeQE_jNOy_N76gT0IKctxBowhwkWhNsnVlhjxSREhqBksJ4-_6J0dl56WfkQoNeWnDHJqgZ6iDNtUw/s320/IMG_8398.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These fries were smothered in special sauce and cheese.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGUGBGR2WDy70-FvEmS6sHJ4V6ZOOg8EC82aMriqnUF1m7wAQ8LCf7gDiaQgkSv_cDPukA0e82IESHQe6IWJCHS232OISbfHlxxh9Klqe1s07KWHtPnmJPRP5S3efWK-3idtxrz5WQPbyZJB0yVfXn-2V6DTJEk2F77mTsCw8b6566tVJ8xrkVV6Svg/s4032/IMG_8400.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGUGBGR2WDy70-FvEmS6sHJ4V6ZOOg8EC82aMriqnUF1m7wAQ8LCf7gDiaQgkSv_cDPukA0e82IESHQe6IWJCHS232OISbfHlxxh9Klqe1s07KWHtPnmJPRP5S3efWK-3idtxrz5WQPbyZJB0yVfXn-2V6DTJEk2F77mTsCw8b6566tVJ8xrkVV6Svg/s320/IMG_8400.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve got a grilled cheese. He liked it. I think he just couldn't swallow paying double digits for a burger, so he ordered something with a single digit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjCjEsM7Aho6TmGq_sYG1cGXD3Mu3doaz616XpI7I_8dkRDTSzUHeNka4JD8dvTFeI07N0lNy8NBikwWNYVbdaZxdagANUiYn3xTBwBkMH_FuPELZUXhCX13f1_swOygB24cU2v7T4QeLhijbLaJZo_ad0HKgncmfGKmXwl4CqBWLNW_rc7ww4-kO7g/s4032/IMG_8401.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjCjEsM7Aho6TmGq_sYG1cGXD3Mu3doaz616XpI7I_8dkRDTSzUHeNka4JD8dvTFeI07N0lNy8NBikwWNYVbdaZxdagANUiYn3xTBwBkMH_FuPELZUXhCX13f1_swOygB24cU2v7T4QeLhijbLaJZo_ad0HKgncmfGKmXwl4CqBWLNW_rc7ww4-kO7g/w480-h640/IMG_8401.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="menu-item-title" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: calc(1.2rem) !important; line-height: 1.4em; text-align: start;">Teri - Samoa</div><div class="menu-item-description" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-right: 3em; margin-top: 5px; text-align: start;">our original patty dipped in thick caramelized teriyaki sauce, two crispy strips of bacon and grilled pineapple, topped with melted American cheese and house sauce.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>My burger was SOOOOO GOOOOOOD! I want to re-create it at home since I can't get any burger this big on flavor where I live.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktFYepVh49OTD_u5NfwLrSobpiIAeHP5ZddNUuzypk4x-PrY6OsxOQY7sQ14Tw6OujloTTz9FbAKIN9kq_rbxUR15UTVIyFvFKI0rLCMXCYWME8TSVgySwfnylNd5K324S1gPBR4qxcE3JsIRCpResvWifZrEJ-fvefjw_QOZkAJHa9GELBGilGRmgg/s4032/IMG_8402.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktFYepVh49OTD_u5NfwLrSobpiIAeHP5ZddNUuzypk4x-PrY6OsxOQY7sQ14Tw6OujloTTz9FbAKIN9kq_rbxUR15UTVIyFvFKI0rLCMXCYWME8TSVgySwfnylNd5K324S1gPBR4qxcE3JsIRCpResvWifZrEJ-fvefjw_QOZkAJHa9GELBGilGRmgg/w640-h480/IMG_8402.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cousins crew</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: left;">Crab Catching at Hukilau Beach</h3><div>Hukilau Beach is owned by our church and was a great place to hunt for sand crabs. You gotta go out at night when they're active. They're sand colored and clear, so a bit hard to spot, but with flashlights our group caught lots. We did have to watch our step so we didn't accidentally step on a Portuguese man-o-war which were also scattered all along that beach. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gd6N8zR-vq1smvui_7EF_fiaVrbWqZfcgBOTsKewwhk02PrDPLJC3XWfQZCkdV-Rvi_5yd6FhZHe-mzho6TOgxk11F5W5h4w56rurzE6cNC1k327uOfAiHhjglpT6qsvI1IRAfP9AGkCAsEgGMwdGSKQJN5j4S4bnfR-3PSXQfoYyVoexgolQyN8dg/s4032/IMG_8403.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gd6N8zR-vq1smvui_7EF_fiaVrbWqZfcgBOTsKewwhk02PrDPLJC3XWfQZCkdV-Rvi_5yd6FhZHe-mzho6TOgxk11F5W5h4w56rurzE6cNC1k327uOfAiHhjglpT6qsvI1IRAfP9AGkCAsEgGMwdGSKQJN5j4S4bnfR-3PSXQfoYyVoexgolQyN8dg/s320/IMG_8403.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdlNgZ_H_HkDBppU99blUfbmzAyTstKXgB7JaKgbrfdxnqisdo1_A4dySitAVKkp-1Vu6xjnrcuIkzksdRgzfm0HZw8tzP8g4oANL-oxJjvcHp9yg-DiG9z5wNTGcIn_pfnxqx-FQc8smTs3tGhXbQYAWnOPZ8WUZe0g3vlgw54uD6m7wzXZpr7Iwlg/s4032/IMG_8404.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdlNgZ_H_HkDBppU99blUfbmzAyTstKXgB7JaKgbrfdxnqisdo1_A4dySitAVKkp-1Vu6xjnrcuIkzksdRgzfm0HZw8tzP8g4oANL-oxJjvcHp9yg-DiG9z5wNTGcIn_pfnxqx-FQc8smTs3tGhXbQYAWnOPZ8WUZe0g3vlgw54uD6m7wzXZpr7Iwlg/s320/IMG_8404.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMvL9ORlpYTwaYmgS2L8zx273nCC9gg9BnC_v5NegWCv3IIWUCZgPmRtde0STLIsLwBzQ1IoRSh9D4vH3rjvLemIInAjM4Mf4kv4JAIDKDvAadyhRNhQ3C0B2VFCohbiSZCzpn2c7Th9uRiBUpQqL8wMMWF8cnIMRikCPzUHm4HdVWQnq226SAdJwWg/s4032/IMG_8405.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMvL9ORlpYTwaYmgS2L8zx273nCC9gg9BnC_v5NegWCv3IIWUCZgPmRtde0STLIsLwBzQ1IoRSh9D4vH3rjvLemIInAjM4Mf4kv4JAIDKDvAadyhRNhQ3C0B2VFCohbiSZCzpn2c7Th9uRiBUpQqL8wMMWF8cnIMRikCPzUHm4HdVWQnq226SAdJwWg/s320/IMG_8405.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTf6IT7ii91aCuKzRNHQJ5RotOosLBSDk_ZUSWfKRd6K7FvA2Ot74Wqd5z_Wz1F_-n2iDr0xMOXVdobLAS_KDYW0ba3keYGLLRthwU0BWFRwZ28_Kj7_8u5FlavfBwrAsjuDRx_JYiqkGMP-UcKWmPsaWOe9ILcNh-czndfHTPC6lvFaM2E4I3UXmYg/s4032/IMG_8406.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTf6IT7ii91aCuKzRNHQJ5RotOosLBSDk_ZUSWfKRd6K7FvA2Ot74Wqd5z_Wz1F_-n2iDr0xMOXVdobLAS_KDYW0ba3keYGLLRthwU0BWFRwZ28_Kj7_8u5FlavfBwrAsjuDRx_JYiqkGMP-UcKWmPsaWOe9ILcNh-czndfHTPC6lvFaM2E4I3UXmYg/s320/IMG_8406.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QnKT_r8SDkk" width="320" youtube-src-id="QnKT_r8SDkk"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-63585384043523426092022-11-24T17:15:00.000-08:002023-01-03T19:27:13.804-08:00Hawaiian Thanksgiving<p>Disclaimer: Forgive the sporadic chronologically-challenged layout of this post. The photos uploaded all out of order and I'm not in the mood to fix them. Below you will see a mixture of crap-quality screenshots from Marco Polo, and snapshots from my phone. </p><p>We had an AWESOME Thanksgiving celebration with our Hawaiian family! It was a beautiful day, couldn't be more perfect weather-wise! We got all the food ready and headed over for lunchtime at Uncle Joe's and Aunty Kathy's house in Ewa Beach. Since Lani (my cuz) had to work in the evening, we decided to eat earlier in the day.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sG91ec7nSSut4atPk0R5ZFSpaY9x9-6wEtJhfKz8XQIQ0FONGi2f5iWq909tEdpr06f5pV9fb-M4FJ7rV0X-TqHQlmyULcRRqUdR4r7WKSFwi4zs7tlEbio7urZ6-azxK4AxLt2J8hqwm2otU7BMNkam31afMceYhH5rbzY18BuQO_8oDM9Yn0_c5g/s2532/IMG_8948.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sG91ec7nSSut4atPk0R5ZFSpaY9x9-6wEtJhfKz8XQIQ0FONGi2f5iWq909tEdpr06f5pV9fb-M4FJ7rV0X-TqHQlmyULcRRqUdR4r7WKSFwi4zs7tlEbio7urZ6-azxK4AxLt2J8hqwm2otU7BMNkam31afMceYhH5rbzY18BuQO_8oDM9Yn0_c5g/w185-h400/IMG_8948.PNG" width="185" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe's amazingly aromatic turkey. It was brined overnight and roasted with all manner of herbs, fruits, and veggies. Fantastic!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDGngm0TBuQa69OK-YUMbClMnzL3afF58E64jmDbQTYOZ5KSCQyBz1XH_IA4uRK_L6yYgs72iBJ76Dy-PooRw2GzcXl1uFtI9IGBCo9AKzCN7Z3QX5cQB54YBBojEejis_rARRJXIA9rm9VJPvUpOwd-9IxbownLethjaFPZOrWKTWit2fQeNmnJbAw/s2532/IMG_8949.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDGngm0TBuQa69OK-YUMbClMnzL3afF58E64jmDbQTYOZ5KSCQyBz1XH_IA4uRK_L6yYgs72iBJ76Dy-PooRw2GzcXl1uFtI9IGBCo9AKzCN7Z3QX5cQB54YBBojEejis_rARRJXIA9rm9VJPvUpOwd-9IxbownLethjaFPZOrWKTWit2fQeNmnJbAw/w296-h640/IMG_8949.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe slicing into the bird. mmmm...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcpdmMHtTIa3k0JmDR5IIjfKsNZfXLiLmBKA6nzKJJpV5W-aWOxHXmBoyy521saQpb3PLBb229zBhvIHiZ5lG6oMqOYECFsqqwQrAtLRe21nk7K2_dLMPF7OfU48_EQZOMjlk5pLzNrY_56IkL_BhjfyosL8DjwrAfMUS5mp3xF5YfznLZOjYpmpaUA/s2532/IMG_8950.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcpdmMHtTIa3k0JmDR5IIjfKsNZfXLiLmBKA6nzKJJpV5W-aWOxHXmBoyy521saQpb3PLBb229zBhvIHiZ5lG6oMqOYECFsqqwQrAtLRe21nk7K2_dLMPF7OfU48_EQZOMjlk5pLzNrY_56IkL_BhjfyosL8DjwrAfMUS5mp3xF5YfznLZOjYpmpaUA/w296-h640/IMG_8950.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad blurry picture. But yay! Aunty Nani came too!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCXJsPjdJB14lpHfw7PdhLhFZLwnJ-dLepIRQx5Pqgj7sZQtfL7I23MitZlZ4pTMQE3qMo5E1qKi5fxmu8F4VBr-D7u6q1cYfCLazTWz_kBnnGzsuaeB6NwqzTsCMMHMF-iGBoWPWeCBCqVM-bIsEboG9y65T8RSIEkaggfYEExNpC7Jbf5KO0TcWiw/s2532/IMG_8951.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCXJsPjdJB14lpHfw7PdhLhFZLwnJ-dLepIRQx5Pqgj7sZQtfL7I23MitZlZ4pTMQE3qMo5E1qKi5fxmu8F4VBr-D7u6q1cYfCLazTWz_kBnnGzsuaeB6NwqzTsCMMHMF-iGBoWPWeCBCqVM-bIsEboG9y65T8RSIEkaggfYEExNpC7Jbf5KO0TcWiw/w296-h640/IMG_8951.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunty Nani brought grandma's potato-mac salad. mmmm. I gotta get this recipe. I remember having it in Washington when I went there for Kainoa's wedding, and I couldn't stop eating it. PS-It has tuna in it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UZKcFNu-8BdIlNndUd3SO41zI13655bC3Rrt9U2vXbUS2SnqEE0dy4HcZD07HuhgfM0SrIgVTENdQ2lwPtSSE9NsT6ThVBzQZEieBXX-ykbrWfY82pNJYagy-UVJONEpuw19Masq-hhGrK3tapWSAZMboGFyBoIr7Do-0e3k63FKtQu8W3zMBtxnDQ/s2532/IMG_8952.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UZKcFNu-8BdIlNndUd3SO41zI13655bC3Rrt9U2vXbUS2SnqEE0dy4HcZD07HuhgfM0SrIgVTENdQ2lwPtSSE9NsT6ThVBzQZEieBXX-ykbrWfY82pNJYagy-UVJONEpuw19Masq-hhGrK3tapWSAZMboGFyBoIr7Do-0e3k63FKtQu8W3zMBtxnDQ/w296-h640/IMG_8952.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taco and tuna poke. YES! Thank you Uncle Joe and Aunty Kathy!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFWcO6Lhg3x97A3ae4ci8bw1b2xoG_Y1UAgkZC5aJfT6ZrhD_VD2t4Mne1aqEFVSdQZ5Y5zfCvNiTwF3rKmIT6Z7c6BcWQwoiYTnOkEkq_CPfXpNur3Ej2RsvTllSIVRY4cRg6Ez9W-oticWo43zcXZG2gpO8MC9vDd0GqhGNyfMo3mXIQBOMEGGAKQ/s2532/IMG_8953.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFWcO6Lhg3x97A3ae4ci8bw1b2xoG_Y1UAgkZC5aJfT6ZrhD_VD2t4Mne1aqEFVSdQZ5Y5zfCvNiTwF3rKmIT6Z7c6BcWQwoiYTnOkEkq_CPfXpNur3Ej2RsvTllSIVRY4cRg6Ez9W-oticWo43zcXZG2gpO8MC9vDd0GqhGNyfMo3mXIQBOMEGGAKQ/w296-h640/IMG_8953.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A better poke pic.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3EfUEQVP_KKVLlDrRgDHtOSSrLs-VJ5gY_Yikd_8eqcL3Vvwkzfdr3aIlkE5iluSuyoPHhqXbp5BxqU41dufmPTUdRufkDPCWaJ-nHPUwYxkZwc0iPB5zP55rzvcRVpCWKIMAg0QckYz9oi1gGWbafaCElPDEm1SFIupf5_ACvhhSOOyxke8_tzdfQ/s2532/IMG_8954.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3EfUEQVP_KKVLlDrRgDHtOSSrLs-VJ5gY_Yikd_8eqcL3Vvwkzfdr3aIlkE5iluSuyoPHhqXbp5BxqU41dufmPTUdRufkDPCWaJ-nHPUwYxkZwc0iPB5zP55rzvcRVpCWKIMAg0QckYz9oi1gGWbafaCElPDEm1SFIupf5_ACvhhSOOyxke8_tzdfQ/w296-h640/IMG_8954.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More poke. Poke is chunks of raw fish marinated. YUM!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghG_dMtzEHG4pDI1i1_UTivRHKZq8R9o_GbITrHBLuH-lFZHcpfXqq5TNZhUVwo-RcI1POHrZlpCp4_LcttjjnRt41PzxKnMpQzDU_AVphQjDSVoO8X1nhIeLwlDfDsT4m4MOqLQ-7mncQLb391tXldvj3mSHCXVF8QPF-qG-5oh-Xro9kaQtvP3v55w/s2532/IMG_8955.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghG_dMtzEHG4pDI1i1_UTivRHKZq8R9o_GbITrHBLuH-lFZHcpfXqq5TNZhUVwo-RcI1POHrZlpCp4_LcttjjnRt41PzxKnMpQzDU_AVphQjDSVoO8X1nhIeLwlDfDsT4m4MOqLQ-7mncQLb391tXldvj3mSHCXVF8QPF-qG-5oh-Xro9kaQtvP3v55w/s320/IMG_8955.PNG" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cucumber Kim chi</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsIzRBqGtsAtY-3vr_NqR54rKvjlJUz4E6WSB_UYeLUXN6OD0YENYYeqOxdj24vSFzvg7EGxlPYb9rxI-NAhlnMTkjQfjj1EUawd98tHcpJ0dHbkMPrEUNQVTTcbMDHBJsMjtjx6gcYxGgnP1ta0LLZZ0lySLAjHnScAmgeoKD5Y2kFG1stLAcS_Ccw/s2532/IMG_8956.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsIzRBqGtsAtY-3vr_NqR54rKvjlJUz4E6WSB_UYeLUXN6OD0YENYYeqOxdj24vSFzvg7EGxlPYb9rxI-NAhlnMTkjQfjj1EUawd98tHcpJ0dHbkMPrEUNQVTTcbMDHBJsMjtjx6gcYxGgnP1ta0LLZZ0lySLAjHnScAmgeoKD5Y2kFG1stLAcS_Ccw/s320/IMG_8956.PNG" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pickled garlic, surprisingly mild and nutty.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeoJoFW5is4TyMh9h3_gHpRmcwsj7Kdho54OIBjoP7Ul55TX4oZyI0mejolKCAXS4JfvRyQA8QCyhK1mhc_VVWx8zPCvfcLYArWVf7g7teqRRu5W27rvYTfMVV_cJhf7ps3ZVzhJ0H8BmsJKl7LI0t7Kf1B4UD2xNDx1QhoDUi7wZVr3TINgjiPUsNQ/s2532/IMG_8959.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeoJoFW5is4TyMh9h3_gHpRmcwsj7Kdho54OIBjoP7Ul55TX4oZyI0mejolKCAXS4JfvRyQA8QCyhK1mhc_VVWx8zPCvfcLYArWVf7g7teqRRu5W27rvYTfMVV_cJhf7ps3ZVzhJ0H8BmsJKl7LI0t7Kf1B4UD2xNDx1QhoDUi7wZVr3TINgjiPUsNQ/w296-h640/IMG_8959.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This may be my favorite fall offering. Pumpkin roll! I believe Missy made it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_BEIprL92CElIWz4ifYl3M8KQVv4oa5t47MT9IIBE_7hVkRihXZ5b01rEy_jLpvD-hQCCMKirYqFLmYE93wFFnwjolwKI5ZUhM_aTCATJ57ISpZCgSBqYXmpV2halVdTIMO7O_SRbXpiUy4l4Jhkqcuz372bZuVfDODRgPAdN0tk3s8P9km-VkYiig/s2532/IMG_8960.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_BEIprL92CElIWz4ifYl3M8KQVv4oa5t47MT9IIBE_7hVkRihXZ5b01rEy_jLpvD-hQCCMKirYqFLmYE93wFFnwjolwKI5ZUhM_aTCATJ57ISpZCgSBqYXmpV2halVdTIMO7O_SRbXpiUy4l4Jhkqcuz372bZuVfDODRgPAdN0tk3s8P9km-VkYiig/w296-h640/IMG_8960.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only pic I got of the gravy. Great gravy, garbage picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8UfBcT9jzJ5nI9oPfXwHHkrNvhBEHRAwRAjAv79IIqEX_4zfmj0G0BLU0t6inZgVr2nNbz77ybF77qDpag5ych60PYZsVeRzSV2CHT3AU_PtUw0ZkP_4F0XBdCUAeFApa-ZO0A-2kvzny6dCj2gfRqaaSrfWrq7Rcgwuyaq4Hqv-vS5Q9dgmbm2UIQ/s2532/IMG_8961.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8UfBcT9jzJ5nI9oPfXwHHkrNvhBEHRAwRAjAv79IIqEX_4zfmj0G0BLU0t6inZgVr2nNbz77ybF77qDpag5ych60PYZsVeRzSV2CHT3AU_PtUw0ZkP_4F0XBdCUAeFApa-ZO0A-2kvzny6dCj2gfRqaaSrfWrq7Rcgwuyaq4Hqv-vS5Q9dgmbm2UIQ/w296-h640/IMG_8961.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tyler made a green bean casserole. It was cooked perfectly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2h0GmXLOkHjRvfZd4nKROVf9KrlpX4d_GUf06AoCrtDvK36OYGddiI4iMvzryOQ-mfUUDtvjpZeKBp4V-z4LaLSEe8Ti6It61R01ECK0q8T8XUAsU7407oxdP78Q08CqXIRYEst74wtyVeCU9IOtwAXCxmsYuwdKf0dTdbOWzRaYyuz-L3CE6AdjhQ/s2532/IMG_8962.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2h0GmXLOkHjRvfZd4nKROVf9KrlpX4d_GUf06AoCrtDvK36OYGddiI4iMvzryOQ-mfUUDtvjpZeKBp4V-z4LaLSEe8Ti6It61R01ECK0q8T8XUAsU7407oxdP78Q08CqXIRYEst74wtyVeCU9IOtwAXCxmsYuwdKf0dTdbOWzRaYyuz-L3CE6AdjhQ/w296-h640/IMG_8962.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look! It's Lani and Aunty Nani and Steve.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmIrG8y8ubh4gnYX-cgoGVJgxzvEr-2A4urGHAX18p8ZBMmfMZWTsxHIzsnicP6IZwHsm4dSTJyOFY-8Xe1vqGfDmXPFaF6zUy79HvyqINXGSEu5StR5uuVyZDb-oS9vqXymMu64h1-Cjqg2-hC7kte3ZW8RaXFTKSc8ee7Gl-sSXaRGnfPl8viXGAA/s2532/IMG_8963.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmIrG8y8ubh4gnYX-cgoGVJgxzvEr-2A4urGHAX18p8ZBMmfMZWTsxHIzsnicP6IZwHsm4dSTJyOFY-8Xe1vqGfDmXPFaF6zUy79HvyqINXGSEu5StR5uuVyZDb-oS9vqXymMu64h1-Cjqg2-hC7kte3ZW8RaXFTKSc8ee7Gl-sSXaRGnfPl8viXGAA/w298-h640/IMG_8963.PNG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made these delicious rolls (thanks Rhodes frozen dough!)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9wTSwQ-cz_0pspu2qC8UcTzN9NdgJUdVcfzbMqTg4xlSFU1jkrSRmpV4oM5jBwhaZ8uCNjbgQ4JC-UJUS1DwErZmEox0zrY6VPmJLw2QpUXKUDHmlHckuFoBYUgN0QXHQuCIK9tB7MxzDnhZGvvdDxFYvSveyN11wLK1uvs_UAvKsPjGJ_GCAI4sCw/s2532/IMG_8964.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9wTSwQ-cz_0pspu2qC8UcTzN9NdgJUdVcfzbMqTg4xlSFU1jkrSRmpV4oM5jBwhaZ8uCNjbgQ4JC-UJUS1DwErZmEox0zrY6VPmJLw2QpUXKUDHmlHckuFoBYUgN0QXHQuCIK9tB7MxzDnhZGvvdDxFYvSveyN11wLK1uvs_UAvKsPjGJ_GCAI4sCw/w296-h640/IMG_8964.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KALBI! Uncle Joe grilled these Korean short ribs, marinated in Yoshida's.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfibrgcyS9trK04mL1QahbORGURFLIgDc2T2utu_7-cSoRKCk8N8T4d9eN1BB5BXoW3Ix6cOGugbe5TicwxSO44Hisuet1UH8HE063cdE-36PsZCjxtKHmIhFvswjL3E1UBfhigrAFKQu59RvDbHKxdPDNj3fks0PqX-gP7F4JkDJfBGb5AnNNUgknw/s2532/IMG_8965.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfibrgcyS9trK04mL1QahbORGURFLIgDc2T2utu_7-cSoRKCk8N8T4d9eN1BB5BXoW3Ix6cOGugbe5TicwxSO44Hisuet1UH8HE063cdE-36PsZCjxtKHmIhFvswjL3E1UBfhigrAFKQu59RvDbHKxdPDNj3fks0PqX-gP7F4JkDJfBGb5AnNNUgknw/w296-h640/IMG_8965.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garlic-parm Mashed potatoes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIqnrsW22nuv7JFYgGr4oAdTx7x0HT6-XOpOsXp8NS_93XZSNMy3PLdYKKREj4UbRae69k-dWwNGiRJlVeh_FhawsRRUMbcBvpi6o3O1WceWJ3uk1nrgCMSbIOi4w-jbtqX9-UalIPmrQdfPKvfhwjmx2cJFMviytKdC45NlJvXL9EuPIgWgMKt9kwA/s4032/IMG_8246.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIqnrsW22nuv7JFYgGr4oAdTx7x0HT6-XOpOsXp8NS_93XZSNMy3PLdYKKREj4UbRae69k-dWwNGiRJlVeh_FhawsRRUMbcBvpi6o3O1WceWJ3uk1nrgCMSbIOi4w-jbtqX9-UalIPmrQdfPKvfhwjmx2cJFMviytKdC45NlJvXL9EuPIgWgMKt9kwA/w640-h480/IMG_8246.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve telling a story under the shade pergola Uncle Joe made. We ate at those cute picnic tables, decorated by Uncle Joe. There were palm leaves down the middle and plastic pumpkins for centerpieces.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW6mNOPlikM3RcGjwFdVRe1s0G6ER4fJxOKnaKIoQ0oX7ay0D0mmtdgaNY8oWy-RczeDbSyknbYz3_mFPqBI0C0Xt4wF-2aNhne7uwDxV-oiXOta41PDV8irg_LGzzIL2-uaWblgFSbb6I7Sg5imqgX3cflUzAlI9Lu22x-hTYGYVQMKdk7GV-C7Esg/s4032/IMG_8245.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW6mNOPlikM3RcGjwFdVRe1s0G6ER4fJxOKnaKIoQ0oX7ay0D0mmtdgaNY8oWy-RczeDbSyknbYz3_mFPqBI0C0Xt4wF-2aNhne7uwDxV-oiXOta41PDV8irg_LGzzIL2-uaWblgFSbb6I7Sg5imqgX3cflUzAlI9Lu22x-hTYGYVQMKdk7GV-C7Esg/w640-h480/IMG_8245.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out Steve throwing the Ax!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVnXAz17BfaMRMs3-t-MoagTbwqNQK3HIaC7PJALyraKG8SexCsGx_Cyxz3I2S_B-QLng9DTuA_f5-wThOEetvfwwPboOSGxkrXtBBUdaPKrUL3OR0CEJrYszGvdd6nxCMfhhHhcr-NVeBKKT3F05zox0PNWOqaLj4HDwRtp_IpbC-f4y6oo5FmjAqQ/s4032/IMG_8244.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVnXAz17BfaMRMs3-t-MoagTbwqNQK3HIaC7PJALyraKG8SexCsGx_Cyxz3I2S_B-QLng9DTuA_f5-wThOEetvfwwPboOSGxkrXtBBUdaPKrUL3OR0CEJrYszGvdd6nxCMfhhHhcr-NVeBKKT3F05zox0PNWOqaLj4HDwRtp_IpbC-f4y6oo5FmjAqQ/w640-h480/IMG_8244.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Say Cheese! (L-R) Lily, Amara, Malia, and Maizie. <br />PS-Uncle Joe's yard was immaculate! Not even a stray leaf to be found. His garden looks so good, too. I love the dragon fruit cactus-like plant on the right side of the picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47J1zPWDn1vrnQVyPVi2DP7KTtwCnycQaODVL4zFkuYNYuDTfJPeizEzcdIXyZvXNHQVuyNhbLakA2xrOtEv-XL03E543wcamiSBQgHaWSboivOi0sHdGNUw5scJyME27uAIv-3HHuvH_7H6jvpjlp9JMMtr9zuioaA27BA4XrCsutY9woOtMNVDoWw/s4032/IMG_8242.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47J1zPWDn1vrnQVyPVi2DP7KTtwCnycQaODVL4zFkuYNYuDTfJPeizEzcdIXyZvXNHQVuyNhbLakA2xrOtEv-XL03E543wcamiSBQgHaWSboivOi0sHdGNUw5scJyME27uAIv-3HHuvH_7H6jvpjlp9JMMtr9zuioaA27BA4XrCsutY9woOtMNVDoWw/s320/IMG_8242.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving morning in Manoa was a little rainy.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q0gt9gkYTZYl1p9amW8VzsmaypblinMGJ9SHtI8l6nDq_dg21ZFslChDxbWc8IFaOmbTZnaF1AxJ-TxBDbXCGqlGJoXlcwHARg4HqNxQ7VvoSD-osPN2mYpT1i7QY32JV3u-UjHfc2vejbLZhICLcq1V3tlmnp3uIEnDywfuNOgr_pv7psNdrRWo0w/s4032/IMG_8241.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q0gt9gkYTZYl1p9amW8VzsmaypblinMGJ9SHtI8l6nDq_dg21ZFslChDxbWc8IFaOmbTZnaF1AxJ-TxBDbXCGqlGJoXlcwHARg4HqNxQ7VvoSD-osPN2mYpT1i7QY32JV3u-UjHfc2vejbLZhICLcq1V3tlmnp3uIEnDywfuNOgr_pv7psNdrRWo0w/w480-h640/IMG_8241.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving rainbow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi2TU0BCtwJxWuft5DpW3vLdbH50LHD3sQSqoaJXfLeInVWSH54zimBriWoBlcoJNp3ahXP6d2XRi1mHopvYssn03XK3iOsw3ry86GC9cuTmOVbi6wue1WoJ9N7jkLzRzu1reVUwMYEbQ0UaAWnDtLDruzcnPRsoEQUDAVC1qf77HTihrlpYHGSV70A/s4032/IMG_8240.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi2TU0BCtwJxWuft5DpW3vLdbH50LHD3sQSqoaJXfLeInVWSH54zimBriWoBlcoJNp3ahXP6d2XRi1mHopvYssn03XK3iOsw3ry86GC9cuTmOVbi6wue1WoJ9N7jkLzRzu1reVUwMYEbQ0UaAWnDtLDruzcnPRsoEQUDAVC1qf77HTihrlpYHGSV70A/s320/IMG_8240.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My salted caramel apple cheesecake pie ingredients. I have to say it was pretty looking, but it tasted way too sweet. Less caramel next time, like just a drizzle over the apples! And I'd add cinnamon to the cheesecake part. Because we were in Hawaii, these ingredients were NOT CHEAP. It ended up costing $25+! I could've bought 2 premade pies for that price. haha! But, I had to submit a pie to the Lauret Marco Polo cooking challenge, so it had to be.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gIMQzHjl9qPk1iCKGiWifvSqqQGnRHJbiCNnNhslJ-2H7qyP7re8B_5hk_Ean_qIq1rWYyW0UIy3JxQ1vcEaaKtl91rwOQvmQooxwwANiZG3df2V4McBjmd2CvGnhptPA4-97cfkstuWcYj7Gym_0GqNYlZqSaQKFHEy-LPDxhIhjTJIb6kYQ0bKTA/s4032/IMG_8302.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gIMQzHjl9qPk1iCKGiWifvSqqQGnRHJbiCNnNhslJ-2H7qyP7re8B_5hk_Ean_qIq1rWYyW0UIy3JxQ1vcEaaKtl91rwOQvmQooxwwANiZG3df2V4McBjmd2CvGnhptPA4-97cfkstuWcYj7Gym_0GqNYlZqSaQKFHEy-LPDxhIhjTJIb6kYQ0bKTA/w300-h400/IMG_8302.HEIC" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Show them muscles ladies!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQql263a6oMq3LQ6Q_YA7dBo8r-QBsOhkwm-_Ikq1PiZvxiC0GeEiE6XbROsBdYyJHA4qPEKHr6HH1h22xyD-PNBVjv79ozHcRj6Of1lF8ThlVwDgfoztdaVMvR-srwZcUQ-C4jzvBdmHyQTdYChqWp9NkzHZOsa9vKiisCm3J09PRuPA4ngBjNVEBcw/s4032/IMG_8297.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQql263a6oMq3LQ6Q_YA7dBo8r-QBsOhkwm-_Ikq1PiZvxiC0GeEiE6XbROsBdYyJHA4qPEKHr6HH1h22xyD-PNBVjv79ozHcRj6Of1lF8ThlVwDgfoztdaVMvR-srwZcUQ-C4jzvBdmHyQTdYChqWp9NkzHZOsa9vKiisCm3J09PRuPA4ngBjNVEBcw/w640-h480/IMG_8297.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half a rainbow!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUBNF6wn4DaPxf_yNzLBVioaEbtB6hlXJLrVEr9V0jjTEyHAjaqNdXuex_UVVVYbeIUwrJ4nleEoqDaecmLfI_tcotALSOT7bO7D4TASB61WUHIH3wlZnWv2sfj7o_0jxgdBZxh5KBN5U5fIa7ykqttlLwY9-j-OXxoedUKcMGeULb6yQtkjEtR2T7Q/s4032/IMG_8294.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUBNF6wn4DaPxf_yNzLBVioaEbtB6hlXJLrVEr9V0jjTEyHAjaqNdXuex_UVVVYbeIUwrJ4nleEoqDaecmLfI_tcotALSOT7bO7D4TASB61WUHIH3wlZnWv2sfj7o_0jxgdBZxh5KBN5U5fIa7ykqttlLwY9-j-OXxoedUKcMGeULb6yQtkjEtR2T7Q/w640-h480/IMG_8294.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVaIukyXI3vEsIaf7hQasF4xNWFpXZqTm4LCBiEmdqF5kZVeewvmcb7Kzk8wHBcxhiHB-VkNAXVWubuTuNIaBoxs1cIphtNkPZlgHUKO-_qThPdAVv6tsHyr5L51D3ojVMKd54zILS8jCb3neB5SrkraRoFs9T3FczdUgrBaCUezUZkuy-nj_-xwS2w/s4032/IMG_8289.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVaIukyXI3vEsIaf7hQasF4xNWFpXZqTm4LCBiEmdqF5kZVeewvmcb7Kzk8wHBcxhiHB-VkNAXVWubuTuNIaBoxs1cIphtNkPZlgHUKO-_qThPdAVv6tsHyr5L51D3ojVMKd54zILS8jCb3neB5SrkraRoFs9T3FczdUgrBaCUezUZkuy-nj_-xwS2w/w640-h480/IMG_8289.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta love the land of the rainbows!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBX05L0huDyNQl8_8TxQ4D1jCfW-9yiMUd7iPjJKGadRVgEBdavn2ETcOZmMH8Sid13DZu_ryw-ZMmTezQV7R0fDZekW8Yza6x2MfGN1IHJpXOrnVCWBLQRHQrhVcdrdMwHNzgMOlI2kMEZlMYO06GzfofNK9pQp1AwLSFOxFQ9Hfcc86DzOEjnJKbZg/s2287/IMG_8279.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="2287" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBX05L0huDyNQl8_8TxQ4D1jCfW-9yiMUd7iPjJKGadRVgEBdavn2ETcOZmMH8Sid13DZu_ryw-ZMmTezQV7R0fDZekW8Yza6x2MfGN1IHJpXOrnVCWBLQRHQrhVcdrdMwHNzgMOlI2kMEZlMYO06GzfofNK9pQp1AwLSFOxFQ9Hfcc86DzOEjnJKbZg/w640-h610/IMG_8279.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out. (l-r) Joseph L. on the floor, Tyler Guting (my cuz), Steve, Malia, Amara, Lily, JJ at the door, the back of Maizie's head in the foreground.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWcbYe0AYTK0bSIhH_fsJ7HKDsnjMncBl2VBP7ukl7Wd42-01BLC_hYrwZM0Wrja-LSJ2aRaS3JkAT8HnpxcxamLVnYWZYmW8E6hFS7OXDEyvTLuuILJ3iHe5Wd4zknHjCNgzvlWg9wDGk-bAH1GGPW8__X1hD0S5nIHCwU4XhkMzf5c4gmtgp3SjGA/s4032/IMG_8283.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWcbYe0AYTK0bSIhH_fsJ7HKDsnjMncBl2VBP7ukl7Wd42-01BLC_hYrwZM0Wrja-LSJ2aRaS3JkAT8HnpxcxamLVnYWZYmW8E6hFS7OXDEyvTLuuILJ3iHe5Wd4zknHjCNgzvlWg9wDGk-bAH1GGPW8__X1hD0S5nIHCwU4XhkMzf5c4gmtgp3SjGA/w480-h640/IMG_8283.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dessert!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqtXDKXgsgR4dtSyOGeWHax_e8SZmKvynKzzFUaXuAlIw646zzpIJ5pttpDavvyYXul-4DEASJ8g7Iv0P_oZQF8thQ13s2lEK6vdwBLG1Y1yBXThcFXREN27qGyhxiCW0-na1EsUR20g0TZiI26s-zHd6lhXLmrOt11x9SXTSH-ZtP4FaolsdQxznyA/s320/IMG_8281.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">custard pie, pumpkin pie, black bottom banana cream pie (has chocolate ganache protecting the graham cracker crust then filled with banana pudding and whip cream on top.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhChZrLnZPChUW5XuFCXubANiWRyVGewBnC-Vtju5DqEns7QpuwBIIZR6eaH2MXxtGDZTxdTrhwQeH0-T50V8akufZPZHMJlGBJrrJAkKNrpPOlrIChREkSOacPwUgBrQPtHhh9ANfX_mrQrzcjoTd8Z6nRQbrT6hZqvzoiGb64075HzNOHWLzFAQhmQ/s4032/IMG_8280.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPo0wteEYgUCgssP6JYpr_lV1vnq63dSSx362ZJqScHQ4vpxxmwpi3LB67N2fZ0MG4P6AWrU7qAXQhPYSO9jX6K6MuTIa1uVG52xC07jK3NLvho5nMeZ0yEK9O0PkQb5sqUqMUIMWU21wXefB6o7rVt1QSLGGnUvJqfRDOsCPFQmuD7dqmzencrhNqg/s320/IMG_8278.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My salted caramel apple cheesecake pie</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">After dinner walk to the park</h3><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4mEYqLFB2PjMXZCx4DleRphEW-y5UCFIlV-yQnX0bSkhS1lC68hDV7f8whBAiaZqa38PDtZfR5XVtAGQTxk2VhykBJTTX4R61B8-v6yq2y1Rzpvkj7-WGc5CXz1UNSlWUIuk3cMj3GmvmeCZDULHiW34oN155G-yG_jMW_wSIIiDAX_2riEGcdkm6w/s4032/IMG_8276.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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I loved how so many plants had flowers!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLp6kQfCKRLskrC5o99mAIQxap1I8XTBnfrCh7C0H-tlth-Iq18UBB8YHSglH5e2O3wHDp25ZvVgRDwoAlfs9fnWXdR-mQMe3Xpjd-Ok2f6odGS_MVepoAlqG8_olN9J_-3RrR0lNNUhC3lNXaofKbmUdf7Mq8-FG30Xj5N8R-THVuClXub9y2RMM-hg/s4032/IMG_8273.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLp6kQfCKRLskrC5o99mAIQxap1I8XTBnfrCh7C0H-tlth-Iq18UBB8YHSglH5e2O3wHDp25ZvVgRDwoAlfs9fnWXdR-mQMe3Xpjd-Ok2f6odGS_MVepoAlqG8_olN9J_-3RrR0lNNUhC3lNXaofKbmUdf7Mq8-FG30Xj5N8R-THVuClXub9y2RMM-hg/w480-h640/IMG_8273.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maizie in her element. She ended up bringing that huge stick all the way back to Uncle Joe's house.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEWY0SSt1TXk72qbFiONMXKMl5XHjzTnNRe9TEpD5nR5WOrs_YGwgHWpHlxXna0vpVbNPcvSYauu5vtBGh-ZKZyhwGoua1WcR9Qz5-ybjcEXIq4A0i2g3YCCrvjgyhhQU26O1epC8H4FvU1Pldf4ZM2rSQ3b0DGI1XPIgL3KMyBtwo7s6bqT_dQtWAA/s4032/IMG_8268.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEWY0SSt1TXk72qbFiONMXKMl5XHjzTnNRe9TEpD5nR5WOrs_YGwgHWpHlxXna0vpVbNPcvSYauu5vtBGh-ZKZyhwGoua1WcR9Qz5-ybjcEXIq4A0i2g3YCCrvjgyhhQU26O1epC8H4FvU1Pldf4ZM2rSQ3b0DGI1XPIgL3KMyBtwo7s6bqT_dQtWAA/w640-h480/IMG_8268.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara on the balance beam. Aunty Kathy watching in the background on the right.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ulSSxJlzP56NAUt-L80MNcgbZUMBhb0-d9E0ipFV0KbucbgqwpQtjJ84684Q7-FdJTeEUvU5wbVI726ec5ME5-csjgMVAYnUUBFvwSERU1AWp-VVmVYALK5jrr0ox3p1w5ssv35Kpbqe4oJNFWOjYg6C_tCnBPEUNI_opz9QNdc4fDcuyrqcNCOlQ/s4032/IMG_8266.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ulSSxJlzP56NAUt-L80MNcgbZUMBhb0-d9E0ipFV0KbucbgqwpQtjJ84684Q7-FdJTeEUvU5wbVI726ec5ME5-csjgMVAYnUUBFvwSERU1AWp-VVmVYALK5jrr0ox3p1w5ssv35Kpbqe4oJNFWOjYg6C_tCnBPEUNI_opz9QNdc4fDcuyrqcNCOlQ/w640-h480/IMG_8266.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara made her own flower by combining 3 flowers from our walk.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4_6dXW0KH9aNug4B5qY9PapK_U1eEAp0lsTvt4DsD_x-jb1v8ex2fq1ROkkOiqxPIGohqbGjh4Y2E2G_f9blnzD5T9fpatcrKTgbQ2-EBRYlp_WGJfpjwacjia02LsC4rWLEPgGHAdm0YrGcCIqmTdD-djTrodsY3UMYSMgJ0Vc_p_I1g9RpIbv6-w/w640-h480/IMG_8248.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uncle Joe has skills! He made those pineapple swans. Very impressed. I'd subscribe to his YouTube channel. Maybe that should be his next hobby.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-15001199857280498762022-11-23T14:07:00.000-08:002023-01-03T19:27:28.392-08:00Foreign Shopping & Manoa Falls Rainforest Hike<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-Nhdeo9X4vR1b3IYmN4Z1xQulHXm9qJ_EBTgAphzdt-gECJ0n5hLUhxNW0jFQl9EyI3U9Zpq65M9gWNFntDGgII3sedFuvzIDGpq8KaSDd-SHB0dvWYmkmZvrKL6LmVWGgDoRgu2q96g0W4p5xVzV3UDxU9sW2yLubLUa5oNDizURdFqrHGZkcBR3g/s4032/IMG_8115.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-Nhdeo9X4vR1b3IYmN4Z1xQulHXm9qJ_EBTgAphzdt-gECJ0n5hLUhxNW0jFQl9EyI3U9Zpq65M9gWNFntDGgII3sedFuvzIDGpq8KaSDd-SHB0dvWYmkmZvrKL6LmVWGgDoRgu2q96g0W4p5xVzV3UDxU9sW2yLubLUa5oNDizURdFqrHGZkcBR3g/w640-h480/IMG_8115.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where Joe lives and where we stayed- the yellow house on the left of the picture. The road you see is the driveway.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Joe's kids still had school, and Missy still had to work, so we had to wait til late afternoon to hang with the clan, but we were blessed to have Joe around to really show us the best foreign shopping experiences in the morning. Due to Joe's company's relocation and subsequent layoff, he was looking for work and had time to drive us around and be our personal tour-host. I'm glad he was the one driving, because the parking and narrow streets and one-way roads all get a little congested and confusing, but he was used to it.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">A Look Around the Place</h3><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9X4R1MPOKqthrh-m4Gb4Vvs-lgZuDyTmnGlf1EsEA5RkwoLd7Wixzf0HlSP3Y1gVBt5Im_G8L7NfWplFPmyjMmTbfcO6NSES7Ew7L9wAFZnP6H1nXmT8HW3IYuEtezI1SJ69JtFjvphcF6cJUN-Okxw066vDXJ5ZG9NtWgycc-xHzbj6ByLvtHHahw/s4032/IMG_8117.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9X4R1MPOKqthrh-m4Gb4Vvs-lgZuDyTmnGlf1EsEA5RkwoLd7Wixzf0HlSP3Y1gVBt5Im_G8L7NfWplFPmyjMmTbfcO6NSES7Ew7L9wAFZnP6H1nXmT8HW3IYuEtezI1SJ69JtFjvphcF6cJUN-Okxw066vDXJ5ZG9NtWgycc-xHzbj6ByLvtHHahw/s320/IMG_8117.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How would you like to wake up to this beautiful green mountain each day? Yes please. This is the view from inside the home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yGmKWHaTe4L7Cn6KBkYwDGWmlfprjdObsnkQVpNMIOP1VwqjZqv6SRZyS3be626iTjOeKMv-QBvZyzrky17o_1j3aOYb-rpj2MBaUlL1ki_oILyY1QuaZHk4XE7kJ3l9emlEtBakSavxr7iQlDUzDmDftaINIYhldO2zWe876Neg6YkLPOcr_-l77A/s4032/IMG_8119.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yGmKWHaTe4L7Cn6KBkYwDGWmlfprjdObsnkQVpNMIOP1VwqjZqv6SRZyS3be626iTjOeKMv-QBvZyzrky17o_1j3aOYb-rpj2MBaUlL1ki_oILyY1QuaZHk4XE7kJ3l9emlEtBakSavxr7iQlDUzDmDftaINIYhldO2zWe876Neg6YkLPOcr_-l77A/s320/IMG_8119.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took over Joe and Missy's master bedroom. The girls got the air mattress and Steve and I were on the bed. That was so nice!</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p>In Manoa, it rains everyday a little here a little there. There were rainbows daily. I'm pretty sure that's a requirement for paradise. The photo below is a zoomed in view from the house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddajYpdKsvRAAcvylCRf8qSAoGswaZ10hMPOjv0yf2f152sP2exjZMOHuh9MCDZwGZQWbmmiTmssSP31ZZB86BfAlatsD5P5G9qdVQ_niGWtEhPzFUjtG8JHik1oqqaEOWZRVakxReFpAKOeWqu1Wl1v_vONsQB3SboFlcolUllhDnA0Sk7NeiMDfhQ/s4032/IMG_8121.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddajYpdKsvRAAcvylCRf8qSAoGswaZ10hMPOjv0yf2f152sP2exjZMOHuh9MCDZwGZQWbmmiTmssSP31ZZB86BfAlatsD5P5G9qdVQ_niGWtEhPzFUjtG8JHik1oqqaEOWZRVakxReFpAKOeWqu1Wl1v_vONsQB3SboFlcolUllhDnA0Sk7NeiMDfhQ/w640-h480/IMG_8121.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pgSJqnAc-Ej8zhtqj8xatSmK0dfWduTtX6T7EzRStR-EYZy9OvDi3_feQudWQTn520T3sy6x3e2MVVzOxAHkfmLmkRWFtLXKhglAPG1XOk5hqsBmnqx7YKvSJKHS7NeqIDwziFuByTAOo8zeHMC0bHhL09gbl0IgCwD4-zBYvSJfJxBhJXddndptEw/s4032/IMG_8122.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pgSJqnAc-Ej8zhtqj8xatSmK0dfWduTtX6T7EzRStR-EYZy9OvDi3_feQudWQTn520T3sy6x3e2MVVzOxAHkfmLmkRWFtLXKhglAPG1XOk5hqsBmnqx7YKvSJKHS7NeqIDwziFuByTAOo8zeHMC0bHhL09gbl0IgCwD4-zBYvSJfJxBhJXddndptEw/s320/IMG_8122.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>Joe took me outside to hunt for any avocados that fell in the night. He was successful. These avocados were huge, way bigger than the ones at our grocery stores! You better believe we made a big bowl of fresh guacamole!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WKww_dAN1GW8Iinyg4hzZaTAfxghU8LJwU3VqmZcv0OGEKqseb5er37HlzU2rRnI7MUv4ITVMxUA-Ais4IEB3u-u24_hFvFedIU6DOfrLnhe-YFfvnjZ9EOULC55r73boX5jk2BRXAY2Mqgqixk46ySkxtS9zq_hxP1k31MfkiqtsKHdGp3hJQ7vew/s4032/IMG_8123.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WKww_dAN1GW8Iinyg4hzZaTAfxghU8LJwU3VqmZcv0OGEKqseb5er37HlzU2rRnI7MUv4ITVMxUA-Ais4IEB3u-u24_hFvFedIU6DOfrLnhe-YFfvnjZ9EOULC55r73boX5jk2BRXAY2Mqgqixk46ySkxtS9zq_hxP1k31MfkiqtsKHdGp3hJQ7vew/w640-h480/IMG_8123.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe with his avocado tree</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Joe has a neighbor with a fun and unique rock retaining wall. They put out hundreds of plastic toy animals/insects/creatures/figurines and let the neighborhood kids create scenes in their rocks and on the wall. It's awesome!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXVtJRpeq3RpXrFqd0WSy1BoXpG-6I-FJvHZDYnN82GFkqdojL9vUuByipTuHMHpL3lTa6moip8rxcAj8kRlhe5JkWQwPW4WqGllnz-bpVbbY12qRGmgwfRpXOFJ439SBXc0vNzfVa4-EM8LS2J518vgme-pcn_u7PXUFJeHH-ADxgTJb5EEMym73nQ/s4032/IMG_8126.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXVtJRpeq3RpXrFqd0WSy1BoXpG-6I-FJvHZDYnN82GFkqdojL9vUuByipTuHMHpL3lTa6moip8rxcAj8kRlhe5JkWQwPW4WqGllnz-bpVbbY12qRGmgwfRpXOFJ439SBXc0vNzfVa4-EM8LS2J518vgme-pcn_u7PXUFJeHH-ADxgTJb5EEMym73nQ/w480-h640/IMG_8126.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrqN_0wmU7pkTy5de38sCTUWCzpapesArezdR2hgq3SFlyHNcvTwT4laFDpSmuimDCc-Gy0CZ1fqQljC1LK5lUES8h82gNLvEIPRIUq7W0B953CBDrMkPRtpy4RgPUCqoB9q9b0QXCHG8YzZDIKG4C_V_fJZJd71Oyqh59QTP67nntzbuPBl-qATKkQ/s4032/IMG_8128.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrqN_0wmU7pkTy5de38sCTUWCzpapesArezdR2hgq3SFlyHNcvTwT4laFDpSmuimDCc-Gy0CZ1fqQljC1LK5lUES8h82gNLvEIPRIUq7W0B953CBDrMkPRtpy4RgPUCqoB9q9b0QXCHG8YzZDIKG4C_V_fJZJd71Oyqh59QTP67nntzbuPBl-qATKkQ/w640-h480/IMG_8128.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6-KlmvgE_rULMo61dOMANDein-NFsFM2dEtDTXGz-OGCq3qGXXDilm2gOhS6QJYUK8t7MKGu0JQ4yy3pxw3hi0a90hdYm3CnwWP_W1Rc8rhSri342N-vLXzPE5RYsWzBOkz2pqp_F3BncJaPGqCTcnrAgEXSrsHPAbdHNCHldVRlvtnR37JkhekJ4A/s4032/IMG_8130.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6-KlmvgE_rULMo61dOMANDein-NFsFM2dEtDTXGz-OGCq3qGXXDilm2gOhS6QJYUK8t7MKGu0JQ4yy3pxw3hi0a90hdYm3CnwWP_W1Rc8rhSri342N-vLXzPE5RYsWzBOkz2pqp_F3BncJaPGqCTcnrAgEXSrsHPAbdHNCHldVRlvtnR37JkhekJ4A/w640-h480/IMG_8130.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrZYOjOXPQQkcB3kb-kO3Q3thPNHmojkelksCb5LKtP8RuY0fk2ZWkpmaHz4GKWrbxKvjwaabgLFFWDB-wbeGd_LiTA0LTvFkXVD4HXYT0OMhE0NIjnxadd7xcNy9MnKVIM1t74SBAw5Z4nY1_w0E-EQrnv_Ma6DX-5G_2NYWybDg5EaEZwLdo31lTw/s4032/IMG_8131.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrZYOjOXPQQkcB3kb-kO3Q3thPNHmojkelksCb5LKtP8RuY0fk2ZWkpmaHz4GKWrbxKvjwaabgLFFWDB-wbeGd_LiTA0LTvFkXVD4HXYT0OMhE0NIjnxadd7xcNy9MnKVIM1t74SBAw5Z4nY1_w0E-EQrnv_Ma6DX-5G_2NYWybDg5EaEZwLdo31lTw/w640-h480/IMG_8131.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Foreign Budget Shopping</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joe took us to a couple places that he thought I'd like- Daiso (like a japanese dollar tree), and Don Quixote (like a Japanese Walmart). He was RIGHT!! Those places were awesome and had so many things I loved! We also did go to Walmart and Sam's Club to find inexpensive souvenirs. Daiso was also on our bucket list, so CHECK!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwyI65mbBhCgJL_TOKaFcOyvfNkIoALsY6YQG5jy0ZCAk4OcOOD1-FMh6MgRPueZhm5SDsaOviSAgACWIcaccal-PjJVsn08_fz7MFG4QSr1wNJtLvwqC0ABoriUKI2GI0cBuhVSl89UsaL8ckIab-ad5tX_olAvJK8yCHoXVE9iWosJBJE0t_6FP_Q/s4032/IMG_8132.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwyI65mbBhCgJL_TOKaFcOyvfNkIoALsY6YQG5jy0ZCAk4OcOOD1-FMh6MgRPueZhm5SDsaOviSAgACWIcaccal-PjJVsn08_fz7MFG4QSr1wNJtLvwqC0ABoriUKI2GI0cBuhVSl89UsaL8ckIab-ad5tX_olAvJK8yCHoXVE9iWosJBJE0t_6FP_Q/w640-h480/IMG_8132.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could spend a lot of time at Daiso. The products were all listed in a foreign currency, and there were conversion charts all over the store to help determine the US $ price. Most things were $1.25-$3.75. I particularly loved the dishes and if I lived there, I'd definitely be stocking my kitchen cabinets from there. I ended up buying a neck pillow for travel, something I could take on the plane and use at the airports.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don Quixote, you'd think it would be some latin market, but no. It's 100% Japanese. Why they have that Spanish name is beyond me. They had groceries, fresh produce, clothing, hardware, etc.. My favorite though- their "deli" was sushi and bentos and Hot Hawaiian food! I'm used to seeing the dry corndogs, potato logs, pizza sticks, and fried chicken behind the hot deli case, but here... shoyu chicken, ginger chicken, shoyu pork, garlic shrimp, spam musubi! Are you serious?! This needs to be where I live. I think this is another requirement for paradise.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AvVUHL7mB8TBBITkda22YDSt8LVg_W6g9IFCQ-wVbsLEdmJ4eM3lLAv2SJdUsfC8s8JSYB7NdrywHNb8po45AIyaZg-J-ciqZIKij2ckyZHAZQhmZtZK8noCYWMI_a865qKG-reEZVNZKlKYgvTC0a5_3VbKbTooZetO3t_jTWAWTmfxR2FFZwEM3Q/s1170/IMG_8932.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1170" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AvVUHL7mB8TBBITkda22YDSt8LVg_W6g9IFCQ-wVbsLEdmJ4eM3lLAv2SJdUsfC8s8JSYB7NdrywHNb8po45AIyaZg-J-ciqZIKij2ckyZHAZQhmZtZK8noCYWMI_a865qKG-reEZVNZKlKYgvTC0a5_3VbKbTooZetO3t_jTWAWTmfxR2FFZwEM3Q/w400-h378/IMG_8932.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A whole square section dedicated to sushi. YES!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPwh3GhzAOrwlmypuqIL1L1Kdyie_URIAzRmhYt8K8cyKzCUdYTaU43wTWekSVR7AhiuFsya5G2GBj0sMC13rwOLqpxUq5lOXzOmPCOXuD8JIQiboDFDRMdPCkjQ4GpUJozLZ7ZIGjbFJxzEPWI5lCqMF8MBwjo7qaOnjwtTh-dggSaFn3Uv5avClhQ/s1293/IMG_8930.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPwh3GhzAOrwlmypuqIL1L1Kdyie_URIAzRmhYt8K8cyKzCUdYTaU43wTWekSVR7AhiuFsya5G2GBj0sMC13rwOLqpxUq5lOXzOmPCOXuD8JIQiboDFDRMdPCkjQ4GpUJozLZ7ZIGjbFJxzEPWI5lCqMF8MBwjo7qaOnjwtTh-dggSaFn3Uv5avClhQ/w363-h400/IMG_8930.PNG" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh mochi! Now we're talking! We bought Oreo mochi, and 2 peanut butter mochi! There's nothing quite so soft and delicate as fresh mochi. </td></tr></tbody></table><p>We purchased $20 in fresh mochi-- check that off the bucket list! The girls also wanted to get their lunch here, so we got them sushi and teriyaki chicken bowl. Steve purchased some Andagi (japanese donuts) from a vendor, "da ANDAGI Guy", out front. Those were delicious too! And 3 for $1 is a fantastic price, especially in paradise where everything costs more. Our next stop for lunch was Sam's Club for the best-priced fast food. Here they had a Kalua pork plate lunch for $6, which is what I got because I know of no other Sam's Club that puts out Kalua pork. Yum! Steve stuck with his usual big slice of pizza and a drink. I think we got ice creams too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGwAg-K5liYHvoE4ZC_IAdko29O_DX13FrbbQv0TgIxlZBxT2kamzt1FwnyTXa-hwhqkw2i2obQoBz-KHQuGLjWfm8ast8LtLM4Phfu49NT6C3FIcD58gxZ2xa-dY2LmFV1gCf5jnFE461_AoZNb499kxl3Ju19KDBmbDrzmzqQjoLmPBOf2X2E7tqw/s4032/IMG_8133.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGwAg-K5liYHvoE4ZC_IAdko29O_DX13FrbbQv0TgIxlZBxT2kamzt1FwnyTXa-hwhqkw2i2obQoBz-KHQuGLjWfm8ast8LtLM4Phfu49NT6C3FIcD58gxZ2xa-dY2LmFV1gCf5jnFE461_AoZNb499kxl3Ju19KDBmbDrzmzqQjoLmPBOf2X2E7tqw/w480-h640/IMG_8133.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>We had to rush to get the kids from school. All our shopping made time fly!<p></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Manoa Falls Rainforest Hike</h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPBEjqocQRok739cKypa9OP0qYwp6k2fO4sGKKM5J4tEgXgRQbhdc74pOQjxgzFejr8dyOTMUZNKdX1cwWCk_TiQ6vrQ8BDxzO0lTJ3RlAcpOncgs14PUdvVlfwrvLPlqvyXzWbhTcibvX9SxByps-38q4AcAxXyJkhFQSBcGa1vSox03tQabary1Ww/s4032/IMG_8139.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPBEjqocQRok739cKypa9OP0qYwp6k2fO4sGKKM5J4tEgXgRQbhdc74pOQjxgzFejr8dyOTMUZNKdX1cwWCk_TiQ6vrQ8BDxzO0lTJ3RlAcpOncgs14PUdvVlfwrvLPlqvyXzWbhTcibvX9SxByps-38q4AcAxXyJkhFQSBcGa1vSox03tQabary1Ww/w640-h480/IMG_8139.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greeting us in the parking lot was the infamous HEY-HEY from Disney's Moana! Haha!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stephen and I went part-way up the trail to Manoa Falls last time we were in Hawaii, 4 or 5 years ago. It was a rainy day, we were pressed for time, and only got to see some of the trail. It was too rainy to trek up to the falls. But this day, was perfect. We didn't have rain and we made it all the way up to the falls. My favorite was not the falls, but the rainforest plant life that we got to admire on the way up. There were some GORGEOUS landscapes and some incredible formations, and interesting intricacies in the plants all around. We experienced another world walking in that rainforest. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK15GNdikhZihZEuIrXvbjkaMO5PBgiCuZJjG-rPdAS-PoSAE09KyrbBwpiRwBq80T44lwa8lauy9au215l5-Xz7RNdzFT0iT3PAh__2MJjseG8_IGqdQUAMmYy8mtzT7pUpzX0wCSt9Eiu2FMEabf5L98H1xYHm-VpPyMYddBXHSQHnTd1msKKYOdA/s4032/IMG_8141.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK15GNdikhZihZEuIrXvbjkaMO5PBgiCuZJjG-rPdAS-PoSAE09KyrbBwpiRwBq80T44lwa8lauy9au215l5-Xz7RNdzFT0iT3PAh__2MJjseG8_IGqdQUAMmYy8mtzT7pUpzX0wCSt9Eiu2FMEabf5L98H1xYHm-VpPyMYddBXHSQHnTd1msKKYOdA/w640-h480/IMG_8141.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Malia, Amara, Maisie, Lily posing in front of a wild Peace Lily flower.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Now sit back and enjoy a look at some of the majesty we walked amongst-<p></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhne75drgXsC-K9E3blWXPol3gvX2mTJQ2f1qLWq94HssX8_uFtdZQfnV5KAK3uEBcad9QrrmXHfCyayHgxS6jhU-g5aT6Z-aBxwhI8o8Wy52cGhCuaX3pSZAf6muxtJA7GYP-A9IDs4Xnrp5YFZV73V2QEZOGnOXjiFfYF-KcsslqqBoO4mQeL0sTVhQ/s4032/IMG_8142.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhne75drgXsC-K9E3blWXPol3gvX2mTJQ2f1qLWq94HssX8_uFtdZQfnV5KAK3uEBcad9QrrmXHfCyayHgxS6jhU-g5aT6Z-aBxwhI8o8Wy52cGhCuaX3pSZAf6muxtJA7GYP-A9IDs4Xnrp5YFZV73V2QEZOGnOXjiFfYF-KcsslqqBoO4mQeL0sTVhQ/w480-h640/IMG_8142.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you're ever in a rainforest. Look up. 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Every flip-flop-step flicked more and more mud onto her legs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWIE_Njd8yeOt93l_TO072QZBwsNqAOTpvYNPJRjq6yhOz-IbW1uqDiZ9QOEK1m8iyWlO9vVy0BpcGiy2ggAw8X_ITZNdSJj94R4J_F5HG0Chcvhi-5lkAdZjf1mg6wRjgARxH13LaDVjKKqtSPMATc3YoX7WEL3_6iz9qIP1du6GlWiz79LJD202pw/s4032/IMG_8231.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWIE_Njd8yeOt93l_TO072QZBwsNqAOTpvYNPJRjq6yhOz-IbW1uqDiZ9QOEK1m8iyWlO9vVy0BpcGiy2ggAw8X_ITZNdSJj94R4J_F5HG0Chcvhi-5lkAdZjf1mg6wRjgARxH13LaDVjKKqtSPMATc3YoX7WEL3_6iz9qIP1du6GlWiz79LJD202pw/w480-h640/IMG_8231.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_ot8Ya4o-6LgLNdmj3WKdaQyvyYJZKBtat6hhmWg7diqqPQ9Jz5NqWxGc3qoTeVlTlMQ7tLvQGweP4Q0rZT4AmoGH3sbbIeZ5Lt0uBP1gP2NAlmvkVO3wn7QbVW4y3TXr1EyVHsJ3vinKIYWEwKBlwhxrVmnB1IYzdSeJLhyydN3BJwb73Fc2WGlWw/s4032/IMG_8235.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_ot8Ya4o-6LgLNdmj3WKdaQyvyYJZKBtat6hhmWg7diqqPQ9Jz5NqWxGc3qoTeVlTlMQ7tLvQGweP4Q0rZT4AmoGH3sbbIeZ5Lt0uBP1gP2NAlmvkVO3wn7QbVW4y3TXr1EyVHsJ3vinKIYWEwKBlwhxrVmnB1IYzdSeJLhyydN3BJwb73Fc2WGlWw/w480-h640/IMG_8235.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Um. I found the portal to heaven.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Thanksgiving Turkey Prep</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joe volunteered to cook the turkey for Thanksgiving. He takes his turkey seriously. The night before, he soaks the bird in a homemade brine. Then he uses all manner of fruits and herbs to stuff in and around the bird when it bakes. It's a labor of love and the meat is a masterpiece when he's done with it.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5ruklScpk0AXP5bN9nwQUxoePyMt-SFD_yEFkcS2gT3VnCO3659egYCf1m2BwbD9XkuTaSU8ZOLw-zKV6DNrFMpG-uEvQ0JpdXz1FpV8cgW4-8LZZUwAAoi7qHruA_QhkdRmJnkyTfyuVARWoaw-oV6TDXa-mkLEZV8c8zMvi1Pa80GhMqGRcyHN9A/s4032/IMG_8237.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5ruklScpk0AXP5bN9nwQUxoePyMt-SFD_yEFkcS2gT3VnCO3659egYCf1m2BwbD9XkuTaSU8ZOLw-zKV6DNrFMpG-uEvQ0JpdXz1FpV8cgW4-8LZZUwAAoi7qHruA_QhkdRmJnkyTfyuVARWoaw-oV6TDXa-mkLEZV8c8zMvi1Pa80GhMqGRcyHN9A/s320/IMG_8237.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Malia helping Joe pour the brine into the turkey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm7BmHMWTz_zplEVBasl1zERLHOxgo3O7WKZxaxAGQf30UfBqakZXSy6pvvteC90NZ7ZkjcoYdSwP2HorHGxChKUo5KGJ9KGfzg-v_ZlaO5z2npQhLaq5e0-bvpVjqn2KdyBG_Pom-A1n2WQ9EJdVLVdAGkvqDSEFKDJDJ8L9ebNU1G7LCI43Yn9fXw/s4032/IMG_8238.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm7BmHMWTz_zplEVBasl1zERLHOxgo3O7WKZxaxAGQf30UfBqakZXSy6pvvteC90NZ7ZkjcoYdSwP2HorHGxChKUo5KGJ9KGfzg-v_ZlaO5z2npQhLaq5e0-bvpVjqn2KdyBG_Pom-A1n2WQ9EJdVLVdAGkvqDSEFKDJDJ8L9ebNU1G7LCI43Yn9fXw/s320/IMG_8238.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-88582969818539354392022-11-22T20:30:00.000-08:002023-01-03T19:35:46.585-08:00Aloha! Ala Moana Must-Eat-Snacks and Settling In<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgZRWGNVQlLC8dvTGgpq4QfHagM2EgqzUvZt9yLQrxGk934_W7eJ86lgVsxxF8Lq3AEzRYJ8O6Q8SN18f05UPCx7T2UCp2ILERV3oVMiKAl2fJNwfw6-bCgHi108rIuYHh--2JZQyUR-oXKUzASL7EaZe94S6ijJL51HO7Ngwr3JXu_Xo6bErTBQQUw/s4032/IMG_8077.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgZRWGNVQlLC8dvTGgpq4QfHagM2EgqzUvZt9yLQrxGk934_W7eJ86lgVsxxF8Lq3AEzRYJ8O6Q8SN18f05UPCx7T2UCp2ILERV3oVMiKAl2fJNwfw6-bCgHi108rIuYHh--2JZQyUR-oXKUzASL7EaZe94S6ijJL51HO7Ngwr3JXu_Xo6bErTBQQUw/w480-h640/IMG_8077.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>We got off the plane in Honolulu at lunchtime and Joe didn't waste any time in helping us check off our Hawaii bucket list. I wanted to show my kids the Shirokira Market at Ala Moana Mall, but turns out that market went under during COVID, so Joe showed us the next best thing. Ala Moana has an awesome food court, and Mr. Cow is a Korean cheese-corndog place that Joe said we had to try. We all got the mozzarella stick deep fried in a delicious sweet batter (much like a corndog but sweeter like a donut), dusted with powdered sugar. Those were tasty! The cheese was deliciously melted and pulled like a good slice of pizza. The dipping sauces we got were good too, my favorite was a sweet/sour spring roll dipping sauce.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGrmOhV_jnzx5GCRkwmZYuEcVXu6dR9jliiDk-Wt3js8SmJm_dbYL4qxDK3mBu_VxgxeacU4KnxS-ew0F1l9DMNwIPOy1RV0xvztL9eKPSo199girs-flLDUfAJZ3jFRvHGTKGla-FHgT-H5SlilQzHXFwiw3tTtH--IhqyDk-TTbGCqTsFwMZr2Xyw/s4032/IMG_8078.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGrmOhV_jnzx5GCRkwmZYuEcVXu6dR9jliiDk-Wt3js8SmJm_dbYL4qxDK3mBu_VxgxeacU4KnxS-ew0F1l9DMNwIPOy1RV0xvztL9eKPSo199girs-flLDUfAJZ3jFRvHGTKGla-FHgT-H5SlilQzHXFwiw3tTtH--IhqyDk-TTbGCqTsFwMZr2Xyw/s320/IMG_8078.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkCYmomltqJfwSvLGOC5cBBS5NxHI4d5yy17a_2T-StC1Vif9HDCfbdP3NFSLYDj1E68jRqgbugrgxJi0lh08tynMLU9_W1NSNZkW9h0UlrdlnWMOMTJ1SfwGor4tjOJf5T-U3svdMFUwk5ADG9HQQ4SbqmsDvb_T51Gxi7Fkjr7vcD_1hEl-zZRSEA/s4032/IMG_8080.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkCYmomltqJfwSvLGOC5cBBS5NxHI4d5yy17a_2T-StC1Vif9HDCfbdP3NFSLYDj1E68jRqgbugrgxJi0lh08tynMLU9_W1NSNZkW9h0UlrdlnWMOMTJ1SfwGor4tjOJf5T-U3svdMFUwk5ADG9HQQ4SbqmsDvb_T51Gxi7Fkjr7vcD_1hEl-zZRSEA/s320/IMG_8080.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9yn3rt-JNRceorPD0IRtpRjs07dR4nK06T22RXNmHiyluyGPrBDZOKTez1xRAJoqvtecEwIwsEMIgDTiPZyGh4krBxwZlpqSzb3cTP1jPZGFxDMuLl5OpsnrPXuLdF7HCOtnTDJoNygo7FqzZptLt-lP6Lr_HztleM-TsvsZbgBMTdZ5VrW0TFjfnA/s2084/IMG_8927.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2084" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9yn3rt-JNRceorPD0IRtpRjs07dR4nK06T22RXNmHiyluyGPrBDZOKTez1xRAJoqvtecEwIwsEMIgDTiPZyGh4krBxwZlpqSzb3cTP1jPZGFxDMuLl5OpsnrPXuLdF7HCOtnTDJoNygo7FqzZptLt-lP6Lr_HztleM-TsvsZbgBMTdZ5VrW0TFjfnA/w640-h360/IMG_8927.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out the cheese pull on Lily's</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Next stop was Liliha Bakery for their chocolate cream puff with Chantilly frosting. It wasn't the diamond head coco-puff that Shirokira Market used to have, but it was also delicious and beautifully made. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fZJXn4F8bhslE7eWiubirDrD9BGEugYVFpGmasTiBlTTf1hRhoLP-xwWeQolMGgYAJ14HsUyPtqv0VvfGiGrqMz2cLwryb8snGnZTcusM8HNmPZ9Ehj-pl8iZc8KIK9pwzhTy4VsEwXjI6KBQ6QR_dzRF5bnEs_rBmwmyRsV3AX7i5ZuwTY_toxnUA/s4032/IMG_8088.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fZJXn4F8bhslE7eWiubirDrD9BGEugYVFpGmasTiBlTTf1hRhoLP-xwWeQolMGgYAJ14HsUyPtqv0VvfGiGrqMz2cLwryb8snGnZTcusM8HNmPZ9Ehj-pl8iZc8KIK9pwzhTy4VsEwXjI6KBQ6QR_dzRF5bnEs_rBmwmyRsV3AX7i5ZuwTY_toxnUA/s320/IMG_8088.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKxumR91j2XkSZbotFueZy7_VZKSFfu_JIcza4lNzQ-Ual2MqkTm5LACkJo0ZFJh88Kpi0hzByTEZF4JXDQfMNMt-JMU7-vAGTN0nTVdQh-Kz5A0Tnz__DtKj04BPo5ywu-5_g8Q9qFst0TlrR0qH7ZBKpH930Fg_E0A2wNqEckXwidiSG_7hEf5FBw/s3088/IMG_8084.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKxumR91j2XkSZbotFueZy7_VZKSFfu_JIcza4lNzQ-Ual2MqkTm5LACkJo0ZFJh88Kpi0hzByTEZF4JXDQfMNMt-JMU7-vAGTN0nTVdQh-Kz5A0Tnz__DtKj04BPo5ywu-5_g8Q9qFst0TlrR0qH7ZBKpH930Fg_E0A2wNqEckXwidiSG_7hEf5FBw/s320/IMG_8084.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6kyHTR9amZe23RSG4FPjbkKxMkfJt4AOg4_itcTwza7baJxULv9zgfAO1a4LT68J7JzILqsuQJHL_2uDBq_jo4RzWS900wv5gDAq6md7giLzz5lgo_EUuzTLIA2jwFsdv-jAWeMPBNEi8ljxaSTq9m1akdH8DEoV7mIgdmz_yOUZbJZGyrz411YgLA/s4032/IMG_8085.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6kyHTR9amZe23RSG4FPjbkKxMkfJt4AOg4_itcTwza7baJxULv9zgfAO1a4LT68J7JzILqsuQJHL_2uDBq_jo4RzWS900wv5gDAq6md7giLzz5lgo_EUuzTLIA2jwFsdv-jAWeMPBNEi8ljxaSTq9m1akdH8DEoV7mIgdmz_yOUZbJZGyrz411YgLA/s320/IMG_8085.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p>After Ala Moana, we settled into Joe's house and waited for the kids to come home from school. It was fantastic to surprise them, though some of them had their suspicions we were coming. There wasn't long before the kids had to get ready for swimming. I was glad we could go and watch them warm up for a minute.<p></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5p0Pl1lXxnN1il0ztKdOcTKGtULYftl0ehDX1W74spttd0GcLQrN2WosH3XXX2tcY6nmSRQvUrY-lUF2QhWU1zQxctHY2ORTbq5LUCUEXcwgjN4ENv0eCR-Bz_rgag86DOD_aZzER7WFKUZfJLhe1ivFjXyZ6lBf7jtW1gFemsC5hjPyFweLB63cEg/s4032/IMG_8093.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5p0Pl1lXxnN1il0ztKdOcTKGtULYftl0ehDX1W74spttd0GcLQrN2WosH3XXX2tcY6nmSRQvUrY-lUF2QhWU1zQxctHY2ORTbq5LUCUEXcwgjN4ENv0eCR-Bz_rgag86DOD_aZzER7WFKUZfJLhe1ivFjXyZ6lBf7jtW1gFemsC5hjPyFweLB63cEg/s320/IMG_8093.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JJ warming up in the pool</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXT-lqSq6I_m-D-GwhQAXGP8VxgHUbMSlDqN3Bp8rc_Pd-aFbUYNJqIXm6shdqrzNd6PpDLFkly1DiJqD0aJQkXL0n2JrNGcGQJMtgtCJbxmVqYhZwRd9IHJeW36d-cg0CQe6guNXrm_FM6lsUTO8bkjfuVLIhrDZulsPpjWq4ps0CJ0YNHUfGvDl-2w/s4032/IMG_8095.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXT-lqSq6I_m-D-GwhQAXGP8VxgHUbMSlDqN3Bp8rc_Pd-aFbUYNJqIXm6shdqrzNd6PpDLFkly1DiJqD0aJQkXL0n2JrNGcGQJMtgtCJbxmVqYhZwRd9IHJeW36d-cg0CQe6guNXrm_FM6lsUTO8bkjfuVLIhrDZulsPpjWq4ps0CJ0YNHUfGvDl-2w/s320/IMG_8095.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out at the park by the pool</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-bg64t41-jj4gGgxmqtshUHYjLkVm5cCVW_csJY76BsZ3YdVzSgooCUjtNgV-45PJKjd7j1E73YiOplKh3oj41V8zpC3x8wp5xlP8o8BLGMe-LE2UPsBiojb9gkDopxlOJ9PNlMZpLhRzbb3rryDAp3HwRy_m7PQ5mS-39Omdl7tAhD7ZsakR26dkg/s4032/IMG_8106.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-bg64t41-jj4gGgxmqtshUHYjLkVm5cCVW_csJY76BsZ3YdVzSgooCUjtNgV-45PJKjd7j1E73YiOplKh3oj41V8zpC3x8wp5xlP8o8BLGMe-LE2UPsBiojb9gkDopxlOJ9PNlMZpLhRzbb3rryDAp3HwRy_m7PQ5mS-39Omdl7tAhD7ZsakR26dkg/s320/IMG_8106.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found this beautiful flower in the nearby community garden. It is a lilikoi flower. So unique!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTRQjCsSxt02iEEXF18EsS-R8rVrw9t0Y8OAAXaKQBuvSZRL7RYOdTkbStUPwUb8mNgNUQJ26opV7Wk6Xboko-fMYZsKJlXnc1XaU6bLw5RxOqPZCaPeqg2m9HYbeN9ng3vnfVSe2lXcGznLTetkDQppYsf98Z4b31T0xuZrZdZREPQFI5XFMu7eDlg/s4032/IMG_8108.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTRQjCsSxt02iEEXF18EsS-R8rVrw9t0Y8OAAXaKQBuvSZRL7RYOdTkbStUPwUb8mNgNUQJ26opV7Wk6Xboko-fMYZsKJlXnc1XaU6bLw5RxOqPZCaPeqg2m9HYbeN9ng3vnfVSe2lXcGznLTetkDQppYsf98Z4b31T0xuZrZdZREPQFI5XFMu7eDlg/s320/IMG_8108.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p>In the evening we all just enjoyed being together. Joe and Missy gave up their room for our family to stay in while they crashed in the living room on futons. That was an unexpected and very kind generosity. Needless to say, we slept well. Lily said the air mattress was more comfortable than her bed at home.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmqKkDfs-5ESEmskSq7osi0QEcEqlGbdMsJaOpT91ClW1-q4MyliqWs2fGfzXqagHZDtQpCli9Yn3dia_AbIWdGH_FnMla4kM-Q6RNgZtU6CI2Dal82DrrF7xxCSZ0eWrNMIhHYz1oZn0fgj3Stg1qVXNcAXy1bZEs-o1kJmDsADWtSNkC2XSBbX-Xg/s4032/IMG_8113.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmqKkDfs-5ESEmskSq7osi0QEcEqlGbdMsJaOpT91ClW1-q4MyliqWs2fGfzXqagHZDtQpCli9Yn3dia_AbIWdGH_FnMla4kM-Q6RNgZtU6CI2Dal82DrrF7xxCSZ0eWrNMIhHYz1oZn0fgj3Stg1qVXNcAXy1bZEs-o1kJmDsADWtSNkC2XSBbX-Xg/s320/IMG_8113.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls giggling with Malia at dinnertime</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlpuLUPlEhsRss3PX4e-QtuvjLzzipESBD1cQ0csEel9I8KoI8Eglz6fpky7UivN5Gjfb-K28s9goM69hlvd_NjtbloIq4agAJbh0cI9z8DR2v5LpyM_utZ6h2prpoEfePeCOO7fR8nUtg2gzNBF0RL_uJZMZMtek-5mbN5cozjUWm56ICOlFGinjAQ/s4032/IMG_8114.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlpuLUPlEhsRss3PX4e-QtuvjLzzipESBD1cQ0csEel9I8KoI8Eglz6fpky7UivN5Gjfb-K28s9goM69hlvd_NjtbloIq4agAJbh0cI9z8DR2v5LpyM_utZ6h2prpoEfePeCOO7fR8nUtg2gzNBF0RL_uJZMZMtek-5mbN5cozjUWm56ICOlFGinjAQ/s320/IMG_8114.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JJ showed Steve some funny dad jokes on Youtube.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-12356066439685423302022-11-21T20:29:00.000-08:002023-01-03T19:30:38.652-08:00Off To California & Hawaii for Thanksgiving<p>I'm thankful for family vacays and the chance we had to go to California and Hawaii. Our trip this year wasn't planned very far in advance, it just sort of happened. We had to use the flight vouchers we got from our trip this summer when they overbooked our flight home from Maryland. We wanted to go to Hawaii, but Frontier doesn't fly there, so we chose California since the Redwoods are there which we'd like to see, and there was also the possibility of finding affordable flights to Hawaii. Well, after talking with Joe, my brother in Hawaii, he said we could stay with them if we were able to make it work, and he also said he'd look for good flights. Well, he found a great 2-day deal on roundtrip flights through Southwest from California to Hawaii. True, we'd have to take a lot of flights to travel from Utah to Las Vegas to California then to Hawaii, but the fares were less and we could make it work. YAY! So, it was off to destination Sacramento, California first, then off to Hawaii 2 days later. We were gone 10 days: November 20-30.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3c2XI58bQHqQPZ7d1ymCYdSiXEZk8S5Am99ylrGJtu6STqVPXtpZndtwOy6CbhkeAsXDKlTMdEckXxhRRdEmuy4XJr1OhTgWkZzgiy6FbSODwx5jtm1EpvMUBVxys6CbFWoJ7JcNRXDL4DTITuIsqWGVZ7KUPB8NKmJV6ZmdevR9APaZQwLFrZ1fZQ/s3088/5C2D0094-248D-47DC-A62B-B4BF6541D779.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3c2XI58bQHqQPZ7d1ymCYdSiXEZk8S5Am99ylrGJtu6STqVPXtpZndtwOy6CbhkeAsXDKlTMdEckXxhRRdEmuy4XJr1OhTgWkZzgiy6FbSODwx5jtm1EpvMUBVxys6CbFWoJ7JcNRXDL4DTITuIsqWGVZ7KUPB8NKmJV6ZmdevR9APaZQwLFrZ1fZQ/s320/5C2D0094-248D-47DC-A62B-B4BF6541D779.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We actually went to church in the morning before driving to April's church in Springville to have her drop us off at the airport. Our timing worked out perfectly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdq5435c0PuNZxsZCVYX6tonr0H0OtuM4ilW6sdiCMzt5RhmgFQdqc7Npq-eRkpts2qyTaXo8PYaSoPwnEtexNWZFpkIVAofxvNQZM3gVP6CXSKsFNxxv5ZN_PLM0_JknwFXxsviWn0cyThE_1MWwjoWv5sJhMVEzUJNJXZVm9nX3zX7vp13yMPN_VA/s4032/IMG_8016.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdq5435c0PuNZxsZCVYX6tonr0H0OtuM4ilW6sdiCMzt5RhmgFQdqc7Npq-eRkpts2qyTaXo8PYaSoPwnEtexNWZFpkIVAofxvNQZM3gVP6CXSKsFNxxv5ZN_PLM0_JknwFXxsviWn0cyThE_1MWwjoWv5sJhMVEzUJNJXZVm9nX3zX7vp13yMPN_VA/s320/IMG_8016.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desert Mountains from the airplane window</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>PS- We had a 6 hour layover in Las Vegas, so we arranged to have dinner with Doralee's family while we were there. It was awesome, except that Doralee was fighting a cold, so she kept her distance and wore a mask. Isaac picked us up from the airport and Steve Gull made dinner- a delicious Kirkland lasagne and salad. Steve then took us back to the airport. We only got to visit for a couple hours, but it was sure nice to have that opportunity! <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivin50MiBnGJtjYnlhVOeRZDdKnncFUEPCNgyhRulQPJ_6Kw8_eH7PcZcMt-pLLc8vxfvy9WNBJUxUr_-kHoP2n6Xgs0HWhJGaKb2Rj5k56yXPpzUYk8O75SkmiQVuvppOhuBd8lIQtft7otGerTPKebdd6QUOZ6PtWqp12zyozG-0XRqf-48HehGcgA/s4032/IMG_8018.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivin50MiBnGJtjYnlhVOeRZDdKnncFUEPCNgyhRulQPJ_6Kw8_eH7PcZcMt-pLLc8vxfvy9WNBJUxUr_-kHoP2n6Xgs0HWhJGaKb2Rj5k56yXPpzUYk8O75SkmiQVuvppOhuBd8lIQtft7otGerTPKebdd6QUOZ6PtWqp12zyozG-0XRqf-48HehGcgA/w640-h480/IMG_8018.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sacramento airport, Steve chivalrously carrying Lily's heavy load along with his own.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">California Trip</h3><p>We were blessed to stay with my Aunty Cheryl and Uncle Bob in Vacaville, California. They were so kind to be our airport cheuffer and give up their living room to be our Airbnb ;)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsN3sXXjmomjBhWEeL6Od0mbnwYmalKMO-NY_js-Jwg865nEhLHqp8iAUfSZeaYqjYvrvd9u2P5qT-09o-tB_axna59BaKhBU8vqtNpck4i3pZHAhhjno2jvhrR4wks_A2Twr8rsT-0rWVC7b9GQ2GT6Qul_srdgfEpUiUTyUTjA5jAKaTOspDNOz6w/s4032/IMG_8055.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsN3sXXjmomjBhWEeL6Od0mbnwYmalKMO-NY_js-Jwg865nEhLHqp8iAUfSZeaYqjYvrvd9u2P5qT-09o-tB_axna59BaKhBU8vqtNpck4i3pZHAhhjno2jvhrR4wks_A2Twr8rsT-0rWVC7b9GQ2GT6Qul_srdgfEpUiUTyUTjA5jAKaTOspDNOz6w/s320/IMG_8055.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging on the door at Aunty Cheryl's is this sign. She said it was rumored to have been made by my great-grandpa, Papa Lauret (Henry). I love it!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIkkxAPn3yPNQH9M9COo16DJHsjDDpYZXOjXGFHtwTR_sEkAr1ZdxqHe_IsiehkKpX9RbY67hdJ9inyju3sPryzxdHFUbKcsrzqv48BYQYxIrGfRPhloSlmeqKCIOc8NQwZLj361DyO01tuEKxbSc-09fWVrrReJ8bsCokZtR2ihGblYgkQVqHc_-gw/s4032/IMG_8019.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIkkxAPn3yPNQH9M9COo16DJHsjDDpYZXOjXGFHtwTR_sEkAr1ZdxqHe_IsiehkKpX9RbY67hdJ9inyju3sPryzxdHFUbKcsrzqv48BYQYxIrGfRPhloSlmeqKCIOc8NQwZLj361DyO01tuEKxbSc-09fWVrrReJ8bsCokZtR2ihGblYgkQVqHc_-gw/w640-h480/IMG_8019.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunty Cheryl, Amara, and Frannie (dog) admiring the backyard lemon tree.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPsFxiX7Uu_ezRyKrwGAWDtVJeKuNZYPHUebFPKOqmXhOsbqeNM9_aLamYgBXycPbacCr43MYOaBKKFCA9bQZ6jOAHJhXUJeJQOXj_cWlKtYI4BOEuNPv7VP3OKIpeAlBHktH2_pjNp7CL0n9KFtN_ocNrv37lGdrYXPqfTaFR5o9EQhCmr4H5EyRqg/s4032/IMG_8024.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPsFxiX7Uu_ezRyKrwGAWDtVJeKuNZYPHUebFPKOqmXhOsbqeNM9_aLamYgBXycPbacCr43MYOaBKKFCA9bQZ6jOAHJhXUJeJQOXj_cWlKtYI4BOEuNPv7VP3OKIpeAlBHktH2_pjNp7CL0n9KFtN_ocNrv37lGdrYXPqfTaFR5o9EQhCmr4H5EyRqg/s320/IMG_8024.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunty Cheryl and Uncle Bob created this fun yellow brick road in their front yard, and their wishing well planter box has a basket hanging with toto in it and some ruby slippers hanging off the edge. I LOVE their creativity!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iK-88WHtU6FI_VuZLKd6ebDU0eQ7QxfF_xjiQ3dsNUhtBdT7lC7B3ABf-kFe35YjpfwxScT8G54x8ej1BY_TeJI7TGMtEB0y7kNmvfOoDZVlLHWJbt45bdidHa2Ou6oL7Vj9d23uxgzdJF4IlY3anCzYYqEVF0RCzgk4Wc10RFsNg7byiMcB1RA3Zw/s4032/IMG_8023.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iK-88WHtU6FI_VuZLKd6ebDU0eQ7QxfF_xjiQ3dsNUhtBdT7lC7B3ABf-kFe35YjpfwxScT8G54x8ej1BY_TeJI7TGMtEB0y7kNmvfOoDZVlLHWJbt45bdidHa2Ou6oL7Vj9d23uxgzdJF4IlY3anCzYYqEVF0RCzgk4Wc10RFsNg7byiMcB1RA3Zw/s320/IMG_8023.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwYMxmvnTQMF_lkfxsAZVXtHyEXAqzQqE7fEuXwco-Q39lAZyl0poEwjUfajejnWfcbbhofujDI0m8csveC2RjdA9dz35b7MMRJnGkMh8c8KzZ3xC78pW7cJUJWpf7D1Oee2uEQQszQzbYd_O9WMZ6CCqPaY28lZABAZHbB3JhLG94-98jOGNXcMX9g/s3024/IMG_8025.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3005" data-original-width="3024" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwYMxmvnTQMF_lkfxsAZVXtHyEXAqzQqE7fEuXwco-Q39lAZyl0poEwjUfajejnWfcbbhofujDI0m8csveC2RjdA9dz35b7MMRJnGkMh8c8KzZ3xC78pW7cJUJWpf7D1Oee2uEQQszQzbYd_O9WMZ6CCqPaY28lZABAZHbB3JhLG94-98jOGNXcMX9g/s320/IMG_8025.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These types of pine trees don't look like Utah pine trees. The needles are soft, too!</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ29YFPvVZEuLtnPoLSPZkGp8LqS_PqZCt00-A0cGsqgmPGSOgc9Y2CWdcAUqru84tcfFkQwujt4rG6UbAxV7qRTNPNGp4O5E55s9xmTZ13l77zRlmD8GFHnM0PBqVa1nWlzJ8Cy4db2vbqYGZjDpaNw4y3pWnCBb0Mhp_zaJ6f3w99Ls5AgIxFwM8w/s4032/IMG_8027.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ29YFPvVZEuLtnPoLSPZkGp8LqS_PqZCt00-A0cGsqgmPGSOgc9Y2CWdcAUqru84tcfFkQwujt4rG6UbAxV7qRTNPNGp4O5E55s9xmTZ13l77zRlmD8GFHnM0PBqVa1nWlzJ8Cy4db2vbqYGZjDpaNw4y3pWnCBb0Mhp_zaJ6f3w99Ls5AgIxFwM8w/s320/IMG_8027.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitN1YzZnmDkRg5urQfX9htyP3ed3E8gzAAVbBDuH3R60V0jhKFmq8jyabhwDq2IooFBXiz_SmculOYc-x4mnhSv1bu3CnkDcwbQkDFJruxX8aZM65ZIdS8LtCNiD6oFXR6LTunwg4ezGPNeO5JInOG7bpeWY2uq7Zv-p0biZrld7PzObmIz543-aGZoQ/s4032/IMG_8029.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitN1YzZnmDkRg5urQfX9htyP3ed3E8gzAAVbBDuH3R60V0jhKFmq8jyabhwDq2IooFBXiz_SmculOYc-x4mnhSv1bu3CnkDcwbQkDFJruxX8aZM65ZIdS8LtCNiD6oFXR6LTunwg4ezGPNeO5JInOG7bpeWY2uq7Zv-p0biZrld7PzObmIz543-aGZoQ/w640-h480/IMG_8029.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunty Cheryl made biscuits, recipe from the Fannie Farmer Cookbook, for breakfast! YUM! My favorite!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The backyard lemon tree was loaded and beautiful! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpcfcKYvFZyz-qCgR_nBNbPFwuzGmGctYA5M1Ea9I-IeqvYz7uAmN4h9XG2KGtZyIGDHcvQMqPHa0U-EeyNezR58DrE6I5hosqH4FY9kOCxY-61s4dqgMYoPj_PytV1iu79ZZ3tihFLGa1U6HsmyrP0aJbPJGZSkf9XmDYWeDFFQTGndXsv9ZM-cySw/s4032/IMG_8031.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpcfcKYvFZyz-qCgR_nBNbPFwuzGmGctYA5M1Ea9I-IeqvYz7uAmN4h9XG2KGtZyIGDHcvQMqPHa0U-EeyNezR58DrE6I5hosqH4FY9kOCxY-61s4dqgMYoPj_PytV1iu79ZZ3tihFLGa1U6HsmyrP0aJbPJGZSkf9XmDYWeDFFQTGndXsv9ZM-cySw/s320/IMG_8031.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOJbXhJ89uS0srD5xXCAS4aML6G5SDGOe6ntQFgh6Lr5JN5abNxgQBstdn2lYNsQ-NiukElBfPiT7B6n4szwI_7lLD_nxca4s7etOZkK0smmqiVc94d7FQMJWO4b8dlC3ZdC7i33Rk1Wx7dQgN3s5euof2xDMLvcdV5vnExUmju1QDw6FsU4fXyC55A/s4032/IMG_8043.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOJbXhJ89uS0srD5xXCAS4aML6G5SDGOe6ntQFgh6Lr5JN5abNxgQBstdn2lYNsQ-NiukElBfPiT7B6n4szwI_7lLD_nxca4s7etOZkK0smmqiVc94d7FQMJWO4b8dlC3ZdC7i33Rk1Wx7dQgN3s5euof2xDMLvcdV5vnExUmju1QDw6FsU4fXyC55A/s320/IMG_8043.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>After brunch, we got dressed and helped out with some little projects while there. The weather was fantastic! Steve hung Christmas lights around the perimeter of the awning, we did some cleaning and weeding, even helped install a new outdoor light, and Steve helped sand down the bathroom door so it would close better.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKcnSAATr_d9Un9Mw9e3r9zuNK6r7xacLKxi_NapCCyoWnjMurJB7RwzsQQo-fO-PMTsaS-YrsJG-mBWRuJJ-cMmiRXv04yB_TGXN6pev8uZgAwGY-B58EA8xsSbFqjBst9pMh25HvslmFEWxoFUpssD9sefdddA4_7EPWR6PUPZw5aK47U_fXxDjSQ/s4032/IMG_8045.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKcnSAATr_d9Un9Mw9e3r9zuNK6r7xacLKxi_NapCCyoWnjMurJB7RwzsQQo-fO-PMTsaS-YrsJG-mBWRuJJ-cMmiRXv04yB_TGXN6pev8uZgAwGY-B58EA8xsSbFqjBst9pMh25HvslmFEWxoFUpssD9sefdddA4_7EPWR6PUPZw5aK47U_fXxDjSQ/s320/IMG_8045.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMH7iKW9kbPHqOQ_sRHe7Fpl9MsDjp6IJz2SfwgJxMOTxJOB7fm7nzVowkvaIpfMbaCamsG0YilpLr6s1d5EzHiJIN5HdfysvPHxGwLeNiPr7fQFHDo6ShEeBLLMAi-P_oNN09aaNz5ERMyaZshxc_P2hiKyJ6GQ0RiMpdFhewwrGcSCMwoyUC3UwONQ/s4032/IMG_8048.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMH7iKW9kbPHqOQ_sRHe7Fpl9MsDjp6IJz2SfwgJxMOTxJOB7fm7nzVowkvaIpfMbaCamsG0YilpLr6s1d5EzHiJIN5HdfysvPHxGwLeNiPr7fQFHDo6ShEeBLLMAi-P_oNN09aaNz5ERMyaZshxc_P2hiKyJ6GQ0RiMpdFhewwrGcSCMwoyUC3UwONQ/w640-h480/IMG_8048.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amara beating the dust out of the door mat</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>The oranges were just beginning to be in season. We picked a few and ate them fresh from the tree. They were SO GOOD! Aunty Cheryl cut up a few more and we took them on the plane to Hawaii to share with Joe's family. They loved them, too! <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5Mlc8utB0sCXxVIzGOd7xtLq9QJ2gQQUFl5DosT_y7GNpvEws9zUskHzs43oL71UWYWTZJ0XB1gIkpuHPyvKiArxIYlxx4hcTAIaTSO9DqCp8YqWfeNfgj2JMzaEiY7m0Y4-UjDVO3t6UI5jiddKGaG_t_W0W4MZrcI83TaDV4ySCT8T0KpHFmZSfg/s4032/IMG_8054.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5Mlc8utB0sCXxVIzGOd7xtLq9QJ2gQQUFl5DosT_y7GNpvEws9zUskHzs43oL71UWYWTZJ0XB1gIkpuHPyvKiArxIYlxx4hcTAIaTSO9DqCp8YqWfeNfgj2JMzaEiY7m0Y4-UjDVO3t6UI5jiddKGaG_t_W0W4MZrcI83TaDV4ySCT8T0KpHFmZSfg/w640-h480/IMG_8054.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve using a special "picker" to get the oranges that were high up<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>As evening approached, we took a 15 minute ride to go see grandma and grandpa's gravesite. I had never been there before. Grandpa's name is on one side of the stone, grandma's on the other. The markers at this military graveyard all looked identical and lined up perfectly. It was a humbling sight to behold, and the cemetery was peaceful, immaculate, and beautiful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeGWaHEIPYEflEIh-2XPIBzXLWEOfZfENhhdYU-jA_KwY8WeyaEkmecXYRxykwAgLNSJGB3hqV8AUclMHp4lywSRiqj7BB2Ex4IgvBBWT-En-hfG8N6EaNnqY0At3JvNOfB7Ex-BGvDKfbOE8TbBSJDdoHsbSeXMdrBGF3N0azfm2XK6bwIsWslzP9w/s4032/IMG_8059.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeGWaHEIPYEflEIh-2XPIBzXLWEOfZfENhhdYU-jA_KwY8WeyaEkmecXYRxykwAgLNSJGB3hqV8AUclMHp4lywSRiqj7BB2Ex4IgvBBWT-En-hfG8N6EaNnqY0At3JvNOfB7Ex-BGvDKfbOE8TbBSJDdoHsbSeXMdrBGF3N0azfm2XK6bwIsWslzP9w/s320/IMG_8059.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMFtQkYXzqwN2bZ1YpIldkMu4w55lTSIKOfNw4ytlpMGGprNQMulbXh2EYUpU1_hXoUH3ss86DfRhfUsQaYGO94ncz6xFueDYEiMEOvhBjLhgoOBBdbuIoh5AOf3j13r2Q2Gzdzfyfs0saQkeKhByKXSAZM3Z5iarwDWxPAdOPkka60WzXdElJR-OWw/s4032/IMG_3553.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMFtQkYXzqwN2bZ1YpIldkMu4w55lTSIKOfNw4ytlpMGGprNQMulbXh2EYUpU1_hXoUH3ss86DfRhfUsQaYGO94ncz6xFueDYEiMEOvhBjLhgoOBBdbuIoh5AOf3j13r2Q2Gzdzfyfs0saQkeKhByKXSAZM3Z5iarwDWxPAdOPkka60WzXdElJR-OWw/s320/IMG_3553.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xUvTEgJPD3R8YPSVwcyuMgdhuloXqeHkBZvksSONrZumV6wDTuT7Xd-iRFC-66y24uvO_KB_Kr7dAmQOTR0WmT-nfcp1VmE4Yzs6NfC51IX808wFqjS-Sv1udSid7AKuQaf1b8Wg8-1fpj6UHtwZtUwSOkkw0nSAuZWoK5f6y8KkWVTSq9PbI1iJBw/s4032/IMG_3556.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xUvTEgJPD3R8YPSVwcyuMgdhuloXqeHkBZvksSONrZumV6wDTuT7Xd-iRFC-66y24uvO_KB_Kr7dAmQOTR0WmT-nfcp1VmE4Yzs6NfC51IX808wFqjS-Sv1udSid7AKuQaf1b8Wg8-1fpj6UHtwZtUwSOkkw0nSAuZWoK5f6y8KkWVTSq9PbI1iJBw/s320/IMG_3556.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pMMGKhykylpdAeCIeNV2YTzaqAPOtrZ2KJKJuC5od7LydMQ2pylFhMmnJ19Dcibys48S0Olmui9DO31mvs2e9yVzavqGkaWdWBFiyP9jWrrS_TpfYnWW5M_I0j9Ckjj1nCLA85lH66psFb189XSpuJd7SnF4GYdwLkAv46O_FoxqyTxGvBZ7y_ChQQ/s4032/IMG_8061.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pMMGKhykylpdAeCIeNV2YTzaqAPOtrZ2KJKJuC5od7LydMQ2pylFhMmnJ19Dcibys48S0Olmui9DO31mvs2e9yVzavqGkaWdWBFiyP9jWrrS_TpfYnWW5M_I0j9Ckjj1nCLA85lH66psFb189XSpuJd7SnF4GYdwLkAv46O_FoxqyTxGvBZ7y_ChQQ/s320/IMG_8061.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I wanted to see where Aunty Cheryl worked, See's candies, and it did not disappoint! It is situated in a cute strip mall lined with trees that were every shade of fall foliage. It reminded me of a Hallmark movie set! It was awesome to meet Aunty Cheryl's boss and coworkers. I picked up a few of their nostalgic suckers to gift to my nieces and nephews in Hawaii, and they gave me her employee discount. How generous! I've always loved See's because my grandma Lauret would always bring us kids See's suckers when she'd visit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3b4L8H12oF2bR0ZC7QkRrD98z_2um0p6iOTYLizPKvvDexpU2OIy7Lnf6tDcmd1BK8mygLsFCjpKpfRgNfm57WQiMXon4_JSOwE0PBdxWLh8XHlrTTWptpHRula3_bSqwS5sY1nRwt6N7aQuvG-q_OYHX-qgVvD81EjIH5_FQYhiCUZoTBnDD3NEwQ/s4032/IMG_8066.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3b4L8H12oF2bR0ZC7QkRrD98z_2um0p6iOTYLizPKvvDexpU2OIy7Lnf6tDcmd1BK8mygLsFCjpKpfRgNfm57WQiMXon4_JSOwE0PBdxWLh8XHlrTTWptpHRula3_bSqwS5sY1nRwt6N7aQuvG-q_OYHX-qgVvD81EjIH5_FQYhiCUZoTBnDD3NEwQ/s320/IMG_8066.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKniY_SpG7HTXsXBTIjPLjqYJvWYNcy8IEgFyOeGa4t3ecs-femiJ9xii8ZKrQOM4Tux-Tkz0euvSp7_xMgRFkL9MAJ8WK8D7WZkYGM0xwqi66VFc2cmfDNUbgDjoGCwcd5qUWl6EsHcH_ylATYwKZLuAh8siT5FCis3NNlcJ8FYnnQ5j80gNHyzFDYw/s4032/IMG_8067.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKniY_SpG7HTXsXBTIjPLjqYJvWYNcy8IEgFyOeGa4t3ecs-femiJ9xii8ZKrQOM4Tux-Tkz0euvSp7_xMgRFkL9MAJ8WK8D7WZkYGM0xwqi66VFc2cmfDNUbgDjoGCwcd5qUWl6EsHcH_ylATYwKZLuAh8siT5FCis3NNlcJ8FYnnQ5j80gNHyzFDYw/s320/IMG_8067.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>For dinner, we went to Black Bear Diner, a delicious experience. Everyone liked their food, and it was the perfect meal to end a perfect day.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmzqWqZ9ucBbrVmBLw-bxFG4EWSsGasP2TrW9tbH5O4c45qK3b4sT-6TA8ht6ISIERVyvZqGNNv8RAJXTtfYrNmy0m2EaHzKrz_sIPmCeFCh8WCuvRtWsp9a2CDltYCKMEyMiKGyp1sdbA5dvAdOvdlDr59uUEj87kykJ58y2sflXYIf3muEc05TIQw/s4032/IMG_8071.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmzqWqZ9ucBbrVmBLw-bxFG4EWSsGasP2TrW9tbH5O4c45qK3b4sT-6TA8ht6ISIERVyvZqGNNv8RAJXTtfYrNmy0m2EaHzKrz_sIPmCeFCh8WCuvRtWsp9a2CDltYCKMEyMiKGyp1sdbA5dvAdOvdlDr59uUEj87kykJ58y2sflXYIf3muEc05TIQw/s320/IMG_8071.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunty Cheryl impressed by the size of her taco salad, Uncle Bob enjoying his Salmon and pesto pasta.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsZJQjv4HjTnDBWBe1EkLV_SDgcAu2e3bFbzwsaLt86t3gGzS10C13T1SYfGxQqKgyfkDaQLjcHd2IezO2L2VWbTb-XYmi7Q-H4XBKseBZbHRmmMrIwLL7FSjr-Kw_WxH3rcBw7rzRRCxltuvtRoZE7__28sDaqSRFbI2eAmLdsd51XLI4AOEEVWgng/s4032/IMG_8070.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsZJQjv4HjTnDBWBe1EkLV_SDgcAu2e3bFbzwsaLt86t3gGzS10C13T1SYfGxQqKgyfkDaQLjcHd2IezO2L2VWbTb-XYmi7Q-H4XBKseBZbHRmmMrIwLL7FSjr-Kw_WxH3rcBw7rzRRCxltuvtRoZE7__28sDaqSRFbI2eAmLdsd51XLI4AOEEVWgng/s320/IMG_8070.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve said his meal was really good and he'd order it again.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj13ydJ7h-25HUa9DfAO3OBVHLZXYv22Bb1EHiXqf9s6L-3m9kx9-ia5bO49vrBAXRKFjsl8Zs-oVDDF62A_1z7aCZRW_zU6yAK8rd8AhGkFyjPIZZHVriPtaDFYFR2jK2XfPqcJ5QtLgEApdzO7hAm__ZJBKdoXtSa-ESgO_VvqeBHMlt77S9Gm6U1w/s4032/IMG_8069.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj13ydJ7h-25HUa9DfAO3OBVHLZXYv22Bb1EHiXqf9s6L-3m9kx9-ia5bO49vrBAXRKFjsl8Zs-oVDDF62A_1z7aCZRW_zU6yAK8rd8AhGkFyjPIZZHVriPtaDFYFR2jK2XfPqcJ5QtLgEApdzO7hAm__ZJBKdoXtSa-ESgO_VvqeBHMlt77S9Gm6U1w/s320/IMG_8069.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love me some slow cooked pot roast! This was their light portion!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We crashed for 2 nights in the living room on air mattresses and a couch. Aunty Cheryl was a saint for rising at crazy o-clock AM to take us to the airport. God bless her and Uncle Bob for their kindness and sacrifices for us!</p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-4708928096105304272022-06-19T16:38:00.000-07:002022-06-19T16:38:27.705-07:00A Father's Day Tribute<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2NVqFjlwZiwZP3EK96U4dNy73b9KTmaVNg4v0l51Hu1QiNYspu9t8bbl7X0IHAXHxi5Y6OK83iuWSnnrrsY1qaPuH6KfGFsLFpAdBAxOqkjZ0pRYBVjBoIm9c3dRNCarxLsFZoQqx7xS2AHtrtqx_KB5uEnS_ITbgKdX-ma3qqQpbqWvHF5xAqUO0A/s3264/IMG_20170908_104817116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2NVqFjlwZiwZP3EK96U4dNy73b9KTmaVNg4v0l51Hu1QiNYspu9t8bbl7X0IHAXHxi5Y6OK83iuWSnnrrsY1qaPuH6KfGFsLFpAdBAxOqkjZ0pRYBVjBoIm9c3dRNCarxLsFZoQqx7xS2AHtrtqx_KB5uEnS_ITbgKdX-ma3qqQpbqWvHF5xAqUO0A/w640-h480/IMG_20170908_104817116.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad in the background building a garden plot in our backyard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGitx9IiJhcD403Rj30D7T3VDnyDvalqZvItkDtEs3LwZI1rlWlvMJvIl8oxOOhBSqxMT7SqKL7Vo2OpDjPoXloumpH1EcpOQPSaR1Pe_2YM3Bj4Mjk_UPmDTzLxZMqJW04-bM7JO0PgdSJfI_brsxD8hTL-Al-UKtGLf8xBDSf1_Y7S5TcZPf-Ir7g/s3264/IMG_20170908_104939118_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGitx9IiJhcD403Rj30D7T3VDnyDvalqZvItkDtEs3LwZI1rlWlvMJvIl8oxOOhBSqxMT7SqKL7Vo2OpDjPoXloumpH1EcpOQPSaR1Pe_2YM3Bj4Mjk_UPmDTzLxZMqJW04-bM7JO0PgdSJfI_brsxD8hTL-Al-UKtGLf8xBDSf1_Y7S5TcZPf-Ir7g/w640-h480/IMG_20170908_104939118_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad standing at our front door.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I feel such gratitude for my father, Jim Lauret. I have flashbacks of him working under the hood of a car in the garage while listening to a BYU football game on the radio. That scene morphs into him building a master suite in the basement, then into him building my dream bedroom complete with a loft bed and a stairway. Next I see him gathering up zucchinis and tomatoes from the garden. His jeans are dirty, his old holey shirt is dirty, and his brow is wet with sweat. This is dad on Saturdays. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYAYjfkT6JWfOiup33rVBrhAfLkT9GQyxYD2DC9QWESCisqa_N-ebGNVOgO7TagZfUogzsMQkcQK7k2eTt1ANnohJvfksNN2gJSjbRfyDQkqQkWtzUzDhXqBKsKdvXrbd3jr3kfqpIhf6OK7qUAVgKar-S1hmgZoTOaAtWgeIC32rqaP_jZE6oHMvVA/s3264/IMG_20170908_105045501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYAYjfkT6JWfOiup33rVBrhAfLkT9GQyxYD2DC9QWESCisqa_N-ebGNVOgO7TagZfUogzsMQkcQK7k2eTt1ANnohJvfksNN2gJSjbRfyDQkqQkWtzUzDhXqBKsKdvXrbd3jr3kfqpIhf6OK7qUAVgKar-S1hmgZoTOaAtWgeIC32rqaP_jZE6oHMvVA/w640-h480/IMG_20170908_105045501.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Next we see dad in his suit helping his boys tie their ties, then his hands are wrapping wads of newspaper around the beam on his bike to create another seat. We are riding our bikes to church today, just until dad finishes fixing the van. Dad packs one kid in a backpack thingie and another balanced on his makeshift bike seat between his legs. At church, he whispers to us to think about Jesus as we take the sacrament. Then it's time for Sunday school. He's the favorite teacher. As his students answer questions correctly, they get to toss rolled up socks into colanders balanced on their classmate's heads. There's homemade chocolate chip cookies for the winners. When we get home, dad's already in the kitchen chopping veggies and frying onions for a warm dinner. This is dad on Sundays. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cO1HYQ1LHCOq_Y6cX0fssxmzNexuDKCUciV3blmyyHZ7jy5LongFZpraETZ964zfebgkhcl1M2SVSEHJLLo9xPfD8aI-SHgwndE0iyRQB1ZYLVpUS_du8FvyMJgV2WHAAwyBnBVtcrAxXFmaj9jzmmAoxV2N9nS8p6iuqyZ63j7l0g4m0YyA8kYXuA/s3264/IMG_20170908_104925396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cO1HYQ1LHCOq_Y6cX0fssxmzNexuDKCUciV3blmyyHZ7jy5LongFZpraETZ964zfebgkhcl1M2SVSEHJLLo9xPfD8aI-SHgwndE0iyRQB1ZYLVpUS_du8FvyMJgV2WHAAwyBnBVtcrAxXFmaj9jzmmAoxV2N9nS8p6iuqyZ63j7l0g4m0YyA8kYXuA/w640-h480/IMG_20170908_104925396.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtOivSrmLhqsgPdGSv-FNnFRjkcgEmKtspFdl8UYWXtZMuZMefZjVEApXMWrfQZ0LAKkLZzY1XVniKzCisNFXLN-Ezeh2cKVw9EgU4Y2OdIrOMZtXkmbcCRBjQh2avX_t3rmtUDDJ3bjzmXlGMB3Bgy2qtFc4RuSX2zoSz_T4NZzap6TMlthjn7Ud8g/s4032/IMG_20190921_082850119_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtOivSrmLhqsgPdGSv-FNnFRjkcgEmKtspFdl8UYWXtZMuZMefZjVEApXMWrfQZ0LAKkLZzY1XVniKzCisNFXLN-Ezeh2cKVw9EgU4Y2OdIrOMZtXkmbcCRBjQh2avX_t3rmtUDDJ3bjzmXlGMB3Bgy2qtFc4RuSX2zoSz_T4NZzap6TMlthjn7Ud8g/w640-h480/IMG_20190921_082850119_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me (age 9ish) and my dad, just a snapshot in the van in between parade of homes stops</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>If it's Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, then you're hearing the front door creak at 5:50am as dad sneaks out to play basketball at the Stake center. He comes home a little after 7am and wakes up all the kids for prayer time. By the time we all gather in the living room, he's well on his way to having a hot breakfast ready for us. Sometimes it was pancakes, sometimes biscuits, often egg omelets or breakfast burritos. He's often helping with last minute math problems or finding missing shoes before we head out the door to school and he to work. When we come home from school, mom ensures we don't eat too many snacks because dad will be home to make dinner at 5:10. I liked to be near when dad made dinner so I could help. If I was there, he'd give me jobs. "Stir the onions until they're translucent" (What's translucent, dad?), "Peel 6 carrots," "Wash this lettuce," "Hold out your hand (pours salt and spices into it) now sprinkle it on the meat." Within moments, we were having a hot dinner as a family. As the news came on at 10, we'd stay up to watch the weather report together. If Mr. Eubank, the weatherman, was wearing his white coat, we knew there was snow coming. Then it was time for scriptures and prayers before going to bed. This is dad on the weekdays.</div><div><br /></div><div>As we got older, dad got busier keeping up with us, but he kept up! He went to everyone's everything- band, choir, and dance concerts, football, soccer, softball, basketball, and baseball games, plays, fairs, awards ceremonies, etc.. He took us camping in the summer, on road trips to the national parks on school breaks, and to ghost towns to hunt for fool's gold on weekend getaways. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then, we kids got really older, moved out, and had families of our own. He still gathers us for dates, cooking competitions, dinners at his house, reunions, camping, Easter egg hunts and gingerbread house building. Dad taught me that relationships are important and shared experiences are what build those relationships. So true.</div><div><br /></div><div>As far as fathers go, my dad is the best. I love him so much! Happy Father's Day!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HhwW-QFgEIc_87GYq0Db1B5T5JjgxpF5APViATztYyGOCrDmj4EaYPpnlAxYhGgVsmGtiek-86SbxWSni-DRcvp_ZiCMj-dIbzdjurr9w4xBw8m9b5LLDemgu6DMl6_SxZA5_ccVoQ8Ia7UwY0YBVU3ALmqG3eBmlByEjTBJ1UggDOl0QN51VcHXdQ/s3088/IMG_0007.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HhwW-QFgEIc_87GYq0Db1B5T5JjgxpF5APViATztYyGOCrDmj4EaYPpnlAxYhGgVsmGtiek-86SbxWSni-DRcvp_ZiCMj-dIbzdjurr9w4xBw8m9b5LLDemgu6DMl6_SxZA5_ccVoQ8Ia7UwY0YBVU3ALmqG3eBmlByEjTBJ1UggDOl0QN51VcHXdQ/w480-h640/IMG_0007.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April, me and dad on a date at Mongolian bbq place in Springville, Utah.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhM_KzT18WkCiEJQoci3StnK32KB3tOY6RRLhPownEy-1uLK4_3X8M7jrchKhfn9iNkTJd4WP1o2YbDgyPnFSWl4oNSAPsGXJaxFdGPUn58CeR7bk2LqHsdfHg4XQBqVql76E1OIzWB5yGTrtpP5QWXCNSR4G66UHMi3X0--8_2fnmfDWdgWGJ_uRlA/s960/gingerbread%20dad%20hard%20work%202019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhM_KzT18WkCiEJQoci3StnK32KB3tOY6RRLhPownEy-1uLK4_3X8M7jrchKhfn9iNkTJd4WP1o2YbDgyPnFSWl4oNSAPsGXJaxFdGPUn58CeR7bk2LqHsdfHg4XQBqVql76E1OIzWB5yGTrtpP5QWXCNSR4G66UHMi3X0--8_2fnmfDWdgWGJ_uRlA/w640-h480/gingerbread%20dad%20hard%20work%202019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad putting some details onto this toy story 3 gingerbread house</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEw1BjrTuWRUMe38bu8I_lXgj0Nasr18LpPCk5NZOZn_xj6VHDMBTiDt7oDw8JWWjCY4-m5O24CvZMzg2kHNU9KlVZvutBCU_mA5uX_so1hTskpH4wmX6nxVeChekOGaw89zqUNMHDIrl6UtOC_6v1hPKQR7rxcSBX2d5VQMR3kFbA58hjKA7AkRhlQ/s4656/20200703_110522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEw1BjrTuWRUMe38bu8I_lXgj0Nasr18LpPCk5NZOZn_xj6VHDMBTiDt7oDw8JWWjCY4-m5O24CvZMzg2kHNU9KlVZvutBCU_mA5uX_so1hTskpH4wmX6nxVeChekOGaw89zqUNMHDIrl6UtOC_6v1hPKQR7rxcSBX2d5VQMR3kFbA58hjKA7AkRhlQ/w640-h480/20200703_110522.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hike with "grandpa Jim" at a campout</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk88mzYv1r4aZs4mJIc5jSfSZO-wB9K9FusP9fg89OEfGQhNCoLo2vM6BcH9RQepi7muaIDvWFkvmP5iPgZ-sO8aeuFOIqajWk4ZMM2hXM-xCuPvPV0RpucIYc1E6aNK2GdFt-IcaFbqg9PVh37nwS9eEeSiwPJp9H-glgO00IA1Mz6XmcJ27O8b7_g/s2867/IMG_20190707_182005205_HDR%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="2867" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk88mzYv1r4aZs4mJIc5jSfSZO-wB9K9FusP9fg89OEfGQhNCoLo2vM6BcH9RQepi7muaIDvWFkvmP5iPgZ-sO8aeuFOIqajWk4ZMM2hXM-xCuPvPV0RpucIYc1E6aNK2GdFt-IcaFbqg9PVh37nwS9eEeSiwPJp9H-glgO00IA1Mz6XmcJ27O8b7_g/w640-h622/IMG_20190707_182005205_HDR%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad cooking to feed an army of family kalbi pork!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-86683211728160257892022-06-16T15:57:00.000-07:002022-06-16T15:57:00.440-07:00Our Florida Vacation<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepB3CLMd8kUXz8AapiFGmnTsKfnOSsnSjb1zRSci7iWs-iZJFUiDaFyTmBp73DJ8I50c7Y2u1vHNeVdWElaOju9dViywmw3MgQtZuK4NU8GarHb89jH39f-8qYxxrx6Rxw1tcPy9uJMDsFQ4NFNOdeXIh1wJ-QRLQUhGCT70Vv3gnGmUoo734Vjf9hw/s4032/IMG_3620.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepB3CLMd8kUXz8AapiFGmnTsKfnOSsnSjb1zRSci7iWs-iZJFUiDaFyTmBp73DJ8I50c7Y2u1vHNeVdWElaOju9dViywmw3MgQtZuK4NU8GarHb89jH39f-8qYxxrx6Rxw1tcPy9uJMDsFQ4NFNOdeXIh1wJ-QRLQUhGCT70Vv3gnGmUoo734Vjf9hw/s320/IMG_3620.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>Florida chose us for a vacation this summer. When grandma Debby and Grandpa Jim let us know that they would be taking a group of grandkids to DisneyWorld in Florida and we could come and have our lodging taken care of, I started scouting out tickets. We got to meet up with quite a few family members including Jake's family, April's family, Hayley, Lyndsi, Dad and Deb and the group of grandkids (Max, Devon, Parker, Maizie, Stockton, and Owen). Although we didn't do the theme parks with the others, we were in Florida for 5 days and did get to spend time together on the other days.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC41kjRY1TpJ1VqyB5rh-CetwfIpO4xrEJ7CwA-aBzeXUXL1h7XRBP2iPE9YmojzjKI7_BQhmm5Qt0rTia5JsLFuDgwzfaTu3G8TQsbxCBY96pLv1ZwSKJmBfasl2aUksaFpJRF0EDABMCkBBoEsaozVPqKKA82XAXLFAqco95sqf5w09KS1vL-UIig/s4032/IMG_3616.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC41kjRY1TpJ1VqyB5rh-CetwfIpO4xrEJ7CwA-aBzeXUXL1h7XRBP2iPE9YmojzjKI7_BQhmm5Qt0rTia5JsLFuDgwzfaTu3G8TQsbxCBY96pLv1ZwSKJmBfasl2aUksaFpJRF0EDABMCkBBoEsaozVPqKKA82XAXLFAqco95sqf5w09KS1vL-UIig/s320/IMG_3616.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delta takes care of their passengers with free headphones, drinks and a snack.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EvyTDPrXxfyHjLo_mUqnYQtims-KAPGI9dhnk51RSKIgGv4AfCuAz9zWADqFWM0GmMXjBw2DuT3U7UVAviY_5SelTAT2DIdbF8rkWWqUGkklVTG3icuUB6yUdJa-jGk_8SXt4aYDKNMOMJdwtfPtuvtyOWVI-_Zk286-emwvKdx7HMEJP8XvVmUb4Q/s4032/IMG_6081.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EvyTDPrXxfyHjLo_mUqnYQtims-KAPGI9dhnk51RSKIgGv4AfCuAz9zWADqFWM0GmMXjBw2DuT3U7UVAviY_5SelTAT2DIdbF8rkWWqUGkklVTG3icuUB6yUdJa-jGk_8SXt4aYDKNMOMJdwtfPtuvtyOWVI-_Zk286-emwvKdx7HMEJP8XvVmUb4Q/s320/IMG_6081.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello Orlando airport! We made it!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAVj6qbV0ih5W_60eqbKvkLFtAOfhYjnVH6CUsWMM6Ej4FUCSiX9mnoiEBffC15sQsMjfG1I2FWxst2ww5hq_gryJx9IyUXvP16Pasfi2KH7DYXyMSTqDwlucckwVne9QpOOLThdbfVFDSJZXqxxapRe1CepGsr78vCb2giIgMXbac78sXUca24vJKA/s4032/IMG_6083.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAVj6qbV0ih5W_60eqbKvkLFtAOfhYjnVH6CUsWMM6Ej4FUCSiX9mnoiEBffC15sQsMjfG1I2FWxst2ww5hq_gryJx9IyUXvP16Pasfi2KH7DYXyMSTqDwlucckwVne9QpOOLThdbfVFDSJZXqxxapRe1CepGsr78vCb2giIgMXbac78sXUca24vJKA/s320/IMG_6083.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, the girls didn't want to go straight to bed, they wanted to go swimming at 9pm!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4SrFNapkwU_U_dAAkyJb5hiYNRIJ9AoebP05608jtMv4MzLlU7UDSn25PnWCzghbFjrZiNps6nmxdcb_vv9z8gUh7kyhcxOVKeh3hW0ef4qNKdcYzfIlzuvdMP5VyhjRCrMHGFFEwF5LMiPagZEjs5EmqRHWDxoqmFxYxzvcfoXRMKOPKQ5RmoeG-A/s4032/IMG_6086.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4SrFNapkwU_U_dAAkyJb5hiYNRIJ9AoebP05608jtMv4MzLlU7UDSn25PnWCzghbFjrZiNps6nmxdcb_vv9z8gUh7kyhcxOVKeh3hW0ef4qNKdcYzfIlzuvdMP5VyhjRCrMHGFFEwF5LMiPagZEjs5EmqRHWDxoqmFxYxzvcfoXRMKOPKQ5RmoeG-A/s320/IMG_6086.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Airbnb had an awesome pool that was completely screened in. It was AWESOME!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiispWHCpGwhuNP-bCqanDfqLbWCyJCtEEJyo4qFtu56Up4hBy3vs0VjlHXfmSX56V95X0_Nkw_8j2QBRj_VayegNzJ2peV1KUrwwKWWA9FngCqJngc-0hQbgPmazH4sgdeSj-G87TBZCnJUUKtF3Audkqh0C7ZiTY80UlJt6wrVj8UCw6MBuCZN1n-0w/s4032/IMG_6087.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiispWHCpGwhuNP-bCqanDfqLbWCyJCtEEJyo4qFtu56Up4hBy3vs0VjlHXfmSX56V95X0_Nkw_8j2QBRj_VayegNzJ2peV1KUrwwKWWA9FngCqJngc-0hQbgPmazH4sgdeSj-G87TBZCnJUUKtF3Audkqh0C7ZiTY80UlJt6wrVj8UCw6MBuCZN1n-0w/s320/IMG_6087.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The master bed, where Steve and I stayed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">DISNEYWORLD</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XVRGodKzUDAb--nqtexiZlZzgWKs_UWuBH2zzKKNTe4iBCulIAhH4M3y7zioFyCfqaXjixCz-sr0wdS4uK3BqIKfQwuwO_Mt4JFrSBOnXRGhvCVxfs1z9sk45M_hLtrkm0i5L-KD9ZNmmm5giETXrGLeAcyDgPAm9-KchMjL8vOD4QOjjWNHanhZiw/s4032/IMG_3677.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XVRGodKzUDAb--nqtexiZlZzgWKs_UWuBH2zzKKNTe4iBCulIAhH4M3y7zioFyCfqaXjixCz-sr0wdS4uK3BqIKfQwuwO_Mt4JFrSBOnXRGhvCVxfs1z9sk45M_hLtrkm0i5L-KD9ZNmmm5giETXrGLeAcyDgPAm9-KchMjL8vOD4QOjjWNHanhZiw/s320/IMG_3677.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1tDp8IYwqkcKgo1I_jsGBrsYpNhZLwt-IbwUqYj6dA03PAmZFjY2y24P2QSwvVZgW94HWZhLDV_xil4QVCp5meMOpKRdlRjjmhCeIHr4jDmhq3VqWMhXKAzPJLwAwm8W9cBEjF_svnIAwwO6MMvix8IyT7DU-mUzUzWpEQNgIqpAsWA8W32zeh7tFg/s4032/IMG_6090.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1tDp8IYwqkcKgo1I_jsGBrsYpNhZLwt-IbwUqYj6dA03PAmZFjY2y24P2QSwvVZgW94HWZhLDV_xil4QVCp5meMOpKRdlRjjmhCeIHr4jDmhq3VqWMhXKAzPJLwAwm8W9cBEjF_svnIAwwO6MMvix8IyT7DU-mUzUzWpEQNgIqpAsWA8W32zeh7tFg/s320/IMG_6090.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was great to see wildlife in this very populated place.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />May I say that you should plan a full hour or more to park and walk to security and go through that rigamarole, then wait for transportation to the actual magic kingdom. Add to that, it is already a sweltering 90 degrees outside with high humidity that you feel as if you're walking through a steamy bathroom. Such intense heat plus exercise exacerbates my POTS condition, so I wasn't doing too well on the ferry ride over. I was considering canceling my day and heading back to the hotel when I recalled that there were wheelchairs available. So, we went with renting an ECV.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9lkrzEA0hSeTiGM4FA0ZaQp1MxYaujG3RvGQ1V00yDAtdEyNwGaXJc_wSoWb50pw8jw9VmcZWnYonuCRoAX-6LsuW7_MnnJl9aucGTP-WJ7_qgMFkKhKqmSR7h7Cl22YftUxdvK9Zy6BNZZqZieb33OGo_-5rFmn0FjZNmgvzSgTjo3G0UvrAUpJ_w/s4032/IMG_3681.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9lkrzEA0hSeTiGM4FA0ZaQp1MxYaujG3RvGQ1V00yDAtdEyNwGaXJc_wSoWb50pw8jw9VmcZWnYonuCRoAX-6LsuW7_MnnJl9aucGTP-WJ7_qgMFkKhKqmSR7h7Cl22YftUxdvK9Zy6BNZZqZieb33OGo_-5rFmn0FjZNmgvzSgTjo3G0UvrAUpJ_w/s320/IMG_3681.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You had to take a ferry boat to get to the land where the theme park is.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgrBdDoZMe2YBBvLQ6x71uXEjqjgQ5eHrOVdi1QCbY_DThLtwjVxwTxXORyGgcemJxefKWr-u1hwYjMA6095c_cQI5-R4wAudlun976VWm34yhzLLYlqNXx4bhPP8cO3-EXqrcSmuLgn94-NAyTACJ3QCXL3KhyxYtAt34yfIkimSISe30e1TUT28SQ/s4032/IMG_6092.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgrBdDoZMe2YBBvLQ6x71uXEjqjgQ5eHrOVdi1QCbY_DThLtwjVxwTxXORyGgcemJxefKWr-u1hwYjMA6095c_cQI5-R4wAudlun976VWm34yhzLLYlqNXx4bhPP8cO3-EXqrcSmuLgn94-NAyTACJ3QCXL3KhyxYtAt34yfIkimSISe30e1TUT28SQ/s320/IMG_6092.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smile like it's actually nice out here. Hide your sweat tacos.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOfa2X0b2SxxXYj7MuBYyWTPE8c3Bg-dyqGA1EZgHKaAtQKgPWQDQdXv5ddKYRwRmdzaaGQL2TcsPWhKLV974WXOyIX5HxzJbQ1DMsUZ81tGkxKZm85IeFnSwliNwkNn6jkjpC65_Oeo1S3ga4DAjCXdiZKNcWErGpYfdpDfJ4jF1zoUEGTuyPQB-og/s4032/IMG_3688.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOfa2X0b2SxxXYj7MuBYyWTPE8c3Bg-dyqGA1EZgHKaAtQKgPWQDQdXv5ddKYRwRmdzaaGQL2TcsPWhKLV974WXOyIX5HxzJbQ1DMsUZ81tGkxKZm85IeFnSwliNwkNn6jkjpC65_Oeo1S3ga4DAjCXdiZKNcWErGpYfdpDfJ4jF1zoUEGTuyPQB-og/s320/IMG_3688.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enter magic kingdom along with the excessive amount of other insane people venturing out into this oppressive climate. See Steve on the right with his tourist hat, out of his natural habitat, and trying not to stress. Be prepared to feel stuck and crowded- much like how the fly-tape hanging in our kitchen looks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PG8lX5hqioIAhuUQ39hHMeCaT7piE8Vm5OsOVHrsQg1jAUIVSBC95jrj3aZleP0x66CXSi6gDBheGZJFcgy2-UKbny35K8uGiASedxkGqiAvFWoC5pwLKUuiM4qDY8ZCuT-9nC01OM3TKVaokYL1yx0kgAQDxR3JurQbREb0Qni-hg0O4rJwUALQcg/s4032/IMG_3689.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PG8lX5hqioIAhuUQ39hHMeCaT7piE8Vm5OsOVHrsQg1jAUIVSBC95jrj3aZleP0x66CXSi6gDBheGZJFcgy2-UKbny35K8uGiASedxkGqiAvFWoC5pwLKUuiM4qDY8ZCuT-9nC01OM3TKVaokYL1yx0kgAQDxR3JurQbREb0Qni-hg0O4rJwUALQcg/s320/IMG_3689.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>We used the Genie Plus service on the app. Steve thought it was a total waste. I thought it was useful, though a little frustrating. If you're using it to get on popular fast rides, then use it strictly for that and hopefully you'll get onto them all. I'm guessing you'll get at least 3 in. Steve and Lily wanted the thrill rides so their experience was disappointed when a reservation was cancelled because Space mountain closed down, and when halfway through the day, you couldn't get reservations for any of the "good" rides. Amara and I like riding whimsical story rides, so it was nice that we didn't have to wait 45 minutes to get onto Winnie the Pooh or Small World. Our lightning lane got us on in closer to 5 or 10 minutes.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspDVzpLFWkYYdSaCioh2q3SONAdgQM5BlfE3XsBjW09v4PtRjuwlKlFJQdxL8hDcYvllntgEKYLmyOcNnPBlTz1Ok3x5uz9fycBl1dMYaPBEyNL2B-z3skbx-tsNTH4Y3yMjJqyCaMBZJUOf5cCXDYjUM8ft6SbxxBU5IG68hKhfFdqK69072Wk1utQ/s4032/IMG_6093.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspDVzpLFWkYYdSaCioh2q3SONAdgQM5BlfE3XsBjW09v4PtRjuwlKlFJQdxL8hDcYvllntgEKYLmyOcNnPBlTz1Ok3x5uz9fycBl1dMYaPBEyNL2B-z3skbx-tsNTH4Y3yMjJqyCaMBZJUOf5cCXDYjUM8ft6SbxxBU5IG68hKhfFdqK69072Wk1utQ/s320/IMG_6093.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a Small World!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2aAEhYkXDlF-6jefU7PUk6tL5Pb0s4kXk4hN1IcVluxOx6bgxfMseNC9Vf9BHO5Rob2KwuYfnV0owO-KQow0zuaB3ls7266FEsuMT2RmS5C8REUJhWioLm9ZlzTFzpmeJxncRmG6iNd3IbI2vnERJJxC1U96PwFOMA59O1WRKQ47lq4DF0i00-Lyvkg/s4032/IMG_6094.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2aAEhYkXDlF-6jefU7PUk6tL5Pb0s4kXk4hN1IcVluxOx6bgxfMseNC9Vf9BHO5Rob2KwuYfnV0owO-KQow0zuaB3ls7266FEsuMT2RmS5C8REUJhWioLm9ZlzTFzpmeJxncRmG6iNd3IbI2vnERJJxC1U96PwFOMA59O1WRKQ47lq4DF0i00-Lyvkg/s320/IMG_6094.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got front row!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcMWoZ6uV4bNiWaaYX-ZvzGl-J7ZDm8KkC-I-TReYmDsruZcX8UcDqwVXalPrdjSnqoV5cMEpiv4sgLVf1-IlbHzOUmwnNNEh2X-2KuMkXtIt9grxiu_eNjklzFSMsgFzQgmfyb8Bw8Qr1AptN0938JAqIQK4QP5QC8aWRaKrSCWreOfatcDCV28vgA/s4032/IMG_3691.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcMWoZ6uV4bNiWaaYX-ZvzGl-J7ZDm8KkC-I-TReYmDsruZcX8UcDqwVXalPrdjSnqoV5cMEpiv4sgLVf1-IlbHzOUmwnNNEh2X-2KuMkXtIt9grxiu_eNjklzFSMsgFzQgmfyb8Bw8Qr1AptN0938JAqIQK4QP5QC8aWRaKrSCWreOfatcDCV28vgA/s320/IMG_3691.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve and Lily enjoyed Thunder Mountain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RzQ1hMq7v64yL_FeoumaVv1KOuk7Kmp1yBHqv24FiQbvvJm4dra2IZSumZwzSEkGakFJU7_kk6auSIWk0U39kAX_8Gs9o7v7sPLvicIpxVfCVq0VdvlonyLtSg_U2lgkv-lJhWEmJZG3Xz2oiwAK9tZ7gbK4_gGV3gIuEV4btbvhkOKaCIbISg0_IQ/s4032/IMG_6096.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RzQ1hMq7v64yL_FeoumaVv1KOuk7Kmp1yBHqv24FiQbvvJm4dra2IZSumZwzSEkGakFJU7_kk6auSIWk0U39kAX_8Gs9o7v7sPLvicIpxVfCVq0VdvlonyLtSg_U2lgkv-lJhWEmJZG3Xz2oiwAK9tZ7gbK4_gGV3gIuEV4btbvhkOKaCIbISg0_IQ/s320/IMG_6096.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were eating at Pecos Bill restaurant when the parade came down the street. I didn't realize it was going to be so cool. I'm so glad we were close by. The floats were amazing and the performers were dazzling!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU5qULJRiQpfLuoj43g_do3yW3Q3tu2awiO7c6rLmGXR3FH65EsZitZI7LbXjNpXivPiwJAQZ6xAQiANuxmr-rfxCfAhbfQrgiGHAEI7dhTU7kb-uMR9x_RGHJI4Iae7cwMcA6eu_0G4fa0t65l_5HMds8vS-S2AGJVfsR27FQpvV_25T9Gih8IJ5rg/s4032/IMG_3698.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU5qULJRiQpfLuoj43g_do3yW3Q3tu2awiO7c6rLmGXR3FH65EsZitZI7LbXjNpXivPiwJAQZ6xAQiANuxmr-rfxCfAhbfQrgiGHAEI7dhTU7kb-uMR9x_RGHJI4Iae7cwMcA6eu_0G4fa0t65l_5HMds8vS-S2AGJVfsR27FQpvV_25T9Gih8IJ5rg/s320/IMG_3698.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More of those cool birds hanging out with the people!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zfyApZw8kP_klFzHPEgwrqilE-_wvhN775Qtr0KcPIp-W7sKIiy-24rsmPfr2-OLb3B2yNTMzQnadC_NOy-FggXpWqi1FwdmShgWePenLJzHjB-oBpkgSNYlGg7xVYKyR_OCcP5hZbIU00PUFpa94KbOMV_2e7VcWNUVNWWo51ViUfM67-O2_kFCUA/s4032/IMG_3701.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zfyApZw8kP_klFzHPEgwrqilE-_wvhN775Qtr0KcPIp-W7sKIiy-24rsmPfr2-OLb3B2yNTMzQnadC_NOy-FggXpWqi1FwdmShgWePenLJzHjB-oBpkgSNYlGg7xVYKyR_OCcP5hZbIU00PUFpa94KbOMV_2e7VcWNUVNWWo51ViUfM67-O2_kFCUA/s320/IMG_3701.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDwjJmk861Tu9oYaHLDv-xj98arBuT-I4nWxW9QK-hFmkJa8KF0sL-AwdKVnGd7sjnAzGzaaJ24CKxE7MptdZjN0diPiphgb5QNyobu52GrNl5feuKBD7X3BBPUe89le1dESykMxEOVrFQbwuzonzsDG7DnPkm1QoNFSLFfJQWmWYePv7ZGHdEaz7-gg/s4032/IMG_3706.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDwjJmk861Tu9oYaHLDv-xj98arBuT-I4nWxW9QK-hFmkJa8KF0sL-AwdKVnGd7sjnAzGzaaJ24CKxE7MptdZjN0diPiphgb5QNyobu52GrNl5feuKBD7X3BBPUe89le1dESykMxEOVrFQbwuzonzsDG7DnPkm1QoNFSLFfJQWmWYePv7ZGHdEaz7-gg/s320/IMG_3706.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVL-oFM8wum5P1aN4WJUF6bdS6GDvTrKGVuPlFTWpLA-KL3y16_8s8iTAOcUae5UZDIguT9mWv74Ep3cvJEu3_OjAuS0M-zPzaOPtRgQOfRsNM9fx2K4HFVQUWaSRf4B2mdV68_KlZYnpDcYOdbortBAvTGawTuGS5LaMoJCm4GuHe21htiUDppyjug/s4032/IMG_3708.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVL-oFM8wum5P1aN4WJUF6bdS6GDvTrKGVuPlFTWpLA-KL3y16_8s8iTAOcUae5UZDIguT9mWv74Ep3cvJEu3_OjAuS0M-zPzaOPtRgQOfRsNM9fx2K4HFVQUWaSRf4B2mdV68_KlZYnpDcYOdbortBAvTGawTuGS5LaMoJCm4GuHe21htiUDppyjug/s320/IMG_3708.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve's face is so intense. I think my gun was a joke.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGMYQz-Q35yu9wHIxQtW7Nh3-8nhifh81IMlydUsAT4yADY_yQ57X4x-VUmvuMNU7O7sOkbbn5n6I_vHzOD_HJG2CRXYkwBEYwY_njUzu0XX2_e2ChLE9F0adGHx_NnHzVnsMduUPNDS78Bk_eefaZReviH4nfC8mCcplt3Q9EILw_kdCVM6UZZsk1Q/s3088/IMG_3709.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGMYQz-Q35yu9wHIxQtW7Nh3-8nhifh81IMlydUsAT4yADY_yQ57X4x-VUmvuMNU7O7sOkbbn5n6I_vHzOD_HJG2CRXYkwBEYwY_njUzu0XX2_e2ChLE9F0adGHx_NnHzVnsMduUPNDS78Bk_eefaZReviH4nfC8mCcplt3Q9EILw_kdCVM6UZZsk1Q/s320/IMG_3709.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">EAT HERE!!! If you go to Disneyworld, a great choice for tasty treats is the little waffle shop on the corner called Sleepy Hollow. Their waffles are better than the waffles you can make- they just are, I'm not sure how- and everyone in my family liked the food (that doesn't happen often). I recommend the spicy chicken and waffle sandwich with broccoli slaw. The strawberry and creme funnel cake was the best I've ever had. And you can't go wrong with Nutella and strawberry waffle sandwiches either.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GT-4gTORvmVs8AZx2ickSFVurHoLAhAtvzIQiOejlBUAMlowZkn_4oY4LWP5fManB1FrHheyfVRxEIKWi9wjNNi6c6DuI7k0GEZwth9mC4dMyRvfJaIh_PglY31f__9exRJ2c1OXHycScnm4TtfAda4p-wZhvBK6v8Xyv_Ybn7kYJnT8sfi7qbIhHw/s4032/IMG_3711.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GT-4gTORvmVs8AZx2ickSFVurHoLAhAtvzIQiOejlBUAMlowZkn_4oY4LWP5fManB1FrHheyfVRxEIKWi9wjNNi6c6DuI7k0GEZwth9mC4dMyRvfJaIh_PglY31f__9exRJ2c1OXHycScnm4TtfAda4p-wZhvBK6v8Xyv_Ybn7kYJnT8sfi7qbIhHw/s320/IMG_3711.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2VxCi1i93jME6iCU8gNFCejoUBp64QgQin-iVJib7TBwgcCAzDnhMAJHeLKL73Z4qhvWULcL5rAjzgpkkpDSW_XONcIGNYJbyx-7z3LAZ_Na7yli_f-QGRpxRrEZa7NNhyThoYCG4hVJKT1FpMRfmZ1QKHNiFT6Lfwxy_rsK6SZFLByI6txi67O2Ew/s4032/IMG_3712.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2VxCi1i93jME6iCU8gNFCejoUBp64QgQin-iVJib7TBwgcCAzDnhMAJHeLKL73Z4qhvWULcL5rAjzgpkkpDSW_XONcIGNYJbyx-7z3LAZ_Na7yli_f-QGRpxRrEZa7NNhyThoYCG4hVJKT1FpMRfmZ1QKHNiFT6Lfwxy_rsK6SZFLByI6txi67O2Ew/s320/IMG_3712.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVm5CAY00_HKW_FxPO6LmIUa2bF17kb8hJ5xnULCTzNrN4zLhY6I10DLfgyb400amgPdL__ktORpXX7kTJ81wQ_4typ20BInuF5ws1B6XnifydkGddLxqTgqcLebQtZiUqh1naFAtP2s6lfdirHdqwH2aQzS3mIiQploaa4p7wJzCd6pfH6eFdg2wsg/s4032/IMG_6098.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVm5CAY00_HKW_FxPO6LmIUa2bF17kb8hJ5xnULCTzNrN4zLhY6I10DLfgyb400amgPdL__ktORpXX7kTJ81wQ_4typ20BInuF5ws1B6XnifydkGddLxqTgqcLebQtZiUqh1naFAtP2s6lfdirHdqwH2aQzS3mIiQploaa4p7wJzCd6pfH6eFdg2wsg/s320/IMG_6098.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another delightful attraction was the monster's inc laugh floor. Unexpectedly hilarious, and a nice cool place to rest your feet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJoYaUnP8tFHOnklWjyfOiCtfqbWUX-QmwRpo3XVoNVk1a5ehLooiVn-x5xDpY7p8kUPaO29zrbowpskjcj78v5Spe2GApH1oHxpgl5r4VJGEwAAY2omMatJLqMyrCsUHxZeM2b7iFmAHRjSV7wiGYdd2JN0lokvZAdbK5mW1R6RxEBEjGsx3Np_AkQ/s4032/IMG_6099.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJoYaUnP8tFHOnklWjyfOiCtfqbWUX-QmwRpo3XVoNVk1a5ehLooiVn-x5xDpY7p8kUPaO29zrbowpskjcj78v5Spe2GApH1oHxpgl5r4VJGEwAAY2omMatJLqMyrCsUHxZeM2b7iFmAHRjSV7wiGYdd2JN0lokvZAdbK5mW1R6RxEBEjGsx3Np_AkQ/s320/IMG_6099.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib09JALBDtGrUhhexQxxpSss-rnClKwtG4ODtps9I3vAxds7hHJDF9xrX2EUPnDqevaMDXz4SpIaxoX_4W2vhdKAwqn3FExKFtj9ThQ-w0RNbI97-fIw6c_X27vjgVDKGGNHD7qOlcXuv_YD3gapMLigXb-NiPnNP6cTHd1mFqrr-jYPkAzNyPVLwLSw/s4032/IMG_3713.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib09JALBDtGrUhhexQxxpSss-rnClKwtG4ODtps9I3vAxds7hHJDF9xrX2EUPnDqevaMDXz4SpIaxoX_4W2vhdKAwqn3FExKFtj9ThQ-w0RNbI97-fIw6c_X27vjgVDKGGNHD7qOlcXuv_YD3gapMLigXb-NiPnNP6cTHd1mFqrr-jYPkAzNyPVLwLSw/s320/IMG_3713.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you wait to be seated, you can submit jokes that they might use in their show. Lily submitted a couple which they ended up using in the show previous to the one we were seated in. "What is blue and smells like red paint? BLUE PAINT!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYk7L8PJOsY79va5jEOlKR0IccXr3dYhQwsTt40dMLy1hTUfCnavVwR3nBJeYZZgocqrs2Q-fj8JIGvygiexUOKAVIHWkluhBjNX2uRydYzOqGFcrPrggl0oTTqC99mq6NCyp5oVXARhsuYYDF6PR4aZ-RLA1oHF0Zowoq97XC3e0Fn9oEuUIkaR4s3A/s4032/IMG_6102.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYk7L8PJOsY79va5jEOlKR0IccXr3dYhQwsTt40dMLy1hTUfCnavVwR3nBJeYZZgocqrs2Q-fj8JIGvygiexUOKAVIHWkluhBjNX2uRydYzOqGFcrPrggl0oTTqC99mq6NCyp5oVXARhsuYYDF6PR4aZ-RLA1oHF0Zowoq97XC3e0Fn9oEuUIkaR4s3A/s320/IMG_6102.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We met up with April's crew of thrill riders at the end of the day to ride splash mountain a second time. The ride wait was 45 minutes which ended up being totally inaccurate as we waited 2 hours before getting to ride. It was great that we all got to ride together, but too bad it took so long!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32lxL37x1znUMbvAoupFq69bkrF8EFHmTVU8zF-7_Shxhxt5KHYI8VQGeeAAkm5sZYv1N7ZAVFewFUdnwUBGkjAt25icY777F02f3gOhYaK_TBTT_gsQn82Z0GuYMlLknjIQ8TwW9sw2WM3bIuh-hq3LSCmJfZeRQnE0SZSMg4CkxIary6vk2ITmK9w/s3088/IMG_3725.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32lxL37x1znUMbvAoupFq69bkrF8EFHmTVU8zF-7_Shxhxt5KHYI8VQGeeAAkm5sZYv1N7ZAVFewFUdnwUBGkjAt25icY777F02f3gOhYaK_TBTT_gsQn82Z0GuYMlLknjIQ8TwW9sw2WM3bIuh-hq3LSCmJfZeRQnE0SZSMg4CkxIary6vk2ITmK9w/s320/IMG_3725.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a picture on splash mountain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We weren't going to stay for fireworks but since we got stuck in that ride line forever, we got to see them. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1c7YDsDYFjrI9SNFJgC-Y8vWLpN2urT2jOePAlIHR2QLXLK2oO1mDzzyP9Vo89e8dig-7QWMczE9WiOJkV9jblEdM6seFyox9U7gYiKWvP91tF_YnyzfqFr1vHv0lxL8Z_Fej_g1K4rNWGqI3fkyTz4lbVdGLXZc90jpPm3xYyghabxVaWvvkyCo4A/s4032/IMG_3731.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1c7YDsDYFjrI9SNFJgC-Y8vWLpN2urT2jOePAlIHR2QLXLK2oO1mDzzyP9Vo89e8dig-7QWMczE9WiOJkV9jblEdM6seFyox9U7gYiKWvP91tF_YnyzfqFr1vHv0lxL8Z_Fej_g1K4rNWGqI3fkyTz4lbVdGLXZc90jpPm3xYyghabxVaWvvkyCo4A/s320/IMG_3731.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyEk3mVNuWW2WywexVAO8H1n9gE61RpzRj3i-YabIufZ_UlqzduKARe6veavsmccNTg9cX5w3kuO3jrs_ihS-1juC_njwk4IZRx1OCIYw8M5BfU2Oi2e-e33vnQozfkDxIMPKIHZV41stkp1l3TiRHEyLtEPW4t7rbyXVBbk50tHkn2ACf0iQLcbqgg/s1449/IMG_3734.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RIyWFQhHcp4-H4gfVE3eYTEafGmKhIp-vJDFhUZ1YwYRUr7bhQCCfqxHPT_KlFy_x156e-GQn6dMGQb2zCHK5D2kbjg5W1FPvGpU7CnP_6mKjEzUgeg5nM8OUYMM9x6SGzAKak2VI7vvipuuC6_k_GVMds6VaEHs9zRdNpSaLRxRQuSC4ytQ9X9cBQ/w640-h480/IMG_3738.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These crowds were impossible to maneuver. It was the WORST way to end our day. Two long hours on our feet waiting for a ride we already rode, then stuck in a people-jam trying to leave the island which was extra bad because their monorail was down. So two hours after trying to get out of there we finally made it to our car. Then it was a traffic jam to get back to our airbnb. So we didn't get to bed until 1am and we had to be up early the next day for our trip to Universal Studios. We were all so exhausted, physically and emotionally. Everyone (except me) had such painful feet from so much walking. Then it was another day of more walking ahead. Steve was dreading it! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfFJnk536DWM29pkbQR2wHjN0mQ9_TYzWGL08Kj-GfPlIEb7wGIyzauThiFj-SLxHt_zPiApMtLdO049F0Vji-OWdW6iyOtniguykVmZUxOSJ2PmFurJDWTdnqypCXOBHqi2Yaul5-stS8rT3JEjK_oNm5220Gva4EZyO6fUImlqex4aAlr5X-DlMdw/s3796/IMG_6104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3796" data-original-width="2530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfFJnk536DWM29pkbQR2wHjN0mQ9_TYzWGL08Kj-GfPlIEb7wGIyzauThiFj-SLxHt_zPiApMtLdO049F0Vji-OWdW6iyOtniguykVmZUxOSJ2PmFurJDWTdnqypCXOBHqi2Yaul5-stS8rT3JEjK_oNm5220Gva4EZyO6fUImlqex4aAlr5X-DlMdw/w426-h640/IMG_6104.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">$18 gets you a digital download of your splash mountain pic!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO- VIP EXPERIENCE</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGKIDN16Hj7M2NOZnPuuSMK2FWuZRfO5JdxL_etkzAGlSJTryDM8VIDz6SgF5w-i2ajh_UnGdnkWAHdKUTyfXtUl70i-XlzlPeC-Eaaor9kpZ_EeSg46-StF4c-HGb51ABZHR9nXo9wzu21ulkyXWpYrrLrP_gVvbonXj96dxWqfKAKgJJtcpv9qbLw/s4032/IMG_6106.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGKIDN16Hj7M2NOZnPuuSMK2FWuZRfO5JdxL_etkzAGlSJTryDM8VIDz6SgF5w-i2ajh_UnGdnkWAHdKUTyfXtUl70i-XlzlPeC-Eaaor9kpZ_EeSg46-StF4c-HGb51ABZHR9nXo9wzu21ulkyXWpYrrLrP_gVvbonXj96dxWqfKAKgJJtcpv9qbLw/s320/IMG_6106.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>Coming off of a very grueling and frustrating day at Disneyworld, we all hoped for a better experience at Universal, after all we paid a pretty penny to make some good memories. It was a hard choice to purchase the VIP experience, especially during peak season with peak prices, but with 2 parks to do in one day and a husband that hates lines and crowds, and knowing our kids are getting older, and remembering my amazing experience eating an expensive meal with my family in a Palace in Portugal, I decided to pay the extra money to tailor our experience without crowds and without lines. I didn't realize how much I was going to enjoy not having the stress of planning where we were going next and juggling everyone's interests. This was worth it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLh2zFumjbFjUiTqIwb75UAcI1_RyFtMYiOnZDdjonksJGVeLulxP_7RZzuWs4kKaSUMqmAmdOmUI9ej2nrg3OzRsYNautlKSslbsn-Dcz1EQgKFlgraTpXSbLPL3JstzJbqQY4e2XF9zAWfZC3olOG7JyUdlEYjtNZnQ_BPfBx-vMRFAFp4h4HAVLA/s4032/IMG_6108.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLh2zFumjbFjUiTqIwb75UAcI1_RyFtMYiOnZDdjonksJGVeLulxP_7RZzuWs4kKaSUMqmAmdOmUI9ej2nrg3OzRsYNautlKSslbsn-Dcz1EQgKFlgraTpXSbLPL3JstzJbqQY4e2XF9zAWfZC3olOG7JyUdlEYjtNZnQ_BPfBx-vMRFAFp4h4HAVLA/s320/IMG_6108.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>Upon arrival things were already very different. We had complementary valet parking which had it's own security checkpoint, which had no line at all, and the people were so friendly. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfUr1xfAmnvB32bis3TxEFLuFE2wfbE4zikGYI2D13VUM2EipBBn9N484BR4BPTsUo_NOmlFfvvpW5kVUyA4H7ezqOv8XMIXeZM0evvM_ujn0ie7dXZ-TZ5uhXG4Mqu4SAJPsfgcDvC8TI1EmBLrdGwHhdaMHhnxcIlmwF5SznUQU8-ifhWa3DxZ2EQ/s3088/IMG_3741.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfUr1xfAmnvB32bis3TxEFLuFE2wfbE4zikGYI2D13VUM2EipBBn9N484BR4BPTsUo_NOmlFfvvpW5kVUyA4H7ezqOv8XMIXeZM0evvM_ujn0ie7dXZ-TZ5uhXG4Mqu4SAJPsfgcDvC8TI1EmBLrdGwHhdaMHhnxcIlmwF5SznUQU8-ifhWa3DxZ2EQ/s320/IMG_3741.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>Next, we had a complementary gourmet breakfast buffet with other VIP goers. The restaurant was not full, it was a pleasant place to dine, and the food was so good. 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Get that croissant! It's dark because of the berries in the dough and then you're surprised by the elderberry filling inside. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqKNXPpnwAja1KKfq9SEZleBaMd3ErBcFqtVC-ucpVZPgkyMEHfPzpP3weLKHQPJUgLc9aPe13ovXnhUPg97NPTkV5OUrbxmepzxMSoPZCE0PRIXZq4WaT-6pEx9HeY5eFWXs8oUI07ARXQ8NICeBZ2ifAcPoRIYaffgZUp5rwoMI-FRHKla5DDBWaQ/s4032/IMG_3749.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqKNXPpnwAja1KKfq9SEZleBaMd3ErBcFqtVC-ucpVZPgkyMEHfPzpP3weLKHQPJUgLc9aPe13ovXnhUPg97NPTkV5OUrbxmepzxMSoPZCE0PRIXZq4WaT-6pEx9HeY5eFWXs8oUI07ARXQ8NICeBZ2ifAcPoRIYaffgZUp5rwoMI-FRHKla5DDBWaQ/s320/IMG_3749.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip91k-f4xw_-gnKsfJXNQTxArzThx2kMggc0BYGv0NLTMkNHWY_zWLgCj6CCaN2FFkyr-WU0N30wV3hDUtB2nx5P4c87WqSLJmHsZpPLXukAJq5NHeRwNR5fPoy5IYfU89YOC5YuoTq0QGK0yIDLIs9E0piD__enu9ZzBORvH7cp-aUkj-4_pTjFZtHw/s4032/IMG_3752.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip91k-f4xw_-gnKsfJXNQTxArzThx2kMggc0BYGv0NLTMkNHWY_zWLgCj6CCaN2FFkyr-WU0N30wV3hDUtB2nx5P4c87WqSLJmHsZpPLXukAJq5NHeRwNR5fPoy5IYfU89YOC5YuoTq0QGK0yIDLIs9E0piD__enu9ZzBORvH7cp-aUkj-4_pTjFZtHw/s320/IMG_3752.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't know what this flowering plant is, but isn't it stunning?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp4RlwMQ1KvovsDavS9ORv6LWsqf255OimjzrhpB1H2nTxYAe8KNFZ5TOSHMP6lpE9DByFxmxoco9fztABJeo7PqZEbBW7AZhCN_e0OHMu_Uy7Bwi3QBGK5b7NSW5xwW1f1YDTBZbl2uLsCOgzUZnhJ8dz0wHl7VqyTkBdHvOZh2UBjx9T0dCzkTyjg/s4032/IMG_6116.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp4RlwMQ1KvovsDavS9ORv6LWsqf255OimjzrhpB1H2nTxYAe8KNFZ5TOSHMP6lpE9DByFxmxoco9fztABJeo7PqZEbBW7AZhCN_e0OHMu_Uy7Bwi3QBGK5b7NSW5xwW1f1YDTBZbl2uLsCOgzUZnhJ8dz0wHl7VqyTkBdHvOZh2UBjx9T0dCzkTyjg/s320/IMG_6116.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEoUqVwZ5qUMBwDtyo44XIAc8taZoMIcL1qoEAPcXZcGv3rhnTGa429PI2ljajQ9D6kpRkrukLdTHjTor3YO_IxxTybbCKEebHhUSz2mwhNF1sZJpKoRSVRA4y9FWAbdI_alT51o9rI-C2Aff5P1MDsKENVNbuGxSs6I32QrEdsJ6u4Ys7rrlZMZrYg/s4032/IMG_6118.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEoUqVwZ5qUMBwDtyo44XIAc8taZoMIcL1qoEAPcXZcGv3rhnTGa429PI2ljajQ9D6kpRkrukLdTHjTor3YO_IxxTybbCKEebHhUSz2mwhNF1sZJpKoRSVRA4y9FWAbdI_alT51o9rI-C2Aff5P1MDsKENVNbuGxSs6I32QrEdsJ6u4Ys7rrlZMZrYg/s320/IMG_6118.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>There was zero wait time for us. Our tour group had 7 people. Our tour guide would bring us to a ride, tel us about it, then take who ever wanted to ride straight through the exit where we'd be placed on the very next available spot. She was so helpful and would hold our bags while we rode, was knowledgable and could answer all our questions, she even could tell when it was about to rain, what rides would probably close down, what we could/couldn't ride with express pass. It was so nice. Amara and I didn't mind waiting and watching Steve and Lily ride crazy fast coasters, especially since we'd only have to wait 10 minutes or so. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Bv6Cpp24iOVHoPDOy44wH_uv8vzMZcr1vjt2gT_F51Es4360hZuyFTs11o8HC9AOEv9XlkLYyC8m_s84uIc5RdskfT7ZUF3VnBb-LYYFbAunmOpWHgbZzyBTgJ3kem07qRk_OLw88R-L0vDFoBWiph2wxbTnUds45yobFrAaAeNbBrBEjACwNwxITw/s4032/IMG_6125.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Bv6Cpp24iOVHoPDOy44wH_uv8vzMZcr1vjt2gT_F51Es4360hZuyFTs11o8HC9AOEv9XlkLYyC8m_s84uIc5RdskfT7ZUF3VnBb-LYYFbAunmOpWHgbZzyBTgJ3kem07qRk_OLw88R-L0vDFoBWiph2wxbTnUds45yobFrAaAeNbBrBEjACwNwxITw/s320/IMG_6125.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Zwu60_yvCu2O_lc0TCTbRnpy4fuwXxMYLR7yH60iNpmyL_9zqGL2L4hTKA0GUmLO2oBBYxv0Iwrs1Fn0cLp_9jLg5PUYa7vBW178KEL-PDXoRpJ73xpE9rBvPT79VXP4USuqILfSSBcY0mPwh6aD90JJiuUnfnN0o9fSRt82gyRMt9sAoT0anhWUw/s4032/IMG_6126.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Zwu60_yvCu2O_lc0TCTbRnpy4fuwXxMYLR7yH60iNpmyL_9zqGL2L4hTKA0GUmLO2oBBYxv0Iwrs1Fn0cLp_9jLg5PUYa7vBW178KEL-PDXoRpJ73xpE9rBvPT79VXP4USuqILfSSBcY0mPwh6aD90JJiuUnfnN0o9fSRt82gyRMt9sAoT0anhWUw/s320/IMG_6126.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Velocicoaster was Lily's and Steve's favorite roller coaster.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJyYYkBUzq519alNJxanRLo7HDlekI9xTdAM6BuVbNUs1Hqf7E5pzPCkKDOnh-lH57gyEtVauoc5jp-Cilky4zgsYByI8DusEwwfJPR47055jh1foumaZGwWar298atVOiEIrgajHGvRkvalejGbeXEqsS1jq9v0y1btrd9Ca57jgB6quPhQqoQO2mQ/s3088/IMG_6127.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJyYYkBUzq519alNJxanRLo7HDlekI9xTdAM6BuVbNUs1Hqf7E5pzPCkKDOnh-lH57gyEtVauoc5jp-Cilky4zgsYByI8DusEwwfJPR47055jh1foumaZGwWar298atVOiEIrgajHGvRkvalejGbeXEqsS1jq9v0y1btrd9Ca57jgB6quPhQqoQO2mQ/s320/IMG_6127.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSD5wgxCQrg6JQqErhnTqUc4m_FzVrQuy7f4vWPgOJgWNfer4byrxB5kQoSczHP188IoO0j5b2jQo7OnUXm6JbRonnruYUstVzWiracGKRkyzzy2El_PMercbR9840fptXU43zVP2FT8X0TZUAfBhbRaOWjt5AR3mq_eg2HkNt0scPWVVXRwSLMCR_w/s4032/IMG_3759.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSD5wgxCQrg6JQqErhnTqUc4m_FzVrQuy7f4vWPgOJgWNfer4byrxB5kQoSczHP188IoO0j5b2jQo7OnUXm6JbRonnruYUstVzWiracGKRkyzzy2El_PMercbR9840fptXU43zVP2FT8X0TZUAfBhbRaOWjt5AR3mq_eg2HkNt0scPWVVXRwSLMCR_w/w640-h480/IMG_3759.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1DlWTGsfJXmK4oR9nLE79h5XERyut2xJ5rbr7yCz8uWz8TPnV84Xy5i0VshTcLR3YY7XGPVAQxmb35vIKg5XIY9mp2bxiqzB3f_YynZvg-hXMZl9R1y51Sonbl6Xbzz1upHDNKnVaysWvZI7wN3lY7cVga9v3g5__Wd4Na4wPO_meVF8ZiQVyG9HoA/s4032/IMG_3761.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1DlWTGsfJXmK4oR9nLE79h5XERyut2xJ5rbr7yCz8uWz8TPnV84Xy5i0VshTcLR3YY7XGPVAQxmb35vIKg5XIY9mp2bxiqzB3f_YynZvg-hXMZl9R1y51Sonbl6Xbzz1upHDNKnVaysWvZI7wN3lY7cVga9v3g5__Wd4Na4wPO_meVF8ZiQVyG9HoA/w640-h480/IMG_3761.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hagrid's motorbike ride was one I didn't know if I could handle, but I got talked into it, and it was THE BEST! I loved it so much! I'd totally ride again. Amara is the only one who didn't do this ride, she just waited with our tourguide.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4i-xEDtfZo3ZyENwGD9P8blyWkc96CBkSvPmWUvCaskme5c7ncZrRGxPTReo7Q4I7MHqvK1OkRjF7lJX9IEMT1Bh_FXt5r-lzve2Q2CBmib_2HXSpkldo36WDumOVEUDqY5qtFXs3kThhvnniesx1DeZ22givjbOB6C7DHv2XCHOtUGMOiW6xAeKLg/s4032/IMG_3762.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4i-xEDtfZo3ZyENwGD9P8blyWkc96CBkSvPmWUvCaskme5c7ncZrRGxPTReo7Q4I7MHqvK1OkRjF7lJX9IEMT1Bh_FXt5r-lzve2Q2CBmib_2HXSpkldo36WDumOVEUDqY5qtFXs3kThhvnniesx1DeZ22givjbOB6C7DHv2XCHOtUGMOiW6xAeKLg/w640-h480/IMG_3762.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The architecture and theming here was outstanding. I would say they actually do it better than Disney's magic kingdom (and that says a lot because Magic Kingdom is incredibly themed and well thought-out)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyF9F0FM52t3DIUdHRFKn6NGwqnpU36rpUFuD70tngwimZ3Yu63wTpZgDgbEn25cnONZ8RKFe4R8M8p3Q97SU2P9CglPT7i-A-YtBQawCT8E-pC_U1WO6TSotbCOEK663b6n2HoxLeU7YXb_CvDM81rxERsDMju9Had0e5zRliiuMSE5cdQqDBnPFsg/s4032/IMG_3763.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyF9F0FM52t3DIUdHRFKn6NGwqnpU36rpUFuD70tngwimZ3Yu63wTpZgDgbEn25cnONZ8RKFe4R8M8p3Q97SU2P9CglPT7i-A-YtBQawCT8E-pC_U1WO6TSotbCOEK663b6n2HoxLeU7YXb_CvDM81rxERsDMju9Had0e5zRliiuMSE5cdQqDBnPFsg/s320/IMG_3763.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Our gourmet lunch buffet was also included. We all loved the salmon! Everything we had was delicious and cooked perfectly. 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If you get motion sick, steer clear of the Simpsons!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01H6Rb0j_Sq4O4L_FR0S7wFQajtQEQdraJvbJ-7nKN4f7muRBC57CRwUfsEAAku-Z8N9mEPNxsjX5rLuxUwymDBcGlu-LD2hjkox7Ed2Eai4QWZJL_TkZqy_V9chBx91xrwk-ucbtYeAlXYwOZ09EgLoCOR1N_ylpZGcj5uF3BirZt4f1AWRtBX2FRA/s4032/IMG_6141.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01H6Rb0j_Sq4O4L_FR0S7wFQajtQEQdraJvbJ-7nKN4f7muRBC57CRwUfsEAAku-Z8N9mEPNxsjX5rLuxUwymDBcGlu-LD2hjkox7Ed2Eai4QWZJL_TkZqy_V9chBx91xrwk-ucbtYeAlXYwOZ09EgLoCOR1N_ylpZGcj5uF3BirZt4f1AWRtBX2FRA/s320/IMG_6141.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>We got to go backstage and on set behind the ropes at a few locations including Men In Black ride. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zeTW4_NuOqEGTHYUtR01OED40zg7Dio4CsRRUdD-hhZ1ziXUKVva6yNE6WnK82YBR54SNHeAzxGsYUXoVDiJSNloo-uT_D_UIcf0tzKFcdTII32mqQivfFANVTJdaDUE93ogPCo1AcsHp0BhxQ96NjWLLyFgIhxb_K4TvbIaBOYnSc-tIhg2cIyrqg/s4032/IMG_6143.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zeTW4_NuOqEGTHYUtR01OED40zg7Dio4CsRRUdD-hhZ1ziXUKVva6yNE6WnK82YBR54SNHeAzxGsYUXoVDiJSNloo-uT_D_UIcf0tzKFcdTII32mqQivfFANVTJdaDUE93ogPCo1AcsHp0BhxQ96NjWLLyFgIhxb_K4TvbIaBOYnSc-tIhg2cIyrqg/s320/IMG_6143.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLBljC5hwR7eGVXKkjI26nkIDDdZNWFJwVVd4Ap-PsxSaDtc91YJLolw5ELie5vwZfNI97Xj2_5xPLF9BaYM6Z0gUvzERFsfUFDR-eJ2kNNMjfmo9XrR4lBmWWHI9TE_NH4gDwEFcSquYSK8pb8Ed5UIc0fasW32dKSOjOHUh1jcRuGhbGG32fOo9lg/s4032/IMG_6149.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLBljC5hwR7eGVXKkjI26nkIDDdZNWFJwVVd4Ap-PsxSaDtc91YJLolw5ELie5vwZfNI97Xj2_5xPLF9BaYM6Z0gUvzERFsfUFDR-eJ2kNNMjfmo9XrR4lBmWWHI9TE_NH4gDwEFcSquYSK8pb8Ed5UIc0fasW32dKSOjOHUh1jcRuGhbGG32fOo9lg/s320/IMG_6149.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the line up above of people waiting to ride, then there's us down below checking out the set.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpW26ip2PxDMpybxs5wuHsAQ8KdexBMByQzeDCfN_WqTVoAntj-dOzwszlQLyABttjnRLO81CErnfltLfxh0I1xNfIgY-LVMTxKrwv2K7L_yo8dFQVlUCtn7SVt8mGdP9AS_Tt7YyhC06EqC6wLR6qf2oj0YU6al0chnPMp55brzBb4IEX5WZFoRXRQ/s4032/IMG_9751.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpW26ip2PxDMpybxs5wuHsAQ8KdexBMByQzeDCfN_WqTVoAntj-dOzwszlQLyABttjnRLO81CErnfltLfxh0I1xNfIgY-LVMTxKrwv2K7L_yo8dFQVlUCtn7SVt8mGdP9AS_Tt7YyhC06EqC6wLR6qf2oj0YU6al0chnPMp55brzBb4IEX5WZFoRXRQ/s320/IMG_9751.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>I really liked getting to shoot the aliens on that ride! I got the high score in our group of 164,650.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzQkBtFCoCGYbSvde1MIchmuE2OKpQPxAC7ORp94nPDsUJ4LlVGOj5AXBAlajn4UwVs1e-CmW9jScwg1OQc-2fJ2gC4x3HXkqtHXN8sjMNebI1bUChNAlKj1mt4x_u7yLE_h1Cm_fzkTgOCfVYLaciaPoFHTH3sCkKopXa0WVvaVL7nP_NwVXxG81Jw/s4032/IMG_3779.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzQkBtFCoCGYbSvde1MIchmuE2OKpQPxAC7ORp94nPDsUJ4LlVGOj5AXBAlajn4UwVs1e-CmW9jScwg1OQc-2fJ2gC4x3HXkqtHXN8sjMNebI1bUChNAlKj1mt4x_u7yLE_h1Cm_fzkTgOCfVYLaciaPoFHTH3sCkKopXa0WVvaVL7nP_NwVXxG81Jw/w640-h480/IMG_3779.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the wizarding world of Harry Potter!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZhvav0Ub5eJg3YjPLs7VpSWRobe5cQfjyN35f3ecg7M1TU1DO3D_2BEIloLyq6fKBOKClnhJMIN0XR8rM4uVhu8AATIvnTzixKivIP1KiMMZgadm2vO0oi0MVlE0l1ChjA0yUeViCFYc-BZBRWMkVzRT9cr1cJqijGVLU1xXEijU5ErLR0Aq9YwZXg/s4032/IMG_3781.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZhvav0Ub5eJg3YjPLs7VpSWRobe5cQfjyN35f3ecg7M1TU1DO3D_2BEIloLyq6fKBOKClnhJMIN0XR8rM4uVhu8AATIvnTzixKivIP1KiMMZgadm2vO0oi0MVlE0l1ChjA0yUeViCFYc-BZBRWMkVzRT9cr1cJqijGVLU1xXEijU5ErLR0Aq9YwZXg/s320/IMG_3781.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me in my covered ECV taking on the world</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXHOBJvqya0Lpc-bARZ8boovffi23wdZ1wVmWno1bTiJUfEpoUb3Td9h-0xurl5M8X9zxKaSmPt3NjyHu_bnByYISobOOK7SKsxKpXxgCHtPXwk6T3Wk8vpMj0N3Y77TcXBecGX_DAbYDbx_imVXY8u3I6jnRt7meFRChPkEdy8yaN5_rmrXB-4bboA/s4032/IMG_6154.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXHOBJvqya0Lpc-bARZ8boovffi23wdZ1wVmWno1bTiJUfEpoUb3Td9h-0xurl5M8X9zxKaSmPt3NjyHu_bnByYISobOOK7SKsxKpXxgCHtPXwk6T3Wk8vpMj0N3Y77TcXBecGX_DAbYDbx_imVXY8u3I6jnRt7meFRChPkEdy8yaN5_rmrXB-4bboA/w480-h640/IMG_6154.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our tour guide knew exactly when that dragon was going to blow fire.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0cavAXKP2RIbhdTgjcCAQ-U5NMosLaEPVQIGG5BUAnDOwZMGaiGbVdsXfbIBf0hili9pS01MdumuHOMZHw99bHfkxoQXZVvwM7upA78WinQVFBraShn6m3zp8cPeA-weszLojP0G6Y57nOqZ_8mbioPRBJfLb-ItilA_Ii3dZW1b3h7mvVnfh3yi9A/s4032/IMG_3789.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0cavAXKP2RIbhdTgjcCAQ-U5NMosLaEPVQIGG5BUAnDOwZMGaiGbVdsXfbIBf0hili9pS01MdumuHOMZHw99bHfkxoQXZVvwM7upA78WinQVFBraShn6m3zp8cPeA-weszLojP0G6Y57nOqZ_8mbioPRBJfLb-ItilA_Ii3dZW1b3h7mvVnfh3yi9A/s320/IMG_3789.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXGYQ0F7WCEC-02IqgGJiap-Q2AdTudxGVLWoFDpQtNA_fuZEgV3dS_SiEXQuIkzt3cpga0YPmtSkR7uQsDnLKnrwrb7yDeTwJNhffjFdziww-o-s0te3rBMzc-w7_pjqn_Qm6QcTAIM6rOh8gIXXH948N3MytotllkdzI9Txo-vhf2vor8T6BbDoiQ/s4032/IMG_6159.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXGYQ0F7WCEC-02IqgGJiap-Q2AdTudxGVLWoFDpQtNA_fuZEgV3dS_SiEXQuIkzt3cpga0YPmtSkR7uQsDnLKnrwrb7yDeTwJNhffjFdziww-o-s0te3rBMzc-w7_pjqn_Qm6QcTAIM6rOh8gIXXH948N3MytotllkdzI9Txo-vhf2vor8T6BbDoiQ/w640-h480/IMG_6159.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gringotts bank was incredibly done. GORGEOUS!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1iCIarQbuld04qpt1ycW_2DeF6bsgNMFUcAvmgRHvFhfAphgeca4ZnGPWlO4z7fVh5-AxnFaxBrdSvZ-OGAIHpWKrBbIjnREesUrmhaoZ-se966er93hVJE-R4JuBxk1dRLHRimJG5GL8k1BnM7i3-qVZqm3R8a0HddUk_ICRZdaPlpF8c_o_4uAyg/s4032/IMG_3792.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1iCIarQbuld04qpt1ycW_2DeF6bsgNMFUcAvmgRHvFhfAphgeca4ZnGPWlO4z7fVh5-AxnFaxBrdSvZ-OGAIHpWKrBbIjnREesUrmhaoZ-se966er93hVJE-R4JuBxk1dRLHRimJG5GL8k1BnM7i3-qVZqm3R8a0HddUk_ICRZdaPlpF8c_o_4uAyg/w640-h480/IMG_3792.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwX5W10qlrFnQmYiYJUORZ2HOn9idZ-9S5gWzdTVccBmp4sDmVr0m-mYJkklrAM5YunH3MTo8_xdBLBdpKBKy0vYKfxn4XdEgysWv2bQZ1tAG4wHV63Gz6bzEBCOmw1etmxgnLjywhCuVl-cGUAb9kuPOOGZGxPeMLbIh2BTTftlv9rsMMoNhQNzX5A/s4032/IMG_3799.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwX5W10qlrFnQmYiYJUORZ2HOn9idZ-9S5gWzdTVccBmp4sDmVr0m-mYJkklrAM5YunH3MTo8_xdBLBdpKBKy0vYKfxn4XdEgysWv2bQZ1tAG4wHV63Gz6bzEBCOmw1etmxgnLjywhCuVl-cGUAb9kuPOOGZGxPeMLbIh2BTTftlv9rsMMoNhQNzX5A/s320/IMG_3799.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor9f5MlgEKAUfgH_WasX7OT6fa3TsuLwhvOGeELwEwrNWGO_PzHjwne1HdHXPZOfLrbme3tfJ4huNr4rYbLIgfBWczfm3hxKjkm5C0tNcMFsjbAgCdox0GLXG0mJ0nWoVGi1RXmacdDhQKB4VSzl4ZXYgr1ZXK29aGLlNXiyCHkubcPn4WbRZV3dXEw/s4032/IMG_6163.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor9f5MlgEKAUfgH_WasX7OT6fa3TsuLwhvOGeELwEwrNWGO_PzHjwne1HdHXPZOfLrbme3tfJ4huNr4rYbLIgfBWczfm3hxKjkm5C0tNcMFsjbAgCdox0GLXG0mJ0nWoVGi1RXmacdDhQKB4VSzl4ZXYgr1ZXK29aGLlNXiyCHkubcPn4WbRZV3dXEw/w640-h480/IMG_6163.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEq5QRoryrwxJDWQscYBtIpS8JKkQwyeTmbdLVXyzb-fjJ45xFIVeivOVjkCqLt9P3IARBDhkkQ7QGsQ2QBkeWLpNK6L55EyeZgh5pcT-8TpzFqDAnCLTT0cYebmQkxLvRGXShMyIuHP4CoqPThR7kgC52TIXOY9V3xkqTQKHAbmVMl0LrwY6YTKdBXg/s4032/IMG_3809.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEq5QRoryrwxJDWQscYBtIpS8JKkQwyeTmbdLVXyzb-fjJ45xFIVeivOVjkCqLt9P3IARBDhkkQ7QGsQ2QBkeWLpNK6L55EyeZgh5pcT-8TpzFqDAnCLTT0cYebmQkxLvRGXShMyIuHP4CoqPThR7kgC52TIXOY9V3xkqTQKHAbmVMl0LrwY6YTKdBXg/s320/IMG_3809.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5QhZRmc3o6MoA46wQ203bqThlOw7WvIAh2CY2JTSIR-H7i24iuQyxDihCG3R78Rc7Yq5SB4tSKnE0gb1cERPe9vgb0EUffy43edHEpk4D90lcZnonV3CJICIBiFjGWprAk-GaE2l0BXGwKAhTnXLYGEFJ3ODMro1qPBEojCorl1tCy4d5CDTWXgB9g/s4032/IMG_3810.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5QhZRmc3o6MoA46wQ203bqThlOw7WvIAh2CY2JTSIR-H7i24iuQyxDihCG3R78Rc7Yq5SB4tSKnE0gb1cERPe9vgb0EUffy43edHEpk4D90lcZnonV3CJICIBiFjGWprAk-GaE2l0BXGwKAhTnXLYGEFJ3ODMro1qPBEojCorl1tCy4d5CDTWXgB9g/s320/IMG_3810.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butterbeer! Lily got frozen and Amara got regular. I sipped it before they threw away the remnants and it's some really sweet stuff. Like drinking syrup.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC26liZRg8bcXGLAVQMEgE7EhG08fUncnq2rNlUtqB2vPwrdRHKBxbvRDJe5H1Ru3XlGGC2vsMcypYVI6iU0Hd4FVatp614z9CUxCxpK0ifo9ScNrHrn5TFxTp9AWEHvRe3CmBuzNZ_YVNSHMx0-hrvdgrs49EgrG-2V443pzYKequcp-trDSGViMKw/s4032/IMG_3815.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC26liZRg8bcXGLAVQMEgE7EhG08fUncnq2rNlUtqB2vPwrdRHKBxbvRDJe5H1Ru3XlGGC2vsMcypYVI6iU0Hd4FVatp614z9CUxCxpK0ifo9ScNrHrn5TFxTp9AWEHvRe3CmBuzNZ_YVNSHMx0-hrvdgrs49EgrG-2V443pzYKequcp-trDSGViMKw/s320/IMG_3815.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwY7SCj9f4Tx4KAsd85OQDmK6wSQv3BsqlePcagJibfBvX7KpwOsKVbiyMU4z4Bg22aU1wwIw0kG2JOyKzub-ZyLN8WoBUiqJXihMs_XUhX4e5zJpTtI3Sx6eLtp4RVfT85gC84Fxh9JbzgFgIJBBS-EHY5M_MnOAoRJQqPDIAI7yJQ4RLGYPtHVn9Ww/s4032/IMG_6164.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwY7SCj9f4Tx4KAsd85OQDmK6wSQv3BsqlePcagJibfBvX7KpwOsKVbiyMU4z4Bg22aU1wwIw0kG2JOyKzub-ZyLN8WoBUiqJXihMs_XUhX4e5zJpTtI3Sx6eLtp4RVfT85gC84Fxh9JbzgFgIJBBS-EHY5M_MnOAoRJQqPDIAI7yJQ4RLGYPtHVn9Ww/s320/IMG_6164.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hashtag really warmed up to Lily. We didn't know who he was, but apparently he's on the Jimmy Fallon show, so we got some pics with him.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5knwxP6QoY7tNaXjmIJBo0r9_iDwqyENLkSLjBoMTRSYo5PZGoSU27QSRw0CFeDlzbQUpW-wZkqPRxBOgq8lsAg3ZDd38WY-OwT64-9U9cfYKiPiuo6NKUnGI_QjX5aTonTlsKmokw2z8rqsNbVEpmXvOw9Glu-g0Po2p5eWogCh6XMzQ0g_ztDWoCg/s4032/IMG_9757.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5knwxP6QoY7tNaXjmIJBo0r9_iDwqyENLkSLjBoMTRSYo5PZGoSU27QSRw0CFeDlzbQUpW-wZkqPRxBOgq8lsAg3ZDd38WY-OwT64-9U9cfYKiPiuo6NKUnGI_QjX5aTonTlsKmokw2z8rqsNbVEpmXvOw9Glu-g0Po2p5eWogCh6XMzQ0g_ztDWoCg/s320/IMG_9757.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESTWYq0EQ-Q4oW-kUefmSoSQzkCga4rPBMjMFB_PhfNDJKF5KWkfCKbDtHtmsDCcD838BFyDbeK4k_y86bb9otqo5R0xxjAIk6lCwL1ipTryYCRooD_IOkFZlbE3jA8pHhEag-Za6JqkBogxx-kcgMSNxt5YYY-Amm35RG6HeMtaZKK5GQ__3rtGEJQ/s4032/IMG_6170.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESTWYq0EQ-Q4oW-kUefmSoSQzkCga4rPBMjMFB_PhfNDJKF5KWkfCKbDtHtmsDCcD838BFyDbeK4k_y86bb9otqo5R0xxjAIk6lCwL1ipTryYCRooD_IOkFZlbE3jA8pHhEag-Za6JqkBogxx-kcgMSNxt5YYY-Amm35RG6HeMtaZKK5GQ__3rtGEJQ/w640-h480/IMG_6170.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved the Seuss land. It was so cute.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvLdi0oqfl1UodNMD0_R5qMCyG-qUFFUWXTcjALks8M5SJqI1BuRxQw4HXb5XyUd5fl6WmKcWXEzvgj_SCwFikDyDoOqfU5ji39ceZe9FT1dZMhYriENnqw9AdavMjUpMx2XkHVRgB37MwcLKbkCCLjG3m2BVFJ9vdLgjYW_fnvi6bq9FS2vHa6YXhQ/s4032/IMG_3826.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvLdi0oqfl1UodNMD0_R5qMCyG-qUFFUWXTcjALks8M5SJqI1BuRxQw4HXb5XyUd5fl6WmKcWXEzvgj_SCwFikDyDoOqfU5ji39ceZe9FT1dZMhYriENnqw9AdavMjUpMx2XkHVRgB37MwcLKbkCCLjG3m2BVFJ9vdLgjYW_fnvi6bq9FS2vHa6YXhQ/w640-h480/IMG_3826.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_YT9Rp4doHDIxYizNjsnhZEQpkx_uVSJgsWPp2YLUGg8Aon5YlYXyauRFHKjMnc0XaB4WjXzvxyl9fxpHyzITUiBXD08BfImimpdS0r5sBcDMewveDa81vnaLzSOaOfse9OMX58wtp9z2gnReX1BrPA84tOddUzDuCPtjOTTtyE87G2b7v0erjuRug/s4032/IMG_3833.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_YT9Rp4doHDIxYizNjsnhZEQpkx_uVSJgsWPp2YLUGg8Aon5YlYXyauRFHKjMnc0XaB4WjXzvxyl9fxpHyzITUiBXD08BfImimpdS0r5sBcDMewveDa81vnaLzSOaOfse9OMX58wtp9z2gnReX1BrPA84tOddUzDuCPtjOTTtyE87G2b7v0erjuRug/s320/IMG_3833.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RuXq-VDbFj-N3gRYLQISr1XZ9AdwjYLrZPBr4Xp01vNzXfrJiJn-ra8QspA8vIERvLdNl7bAK2xwAl_5Ep68bWGk6Wz8Uu1Hm1SFWgr67AkIlg7si3_pPUXblVXzwtrgBJXGuqCyfXS5llm_ls_fu_cID7imV2XSCI4ZxLjt_ay7GHIF2xMa8qi-VQ/s4032/IMG_3835.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RuXq-VDbFj-N3gRYLQISr1XZ9AdwjYLrZPBr4Xp01vNzXfrJiJn-ra8QspA8vIERvLdNl7bAK2xwAl_5Ep68bWGk6Wz8Uu1Hm1SFWgr67AkIlg7si3_pPUXblVXzwtrgBJXGuqCyfXS5llm_ls_fu_cID7imV2XSCI4ZxLjt_ay7GHIF2xMa8qi-VQ/s320/IMG_3835.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought the exploding bonbons to share with our group. They were white chocolate with pineapple flavor and pop rocks inside.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlPYG_Lulcie_QfRC7Uz2ggIO-YvMrmWk3NS2in7ZReYOkNtF2CnjKyyU7gaIUxv9uC1Jgmcg25YTfg-UO7U8Nd4PPkY68MjYE6Z4cDnwVO2Qsmu8M3sdIZS_Ur2lX7gLgIZJXc4qxf4zsAzwzWxuzNO1qarR6g5er93M253OpgYSGOMfX-B95KykiA/s4032/IMG_3837.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlPYG_Lulcie_QfRC7Uz2ggIO-YvMrmWk3NS2in7ZReYOkNtF2CnjKyyU7gaIUxv9uC1Jgmcg25YTfg-UO7U8Nd4PPkY68MjYE6Z4cDnwVO2Qsmu8M3sdIZS_Ur2lX7gLgIZJXc4qxf4zsAzwzWxuzNO1qarR6g5er93M253OpgYSGOMfX-B95KykiA/s320/IMG_3837.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Dh4gztwrsbztc9PhzFLros4mB7zECMBo7FxCxN-OXnDQrcTUBX5OBp--eTXURTwoApfiTfLgC5yvtvKAMbwybIe6C_B3fSVtHaFYVx-1MYP_yvflEQL0vu5AvonCqYJ2RUDzRedYCbohzH7KYxRYR5McC5vh9oQelyFgaqPi6myqBwC0V-5VjHaSJw/s4032/IMG_3838.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">We met my family for lunch at the T-Rex Cafe, which was a dinosaur themed restaurant with meteor showers every 20 minutes or so where the lights on the ceiling flicker and change colors and there's sounds of thunder and such. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66aQWRihitErysHvZkOpsE9AaMfJskwVb_c61HdMQhZQr_OaFnUOK02VyX794tR6IzYljzQPDOCd-oG2mjUPpUpMRTxevRa8EmEpCJZG-tsQSAP4vQB3Va9Z-5KEIW3w6RAZhICvor0L7o52K0Pb31ksqbPR_MUffmCmiZ3-wakRqTiL-ld5l5YFIPA/s4032/IMG_6174.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66aQWRihitErysHvZkOpsE9AaMfJskwVb_c61HdMQhZQr_OaFnUOK02VyX794tR6IzYljzQPDOCd-oG2mjUPpUpMRTxevRa8EmEpCJZG-tsQSAP4vQB3Va9Z-5KEIW3w6RAZhICvor0L7o52K0Pb31ksqbPR_MUffmCmiZ3-wakRqTiL-ld5l5YFIPA/s320/IMG_6174.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYudoKK0iWaH_69nS_-HNDkxlv4sQTG0dWPK3kfbC5bv-oAe2Lk_2RnUERyMev3KSR2WkbrPxgYKA6vUxqBxTHFPi109FZdx-Vnp5cW8OHo8E9TRtxmABbTFWjVrJwDtIQaJ0Gk_JHLgIE3o3JHQDSCXCPz4aIRB2OKnii1hs5CWPmAtQPjTRyyF1uBQ/s4032/IMG_6175.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYudoKK0iWaH_69nS_-HNDkxlv4sQTG0dWPK3kfbC5bv-oAe2Lk_2RnUERyMev3KSR2WkbrPxgYKA6vUxqBxTHFPi109FZdx-Vnp5cW8OHo8E9TRtxmABbTFWjVrJwDtIQaJ0Gk_JHLgIE3o3JHQDSCXCPz4aIRB2OKnii1hs5CWPmAtQPjTRyyF1uBQ/s320/IMG_6175.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>Lily got the mushroom Swiss burger<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJ2UMCFG02bsmQ0Dl5EFDnIttRl7o1sraxGb-SCGRejTJDmQEeI1H3P2CeO-Np7PZTyCfddtSdaJUy9-klFkqVqPYGCwZsKiLZM4TuEwzp5iQHVqRWWxkSXJeRDdsyKzyiIwMK7a85r_U6G2erEneOaXryyE_gfQFR57mMXZ7skbjoL9xXWS4q0eVVw/s4032/IMG_6177.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And Amara got Mac and cheese (not pictured)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQYkw87J5rjfuwWF6Uf2gTC6k2_60vtDLDPASK0hdZ8CDVdb1bI_q9QDmsF9pL1gUivZuVi-8fGvUHiPzsebl2LUS4dOzqumhr6mq70ebiW8LdwGfXoPpyxrzTBCAI4bAuoP9PIlZac_TbnTJBOcwagnBdxdTI_hRe-sJL1mi_KlJds_nK56w0wvurw/s4032/IMG_6179.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQYkw87J5rjfuwWF6Uf2gTC6k2_60vtDLDPASK0hdZ8CDVdb1bI_q9QDmsF9pL1gUivZuVi-8fGvUHiPzsebl2LUS4dOzqumhr6mq70ebiW8LdwGfXoPpyxrzTBCAI4bAuoP9PIlZac_TbnTJBOcwagnBdxdTI_hRe-sJL1mi_KlJds_nK56w0wvurw/s320/IMG_6179.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For dessert, we had the chocolate extinction! Get that! It's chewy brownies, ice cream, chocolate sauce and crushed butterfinger served on a tray that is billowing smoke out of a central pillar.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAWov5gyEAc7VfWUmOxcj5SX6hHby5cs6dW6I02Umh4eMoiSwyzn0R-Z_Nkoktddqv97V4DfK7dnbkK_s5JHi8X3iUD0SDkIK6XFbJuyN7nPYqXZLun5Td-ixYYMdJRfQ56gi1IpecNBXlxZcWJ62jqHkHjhKJRUzizOhAzaizaBnhbAhmlJY2sguIg/s4032/IMG_6181.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAWov5gyEAc7VfWUmOxcj5SX6hHby5cs6dW6I02Umh4eMoiSwyzn0R-Z_Nkoktddqv97V4DfK7dnbkK_s5JHi8X3iUD0SDkIK6XFbJuyN7nPYqXZLun5Td-ixYYMdJRfQ56gi1IpecNBXlxZcWJ62jqHkHjhKJRUzizOhAzaizaBnhbAhmlJY2sguIg/s320/IMG_6181.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyllsr0WPBe27P0sGTmnbYjLkFNNX8iLLGRv4gBC5l4t0K3wqMZM-gEPVqcDJHS0DCHPVtK37jGoCZ8ZXPgMRw4ag6jTag5RmeqVGuDkvxMys7A9xq4f-sLsw51ZZdrZWajnT6PVqs6bnkmlsMgjm9E1l0-dMUJM8s7gikhFmAHW9QdmKBhAwuHgoSBw/s4032/IMG_6182.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyllsr0WPBe27P0sGTmnbYjLkFNNX8iLLGRv4gBC5l4t0K3wqMZM-gEPVqcDJHS0DCHPVtK37jGoCZ8ZXPgMRw4ag6jTag5RmeqVGuDkvxMys7A9xq4f-sLsw51ZZdrZWajnT6PVqs6bnkmlsMgjm9E1l0-dMUJM8s7gikhFmAHW9QdmKBhAwuHgoSBw/s320/IMG_6182.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>THANKS dad and Deb for buying our lunch! It was super special and a really fun place.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqpCAiO37V0nC1JhSEFaLfCOcNwWaEIBg3UkKMol-Gy6bjNAyM3xuwCoZVt9AiKzWtMSuIwXsL6nDof-l2WbH90GTZVVWiN12vxZVjLmHvZ0rW3fOCoO-sTUYsWn-2YNTNqILZicOTGK9PDzTiFU9WTukFFSOBNlJvuTKpO74vh5G5uBR7kl0I4YAqQ/s4032/IMG_6189.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqpCAiO37V0nC1JhSEFaLfCOcNwWaEIBg3UkKMol-Gy6bjNAyM3xuwCoZVt9AiKzWtMSuIwXsL6nDof-l2WbH90GTZVVWiN12vxZVjLmHvZ0rW3fOCoO-sTUYsWn-2YNTNqILZicOTGK9PDzTiFU9WTukFFSOBNlJvuTKpO74vh5G5uBR7kl0I4YAqQ/w480-h640/IMG_6189.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The remainder of our time was enjoyed relaxing at our airbnb and the clubhouse pool down the street. We also visited everyone else at the Raptor Retreat where they were staying. Bryndee did an awesome job with designing that rental. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj806WCw5whEr1K7Trp1KoBRO9KguG6ZPyrNOk6ZEvhKynx9_YaitYaDjiEg2Vntj_rJS02NMI-U9VMfT3EoRziOE28Pwn8MCnND--IRlwKpen4i_V9dwn7QfiqNA5lhZ0EExiYfgs-ZlinQGny1L-ekCWd03weTp-iVXgzl1jRS-YS22mdJJOp79xdQ/s4032/IMG_6190.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj806WCw5whEr1K7Trp1KoBRO9KguG6ZPyrNOk6ZEvhKynx9_YaitYaDjiEg2Vntj_rJS02NMI-U9VMfT3EoRziOE28Pwn8MCnND--IRlwKpen4i_V9dwn7QfiqNA5lhZ0EExiYfgs-ZlinQGny1L-ekCWd03weTp-iVXgzl1jRS-YS22mdJJOp79xdQ/s320/IMG_6190.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>Amara and Maizie spent almost a whole day in the pool. Glad they had each other.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu2Jf1eILf-_HEJZAEbWQgX7c8Oqu8iRvA4emtWxdqcqDXUf58mOGsqClcNgBrUwiWCPYb-DolcZ_VZ10KU9XWc09yp5ryDoju1T5ys3NVUFB6p0qluv9AJtU3T3D-qeqI6dhQstA8Pkfn4K9CYNcyHF2fC510hUIqRNYcRo7ndnI9ISCyzkT_7jzag/s4032/IMG_6192.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu2Jf1eILf-_HEJZAEbWQgX7c8Oqu8iRvA4emtWxdqcqDXUf58mOGsqClcNgBrUwiWCPYb-DolcZ_VZ10KU9XWc09yp5ryDoju1T5ys3NVUFB6p0qluv9AJtU3T3D-qeqI6dhQstA8Pkfn4K9CYNcyHF2fC510hUIqRNYcRo7ndnI9ISCyzkT_7jzag/s320/IMG_6192.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9xCubXSPXxKpsHvlRnSSN9m1zADocgabdXTzP4VLh4GPUe8nE4AskTm2uSHlJ4ja0N27kdynbzGf5hGYSa2S6sqpy_yWa2eT_p39KsGKSfxvhe6ozq7pOGlWDPdrOuV0lBqnVHgkuJJFcqs21riDvsHFEYhQUUabB0GUOCNZgp7AKSJgKSetahWesw/s4032/IMG_6197.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9xCubXSPXxKpsHvlRnSSN9m1zADocgabdXTzP4VLh4GPUe8nE4AskTm2uSHlJ4ja0N27kdynbzGf5hGYSa2S6sqpy_yWa2eT_p39KsGKSfxvhe6ozq7pOGlWDPdrOuV0lBqnVHgkuJJFcqs21riDvsHFEYhQUUabB0GUOCNZgp7AKSJgKSetahWesw/s320/IMG_6197.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvFqkEr16_7VL6SKBBYcLTXM1aLkoH7gkHshj3VzMHEYU-1X7vpyNv6iXhqXG6fpedxCjphtoE-IlcMxPVWn7qwgRwsatWJoHH6AXPW1lkVfTy_topqfu7ANUo-62QsnnWyM0lYyqb6FsTx_JagYW95HQ84IoSV3RPpn7E4dyDI9jlU6taWIFmEW03Q/s4032/IMG_6204.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvFqkEr16_7VL6SKBBYcLTXM1aLkoH7gkHshj3VzMHEYU-1X7vpyNv6iXhqXG6fpedxCjphtoE-IlcMxPVWn7qwgRwsatWJoHH6AXPW1lkVfTy_topqfu7ANUo-62QsnnWyM0lYyqb6FsTx_JagYW95HQ84IoSV3RPpn7E4dyDI9jlU6taWIFmEW03Q/s320/IMG_6204.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">relaxing in the shade at the clubhouse pool</td></tr></tbody></table>Thanks Florida for the good times and the memories!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3ZhV9ljZLVPcczXtLZqUAy31fMLX54JT2hcd60FjDL3o239f2eNbPsFCaWrJvGePJYxvbq3SEZjYTxCCjVrFJlNfK2CzGCjCpEPUdI3IzfB5Y9ISWfX65b4ecqWpujtcZEdhAkg4I1T3H45ACGK-L3Ic2OaytAhuJDg8mYDRG1bGDZ5C9Q-U0_EXxw/s4032/IMG_6207.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3ZhV9ljZLVPcczXtLZqUAy31fMLX54JT2hcd60FjDL3o239f2eNbPsFCaWrJvGePJYxvbq3SEZjYTxCCjVrFJlNfK2CzGCjCpEPUdI3IzfB5Y9ISWfX65b4ecqWpujtcZEdhAkg4I1T3H45ACGK-L3Ic2OaytAhuJDg8mYDRG1bGDZ5C9Q-U0_EXxw/s320/IMG_6207.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to Maryland. Frontier's seats don't recline, there's no snack/drink service, and we were lucky to get seats all together because we paid a very cheap airfare.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-57812194721155934322022-05-10T15:49:00.001-07:002022-05-10T15:49:16.514-07:00Grandma Bobbie’s birthday!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandma Bobbie had a birthday!! On the 30th of April! Mom planned a fun day for us all to go do some fun activities, and grandma got to wear the birthday banner the whole time! It was so fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjdiw0Yq9DLer5CSsFybBOp2yuPp-43Gn9T0473_HjUM4Iq4cEnfWJwNeUk7fTbZyvlH1fZc2rat_WKFYe_7a5Oiz_sfrdtvo7zflU-xDvm9zAv_TNC1fbpFkXD4r8x6docPghTiT3kLgI71Qtcj6EkuqoTqdN3q3LpSmz88CfiNVCDdvv1vwJr6bkg/s4032/IMG_5709.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjdiw0Yq9DLer5CSsFybBOp2yuPp-43Gn9T0473_HjUM4Iq4cEnfWJwNeUk7fTbZyvlH1fZc2rat_WKFYe_7a5Oiz_sfrdtvo7zflU-xDvm9zAv_TNC1fbpFkXD4r8x6docPghTiT3kLgI71Qtcj6EkuqoTqdN3q3LpSmz88CfiNVCDdvv1vwJr6bkg/w640-h480/IMG_5709.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>We headed down to vernal, and our first stop was kooke! A new cookie place we’ve never been, it reminds me of crumbl. They had some fun gourmet cookies, and lily shared a bit of her party animal cookie with me, it tasted exactly like the pink frosted animal crackers! 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We loaded up the van with a lot of stuff, even I scored some cute shoes! Grandma got a lot of fun decor, especially Christmas decor there!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGf6Vn5VpBq9VOGTvKnQ_AfH-fwj7YnqqXw5S2CkyElbIVZzPR5dtpXrrEB2fHJDF8q5LPdPQUXRNJO51WfTd-D4BkeVRIWjO_zXjyv0Yu3s5KWMvWFBFqWR7SyEQamDbO9dCLWGAO1GJzacmu0zNjKKoq3aNL6OyuA-t_0FAZ3G592L9nMx8S3KqEOQ/s4032/IMG_5713.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGf6Vn5VpBq9VOGTvKnQ_AfH-fwj7YnqqXw5S2CkyElbIVZzPR5dtpXrrEB2fHJDF8q5LPdPQUXRNJO51WfTd-D4BkeVRIWjO_zXjyv0Yu3s5KWMvWFBFqWR7SyEQamDbO9dCLWGAO1GJzacmu0zNjKKoq3aNL6OyuA-t_0FAZ3G592L9nMx8S3KqEOQ/w480-h640/IMG_5713.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>Then we headed over to DI, for a shopping challenge! We had 10 minutes to find her an outfit for $10! After we did that she judged, and got to pick her favorite outfit to buy. The outfit I chose was the white one with the pink flower accent, with the black undershirt and black leggings. Moms was the one with the bicycle shirt with the bell bottom stretchy pants and the cardigan. It also came with earrings! And lily’s was the one with two shirts, (one of which was pajamas) and one pair of pants! Grandma chose mine to win, and so I got first pick on prizes!! Woot! She ended up mixing and matching our outfits and getting some other things as well. I found a cute blue and white tie shirt I bought as well! In the store, grandma was talking to a lady, and she sang her happy birthday in the middle of the store! It was so sweet of her, and it made grandmas day!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarAC3E0iC3oq2JrpWiuusWaFyDnycZqH0mOCu0U2H2g4jqR6IBrNj3SHPb2ySidSG9hsQLiRIC1H7Sv7j_bCPeh4RUWUt-wOQff7Ch6v2XabihTbcANMKE78Eib3FY6Lq4jjFd7jBVF1bCUBXFRrrdGYS3Zse7NWTXwWO0HGMcY0QsSrTtx7YDfia4A/s4032/IMG_5714.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarAC3E0iC3oq2JrpWiuusWaFyDnycZqH0mOCu0U2H2g4jqR6IBrNj3SHPb2ySidSG9hsQLiRIC1H7Sv7j_bCPeh4RUWUt-wOQff7Ch6v2XabihTbcANMKE78Eib3FY6Lq4jjFd7jBVF1bCUBXFRrrdGYS3Zse7NWTXwWO0HGMcY0QsSrTtx7YDfia4A/w480-h640/IMG_5714.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn8Bh02ANu3_TVWby1CoxdtMdBFDPo2BzRmXsP2RTcWfQGws8v9U71jHeXzdAqjhXU9JyDmcgbucT0-uHXbhYaFFxvUhCTLlYRurYM9Bk7wlHDwtkVuvh9MkqWnnRYHnSwqvHQn6ZAqUXQZ5YzDFYC-5NibTJsCJfnsVQMMKO8-tW5THXTrjkf0AvQA/s4032/IMG_5715.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn8Bh02ANu3_TVWby1CoxdtMdBFDPo2BzRmXsP2RTcWfQGws8v9U71jHeXzdAqjhXU9JyDmcgbucT0-uHXbhYaFFxvUhCTLlYRurYM9Bk7wlHDwtkVuvh9MkqWnnRYHnSwqvHQn6ZAqUXQZ5YzDFYC-5NibTJsCJfnsVQMMKO8-tW5THXTrjkf0AvQA/w480-h640/IMG_5715.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyM9JaV4jGVqRTLa4naFFyVwJXM15yQ2Q_5LchUWxSpmo0wn0hKNOyPfCCs1Jaq4lWQ_eIgRXOtSki-G54KMw5oOTOfBKYl6G8qhKZSJjh__PHJ62I5RtaO92pNE9N5TE8KCMFGHp3regqlZWM1Ppcoammo_nO8s9cPoBX1Mpt26PBSgeXZ61nAcIIg/s4032/IMG_5718.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyM9JaV4jGVqRTLa4naFFyVwJXM15yQ2Q_5LchUWxSpmo0wn0hKNOyPfCCs1Jaq4lWQ_eIgRXOtSki-G54KMw5oOTOfBKYl6G8qhKZSJjh__PHJ62I5RtaO92pNE9N5TE8KCMFGHp3regqlZWM1Ppcoammo_nO8s9cPoBX1Mpt26PBSgeXZ61nAcIIg/w480-h640/IMG_5718.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9KB-HcOUU-lP8Q29dAIeLS3RCn9wwiSZN-kEQGLy1CIhg7qBwXTv0I6ecrstuGJ78K0pY6LoLPqBgaJowuZFtWimHHE8aE34xzwIAMELQh9MYf7s1uY0Lt1ol86FRKPSeA5-mkJurS-xnGLhG1VlXBmBON_z1mFncm3HMyMhPT8trzMdQV-r8eXToA/s4032/IMG_5720.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9KB-HcOUU-lP8Q29dAIeLS3RCn9wwiSZN-kEQGLy1CIhg7qBwXTv0I6ecrstuGJ78K0pY6LoLPqBgaJowuZFtWimHHE8aE34xzwIAMELQh9MYf7s1uY0Lt1ol86FRKPSeA5-mkJurS-xnGLhG1VlXBmBON_z1mFncm3HMyMhPT8trzMdQV-r8eXToA/w480-h640/IMG_5720.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>Our last stop of the day was this restaurant, called canton city! It had really good food! Me and Lily ordered and shared the “happy family”, which was shrimp, scallops, beef, chicken, veggies, and I don’t know if there was anything else in it. Mom ordered cashew chicken, and grandma ordered the “lovers shrimp” which was a few different kinds of shrimp all in a sauce. She had us pick for her! After dinner, the waitress brought her a complimentary sugar donut dessert! She melted a candle onto the bottom of a teacup, and sang grandma happy birthday. It was so sweet! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOnkP3EVfefWONEnGVlpGyg_uVk1TXaF_7wQdrZf4PgUJsBZhVbE12vS949B2WJrW_iViGcYvQymZqQ2HkQGMwxgd-cXGuF7JDw8swCBvnE-vE-Y05yNg00L2dBoitHKPuObHe8_f4YY4kldgUSL1me5A35PEpc7KX459iRj3XokjBQK2Puv9PB0zGQ/s3520/IMG_5721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3520" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOnkP3EVfefWONEnGVlpGyg_uVk1TXaF_7wQdrZf4PgUJsBZhVbE12vS949B2WJrW_iViGcYvQymZqQ2HkQGMwxgd-cXGuF7JDw8swCBvnE-vE-Y05yNg00L2dBoitHKPuObHe8_f4YY4kldgUSL1me5A35PEpc7KX459iRj3XokjBQK2Puv9PB0zGQ/w360-h640/IMG_5721.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaRbteIakesAUt4jdUeQPY5A4wYBOGSDEwnNWuCZ1YThmaFQY70D56cVacqjJPlOc_APwmpmsBdJkrnzfuAhg7VPGfXRb6MpQcESJqdFa8iz8uz9vBnjLPHiwFyHSHfblYVZDrupTBjAEXroyxoEnYb8ltFPG7jEMPC9hViJTn-7oeBVgvccWkxuo6Q/s3520/IMG_5722.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3520" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaRbteIakesAUt4jdUeQPY5A4wYBOGSDEwnNWuCZ1YThmaFQY70D56cVacqjJPlOc_APwmpmsBdJkrnzfuAhg7VPGfXRb6MpQcESJqdFa8iz8uz9vBnjLPHiwFyHSHfblYVZDrupTBjAEXroyxoEnYb8ltFPG7jEMPC9hViJTn-7oeBVgvccWkxuo6Q/w360-h640/IMG_5722.JPG" width="360" /></a></div>Grandma also found one of her friends there, and talked to her for a bit. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMuZ_IULmeKpVAkEGcomOmTJAQRfcz74Yl8lSW3VKU6504l-NlfYZ2d19EI4Be-K_0V8OTorL6O0HU1r6gkxcF3YWB8f_-MEnGitqxUmSsZoGSsb6Q3rLZHPJiJKF9ktOPkIoCfjKkKGWP5GylRd9IJSwdptXxMZy6eZWOVTHls130hDQ2GSYbXa_ew/s4032/IMG_5725.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMuZ_IULmeKpVAkEGcomOmTJAQRfcz74Yl8lSW3VKU6504l-NlfYZ2d19EI4Be-K_0V8OTorL6O0HU1r6gkxcF3YWB8f_-MEnGitqxUmSsZoGSsb6Q3rLZHPJiJKF9ktOPkIoCfjKkKGWP5GylRd9IJSwdptXxMZy6eZWOVTHls130hDQ2GSYbXa_ew/w640-h480/IMG_5725.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>We opened our fortune cookies, and moms had a spelling mistake! What does the future hodl anyway? Also do you get the joke in grandmas picture? So clever 😂<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_xPGOjOD8zbLwZ6ehI75UkvCaVhgBUACybu2y9snSFn5JLzaAeZzIKHQavtqd4jf4H1O57ih557cMR0RZHWi87A6EGJd0ZbLWsqnoYNm78M1RhLBGvdr27gdHd4T9-6Glx3M_X8-ppQ48k-fdfONP1zjBaN6yyGZ-WMPRD1WAoAMAvoHkJd3eXaCXQ/s4032/IMG_5726.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_xPGOjOD8zbLwZ6ehI75UkvCaVhgBUACybu2y9snSFn5JLzaAeZzIKHQavtqd4jf4H1O57ih557cMR0RZHWi87A6EGJd0ZbLWsqnoYNm78M1RhLBGvdr27gdHd4T9-6Glx3M_X8-ppQ48k-fdfONP1zjBaN6yyGZ-WMPRD1WAoAMAvoHkJd3eXaCXQ/w480-h640/IMG_5726.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTo0auLiiM4e3w45_arBETQVf_kQmw87_EyyLx6YG3hW8JiFUDsNnWbJDOo6eFfW_Dzc3dbeu6BZ8T3cGOAWq21oi3bXG6PqFs-4_Ho3RtLmjKT5mxHXb9UpW0uhpvBQytlcwy_X5SqdPieTH9ut-OiQx4wj2i0F-cgizw1BA1mkSfqX0WaDtC1krkw/s3088/IMG_5727.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTo0auLiiM4e3w45_arBETQVf_kQmw87_EyyLx6YG3hW8JiFUDsNnWbJDOo6eFfW_Dzc3dbeu6BZ8T3cGOAWq21oi3bXG6PqFs-4_Ho3RtLmjKT5mxHXb9UpW0uhpvBQytlcwy_X5SqdPieTH9ut-OiQx4wj2i0F-cgizw1BA1mkSfqX0WaDtC1krkw/w480-h640/IMG_5727.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /> All in all, it was a fun day and grandma sure felt special! She’s an amazing person and we were all happy to go do this with her. Happy birthday grandma Bobbie!<p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-680641190297454772022-05-10T15:28:00.001-07:002022-05-10T15:28:08.660-07:00Dance performance & grandma visits!<p> Last week was our (mine and Lily’s) Dance performance! I (Amara) was in 4 dances, not including the finale. I was in rain, which was the pointe dance, fall leaves, the ballet dance, starry night, a jazz/modern dance, and mountains, also modern. Lily was in all of those, plus the hip hop dance. The costumes for them were all so pretty! The picture below is the rain dance, we had blue and grey leotards, and tights with some “skirts”. We were looking at them and we’re pretty sure they’re actually like, cardigans, since we found 2 sleeves and stuff. But we wrapped them in a way so they would look more skirt-like.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWEa1YXBif-oACLXDagbUqCO4lokUyvF3ZpiulW5uvgaBtqNVHj-O9UPGk78aARQOEF0xY2TxMduOjOe1mwpNOpyaXWGbA6_NthQ10PjNZd5Uf5imRUGzAjPW3QEgw5WlAQ2i558N3kqG9KT69MhAhwgILFqMDhYrJ5t6SY9xKfL4UsFLiyt9N-km_A/s3520/IMG_5789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWEa1YXBif-oACLXDagbUqCO4lokUyvF3ZpiulW5uvgaBtqNVHj-O9UPGk78aARQOEF0xY2TxMduOjOe1mwpNOpyaXWGbA6_NthQ10PjNZd5Uf5imRUGzAjPW3QEgw5WlAQ2i558N3kqG9KT69MhAhwgILFqMDhYrJ5t6SY9xKfL4UsFLiyt9N-km_A/w640-h360/IMG_5789.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>These next couple pictures are of the mountain dance, which was made up of not many people, me, lily, and 3 other girls from our class. We did a couple lifts, and it was fun! The especially fun thing is that the rain and mountain dances were back to back. So we wore our mountain leotards under the rain ones, and had our mountain costumes backstage. Mine had to be pinned up in the legs and shoulders in order to mostly fit me. The first time we had to do the quick change I got my skirt off, took my pointe shoes off, and took the rain Leo off. Then I hurriedly put on the mountain jumpsuit. We had several girls each to help us change backstage. We pulled it off though! However, the first performance I accidentally had it put on backwards. You can see in the pictures if you look closely!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghK7P5Sx0YX3dCdtjzar-aiU1hAFapkLQBi-rCwljASpzEavgsa8CObBH_8EG2MGVSSwrUK0wrO-9tchtDJhPW5D92lzkjHr5XK0SKmUEvVGfG5RQD0OsanMKbyom_U4dSw22t-t4ICQmAFZ1EK3bOKV5_1RvILKd-j8KVDJ2z0nOXrjSfNVfob0VC3A/s3520/IMG_5794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghK7P5Sx0YX3dCdtjzar-aiU1hAFapkLQBi-rCwljASpzEavgsa8CObBH_8EG2MGVSSwrUK0wrO-9tchtDJhPW5D92lzkjHr5XK0SKmUEvVGfG5RQD0OsanMKbyom_U4dSw22t-t4ICQmAFZ1EK3bOKV5_1RvILKd-j8KVDJ2z0nOXrjSfNVfob0VC3A/w640-h360/IMG_5794.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MbBc28HoAjTPx7kxUkVlyU8DxDirn0TmU7Om2ltCbGx5AQ67Fm29QUBA7tmT4JlV1WSJe3y8zfTUfD9bBpMIlMRzX7J4vXlBNlvRAqTFOdZyizT6liMlnqQFuI1JMTOGV_-i942ZRvQbCrtbGfLZnvWQxgOMb_BE_9nR8jAYl4Wjw8pk4Qk6Ant2Tw/s3520/IMG_5799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MbBc28HoAjTPx7kxUkVlyU8DxDirn0TmU7Om2ltCbGx5AQ67Fm29QUBA7tmT4JlV1WSJe3y8zfTUfD9bBpMIlMRzX7J4vXlBNlvRAqTFOdZyizT6liMlnqQFuI1JMTOGV_-i942ZRvQbCrtbGfLZnvWQxgOMb_BE_9nR8jAYl4Wjw8pk4Qk6Ant2Tw/w640-h360/IMG_5799.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>These pictures below are of starry night! I did pretty well in this one, and the skirts were hand painted by our teacher! We got to keep the navy leotards, and our tights. We kept changing leotards on under our regular leos, to make it easier and faster to change. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2wC4kqe7QjOVP1njQAbu2uQ69bGLq7dfkBqC_P8NheEtsN2Jz83r4H5l-kWz9fDgIMdsWrg4lsfdUBx28LgLhVIy_3tmGvo-QSdRc-G_pOlRbGEOdNfu-I-cdLVROFzXeRnupBLcZ3ZYvTgwXnCqoULb00OGWT5rnX1pTvc23jd_jxnrMBM3YfPzhQ/s3520/IMG_5807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2wC4kqe7QjOVP1njQAbu2uQ69bGLq7dfkBqC_P8NheEtsN2Jz83r4H5l-kWz9fDgIMdsWrg4lsfdUBx28LgLhVIy_3tmGvo-QSdRc-G_pOlRbGEOdNfu-I-cdLVROFzXeRnupBLcZ3ZYvTgwXnCqoULb00OGWT5rnX1pTvc23jd_jxnrMBM3YfPzhQ/w640-h360/IMG_5807.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh--5ADAEJIG3YGKFCMCotuPsY6_Ezok2FRga2xIxbMBCBxW02dZkXMX2dooF_YMC7h8gEGN_1yRvrPl-q5ivvTClOjOy-JCS417JnA-Bsb_Wt1Yl5sZ4pfU-ed2P80kfoh6-h2fUNOUzw5bi4rsdgrtiKhWB5UXxAdXPp2XHRwsgrBnW2Ykx13MMwO8Q/s3520/IMG_5812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh--5ADAEJIG3YGKFCMCotuPsY6_Ezok2FRga2xIxbMBCBxW02dZkXMX2dooF_YMC7h8gEGN_1yRvrPl-q5ivvTClOjOy-JCS417JnA-Bsb_Wt1Yl5sZ4pfU-ed2P80kfoh6-h2fUNOUzw5bi4rsdgrtiKhWB5UXxAdXPp2XHRwsgrBnW2Ykx13MMwO8Q/w640-h360/IMG_5812.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This last picture of the performance is from the finale! It was kinda a mess, it’s hard to get all the girls to stay together. I accidentally kicked a girl who ran on late, and happened to run directly behind me as I was doing the backwards kick. We both tried to just continue on and hope nobody noticed. Unfortunately, lily was unable to perform in the second performance, because she got sick. So we had to modify all the dances she was in to make them run smooth without her.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjZ9zzXb8YGXAPMdf2eNXXvJwAEe0rxJ7u5Pps6IWL-EtNxvxgjNseL-uNSnMBUxuzSQ4o4hGFSo8QMPA9yWdCweoereDYaQhihMkBNw-b_zf7qMVEsLaVjUbISf4b6ShCooaOoprSp86mNQ7rVt-v3Ty6b78OE45sjHkwwJYsv5PFgjafCsCVgV65g/s3520/IMG_5831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjZ9zzXb8YGXAPMdf2eNXXvJwAEe0rxJ7u5Pps6IWL-EtNxvxgjNseL-uNSnMBUxuzSQ4o4hGFSo8QMPA9yWdCweoereDYaQhihMkBNw-b_zf7qMVEsLaVjUbISf4b6ShCooaOoprSp86mNQ7rVt-v3Ty6b78OE45sjHkwwJYsv5PFgjafCsCVgV65g/w640-h360/IMG_5831.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Grandma Christensen came down to visit us to watch our performances! She watched both of them, and enjoyed it! Mother’s Day was coming up, so me and mom went to Davis and found her these cool color changing hair clips! They look like white flowers, and when you stand in the sun they instantly change from white into 3 different, vibrant, colors! So cool! We also played a fun game called box of lies, and she won!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVycAcSzWFH2gTc3IsuzZbHDpHzmGbHuiRzhvHXqo9ln0-8WO9iOpxqJGv2mlzbRj-kEWBqR4GKqVd1z6TtxPPAm-UaP9PKbUorsykZbeNLidiSFMQt1ONojxD9kNqziF8Xi-T0INqPb4M9t78KlIvEKRV5JUTyKyZ5eqGvKKcCjx1UasoXY9Uo6IDiw/s4032/IMG_5835.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVycAcSzWFH2gTc3IsuzZbHDpHzmGbHuiRzhvHXqo9ln0-8WO9iOpxqJGv2mlzbRj-kEWBqR4GKqVd1z6TtxPPAm-UaP9PKbUorsykZbeNLidiSFMQt1ONojxD9kNqziF8Xi-T0INqPb4M9t78KlIvEKRV5JUTyKyZ5eqGvKKcCjx1UasoXY9Uo6IDiw/w480-h640/IMG_5835.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyceQF3Q2QKC3djd_1M2x94jHv-0ghhVS-csoJ9QaiwBIA2jHDRGHLu6astq_bjavFCecWK-SEb5nLiF_27VvIlMYk7zP0gOlnNRlMoAWFomHZgLZrLTvztySdkJpbSWZzdvdzmTHLsdplCb_rmtiZO6A2Uxv3m5Zr5t1kbmCEc60h7kRBUPwFkIzjAw/s4032/IMG_5850.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyceQF3Q2QKC3djd_1M2x94jHv-0ghhVS-csoJ9QaiwBIA2jHDRGHLu6astq_bjavFCecWK-SEb5nLiF_27VvIlMYk7zP0gOlnNRlMoAWFomHZgLZrLTvztySdkJpbSWZzdvdzmTHLsdplCb_rmtiZO6A2Uxv3m5Zr5t1kbmCEc60h7kRBUPwFkIzjAw/w640-h480/IMG_5850.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>Mandi and Sarah came to support us as well! They’re such good friends.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVrr9fekgEvS9uvRNwUWo_3IWUbTV4WPg4JPUcsdclJ-YkCzXzKNfKuO6qSS0ro3RCrdytHrmTu8cOOOZ8kE0lGb-3vVxb3mgmBxZHYaidVEu6TSO1ySMhtc38K95FYeu9g32JYJXCw6GZxN1dkYj_2dvNs0qlmfpi2P9__wKdkpak0MmiF0L3dABuw/s4032/IMG_5855.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVrr9fekgEvS9uvRNwUWo_3IWUbTV4WPg4JPUcsdclJ-YkCzXzKNfKuO6qSS0ro3RCrdytHrmTu8cOOOZ8kE0lGb-3vVxb3mgmBxZHYaidVEu6TSO1ySMhtc38K95FYeu9g32JYJXCw6GZxN1dkYj_2dvNs0qlmfpi2P9__wKdkpak0MmiF0L3dABuw/w640-h480/IMG_5855.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojJDOUnXoPkq44DU_kkKdgm1egDGOz0JQ8T_ZO95HEaN_SDBk-1nJxmAIZbRTC3M-TtO9q9lHFu8B9ZtnPcunilNVb-C3jPff7_euJJ7_n2QYMUh8WWDrG_StNsSa7PEyCZczsTzKDNllpYNhwHsi1wPEpTgwVwUUcR5_wVHTf4WBf2ltFBaYsMIqSg/s3088/IMG_5863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojJDOUnXoPkq44DU_kkKdgm1egDGOz0JQ8T_ZO95HEaN_SDBk-1nJxmAIZbRTC3M-TtO9q9lHFu8B9ZtnPcunilNVb-C3jPff7_euJJ7_n2QYMUh8WWDrG_StNsSa7PEyCZczsTzKDNllpYNhwHsi1wPEpTgwVwUUcR5_wVHTf4WBf2ltFBaYsMIqSg/w640-h480/IMG_5863.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-30962818455905365742022-05-03T19:26:00.001-07:002022-06-19T19:58:03.028-07:00Our 19th Anniversary<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We often leave town and stay somewhere else for our anniversary, and oftentimes we don't even go on our actual anniversary. This year, Steve had the idea to take off work and do day full of local dates. Since I've done almost all the planning in years past (maybe all the planning?), I jumped on board immediately to Steve's plan. He even planned the dates. We started the morning with disc golf, then took the scenic route to Vernal where we went mattress shopping and almost bought a mattress, then we ate at Plaza Mexicana (Steve's new favorite Mexican place), then went to the library to read until we could get into the next movie at the theater. It was a full and fun day together celebrating 19 years of marriage. I loved it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being married to Stephen is a blessing. He is funny and calm, compassionate, and passionate, caring and smart, patient and perseverant. I love that he takes his fatherhood seriously and works hard to provide for our family, while also sincerely desiring to support our children in their interests and education. He's always cared for their well-being, from the womb he was reading to them and making sure I was taking my prenatal vitamins. Now, he likes to connect by watching good shows with them like Tales from Avonlea, Anne of Green Gables, Pride and Prejudice, and musicals. We all love it when we can spend time with Steve!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heres's some pictures of our anniversary stay-cation, in backwards order (I don't know why, but that's how blogger did it)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QjnSfzq17kF8JglHjEnEznlD0TJnblo2Rr660hBs-XhaNfjapQQUPnEoOKhXKQPpdAB_iVYqaYcXKIwY_pqgSvpbOVBM-vqr0x0Z1th_Jy5Z1gBX2J7dwRVe1okE21RmWBo9cqYQBX5ZDVfPokuAsG3oTk8o8q6kt6WZY1NSOM1jd4O1PMitO9JTog/s3088/IMG_5750.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QjnSfzq17kF8JglHjEnEznlD0TJnblo2Rr660hBs-XhaNfjapQQUPnEoOKhXKQPpdAB_iVYqaYcXKIwY_pqgSvpbOVBM-vqr0x0Z1th_Jy5Z1gBX2J7dwRVe1okE21RmWBo9cqYQBX5ZDVfPokuAsG3oTk8o8q6kt6WZY1NSOM1jd4O1PMitO9JTog/s320/IMG_5750.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good popcorn, crummy show! Don't waste your time with any of the Magical Creatures movies.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscUeje8pDC2U4pDFXj3CnJ2DNgvzCpbVTqhu9TQKBoJD55T59S28zAjjmBlWeXv9qOvFmAuy4IBs7tb5LlUjDgWl24niYh1w-sWvyfvqg_g0EdCiQ4oJ6Meo0RWb_xVwX9kEbZgzaZwvTdMaVh0vK1pkMfm1KRXIgz6iNXN7bR8xcOQqHWywcddTm8A/s4032/IMG_5748.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscUeje8pDC2U4pDFXj3CnJ2DNgvzCpbVTqhu9TQKBoJD55T59S28zAjjmBlWeXv9qOvFmAuy4IBs7tb5LlUjDgWl24niYh1w-sWvyfvqg_g0EdCiQ4oJ6Meo0RWb_xVwX9kEbZgzaZwvTdMaVh0vK1pkMfm1KRXIgz6iNXN7bR8xcOQqHWywcddTm8A/s320/IMG_5748.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve fell asleep while reading.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoylfQLN6UPNsonbIione3g5oze_NyehSRkube8IYB9e5X5AhbDJwERRNz1iUeNJNngmww1kTgjtW5LH4GtDL62XNe85Eic_ufdWp8986slG2123ngyM4iYoqvOlp5Z4ShQ85scyEgCV3LWhE0EdKle1iuXuMB7BCQIDhLMxEMIoBrXETMP3Y6ZrpBkA/s3565/IMG_5747.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2559" data-original-width="3565" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoylfQLN6UPNsonbIione3g5oze_NyehSRkube8IYB9e5X5AhbDJwERRNz1iUeNJNngmww1kTgjtW5LH4GtDL62XNe85Eic_ufdWp8986slG2123ngyM4iYoqvOlp5Z4ShQ85scyEgCV3LWhE0EdKle1iuXuMB7BCQIDhLMxEMIoBrXETMP3Y6ZrpBkA/s320/IMG_5747.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I enjoyed the Pioneer Woman magazine at the library!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Vr5FObb8gMIWqCMbKohsY7YpnOibpp1jkGPW9hDzfXHfmKZSNHjkS_ixEx9MbvsnKPXR36Q_8rSI1CfYHDsOq3loGX1kwDigRcrAPBTcUSMl23tBBXvCW2EHQdIfbfFW2jg87PgkIN1XxitvFey3hteMnVUKTB_yK2H9LyiSQyq4Xao-7ps9rsVg3Q/s4032/IMG_5746.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Vr5FObb8gMIWqCMbKohsY7YpnOibpp1jkGPW9hDzfXHfmKZSNHjkS_ixEx9MbvsnKPXR36Q_8rSI1CfYHDsOq3loGX1kwDigRcrAPBTcUSMl23tBBXvCW2EHQdIfbfFW2jg87PgkIN1XxitvFey3hteMnVUKTB_yK2H9LyiSQyq4Xao-7ps9rsVg3Q/s320/IMG_5746.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was Steve's first time to Plaza Mexicana, and my second. I was nervous he wouldn't like it because he's not a big Mexican food fan, but he ended up liking it. He really loved the crispy relleno.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMhc1QWMg_HKQFp_k5CBJ6cNdqrqgj_QAnZDFxTDR9KD5Z-EbTfMLqzXtCkotDmOVG_bBhKP1Vvh37D8dvUDiWdQHHtkJBf7Js6wwqE9z7zfFTXKMQkA5aMbgwHKmCcDXHePSBf2icZPIBbbOPi9ewIdVZRmDmlGRfT4c4Ice1sNiy4VjXxZbqjEuIg/s4032/IMG_5743.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMhc1QWMg_HKQFp_k5CBJ6cNdqrqgj_QAnZDFxTDR9KD5Z-EbTfMLqzXtCkotDmOVG_bBhKP1Vvh37D8dvUDiWdQHHtkJBf7Js6wwqE9z7zfFTXKMQkA5aMbgwHKmCcDXHePSBf2icZPIBbbOPi9ewIdVZRmDmlGRfT4c4Ice1sNiy4VjXxZbqjEuIg/s320/IMG_5743.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ground beef chimichanga, rice and beans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiArIH_QKFCqJz5eIF7T7cOmVS-nqIyYggMm_fDhV77Vwqw-vhpiDxBYWLqlyoDzzzgkTMpXyfSNUD6IERq4hWTqK-FhyxPB0T_y8Jaw8NAZaPGYhv8NVJHZgIKKaZgirj1Il6BaRR6FqcdErbMf5MPgmQwkTkIGl659S8Otm_AC5Rm9QsoP0AXRHyDw/s4032/IMG_5742.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiArIH_QKFCqJz5eIF7T7cOmVS-nqIyYggMm_fDhV77Vwqw-vhpiDxBYWLqlyoDzzzgkTMpXyfSNUD6IERq4hWTqK-FhyxPB0T_y8Jaw8NAZaPGYhv8NVJHZgIKKaZgirj1Il6BaRR6FqcdErbMf5MPgmQwkTkIGl659S8Otm_AC5Rm9QsoP0AXRHyDw/s320/IMG_5742.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 crispy rellenos, rice and beans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKq4tuwrYzx5QKmM237D1AFcorPvYA9Axdgbwrct-PPDdJqxRPsTuVgujpcZT7OGypBNTdvOHtkGpu1WYn9OxTFAh7CWphmCZlQrdg8a2WMlUwubBcZ50e7AYHg0IaQ35dN69I1wB_ulUanfND2KytJVYJ9h2hkM9o_IHbt7JBlsuk7BRVTN_hhvogw/s4032/IMG_5741.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKq4tuwrYzx5QKmM237D1AFcorPvYA9Axdgbwrct-PPDdJqxRPsTuVgujpcZT7OGypBNTdvOHtkGpu1WYn9OxTFAh7CWphmCZlQrdg8a2WMlUwubBcZ50e7AYHg0IaQ35dN69I1wB_ulUanfND2KytJVYJ9h2hkM9o_IHbt7JBlsuk7BRVTN_hhvogw/s320/IMG_5741.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We almost bought a mattress, but couldn't decide between 2 of them. We spent probably close to 2 hours trying out mattresses and talking it over. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2vFarfNAqRqaOfc5MS9PdPLbx8iTUPp3Lmgstam_Dk_lv1pqvm7dSRWknMNLtgF4oca5bZM6elewDELYMDe8t-Z70Td0XMabLvsVjL3syE3coHGpFob4pJuNyK4JOuKuareGIlA4LXSdz24PUmkPdxok-YHG9DTxf95FpHIiz0FE9bGijH1tCq01uw/s4032/IMG_5736.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2vFarfNAqRqaOfc5MS9PdPLbx8iTUPp3Lmgstam_Dk_lv1pqvm7dSRWknMNLtgF4oca5bZM6elewDELYMDe8t-Z70Td0XMabLvsVjL3syE3coHGpFob4pJuNyK4JOuKuareGIlA4LXSdz24PUmkPdxok-YHG9DTxf95FpHIiz0FE9bGijH1tCq01uw/s320/IMG_5736.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A picture off the side of the road of the drizzly day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtd190Z9ecoUTAREiLNq8BhSFl0Nn6jD2ASk4QC2sFvpNz9SiwKLKVqPj5oroeIYHrfATQXNCpsMM93_35gLcfIHVpF8lA2MR-Yc9dycmA-ko84fxO4F2CTgDYhFvgxOxk0YyQlRx9D25rOxOGOzrBACXH4FRlAlGld9jhcDkbHjtX9RSgA1TzUXfonQ/s3088/IMG_5730.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtd190Z9ecoUTAREiLNq8BhSFl0Nn6jD2ASk4QC2sFvpNz9SiwKLKVqPj5oroeIYHrfATQXNCpsMM93_35gLcfIHVpF8lA2MR-Yc9dycmA-ko84fxO4F2CTgDYhFvgxOxk0YyQlRx9D25rOxOGOzrBACXH4FRlAlGld9jhcDkbHjtX9RSgA1TzUXfonQ/s320/IMG_5730.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A brisk morning for disc golf. We had Constitution Park to ourselves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-64783213131426221482022-03-25T15:22:00.003-07:002022-03-25T15:22:53.134-07:00Teams for Teens recents!<p> Teams for Teens is a fun class that my mom teaches at the Alliance Learning center! It's so much fun, we get to play and lead games, and make friends along the way. Here's some of the recent and fun activities we've done!</p><p>First up we have a new thing we're doing, called Hobby Highlights! Where a couple students get to take a few minutes to show us the hobby of their choice! For the first week we had Tyler, Carter, William, Christopher, and Jonathon! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hbFjVFTXAFFA1aGBeZkfv6Zz6CaWizGcL9T7HBRyhImUzHsj1vEDkNLrOriRiVmWXtBDwKu4zpGKJvGi5DCB7eNGx6mKzpIIRGo0y-WiDSr0Vh4wSsHixl7rdTZ0L1fr3U8D02qnuDSmAM2dBl2cQCB4hZp0s2svFd5vRaAQUPzKvAFytOITBq2SkA/s4032/IMG_5058.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hbFjVFTXAFFA1aGBeZkfv6Zz6CaWizGcL9T7HBRyhImUzHsj1vEDkNLrOriRiVmWXtBDwKu4zpGKJvGi5DCB7eNGx6mKzpIIRGo0y-WiDSr0Vh4wSsHixl7rdTZ0L1fr3U8D02qnuDSmAM2dBl2cQCB4hZp0s2svFd5vRaAQUPzKvAFytOITBq2SkA/w480-h640/IMG_5058.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>Tyler's hobby highlight was playing the VR! (Virtual Reality) We got to watch him play a game that looked sorta like tag, but with monkeys. He also let anyone who wanted to take a turn playing the VR. William also chose for his hobby highlight to do the VR, except his headset couldn't connect to the TV so unfortunately we didn't get to really see what he saw.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDSVf7CTRo9dx2f9PWggHewB6jgEsi1lElaVtuhngBp3Yy6fzdQeUHkpwIlzZBIqwVVnkj8orXmEcTfVNfjoiM9WsND35TKbD7nTQbzImhpc1Eb2dqbPEa6oqFljZtUn8hXH-fzV3KWKDp_EtoILK-xnoSm2JOVBoYVDwsZYnMerRhcDhluBj1lYHWA/s4032/IMG_5075.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDSVf7CTRo9dx2f9PWggHewB6jgEsi1lElaVtuhngBp3Yy6fzdQeUHkpwIlzZBIqwVVnkj8orXmEcTfVNfjoiM9WsND35TKbD7nTQbzImhpc1Eb2dqbPEa6oqFljZtUn8hXH-fzV3KWKDp_EtoILK-xnoSm2JOVBoYVDwsZYnMerRhcDhluBj1lYHWA/w640-h480/IMG_5075.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>For Jonathon's highlight, he chose droning! You can see the little black drone there, above the heads of some of the students. It was so fun to watch the drone zoom around the parking lot, and it takes skills! I've tried flying one before, and it's pretty difficult.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiQpMJKiO5gtX83DWy5g3ydgWwQHhHJyJj7liT39ljEbvDuc8Q8IrDhRftmcc1GGKJ93cpJi8nxTe0Dxn7W2L_u0SsaFKjGp-QSvxScHB_ujF_s6x3QiImivze-E1j7J7Ms4YVM62lUUBR8_UWLRLAoKIlgjSgHJqWSRr8M-Wot8AcA0Ktz7KpWfOpA/s4032/IMG_5062.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiQpMJKiO5gtX83DWy5g3ydgWwQHhHJyJj7liT39ljEbvDuc8Q8IrDhRftmcc1GGKJ93cpJi8nxTe0Dxn7W2L_u0SsaFKjGp-QSvxScHB_ujF_s6x3QiImivze-E1j7J7Ms4YVM62lUUBR8_UWLRLAoKIlgjSgHJqWSRr8M-Wot8AcA0Ktz7KpWfOpA/w640-h480/IMG_5062.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>Christopher's chosen hobby was roping! He was originally just going to make one of his brothers get roped, but then several people volunteered! He was able to successfully rope all the volunteers, and it was fun to watch him chase after them swinging the rope like a cowboy!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wEBpYDxe51yOMRd1SYDVIlUlbLFKn6RCtH3iPgQZtI_zet6KXEoa_zTKnuf4m5xjnCindc0xEnGFH3KIsi6fphckl4OSbuXt88xgzU5FYOCmapmQKk3xf6diVQsAX6o2aTg4py8m_mqTf8V9K2pveVbbqfcj-kChiaCw50IdFOcbIhjYdqW2Yxhqgw/s4032/IMG_5060.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wEBpYDxe51yOMRd1SYDVIlUlbLFKn6RCtH3iPgQZtI_zet6KXEoa_zTKnuf4m5xjnCindc0xEnGFH3KIsi6fphckl4OSbuXt88xgzU5FYOCmapmQKk3xf6diVQsAX6o2aTg4py8m_mqTf8V9K2pveVbbqfcj-kChiaCw50IdFOcbIhjYdqW2Yxhqgw/w640-h480/IMG_5060.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwaXmLdM_ds5KQEuP1Ma_5qnFxj8-x6wJ3DurqbzqOu-MXOUS0UmYkmgOGpGmBTEQxtT7us7YIBYXfdVc-VBTjvo3ybweCQJjUDXI2KHCBHj9uFM87eFgBevfHZjVnqLzIzrU3Eh37QrkW3FOqFF7j4TPwx5pTCFpYtahcdaeRcb0QaMtt2RqfK32Eg/s4032/IMG_5064.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwaXmLdM_ds5KQEuP1Ma_5qnFxj8-x6wJ3DurqbzqOu-MXOUS0UmYkmgOGpGmBTEQxtT7us7YIBYXfdVc-VBTjvo3ybweCQJjUDXI2KHCBHj9uFM87eFgBevfHZjVnqLzIzrU3Eh37QrkW3FOqFF7j4TPwx5pTCFpYtahcdaeRcb0QaMtt2RqfK32Eg/w640-h480/IMG_5064.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>After all the hobbies, we went and played games! This one below is called Scatterball, and it's a favorite! It's kinda like dodgeball, but when you get hit, instead of being out you just sit down. Then if the ball rolls to you while you're down, you can pick it up and throw it at someone who's up, and if you hit them you're back up!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPW_ARA23nTtsvZ9C_RUDFCrtHiEXh0T1ugkDmBOq8pErjspOgFhySdfqIsbSLbgYWdq_TXJOaNTKg27b1oRdhEM6Fcj51Nvcm5IAzNSpDEysVdQFWQ4A5P-PcRWV7DkXRGGxUCp-CrKrmVut1tJ9k9J_0xewHWQDg5VZ7W_741bvPH5BxQ2ZWPUceiQ/s4032/IMG_5079.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPW_ARA23nTtsvZ9C_RUDFCrtHiEXh0T1ugkDmBOq8pErjspOgFhySdfqIsbSLbgYWdq_TXJOaNTKg27b1oRdhEM6Fcj51Nvcm5IAzNSpDEysVdQFWQ4A5P-PcRWV7DkXRGGxUCp-CrKrmVut1tJ9k9J_0xewHWQDg5VZ7W_741bvPH5BxQ2ZWPUceiQ/w640-h480/IMG_5079.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYZlhKzZvN4HRPBZouGd5dV9_nenhCrLjKMZFxlhLCwmx0Z2eOPyumPeHwsK6wIJE0wiJv8OTTuamfpQNouNlH6qYry-d3embg_MyaAIgpRhLYXskuvdmoWBo8x3AAA2v3lLXZNcmW92Reo3NfKYXeHoq55STMog3v_T_ntqFlO0M72CCZYhUT7Zzaw/s4032/IMG_5078.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYZlhKzZvN4HRPBZouGd5dV9_nenhCrLjKMZFxlhLCwmx0Z2eOPyumPeHwsK6wIJE0wiJv8OTTuamfpQNouNlH6qYry-d3embg_MyaAIgpRhLYXskuvdmoWBo8x3AAA2v3lLXZNcmW92Reo3NfKYXeHoq55STMog3v_T_ntqFlO0M72CCZYhUT7Zzaw/w640-h480/IMG_5078.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now, we're going back in time to a different day, where we played werewolf! This was a fun game, it's kind of like mafia, except there's more roles. I (Amara) was a villager for all the rounds I think, which is pretty rare since we played 3 rounds and there's so many different roles! So I just sat and did nothing except vote at the end. 😂<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2Mpj10bRl9GmzM34jT7srqs5PsMHxpCRzsn5rp7bj0Pv_e7g50UjWA8fQYrjhe85a7XmmTBSRvt-BDLj07dou9l_sNuppCuu_2QZhzL3W205gH3NZyMVPR8ngTMSnd5wCn8CZPdLQOk01Z2nSwN0GmxqiX9KjfNZ0EKYcriF_Ght1qC43o3tOS2Upg/s4032/IMG_5031.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2Mpj10bRl9GmzM34jT7srqs5PsMHxpCRzsn5rp7bj0Pv_e7g50UjWA8fQYrjhe85a7XmmTBSRvt-BDLj07dou9l_sNuppCuu_2QZhzL3W205gH3NZyMVPR8ngTMSnd5wCn8CZPdLQOk01Z2nSwN0GmxqiX9KjfNZ0EKYcriF_Ght1qC43o3tOS2Upg/w640-h480/IMG_5031.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite72fTxNa4aUWFU6yyYwzFzvCPsisPv6CkEHBWEpapief90UsW8rJLnvGeWkCf4B7XVkPvfeCtFyl-UHfFsAJkCf0gs6cIAt0fg00nO_ZZu91V6hl3NWBrFiUzmAsvbAq5yOGAEpLNZcGZhEZJapov-4GYLabazIjExiq9fC2mSYdfNV-MBXwPDYu_A/s4032/IMG_5032.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite72fTxNa4aUWFU6yyYwzFzvCPsisPv6CkEHBWEpapief90UsW8rJLnvGeWkCf4B7XVkPvfeCtFyl-UHfFsAJkCf0gs6cIAt0fg00nO_ZZu91V6hl3NWBrFiUzmAsvbAq5yOGAEpLNZcGZhEZJapov-4GYLabazIjExiq9fC2mSYdfNV-MBXwPDYu_A/w640-h480/IMG_5032.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>Now these next pictures below are a different day I think, where we played Blind Man's Bluff, and Sock dodgeball! Both of these games were so fun to play, and I especially loved dodgeball!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2QbPWfKxtPVDGrLYJyKpv9Cqv2q8nBzmIDztftxhsIbJxqtHTUxnkmn6XtnD7CQ6yleB01h-sOeoAfz71eFqgbn8jcewz_ziato2izeHCtWAKPtEnmRG5W0in0VxGDHXbPmVwo0oxIGVVT90QtyYLWtBJOLrfN4TYZ6NYU1zv50DZ-g0liSGb9X0KA/s4032/IMG_5024.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2QbPWfKxtPVDGrLYJyKpv9Cqv2q8nBzmIDztftxhsIbJxqtHTUxnkmn6XtnD7CQ6yleB01h-sOeoAfz71eFqgbn8jcewz_ziato2izeHCtWAKPtEnmRG5W0in0VxGDHXbPmVwo0oxIGVVT90QtyYLWtBJOLrfN4TYZ6NYU1zv50DZ-g0liSGb9X0KA/w640-h480/IMG_5024.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHEYvpmr4GLvGIznmpCIdKU3NGsy52E4kTuMUnhYJewqgP3HhKXxOxxLDNTu6axizJBUNHXmp2eQDu8R8N2-5PWelhQ_WXXEdEzQkHqWaaOq5pQOE5hEPVM8UbuBxUMzIkquC0D_0C1S1RdxwFQW919WuO-GJIDbaJWv1Mwriun5xEIX6mqZ2XhxA5g/s4032/IMG_5027.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHEYvpmr4GLvGIznmpCIdKU3NGsy52E4kTuMUnhYJewqgP3HhKXxOxxLDNTu6axizJBUNHXmp2eQDu8R8N2-5PWelhQ_WXXEdEzQkHqWaaOq5pQOE5hEPVM8UbuBxUMzIkquC0D_0C1S1RdxwFQW919WuO-GJIDbaJWv1Mwriun5xEIX6mqZ2XhxA5g/w640-h480/IMG_5027.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpduUsHQRZpGMnEcfuX1idtBlyav1BD_BooJNLOjqYzKp8i_N-W2WvmLq_tKKCL-HwhWQFyZL0YMjL6LvM2PA0PGuTWWERbcxYx57sQF8tGefugd9lg1cSwcSTM9dWx7lf0Q3Xc9AqqfSfMqLYlG10PMjwRTbrWz24Qlq4fDUhaTUOAw31pDa4LmqOlg/s4032/IMG_5007.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpduUsHQRZpGMnEcfuX1idtBlyav1BD_BooJNLOjqYzKp8i_N-W2WvmLq_tKKCL-HwhWQFyZL0YMjL6LvM2PA0PGuTWWERbcxYx57sQF8tGefugd9lg1cSwcSTM9dWx7lf0Q3Xc9AqqfSfMqLYlG10PMjwRTbrWz24Qlq4fDUhaTUOAw31pDa4LmqOlg/w640-h480/IMG_5007.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjZCJuSLZKeoh863_C_-u_6dy9sxmknXnNybw6i-kOya_aOakOMNv0q4ngr7rn_l07NbEGup3Z5SAVx_Pse3R1rlYemFg-pjrngRft_mtQAZCC0yU2I6dsFc4Ke4_wJWrrrX0AFZXEtTB994djgg-U92TcnVV2J5so9q1WR3_dRaaoy_KGrIAqAvnoA/s4032/IMG_5010.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjZCJuSLZKeoh863_C_-u_6dy9sxmknXnNybw6i-kOya_aOakOMNv0q4ngr7rn_l07NbEGup3Z5SAVx_Pse3R1rlYemFg-pjrngRft_mtQAZCC0yU2I6dsFc4Ke4_wJWrrrX0AFZXEtTB994djgg-U92TcnVV2J5so9q1WR3_dRaaoy_KGrIAqAvnoA/w640-h480/IMG_5010.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjExUpsC8t3p8ZfRUE-Z7HJoxi-i_l_lvr1DpvmekJfkPMHwF-m9ubB6-fTEdkPfPwIVGD7zRH5PTEWo6tiOaGZBpEvHH8QkTHDXNUXv9nFcCHWn8hDG2ZEFloxf4R9I3AHTPe2cCUDOeuC6DFn656xpV5oLZB-In03o4s3GfQcR-JhNuNacXpXQ0NCg/s4032/IMG_4991.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjExUpsC8t3p8ZfRUE-Z7HJoxi-i_l_lvr1DpvmekJfkPMHwF-m9ubB6-fTEdkPfPwIVGD7zRH5PTEWo6tiOaGZBpEvHH8QkTHDXNUXv9nFcCHWn8hDG2ZEFloxf4R9I3AHTPe2cCUDOeuC6DFn656xpV5oLZB-In03o4s3GfQcR-JhNuNacXpXQ0NCg/w640-h480/IMG_4991.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>This is the last class I'll be highlighting, but in this one we played Wink murder, and we played a couple rounds in a different variation. Wink murder is the game where one person is chosen as the "murderer", and they have to kill the innocents by winking at them. We all walked around in the room until someone died, then decided who we thought the murderer was. Whoever we chose got eliminated! And the different variation was, instead of winking we shook hands with the people around us. Danyn was the murderer both times! What are the odds?</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6kXTtEPExcqSULughM5DHDo84QmVDVVSY-WY658adzKIo8mbGTx1yoq7aimJGCXT0sKzKVHKhPLYgyIRwraR9gfkwSQ9AdGpkowkg3SE8GfQ0-3uSAokdM-oEKu0wPSdH0_ZzCZmBtkZjerajNei4P0L6tCS9FXwftbPgK79Bb4fAFBzjxECQB52Gw/s4032/IMG_4907.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6kXTtEPExcqSULughM5DHDo84QmVDVVSY-WY658adzKIo8mbGTx1yoq7aimJGCXT0sKzKVHKhPLYgyIRwraR9gfkwSQ9AdGpkowkg3SE8GfQ0-3uSAokdM-oEKu0wPSdH0_ZzCZmBtkZjerajNei4P0L6tCS9FXwftbPgK79Bb4fAFBzjxECQB52Gw/w640-h480/IMG_4907.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRfY6zyR8qHkUdIrpYeE5GWmsVbAatuO0_qgQkRdRlg2ZB1UpGSVihx88muR2CbgQL-UHe422Pn4UYARlDuy318PTbI7fJgjGUWbPv4kg3B-optNK-qZUNoyPQbeWruMwoxBxgeG77qTMxPMItDLK1_AflHZ8lmrq8LXz6w0LtIR3JJhw1WOS76Mg4w/s4032/IMG_4901.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRfY6zyR8qHkUdIrpYeE5GWmsVbAatuO0_qgQkRdRlg2ZB1UpGSVihx88muR2CbgQL-UHe422Pn4UYARlDuy318PTbI7fJgjGUWbPv4kg3B-optNK-qZUNoyPQbeWruMwoxBxgeG77qTMxPMItDLK1_AflHZ8lmrq8LXz6w0LtIR3JJhw1WOS76Mg4w/w640-h480/IMG_4901.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHD2O04o5cGcMD5JPSJVEP7ApG9CHqmPZE_AIGvLcxx-GMuYAHBbTFHj2iplGVkoiJdwafKprtrmLoHlTXwwXaYl6hAbxryQK044FIlPoI_cG8Vmxz-lmIic4KQzjYH4likq010I8XDgIshBA3eSMI4psEtje0PYneDVIf8cipmVShvFn1l-qMgdczMQ/s4032/IMG_4905.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHD2O04o5cGcMD5JPSJVEP7ApG9CHqmPZE_AIGvLcxx-GMuYAHBbTFHj2iplGVkoiJdwafKprtrmLoHlTXwwXaYl6hAbxryQK044FIlPoI_cG8Vmxz-lmIic4KQzjYH4likq010I8XDgIshBA3eSMI4psEtje0PYneDVIf8cipmVShvFn1l-qMgdczMQ/w640-h480/IMG_4905.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKzmybgqefBXEcwUGr9hc1RpJY78XPILGwLWwDVlCG3itToBdBIt0RNKHm5NmOzQUUI0kjUSaFHGSSliwTHOb0EsMEllrKb2F5DpdHC-tz_HjNkD2NSlubcj75QsqXQ2cOgwpBbg931NWEudkt5yuFyDocrg2hVpSLCfblwbADHURjzgQR9-IPD1tvA/s4032/IMG_4902.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKzmybgqefBXEcwUGr9hc1RpJY78XPILGwLWwDVlCG3itToBdBIt0RNKHm5NmOzQUUI0kjUSaFHGSSliwTHOb0EsMEllrKb2F5DpdHC-tz_HjNkD2NSlubcj75QsqXQ2cOgwpBbg931NWEudkt5yuFyDocrg2hVpSLCfblwbADHURjzgQR9-IPD1tvA/w640-h480/IMG_4902.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>I absolutely love this picture of "dead" Carter just laying there smiling at the camera 😂<p></p></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074145680076886382.post-14014213530779336982022-03-25T14:57:00.000-07:002022-03-25T14:57:37.516-07:00Saint Patrick's day 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year for Saint Patrick's day, we had a leprechaun come to our house! He hid 10 gold coins around our yard, and left us a little bag of goodies! We hired this little leprechaun from our ward, he was fundraising. It was lots of fun going out in the morning before school to find all the little coins! It was absolutely f r e e z i n g though! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Lr60VAjqhLVZxV70zTGSc_3qkoUdiGuGJg0pFBCScLE2fakpm4j6aNtC8EdLt8DoTIA26lgfri6xzR9FOrErABZgO82GpPuECacuam_llhp2xW2zcRhJMzlebEz5UFFANdUO8iVAeu-Cb_5YKxLe5BxEVkv7AHLveQVdgM-6KOV4pArHJc06VdiMPw/s4032/IMG_5080.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Lr60VAjqhLVZxV70zTGSc_3qkoUdiGuGJg0pFBCScLE2fakpm4j6aNtC8EdLt8DoTIA26lgfri6xzR9FOrErABZgO82GpPuECacuam_llhp2xW2zcRhJMzlebEz5UFFANdUO8iVAeu-Cb_5YKxLe5BxEVkv7AHLveQVdgM-6KOV4pArHJc06VdiMPw/w640-h480/IMG_5080.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNa4uVMkUHkyIVEfK7soqWH32NSHlccGBQAM00SbbiT1lSC9V-oKnaFnLF_klFx7g4QZdvLYcTcsz_8W7LYM-DlB6sJO0HTZIM5mG8NBYN_ftS-Anac31AsWpCbEVGPxBkMmx2dJVbm6-TWd1kciLbApbzLnBMZyvqx4bj4LE94-PJDHITDREAN_kBQ/s4032/IMG_5081.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNa4uVMkUHkyIVEfK7soqWH32NSHlccGBQAM00SbbiT1lSC9V-oKnaFnLF_klFx7g4QZdvLYcTcsz_8W7LYM-DlB6sJO0HTZIM5mG8NBYN_ftS-Anac31AsWpCbEVGPxBkMmx2dJVbm6-TWd1kciLbApbzLnBMZyvqx4bj4LE94-PJDHITDREAN_kBQ/w640-h480/IMG_5081.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfChXPGrqRRWHs_iMB2CqOzuqGiWuR5IwtvugGmRRUedpARjYmp0Ma_kErf5B4jNoiYWii7xSsi3fVmoKE_xa_My-wykEK9OFHAAFvDqahSjwVprm82SVZsan0A-jxT9LDn3mgkxUm2xctaQBnhlM2azw5yfHtSc9BTiP18eaBL3Cq9OgdWD4GW-vQA/s4032/IMG_5082.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfChXPGrqRRWHs_iMB2CqOzuqGiWuR5IwtvugGmRRUedpARjYmp0Ma_kErf5B4jNoiYWii7xSsi3fVmoKE_xa_My-wykEK9OFHAAFvDqahSjwVprm82SVZsan0A-jxT9LDn3mgkxUm2xctaQBnhlM2azw5yfHtSc9BTiP18eaBL3Cq9OgdWD4GW-vQA/w640-h480/IMG_5082.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQ60skHAkNBnYeUcQpmxx5eHIMpemZLtgs7_D_y_Cd4TeUIUjAF-LiIzpw914VWdHdBPQi6X9KNBFHx5KAYACPQBojvh81xwGyhTSsP_1OcKSQGGHaTI5p5NbFuAZqfzuY_ZprRtGZYCJhWAhLVgk7WvxivWSzK2iS0dJJyl44SSp80Bn4psTG-9NxQ/s4032/IMG_5085.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQ60skHAkNBnYeUcQpmxx5eHIMpemZLtgs7_D_y_Cd4TeUIUjAF-LiIzpw914VWdHdBPQi6X9KNBFHx5KAYACPQBojvh81xwGyhTSsP_1OcKSQGGHaTI5p5NbFuAZqfzuY_ZprRtGZYCJhWAhLVgk7WvxivWSzK2iS0dJJyl44SSp80Bn4psTG-9NxQ/w480-h640/IMG_5085.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-zugL4-qLnFAncYBb24aRU5JozHsHX0M-DkVgy2pK6mRhaDfu0V1KsM2iCHX5alTCNxPtB1q_rYvYE7_jSah972Du1xoW82GwJ1pviuBl-bP8GdYI7R7Njuc8u6K-6tbHVhKMaB7bjvAGUAAlBNBWLuE_1ApDerXBZDup70ZHJlbP_xgm_9Q2PJW0w/s4032/IMG_5086.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-zugL4-qLnFAncYBb24aRU5JozHsHX0M-DkVgy2pK6mRhaDfu0V1KsM2iCHX5alTCNxPtB1q_rYvYE7_jSah972Du1xoW82GwJ1pviuBl-bP8GdYI7R7Njuc8u6K-6tbHVhKMaB7bjvAGUAAlBNBWLuE_1ApDerXBZDup70ZHJlbP_xgm_9Q2PJW0w/w640-h480/IMG_5086.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div>Pippin enjoyed finding the coins with us! Also, gotta love the green scarf being used as earmuffs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuID_vSaGC4jiMk7V1_kzC5HvvHyl8EfukabDhP00-oRxnCCTGu58qSVfQX0P6c64Rid7SzEaWF1WZbGISnajAOLGmfVhq_oBMBmAVuf-HN3fShH4-wSgBQQ2AtevKCZywPOCyJr9D6Kausqjr9Zl5AHxRchtYKN7Jk7ZA9lVoEBiw_SWmlOP_FCGpg/s3088/IMG_5088.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuID_vSaGC4jiMk7V1_kzC5HvvHyl8EfukabDhP00-oRxnCCTGu58qSVfQX0P6c64Rid7SzEaWF1WZbGISnajAOLGmfVhq_oBMBmAVuf-HN3fShH4-wSgBQQ2AtevKCZywPOCyJr9D6Kausqjr9Zl5AHxRchtYKN7Jk7ZA9lVoEBiw_SWmlOP_FCGpg/w480-h640/IMG_5088.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>The picture above was taken right before disaster struck! And the one below is the aftermath. See those three little pancakes in the center of the plate? They fell on me, bounced off my head, and landed in the crook of my arm! The pancakes were delicious, we dyed them green and used a little squirt bottle so we could pour the pancakes into shapes easier! In the picture above you can see we did clovers, 3 little "gold" coins, and a leprechaun, which looks interesting. 😂 Can you see his face?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHW7_E7QEIURitk1zrIvpR2jcsg6OCQFET64GeLqNybcHZHeE2g_JBpkB6wAiYCugceVUql5-_mSVAmb7mOxkjxjvuS8i03FfwamDLn0licUIaDZSEigPgp1orUKcICFzuKTzjnpTql3HGzLp0rB2RColKDaDWplwA-RiZKHfQCSR_WUhzyy-sD2HdnA/s3088/IMG_5089.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHW7_E7QEIURitk1zrIvpR2jcsg6OCQFET64GeLqNybcHZHeE2g_JBpkB6wAiYCugceVUql5-_mSVAmb7mOxkjxjvuS8i03FfwamDLn0licUIaDZSEigPgp1orUKcICFzuKTzjnpTql3HGzLp0rB2RColKDaDWplwA-RiZKHfQCSR_WUhzyy-sD2HdnA/w480-h640/IMG_5089.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>The little shamrock crown I'm wearing is one that mom purchased for me for fun! I wore it all day and to school. Dad also wore a tie made up of little green metallic beads!<p></p>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0