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Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-36259579805576318502014-03-04T13:18:00.000-07:002014-03-04T13:18:00.749-07:00Spring Break: Lava Hot Springs<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0066; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">*This post was originally published on Mom It Forward. I have been working for them as a Virtual Assistant since November. I am loving the job. I have been writing a few blog posts here and there and I wanted to put my blog posts here as well. This post was written and published in February 2014. I have changed it slightly so I can re-post it here on my blog. Feel free to go and look at the original post here: </span><span style="color: #cc0066; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">http://bit.ly/1bJQAiV</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #545454; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Growing up, Spring Break was always a vacation week for my family. My dad was in the Army and he would take leave from work while we had the week off. We would load up the car and drive somewhere to visit for the week. Some of the places we were able to travel: a small town in Iowa to visit family, Washington DC for museum time, and the coast of Spain for a beach trip. No matter how big or small the trip was we made great memories that I still cherish today. Now that I am a parent I want to make the same type of memories with my children. Due to my husband’s job we can’t always take a week of vacation when the kids have off school, but he can usually take a day or two. So last year we decided to surprise the kids and make the two hour drive north and visit Lava Hot Springs in Idaho. Lava Hot Springs is filled from underground pools with pure all-natural mineral water. No chemicals are added; there is no sulfur so there is no odor like other hot springs. The natural temperature is 102-112 degrees. They have 5 outdoor pools (with natural rock floors) that vary in temperature; depending on how close you are to the fault where the water comes up from the ground. My kids called them giant hot tubs.</span></span><br />
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Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-56186137111213989422014-03-03T14:25:00.000-07:002014-03-06T09:48:37.112-07:00If Life Is Just About Competition, Then I Would Rather Not Play.My daughter. She is 11. She is sweet. She is kind... to everyone. No matter what. She plays the flute in her school band and sings in a choir program through a local university. She played volleyball for several years, and excelled in the game. She is on the math team for her school. She gets straight A's, and is a teacher's best friend & best helper. She is also shy and very nervous about trying new sports, or any physical activities.<br />
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She came to me last week and asked if she could go to the local softball tryouts. I was thrilled. We have been looking for a spring sport that she enjoyed enough to want to participate in. We recently moved to a much less populated part of the country this past summer so we asked around and found the only softball league in the county. There was a set of try-outs and then they split the girls up by ability. It thought that sounded perfect.<br />
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She practiced, she stressed, she was excited. She wanted to try something new.<br />
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So we went to try-outs. As soon as we walked in the door I knew we were in over our heads. Apparently the only way to participate in softball here is through a competitive sports team group. As Lewis filled out her paperwork, I took her over, got her a try-out number and we went to watch the girls warm up. As soon as that first ball was thrown I thought I was going to be sick. Right then they called all 11 & 12 year old girls up, paired them off and had them start throwing to one another. I encouraged her to go and I turned around and ran back to get Lewis. From the second that we walked back into the gym I knew we had made a huge mistake. Most of the girls were huge! You could tell that they played softball, it was their thing. Each throw was like a freight train. Each time the ball hit and bounced off of her chest, her arm, her thigh, I flinched. She kept going. She caught a few but quickly lost any and all energy that she had. One look into her eyes made my chest get tight and my eyes well up with tears. Even though I am a mother of four, I am not a crier. This, made we want to cry.<br />
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After 20 agonizingly long minutes the adults in charge (who had been standing in a circle pointing, grimacing, and making notes) called the girls into a huddle. Haley came straight to me and asked for the restroom. I hurried her to get her inside before the tears could start, as people (adults and kids) were pointing, smirking, and asking what her problem was. The second we stepped inside she was bawling... uncontrollably. She was hurt, both her body and her feelings. I felt completely responsible. How did I let her even try?<br />
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When we left the restroom a man called me over:<br />
Random Small Town Man: Tell her to suck it up. Rub some dirt on it and stop the blubbering.<br />
Me (smiling but uber annoyed) : Thanks, but she is fine.<br />
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We finally just walked out of the try-outs. Lewis took her to the car and I went to get our money back and explain. The lady gave me our money back but also wanted to give me her two cents worth of insight:<br />
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Random Small Town Woman: Some kids just can't handle the pressure. Maybe she is just soft. Maybe you should have started her playing when she was younger.<br />
Me (sounding slightly annoyed) : She didn't want to play when she was younger. She wanted to try playing now.<br />
Random Small Town Woman: How did you expect her to be competitive in a sport if you wait until she is grown to put her in it?<br />
Me (sounding extremely annoyed) : Why can't she participate in it without it having to be competitive?<br />
Random Small Town Woman: But that's what life is about. Competition.<br />
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That is when I walked away. I got in the car, hugged her and told her that we were proud of her no matter what.<br />
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If life is just about competition, then I would rather not play.<br />
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<br />Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-39228453169296333962014-03-02T11:33:00.000-07:002014-03-02T11:33:00.165-07:005 Winter Gardening Tips<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0066; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">*This post was originally published on Mom It Forward. I have been working for them as a Virtual Assistant since November. I am loving the job. I have been writing a few blog posts here and there and I wanted to put my blog posts here as well. This post was written and published in January 2014. I have changed it slightly so I can re-post it here on my blog. Feel free to go and look at the original post here: </span><span style="color: #cc0066; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">http://bit.ly/LoZkkQ</span></span><br />
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garden tools (rake, shovel, hoe, etc.) paint them red or orange. Painting them
a bright color will make it easier to locate the tool this spring and summer
when you lay them down on the lawn or in the garden. It also helps to preserve
the wood and extends the life of the tools. Make an appointment to take in your
lawn mower, weed whacker, and edger for a service during the off season (it is
usually cheaper and less busy). Take inventory of your tools. Check out your
tools all over for rust, dents, and breaks. Make a list of the tools that are
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right before a predicted freeze helps the plants. It will help potted plants
and annuals make it through a hard freeze. It allows plants to take up moisture
before the ground is frozen. You need to be sure to water the above-ground
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your garden. This keeps the soil cold, rather than protecting the soil from
becoming cold. This will help keep the roots from a constant freeze/thaw,
freeze/thaw, which in turn helps against continual freezing and thawing.</span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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year you need to be sure and order your seeds and bulbs by the end of January.
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order in early it will help insure that you get the seeds that you want and
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ice accumulates on branches it is best to let it melt naturally. If they are
covered with snow gently brush the snow off. Do not shake the tree limbs as
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Christmas morning started like it always does. With a hallway picture! I told my kids last year on Easter that it would be the last time we would do a picture... in that hallway. Well, we moved. Plus we spent Christmas at Lewis' mom's house so it was her hallway and her picture. I had no say (but don't tell them, it was my idea). </div>
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After all of the presents were open we all went to Katie's house and gave the pet's a feast. they shared a big bag of ham. Oh they loved Allison for that! Then the dogs got to open their stockings. I know, stocking for dogs? Who knew? I didn't know, but Santa was sure good to Mojito! </div>
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Everyone had a great holiday. Adam got clothes and money. Jason got computer stuff and money. Haley got art supplies and money. Abigail got American Girl Doll supplies and, you guessed it, money.</div>
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We spent Christmas with part of my my husband's family this year. The girls got to see their cousins and play in and around DC for a week. We went to the National Harbor and froze, ate lots of food, ice skating, shopping, movies, bowling, and lots more. Here are a few pictures of the before Christmas activities:</div>
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I have finally found something to LOVE about my teeny tiny east coast town. The Christmas/Winter/Semester performances are short and sweet!</div>
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I have sat through my fair share of 45 to 60 minute (OR MORE) lower school chorus Christmas recitals that I wish I had been wearing earplugs for. What about beginning band recitals? Oh kill me now! They last forever!</div>
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But not anymore. I swear this school district should have the motto be "Make It Short And Sweet".</div>
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Here they are at home before going to the school. The dress code was "Festive Wear" with black, white, and red.</div>
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Abigail started back into gymnastics when we moved this summer. She loves her new gym.</div>
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Her team (4 girls) got to make up (with help from the coach) a routine for their winter performance.</div>
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Needless to say she was very proud of herself when it was all said and done. She did a great job.</div>
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We are so proud of our hard worker Abigail!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The storm that brought my children their first snow/ice days of their lives was the most beautiful storm I have seen in years. We were lucky enough to be able to just sit in the house and watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then the snow came. We had 7 inches during the first snow (Sunday into Monday) and then 6 more the second (Tuesday). In total we got more now over those two storms than they had here all last year. Crazy!</span></div>
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<br />Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-18697224828137527592013-12-27T09:15:00.000-07:002013-12-27T09:15:00.069-07:00Thanksgiving<br />
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As most of you know we usually go out for Thanksgiving dinner. We started the tradition about 6 years ago when we had 4 kids that were 8 years old and younger. I made Thanksgiving at home, cooked for two days straight and then nobody wanted to eat anything. They didn't like the green stuff (green beans), the white stuff is thick (mashed potatoes), the brown stuff is wet (gravy), and the meat is on a bone (really?). After that I was done cooking for picky eaters for such a big meal and we decided that The Grand America in Salt Lake City was just what we needed. They have a great buffet for the adults with traditional Thanksgiving food, plus prime rib, crab legs, brunch items and anything else you might want on a fancy buffet. But what they also had was a children's buffet. They had chicken strips, macaroni and cheese, fruit, caramel apples, fresh veggies and ranch, and so much more. We went and dined in happiness for several years, that was until we moved across the country.<br />
With the move came time to make a decision about where we were going to eat out Thanksgiving meal. It was decided that I was going to cook once more. I was apprehensive about making a meal again due to the disaster that came when I last made the Thanksgiving meal. ( I have made a whole turkey on occasion in the past few years, just not the whole Thanksgiving meal spread.)<br />
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So I decided to make it small and only make things that the kids were sure to enjoy. I made a turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, rolls, and pie. I also made sweet potatoes, but I let everyone know that they do not have to eat them, they were for me and Lewis only. Of course that made them want to try them and they all loved them.<br />
So it did work out in the end. We had a great day. Quite at home by ourselves. Maybe we don;t have to eat out every Thanksgiving anymore. Maybe just every other year.Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-3189174603676771052013-12-25T09:01:00.000-07:002013-12-25T09:01:00.051-07:00Tree Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our kids had the whole week of Thanksgiving off this year so we decided that would be the perfect time to get our Christmas tree. We went to cut our tree down at a local tree farm. It was a very fun excursion that everyone enjoyed... even the boys!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As soon as we moved here Haley had me look into finding her a volleyball group to play with. She has been playing for the last two years in Utah, and it is one sport that she really enjoys. We found a skills camp so we signed her up. She did really well. It was more of a refresher course for her, but we told her that even pros need skill camps to help perfect their game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She had a good time and made a friend, like always. Here are a couple of pictures from the final night when it was kids against parents. I was not there because I was in Utah but Lewis did a good job of documenting the game for me in pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I don't have a photographer here on the east coast I had to take the kids pictures this year for the Christmas card. I took the girls out first since they are more patient with pictures. We choose a cool Sunday morning at the end of November. The girls had a good time. We only took about 15 minutes. Of course with each "good" picture they took they wanted a "crazy" or "silly" picture too. Here are some of the "silly" ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I let the kids choose their own clothes, hair, locations, and poses this year. I even let them choose the picture that went onto the card, for the sake of peace. I have never done that before, and might never let them do it again. Hopefully by next year I will know some more people in the area and I will have a professional take the photos.</span></div>
<br />Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-68353192519425423342013-12-19T08:44:00.000-07:002013-12-19T08:44:00.103-07:00Cutest Model Ever?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Haley had the idea to set up a model shoot for Mojito. He was more than willing to lay there while she draped him in feathers. We just had a hard time getting him to look at the camera. I think he is stunning!</span></div>
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<br />Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-13229136676187609862013-12-17T08:35:00.000-07:002013-12-17T08:35:00.052-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After our move this summer I had a lot of time on my hands. I have been working full time for the past 8 years and after moving and finding myself unemployed and bored I decided that I would try some typical "SAHM" stuff. I was cooking every night, making beds daily, vacuuming and keeping up on the laundry every day already so I decided to try crafting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, if you know me you know that I like to do "projects". I wouldn't say crafts and projects are the same thing, but I was trying to make them the same in my head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this wreath idea on the internet and went with it. I changed the colors and design a little to suit what I was looking for to fit into my decor. It really was easy, and fast to do. (In full disclosure I got bored with it half way through so it took me an extra couple of days to finish since I just didn't want to go back to it.) I think it came out very cute and I would make another one for another holiday in the future</span></div>
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<br />Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-28162009024231197192013-12-15T08:34:00.000-07:002013-12-15T08:34:00.094-07:00Carving Pumpkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When your kids get older the traditional holiday activities are no longer wanted. At least that is the direction that my kids are headed, and have been heading for several years now. Adam did not want to carve a pumpkin, saying he would "share" one with Jason. So Jason cut and carved their pumpkin. Haley and Abigail still want to do one each. Here are a couple of pictures that I took of unwilling models.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jason is looking more and more man-like, it is scary. I think he will be taller than Adam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Haley still does not like to touch the guts. I told her that she can do it alone or not at all. Of course I helped her and scraped it out but next year, I am not going to do it... maybe. I don't know what she is going to do when she has kids and they want her help cleaning out the pumpkin. Hopefully she marries a man that likes to do the pumpkins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh you want to see final products? I don't have that picture. I left on Halloween to fly to Utah to help my mom after knee surgery and no pictures were taken of the pumpkins on the porch.</span></div>
<br />Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-41186623255122858532013-12-13T08:26:00.000-07:002013-12-13T08:26:12.474-07:00Mummy? Where Are You?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We drove down to my MIL Allison's house for her church's Trunk-or-Treat this past weekend. The girls went happily, as did the boys once they were told that there would be a trip to The Haunted Forest after the church function. Unfortunately by the time we got to the forest the wait was about 2 hours long and it was already almost 10 pm and we had a 1.5 hour drive home that night. Oops. Next time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the girls were all dressed up and happy. This time Abigail was The Black Swan with a twist. The twist was the striped leggings, but people didn't get that. Haley was a baker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then she won a cake walk and ate a small cupcake that matched her costume.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lewis' mom was in charge of the event so once the Trunk-or-Treating started he decided to play a little prank on her. Lewis and Jason ran to the store and bought a can of whip cream and pied his mom! It was so funny! I just happen to have the camera there when it happened so we got a couple of fun pictures!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were all disappointed about the Haunted Forest but I think most of us had a good time anyway. (Jason was very glad that the forest was canceled, he really did not want to go!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lewis and I went on a hike at the beginning of October. We drove the 5 minutes to the Virginia/West Virginia border and hiked on the Appalachian Trail for a little over 4 miles. It is a section called The Green Tunnel. During the summer we had taken the girls there for a short hike going on an easier path and it was green, green, green. I wanted to go for a longer/harder hike while they were gone to school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The location is gorgeous About half of the trees have changed and about half of those have lost their leaves. It was a dry week so the ground was only wet at the bottom of the hill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first half of the hike was up. It is hard to tell in these pictures but we were hiking up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one was taken on the way down. I turned around and took a picture. Going down was actually harder than going up. With all of the rocks and leaves you couldn't really tell where your foot was going to fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was one of my favorite mornings since we moved here. The hike was quiet and wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I was watching for snakes the whole way up the hill. I never saw any but that is something that they warn you about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Mountain men! The place that we were hiking have hill people that live in tents and old cabins and trailers. I did not want to run into them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously neither was a real worry because we didn't run into them. It was a beautiful hike that I would do over and over. I have been told that it is a better hike in the winter because the leaves wash away to make the walking easier and it is still gorgeous.</span></div>
Miss Kendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014659389961849396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729260269686082311.post-55608079287734015172013-10-30T08:21:00.001-06:002013-10-30T08:21:09.645-06:00Tie Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Haley decided that she wanted to be a Hogwarts student for Halloween again this year. She already has a costume that she has used a few times already. She got worried that with Lewis traveling so much with work lately that he would not be around on Halloween to tie her tie. She came and asked me to do it, and yes I admit, I never learned to tie a tie! My dad and brothers all wore ties to church every Sunday while I was growing up, but I never did, so I never learned. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was becoming increasingly stressed about the situation, as only 11 year old girls can do. She decided to take the situation into her own hands. Thanks to a wonderful thing called Google she was able to look up a tutorial and learn to tie her own tie. I am very proud of her for figuring it out on her own. One less thing for me to do today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a sweet face :)</span></div>
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