tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91756209620028289872024-02-19T18:06:36.582-08:00Street SweepAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-4501821141182768642023-03-26T14:20:00.000-07:002023-03-26T14:20:36.394-07:00Arizona<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b> Arizona</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>The Copper State, The Grand Canyon State</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Motto: God enriches</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">After two very exciting state weeks, I started to wonder if I had the stamina to get through all fifty. But then "God enriched" us with Arizona. Doing things to celebrate and learn about Arizona felt like a much slower paced week, a beautiful enriching week - kind of like watching a peaceful, warm Arizona desert sunset.</p><p style="text-align: center;">For Arizona's desert, we made colored sand and turned it into art. And painted landscapes full of Saguaro cacti -the only place in the world where they grow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_cdjbjZfKdGyHvOE500Xe51c8LoGbeJa58AT2_pcAhnvzQgnqJTMr89xkZijBoaS73CxF0k94gTlS2v7_lu046otTTTmdxz8gQbwyn9bsqjs_wRCuD2XEap0PdL0J0Mq1MOqv7YkXxP_J-BNqf-B5_03qgHCzKUScnEG4-Coy1-QzhTyB6s55AonSg/s4032/20210119_104650.jpg" 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/AVvXsEg5_cdjbjZfKdGyHvOE500Xe51c8LoGbeJa58AT2_pcAhnvzQgnqJTMr89xkZijBoaS73CxF0k94gTlS2v7_lu046otTTTmdxz8gQbwyn9bsqjs_wRCuD2XEap0PdL0J0Mq1MOqv7YkXxP_J-BNqf-B5_03qgHCzKUScnEG4-Coy1-QzhTyB6s55AonSg/w480-h640/20210119_104650.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONTfv6iJ6MpCQe5n4qtnm-IJ5PX7VRGRaEWpyoaVu2uBQYIE717FFTVNckQo4gG8JPNoQqC8S8Wp3YFZm-ICXeUQhUFte6IPCIg4vC3BLoFfBPTiR6Dmd12QE6r8ujyz87866j18E1uQzOj7FADS5vAY199ss6nRl9pewo5qNwJhXl43NigYDEfLc_g/s4032/20210216_093710.jpg" 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/AVvXsEhONTfv6iJ6MpCQe5n4qtnm-IJ5PX7VRGRaEWpyoaVu2uBQYIE717FFTVNckQo4gG8JPNoQqC8S8Wp3YFZm-ICXeUQhUFte6IPCIg4vC3BLoFfBPTiR6Dmd12QE6r8ujyz87866j18E1uQzOj7FADS5vAY199ss6nRl9pewo5qNwJhXl43NigYDEfLc_g/w640-h480/20210216_093710.jpg" width="640" /></a></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/AVvXsEgY4Gg9UK0JDSecV4JMCC9VWnBrZ-bPevxz00k1B2VQsBKSuiIzcnHvjJ85_eK6TXr4N2bpKaerVI_zneGMCZiBBS501CLkntmcM5OKZFkKg3TNj52z9BXnpFgZ1_Wxd2p0fpHvuTuCuMiwgOCfd0M9AlL-kMFKXu-l2dXKiqnrrzdh8ezHfQxWWs-jLQ/s4032/20210216_093756.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgY4Gg9UK0JDSecV4JMCC9VWnBrZ-bPevxz00k1B2VQsBKSuiIzcnHvjJ85_eK6TXr4N2bpKaerVI_zneGMCZiBBS501CLkntmcM5OKZFkKg3TNj52z9BXnpFgZ1_Wxd2p0fpHvuTuCuMiwgOCfd0M9AlL-kMFKXu-l2dXKiqnrrzdh8ezHfQxWWs-jLQ/w640-h480/20210216_093756.jpg" width="640" /></a></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/AVvXsEiZxApqvUjqtmP6E2FVwQ5wLFfm2A4vd9mEXBoAAXPmxZOPuohaIE6GHC9A92MUQ65rlD2iFpDxSDn8KgJOYylv8HR_Di9dUemQh3jbe1d6-ZI9pKzNaeJXBVglxilKLw0WrwgNlqPw6stilwC8GzUqD9DwUnhI1ErYk3j7bFG1tZg_KZOL1TsMFZQ5Xg/s4032/20210216_093802.jpg" 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/AVvXsEiZxApqvUjqtmP6E2FVwQ5wLFfm2A4vd9mEXBoAAXPmxZOPuohaIE6GHC9A92MUQ65rlD2iFpDxSDn8KgJOYylv8HR_Di9dUemQh3jbe1d6-ZI9pKzNaeJXBVglxilKLw0WrwgNlqPw6stilwC8GzUqD9DwUnhI1ErYk3j7bFG1tZg_KZOL1TsMFZQ5Xg/w640-h480/20210216_093802.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We made our own kinetic sand and played for hours carving out "grand" canyons over and over again. We talked about how long it takes a river to chisel away a canyon - that patient river chiseling away little by little to create a masterpiece. And we talked about how God always enriches with beauty those who are patient.</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/AVvXsEgib6DT3lCTJGoT6HLglVyuvq4cNJbBy2dXridRJIRTkaKbScHABeXmsG_OmJ1Zy4e_2HtO8aY-ksT5fE3V853Rxq0nyL6xb3lZ2e1U5VqSrL9I3GSixKs-2TffOIMIcQzaZIBdnbwyPaboRiRi-ljLoU5byAT3C51BOnCJ6BYZtyZB-h8BbR9UU-kGog/s4032/20210121_103327.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgib6DT3lCTJGoT6HLglVyuvq4cNJbBy2dXridRJIRTkaKbScHABeXmsG_OmJ1Zy4e_2HtO8aY-ksT5fE3V853Rxq0nyL6xb3lZ2e1U5VqSrL9I3GSixKs-2TffOIMIcQzaZIBdnbwyPaboRiRi-ljLoU5byAT3C51BOnCJ6BYZtyZB-h8BbR9UU-kGog/w480-h640/20210121_103327.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;">The homemade kinetic sand was getting weirdly sticky on their clothes, and ironically, I was not patient enough about the idea of washing them later. </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/AVvXsEglKChVDUQWi756fc4GbTm-fnhxdR3BGjUrhGh6ZEGRZoS6gtOTNjvwOpP7797l7jl5QvengPbhsx2PRWfGC31zsRdcPUs0KM9orYit1wNJMbwpoxC4Xilswq1mk74wjMXznHbsmjOSQrjs5u630HwJsNPPWfSlLYXC3BxCCMRwA6PXmD3d466c7Rl7nA/s4032/20210121_104636.jpg" 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/AVvXsEglKChVDUQWi756fc4GbTm-fnhxdR3BGjUrhGh6ZEGRZoS6gtOTNjvwOpP7797l7jl5QvengPbhsx2PRWfGC31zsRdcPUs0KM9orYit1wNJMbwpoxC4Xilswq1mk74wjMXznHbsmjOSQrjs5u630HwJsNPPWfSlLYXC3BxCCMRwA6PXmD3d466c7Rl7nA/w480-h640/20210121_104636.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpjm7SLxS0WK4oslKNr177f_VB5rnurX2YH-zEOmE4zUaz8KWo2bj56DqNRNJjyngByGx0WuNJRUazg15VRsylNDPOgC-xoprnvDQ0JBNEpAUIPuOir_hDVzbPnzGQmNYDweWwjqimDWmyfN3oogEsF6ek5w7u3zXlOWliEVUEq7NMFbr-dzrgeZkhg/s4032/20210121_102845.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgmpjm7SLxS0WK4oslKNr177f_VB5rnurX2YH-zEOmE4zUaz8KWo2bj56DqNRNJjyngByGx0WuNJRUazg15VRsylNDPOgC-xoprnvDQ0JBNEpAUIPuOir_hDVzbPnzGQmNYDweWwjqimDWmyfN3oogEsF6ek5w7u3zXlOWliEVUEq7NMFbr-dzrgeZkhg/w480-h640/20210121_102845.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA5UISIy3URrXBywk8COtlf_ty0kpUOVYflyUz17eS2WtMxuuTqgFdBF1KlFgoPlGfxUQirPARHzE8MnLKzn0ZVfNYILODaemD2brf0PgyFrAzb6aCRrImRhPt_kzOnUxu3HvJXRK1p4Dmxv76jnM1pApeukJg2koTf4mx0MU1x1AJA0pq6UtOs9uFA/s4032/20210121_102856.jpg" 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/AVvXsEjCA5UISIy3URrXBywk8COtlf_ty0kpUOVYflyUz17eS2WtMxuuTqgFdBF1KlFgoPlGfxUQirPARHzE8MnLKzn0ZVfNYILODaemD2brf0PgyFrAzb6aCRrImRhPt_kzOnUxu3HvJXRK1p4Dmxv76jnM1pApeukJg2koTf4mx0MU1x1AJA0pq6UtOs9uFA/w480-h640/20210121_102856.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;">We did a copper experiment for the Copper State, and turned pennies green. God enriched us this week with a science activity that actually worked on our first try(take that rockets and juicicles!).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicl_N2-0OTaSqUC8Ia23HVQYVxbrvAPN7MI5Wg681-V6PhcPd0zY3U8jvIWyAjyfhgM-HX9-ua-L2yw88NddileELi8QJOXOh8eOUzUXhkYREKoQOTc4T7AuEdieE1laz_IHluCAP_tzpVLXM-e9v4bP5sbGkKKPR1MvGmgPrSx-lDmIWFXy3i8r9_1w/s4032/20210120_111329.jpg" 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/AVvXsEicl_N2-0OTaSqUC8Ia23HVQYVxbrvAPN7MI5Wg681-V6PhcPd0zY3U8jvIWyAjyfhgM-HX9-ua-L2yw88NddileELi8QJOXOh8eOUzUXhkYREKoQOTc4T7AuEdieE1laz_IHluCAP_tzpVLXM-e9v4bP5sbGkKKPR1MvGmgPrSx-lDmIWFXy3i8r9_1w/w480-h640/20210120_111329.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWl06IlvV7N_EgsTrrApzDD1MuvT91e0_c1CaBNBr36rn_dL5obVFZI_Tcqju8QzMdqeVhAxTL90sPcNvYD1dGrRA9lh5p6J_Fj34y5KdwokBUQR-rimD-JDbjpsN2Psn4THoR-RkmKdvzURBwJFpDU02H1PNzQlFipBbv7jlmVOiaj-V7j0bcJZFAw/s4032/20210120_111415.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgYWl06IlvV7N_EgsTrrApzDD1MuvT91e0_c1CaBNBr36rn_dL5obVFZI_Tcqju8QzMdqeVhAxTL90sPcNvYD1dGrRA9lh5p6J_Fj34y5KdwokBUQR-rimD-JDbjpsN2Psn4THoR-RkmKdvzURBwJFpDU02H1PNzQlFipBbv7jlmVOiaj-V7j0bcJZFAw/w480-h640/20210120_111415.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF9DPBze3-3YRBM0UsgQrXtkHOtz8ygToTocDqy4vXpvpC19FBwtaxkrYo8r6sJ9GUqRN3DJJhIbccYVIE0o75E0x52NQQElJIAJgehoklE3avQ0imjwAMGjPWjy2n8Bdva2S62aV3m_iJXfXEeHrEYybT03cq38pAHUxoHnqHLaifZchJK9qwj1XXQ/s4032/20210121_084105.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgCF9DPBze3-3YRBM0UsgQrXtkHOtz8ygToTocDqy4vXpvpC19FBwtaxkrYo8r6sJ9GUqRN3DJJhIbccYVIE0o75E0x52NQQElJIAJgehoklE3avQ0imjwAMGjPWjy2n8Bdva2S62aV3m_iJXfXEeHrEYybT03cq38pAHUxoHnqHLaifZchJK9qwj1XXQ/w480-h640/20210121_084105.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5pO2Nk1peuhmwN5__fMxH4wnhk4De-0LgkDNqMpQLIsafaB3oUpLkzF-cE1ADaus19p3kANE8DIUrtZrsHTTyBzF9xDlXh9u6v7wLfeakfGP66WxCupxmQz6C-dc_h163MsRM025guaIzZVVCQxdbLGbtOklCLSpkdhd543LBC2n_7KCc4kPLGJUwQ/s4032/20210121_084142.jpg" 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/AVvXsEjx5pO2Nk1peuhmwN5__fMxH4wnhk4De-0LgkDNqMpQLIsafaB3oUpLkzF-cE1ADaus19p3kANE8DIUrtZrsHTTyBzF9xDlXh9u6v7wLfeakfGP66WxCupxmQz6C-dc_h163MsRM025guaIzZVVCQxdbLGbtOklCLSpkdhd543LBC2n_7KCc4kPLGJUwQ/w480-h640/20210121_084142.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;">We played Hiss a lot for all those Arizona snakes. And watched a lot of youtube snake videos. And taught the kids that old poem, "When red touches black, you're okay Jack. When red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow." Now they love trying to identify the poisonous snakes at the zoo by the color of their stripes.</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/AVvXsEgHUNEBWvrPePBBJ7yyl93q4KBdTctvhppalkI0RofXS-fQCyV1aEChMmKkjqbNL8Q-d-dqQJMiXtfq-UJr74eiaPo18uxMXe0gS5aA_3OfIRv53rz-2LKUaGT6fco9HMoA5oErcecXN9ddmfVCMgPKSjTHIuKXIwC6yi61GldXjM-XMipGVK3h5utPEg/s4032/20210123_103514.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgHUNEBWvrPePBBJ7yyl93q4KBdTctvhppalkI0RofXS-fQCyV1aEChMmKkjqbNL8Q-d-dqQJMiXtfq-UJr74eiaPo18uxMXe0gS5aA_3OfIRv53rz-2LKUaGT6fco9HMoA5oErcecXN9ddmfVCMgPKSjTHIuKXIwC6yi61GldXjM-XMipGVK3h5utPEg/w480-h640/20210123_103514.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;">Our service project this week was supporting an Arizona reservation by buying some of their products. But is it really service when the results of your efforts are so delicious?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiYB3KzXjgJzYyywwjuS6IyhglN2arcXmr568NkepMCGu-EJUhZEAO0owa0Yq2AIsmH28ymg1CSyXjVKN5rCnJJfGflH6a7tQAQjPEc8vo0VAIlsycx9HO1Xtgh-E6WIhjQ5XehhT-se5GzrY_Dgvwwpgg6CQLW_1DaXUHPu1uL1RnnuW7ZAGNr_qmA/s4032/20210122_145801.jpg" 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/AVvXsEimiYB3KzXjgJzYyywwjuS6IyhglN2arcXmr568NkepMCGu-EJUhZEAO0owa0Yq2AIsmH28ymg1CSyXjVKN5rCnJJfGflH6a7tQAQjPEc8vo0VAIlsycx9HO1Xtgh-E6WIhjQ5XehhT-se5GzrY_Dgvwwpgg6CQLW_1DaXUHPu1uL1RnnuW7ZAGNr_qmA/w480-h640/20210122_145801.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;">Big fan of the blue corn meal pancakes. We were supposed to eat it with prickly pear syrup, but anything I could find was soooooo expensive, so we made our own pear syrup, without the prickles(just mashed a pear up with some maple syrup).</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/AVvXsEgcRtnzbEwZEs_werjfA9Heryj2YI8ytFSCx5W8I2oJ-i1QRJLDJqP048l4G_rKaJu7HpXZ9DtMWdjPPToqksB6Ea6Pwlvtu5t3uABv7ZxcLzTw628YTQ4yuyoHLsJM8-dB9wJB4UtGoBtWJCE0GUJPH_-ZDf2TxrDn-mk8BLgRm4HafVHh-uOfLUxWnA/s4032/20210123_092633.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgcRtnzbEwZEs_werjfA9Heryj2YI8ytFSCx5W8I2oJ-i1QRJLDJqP048l4G_rKaJu7HpXZ9DtMWdjPPToqksB6Ea6Pwlvtu5t3uABv7ZxcLzTw628YTQ4yuyoHLsJM8-dB9wJB4UtGoBtWJCE0GUJPH_-ZDf2TxrDn-mk8BLgRm4HafVHh-uOfLUxWnA/w640-h480/20210123_092633.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For our state dessert we made marranitos(which is a Mexican pig-shaped gingerbread cookie but is apparently really popular in Arizona).</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/AVvXsEht9eCRLgRijmmJXB3lA3j7jLJ4YWo5UxuvC4D8pyGbL2FVQYKCcMzGOecbBEdEeomH-IU0dlYdpALecayQeJIj7v3mmZPANKJAcXLs7HZnWliT7yfzWDNT3lbd_hw8Yb2nBBdW0StGxgxvSL3Ldg3qbXWpCB1oMyj_7mF-ckAVPzAMXHM55YHlyxFxlQ/s4032/20210121_143813.jpg" 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/AVvXsEht9eCRLgRijmmJXB3lA3j7jLJ4YWo5UxuvC4D8pyGbL2FVQYKCcMzGOecbBEdEeomH-IU0dlYdpALecayQeJIj7v3mmZPANKJAcXLs7HZnWliT7yfzWDNT3lbd_hw8Yb2nBBdW0StGxgxvSL3Ldg3qbXWpCB1oMyj_7mF-ckAVPzAMXHM55YHlyxFxlQ/w480-h640/20210121_143813.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;">Some people, I won't name names, were very stubborn about not doing a pig shape and insisted on making other animals they deemed as cuter.</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/AVvXsEgENMVLyn3MJEzF-F7l1UHLmghX6ANbURnTsMix2Jbop4PrellU8gbXbdHsi2YCq3u0sXym62HxeKvp2dpjV9DdRTefzJ7NTRsCUOhqbq3pYnmrNeXl2HyCKU-zq_rOoAN-o3-FATxdNZAdAAsfdafQ8OLRrFNHAjSYJcprbFEvOZE4y1ONPeo82nXVcQ/s4032/Arizona%20Cookies%201.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgENMVLyn3MJEzF-F7l1UHLmghX6ANbURnTsMix2Jbop4PrellU8gbXbdHsi2YCq3u0sXym62HxeKvp2dpjV9DdRTefzJ7NTRsCUOhqbq3pYnmrNeXl2HyCKU-zq_rOoAN-o3-FATxdNZAdAAsfdafQ8OLRrFNHAjSYJcprbFEvOZE4y1ONPeo82nXVcQ/w640-h480/Arizona%20Cookies%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84dOy59ru9wSFrJi_OKlYpHS3jd9UuvwLw3J5774x6yT3Wdmhnwd-A0Nvuss9bCpQJ1_fIr4ah0Eze1rDw-jvnQEy7OdFXp0gcvOd5IBRWXvCt1snZ7KNtd84aIvvc4VOuDoPgULXT1nyBuBgwtbLPzJ-paJ5aC_unJjDhgTJ_51WeB-cn8AjWED5Ig/s4032/Arizona%20Cookies.jpg" 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/AVvXsEg84dOy59ru9wSFrJi_OKlYpHS3jd9UuvwLw3J5774x6yT3Wdmhnwd-A0Nvuss9bCpQJ1_fIr4ah0Eze1rDw-jvnQEy7OdFXp0gcvOd5IBRWXvCt1snZ7KNtd84aIvvc4VOuDoPgULXT1nyBuBgwtbLPzJ-paJ5aC_unJjDhgTJ_51WeB-cn8AjWED5Ig/w640-h480/Arizona%20Cookies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cookies were...not our favorite. But when you find yourself with a bunch of meh tasting cookies, God enriches you with a sister who loves them and eats them all for you(Thanks Morgan, our favorite pseudo Mexican!(also the infamous inventor of saying, "Wel-come to Air-ri-ZONA" every time you cross the border on your way to California.).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For state dinner, we had cheese crisps, grapefruit, chimichangas, and Sonora dogs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8LtZyoTe7umGEkUtjIim9oT3v-1jz8tu86JSV_ueQWppUNy3XEddzQuaDHY5D8m8e5Yh3GQMSUc9wJW8DlcwcFIFjjyryvKPG7WUa8br8H5OOUqwxRhsuwkS2hEgkelsRsSW3a73p2OruKbS1-wO0bSpUEDfQpNfV2IqOginVaBF6f4oPjehpgvyEw/s4032/20210121_174928.jpg" 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/AVvXsEju8LtZyoTe7umGEkUtjIim9oT3v-1jz8tu86JSV_ueQWppUNy3XEddzQuaDHY5D8m8e5Yh3GQMSUc9wJW8DlcwcFIFjjyryvKPG7WUa8br8H5OOUqwxRhsuwkS2hEgkelsRsSW3a73p2OruKbS1-wO0bSpUEDfQpNfV2IqOginVaBF6f4oPjehpgvyEw/w640-h480/20210121_174928.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivba4jGq3Kxucz4IJg18KeJQFo0A1aeNWu4TphAkKlUhC_Pi0VD4BB48hkdSEAo-4tHavr-jGiMlhtdxilEbVR-np5EVlhhN1m1p9lJDi4Cx4PxW20E2Y9fXnkQ7VBiO_1rISX_hFb3FH6_DjjenLpIVarXNpocdOsimCNVOdZjQKghMSmI59JAyY3Gw/s4032/20210121_175359.jpg" 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/AVvXsEivba4jGq3Kxucz4IJg18KeJQFo0A1aeNWu4TphAkKlUhC_Pi0VD4BB48hkdSEAo-4tHavr-jGiMlhtdxilEbVR-np5EVlhhN1m1p9lJDi4Cx4PxW20E2Y9fXnkQ7VBiO_1rISX_hFb3FH6_DjjenLpIVarXNpocdOsimCNVOdZjQKghMSmI59JAyY3Gw/w480-h640/20210121_175359.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;">(Writing this a year and a half later, that Sonora dog was drool worthy and I still think about it every time I have a hot dog and wish I had the Sonora salsa topping to go with it(and the bacon wrapped around it). Also, almost every state has a famous hot dog and so far, this one takes the hot dog crown for me.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">God enriched Arizona with the best state drink: lemonade. Which in turn, enriched us by having us do a lemonade taste off.</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/AVvXsEhaN5te4UorPEn7a4VHaMRjjoHEkChh2fT1iHh4_YpYC9HJY02LC5hQyONTY96N03Ll-nhlWSkTfMNT9GNbYooXgx0HfPuSrkWLPR5Jn8MPccSat78ji9SYJT5WxfCsfvLD2xl6Am6TUmnFVqrDtMRu6lTGKHLqtgN9k33uRfJrdUDjdZLY0SRPzJdH0g/s4032/20210120_174834.jpg" 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/AVvXsEhaN5te4UorPEn7a4VHaMRjjoHEkChh2fT1iHh4_YpYC9HJY02LC5hQyONTY96N03Ll-nhlWSkTfMNT9GNbYooXgx0HfPuSrkWLPR5Jn8MPccSat78ji9SYJT5WxfCsfvLD2xl6Am6TUmnFVqrDtMRu6lTGKHLqtgN9k33uRfJrdUDjdZLY0SRPzJdH0g/w640-h480/20210120_174834.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnygj57tZgCLgq5tXMkju3MLl6Qw3mSaAlF4l-FZb9VV8-RRE6TJiaiin5kOzuOwOrw8nijS0_-P77Cit9w0NGVECUclbOIt4cc2uBGut5iUb3MlijkOllKoh_oP6Z634p5dF9XTsKItqkVmfjs-j2f7dDk16wxLzOS_ZQkwyvfyjTq5VlOwcfqgJSdA/s3819/20210121_190832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="3819" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnygj57tZgCLgq5tXMkju3MLl6Qw3mSaAlF4l-FZb9VV8-RRE6TJiaiin5kOzuOwOrw8nijS0_-P77Cit9w0NGVECUclbOIt4cc2uBGut5iUb3MlijkOllKoh_oP6Z634p5dF9XTsKItqkVmfjs-j2f7dDk16wxLzOS_ZQkwyvfyjTq5VlOwcfqgJSdA/w640-h478/20210121_190832.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have a winner: Raspberry!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But please look closely at this fascinating chart with the votes listed by each flavor. Look at how fascinating that every single vote was a 3 to 1 smack down(Mango vs Pineapple was an outlier with a 3 to 2 vote but it was the only one Bridget threw in a vote for before wandering off in boredom and let's be real, mango is easier for an almost 2 year old to say than pineapple so that's what she went with). And what else is fascinating is that every single person had a different favorite flavor and everyone's favorite flavor was one that lost out in the first round. Fascinating I tell you.</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/AVvXsEiHL4hrbFTlziTE5fm9k2uhSjj9N4Uw_hyqN9dmNyJvWraaKoRqkts11X5-DXIXrAnZ9-IeJQz5VYi3p3oyWBqmnCcKe1ITJzCWt2MHtl1pkwZ716Y3Y79FE19EOQ2v8uzaKCPmJwMViyo22IhbtkfObKipnuuyDiVIxHQ4tCD5XchD7Mctqu3UfQ4ZYw/s4032/20210122_214945.jpg" 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/AVvXsEiHL4hrbFTlziTE5fm9k2uhSjj9N4Uw_hyqN9dmNyJvWraaKoRqkts11X5-DXIXrAnZ9-IeJQz5VYi3p3oyWBqmnCcKe1ITJzCWt2MHtl1pkwZ716Y3Y79FE19EOQ2v8uzaKCPmJwMViyo22IhbtkfObKipnuuyDiVIxHQ4tCD5XchD7Mctqu3UfQ4ZYw/w480-h640/20210122_214945.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;">We watched some short info videos about Geronimo, and had some short history lessons about how they say Geronimo was "from" Arizona - but was he really? Or was he pushed out of the land he was from and relocated to Arizona? Either way, his was a sad, tragic story. Now when I need courage to do something and shout "Geronimo!" I'm going to remember his story and how much courage one man truly had to have to face the harshness of life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did some jumping off of high things while shouting Geronimo in his honor, while listening to "Geronimo."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/heRzHhW6ZfE" width="320" youtube-src-id="heRzHhW6ZfE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arizona week was beautiful and slow and a nice change of pace, but I was starting to feel guilty that we hadn't done anything big or grand or truly memorable. Then God enriched us with a reminder that Tombstone and the OK Corral were in Arizona. So we had ourselves a good 'ol Western shootout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0p3qt7_UfYA" width="320" youtube-src-id="0p3qt7_UfYA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rodger was in heaven and you can bet he asked to do a shoot out repeatedly for weeks after this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite thing we did for Arizona was something I never got a picture of. I made the kids come outside with me every night and look for the moon and make a wish on a star. This was done in honor of Tuscon, Arizona being the Astronomy Capitol of the World.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, Arizona, you beautiful state you. Thank you for enriching our lives with your quiet, warm beauty. This mama heart needed it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Missed opportunities: I really wanted to do art that focused more on the unique cactus, but alas, we did not. But these two looked cute: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/93942342218433811/ or https://www.keepcalmandmommyon.com/cactus-popsicle-stick-crafts/ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also didn't do any snake art: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/93942342218433814/ or https://www.pinterest.com/pin/93942342218433816/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Links:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Color Sand: https://momwifebusylife.com/how-to-make-colorful-sand/?pp=0</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sand Art: https://spanishmama.com/nazca-lines-craft-kids/?doing_wp_cron=1567336046.9410500526428222656250</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Desert Sunset: https://www.stillplayingschool.com/2016/04/painting-sunset-kids.html</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Homemade kinetic sand: https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2015/01/homemade-kinetic-sand.html</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and this one: https://www.happy-mothering.com/2-ingredient-diy-moon-sand-recipe/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Copper Penny experiment: https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/make-green-pennies-copper-penny-science-experiment/?epik=dj0yJnU9U3J5ZkNjUjQ3RExycjZWV3lUX1plUXEwSjM2a04tN2smcD0wJm49cER4ajZBQUlfSGM5TUdIVUpiNEoxZyZ0PUFBQUFBR01uOU9B</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82IyCUbG2dc</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Snake videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOHFt15eVD4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Chgih5FqSE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ7QfIUHvKU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yDoFJx0P3w</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Geronimo videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjyOTEHUKg (follow links to see all there parts) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JukBVfMe3GM</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tombstone videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYm5KKoDIZE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjOl7bosWT0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60jUIO0a54I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Romona Farms: https://www.ramonafarms.com/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Blue Corn Meal Pancakes: https://underwoodgardens.com/blue-corn-flapjacks-with-prickly-pear-syrup-2/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Marranitos: https://www.isabeleats.com/marranitos-mexican-gingerbread-pigs/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheese crisps: https://www.everydaysouthwest.com/classic-cheese-crisps-recipe/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chimichangas: https://www.munchkintime.com/easy-30-minute-chicken-chimichanga-recipe/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=864893378_368627&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=958222848_42731010_217307</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><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 /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><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;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-64859199913890214322022-09-11T21:58:00.001-07:002022-09-11T22:12:48.394-07:00Alaska<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> Alaska</span></b><br /><i>The Last Frontier<br /><b>Motto: North to the Future!</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were not sure anything could ever be as fun as Alabama. But we faced our future and went north, to Alaska - to unforgettable adventures and memories.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We watched Balto, so many nature bear videos on YouTube, and Iron Will(which twist, in my head he was from Alaska - turns out he's from...South Dakota? Looks like we might be watching this again later in the year - so yet another way we were looking (north?) to the future!).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We read a picture book about Alaska that had a whole page of illustrations of what poop from different Alaskan animals looked like. (Even as I type this a year and a half in the future, my kids still talk about that book. If I had known that was going to be my future, I might not have gone north.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We listened to Jewel. And Frozen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We made Northern lights, had a Northern lights dance party every night, and camped under the Northern lights one night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ItXmp0pQZCKkY_KkC2_9usRCRLtWw4NNArmFC24aCPhuGrEuXTkU_0MA8FjPYPN8j3Hh406dmGL-BNlFO5qPXwFka1_xMSuU2LLcCBFhCxc1cLrpRXEFVnFuCt7TRPswqX-mUNIfJv740U5RyXi64EP2wh21Q_uNHmHMO-Pe_KWeJwAXcN4Qw5a8Sw/s4032/20210113_114735.jpg" 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/AVvXsEj2ItXmp0pQZCKkY_KkC2_9usRCRLtWw4NNArmFC24aCPhuGrEuXTkU_0MA8FjPYPN8j3Hh406dmGL-BNlFO5qPXwFka1_xMSuU2LLcCBFhCxc1cLrpRXEFVnFuCt7TRPswqX-mUNIfJv740U5RyXi64EP2wh21Q_uNHmHMO-Pe_KWeJwAXcN4Qw5a8Sw/w640-h480/20210113_114735.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one was a shoulder push one, it was pretty fun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyxU_AOX21O4bF2p_8HAG82D6B2eDjC2Wic3iyY9rWyHRPC7xXA4OX8x9kywHlrh0vG6rYqWUfc5LJO6klf7w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one was hilarious, you were supposed to jump, kick the rope, and land on the same foot you kicked the rope with - so hard, and so entertaining.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxKu7UUid6Jz_vFnO0t-2FdN8cZWDqLYw9m1MyDI6ckwOz4hrrD6rdGzz3NpbcYFc1FOeppZuEiYUnYj1ZPWA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see in this one that Rodger thought his shirt was holding him back from his best performance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJmHk4sPE99CYAxfqCYZjkWcKGBWn6hOYRrcjffQgvaeJsYwAv3fDQT8IUjt14wBiQaT4wYh9bHp8nEtEVzw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzL9UcYV4B7bsUobT_0HKelYG_sN_-1yLS2D4ileK0yWYqgxsFtYtv2hv60O6PkpdZ8di9vmOFPt81cEntAgA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwq-_XdQLRBmWAWhUDie602jD1U44D7BPXDcDtHv9zeoI3SuuLVo0BvLhFYYcpU0CuaAWVrfG1LClqbNVs5IQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We made Eskimo ice cream out of snow with cousins(weeks later due to very little snow during Alaska week and I refused to go north to get snow from the mountains in order to avoid a future of giardia(being now able to identify various poop from woodland animals, I was very aware what could be found in snow from the wild)).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFtrDYjk0e4SVhJrimH-9PsV7BKBpURghsyDguLdQ_tCMng1gdy--ayAl72OhhE9tpyMk9NkAYFLv0R0wa17mUuS7R4ZBGWyO9ejOJ9d4LPl9KAXcP-mi65LMIa15oR6kgmY2JRd3fCJXlLUtZbph5ECaGDHAVyxiEnZCDxTq9YXNc7U7aUmlGFUayw/s4032/20210216_145722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And of course, Baked Alaska for dessert. 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And if that's the future we could get by going north(according to Alaska), I'd go north every time. Except next week. Next week we go south to Arizona.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Missed opportunities: Making totem poles, a glacier experiment, fishing(or even just a cute fish craft), and going on an actual dog sled ride(I wanted to do this(https://www.lunalobos.com/kennel-tour) so badly, but I promised myself(and David)I would not spend a million dollars in the name of the states project. Maybe if I keep looking north, it will one day happen in my future.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Links</b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Favorite youtube videos</b>: </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pretty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr284c-q8oY</div><div style="text-align: left;">Facts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-3iNqQ1QEY</div><div style="text-align: left;">Animals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkzjc8XtLM</div><div style="text-align: left;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6uBkbgStTw</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bears - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mphg2feuAPo</div><div style="text-align: left;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSSPDwAQLXs</div><div style="text-align: left;">(basically any bear documentary on youtube or disney plus)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Moose Fight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M26ug8MGYlY</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Northern lights chalk art</b>: http://elementsoftheartroom.blogspot.com/2017/12/4th-grade-aurora-borealis-landscapes.html?m=1</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Igloos</b>: https://thecraftyclassroom.com/crafts/native-american-crafts-for-kids/inuit-crafts-for-kids/sugar-cube-igloo-project/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Crystals</b>: https://www.deliacreates.com/snow-and-ice-activities-for-kids-part-i/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The fish craft I wish we did</b>: https://nurturestore.co.uk/foil-fish-craft-ocean-theme-preschool</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Totem Poles</b>: https://www.cindyderosier.com/2016/08/totem-pole-craft.html</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Crafts</b>: https://3boysandadog.com/alaska-crafts-for-kids/?epik=dj0yJnU9N2pHWWFPTGlWMEFuTUhWNl9EekVPc3F4NC03aUJZUGcmcD0wJm49akQ5alB1ckNmUEFZeUhEWDAtbm4zUSZ0PUFBQUFBR01kWnFR</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Juicicles(all lies)</b>: Tried it this way from a random site: <span style="font-size: x-small;">"<span face="freight-text-pro" style="background-color: white; color: #26323e;">Fill plastic soda bottles with colored water. Hang them from tree branches using yarn. Puncture the bottom of the bottles with small holes. As the colored water drips out, it freezes, forming bright icicles. Keep adding different colored water to the bottles to create rainbow icicles. If the icicles stop forming, make the holes larger or poke new holes."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="freight-text-pro" style="background-color: white; color: #26323e;">Tried it this way but with juice: </span></span><span face="freight-text-pro" style="color: #26323e; font-size: x-small;">https://kitchenpantryscientist.com/rainbow-icicles-winter-science-for-kids/</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="freight-text-pro" style="color: #26323e; font-size: x-small;">Tried it again using paper cups with yarn hanging through the hole so the juice could form on the yarn. Nothing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Baked Alaska</b>: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a54800/best-baked-alaska-recipe/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Alaska oatmeal cookies</b>: https://www.alaskafromscratch.com/2011/10/08/wilderness-lodge-cookies/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Books/Movies/Songs</b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Balto</div><div style="text-align: left;">Brother Bear</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Proposal (impossible to say Sitka, Alaska without saying it in Sandra Bullock's voice)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Northern Exposure, anyone?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Molly of Denali</div><div style="text-align: left;">Christmas Under Wraps</div><div style="text-align: left;">Inuit Games by Thomas Anguti Johnston (awesome book that taught us all the games)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Up on Denali by Shelley Gill(the poop book)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anything by Jewel: The Shape of You(best one), You Were Meant for Me, Hands, Somewhere Over the Rainbow(better than Judy Garland, I will fight you), any of her yodeling</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not Iron Will</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-53167295558759555732022-08-03T23:33:00.001-07:002022-08-03T23:34:03.329-07:00Alabama<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Alabama</span></b><br /><i>The Land of Cotton, the Heart of Dixie, the Yellowhammer State<br /><b>Motto: We Dare Defend Our Rights</b></i>
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Oh, Sweet Home Alabama, you were certainly the perfect way to kick off this
crazy project.
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We began the week with learning the story of the "War Eagle!" cry, and how
every true Alabamian knows when you start thinking all is lost - you give a
"War Eagle!" shout and dig deep and dare greatly and keep going. So for the
rest of the week when shoes were lost, when we were "too tired" to clean up
our messes, when buses were almost missed - we dug deep and learned to shout
"War Eagle!" and carried on.
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*Were my children slightly annoyed by this new found Alabamian tradition? Yes.
But I "dare defend" my right as a parent to force things like this on them.*
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Things that they were not annoyed by: building "trolley tracks" for days in
honor of Alabama being home to the world's first electric trolley system.
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Cotton ball art for days. (Winter themed due to it being winter here in Utah
-we dare defend our right to combine state projects with seasonal projects.)
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Races for days in honor of Talladega super speedway and Alabamians - Jesse
Owens and Carl Lewis.
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Experiments with peanuts for days in honor of Alabamian George Washington Carver. I'm
sure you've heard of him, he's the peanut guy who created over 300 products
from the peanut plant.
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Discovered a love and interest for sign language as we learned about Alabamian
Helen Keller and watched a lot of sign language videos on YouTube.
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We talked about the boll weevils of Enterprise, Alabama, and how we can find
good amazing things during hard times.
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We listened to a lot of Nat King Cole and played Sweet Home Alabama on repeat. We listened to a few of MLK Jr's speeches.</div>
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We taught the kids about calling 9-1-1 during emergencies since Alabama was
the location of the first 9-1-1 call. Taught them what emergencies were.
Taught them to be scared out of their minds if they called 9-1-1 and it wasn't
an emergency. Then taught them again if they were scared out of their minds
during an emergency to be sure to call 9-1-1. I'm sure it was all very clear to them in the end.
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We learned about Alabamian Rosa Parks and the great civil rights battle and
how we can still help today. We found a black owned business to support and
wrote letters to our senators asking them to be nice when they make laws (my
letter was a little more advanced, but not nearly as sweet). I maybe couldn't
read one book about civil rights this week without choking on tears by the end
- such beauty, grace, and power of so many brave people daring to defend their
rights.
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And then this week watching the events unfold at the Capitol, with people
doing horrific things in the name of "defending their rights" when really they
were desecrating the very system that gave them any rights at all. After
reading so much of what was done in the past to defend rights, I felt so
helpless just watching. It's the first time in my life I've ever written a
letter to politicians. It's the first time I'm actively committed to being
more involved and trying to help. To stand up with Rosa to dare and defend
rights.
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For state dinner, we had smoked chicken with white bbq sauce, fried pickles,
blackberries, boiled peanuts(we dared defend our rights of trying a few of
these and tossing the rest in the garbage), biscuits with chocolate gravy, and
banana cream pudding.
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I will be daring to defend my right to make those biscuits and chocolate gravy
again and again.
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And for the grand finale - we shot rockets into the sky in honor of Alabama
building the first rocket that took men to the moon.
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The first night we tried the experiment, it was the perfect night - we were going to shoot them into the sky with a gorgeous sunset backdrop, it was going to be beautiful and inspiring and magical. Turned out to be a beautiful disaster. The rockets never left the ground, but consistently flopped over. But war eagle and all that and we didn't give up and we dared defend our right to try again a few days later in our backyard with the sun blinding us as we looked into the sky. No magic sunset, but still the magic of science.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwZuNWJ-_PBKQR8-gkSCRJJeheQfnieCLYgGDBO_9Ed84OVVy4jHNqQ2bq0rQRv4ZVq_SC2CTwTVgD2eVpGfg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxolWs3edUkPnOAs0syK8PFTEMUfca7t5beajF6YQmV-PBeJ3LBNkaJuSTkTICJGtnWefIqNL1cSxP3DLocVw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5-bb32QjlLpgL8elEsaV6kqmtZPeK5a1iF9Ekm84Bb5L6kDV4qJg3a7hHT77mrUHIkL28UkdB055dMnBJmI_-v8LKStMEBzEVtyuNWmKeuB33sX_PghZTjWd2XpMYIB6f-sULuAJk2Iaan16n_d-LXYKmlltvFdptpQU0lsogKs_Zzc4r-c-b3jlGQ/s4032/20210108_170659.jpg" 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/AVvXsEjg5-bb32QjlLpgL8elEsaV6kqmtZPeK5a1iF9Ekm84Bb5L6kDV4qJg3a7hHT77mrUHIkL28UkdB055dMnBJmI_-v8LKStMEBzEVtyuNWmKeuB33sX_PghZTjWd2XpMYIB6f-sULuAJk2Iaan16n_d-LXYKmlltvFdptpQU0lsogKs_Zzc4r-c-b3jlGQ/w480-h640/20210108_170659.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(They are fakers here. Before we even tried to shoot a rocket, I told them to look with wonder up in the sky since I would be trying to film the rocket going up and couldn't capture their faces at the same time. I was so naive thinking it was actually going to work.)</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/AVvXsEjvsufhU8kFxcEbvXwaaAHC4G9q1aqF_T77L3gfcVFv_CbtktNSt32JlQ0qIU6RBQwwVQviCY8_QtW79oZm8AxhrBnsofOlxiquALPjVVbDgzF73joD8e33u1-9dFEHh35WpBHV9TEUFeN4Dckx8-p40xqcEaWzQ0AsN_FaARuQKCKXkuc_3jAl3fXqWQ/s4032/20210109_140136.jpg" 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/AVvXsEjvsufhU8kFxcEbvXwaaAHC4G9q1aqF_T77L3gfcVFv_CbtktNSt32JlQ0qIU6RBQwwVQviCY8_QtW79oZm8AxhrBnsofOlxiquALPjVVbDgzF73joD8e33u1-9dFEHh35WpBHV9TEUFeN4Dckx8-p40xqcEaWzQ0AsN_FaARuQKCKXkuc_3jAl3fXqWQ/w480-h640/20210109_140136.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3_kdaPXZwZtU-fPyEt8J1iPrRk1GYNt827TBaYgBAkDYA2PBkq5YhDTmJAmD4aw52sz3E0W4PteJUrQBA86csiAmMaqYrezI_GOdaeMYu9i7SRdULgeOEQfZgmhZKrK6j9_o3IYb5IGxCkunm06aF1xnOtAGJzQDiCG5VFuuYcV9rEkygeZnYNicSA/s4032/20210109_140224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They couldn't see anything with that blinding sun.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Thank you, Alabama. You were definitely sweet and felt like home by the end.
We love you.
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*Missed opportunities: Alabama was the birthplace of windshield wipers and
super soakers and Harper Lee and Channing Tatum. We did nothing with any of these things.
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<div style="text-align: left;">Links:</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">War Eagle Story: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2yhCTmxMMU" style="text-align: center;">War Eagle, The Tradition - YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3DwuDbq5MY" style="text-align: center;">What "War Eagle" Means to the Auburn Family - YouTube</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Boll Weevil Story: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRxBNx68Ag" style="text-align: center;">A brief history of the Boll Weevil Monument - YouTube</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">George Washington Carver: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mYW0pkvYWA" style="text-align: center;">The Story of George Washington Carver | Amazing Scientists | SciShow Kids - YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CVmluYFtI" style="text-align: center;">George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life - YouTube</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Sign Language Videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3HoC9_ir3s" style="text-align: center;">The ASL Alphabet: American Sign Language Letters A-Z - YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcwzMq4iWg" style="text-align: center;">25 ASL Signs You Need to Know | ASL Basics | American Sign Language for Beginners - YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ8vYeczZrc" style="text-align: center;">Signing Time - Let's Make Friends! - YouTube</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Smoked Chicken and BBQ Sauce: <a href="https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/slow-cooker-pulled-chicken-with-alabama-white-bbq-sauce/" style="text-align: center;">Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken with Alabama White BBQ Sauce - Spicy Southern Kitchen</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Chocolate Gravy: <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/187298/southern-style-chocolate-gravy/" style="text-align: center;">Southern-Style Chocolate Gravy Recipe | Allrecipes</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Banana Cream Pudding: <a href="https://abountifulkitchen.com/magnolia-bakery-banana-pudding-recipe/" style="text-align: center;">Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding Recipe | A Bountiful Kitchen</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Fried Pickles: <a href="https://www.staysnatched.com/air-fryer-fried-pickles/" style="text-align: center;">Air Fryer Crunchy Fried Pickles + {VIDEO} (staysnatched.com)</a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Boiled Peanuts: <a href="https://theblondcook.com/crock-pot-boiled-peanuts/" style="text-align: center;">Crock Pot Boiled Peanuts | The Blond Cook</a></div>
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How to find your state representatives/senators: <a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative" style="text-align: center;">Find Your Representative | house.gov</a> and <a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm" style="text-align: center;">U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators</a></div>
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I craved pretzels the entirety of my pregnancy with Bridget. I couldn't get enough of them. Nibbling on them was one of the only things that would keep me from throwing up on car rides, from throwing up any where. She's definitely a baby built from these salty, smooth, crunchy snacks.</div>
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Her hair has taken on that light brown with dark brown spots sheen of pretzels.</div>
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She twists and turns and folds up her toes more than any of my other babies.</div>
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I was driving somewhere late at night, listening to some talk radio and it was a bit that would only be fascinating to English nerds. It was fascinating to me. It was this website someone at BYU had created where you could upload some of your own writing and then they would analyze it and tell you which famous essayists you wrote the most like. Obviously, I went home and tried it.<br />
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As I was waiting very long minutes for the magic website to analyze my stellar writing (I submitted a sacrament talk, an old college paper, an old blog post,and a very angry passionately worded email to an ex-boyfriend I wrote but never sent - just to give the magic website a variety of what good writing looked like) I was giddily imagining the essayists it was bound to tell me I wrote like: CS Lewis, Louise Plummer, David Sedaris...I was sure those would be my writing soulmates.<br />
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I found an oldie, but a goodie in my drafts, so for your belated reading pleasure from March 2013:<br />
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We bought a house in March, did I ever tell you that?<br />
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It's one of the cutest little things you ever did see.<br />
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David's living in it until we get married.<br />
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He's one of the cutest little things you ever did see.<br />
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The day my parents showed up for a tour of the new house I just happened to be painting one of the walls. Convenient right?<br />
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I craved popcorn more than anything else while I was pregnant with Scotlyn. I ate a bag or two a day and sometimes that was all I ate, especially in the beginning.</div>
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Every time we had an ultrasound of her, her fists were punching - Pop! Pop! Pop!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Let me at that camera!</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></div>
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And when she came out, there was a twinkle popping out in her eyes that just won't quit - Pop!Pop!Pop!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Can you see my twinkle, guys? Can you?)</span></div>
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Most of the time she's either chill, as in movie, popcorn and chill. </div>
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Or she's shyly smiling, giggling and squealing, like she's in a perpetual sleepover - sharing secrets and eating popcorn all night.</div>
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Sometimes I call her Pops or ScottyPoppyPie.</div>
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She makes my heart warm and buttery, constantly popping with love.</div>
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Happy Six Months, Pops! We love you!</div>
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And in case you were wondering how this photo shoot really went...</div>
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Hmm(mischievously twiddling her fingers), what can I do with all of this popcorn?</div>
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Wait, they're changing my position...</div>
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What the deuce is poking me all over?</div>
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Pick me up now, or I'll throw this popcorn in your face.</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-5516296932499356112016-07-18T20:34:00.000-07:002016-07-18T20:34:07.268-07:00For Anne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since Anne is the only one who reads my blog any more, I thought I should make a post especially for her(or I should say, you). You said I should posts pictures of my baby since he probably looks way different now, which made me think I should probably post pictures of my new baby since you probably didn't know I had a new baby. So here's what Rodger looks like now.</div>
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And here is what he looks like when one of his eyes is swollen from a mosquito bite.</div>
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And here is what he looks like doing his daily activities (tackling Dad and building forts).</div>
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And here is our new baby girl, Scotlyn.</div>
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And here they are together.<br />
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And here is me, with the worst cold/cough of my life two weeks after having major abdominal surgery. So fun.<br />
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And here are all 19 of the Kitchen grandkids, in case you were wondering.</div>
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And here is something I thought was pretty. It's like a leaf trying, and succeeding, to imitate a bird's eye view of a river and its tributaries.<br />
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Love you, Anne!</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-20267056743052922142016-04-08T08:54:00.001-07:002016-04-08T08:54:31.092-07:00Poetry Month<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Did you know that April is poetry month?<br />
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Did you know that I have a love/hate relationship with poetry? I love to read it, I hate to write it.<br />
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I have produced some massive failures over the years in all my attempts to become a better poet. One year I tried to write a poem a day, but unfortunately began the goal during a month of romance heartache - producing a whole notebook filled with poems that I desperately wish I could say I wrote when I was 13 and not 26 years old.<br />
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Divided Corazon by Ashley Kitchen<br />
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Quiero some lunch.</div>
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The Puzzle by Ashley Kitchen<br />
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"I want the piece to fit," she said.<br />
"It can't," he said.<br />
"It will," she said.<br />
"I want it complete," he said.<br />
"It won't be," she said.<br />
"It must," he said.<br />
"One of use will have to give," she said.<br />
"Not me," said he.<br />
"Nor I," she sighed.<br />
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When I steer away from the topic of love - all I seem to be inspired by are things like dropping contacts down the drain, or janitors, or the mailman.<br />
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January 6th by Ashley Kitchen<br />
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Pop goes my plastic eye<br />
Suck goes the wicked drain<br />
Squint goes my eye of flesh<br />
Fuzzy goes my day.<br />
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Every failure of a poem I've written pales in comparison to the one I wrote for a creative writing class in college. We had to write a poem inspired by the moment we first heard about the events of September 11th. I happened to first hear the events while in a public restroom. And yes, I did base my poem around that theme. And yes, I did use the symbols of filth and flushing toilets. And yes, at the time I thought it was one of the most brilliant things I'd ever come up with. I thought I would have people pierced to the very core, left completely without speech and full of tears.<br />
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I was partly right, they were speechless(that someone could be so crude and tactless) and some of them were crying(from laughing).<br />
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That's when I knew that I had absolutely no filter for knowing what good and bad poetry was all about. But that doesn't stop me from celebrating it this month. Happy Poetry Month!<br />
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-48324192387441394022015-06-15T12:33:00.000-07:002015-06-15T12:35:37.743-07:00Peach Pie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My number one craving when I was pregnant with Rodger was peaches. Something inside of me knew that if I just ate all the peaches in the world, every day, I'd feel better.</div>
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"Don't mind me, just chillin' with my peaches."</div>
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Even during the big Costco listeria peaches scare, I still ate peaches.</div>
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I ate peaches so much that David and I considered naming the child "Peaches."</div>
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He is soft and fuzzy just like a peach.</div>
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Happy 6 Months, Little Peach Pie! We love you!</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-39168414469135931522015-06-08T13:13:00.002-07:002015-06-08T13:13:47.719-07:00Thank Yous<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Thank you, David's Beard, for being the love of my life. You are so handsome. I don't know why David always insists on shaving you off. But like the old saying goes, "If you truly love something, set it free and if it loves you, it will come back." Thank you for always coming back to me. The face you come with ain't half bad either.</div>
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Thank you, Adrienne(BarrAT Elementary's Teacher of the Year), for always being up to chase a dream, eat good food, and travel with a baby. Your abiity to identify phonetic alphabets from bilingual ones isn't half bad either.</div>
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Morgan came home just in time to miss the <a href="http://astreetsweeper.blogspot.com/2012/03/rex-lee-run-fiasco-of-2012.html">Rex Lee Run</a>. But, we were together and it was spring and so there had to be a 5k. </div>
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Coincidentally, my church put on a neighborhood 5k the weekend she came home. <a href="http://astreetsweeper.blogspot.com/2013/05/rex-lee-run.html">It was no Rex Lee Run</a>, but it was...what it was.</div>
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We were talking about doing the race for days, pumped up full of excitement that rivaled a trip to Disneyland. Our pre-race faces pretty much express our level of enthusiasm.</div>
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Thank you, Smith's Double Vanilla Ice Cream, for getting me to like plain vanilla ice cream again after a 24 year absence.</div>
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Thank you, Winter, for the joke.</div>
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Thank you, Jillian, for challenging Smith's Double Vanilla Ice Cream to a stiff competition of who will kill me first.</div>
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Thank you, Chef Brad of Fusion Grain Cooking, for teaching me this "fabulous" breakfast recipe.</div>
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And thank you, Easter, for reminding me there can be beauty in hashtags. #BecauseHeLives (Is it weird that the part with the girl eating ice cream is the part that made me cry?)</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-5563025029327957312015-04-06T17:35:00.000-07:002015-04-06T17:35:17.229-07:00Long Days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A month after having my baby, a good friend emailed me an update of her four kids. She ended the email by saying "The days are long, but the years fly by!" I haven't experienced the years yet, but amen to those long days.<br />
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Some times I will lay Rodger on the floor and we'll change his diaper, sing songs, name all the parts on his body, count to 100 with our fingers, then recount in Spanish, practice the BYU fight song, read some poetry, talk about the downfall and destruction of the Nephites, have tickle time, have tummy time, have cuddle time to make up for traumatic tummy time - and then think "Surely it's time for our nap, we've been playing for hours!" Nope. Only 20 minutes have gone by. Hmm. Long days? Talk about long minutes.<br />
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I always expected motherhood to be hard. I knew I would lose my body, my brain, my identity, my time, my sleep. And you know what? It is hard and I did lose all those things. But in exchange, I got the gift of long days. Because apparently, in the blink of an eye all his years with me will be gone - and he'll be off having his own babies and beginning his own long days.<br />
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I LOVE my long days. Even when the days involve lots of tears and wishes for sleep and long moments of boredom.<br />
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(Typical Rodger to go from this to this. He is highly suspicious of any and all cameras.)</div>
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Remember when I used to confess things regularly on this blog? Those were the days.<br />
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Here's a confession: I have a TON of never published drafts on this blog, so I'm just going to start randomly publishing them. Here's one from two or three summers ago.<br />
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Here's a confession: I LOVE cacti. </div>
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I saw this picture on <a href="http://pinterest.com/ashkitch/how-does-your-garden-grow/">pinterest</a>, fell in love, thought I'd try to make my own.<br />
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I picked up some $2 cacti at Home Depot and got a 25 cent container from DI.<br />
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I chose not to wear gloves. I chose pain.<br />
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Less then 10 minutes of work and, voila!<br />
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I'm in love with it.</div>
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It was Adrienne's birthday this weekend.</div>
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This cake was not for her birthday.</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-92045877170037867012014-01-16T15:30:00.002-08:002014-01-16T15:30:25.620-08:00Pinterest Fail<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had a brilliant idea to try a pinterest project at school for my kids to take home as Christmas gifts for their parents.</div>
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Here's the pinterest inspiration:</div>
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Here are my kids' aspirations:</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-33382341419218051862013-10-31T15:32:00.000-07:002013-10-31T15:32:56.321-07:00It was a dark and scary night...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I made my students write scary stories and they all had to begin with "It was a dark and scary night." So, here's a little treat for you on this hallowed eve. </div>
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The Haunted House</div>
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It was a dark and scary night. Once there was a haunted house on Halloween night. Krithika, Kade, and Mackie <i>(all real students in my class)</i> were going together Halloween night.</div>
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Suddenly, Krithika's mom said, "You have to come inside for dinner!" But Krithika was the smart one out of all of them. Not a good idea.</div>
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Then Mackie got an idea. "How about going without Krithika and then we'd get all of the candy!" Bad idea.</div>
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"That's a great idea!" said Kade.</div>
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"Oh, not gooooood," said Mackie.</div>
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"What not goooooood?" said Kade.</div>
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"A haunted house!" said Mackie.</div>
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"What's a haunted house, you freakin' dude?" said Kade.</div>
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"That's not cool, dude," said Mackie.</div>
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"What?" said Kade.</div>
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"Oh, no," said Mackie.</div>
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"That is cool," said Kade.</div>
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Then the two ghosts ate both of them!</div>
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It was not a good idea to go without Krithika.</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-80029728427097556562013-09-28T10:34:00.002-07:002013-09-28T10:34:26.504-07:00Compliments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I used to think I wasn't very good at giving compliments.<br />
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Starting my second year as a second grade teacher has changed me. I give compliments all of the time.<br />From the big to the mundane, my days are like one big compliment free-for-all.<br />
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"That is a beautiful drawing!"<br />
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"You are a math genius!"<br />
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"Look at how straight your "r"s are, wow!"<br />
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"I love the way you are standing quietly in line."<br />
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"Thank you for sharing, you are so kind."<br />
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"The way you raise your hand every time you have a question makes my heart jump for joy."<br />
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"Excellent guess!"<br />
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I've noticed my compliment habit has transferred over to life outside of school. Without even realizing what I'm saying, I've started complimenting adults on the mundane aspects of their lives.<br />
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"That's a beautiful doodle!"<br />
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"You are a butter-spreading genius!"<br />
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"Look how straight your "r"s are, wow!"<br />
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"I love the sound of your chewing, it's perfect."<br />
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"Thank you for sharing, you are so kind."<br />
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"I've never seen anyone catch flies as well as you, it makes my heart jump for joy."<br />
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"Excellent use of the turn signal!"<br />
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I don't understand why people think these compliments are weird. I mean, as long as they're sincere - it should make them happy, right?<br />
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So to whoever is reading this, I would just like to say: You are an amazing reader. Way to go, superstar!<br />
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-44371519787963162222013-05-04T16:07:00.000-07:002013-05-04T16:07:52.191-07:00Rex Lee Run<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh, the Rex Lee Run. So classic. </div>
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Remember last year? <a href="http://astreetsweeper.blogspot.com/2012/03/rex-lee-run-fiasco-of-2012.html">No green, no water cups, and no pictures.</a></div>
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This year, the stripes were a pretty blue, there were plentiful freezing water cups that no one wanted to drink due to the freezing weather, and plenty of pictures (and videos).</div>
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I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as Morgan and I enjoyed the race.<br />
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Our classic pre-race feast: the new dorrito ranch taco.<br />
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The day dawned white and cold. Really cold. Really, really cold.<br />
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This is Morgan, being a snow angel to bless our race.<br />
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This year, it was so cold, Morgan's toes almost fell off from frostbite. She was practically running on club feet. </div>
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My nose started running and the boogers froze before I could gracefully remove them. Hence I used my mouth to try and breathe up the hill. My throat quickly caught on fire as I felt that pain that only comes from burning cold. I couldn't breathe through my nose or my mouth and my throat felt like it had frostbite. Morgan told me to wiggle it.</div>
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New goal: be the very last people to hobble over the finish line. We purposely paused as often as we could to let people go ahead of us. We had to stop to take a lot of pretty pictures along the way to make it look like we weren't trying to throw the race :)</div>
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Like watching this cup race us down the road.</div>
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In the end, we weren't the last to finish so we failed our goal.<br />
But look who just happened to come in before us. If we couldn't have been the last to come in, at least we failed in our goal to beat the wheelchair group and that's enough of a success.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Currently I'm...<br /><br /><b>Reading</b> Reading Streets (my daily lesson manual), Fablehaven, Chime, and The Greater Journey</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Watching </b>Total Blackout. I can't. help. myself.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Going</b> to the BYU Men's Volleyball game on Saturday. Rise and shout!<br /><b>Loving</b> teaching<br /><b>Hating</b> teaching<br /><b>Discovering </b>that lack of sleep + too much to do = zombie face<br /><b>Enjoying </b>Kelly's new juicer when she makes pure orange juice.<br /><b>Thinking</b> of Oregon and the trees and the rivers and the smells...I'm coming back to you soon, wait for me!<br /><b>Feeling </b>exhausted with an extra foggy brain<br /><b>Hoping</b> that summer vacation comes much faster than I think it will.<br /><b>Listening</b> to the Gardiner Sisters (by recommendation of Morgan)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8z8SfOxwAEo" width="560"></iframe><br /><b>Celebrating</b> the coming of spring. Please come faster.<br /><b>Smelling</b> the gorgeous lilies Davy Gravy got me for Valentines. I can't decide if the smell is like an intoxicating greenhouse...or a dirty diaper. But I love them. And I love Davy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Thanking</b> God for all my blessings</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Considering </b>using my precious free time to edit the family reunion video or my students "Western Brass Knuckles: The Tale of the Subtraction Cowboys and Cowgirls defeating the Subtraction Outlaws in Subtraction Town" video (the title, the script, the characters -all their ideas, it's so cute!)<br /><b>Finishing </b>all my blog post drafts on mine and David's story, starting with first impressions all the way to now :)<br /><b>Starting </b>to blog again!</span></div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-55209336441611303912012-11-10T11:13:00.001-08:002012-11-10T11:13:07.037-08:00Spring/Summer Book Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have not been doing a great job with my blog lately. Sorry. In an effort to reinvigorate my writing efforts, I've been going through old drafts that I never published. Here's a book review list that I found from earlier this year:<br />
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***1/2 <b><i>Warbreaker</i> by Brandon Sanderson</b> - Classic BranSan fantasy, so delightfully different but always with a hint of the divine.<br />
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***** <b><i>No Great Mischief</i> by Alistair Macleod</b> - I've said it before and I'll say it again, if I ever get a tattoo it will be of a quote from this man. I want his words to be with me, a part of me, always. I loved this book so much that I went straight to the library and checked out a 'How to Learn Gaelic' program. I also now visit <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/">this site</a> frequently.<br />
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**1/2 <b><i>The Wise Man's Fear</i> by Patrick Rothfuss</b> - Meh. The first one was way better, it's slowly becoming much more of a "boy" story with pages dedicated to the physics of things as well as teenage romance. Blech.<br />
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****1/2 <b><i>Major Pettigrew's Last Stand</i> by Helen Simonson</b> - I'd been hearing about this book for years, read the first chapter excerpt at least three times, and finally broke down and read it. I loved it. It made me want to pay more attention to honor and duty and love. I recommended it to Alison's book group, they all came away depressed from reading it. To each his own I guess.<br />
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***1/2 <b><i>The End of the Alphabet</i> by CS Richardson </b>- This is a short, painfully sweet read about a man who learns he has only months to live. Ever since he was a boy, he has been obsessed with alphabet lists and traveling. So him and his wife set out to visit a city beginning with each letter of the alphabet before he dies. I told my friend Rachel about this book and this is the conversation that followed:<br />
R: "Sounds like you two would be friends."<br />
Me: "Why? Because he's so adventurous?"<br />
R: "No, you know, because of all your weird goals."<br />
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**** <b><i>The Tales of Beedle the Bard</i> by JK Rowling</b> - Like everything this woman does, I loved it. The tales were as enchanting as any fairytale I grew up with.<br />
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**** <b><i>32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching </i>by Phillip Done</b> - Hilarious. Pretty sure everyone, teacher or not, would love this book.<br />
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****1/2 <b><i>Zeitoon</i> by Dave Eggers</b> - I can't say enough good about this book. I've never read a book that has made me want to work so much harder at life. It makes me want to throw a broken bike on my back and run to work just so I won't be late. That might not make sense but it will after you read it. Read it. Now.<br />
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*** <b><i>At Home with Flowers</i> by Jane Packer</b> - I want to put flowers everywhere.<br />
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*** <b><i>Down to the Wire</i> by Robert Shoop -</b> A history of every Triple Crown winner. It's a book written in a style that makes you feel like you're listening to an announcer at the races. Kind of jumpy and quick. But I liked it.<br />
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*** <b><i>The Best American Sports Writing</i> edited by Jane Leavy</b> - Fascinating tales of prodigy surfers, NFL video games, and free divers who dive deep without oxygen tanks. Loved it.<br />
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**** <b><i>Don't Throw It, Grow It!</i></b> <b>by Deborah Peterson and Millicent Selsam</b> - Pretty sure I saved every avocado pit this summer in the hopes of planting them and never did. A girl can still dream, right?<br />
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** <i><b>Surprised by Joy</b></i><b> by CS Lewis</b> - I was actually surprised by how little joy this book brought me. I was expecting a beautiful recounting of Mr. Lewis' changing faith but instead it was almost an entire book composed of his rational reactions to books on his life's reading list. I exaggerate, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't understand half the things he wrote because I had never read the books to which he was consistently referring.<br />
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****<b> <i>Persuasion</i> by Jane Austen</b> - Whenever I read an Austen novel I am always surprised by how emotional I become over basically nothing. I mean, nothing ever happens in any of her books and yet it becomes physically painful to put them down while reading - I just have to find out what happens or my heart will burst...over nothing really.<br />
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-88474620758502215342012-09-10T23:13:00.000-07:002012-09-10T23:13:05.413-07:00Separation Anxiety<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Twice now I've been asked to leave my students in the care of someone else in order to go relay a message to another teacher.<br />
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Once was while they were being tested and I panicked at the idea of not being there to see them when they were finished. Who would greet them as they came out? Who would give them a high five or a hug and tell them they were brave for taking such a hard test? Who would give my loud-voice student a dirty look to remind him to use a quiet voice in the hallway? Who would know how to cheer up my crier and keep the tears at bay?<br />
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The second time was at an assembly and I panicked at the idea of leaving them in the midst of a sea of students. What if the person watching them didn't recognize when my ADD student got distracted and wandered off? What if my super shy student got scared of all the loud noises and I wasn't there to give her our secret thumbs up signal to tell her it was all right? What if I died in a horrible hallway accident by a stray swamp cooler falling on me and I could never make it back to them, would they remember to bring their show and tell on Friday for the 2nd grade ME Fair so that they wouldn't feel left out from all the other classes?<br />
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This much we know, I would be a wreck as a mother.</div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373933354555061732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175620962002828987.post-76950249052859292202012-09-04T22:02:00.003-07:002012-09-04T22:04:04.268-07:00Three Wonders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wonder #1: I'm posting on my blog, and it's not about school or children.<br />
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Wonder #2: A sweet potato that is forgotten and left alone in a dark, cozy bag:<br />
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Wonder #3: <a href="http://ashleyandcaty.blogspot.com/">Caty and I posted on our photo blog.</a></div>
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