tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301155162024-03-14T02:23:53.802-06:00Emily in WonderlandThings keep getting curiouser and curiouser.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.comBlogger780125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-46221152952972361352013-11-13T08:48:00.000-07:002013-11-13T08:48:23.192-07:00Tea Time<div style="text-align: center;">
"I thought I'd introduce the custom of afternoon tea." - Flora Poste, <i>Cold Comfort Farm</i></div>
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I'm going back to waiting tables this week. That means that 2-3 weeknights I will leave the house at 4:30pm and not be home until after the kids are in bed. Time to finally bring some routine and structure to our afternoons. Snack time at 3:45, right after Jonah walks in the door and then reading lesson and homework. I know having a set time and place for homework is supposed to be a good thing and I've been meaning to do it and now I finally am. It also means while they are with a babysitter for the next hour and a half they are free to play and do whatever they want. It also means I'd better have dinner in the Crockpot or leftovers or something prepared so Brandon can feed them dinner when he gets home but not have to do any real prep. Time for me to get organized! I want Brandon's evenings to be relatively stress-free after a long day at work so this way he can have fun with the kids when he gets home and has to put them to bed by himself. It also forces me to plan, prioritize, and prepare, rather than just flying by the seat of my pants. <br />
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I love the British tradition of afternoon tea and I think that a hot, rich, herbal tea with be included in our afternoon snack time more often than not. The kids love using our pretty tea sets and putting in their own sugar cube and "cream" and stirring and sipping their tea. Plus, it should keep them from snacking right before dinner if I include a substantial snack along side of their liquid refreshment.<br />
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Hurrah for more tea parties at our house :)Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-27510838057451360272013-10-09T12:48:00.001-06:002013-10-09T12:48:19.534-06:00Last WeekI know I've hardly blogged in the past 13 months and I'm not sure if I'm going to start doing it regularly again, but I have the urge to right now, so I might as well.<br />
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<b>Sunday, Sept. 29th</b> - I had invited all of the local B. family (my dad's side) over for a soup potluck. I thought all I had to do was my regular kitchen cleaning, sweep the floor, whip up some soup and scrub the bathroom. Saturday I didn't get around to it. I took the kids to see my friend's kittens and then to the mall (Jonah had requested going to the Disney Store and Teavana earlier in the week, so unexpected and funny.).<br />
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That evening we left the kids with a babysitter and went to our friend Kim's birthday party. No housekeeping was done.<br />
I am very embarrassed to say that I spent about 6 hours cooking, cleaning and organizing on Sunday (while Brandon was busy painting the cabin). I thought I would simply tidy up the kitchen and whip up some soup that morning before 1:00 church, but I ended up dropping the kids off at the last two hours of church and then picked them up but didn't go to a single meeting myself which I felt really bad about because I wanted to go but I hadn't realized how messy my house was. And I didn't even remember to clean the bathroom! I spent a bunch of time organizing the kids art and school supply corner though. I'm an idiot.<br />
Anyway my dad's three brothers, their wives, six of my cousins (ages 8-31), one of their husbands, and Skye's three kids all showed up for dinner. We had a blast eating and talking and hanging out. Barely even saw the younger kids around. The soups were all fantastic too. So busy with 16 extra people in my house that I never even snapped a single picture:(<br />
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<b>Tues.</b> - Elora has gymnastics at 1:00 and Jonah started gymnastics in a boys' class at 4:30 so I spent 2 hours there that day (and every Tues for at least the rest of the month).<br />
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<b>Wed.</b> - woke up to houseguests. Karen & Landon (my sister & her fiancee) arrived late in the night. I cleaned the "guest room" (aka: weird tiled, empty playroom in the basement without a door) and made them a comfy, clean bed on a mattress on the floor before I went to bed the night before. Again I didn't get around to cleaning the bathroom (basement bathroom this time). At least the toilets were all recently scrubbed even if the mirrors, counters, and floors aren't looking very good.<br />
Made lamb spinach curry for dinner for the six of us. Elora didn't care for it (she doesn't like anything these past couple weeks) but everyone else LOVED it. Stayed up late having fun with Karen, Landon, and Brandon.<br />
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<b>Thurs.</b> - this is when the real madness began. Made a big breakfast for the gang (new pancake recipe is THE best I've ever tried) and then Landon and I dropped the kids off at school. Had to pick Elora up 15 mins early from school to drop her off with our neighbors so I could run over to my cousin (Brandon's cousin's daughter actually) Vanessa's wedding luncheon at Tuscany. It was fun sitting by Alisha (B's cousin's wife) and catching up with her as I haven't seen her in months, maybe over a year. Picked Elora up and then changed clothes and picked Jonah up 20 mins early from school and took them to two stores looking for a gem-toned dress to wear to Karen's wedding on Saturday. No luck. Dropped the kids off with their grammy and headed to the Draper Temple for Vanessa and Shane's wedding ceremony. Lovely.<br />
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(Vanessa's family)</div>
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Picked the kids up from Linda. Ran home to change into something warmer. Took the kids to their school for their fall festival (annual PTA fundraiser). Had to leave and run to the ATM to get cash. Had dinner, played games, bought cotton candy.</div>
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(Elora with her friend Stella)</div>
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Came home at 8:00pm. Brandon had gotten home from work a half an hour earlier and my parents and three youngest siblings had arrived 15 mins. earlier. Got my kids in bed. Made three beds for the five guests. Watched 20 mins of Arrested Development with Spencer. Went to the airport to pick up Amanda (one of Karen's best friends) and drove up to Park City to drop her off with K & L. Snowed in P.C. They stayed up at the cabin that night. I drove home.</div>
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Friday - took Claire, Elora, and Catherine up Big Cottonwood Canyon to see snow. Arizona girls don't get to see that very often.</div>
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(Claire, almost 15 & Catherine (our new sister), 16)</div>
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Picked Robin up at the airport around 1:00. Spencer & my parents were back from Spencer's wisdom teeth removal so we checked in on him. Left mom with my kids and did a late lunch with dad and four of his daughters :) The sushi was good and I was surprised that my sisters all like it.</div>
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Karen cried when the last of her wedding party guests arrived. We all had a good time together. We made gourmet tinfoil dinners. My brother Adam and about 15 of Karen's closest friends were all there for dinner, fun, and a sleepover. I drove an hour home so I could see my kids in the morning.</div>
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Sat., Oct. 5th - Had breakfast with my families. Got ready, packed up a few things, tidied up, etc. Finally tried on the dress that Amanda brought me and thank heavens it worked. Ran to four stores to pick up five things. Karen & Landon made last minute changes to the menu last night and I had to get ingredients. Drove up to the cabin by myself. Made soup. My friend Raquel arrived. Karen hired her to cook the wedding dinner. I gave her instructions on how to make everything (cheese plates, green salad, pork tenderloin, pear & ginger topping, savory sweet potato side dish). Got ready. Wedding! Gorgeous ceremony. Pictures. Cheeses, crackers, jams, fruit. Socializing. Dinner. Toasts. Partying.</div>
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Hot tubbing. Driving home with Brandon and Robin giggling at 2am.</div>
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Sunday - My family got up early and drove back to AZ. After 3.5 hours of sleep, I was up and taking Robin to the airport. Watched the morning session of General Conference. That afternoon I drove the hour back up to the cabin to help do laundry and tidy up. Took a nap, did dishes, packed up leftovers, my table, etc. Dropped leftovers and cash off for Raquel. Took the baker back her trays, displays, etc. Home.</div>
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It was a great week and a beautiful celebration of love. It was a lot of driving and there has been a lot of residual laundry but things are settled down. Maybe I'll find a routine for this school year sometime soon! It was great having so much family around.</div>
<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-83202152149688558102013-07-15T23:23:00.000-06:002013-07-15T23:23:11.201-06:00Worst Movies I've Actually WatchedI usually check reviews and ask around before I see a movie and I'm fairly picky about what I watch. But for some unknown reason, I watched these movies and HATED them.<br />
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<i>The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps</i> (even worse than the first)<br />
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<i>Someone Like You</i> (worst romantic comedy I've seen and there are SO many bad ones out there. And I love the Hugh Jackman but I hated his character.)<br />
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<i>The Apartment </i>(I don't care if it won the Oscar for best picture that year, it is not enjoyable. It has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.4 out of 10 on imdb but I just have to disagree. I also feel this way about Vertigo, though not as strongly.)<br />
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<i>An American Haunting</i><br />
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<i>The Waterboy</i> - I have to really be in the mood for Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell and I wasn't when I saw this.<br />
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<i>Miss Congeniality</i> - I'm sorry if you liked this, I wanted to, but I did not find it amusing.<br />
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<i>Casino Royale</i> (1967) - a horrendous James Bond parody<br />
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<u>Honorable Mentions:</u><br />
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.Twilight (But I will try not to judge you if you like it. I did enjoy the book. I also hated the 2nd movie, but I saw it because someone convinced me it was better than the first. It wasn't. I will not be seeing the others.)<br />
.Never Been Kissed (one of many romantic comedies that sicken me, including Kate & Leopold, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and A Walk to Remember)<br />
.Hellboy<br />
.The American (why George Clooney, why?)<br />
.The Producers (1968)<br />
.Armageddon<br />
.District 9<br />
.Mama Mia!<br />
.Paycheck<br />
.Equilibrium<br />
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I also find Austin Powers and Dumb and Dumber, more irritating that humorous.<br />
<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-49047040982552541592013-03-29T22:57:00.001-06:002013-03-29T22:57:37.187-06:00BlogworthyWe are staying at my in-laws rather non-childproof home. I was in the kitchen in search of some panko bread crumbs and the kids were supposed to be washing their hands. I walk into the bathroom to find Elora sitting on the counter looking in the mirror and snipping away at her hair with a tiny pair of sharp scissors. I just gasped and said, "Oh my gosh, what is going on here?!" I stood there stunned and dumbfounded. Brandon came rushing into the room to see what was the matter. He reacted badly and she lept into my arms crying. He got over it moments later and Elora told us that Jonah did it first. We called her brother to come downstairs to us immediately. I hadn't seen any of his hair on the counter or in the sink. His haircut was far worse than hers! I reacted badly, mostly because I had paid $15 for him to get a haircut a couple hours earlier! I got over it quickly too but by then both kids were in tears. They cried and hid. We snuggled them and told them we could get their hair fixed and that we weren't mad and not to do it again. Neither of them would let us take a picture.<br />
"I was just trying to make a line!" - Jonah said in his defense<br />
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When I went to clean up I discovered that all of Jonah's hair was in the trash. This struck me as incredibly funny. I just imagined Elora standing there watching him cut his hair and thinking how terrible it looked and deciding she could do a much better job if she could just look in the mirror while she gave herself some layering and trimmed up her bangs.<br />
When I tried again to get a photo of Jonah a several minutes later he burst into fresh tears telling me how terrible it looked and how he didn't want a picture of it.<br />
I went upstairs probably ten minutes after the incident and found Elora hiding behind clothes in Katie's closet still just crying her little heart out. I held her and comforted her for five minutes but I couldn't figure out why she was so sad or what to do to make her feel better and finally I took her to snuggle her dad, who also couldn't quite get her to cheer up until he finally decided they needed Otter Pops, which did the trick. I finally managed to get a few photos when they were eating dinner.<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-74769095634705768252013-01-18T00:08:00.003-07:002013-01-18T00:09:11.419-07:00I'm still hereBlog, what's a blog? As you can see, I'd almost forgotten I had one. And I haven't been reading anyone else's either. Nothing tells me to anymore, I used to get reminders on my homepage or something, I don't remember. I have mixed feelings about that as I try not to spend too much time online. Anyway, this was just meant to be a quick post to say hello to anyone who happens to actually read my blog. We got family photos done early in December. This was my favorite.<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-74991694690717541662012-11-10T15:40:00.002-07:002012-11-10T15:40:43.872-07:00Favorite AlbumsI'm not going to claim these are the best albums of all time, but they are my favorites. In no particular order:<br />
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1 - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill<br />
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2 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd<br />
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3 - Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson<br />
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4 - An Innocent Man - Billy Joel<br />
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5 - Glass Houses - Billy Joel<br />
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6 - The Stranger - Billy Joel<br />
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7 - II - Led Zeppelin<br />
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8 - Tidal - Fiona Apple<br />
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9 - The Wall - Pink Floyd<br />
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10 - When the Pawn - Fiona Apple<br />
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This really does not reflect my love of Jazz or Country music, but these are the albums that I have listened to over and over and not just for a year or two but consistently, sometimes for decades. <br />
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I thought this list was going to be a lot easier to make than it was. It even spawned two more lists found below. If you decide to do this post on your blog, which you should, be forewarned that it will waste several hours of your time.<br />
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You really can't go wrong with any Billy Joel, Fiona Apple, Pink Floyd, Kelly Clarkson, Beatles, or Led Zeppelin album.<br />
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1 - Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers<br />
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2 - Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers<br />
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3 - Greatest Hits - The Mamas & The Papas<br />
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4 - Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1 - Michael Jackson<br />
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5 - Echoes - Pink Floyd<br />
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6 - Greatest Hits - Queen<br />
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7 - 1 - The Beatles<br />
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8 - The Immaculate Collection - Madonna<br />
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9 - Keeps Getting Better - Christina Aguilera<br />
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10 - Definitive Collection - Stevie Wonder<br />
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Other favorite artists are Celine Dion, Garth Brooks, Sara Barielles, Feist, Diamond Rio, No Doubt, Erasure, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, Bing Crosby, Dido, Alicia Keys, Rob Thomas, Maroon 5, U2, Elton John, Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam, The Doors, and Nora Jones.<br />
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1 - Little Shop of Horrors<br />
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2 - Forrest Gump<br />
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3 - Glee: The Music, Volume 4<br />
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4 - Charlie's Angels<br />
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5 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<br />
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6 - Dead Presidents (though I've never seen the movie)<br />
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7 - Little Mermaid<br />
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8 - O Brother Where Art Thou<br />
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9 - The Nightmare Before Christmas<br />
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10 - Romeo & Juliet<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-53622767895772140922012-10-19T11:38:00.002-06:002012-10-19T11:38:52.216-06:00The Taste of FallLast week we made pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin bread, <a href="http://barefootinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/last-hurrah.html">pumpkin spice cookies</a>, squash & apple soup, and apple & five-spice pork roast. Yesterday we made melt-in-your-mouth pumpkin cookies with a brown sugar frosting. All gluten-free by-the-way. As soon as my six weeks of gluten-free are over, I'm making those first pumpkin cookies again cause they were fantastic (and I actually preferred them without the glaze). Oh, and tonight I'm making dinner in a pumpkin.<br />
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The epitome of fall flavors was in this:<br />
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<b><u>Apple-Butternut Squash Soup</u></b> (from <i>Cooking Up Vermont</i> via Linda)<br />
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-76610753200616185752012-09-10T09:47:00.002-06:002012-09-10T09:47:58.275-06:00Gold Rush DaysWe live in an area shaped in history by the California gold rush. There are reminders of it all around. On Labor Day, there was a festival celebrating that time in Old Town Sac. The kids and I went and had a lot of fun.<br />
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Recognize this old miner?</div>
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Downtown Sacramento. Right between their heads is the state capitol building.</div>
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Phrenologist about to measure Jonah's head</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-46746840294523620852012-09-06T14:59:00.003-06:002012-09-06T14:59:54.194-06:00KindergartenJonah had his first day of Kindergarten on Aug. 22nd. Neither of us cried. We were both ready. He is loving it.<br />
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Walking to school. </div>
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Elora and I walk him there everyday and he always wants to be in front of us, speed-walking the whole way.</div>
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He'd been looking forward to wearing this new Buzz & Woody shirt on his first day.</div>
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Jonah likes to wear polo-style shirts buttoned all the way up to the top.</div>
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Daddy didn't have an 8am patient so the whole family got to walk Joe to school that first day.</div>
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The classroom.</div>
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Jonah was surprised that his teacher didn't "stand in front of a board" and that he didn't have "a table with a chair hooked on."</div>
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Coloring with orange (his favorite color) and saving a red (2nd fave) under his chin for later.</div>
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Fridays are wear red days.</div>
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Jonah with his teacher Mrs. Silva</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-65890644557529457482012-09-03T12:25:00.000-06:002012-09-03T12:25:37.182-06:00AZ in AugustI hadn't been to Arizona in August in 10 years, but you know what, the heat didn't even bother me. It's been over two weeks since I got back, so forgive me if this recap isn't as sharp as my one on Utah.<br />
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Stopped at Montezuma's Castle (a complete misnomer) on our way from Flagstaff to Mesa.</div>
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Spent a lot of the day just hanging out at Nana's house with Uncle Adam, Moqui, Kaleb, Ethan, Chandler, Nana, Gabe, Papa, and Claire.</div>
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Took Kaleb, Ethan, and Chandler to Bookmans where we met up with Ted and shopped.</div>
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Sunday the 12th we spent the afternoon at Robin's house. I finally got to meet my niece Chloe, who is already 5 months old!</div>
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Had dinner back at my parents house with the fam there plus Mark and Amber. It was nice to see Amber's cute pregnant belly.</div>
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And then after signing a minor out of police custody, we went to lunch with Robin, Nana, Paisley, and Chloe.</div>
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If you ever think your life sucks, think again. Catherine just turned 15. She got picked up by police that day because her stepmom turned her in for disturbing the peace. She was punching things and screaming at her dad who makes her sleep on a futon in an apartment with no air conditioning (it was 118 degrees outside that week) where she is often hungry. While her dad pays for her step-sister to sleep on Cat's bed in the air conditioned apartment next door.</div>
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Where's her mother? She's on drugs and Catherine has a restraining order against her after past violence.</div>
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Catherine enjoyed a week of sleeping in and eating bacon and eggs everyday before my dad got guardianship of her and got her registered for school. So now my parents have living at home my two teenage siblings, my 18 y.o. nephew, and Catherine.</div>
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After lunch Mom, the kids and I spent an hour at Barnes and Noble. A bit later we headed over to Robin's house for swimming, playing, and pizza.</div>
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Tuesday we ate at Ned's. Hung out with the Courts. Had gelatto with Ted & Lauren. Went swimming with Spencer.</div>
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That night I did a girls' night out with Melissa, Chrisy, Tina, Michelle, and Theresa, all Sarah's friends. We ate at the delicious Cornish Pasty and had a good time hanging out and talking.</div>
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Wednesday spent hours hanging out with Gena while the kids enjoyed her pool.</div>
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That evening we went to Chandler's football practice, where I got caught up on the latest with Sarah's boys from Michael while Jack, Jonah, and Elora played and played at the playground.</div>
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The kids enjoyed having Nana around for the next five days before she flew back home.</div>
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Yesterday was Sarah's birthday. She would have been 37. I remember last summer we didn't think she was going to make it to 36, but she did. <br />
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It's been almost exactly six months since she passed away. We're all coping in our own ways. Mom and I had some good cries while we read the posts about Sarah on Facebook, but really we had a nice day and weren't emotional wrecks. We looked at lots of pictures and talked about her a lot. Dad invited the family over for cake and ice cream at his house to celebrate the day in Arizona. Poor Karen was alone in Vegas, where they'd celebrated birthdays together before. Mom was happy not to be at home yesterday.<br />
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Brandon's cousin lost her dad a couple years ago and she says time really does heal, but the first year is a wreck. Mom has good days and bad and I've seen both and I hope those bad days continue getting further and further apart.<br />
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Here's a great shot of Sarah a few birthdays ago. Pretty typical.<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-46325279917384951992012-08-18T16:37:00.004-06:002012-08-18T16:37:55.764-06:00Two Weeks AwayGot home yesterday from two weeks away from home. That is the longest I have ever been away from any one of my homes (11 weeks in Nepal didn't count cause our stuff was in storage so we left an apartment and came "home" to my FIL's house). I will try to make my recap quick. I can always do details on interesting stuff later.<br />
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Thurs., Aug. 2nd - drove from our new hometown to Sandy, UT in 10 hours flat. Kids were great. I spent most of the car ride reading The Glass Castle, which is fantastic.<br />
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Fri., Aug. 3rd - Jonah, Elora, and I had a lunch playdate at Heber's Main Street park. My friends Alexa, Melissa, Liz, and Rena and their kids met up with us there.<br />
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Went boating with Alan, Linda, Jamon, Alisha & their kids on Deer Creek.<br />
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We all went up to the cabin from there and stayed the next two nights.<br />
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BBQed at Jen & Steve's house for lunch. Played with their 11 mos. old Tori.<br />
Hanging out with Nana Lisa, Andy, Coach & Trey. Dinner at their house with sunset views over the great Salt Lake.<br />
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The kids and I went swimming and out to lunch at La Puente. Brandon shopped and headed out on a loner backpacking trip. The kids and I shopped for baby gifts at Target and dropped off an early gift to Tori. Katie & Jason get to town and we celebrate Jason's birthday.<br />
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Spend a couple hours at The Smile Ranch with Papa Stan while Claire has Alan & Anika put her braces on.<br />
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Liberty Park with Andy, Trey, and Nana Lisa (and a massage break for Mommy)<br />
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Elora and her best friend Sophie reunite for 24 hours of fun and Elora's first non-family sleepover.<br />
Jonah and I visit the Fergusons. Jonah plays with Ethan while I chat with Raquel and hold 10-day-old Tori. I sneak off for two hours of girl-talk with Leah.<br />
We visit the Morrills. Jonah plays with Vivian & Lucas while I chat with Angela. So sad we didn't have more time with them!<br />
Brandon comes home safely.<br />
Andy gives birth to healthy twins: Cooper & Grant at 5 lb. 6 oz and 5 lbs. 11 oz.<br />
Katie's baby shower.<br />
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Pick up Elora from Heber. Jonah, Nana Lisa, Trey, and Brandon play and do slip n' slide together. The kids and Lisa and I visit the twins again.<br />
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After 7 evenings of watching the Olympics, I do something different and rent the new Sherlock movie and watch it with Brandon.<br />
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Friday, Aug. 10th<br />
The kids and I drive 8ish hours to Flagstaff, AZ where we stay the night in a seedy motel. Drive is pretty and goes smoothly but the kids aren't as good as the last long drive.<br />
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ELORA<br />
Show: Tangled, The Aristocats, Blues Clues, Bo on the Go, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake...<br />
Food: Pasta with homemade pesto<br />
Hobby: swimming, talking<br />
Toy: new animal figurines, especially the leopard & My Little Ponies (larger size)<br />
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JONAH<br />
Show: Tom & Jerry, Looney Toons, Chip n' Dale<br />
Food: "salad eggs" (egg salad), mac n' cheese, ice cream, popsicles, pot stickers<br />
Hobby: swimming, climbing the big tree in our front yard, playing video games<br />
Toy: iphone, PlayStation 3, Wii, X-Box, Leapster2<br />
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EMILY<br />
Show: How I Met Your Mother<br />
Food: pesto, spinach & lamb curry<br />
Hobby: watching tv (sad & embarrassing but I did just join a book club too)<br />
Toy: laptop, hummingbird feeder<br />
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BRANDON<br />
Show: Man vs. Wild, How I Met Your Mother<br />
Food: : "banana milk", cookie dough<br />
Hobby: playing Battlefield 3 or Little BIG Planet 2 on PS3, flying his RC planes, shooting his riffle<br />
Toy: remote control airplanes<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-64656722070603964142012-07-20T10:19:00.001-06:002012-07-20T10:19:19.486-06:00The New House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Monday - no recollection. I think just unpacking, organizing, & cleaning.<br />
Tuesday - playdate at a park in Rocklin with water features. <br />
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Thursday - Brandon didn't have to work, so after spending the morning organizing, hanging pictures, etc. We went swimming with our new neighbors/friends, The F. family.<br />
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Friday - took the kids to see their first movie in the theater! Overdid it by seeing something in 3D, which was too much for Elora who refused to wear the glasses for more than a couple minutes at a time but she still enjoyed Brave blurry.<br />
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Saturday - yoga, cleaning, playing with friends. Then Elora and I went to my friend Danielle's baby shower. I met Dani when she was on a mission in my ward in Oklahoma City. Then we both moved to Utah and saw each other a few times there (her bridal shower, etc.). Then she moved to Seattle where I saw her last summer. She grew up an hour from where we live now and I went to her huge baby shower at her mom's house and when most of the guests were gone Elora went swimming in their pool.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon we went to Rocklin's Celebrate America festivities. Tons of musical performances followed by a firework show. The kids were up until 11:00!<br />
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Teagan, Elora, Kerrie, Ryker, and Jordan</div>
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American Idol's Danny Gokey performed and was very good.</div>
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Free admission made this one of the best Independence Day celebrations we've had.</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-78342009231354582872012-06-25T21:54:00.003-06:002012-06-25T21:54:40.477-06:00A Visit From AZSo, if we're not friends on Facebook then you probably don't know that I moved to California last week. Well, now you know.<br />
But before that lots happened and I will document it here. The last weekend in May my sister Karen (6 yrs. my junior), her boyfriend Landon, and my sister Sarah's three sons (Gabe, Chandler, & Jackson) came to visit for a few days.<br />
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And just had fun at home.</div>
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The adults even went out to dinner one evening in Park City and spent the later hours falling asleep on the couches while watching movies together:)</div>
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It was SO great having some of my family come visit us at our home in Utah.</div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-65980961699371296912012-05-23T15:54:00.002-06:002012-05-23T15:54:39.860-06:00Elora's 4th BirthdayMy baby girl turned four yesterday!<br />
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French toast breakfast for the birthday girl</div>
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The guests arrived and removed their shoes. Pretty fancy footwear!</div>
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The girl's absolutely loved the bedroom turned ocean!</div>
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Alexia, Sophie, Elora, and Rachel</div>
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We really liked The Orleans - just off the strip, great rooms, lots of food options, awesome pools for the kids, great price</div>
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Had a breakfast crepe at The Sugar Factory after walking thru The Paris resort</div>
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Then picked up pastries at Jean-Philippe Patisserie in the Bellagio</div>
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Then more swimming before the 5.5 hr. drive home</div>
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Handful of caterpillars</div>
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Caterpillar mansion, complete with bedrooms, kitchen, and sandbox</div>
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Walking out to see the harbor seals</div>
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One of three lighthouses we saw driving along the coast on Hwy 1</div>
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Stopping near San Simeon to watch the Elephant Seals (they are stinky & huge & not cute like the harbor seals)</div>
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Stayed the night in San Luis Obispo, another town we fell in love with.</div>
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Drove an hour south from Santa Cruz to the beautiful city of Monterey. Got online and began looking for jobs there because we were both in love with it:)</div>
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Spent nearly five hours at the incredible (and incredibly expensive) Monterey Aquarium.</div>
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Jellyfish and more jellyfish</div>
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In this glass tunnel waves crash overhead. Super fun.</div>
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A weedy sea dragon, one of the wonders of the ocean!</div>
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Baby sea horses</div>
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@ Point Joe on the 17-Mile Drive thru Pebble Beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea</div>
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View from our campground in Carmel</div>
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The camp was crawling with caterpillars and the kids LOVED it</div>
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Check out the Spanish moss hanging from the oak trees at our campsite! This is California?</div>
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At our campground near the top of Mt. Diablo.</div>
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We drove thru gorgeous East Bay communities and over the long San Mateo Bridge across the bay.<br />
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Tide pools at Moss Beach</div>
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Harbor seals sunbathing on the reef</div>
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Beginning our nature walk</div>
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Coastal Redwoods ahead</div>
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Beach at Half Moon Bay</div>
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Petting Rosie the donkey in Pescadero</div>
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Stayed the night in Santa Cruz.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-89655167032241191192012-05-15T17:23:00.001-06:002012-05-15T17:23:51.311-06:00Cali Trip - Day 1I won't count Tuesday since it was just spent driving. We were in the car about 11 hours. Nevada is just so ugly. All of it. Once we passed Reno and crossed the CA line into the Tahoe area, it was beautiful. We stayed the night in a gorgeous town called Grass Valley, the richest mining town during the California Gold Rush.<br />
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Empire Mine State Park - we totally loved it, especially me.</div>
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This 'pool' was teeming with tadpoles.</div>
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Two of the said tadpoles</div>
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The grounds of the mine owner's summer cottage were gorgeous!</div>
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Elora refusing to say, "Heigh Ho"</div>
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Pretending to ride down into the mines</div>
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Spooky mine shaft, some of these reach a depth of 11,000 feet!! That's over a vertical mile into the earth. Amazing.</div>
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After Grass Valley we stopped for lunch at In & Out in the darling town of Auburn, then played at a park in the cute town of Lincoln (fastest growing city in the USA between 2000 & 2010). Drove past Sacramento, Davis, etc. into San Francisco's hilly East Bay area. Had dinner at PF Chang's in Walnut Creek (PF has THE best children's menu) and then went to Mt. Diablo State Park. Gorgeous. Drove up the mountain to our campground for spectacular views. Were visited by a fearless raccoon in our camp site that evening:)</div>
<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-51156063897392079652012-04-23T16:03:00.001-06:002012-04-23T16:03:26.456-06:00Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-61707449272409294462012-04-21T23:52:00.001-06:002012-04-23T16:02:04.140-06:00DisciplineJonah peed on my leg today. On purpose. He went to bed without any dinner. He has never gone to bed without dinner before. He's been so much better for the past two weeks than he was for the six weeks previous. I know part of his anger and control issues are my fault. I could also be compounding things by doing his hair, as my sister calls it, like "satan's minion."<br />
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30115516.post-30267908829488979782012-03-28T20:23:00.000-06:002012-03-28T20:23:08.269-06:00The Funeral<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6s6LeqJQ4xqWVJmxVsziy72ddLnhDEeqynZhmiku_DFxQdH87fkAjKVpY1SHUWLxR-hIfWoveRd2emOqYCTyJgIZRsSijzj47jreXd3QIokOx96W1n24kXm0TEgqVNnU-xLh4Q/s1600/Sarah37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6s6LeqJQ4xqWVJmxVsziy72ddLnhDEeqynZhmiku_DFxQdH87fkAjKVpY1SHUWLxR-hIfWoveRd2emOqYCTyJgIZRsSijzj47jreXd3QIokOx96W1n24kXm0TEgqVNnU-xLh4Q/s400/Sarah37.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sarah with her boys a few weeks before she passed away.</div><br />
It has been over a month since Sarah passed away. I've been wanting to write about the funeral but my emotions were still too raw. I hope now I am able to express myself and only cry a little while writing this.<br />
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I wrote a blog at the beginning of January about Sarah but I was angry when I wrote it and it was basically just a recap of the past two years of her illness and I never did publish it.<br />
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This time I'd like to write about the celebration of Sarah's life that my family and her friends enjoyed last month.<br />
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</div>Mom started things off with talking about how smart and sassy Sarah was and what a good mother she was. She did a great job. She stayed sitting up on the stand with Dad, very stoic throughout the rest of the program.<br />
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I spoke next. I had only written a few notes to go off of and I'm afraid I rambled a bit. I began by asking everyone who had know Sarah for more than five years to raise their hand (I think everyone did), I told them to keep their hands up if they had know her at least 10, then 15, then 20. It showed what a loyal friend Sarah had always been. <br />
She had at least five friends that had flown in from out-of-state for the occasion, and at least three others that had driven in from California to attend. My dad's three brothers that live in Utah had all driven down together to be there as well. I saw three ex-boyfriends there who she had remained friends with and a guy friend she'd never dated but had remained friends with since 7th grade, had also showed up with his wife.<br />
I talked about how the birth of Sarah's sons was the highlight of her life. I talked about what a great mother, friend, and sister she was. I talked about how she fell in love easily and gave her whole heart to those she loved. I talked about what a great artist she was, both in drawing and in scrapbooking. I talked about what a good reader she was and how smart she was. I told about how she was such a thoughtful gift-giver and note writer.<br />
Lastly I talked about how I knew that she was in the spirit world, somewhere closeby, resting from all her earthly cares and sorrows. I know that she is now working to share the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ with those who didn't hear of it when they were alive. I know she is still learning in spirit paradise and that she is anxiously waiting to be reunited with her loved ones and to rise in a perfected body at the time of the Messiah's second coming.<br />
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After that I was privileged to sing with my three remaining sisters and my two sister-in-laws. Lauren and Amber are very talented musically, but we Brimley girls at least have strong, pretty voices. Claire has an exceptionally beautiful voice. I recorded one of our practices and I'll let you watch it even if it is rather embarrassing and even though the lovely Amber is never in the shot. (The only way I know how to do this is thru YouTube, so if someone knows how to upload a MVI to blogger, please let me know).<br />
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It is a song about Christ that I've loved since I was a child. Mom & Adam picked it for the funeral.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Gabe got up to talk and made everyone in the room cry. He talked about how much fun his mom was and how she made sure that he and his brothers always were having fun. He said he loved his annual road trips to California and Mexico and just spending hours in the front seat talking to his mom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dad spoke last. He is the bishop of his congregation. He talked a lot about how Sarah had made a lot of mistakes in her life but that she eventually learned the power of repentance and how Jesus could wipe away her sins. He also mentioned how using drugs, including marijuana were part of her treatment and basically how they were acceptable for medical use (correct me if I'm wrong, Dad). He talked about how she wanted to be a good example to her boys and how she had gone back to church and thru the temple in the past few years. It was a really great talk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Lastly, my parents' stake president spoke, as an official ecclesiastical leader at an LDS funeral service. I was annoyed at first because he didn't know Sarah but his talk was beautiful. I loved how he said that The Church is a temporary, earthly organization but the family is eternal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">My brother-in-law Trent finished with a tearful prayer that made me sob. He is usually very unemotional but he is a daddy through and through and his heart aches for his sweet nephews.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I loved seeing old family friends like Scott Malone, the Harpers, and the Allens afterwards. We had a beautiful display of tons of photos, scrapbooks, etc. And we played this slideshow over and over for everyone to see while they visited and snacked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">This slideshow isn't exactly all in chronilogical order and the music cuts off at the end, but I was up until 1:00 am the night before making it and I still love it, though it's far from perfect. I went thru over a thousand photos to choose about 150 of the very best to remember Sarah at her most vibrant and beautiful. She was a gorgeous woman inside and out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WeZs5HgrIT4" width="560"></iframe></div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758117271244662011noreply@blogger.com7