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This past Sunday, August 2nd, we were able to bless Winnie at church. All of our local family came to watch. It was wonderful! Winnie wore a beautiful dress made by her Aunt Stephanie.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Winnie is such a happy baby, even though she has a cold right now. She is all smiles through her yucky coughs and stuffy nose. </div>
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We feel so blessed to have her in our family! We love you Winnie!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-38189303882104371252014-05-26T11:08:00.002-07:002014-05-26T11:08:32.868-07:00Animal UpdateLast summer, we added a new dog to our animal crew. Meet Maddie!<br />
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Sam graduated from preschool! Well, for the year anyway. He'll be going to a different pre-school next year since he is still a year away from Kindergarten.<br />
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Sam just LOVED preschool. We're so glad he went this year.<br />
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To celebrate his graduation, we all went out for milkshakes at Sonic after. Yum!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam started pre-school! He absolutely loves it too. He got a new backpack for Christmas, and he gets to be in the same class as his cousin Chase. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here he is on his first day. Can you tell he feels pretty big?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sophie decided to participate in the school talent show this year. Ever since her birthday in October, she has been improving her pogo stick skills, so she decided to show that for her talent. (Her current record is now 624 bounces.) She asked the audience to count with her to 100 bounces, and added some tricks into the mix too (one handed, spinning around, etc).</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-60246165099313754622014-02-01T10:06:00.000-07:002014-04-03T10:07:02.925-07:00Touring the Gilbert Temple<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went on a tour of the Gilbert Temple on Thursday night. Mary had been looking forward to it all week, but kept referring to it as the "Yogurt Temple", so I was worried that she would be a little disappointed. Luckily she loved it, even though there was no yogurt to be found there.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-8009570142308988152013-05-31T09:19:00.002-07:002013-05-31T09:31:19.025-07:00Our Visit to Butterfly WonderlandOur family was privileged to attend the grand opening of <a href="http://www.butterflywonderland.com/" target="_blank">Butterfly Wonderland</a> in Scottsdale. Jake has been working with them through his job, and they invited us to attend.<br />
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Coincidentally, Mary recently became obsessed with butterflies, and spends most of her book reading time on the last page of The Very Hungry Caterpillar shouting "FLY!" at the page.<br />
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After the opening ceremony, we watched their 3D movie "Flight of the Butterflies", which everyone loved (except Mary, because she couldn't keep her glasses on). Sam kept saying "The butterflies are IN THE ROOM!"<br />
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Right as a mist settled over the atrium, a butterfly decided to pay a visit to Sophie. They chatted for a bit, and then the butterfly flew up to Sophie's hair, adding a nice accessory to her outfit.</div>
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We loved our visit! I'm hoping to go back soon!<br />
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Last Friday, our family decided to take a day trip to Tucson. We wanted to visit a couple of the places that we enjoyed while we were living there a couple of years ago, including our old house, the hospital where Sophie was born, and the zoo.</div>
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We set out mid-morning, and our first stop was Reid Park Zoo.</div>
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We love this zoo. It's small, but packed with exhibits. Our kids each had their favorites, and we were surprised at how much Mary enjoyed the whole experience. "AN-MOWS!"<br />
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After the zoo, we were off to El Guero Canelo for Sonoran Hot Dogs. Then we drove through our old neighborhood, saw our old house (and the<a href="http://elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2007/04/our-newest-addition.html" target="_blank"> tiny tree we planted</a> growing strong!), and remembered how pretty our area was.<br />
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The Mountain in our Back Yard</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-64896720420491005902013-05-23T17:58:00.000-07:002013-05-27T17:59:24.046-07:00Last Day of Kindergarten!Sophie finished Kindergarten. And you are not going to believe how much she grew. Brace yourselves...<br />
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Crazy, huh? It was her idea to wear the same dress. She thought it was cool to wear it the first day of school, in the middle, and on the last day of school. Here's another comparison:<br />
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We take 4 kindergartners home every day, so I decided to surprise the kids after school. I blew up about 50 balloons, lined the van entrance with crepe paper, and folded all the seats down (we live about 10 houses from the school). It made for a pretty fun ride home.</div>
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Congratulations Sophie! Now on to summer!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-30646616328889322592013-05-21T07:59:00.000-07:002013-05-21T08:23:18.846-07:00Sophie's Ballet RecitalSophie had her first ballet recital this weekend. She takes ballet from Mrs. Danielle, and loves it! The recital was great too - we enjoyed the whole show.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Our Ballerina on her way to the show</b></span></div>
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She performed 2 numbers - a ballet piece to "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAaWbuaRRGQ" target="_blank">Kiss the Girl</a>", and a hip-hop number to "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylSeoUUR3Es" target="_blank">Lip Gloss</a>".<br />
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Earlier this month, Jake's mom and I hosted a baby shower for my sister-in-law Paige. We decided on a pink & gold theme with chalkboard signs. More details of the decor are on my<a href="http://goodiegoodies.blogspot.com/2013/05/pink-gold-baby-shower.html" target="_blank"> other blog</a>.</div>
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For our baby shower activity, I made a page for every letter of the alphabet, and then guests drew pictures on all of them. I'm going to scan them into an Alphabet book for Paige & the baby.</div>
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Congratulations Sam & Paige! We're excited to meet baby Jane next month!</div>
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This year, I wasn't impressed with the Easter Dress selections, so I decided last minute to make the girls' dresses. I looked up some tutorials online, bought 2 coordinating fabrics, and went to work.</div>
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For Mary's dress, I used <a href="http://www.craftycupboard.net/2012/05/twirly-t-shirt-dress-tutorial.html" target="_blank">this</a> pattern. It was SO easy! I highly recommend it. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2012 was a fun year at our house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here's a recap of </span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">my year:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #33ccff;">January</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #33ccff;"><span style="color: black;">Sophie lost her first TOOTH.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">We LANDSCAPED (half of) our back yard</span></span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span style="color: black;">Mary preferred to stay TINY for a bit.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #cc33cc;"><span style="color: black;">We enjoyed the spring WEATHER.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">A summer of SWIMMING began.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ff9900;">June</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="color: black;">Mary learned her siblings can be kind of CRAZY.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">We got to have a STAYCATION as a family</span></span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><span style="color: black;">Sophie started KINDERGARTEN.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #663333;"><span style="color: black;">We continued our wonderfully WET season.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">How was your year?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: black;">(visit my <a href="http://elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2006/12/2006-year-in-review.html">2006</a>, <a href="http://elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2007/12/2007-year-in-review.html">2007</a>, <a href="http://elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-year-in-review.html">2008</a>, <a href="http://elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-year-in-review.html">2009</a>, <a href="http://elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2010/12/2010-year-in-review.html">2010</a> & <a href="http://www.elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-year-in-review.html" target="_blank">2011</a> if you wish)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>HOW TO MAKE A DOLLHOUSE</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>IN 12 EASY STEPS</b></span></span></div>
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for $2. You might not know what you're going to do with it, but buy it
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Second, </b></span>realize one day that it is a good size for a dollhouse, and when flipped over, it would turn the awkward top drawers into convenient doll storage.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Third,</b></span> find and purchase a dollhouse full of furniture on craigslist. Keep all the furniture and sell the empty dollhouse at your neighbor's garage sale the next weekend for the same price you bought it for. <br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Fourth,</b></span> sand every last inch of that thing and fill in any cracks and holes with wood putty, and then give it a coat of primer.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Fifth,</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>let it sit untouched for a month as other events of November and December fill your time. <br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Sixth, </b></span>use your mad geometry skills to cut roof pieces out of MDF boards with a 45° angle seam along the top.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Seventh, </b></span>(NOTE: this step is optional) as you build and assemble the triangle pieces that fit under the roof, forever trap and seal in a screw driver into the "attic" space.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I took these on our trip back from California last month. This is how a baby wakes from a road trip nap, if you were wondering.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-26339461642890889842012-11-25T10:55:00.000-07:002012-11-25T10:56:36.732-07:00Disney 2012<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the day of Halloween we piled in the car and headed for California. We got to our hotel at about 6pm, and before we even unpacked, we headed out to a local neighborhood, dressed the kids in their costumes, and let them go Trick-or-Treating.</span><br />
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morning we headed to Disneyland. Sophie brought a notebook and pen and
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We were sad that he was too short to try the big Radiator Springs Racers. He would have loved it - we thought it was such a fun ride! And here's my favorite picture from the trip:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sophie's favorite ride is still Tower of Terror, which my stomach only lets me go on once per vacation, and even that is pushing it. She probably went 5 times. She also really liked Big Thunder Mountain this time, but still very much does not enjoy Space Mountain (which was even scarier this time because it was decked out for Halloween - I don't blame her.).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We had a great time! Can't wait to go back in a few years! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-48642775395629427172012-10-31T10:45:00.000-07:002012-11-19T10:46:54.400-07:00Halloween 2012<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We had a really fun Halloween this year! Parties, parades, Trunk or Treat, and trick-or-treating in an Anaheim neighborhood - there was a lot going on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And poor Mary didn't have a costume this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our Mary Louise turned one last week! She's still best known for her petite frame, so I decided to have a "mini" party for her.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy Birthday Little Miss Mary!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(See <a href="http://www.elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2007/10/sophies-first-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">Sophie's</a> & <a href="http://www.elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2010/08/sams-1st-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">Sam's</a> if you want)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927880073065518182noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945423.post-66362118944674034022012-10-10T17:52:00.002-07:002012-11-25T10:57:54.094-07:00Sophie Turned 6<div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not unlike her 3rd birthday, where she requested <a href="http://www.elephantabbie.blogspot.com/2009/10/apple-pie-birthday.html" target="_blank">apple pie</a>, several months ago, she asked if she could have cinnamon rolls for her birthday this year instead of cake. So cinnamon rolls it was. Sunday morning, we celebrated her actual birthday with cinnamon rolls at Grandma's house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We love our Sam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're so glad he's a part of our family.</span></div>
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