tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19135714083614420672024-02-07T10:57:22.501-08:00The Winder's CircleSabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-87260403055714678292014-03-09T18:12:00.001-07:002014-03-09T18:12:38.260-07:00March 9, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Whew! We have been soo, soo busy the last couple of weeks! Below are a few shots showing some of the things that have been keeping us hopping these last couple of weeks. Above, is Rhyse in a huge box of can helping bag canned items at the food pantry. The girls often end up accompanying me to the activities. Here she was a great help reaching and sorting through the cans at the bottom of the box. <br />
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The last two weeks have been packed with church basketball. Both Landen and Craig's team's made it into the Regional Finals and had some very intense games. Landen's team was a teacher's team (with him as a deacon) and was the team that qualified our ward for the tourney. They later brought a few of the priests to play with them. They had made it all the way to the finals (5 games) and lost in a heartbreaker by just a couple of points in the last minute. Church ball in Utah is a REALLY big deal and this was quite an accomplishment to make it that far and with a teacher's team to boot. Church ball can also be pretty wild and aggressive and we had to be careful where we sat so we didn't get smashed during the game as well as have some debriefing sessions about how you can be VERY angry and throw a major temper tantrum but still be a good member of the church at the same time:}<br />
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Tal and Prilly have spend many hours working on their ASTA songs. They both performed last Saturday and did marvelous. Capriel played a little Concertino by Perlman and Talia the Concerto in G by Seitz. Prilly's song had a number of sections where she had to put her violin down while the piano (a very nervous me) played some challenging sections. She came in and out perfectly on her parts. <br />
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Another late night this week was when the YW babysat so parents could go to the temple. Breck brought out her ever popular face painting skills and kept many girls occupied for the night. <br />
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A cute shot of Breck and Devin at our "Break from Tradition" Thanksgiving Dinner at the Elements. It was a fun experience, made the Holiday very relaxing and enjoyable, and freeing to break tradition for once. <br />
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Today Breck accompanied the choir in stake conference. The choir leader had actually written the arrangement and was extremely particular about how it was performed. She spent many many hours at rehearsals. She played confidently, followed well and sounded great. I was so proud of her! She even had to coordinate with a soloist and an organist!<br />
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I've been working at reorganizing the craft room and the girls have found a renewed interest in creating the last little while. Capriel is especially creative and has spend many hours creating projects of her own design. The glue gun is her new best friend! <br />
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We had our yearly ski night Friday night. Rhyse went for her first time, and Landen boarded for his second (he'd gone the day before with the school). He picked it up quickly, to no ones surprise, though it did come home from the school ski day with a giant gooseegg on his head from ....here's the story-"hitting his head on a tree in thick fog, on a black diamond run that he hadn't meant to go on, 20 minutes before they were supposed to be back on the bus to return home." He said that his had hit the snow and tree and his board came over the top of his head. Needless to say, Craig shelled out the big bucks to get helmets for all the kids at the stake ski night. Rhyse was totally stoked to ski and ride the "magic carpet" mini lift on the bunny hill. The only trick is that both Craig and I are poor skiiers and helping a beginning to ski when you can't really ski yourself is the ultimate test in patience and agility. By the end of the night she was beginning to leave her little safe haven between my legs and half ski half sled on her skiis away from me. She is a very emotional, demanding, independent child who has very strong opinions on how she wants things to be, so it was touch to not abandon her on the hill. But I was proud of her for sticking with it and working hard at improving. I had one experience on the magic carpet where a dad and his child fell down and then crashed into me resulting in a tangle that I was almost incapable of extricating myself from as I was moving up the mountain on the conveyor belt. Breck also tried boarding for the first time and was able to go down the runs many times. She is extremely sore today! Tal is a pro and took off as soon as we got there with friends and pretty much wasn't seen for the rest of the night. Capriel did the same, except she did it (true to her style) at a breakneck speed. The kids said that they would often see her on the lift all by herself, and multiple people commented on how fast she would cruise down the hill. Sometimes she would even come and ski next to her friends practicing on the bunny hills. She would often crash hard, but then just pop up and keep going. <br />
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Here's a quick shot of the state of our office/craft room during the Valentine's prep days. These are the days when I feel proud of myself for letting my children "create" while cursing myself for ever letting things get this out of control!<br />
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Craig got heart attacked on Valentines by all who love him. <br />
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My baby is getting so big! I'm fighting a real sadness at seeing my kids grow up. <br />
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We had a wonderful Shepherder's dinner with my sweet Grandparents. Lamb, potatoes, carrots, corn, biscuits that Talia made, salad, and peaches and cookies for dessert. It was so fun to be there with them and hear Grandpa's stories about the life of a sheepherder. We even got to eat on tin plates and drink out of mugs to keep it real. I love my Grandparent's and feel so grateful to be close to them and be able to learn from them regularly. They have taught me so much about devotion, discipline, love, commitment, endurance, and service. <br />
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Rainbow loom bracelets are also consuming large amounts of Tali and Capriel's time. Tal is able to pull up difficult tutorials and create some very intricate patterns. <br />
Let's see, we also cleaned the church this week, cleaned the Spectrum (the USU stadium) last week (for a soccer service project). <br />
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Spring is coming! I've loved watching the baby lambs that are being born in a fieldSabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-15670809932382728732014-02-22T14:21:00.000-08:002014-02-22T14:21:12.641-08:00February 22, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brecklyn recently finished up her swim season. Her final swim at Regions was an awesome PR on the 100 Free! After a lengthy tiring meet, Talia set up a little spa time for Breck in the bathroom complete with chocolate pudding, brownie, scented towel, etc... Talia spends a lot of time taking extra special care of Rhyse, or doing kind deeds like this. <br />
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I can't believe the progress that Breck has made in a her swimming in just a little over a year. I remember two summers ago trying to teach her (at 12) how to do the strokes, and really thinking to myself that she probably wouldn't ever learn to do the strokes. And here she is competing well at a high school level. I am so proud of her work ethic, determination, and sacrifice. Here she is extremely nervous before her 50 free. She learned that swimming is a very mental sport. Breck had a wonderful season, making lots of new friends, and enjoying every minute of all the pasta parties, hair dying (her hair is still pink from a failed Skyview blue dye attempt), bus rides, overnight meets etc.... It was fun to see her completely relaxed and being the funny, happy, optimistic person that she is with her pals. I even heard tell that a senior boy had a crush on her! </div>
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Lan has been playing with the teacher's church bball team. He's had a great experience and loved playing with a good team. I had to post this picture just because of how cute he looks in a mans jersey! The funny thing about Landen is that he doesn't ever think about the fact that he might be a lot younger or smaller than his teammates. He just plays intensely till the last minute. He played almost the entire season with a broken finger, simply adjusting his shot to use just two fingers on the right hand. <br />
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Rhyse has a fun mom's preschool this year. This is there group at Firehouse pizza, learning how they make their pizzas. One of my favorite things that she has learned this year is a lesson on manners. She took this simple lesson to heart and has seriously improved 100 % on using her kind words, complimenting, and being gracious. I'm not sure I've ever seen such an amazing transformation! In fact, after I picked her up from a friends house, the Mom said, "It was the funniest thing, but Rhyse did nothing but compliment me for the first 5 minutes she was at our house.!" <br />
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Rhyse and some of her best buds, dressed up and having a tea party. I was happy to see that she was willing to divide up all her valentine treats to provide the food for the occasion! <br />
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Valentine's day was the day Capriel's Chinese class celebrated Chinese New Year. Rhyse and I got to go and help and learn all about how to use chopsticks, try a number of different Chinese foods, learn a CHinese dance, and learn more about the Chinese culture. Capriel doesn't speak Chinese at home much, but it has been fun to watch her begin to add Chinese characters to her artwork, and speak it with her buddies. <br />
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President's Day, celebrating my decade long desire to actually raise a flag on special holidays. <br />
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This is the only picture I captured from a fun day with our dear friends the Ellis's. We had a great time hanging out, and catching up on play and talk time. <br />
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In the last couple of weeks Rhyse has begun to decide that she is willing and capable to engage in many of the typical preschool activities. Most of these she has absolutely refused to try and engage in previously. Cutting, drawing, and writing are the main activities I can think of right now. It is so fun to see her relax and be willing to risk trying things. The above picture is a snack she creating all on her own one day. I thought it was pretty clever:) The picture below is her version of a snowman and its baby that she took a picture of herself. <br />
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I'm loving my new camera, and though I have an incredible amount to learn I love that I can capture a decent shot now and then. Capriel loves to just toss a backhandspring in now and then. <br />
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Rhyse and I stole a VERY simple valentines breakfast from Pinterest this year, and was probably the most popular one yet. (Even more, believe it or not, than the flesh colored German pancakes, heart pancakes, and other previously tried but not super successful Valentine breakfasts)<br />
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Here is Talia's Valentine box that we made late the night before. It did involve plenty of frustration, and tears, but I think she was happy with it after a few hours of sleep. <br />
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I love this picture of Breck because it shows how Not-Completely-Awake the big kids are as they shove down a couple of bites of breakfast, and sprint out the door still trying to pull themselves together and try and catch the bus at 6:55 each morning. Note the Valentine's hair and color coordinated outfit!<br />
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My little Valentines helper. <br />
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Talia is loving gymnastics and soccer equally and trying to decide where she wants to spend her time. She is working to master her back tuck, aerial, kip and giant. <br />
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Making salt dough creations together. <br />
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Rhyse loves Coleman<br />
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Breck and Ol' Saint Nick! <br />
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Talia's candy creche and crazy pose. She sure loves to be silly. <br />
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This couldn't be a better shot! Our runaway Jesus was adorable, Joseph completely attentive and our gentle Mary finding humor in the most difficult of circumstances. The donkey (front) ? I'm not sure what he's doing. Maybe some time of animalistic Hallejuah chorus. <br />
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A few shots from the Harrison Christmas party. <br />
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Both Lan and Rhyse scored with some awesome shoes from Gma and Gpa during the white elephant gift exchange. I felt honored to be able to bring my children to this party because I felt such goodness and love emanating from my Grandparents. They are good, kind, intelligent, capable, gracious, generous, strong, and grounded people and I adore them and want to be like them in so many ways. <br />
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This gift was completely Rhyse's arrangement. It consisted of white sugar cubes with colored elastic hair ties wrapped around them, artistically placed in a little treasure chest! What could be more precious. <br />
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Brecklyn having fun with some of the clothing gifts she obviously wasn't quite sure about. <br />
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After the 3 on 3 tournament. <br /><span id="goog_983360572"></span><span id="goog_983360573"></span><br />Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-50239652223948490542014-01-30T13:23:00.001-08:002014-01-30T13:23:53.124-08:00Landen is a teenager?!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Landen turned 13 this month! The above picture is him I'm assuming at Buffalo Wild Wings having his birthday lunch with his Dad. <br />
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We have been promising Landen a party for years. Finally, we followed through and enjoyed an evening with his awesome friends at the Fun Park where they bowled, ate, and played lazer tag. Landen (for once in his life) really stunk at bowling and had to swallow a little pride for the first 1/2 of the game. After a little not-welcome advice and practice, he redeemed himself and finished his game well. I have to record this because it is such a rarity that he doesn't excell immediately at his athletic pursuits. <br />
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Landen is a good friend and has lots of friends. He is accepting, fun, forgiving, and easy going. He seems to have friends wherever we go and doesn't ever worry about what people are thinking of him or if he should go into a certain social situation. It was touching to me that at his party were 3-4 of the boys who had taken turns staying in at recess for months and months to play cards with Landen during the time when he was on crutches and unable to even play around much with them. The boys were silly, loud, constantly moving all their large muscle groups, competitive, hungry, and wild but also respectful and good sports. It was a great chance for me to realize that this is simply the nature of a 13 year old boy, and mine is perfectly normal:) <br />
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I adore this picture first because my Dad is playing with my son, but also because it so perfectly depicts Landen. He never seems to realize when he is playing with someone who is of a significant size, ability, age, or interest-and that goes both ways. He considers it fair at all times to play as hard has he can, and assumes that most of the time he will conquer. This last week he decided that he was going to play with the teachers bball team (they don't have one for deacons. He went to the game, (I doubt he even asked it he could play) and played hard against much bigger and older boys and managed to score like 20 points. <br />
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Here's another example, just from a different angle. Landen can't seem to tone down his intensity, no matter what situation he is in. <br />
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Landen is such a handsome boy who adores silliness and humor. He and Breck are getting to be so clever and seem to fill our dinner hour with funny movie quotes from their endless repertoire. <br />
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I love the smile on Craig's face. Craig LOVES having a boy and together they try to survive a house full of cartwheeling girls by keeping up on their teams, stats, and catching a game together once in a while. Landen loves nothing more than when Craig will take the time to play anything with him. <br />
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This was a fun experience. Landen and his other 12 yr old cousins, Carson and McKenna decided to play in the stakes 3on3 tournament. They were the very youngest and very very shortest of the jr. teams, and the only one containing a girl. But they played hard, and confident, against difficult odds. Landen even played with a newly broken finger. <br />
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Landen is kind and tender. Here he is working with the big cousins to make a fun scavenger hunt for his little cousins. Landen is a special spirit. I get about an hour with him after school and before the other kids come home, which is time I treasure. I truly consider him one of my friends. He has a excellent mind and loves to come home and explain how things work. He is very scientifically minded and often helps me with my projects. He gives wonderful hugs, likes massages, and reads like a crazy man. He is endlessly competitive, highly emotional, and still provides some entertainment when he begins doing his "dances" when things aren't going how he wants them to:) I hope to never forget trying to watch a youtube video together about how to tie a tie one Sunday when we realized Craig wasn't going to be around to help. Landen wears only athletic clothes and dryfit type shirts. He doesn't care remotely for matching-only comfort. He lives in his fleece lined hoodies. He has a passion for music and can learn lyrics and remember songs and titles just like Craig. With his birthday money he bought a little ipod shuffle and filled it with his favorite songs-Lyndsey Stirling being one of his preferred artists along with a number of pump-you-up-style sports songs like "We are the Champions". Landen takes his priesthood responsibilities seriously. He does well in school, and is even picking up the piano! <br />
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A birthday post for Landen would not be complete without a shot of He and Pepper. Her is Landen helping Pepper open the gift he wrapped for her. Landen and Pepper are very special friends. They sleep together, play together, and spend almost all their time at home together. Pepper waits for him after school and they have their little running ritual racing through the house upon his return. Landen understands Peppers ever need and takes great care of her. They take walks chasing deer and exploring the canal roads together. They play soccer and chase the cat and just have races. <br /><br />
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Lan's broken finger from a soccer game. He fell down and was stepped on by a (big fat girl) ((his words)) :) He has adapted well and plays soccer and bball and even limps through his piano practice with the splint. <br />
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I love how much Landen loves his cousins. They are inseparable, truly soul-cousins. He plays so hard with them, maximizing ever second they are together. Pancake eating contests, air soft wars in the dark, football, volleyball, soccer, bball, frisbee, you name it. They are sweaty most of the time. When our trips are over he is so exhausted he can hardly function. Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-43156051202198264052014-01-29T07:15:00.000-08:002014-01-29T07:15:43.261-08:00St. George and Sunshine!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As can be seen from these pictures, we had a lovely sundrenched trip to Mesquite Nevada and St. George. The weather was in the low 60's and we took every advantage of the glorious clear blue skies and warm rays. Oh, how I needed that sun! Landen had a soccer tournament in Mesquite. Their team played well and Lan had some great goals and passes. It was so fun to see him running with that awesome backdrop. <br />
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Capriel doing a back handspring! <br />
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The girls while enduring a LOT of soccer games and driving got in plenty of backhandsprings and tree climbing and even some swimming. We stayed in a condo which allowed for cooking and had some fun clubhouse amenities. Craig and Lan would work themselves into a sweat playing the little basketball arcade game where you see how many baskets you can make on the tiny hoop in 30 secs. I think Landen holds the record with 50 points. Air hockey, mini golf, fusball, and pingpong were a few of the other activites we enjoyed. Rhyse really got a kick out of minigolf and I enjoyed playing speed mini golf with the bigger kids. Another HUGE asset according to the kids was the entire case of ramen that someone had left behind in the kitchen. Instead of our planned lunches, they cooked up large pots of the stuff. We also had fun playing Farkle, ruckus, and just wrestling. <br />
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Dixie Rock is always a favorite place to play, explore, jump across chasms, watch rapellers, and just awe at the surroundings. Rhyse loved hiking and was thrilled to see a little lizard. <br />
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Playing in the Virgin River in Mesquite. Though it was fairly small and muddy, the kids loved playing with the exploding cattails, giving mud massages, taking cool leaping shots, and digging in the sand. Our condo was in St. George and the tournament in Mesquite. The trip between the two cities is about 45 minutes and includes a time change which took us by surprise and messed us up more than once. Our first blunder allowed us an extra hour before a practice where we were able to enjoy a small historical museum holding relics of the early settlers. The kids loved the indian coat made from hundreds of rabbits pelts, the old victrola (which they played) and I got a kick out of recognizing how many of those antique pieces i recognized from my own grandparents and even Mom's house. I am so grateful to live in a time where so many modern conveniences make my housework much easier and quicker. <br />
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Aside from watching Lan play, my favorite part of the trip was our hike in the Red Rock Recreation area. The sun was warm and the kids just scampered around exploring the gorgeous red sandstone natural playground, discovering caves, tunnels (some really narrow) and lots of water crossings and fun. <br />
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This was an incredible spot. Absolutely breathtaking. It is an area which apparently has to be swum through in the summer months when the water is higher. You can see Lan in the above picture surveying his drenched clothes which he'd just acquired by jumping across the river and falling back into it. Needless to say the mountain January water was REALLY cold and was the determining factor in where we ended our hike. <br />
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Talia was brave enough to hike around this rock face with the aide of a rope that was attached to the rock. Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-30091439538229349022014-01-28T21:18:00.002-08:002014-01-28T21:27:24.588-08:00Capriel turns 7!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Capriel's birthday this year she decided that she wanted to go ice skating. We had a great time racing, chasing, falling, trying to skate underneath each others legs and being silly. Capriel skated so hard that she even had to get rid of her big coat. <br />
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Talia is a dear dear friend to Rhyse and is often the only one who can help her when she is in "one of those moods." <br />
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Me, just after landing an incredibly powerful and elegant triple-sow-cow or whatever that is called. <br />
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Capriel chose hamburgers for her dinner (big surprise) and german pancakes for breakfast. Capriel is a very special girl. She loves reading and can often be found asleep with a book on her face or chest. She is reading lots of big chapter books-her most recent being The Secret of Nimph. She adores horses and wishes more than anything that we could own one. She often sleeps with a little beanie horse and has an entire herd of various kinds of horses in her room. She is a great artist and likes to draw, paint, and create. She would prefer to eat only carbs and proteins and upon finding something she actually (this doesn't happen very often) likes she can put away incredible amounts of food. She spends most of her free time doing cartwheels, handstands, backhandsprings (she looks like a little frog when she does them) She loves Pepper and likes to spend her wake up minutes in the morning laying next to her their noses nearly touching. She does wonderful in school and has learned a lot of chinese songs and words. She often adds chinese writing to her artwork. She is able to stay on task and work hard at school, but when she comes home, sometimes she is so fried she can hardly function. Capriel is tender, impetuous, free spirited, and full of life and energy. She adores her sisters and can't get enough time to play with them. Her muscles still bulge and her body is still as tight and ripped as ever. A funny thing that has been happening lately is that I've found her a few times in her bed without a shirt on. I think in her tossing and turning and who knows what kind of dreaming she just gets a little too hot or twisted up in the sheets and the shirt just comes off! She is doing great in violin and is beginning to review for her BK 2 recital. She is a good sightreader and had a great experience being in the orchestra before Christmas. It really pushed her, but even though she was really young she was brave and did her best.<br />
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Capriel got lucky and ended up opening the $20 bill that Gma harrison put in one of her white elephant gifts. <br />
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The most exciting thing about this post is that my new camera has entered the picture!!! I've saved for a very long time and am now the proud owner of a Canon SL1 SLR camera! I was pretty sick over Thanksgiving when it arrived, so Brecklyn-with her awesome and quick mind took the camera over and got these awesome shots. She really is a natural. <br />
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This is our afternoon turkey trot. It was remarkably fair and warm and we enjoyed just being outside together, having our first annual turkey trot and just being together. <br />
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Keiton defying gravity on the swing. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more-Keiton or Dave. <br />
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Keiton showing the exhaustion of his efforts. <br />
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Coleman jumped in at the last minute for a sprint to the finish<br />
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Talia's backhandspring. She can do them by herself now. <br />
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My handsome boy<br />
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We loved having "guests" for THanksgiving. It always makes things a party. <br />
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Rhyse cheering herself on! She told me after that she was now a runner and that she wanted to start jogging with me in the mornings. <br />
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Talia was our turkey trot winner and is obviously focused and working hard. (Landen was suffering from stomach issues and had to go home)<br />
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Talias first rip! She has carefully tended it and nursed it with various wraps and bandages. <br />
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Pepper got fixed recently and we enjoyed a couple of weeks of drama as she healed. I don't think any of us will ever forget how she completely froze in whatever position or pose she was in as we put her cone on. She was pretty sore and pathetic for a few days, but she is back to her active, funloving, and friendly self. <br />
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Making salt dough ornaments and jewelry over thanksgiving. <br />
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Brecklyn and Santa at the ward party. The kids worked for hours setting up, serving, and cleaning up from our ward party. I was so proud of their ability and willingness to serve our ward in this way. We couldn't have done it without them. I think Landen said he refilled water pictures like 70 times. <br />
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Rhyse's first ice skating experience. I was pleaseantly surprised how well she did. I think the snowsuit helped soften her falls and by the end of the lesson she had abandoned her walker and was gliding, bending down, and falling and getting up quite independently. <br />
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We had fun making Reindeer cupcakes to take to the Harrison party. Keiton had a lot of focus and was very careful to follow directions. <br />
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Talia's candy nativity that she made in activity days. Obviously, she enjoys being silly. <br />
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Capriel was the lucky winner of the hidden 20$ bill. <br />
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Rhyse and Landen both scored with a pair of Grandpa's old work boots and grandma's creme snakeskin sandals-respectively) <br />
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I love this shot of Brielle (as an angel) exhibiting a little bit of emotion. <br />
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Halloween has come and gone, now on to Thanksgiving! Here are some pics of our pumpkin carving adventures. <br />
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Rhyse and her dad, the ever patient pumkin carving "assistant". Rhyse had a hard time committing to one particular design, but dad transferred flawlessly from a banana (per her specific request after looking around the kitchen for artistic inspiration) to a moon with stars.<br />
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This is not the best makeup job the production crew did on me, but darn it, I got an "A" in this class. We performed "Sleeping Beauty" and I played a fairy. It all honesty, it was a very fun activity, despite the intensity and demands of our instructor. I'm glad she let us do it. Rhyse came to enjoy our performance in all it's children's theatre glorious cheesiness, and I think she liked it. <br />
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Tali and Prill, our amazon muscle women have become obsessed with this new hobby. They frequently cartwheel and roundoff around the house, especially capriel. Tali spends much of her energy talking with our vetran gymnast, Mom. They discuss techninque, events, and that sort of thing quite often.<br />
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Landen is showing some definite promise in the occupation of mechanial engineer. The bridge shown above was a huge project for Lan at school. He spent hours designing it to hold the most weight possible, but when it came down to it, he couldn't give up his baby to test the weight.<br />
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Another of his works<br />
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Malificent and I <br />
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A result of Mom's organizing kick. Anyone who wishes is welcome to come over and admire our labeled and boxed freezer! <br />
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Rhyse is finally old enough to enjoy the snow! I looked out my window Saturday to see her sitting on this chair alone in the snow covered yard, creating this work of art. Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-16221473328049936432013-11-03T13:04:00.002-08:002013-11-03T13:04:48.130-08:00UpdateSabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-22473782581038335232013-10-28T10:44:00.001-07:002013-10-28T12:26:58.732-07:00October 28, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our silly Pepper loves to lay in this ridiculous position and scope out the backyard. She is absolutely adored at our house. She and Landen have weekly deer hunting and chasing adventures on Sundays and always return with some sort of exciting story. <br />
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Rhyse and I have had fun creating fun learning "games" inspired by Getti and Kjirsti's Montessori push. Rhyse is definitely entering that fun learning stage where she is ready to soak in everything. We are working hard at more independence and basic life skills. Some of the most recent accomplishments have been a lot of microwaving, folding, and hair doos. <br />
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We had our fun ward Halloween carnival this week. Here is Tali and a couple of buds posing with their play mustaches. Talia was Despaureux. Anyone who has followed Tali's string of costumes will recognize that she wore this same costume probably 4 years ago. It fits much different and needed letting out and some repair, but she fit into the look of a tiny sickly looking mouse that Despaurauex presumably looked like!<br />
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Breck spent the entire evening painting faces during the carnival. We bought some real face paint and checked out a book from the library. She created some really awesome faces! Breck has turned into quite the highschool social girl and has keep incredibly busy with her drama rehearsals, extra Saturday swim practices and breakfasts, working at the football game concession stands with the swim team, a Halloween swim party- all in one week! She is doing so great being confident, friendly, and outgoing! We just wish we could see her a little more. <br />
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I got to go on a field trip with Capriel's class this week to the "Pumpkin Walk." Her partner was a cute boy names Tristan and they spend most of the time flirting, teasing, slapping, tickling, and otherwise goofing off together. I hardly even got a chance to hold her hand she was so busy with this kid! I have to say I was a tiny bit concerned:) <br />
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Capriel and Rhyse with the Witch<br />
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Cinderella-Rhyse<br />
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THough she loves the Cinderella picture most, this one is probably the most accurate description of her this week. Rhyse has continued to deal with her awful rash which has also brought with it more steroids, maliase, achiness, and extreme grumpiness and anger. It has been pretty tough for everyone, and I have felt so bad for her. She has been truly miserable. <br />
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We've had two gorgeous fall weeks. We have all had a wonderful time outside playing, working, and soaking in the sun. The deck is stained, the garden rototilled, many flowers cut back, lots of tree climbing, and even a little fairy house building-courtesy of Talia and Capriel. <br />
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Landen's first Halloween costume in quite a while. He is always the most current on pop current events and has adored the "what does the fox say" craze with apparently everyone else in the world! I was pretty proud of myself in coming up with this costume and especially finding the t-shirt! Landen has been a scoring machine in his last couple of soccer games. I think in the last three games he has scored 75% of all the goals scored. He is definitely getting banged up as the boys are playing rougher. Saturdays game even treated him to an elbow to the nose and a bloody nose. He has a wonderful time hanging out with his team at the Corn Maze and Haunted Hallow. He came home with raving reviews of their escapades shooting kernals at girls in the maze, blazing new paths, and other very 12-year old boys type behavior. I'm surprised they didn't get kicked out. It was probably good that we weren't there to moniter. He is a good kid who is doing well at school, has tons of friends, and is now feverishly practicing his basketball! <br />
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Finally, I have to note that Rhyse and Capriel and Talia did a wonderful job on their Primary Program. Talia sang in a small group number "Joseph's First Vision" and all the girls remembered and delivered their parts clearly and confidently. We were literally holding our breath to see if Rhyse would make it through without yelling or making a scene. I truly consider it a tender mercy that somehow she pulled herself together and went up and stayed the entire time. She was happy, sang loud and clear, waved many times to us, and was pretty distracting in a happy sort of way with a little piece of paper that she'd brought up. The past three weeks has been full of difficult situations where I was called to come and get her or she behaved in a completely unacceptable way to friends, family or teachers. I couldn't have been happier to see her up there behaving like a happy and stable and normal 4 year old. She is a great singer! Also, I think she is finally on the mend. Craig gave her a blessing and she today and yesterday she has only a small rash and is much more pleasant and rational. I think I might need to celebrate! Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-83339471959714709912013-10-20T21:15:00.001-07:002013-10-21T14:17:38.600-07:00October 20, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the latest excitement in Rhyse's life! Sorry, just realized this picture is sideways. Anyway, Rhyse is going on week 3 of a non-contagious rash called Erythema Multiforme. It is a very stubborn rash that is not contagious and can come from a number of different sources. Along with this very dynamic itchy bullseye rash that covers her body it brings fatigue and achiness. To treat it we have to give her Zyrtec and an oral steroid. The steroid has been extremely hard on her, changing her mood to be worse than a seasick sailor, and making her stomach hurt and just making her feel miserable. One morning she woke up with one whole side of her face swollen up. Eyes, cheeks, lips, you name it. It was a little comical, though we tried to not to show it in front of her. Dealing with her moods (some mornings she is hollering and screaming the first second I open her door) has been really challenging. We are hoping soon-very soon to be able to stop the steroids so we can get back to normal. I do think things are improving because today and yesterday she began to perk up and play though she still had a terrible rash this am. </div>
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Though we had to miss almost all of Saturday conference because of soccer games, we had a wonderful Sunday conference with our traditional scones (I left out the butter on the dough so they were extremely tough:)) and our between sessions hike. This year we decided to hike the face of Green Canyon which was very steep but provided instant and constant views of the valley. It was such a beautiful day and lovely to be up and away together. I love hiking and love to see my kids moving easily and freely. It is such a blessing to have Landen healed and again leading the pack!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a cute picture of Rhyse enjoying the fruits of our new waffle maker from Mom!<br />
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Rhyse and her preschool class took a trip to the fire station. Rhyse was a little nervous but I was proud that she listened and participated with the other kids. Fire men in their uniforms are pretty scary! This particular preschool group is very full of energy. I had a real challenge on my hands having them a couple of weeks ago for my two week turn. It got me excited to be a better teacher and we created lots of montessori games that seemed to work better than the traditional group setting. <br />
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The kids and I had the privilege of attending Grandma Higley's funeral. It was a long drive and a quick trip, but we were very glad to have been there. It was wonderful to spend time with family, be reminded of what a wonderful person Grandma was, and also remember how fragile life is and how family and friendships and the gospel are the MOST important things in life. Each of the children dealt with the situation in their own way. I found it very sweet to be there with them and to be able to talk and sometimes just sit and feel as they went through the process of a loss and a funeral. After all the viewing and funeral, the kids had a wonderful time with their cousins using up every last minute with playtime. We ate and ate and ate and played hard, and wore them completely out! Breck has a special relationship with her Grandma and was able to bring home some very special memorabilia of Grandma. <br />
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We felt very blessed to have been protected on our way home. We were all very tired and found upon arriving home that we had a completely flat tire and also a timing belt that was on it's ninth life. I really feel like Heavenly Father watched out for us and protected us from harm and accident and getting stuck in the dark in desolate Northern Utah wilderness. One exciting event that did happen was the sighting of two coyotes, one which ran directly in front of our van! <br />
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I even got lucky enough to benefit from some of the Winder girls specialty-make up! (heaven knows I need it!) Janessa gave me a makeover and the other sisters provided me with some other tips. It was fun to talk and be with them. I admire each of them and enjoy spending time with them. <br />
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Another field trip to the Willow park zoo. The animal trainer brought in a number of animals for the kids to learn about, including a chinchilla (the very softest) an owl, a turtle, and a cockatoo. It was a rainy day, but the kids didn't mind and ran around feeding the ducks, enjoying the racoon who was actually awake, and all the beautiful birds. <br />
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Talia in her red skinny jeans from Brigette. She loves to put together a fun outfit and has a great eye. Some days its stylin and others its just comfy running clothes and shoes so that "she can play soccer"<br />
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Talia's Aggies FC soccer team. She played great this year-scoring a hat trick a few times and really improving in her foot skills. She has reached the point where we really love to watch her play. <br />
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Priesthood-Girls night out! We had fun going out to dinner together and then watching a movie. I had this thought while I was sitting there with all my girls, that girls night out is not really that much different than another other night! I love each of my girls. This particular night, probably because we were all pretty tired, it seemed a feat to find conversation and activities that could keep everyone engaged and happy. We have become a pretty diverse bunch. I am so lucky. <br />
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Talia and Capriel are finally getting to try out their long-held dream of taking gymnastics! I promised them that this winter we would take a break from basketball and take gymnastics. I took them in for their initial assessment. Talia almost had her back handspring down and could do front and back walkovers, so it was fun for them to be able to show them some of their skills. After the assessment the coach came over and said that they would fit in level 3! Which is their beginning competition level! We aren't going to compete, but I was thrilled that they could be in the same class. The coach said that it is a little advanced for Capriel, but he figures she'll catch up quickly. "She is VERY strong," was his comment after the assessment. She seems to literally be bouncing around all over the apparatus. So both girls have taken two classes now and are are incredibly sore but also thrilled to be doing vault and bars and beam. OK, to be fair, Capriel's a little scared of beam. Especially when on your first day of gymnastics they try to get you to do forward rolls and kartwheels on the beam! The coaches were amazed at how strong and capable they are and they are having a great time. <br />
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We had UEA this last weekend and had a great time just hanging out at home. We went climbing and out to eat for our special family events and the rest of the time just enjoyed sleeping in, eating Landen's crepes, and cookies, and reading, playing outside, and getting projects done. I don't know if the kids enjoyed this, but I loved having a little more flexibility, time and help, to get a few things done that we don't usually get around to. <br />
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I love this shot of Breck! Check out those muscles. This is an especially hard spot where you have to hang almost horizontal to get over that embankment. All the kids are great climbers and challenge themselves to their limits. Capriel just flies up the wall and then can be seen swinging all over the ropes. She can even sissor her way up the ropes without her legs. She figured out a way to tie her self into the ropes so that she could sort of climb and swing without having a belayer. <br />
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This was also the first time Rhyse really climbed. She has been really sick and even more ornery from the steriods and overall malaise, so it was pretty exciting to see her trying it and having a good experience. <br />
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The kids enjoying a ride on the neighbors "train" on a gorgeous fall day. They've taken many a ride on this homemade train that runs behind a four-wheeler. We have the best neighbors. <br />
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Capriel's soccer team. Capriel loved soccer this year and scored tons of goals. She learned to dribble much better and spread out and follow her kicks. She had an awesome coach and a team with lots of kids who really wanted to be there. A fun year!<br />
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Another fun campfire in our new firepit. Thanks Grandma Pete. My favorite part was after we had packed up the food and headed inside, Tal and Lan and Capriel and RHyse stayed out in the complete dark and played with the fire. They like to make homemade pencils and write messages and could even be seen doing some type of indian war dance! It significantly enhanced their pretend world and made me so happy to be able to provide that experience for them. Every child should have access to fire in their playworlds. <br />
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<br />Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-18628662727914789022013-10-09T14:07:00.000-07:002013-10-09T14:07:34.225-07:00October 9, 2013Rhyse was gathering worms as I weeded yesterday. After she accumulated a handful I suggested that she go and feed them to the chickens. This is something we do regularly but this time was different. She paused, looked at her hand and then and me and said, "Mom, I understand the worms." She decided that his time something was different and that these worms needed to stick together as a family and not be sacrificed to the ever-hungry chickens. This made complete sense to me so we decided to dig a hole and bury them together in a different flowerbed (I guess it was moving day). I'm glad my daughter still has the enough sensitivity to even "understand worms." <br />
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A couple of days ago, I was driving into the parking lot at Skyview (our high school) to pick Breck up from her swim team tryouts. She's been a freshman for over a month now, but something about physically picking her up at the high school after participating in a high school sport really slammed into my brain. I'm am the mother of a high school student! Honestly, I have no idea how this happened, and I certainly don't feel mature enough to be raising a teenager. Breck is having a great year so far and I'm so proud to announce that she did indeed make the high school swim team! She has made great advancements personally, socially, and emotionally since last year. I'm very proud of her guts, her tenacity, and her courage to jump back in and be the "real Breck" that we all love so much.<br />
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Tal is obsessed with gymnastics right now. She has learned from school friends, practice and a little help from me lots of tricks on the trampoline and ground. She can do a back handspring, front and backwalkover, front handspring, straight armed forward roll, etc... We've had fun watching youtube videos together, spotting her and practicing together. She is very determined and focused. This Friday we'll take her to have a trial lesson and I promised both girls that they could take gymnastics for the winter. It will be fun to watch Tal and Capriel progress. They have strong, flexible and coordinated bodies. <br />
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Capriel is a soccer machine right now. She is just sooo fast! This is the first year where her mind has really been engaged and she loves it. She is always doing some sort of move where the crowd is oohing or aaahing in anticipation of a major injury that might have just occurred, or because she has just defied another law of gravity with her lightening speed body. I laugh a lot when I watch her but am always impressed with her determination. She has learned this year to follow the ball after she kicks it and to stay with it. <br />
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Rhyse is in a stage of defiance and independence. She is also struggling with focusing on a task. She wants to originate every thought and action that she participates in. She does not want to switch thoughts or activities unless it is on her own accord. It can be extremely exhausting and challenging. I'm trying hard to be creative and patient. Some days can be very long with her as every thing I need or want her to do seems to be such a battle. Wish me luck!Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-23029315197593320322013-09-29T21:18:00.001-07:002013-09-29T21:18:37.960-07:00September 29, 2013Just a quick post. I wanted to write down how much fun I have watching my kids play soccer. Truly it is one of the most fun part of my week. Each child plays differently, but each brings such joy and happiness to watch as they put forth their best efforts, learn teamwork, learn to listen to a coach, discipline their bodies and minds, and support their team mates. Capriel's body is much faster than her feet and ball skills. She is continuously tripping, sliding, and falling over the ball as her lightning fast body pushes towards it. I love her straight-legged sweep kick. She is wild and impetuous, but also very tenacious and hardworking. Talia plays with confidence, and a few good tricks and she plays strong. Not mean or overly aggressive, but strong and capable-like she knows what she wants to do and she just does it. Landen is fearless, incredibly quick, focused and a fabulous passer. He has this little hop he does over his opponents feet that never fails to amaze me and always seems to allow him to slip past them. When I watch Landen I think (this is going to sound cheesy) of a wild horse-free on the prairie. I adore watching him tear up the sidelines, or deftly manuever the ball out of the opponents feet. I love to see what a great team member he is; how encouraging and supportive he is of his teammates. I love that he is surrounded by boys and good men who love this sport as much as he does and that they have a ball playing it together. I loved that one day when the coach couldn't make practice, the kids called each other and decided they still wanted to meet by themselves and work on things together. <br />
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I'm proud of my children (all of them-not just the soccer players), for their dedication towards their sports. They are learning skills and discipline, developing physical and mental strength and fortitude, and nurturing relationships and social skill that will benefit them for their life time. I absolutely love to watch my children play!Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-90733792183336068532013-09-15T19:29:00.001-07:002013-09-15T19:29:28.295-07:00"Grow up with me...." Happy Birthday Addy!Grow up with me.<br />
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Let's run in fields and fear the dark together.<br />
Fall off swings, and burn special things,<br />
and both play outside in bad weather.<br />
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Let's eat badly.<br />
Let's watch adults and laugh at their idiocy.<br />
Let's sit in the back of the car,<br />
making eye contact with strangers driving past,<br />
making them uncomfortable.<br />
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Not caring.<br />
Not swearing.<br />
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Let's both reclaim our superpowers;<br />
the ones we all have and lose with our milk teeth.<br />
The ability not to fear social awkwardness.<br />
To panic when locked in the cellar;<br />
still sure there's something down there.<br />
And while picking from pillows each feather,<br />
let's both stay away from the edge of the bed,<br />
forcing us closer together.<br />
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Let's sit in public, with ice cream all over both our faces;<br />
sticking our tongues out at passers by.<br />
Let's cry.<br />
Let's swim.<br />
Let's everything.<br />
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Let's not find it funny lest someone falls over.<br />
Classical music is boring.<br />
Poetry baffles us both;<br />
there's nothing that's said is what's meant.<br />
Plays are long, tiresome, sullened, and filled;<br />
with hours that could be spent rolling down hills,<br />
and grazing our knees on cement.<br />
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Let's hear stories <br />
Learn about parents and forgiveness,<br />
death and morality,<br />
kindness and art,<br />
thus losing both of our innocent hearts,<br />
but at least we won't do it apart.<br />
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Grow up with me.<br />
- By Keaton Henson <br />
Brown-eyed Beauties.<br />
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A beautiful girl opening a beautiful present on Christmas morning<br />
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"Wild like the wind"<br />
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Addy holding a new born me<br />
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This poem accurately describes the feelings I've felt as I've realized that my Addy is 18. It really struck me. My childhood bosom friend can vote! I did everything with Adalee and practically worshiped her in years gone past. I still hold in awe her incredible drive and determination. As one might guess from the second to bottom picture, she is a tough gal. However, she is also a tender, thoughtful person full of a simple, true testimony of her savior. When Addy does something she loves, she does it with fire and zeroes in on that thing, giving herself and her abilities up to it. She has potential in so many different aspects, she is so talented.<br />
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Growing up with Addy, we were very different little girls. I wasn't as driven and fiery as Adalee, and I would watch in almost frightened awe as she did brave things that I would never dream of doing; cantering on a horse, or smacking the horse as it gave her a little sass. We used our innate gifts to have grand adventures, putting on plays, and going on adventures along the canal, walking the dogs. I would provide the romantic, artistic part, and Addy would try and work with me and my stubborn ideals of what should happen to make our play world perfect. We jumped on the trampoline till our knees and toes were rubbed black. We joined together in defending our Barbie games against Devin, and we swung underneath fountains of green grapes.<br />
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We rebelled against reasonable bed times, and Addy would use sign language to try and communicate with me when the lights were out and we were threatened with separation if they heard one more sound out of us. We faked asleep when adults came to check on us. I went to young womens when I was eight, with Addy. I waited for my turn to play Mary in the nativity for the rest home, a role Addy had previously been privledged to play. We sang as angels together with itchy gold tinsel on our heads. We took baths together, and swam our Barbies around in the warm water. We took "family pictures" of our American Girl Dolls.<br />
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Rhyse and Keiton at the splash pad<br />
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Rhyse and her ballet shoe bday cake Breck made (can't remember if I posted that or not)<br />
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Fun at the service carnival.<br />
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Breck spent hours doing face painting at the service auction. She got braver and braver as the night wore on. I think Talia got her first (not a butterfly on your cheek) face paint job. <br />
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Capriel is planing on having her own horse someday<br />
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Breck and I after our Mary Kay "Consultation" She is incredibly gorgeous with or without make up!<br />
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Talia trying out the swim cap. Check out those eyes!<br />
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Celebrating at Golden Corral on the day Lani got cleared to run again. A very big blessing in our family. Thanks again to all who prayed for him. <br />
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Capri and Tal got to be in their first parade (the 24th of July) It was a big deal for them. Tal and Breck spent a few stressful minutes trying to turn Tal's bike into a covered wagon, but when that proved a little laborious for the time remaining, she opted for a couple of flags taped to the handlebars:)<br />
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Rhyse Loved waving at the beautiful ladies and gathering gobs of treats!<br />
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Breck and Craig checking off one of Breck's bucket list items --A pie eating contest. And Breck even won-slurping it up with great dexterity. <br />
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Taking down a wall at Kjirsti's. <br />
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The magic of home-made rootbeer!<br />
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Capriel and Landen swam and swam and swam at Gma Pete's. The kids couldn't get enough and the younger children made great improvements on their skills. Capri and Tal both figured out the dive and Capriel become much more adept at breathing. Rhyse mastered the "bob" completed in slow motion. <br />
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We hit Bear Lake for a long afternoon to finish up our summer. It was a gorgeous day, a quiet beach and a lovely time to just play and chill with the kids. They are so fun. <br />
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Capriel, Rhyse and I built this "fancy" sandcastle. I had many conveniences for the castle dwellers enjoyment!<br />
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Breck and Lan, our beach bums spent hours just drifting on the tubes together talking and laughing<br />
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We finished our outing with shakes and fries at the locally famous raspberry shake shop. Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-68017320407010628842013-07-18T09:21:00.003-07:002013-07-18T09:21:27.126-07:00San Diego, continued....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sea world, I am sure, ranked pretty high if not highest on everyone's favorite part of the trip list. The many Sea lions that we saw on the trip, both wild and contained, were very funny. I especially enjoy their peculiar rest stance. I should try it more often. It looks like it builds confidence.<br />
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"Ladies and Gentlemen.... Cirque, De la Mere!" This trapeze, gymnast type drama was very fun. It was really incredible to see the strength of all the performers. One part of the show featured men performing tricks on the long bendy poles near the front of the bleachers. If you look closely, you can see the turquoise pole in the middle of the picture. They did flag pole type tricks. <br />
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Our own little future Cirque De La Mere performer. <br />
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This was one of my favorite parts of Sea World. Me, Mom, Devin, Dantzi and Owen and Capriel,( if you can believe it) went on Atlantis. Owen and Capriel ended up in front for no particular reason, I'm sure. <br />
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The above picture is blurry, but I had to use it. Dantz is still recovering from the wild ride. I sat next to Mom, and during the ride where you pause, and you can't see the track ahead because it's going down so steeply, Both mom and Dantzi, were saying in high pitched voices, " No! I realllly don't want to do this!", " Oh, no!" It was so fun to experience the roller coaster with them. <br />
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Another fun thing we did was Kayaking with a tour guide. We paddled out to a sea cave where our guide quickly whisked us in and out of. We were very very close to wild sea lions on the rocks, and some even were swimming in the water near us.<br />
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Not my greatest picture, but Add and I had a great time trying our hands at Kayaking. Another fun thing we did that day was snorkeling. Sadly, we didn't take any pictures, but I think Derek or Devin has them if you wanted to see. The whole experience was actually quite hilarious. We did it in two seperate groups. After squeezing into wet suits, my group walked down to the water with our guide. As we walked along the beach, we passed a young boy being treated for a sting ray wound, and being lifted into the back of a truck. We happened to be on the beach that held the record for most sting ray attacks in a day. Fabulous. We shuffled backwards into the water in our flippers so as not to be stung by the rays. Our guide stomped hard through the water ahead of us to fend off the sting rays. Once we got to water deep enough to swim in, the real hilarity ensued. We put the mouth pieces into our mouth, and our goggles on. Everyone was in panic for a while. It was really funny to see everyone at your same level, wet hair, gorilla lips on your mouth piece, flailing around in our flippers, a little panicky, and spitting out that horribly salty water, which some of us sucked up right through our mouthpieces. Near the end of our swim, the remainder of the group that hadn't swam back to shore because of difficulties, ( Grandpa Pete, Addy and I) came so close to the shore that we could see the bottom about two feet from our face. Try swimming in that, and wearing flippers too. Our guide told us not to touch the bottom; there were tons of sting rays. Um, Okay! We'll do our best! We paddled with our finger tips, and spread invisible butter with our arms to keep ourself aloft from certain peril at the slightest contact with the ocean floor. Why did they pick this spot to give tours? It was fun!<br />
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Dantzi and Grandpa, Paddling partners. <br />
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Owen and Derek. <br />
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Lan and I chilling for a second at Sea World<br />
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The tide pools at Sea World<br />
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Shamu..... We sat in the splash zone. We got more than we bargained for. We were absolutely soaked. the youngest kids were crying, and the water was all salty! The flips that the whales were doing were so incredible! <br />
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I picked this picture because it depicts quite accurately the mood we all came in to the zoo. TIRED.<br />
Take note of Dantzi's face. Yep. The first couple hours were definitely a struggle.We meandered around the koala bears who were all doing what we felt like doing. Sleeping. Except they had a nice tree. We had to continue down the torturous path of burning golden light and dragging feet. Later it cooled down a bit, and the Zoo was fun! <br />
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The dramatic event of the day was this little girl being lost. Or so we thought. We alerted the Zoo officials, and Dad even had a search party organized. It was scary, because the zoo was so extensive, and we had no idea where she could be. Adrenaline started pumping through her parents and Grandma, and we were all relieved when she turned up with Dev and Dantz, who had taken her with them on a bathroom trip.<br />
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The buds, who stayed energetic and happy, as far as I can remember.<br />
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<br />Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-75041608606055353062013-07-18T08:23:00.002-07:002013-07-18T08:23:54.629-07:00San Diego! Beach!After much anticipating and planning, we packed our little family off to California for a week of vacation down in the La Jolla area. Upon arriving, we were all a little disturbed that our condo was directly next to a 7/11, convenience store, but the close proximity proved a wonderful advantage for last minute pickups.<br />
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Also meeting us there were the Pete's, The Pete's and the Pete. Translation: Grandma and Grandpa Pete with Addy and Dantz, Derek's crew, and Devin. We were so glad that they were able to share these fun memories with us!<br />
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Me and Lan, "sand surfing"<br />
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These pictures show my personal favorite parts of the whole trip. The beach. Sun, sand and sea. <br />
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Rhyse: "Embrace the sun....... and then forward to downward dog...... are you with me?"<br />
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There were many little crabs hidden in the crevices of the large sand boulders on the beach. Here was my bravest attempt to catch one the first night. <br />
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It's funny that some of the most amazing pictures and favorite pictures we have of Capriel are her in the air. It's so fitting for her personality. <br />
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Fun cousins. Ryanna, Talia, and Capriel, jumping the waves. <br />
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Eli and Rhyse, chilling in the sand. Is there anything more relaxing? <br />
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A little ways from "our beach" where we usually hung out, there were tide pools. They were definitely a favorite. Collecting shells, and poking into the little universes inhabited by the little anenome's and crabs was enjoyed by all. <br />
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Trying to defy the tide. <br />
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" And now pause..... breath.... and listen to the heart beat of the universe..."<br />
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This Kelp stuff was EVERYWHERE! <br />
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Talia and Dantzi with their collection of shells behind them. It looks like a little display case!<br />
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Oh..... Fun times! Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-86216717294361304702013-06-23T21:07:00.000-07:002013-06-23T21:07:54.963-07:00June 23, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Capriel at the splash pad. I adore this picture. It shows Capriel's exuberance and love of life. <br />
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We've had a fun time hitting our local splash pad a couple of times. Rhyse is proving to be super friendly and always finds a friend and quickly begins playing and constantly jabbering. We got to have Keiton here for the week. He was a fun friend and always good for a laugh. His personality is so different from Brielle's. He spent hours driving things around on the tennis court. <br />
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Landen gave his first talk today on Eternal Families. He did a great job and didn't even seem too scared. He spent a lot of time arranging the format and making sure he understood where and how long to sit and all those important details. He shared a story about his first temple trip. <br />
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This week was also Rhyse's birthday. She has been anticipating this birthday for around 9 months. She began months and months ago planning every detail of the party, with lists of exciting treats and even more extensive lists of people she wanted to invite. Sometimes, she would just invite random people when we were shopping. When the big day finally came I was sure it was going to be a let down especially because I'd been gone the week before with girls camp and hadn't pulled together a very precise plan for her bday. But she was as happy as could be with whatever we pulled together last minute in efforts to celebrate. <br />
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Here is her party= two good friends, two sisters, and two cousins-doesn't get better than that. They had fun decorating waterbottle, decorating cookies, playing water balloon games, making super bubbles, painting with sidewalk chalk, and just being together for a party. <br />
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Chalk painting. One of those things that could have qualified for a Pinterest bloopers. Much cuter on line than for real. Luckily the girls didn't really notice. <br />
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Capriel has finally lost her first tooth. Going all the way through kindergarten can seem like a really long time, so when this tooth finally loosened (with a little help from playing dog tug of war and having a blanket yanked out of your mouth by your "owner") she was incredibly focussed and intent on this tooth. She eventually twisted it out and waited on the driveway for me to return home so I could see. The tooth fairy must have had a difficult time getting to her that night since she was sleeping in the same bed as Talia, but she recruited a backup crew and things worked out! <br />
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Here is Rhyse at Pizza Pie for her special lunch with her Dad! <br />
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Landen and Capriel picked some fresh roses for an early birthday bouquet. Raspberries and sugar cereal for breakfast! <br />
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Here is Breck's b-day present to Rhyse. A beautiful ballet cake. Breck is very gifted and is also willing to take the time and effort to really celebrate! The best sister ever!<br />
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<br />Rhyse very carefully playing a waterballoon relay. It was fun to see the (for the most part) actually understand the games. They were thrilled after playing the structured games to simply be allowed to play with the water balloons. All they wanted to do was throw them at me! They were too timid to throw them at each other, but somehow they had no problem attacking me! I don't think I will forget the musical water balloon game where they had to sit on the water balloon when the music stopped. Every single one of them looked as if they had wet their pants! It was really quite ridiculous and I still can't believe I thought that game was a good idea. <br />
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Talia and Rhyse and I enjoying a long time craving (7 layer bean dip) and enjoying Breck's first outdoor longcourse swim meet. Breck tried some new swims, swam an awesome 100 breaststroke. <br />
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Landen has been disappearing for long periods of time lately. Turns out he has been tunneling out a little room in the back flowerbed. The first picture shows him sitting inside his cavern. <br />
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Capriel told me this week that she plans on going on a mission. It was in a quiet moment and she told me as we were walking in a way that I knew she really meant it and had really thought about it. <br />
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<br />Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-43925907337412281912013-06-02T21:22:00.002-07:002013-06-02T21:22:17.860-07:00June 2, 2013Let Summer Begin!<br />
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We are so excited for summer. I found myself even feeling a little school schedule burnout during the last couple of weeks of the school year. We've had a whirlwind of final finishing details to the year, hikes, reunions, and life over the past two weeks. <br />
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Here's an old shot of Capriel's soccer team, I'm not sure I included. She had an awesome team this season, filled almost exculsively with kids who really wanted to play. They won every game and Capri scored lots of goals! <br />
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One of Talia's big events over the last two weeks was winning the North End Mile. This was where all the winners from the 7 gradeschools in the area met at the high school to race. She again practiced her "hold it back till the end" strategy and gave us all an adrenaline rush as we watched her pull ahead on the last lap. Despite running against a strong wind she turned her burners on and passed the number one girl for a final sprint from the back corner. She probably had to make up almost a 1/3 of a lap to catch her. It was really exciting. This was a pretty big deal to run on an actual high school track and to do it on a super windy day as well. That same week the girls went to a day Track camp and found that they really like track. One of the high school girls told me that once Capri (who was the very smallest of the groups) went missing and they realized that she had just continued sprinting past the 100 yd race that the rest of the kids had just finished. All comments I got on the girls from the camp were about how fast they all were. Maybe we have some track stars on our hands. I got a kick out of how frequently Talia kept telling me following the race that "I'm so glad that is over." She has such self-discipline but certainly pays the price in stress. <br />
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Memorial Day we celebrated by sleeping out and having tinfoil dinners. Even Mom and Dad slept (or tried to) in the tent. It was the brightest moon I can ever remember and certainly a chilly night, but the kids seemed to sleep well. We woke up to the obnoxious magpies teasing Mischief mercilessly. <br />
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Here's the girls relaxing on the tramp after just waking up. Our tinfoil dinners were delishious even though a little late, but very much enjoyed. Breck in trying to avoid meat created some cauliflower steaks that she marinated and said were tasty. <br />
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Here's Craig having some fun throwing his girls around! <br />
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Monday we headed up American Fork Canyon for the hike to Timpanogos Caves. It was a beautiful day, not too hot and we had a wonderful time. We were lucky enough to have Devin accompany us. The caves were so fun (our first time) and we all were impressed with the sheer uniqueness of the experience. It is so interesting to think about how long it took to create all those structures and to imagine being an explorer discovering them by candlelight without current equipment. I was struck by the sheer beauty hidden so deep within the earth, and unappreciated by most. Capriel worked hard and completed the Jr. Ranger program. She is becoming such a little schoolgirl, I get such a kick out of watching her read and write and follow directions and programs. <br />
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This weekend we headed back south to join the Harrison crew for a day reunion. We went on the Bells Canyon Falls hike which was a very steep and rocky hike. Rhyse, (definitely our baby) was carried by two strong parents almost the entire way (phew) but Capriel and the rest of the crew ran ahead happily and completely independently hiking with aunts or cousins. Capriel was like a deer flitting and running around full of life and excitement with everything. Both Lan and Rhyse got good cuts from all the rocks, but a great time was had by all. Afterwards, we returned to Reids for a yummy lunch and afternoon with waterguns, volleyball, and chatting. By the end of the day the kids were filthy, soaked, tired, and happy. It was a great day!<br />
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Grandpa and Dave. I was struck after this brief reunion with a sense of gratitude to be able to associate with such good people. <br />
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Here's a pic of some of our favorite neighbors taking a picnic in the mountains during one of our last few kindergarten adventures. Capriel is now a 1st grader-something that chokes me up nearly every time I think about it. In fact, after leaving her last day of kindergarten and giving her teacher a gift Capriel came into the car and cried and cried and cried. She had a wonderful year with a good kind teacher who truly understood children. <br />
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Capriel after going with her Dad on a scout fishing trip! She loves scouts and participates as much as possible! Craig's huge excitement this week was that his BNI (business networking group) that he started here in Logan has launched and broke a state record for number of members. He has spent an incredible amount of time creating and organizing and administrating for this group, and his efforts have really paid off. <br />
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The two girls on Sunday with their cute curls. We were surprised to see that Tali's hair actually held some curl:)<br />
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Brecklyn and Coleman. We love any chance we can get to hang with our cousins. Breck wore shoes to church today that made her taller than me! Weird! I get to work in MiaMaids with Breck now. It is so fun to watch her work towards her social goals and begin being a part of fun teenage activities. She is getting excited to go to school and swim for the high school and meet more people. <br />
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Talia and the acrobats during her school play. This week Talia has figured out a back handspring on the ground. She still makes me nervous, but she is proving to be a pretty talented little tumbler. All the kids are playing a lot more volleyball with our neighbors or at parties and they are really getting better-especially Breck! Landen had a bunch of freinds over Friday to celebrate the end of school. He is a great host and they seemed to have a ball going from sport to sport and consuming lots of pizza and laughing even more. He has good friends and is a great friend himself. He has been spending some time this week watching a nest of magpies that have hatched and working on his geometric drawings. <br />
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The kids have discovered the BYU comedy club Divine Comedy and have been having a riot watching their brief comedy spoofs. Boy do they love to laugh and then imitate! <br />
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Welcome Summer!Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-38847778877568834162013-05-19T21:11:00.000-07:002013-05-19T21:11:42.796-07:00May 19, 2013Whew! Has it really been another week! We seem to be catapulting towards summer with breakneck speeds. This was an especially busy week for Miss Talia. First she ran the North Park Mile. In this area, the grade school kids from grade 3-5 walk to a park where they participate in a mile race. Parents come, they have an official timer and it is a big event. Talia was nervous going into the race telling me that a certain boy was her main competition. TUrns out they ran girls and with girls and boys with boys so that competition didn't happen. However, I talked with Tal about not sprinting out of the starting line and pacing herself. Tal started out nearly dead last and calmly kept that position for about 1/3 of the race. Then accompanied by a friend she began gradually picking people off till she and her friend Jaycee were in the lead. Then about at about 3/4 a mile Tali took off and with an awesome stride and still a calm demeanor began the finishing turn. It was so fun to watch her all by herself turn the final corner and while being cheered on by everyone finish so strong. She was probably 30 seconds (Craig says 1 minute) ahead of the second place girl. We aren't really sure of her time (the timing was pretty loose and unrecorded) but we think it was around 6:28. I was so proud of her and even got choked up watching her labor and work so hard. Then THursday she played in her classes talent show. The talent show was a darling event with all the kids sharing talents and interests varying from rock collecting, to piano, dancing, etc.... Tal got up near the end and played her La Folia by Corelli and kind of shook the place up. It was fun for her to share the reason she has to miss school every week with her teacher and friends. I think they recognized that it was probably worth the sacrifice! She had worked feverishly to learn all the notes for this fun song and I was so impressed with her work ethic. It was by no means perfected, but she desperately wanted to share so I just let her.<br />
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Breck is slowly completely her school classes for the year. I think she completed two or three different classes. It is exciting to anticipate the summer. She has worked very hard with this online schooling and learned a lot about self-discipline. I am very proud of her development in this area. She and Lan also had a swim meet this week. They both swam well, Breck taking the cake by shaving 20 seconds off her 100 freestyle race. She also took a brave leap and participated in a 200 IM which is very grueling. She is so focussed and really beginning to see the results of her efforts. Landen also made PR's in all of his events. As your times improve you are moved to faster and faster heats. Now he is swimming against the fasted heat and getting creamed which can be difficult to take. But we are so impressed at his ability to improve and compete with kids who have been swimming seriously for a very long time.<br />
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Talia had two soccer games this week-one in the rain and I think is now done with her season. She is a great player, fun to watch and really beginning to get power behind her kicks. She is often the one asked to kick the corner kicks or penalty shots because of her powerful kicks and accuracy.<br />
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Breck and I and Craig had an awesome date ( a Christmas present) on Friday to SLC. First we hit Olive garden, and then went to the Pioneer Theatre to watch Les Miserables. Both of those places have fun memories for our family. It was fun to just spend time with Breck, enjoy the beautiful music and powerful show and think about the poignant messages of the story. I came away with a number of ways in which I wanted to change and improve my life. Landen did an awesome job babysitting late into the night. He is really growing up. He even helped me move a sprinkler line. He is very dedicated to his mowing job and takes it very seriously. <br />
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We are also enjoying having Brielle here for the week. She adds a level of intensity and drama that keeps everything fresh. She and Rhyse could literally be sisters. They have such fun and naughtiness together! <br />
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I finally got a coat of the green on. I adore the color. Subtle and nuetrally without being distracting or too dated. The picture seems more sage than I see in person. <br />
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Breck enjoying her olive garden experience! We had a bite or two of dessert left on the plates as the waiter was coming around to clear our plates. After he'd taken the plates Breck looked up at him somewhat abashed but very sincere and said, "Uh, I'm not quite done with those."! She'd been saving up her "blow it" day for quite a while and she wanted to make the most of it! She looked so beautiful that night with her new earrings, cute flats, and beautiful smile! <br />
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Lan (on the first lane-red cap-) about to start a race. <br />
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Five cute girls sitting down for dinner. I love my new chairs and how many little bodies I can fit at my same table!<br />
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Rhyse and Brielle-Two best buddies<br />
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My New chairs from USU surplus store. I love them!<br />
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I feel like this has been a month of celebrations one right after another and all for me! I have had a wonderful birthday and Mother's Day and am so thankful for my many many blessings and all the work and love and sacrifice that have been put forth in my behalf these past two weeks. <br />
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This was a homemade lemon pound cake that was divine! These beautiful children are truly the best gifts ever. <br />
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I received many wonderful gifts for my birthday and mothers day. Capriel, our budding artist created this beautiful paper scene. Breck made a touching slide show of our family that made me bawl and bawl. Craig gave me an ipad (wow) that will be awesome in so many ways-teaching lessons in YW, organizing, blogging, videoing kids, etc...Breck also put together a collage frame in my room. Craig also got some mulch for the new beds that I'm working on. I'm so excited to see how it will set off the plants. <br />
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This picture also shows our new carpet! It was quite the run-around, but we are so excited to have something soft and clean in the family room now! <br />
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Breck created this one sunny day and it is the perfect description of our most recent weather. Today was 85 and felt like around 110! The kids have been sleeping out on the trampoline, we are eating outside, and finding every possible excuse to do outside jobs instead of inside jobs. I love the image of Capriel with her little side twist and skort covering her body builder legs in the background. Capriel belongs outside with the sun. Her body is stained all over from the pine trees which she is constantly scaling. <br />
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Capriel has been a scoring maniac and really beginning to connect with the ball more regularly. She had an awesome team this year filled wtih kids who actually wanted to play. <br />
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We were thrilled to get in a quick visit to Getti and her kids last night after the girls violin recital. All the kids were excited when we realized that no one was sick and all were able to hold baby Coleman. He is a doll and we decided he looked a lot like Landen as a baby. Speaking of Landen he was invited to the honors breakfast at his school for his academic performance. We are proud of his efforts. He earned a new ping pong paddle and lovingly moistens and wipes it down after each play session (it is supposed to stay tackier that way). I often have to call down to the two of them that it is past both of their bedtimes. They will surface, sweaty and winded (how does that happen in ping pong) and sometimes a little riled up. Landen has taught me a few things and I'm working on my back spin and sometimes my pencil hold! <br />
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My gourmet Mother's Day Lunch. Croissant French toast with berries and cream and buttermilk syrup. Craig has been quite the cook these last two weeks and we have certainly been enjoying his labors! Please notice the gorgeous corsage that Capriel made and the necklace from Lan as well as the bouquet of flowers that Lan picked (from the neighbors yard:))<br />
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This is my breakfast casserole that Breck made for me. <br />
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I was lucky enough (on my birthday even) to go with Tal to a Mother's Tea with her activity days lunch. We were supposed to dress up fancy tea party-like, but Tal and I decided to dress up our jeans and be different. We certainly were unique, but I had a wonderful time with her laughing, eating fancy treats, making the above bow and playing games. Tal has an awesome sense of humor and finds humor all around her. <br />
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Rhyse has finally become an outdoors girl. During the cold months I had to beg her to go outside, but now that the sun is here she spends hours, digging in her sandbox, playing with the chickens,, swinging, etc...<br />
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Craig helped me one Saturday to put up the final boards for my little board and batton project. It's going to look so great. And I have to proudly announce that I think I've overcome my irrational fear of air compressors. On my birthday I finally decided I was a big enough girl to hook up the nail gun and air compressor that we are borrowing without Craig's help. It really was a hard thing for me, but I am thrilled with how things are turning out. <br />
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Breck has been creating her own healthy treats recipes lately. Super low sugar cookies, black bean muffins, etc...Some are super tasty-some not so much! <br />
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She has also increased her crafty resume to include jewelry. THis week the big event was the arrival of her 6-week post piercing date. Which means that she can remove her studs and wear something else! This is super exciting and she has been having fun trying new looks! <br />
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Here is another of Breck's many birthday gifts. She drew it based on a picture of herself around 1 1/2-2. I can't believe how much her depth perception has improved. Breck and I were able to go to our wards youth conference together ( I just got put in as an advisor) I loved watching her during the day and seeing how much she has matured in confidence recently. She is such a beautiful girl with an incredible spirit and sense of goodness and beauty. She is also full of life and fun and humor ( she can just make her dad roll with laughter) and she is beginning to learn how to share that with her peers. I was so proud of her efforts to reach out, and be friendly and just be herself and have fun. <br />
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The girls had a recital this week in SLC. They did wonderfully and played with confidence and poise. We were even lucky enough to have Nicki and her two girls come one day just to visit and chat. Friends are so wonderful and essential to a have well-rounded life. Craig and I have spent one too many late nights up talking and discussing life. I feel so thankful to have someone who is willing to listen to me and is such a good friend. I'm loving this beautiful weather and have been having fun adding some plants to my three new beds. I even learned how to add a sprinkler line (from my friend Amy) and have done a little splicing, pvc cutting and gluing, and funny pipe installing. We are 90% done with sprinklers-something that is a gigantic relief. Happy May! Sabinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767439290649036588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913571408361442067.post-81768054330256106822013-05-05T12:44:00.001-07:002013-05-05T12:44:39.362-07:00Birthday Girl! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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May 3rd was Mom's birthday! I love this above picture of my mom. For some reason, it cut out the rest of the picture,( sorry Kris) but her smile is worth million bucks. When my mom is happy, she radiates light and a feeling of excitement. That is clearly evident in the above picture. My mom is a leader. The oldest of 8 children, and mother of 5, I have watched my mother lead my whole life. Maybe it is only expected that she would be a natural leader, what with all the responsibility on her. However, the way that she leads is what makes her extraordinary.<br />
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I have seen an old home video taken by my grandpa when My mom was maybe 12. I watched her participate in the competitive family long jump contest, and, by the way, set the record. It was evident to me that her two younger brothers looked up to her as they marked where she had landed. Later, as a small Brigette with a blonde bob did a self-choreographed dance, she turned to my mom and grabbed her hand to dance with her. Contrary to what you might expect from a pre-teen girl, my mom smiled and was a good sport. She got up and twirled Brigette around. Brigette was delighted at this attention so willingly given her by her older sister. My Mom always leads with a spark of energy and fun. She always insists that the big kids are able to go and have an adventure when we gather for a reunion. She gives us money and tells us to go and bike to lunch. She listens to the wild stories when we return. She's happy to give us an adventure. She challenges us to new levels: a flip off the diving board, all the way to the top of the climbing wall, usually with a glint in her eye. "I dare you.."<br />
This is not the only way that she encourages us kids to strive for excellence. " I'm going to give you a challenge. I challenge you to talk to someone new tonight at mutual" " I challenge you to really think about your choices and improvements during sacrament" <br />
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Anyone who knows my mom will heartily agree that she seeks for beauty. Gardens, nature, interior designing, name it. The line from this primary song rings true in the case of my mom. "And if I love walking, and meadows, and clover, I learned how to love them, dear mother, from you." From a young age, My mom has taught all her children about the beauty and wonder in the wide expanse of earth. I became emotional when I thought of all the General Conference hikes that my mom has led enthusiastically, attentive to each child running to her to show a particular unique leaf they thought worthy of their mother's approval and notice. It is true to say that all the children in our family have an eye out for unique and diverse beauty that we can collect to show to our Mother. Her enthusiasm, joy and energy is worth the search.<br />
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My mom is very high energy and strong. Besides being an obvious athlete, she is also very energetic in her interactions with her kids. She loves to work in the garden with us, teach us how to work, bike, hike, and..... do crazy scientific experiments with us! check out the below picture for a laugh. She is fun and crazy with us, spraying us with the hose, playing tag and hide and seek, and launching tickle-dad-attacks. It is a running joke in our family that were mom and her two equally energetic sisters were to live too close together, some pretty wild things might start to happen. When my mom has a vision of something, she goes for it. She's a do-it-yourself person. Give her a extremely dangerous saw, some paint, one of her sisters and buckle up. My dad and I returned to our home and saw a saw and some sawdust in our driveway. We chuckled. "You shouldn't have left her alone." My mom is truly incredible and capable, and I will always appreciate the times when she also let me try my hand at something, or taught about how tiling or something worked. And, she opened up the opportunity for my brother and I to take a giant hammer and destroy the tiling in the downstairs bathroom we were remodeling whenever we felt angry. What a great mom! <br />
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My mom is a conscientious, honest, and down-to-earth person. As I have gone through challenges in my own life, I know with assurance that I can always go to my mom. I know she will take me seriously, and if needed, she'll be able to shake me out of unrealistic fears or concerns with humor. I appreciate her insight on people. "You just never know." she has said. " You can't judge them, because you don't know what could be going on." and also one of my favorites. " No one is <i>watching</i> you. They're too concerned that they're being watched. It's quite freeing!" I know and trust that my mom will give me good answers. I trust her sense of right and wrong, and I know I can depend on her. I love her honesty with me, and her straightforward advice. She gives positive and honest advice to her younger siblings, and I know that they take her seriously and listen very sincerely to her advice. She is very wise and has learned so much. I have seen that they very much look up to her and admire her.<br />
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I love you mom. I love you in so many ways. I have loved drawing closer to you and understanding you more fully as I watch your everyday life as I've been at home. Thank you for everything you've given me. I treasure the relationship I have with you. Thank you for grounding our family and giving us kids your energy, enthusiasm, sacrifice, and example of how to have fun and live life to the fullest. Thank you for teaching me about beauty and training our eyes to seek the unique and beautiful. Thank you for taking us on adventures, and planning treasure hunts and family parties. Thank you for your love, and the expression of that love. You are priceless to me and this little family that you hold together. I love you, Happy Birthday!</div>
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