tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70248986259836963022024-03-14T08:24:28.482-05:00The IsomsThe whitest people in Miami.Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-79575636770832101682014-11-04T22:39:00.000-06:002014-11-04T22:39:22.010-06:00The First WinterThe boys seeing their first Utah snow:<br />
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Then began the Christmas decorating frenzy. We had been warned, long before we ever even moved into this house that the neighborhood takes Christmas decorating very seriously. In fact, every year they have a Lights On party, ceremoniously going house to house as a neighborhood and ooh-ing and aaahh-ing as each house flips on their Christmas lights. They enjoy hot chocolate and goodies together, and on some occasions, have even <i>helicoptered in a Santa Claus </i>for the event. Yep. (This didn't happen to be one of those years however.) So we knew the pressure was on. <br />
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I knew, being our first year ever in a house and decorating it, that I wanted it to be something magical for the kids. I love classy and clean decorations, but I thought while I have young kids I wanted something fun and whimsical. I started thinking of reading Hansel and Gretel with my kids and remembering how excited they were about the witches house and how they kept saying they just wanted to eat it! I thought, hmm, that would be so fun to have a house like that! <br />
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Then I saw this when I walked into Michael's one day:<br />
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I thought - that's what I want my house to look like! So I tried to brainstorm how to make that happen. I looked and looked for giant candy pinwheels but had no luck. So I set about making my own. I would have loved to make them bigger but I think I ended up making about 50 of them and wanted them to fit through my laminator so I didn't have to take them all somewhere to be laminated on a larger scale - although in retrospect that would have been definitely more awesome. When the actual thing was done, it didn't have quite the effect of the candies I would have liked - I probably would have had to make 100 more to get that look all along the roof line, but the overall effect in the end was still pretty fun:</div>
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Let this not go without a shout out to my husband for the death-defying task of putting up those dang lights. We knew that most everyone in our neighborhood paid people to put up their lights. How boring and un-festive we thought. Then we did it. And said - <i>ah, they all must have done it one time</i>. That's about all it takes to realize you should just pay someone rather than potentially die in the process!! I seriously had to keep checking details with Ryan about our insurance policy as he was up on the most gigantic ladder we could find trying to get up to those high peaks and I was standing at the base practically hyperventilating with anxiety. And pregnant. But he did it. And lived to tell the tale.<br />
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I had found the cutest little decorations to go along with my whimsical idea and thought they would make for some funky window boxes. Like I started to think of kind of a Tim Burton-esque gingerbread house. <br />
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They were a little hard to get a good picture of though. And the one thing I did learn though from this first year was that all the stuff I had gotten was so cute individually when you looked at it, but from the road you really just needed BIG. You couldn't see all my cute details from the road. <br />
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The family we rented from had left some of their decorations for us, like the wreaths and this (somewhat frightening when it was in our house for a few days and would scare the heck out of me every time I walked in the room) musical Santa Claus. Apparently in years past they have had him skiing or repelling off the roof, but after getting on that ladder for the lights, we decided just standing there handing out candy at our Sweet Shoppe would be sufficient. <br />
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And I was excited to find such a gorgeous, perfect-looking Christmas tree for our first one!! <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">A few days later when I pulled out the small one to put up in the boys room, they couldn't believe when I told them it was the one they had always used all their life in Miami and the only one we'd ever had. </span><i style="text-align: start;">Noooo. The one we had in Miami was way bigger.</i><span style="text-align: start;"> No, funny enough, just </span><i style="text-align: start;">everything</i><span style="text-align: start;"> feels bigger now - big house, big tree... hard to believe we lived on such a small scale there!</span></div>
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Ah, a touch of snow makes it just right.<br />
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-3583069577376251472014-10-20T17:11:00.000-05:002014-10-20T17:11:50.359-05:00Other random picturesThe final joys of last summer:<br />
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Watermelon. In whatever way you choose to eat it.<br />
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Warm summer evenings at movies (or Just Dance) in the park.</div>
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And while it looks like lots of smiles, Cash possibly had the hardest adjustment of all of us. It was ROUGH being the new kid at school (and probably not understanding a lot of what was spoken in the Spanish class for a while). In Miami everyone commuted to our charter school, so since no one really knew each other, they just all made friends. Here everyone lives in the same neighborhood, goes to the same church, and has been on the same soccer or basketball team for years. It was much harder breaking into than I anticipated.</div>
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The onset of cooler temperatures and being so happy my kids could finally wear SWEATERS to church! Fall was my least favorite season in Miami simply because you wanted the weather to cool off, and wanted it to cool off...and it never did. There was no anticipated change of wardrobe or breaking out of the jeans and boots there. Yay for seasons!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Oh well, that looks about right for our household.</span></div>
Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-71501924177545904242014-10-09T15:09:00.000-05:002014-10-09T15:09:04.877-05:00Hiking the Y and HalloweenHey, I waited so long to post this (from last year!) that it's in season again! :)<br />
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Excited to have such gorgeous fall days, we set out one morning to hike Y mountain with the boys. We doubted their ability and thought it would just be a lot of whining, but they did great and it was really fun. <br />
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I loved the teachers/principal costumes for Halloween:<br />
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We had a Halloween party at our house, and can I just say how lucky I am to have found a couple of really great families to hang out with here? I think I stalked them for a bit when I heard they both had 4 and 5 boys - and their boys lined up exactly with the ages of mine and had the same teachers. AND happen to be just nice, good kids. Lucky for me they took us in as friends. :)<br />
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A successful Halloween season.Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-88499162722491153412014-05-21T16:43:00.002-05:002014-05-21T16:46:52.552-05:00My new favorite videoMy new favorite video, including my next door neighbor/bishop who is also my OB. And me as the photographer. Because hey, I'm used to multi-tasking. (But slightly messy baby if you don't mind the right-out-of-the-oven state) So fun! :)<br />
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-51060486241253036982014-05-10T22:53:00.000-05:002014-05-10T22:53:19.144-05:00The new lifeThe move to Utah was a harder adjustment than I had anticipated. Yes, I grew up here, but we've spent the last 10 years of our life mostly in New York and Miami - about as different as it gets from Provo Utah. And being a teenager here was much different than being an adult. Besides that, going from a 2 bedroom + a den apartment to a 5 bedroom house with a 3/4 acre yard was <i>overwhelming</i>. Leaving the coziness of our little apartment where I always knew right where everyone was and we only had one exit that we all went out together, to a place with like 5 possible different exits and never knowing where my kids were freaked me out. I had suddenly lost all control of my somewhat predictable and contained life.<br />
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Let's face it, suburban life with kids roaming free had far more hazards than I was used to. Even internal hazards like the spiral staircase of death in our house. Took one day for Diesel to get a black eye on that. Took a matter of weeks before every member of our family, Ryan and I included, had fallen on those. On the outside, there was the not-so-safety-proof zip line. A ladder was propped up on one end, you held on to an exposed metal bar, put your foot in a rope that hung down that I realized was a hanging noose right in my back yard, and then you dead-ended into a tree. Now let's just say this - the family that we are renting from was far more daring and adventurous than us. (Within days my kids had learned how to get on the roof of our house from the neighbors who knew that the previous kids always did it). They had also grown up that way and were more skilled than my kids. This was all new to us and my kids just weren't particularly adept at this kind of unprotected lifestyle. So as soon as the ladder fell over when one of the neighborhood kids was on the top rung getting to the zip line, we secured that thing down. As soon as a parent got whacked in the head by the exposed metal bar when trying to stop their child from crashing into the tree, we added padded handlebars. I tried to add something to the line to soften the dead end tree impact a bit, and as soon as we saw both of our kids put their heads through the noose, we finally put a swing on the bottom instead. That one took a while to figure out a good option though because we knew it had to be something you could still put one foot in while you held on to the bar, but then it also gave the option for younger kids to just sit in the swing, which has actually broadened the enjoyment.<br />
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And then there was a trampoline in the backyard. All the other neighborhood trampolines were in ground. Ours was the only one that was not, nor did it have any pads or a net around it. That made me super anxious. My kids had never even jumped on a trampoline before, let alone with neighbor kids and cousins all joining in at the same time. In fact, within a few weeks, we had this:<br />
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BUT. Not how you would think. In an ironic twist, it actually occurred when I made him come in <i>off</i> of the unsafe trampoline to help clean the house and he fell off the stupid couch of all things. And fell is an exaggeration. Like he literally rolled off the couch, about two feet off the floor and broke an arm. Unbelievable. Should have left him on the trampoline.<br />
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Even this kid got in on the action.<br />
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Provo itself. Known as Happy Valley for it's somewhat cheesy innocence and perpetually happy population living somewhat in oblivion from "real life" and the ills that plague the rest of the world (so the stereotype goes at least). I have to say, it doesn't really bother me. Families are good, people are nice and everything is <i>EASY</i>. Just as I had hoped. My kids would be stunned when we would get in the car to go somewhere and within two minutes we would stop and they would say in disbelief, "We're here already???" Yes, anything I need is within seriously 5 minutes. Can I say dollar theater??? Oh how we've missed you. LDS temple? Check. Lessons for the kids, school, shopping, Costco... sooooo close and convenient. Gone are the days of trekking 30 minutes for the kids school, 30 minutes to church or Costco, 4 hours to a temple. So pleasant. Of course gone are the days of my 5 minutes to the beach too, but at least as far as repetitive every day tasks, we're covered. And Provo had just opened an awesome new rec center with great kid pools, playgrounds, activities and workout facilities. We spend lots of our time there.<br />
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I can honestly say that at the time we moved out of our building that we had lived in for 5 years in Miami, I knew the name of maybe 1 person in our building. At times we had had 2 other friends and a few people Ryan worked with, but they had moved out and we seriously didn't even know the names of people across the hall. That's just Miami. Well here we have great neighbors, people roaming the neighborhood out on summer evening strolls, and within two days of being here we even had the neighborhood 4th of July party. At our house even, per tradition. :)<br />
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Also being able to just see people from all our different stages in life is great because everyone comes through Utah at some point so it's great to have the chance to catch up with old friends when they're in town.<br />
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Fruit trees! The yummiest most perfect peaches ever. Ok, the apple tree was kind of a pain in the butt and dropped like a thousand wormy apples we had to finally bribe the kids with money to pick up. But the 1/3 that weren't wormy were quite tasty and made for some good stuff. Perhaps at the price of a little apple over-kill.<br />
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Mountains! The views of them right out my windows. And seasons!! (Sometimes conflicting at the same time....) And having a house to decorate for the seasons with window boxes and a front porch...<br />
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Now, before I say it is all bliss, let me go back to some of the hard adjustments. Now when I say neighbors, I mean if you were in need, these people would be there for you. And they'll chat with you when you're both out on the street. But as far as being your best friends, that has been a little different. I guess being LDS and living outside of Utah, people in your ward become your family and your best friends. That was my social life, those were the people I would see multiple times a week. Here people were super friendly, waving as they drove into their garage. And then closed it behind them. I kept wondering if no one was inviting me to playgroup or to hang out at their house with them. Maybe they just kept forgetting to invite us over to dinner or they were out of town too much? No, I finally figured out, just no one was doing it. When you invited their kids over to play, the doorbell rang and the van that dropped them off was already half a mile out of your neighborhood by the time you got to the door, the parent excited to have some free babysitting for a while so they could get some stuff done. In Miami if you played with a friend, the parents were there hanging out too. Suddenly my kids had a great social life while I found myself with none. <br />
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I had to try to be understanding and give people some credit though (to make myself not feel so bad). Most people have lots of family here and that's who they spend their time with. They don't particularly need friends, nor do they need someone to trade babysitting with or someone to have their back if something comes up. They already have that. Provo also seriously has an abnormally high ratio of children per family. Even compared to LDS people in other places I've lived. I am constantly SHOCKED at how many people I know here with 5, 6, 7 kids. I was feeling so tough with 4! I didn't know <i>that</i> many people were still out there having big families! I felt like a total wimp now moving here with what I felt like was now <i>only</i> 4 kids. So they are busy, they have overachieving, heavily-scheduled children, they probably have a husband in the bishopric and they're just trying to survive, so forget making friends. At least that's what I tried to tell myself. :)<br />
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But it was an adjustment. I was used to the Miami scene where there was lots of just <i>hanging out</i>. People always wanted to go out. It's just the way Latins do it. Or young professionals without kids that we hung out with from Ryan's work. When someone said come over for dinner at 6, it meant maybe they'd start warming up the grill at 6:30. You hung out (you had drinks, I realize that's different), you socialized. You sat around and talked. One of the first times we had Ryan's friends over for dinner after we moved here, we seriously looked at our watches and then at each other in slight disbelief and said, "It's 7:30 and everyone is already <i>gone?</i>!" People here are a bit short and to the point. They come, they eat, they leave. They get their kids back to bed or their babysitters off the clock and get on to the next thing they have to do. And forget doing cool birthday parties anymore. In Miami if you had a birthday party the whole family came along, and sometimes the invitation would say 4pm until..... When we would leave at 7pm they would say sadly, "Oh! Don't go so soon next time!" Here it's a chaotic hour of children whose parents pull up in the van and let them jump out, once again glad for the hour of free babysitting. So why would I want to spend time crafting a bunch of cuteness for a bunch of 6 or 8 year old boys who will neither notice or care? I don't. Let's be honest, it's much more fun to make good food and cuteness for the parents who will be sitting around appreciating it, or at least pointing it out to their children. So I won't. I will book an hour at Chuck E. Cheese or some trampoline place like everyone else here does. Have an hour of kid craziness with totally minimal effort or creativity on my part. <br />
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With this neighborhood network of children comes other things that hadn't been a factor before. Such as waking up the first two morning here, literally rolling out of bed, walking out my bedroom door, and looking downstairs and seeing a neighbor kid with his nose pressed against the window panes next to the front door. Woah! I had to jump back into my room to process for a minute. I mean, give me some time to wake up here at least! And these kids don't really take no for an answer. As soon as you open the door, before you can even open your mouth, they've made their way up to your toy room or to your freezer to find popsicles. <br />
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So this is fun because it's all new for us, but at the same time, I see people having their kids play with friends all the time and I'm not sure how much I want to push that. Not only do I like some space and some control and sanity, but our little family has just always been together and just always been <i>us</i>. My boys don't really go looking for friends all the time because they always have each other. So I'm not so sure how readily I want to push away from that close-knit family unit, especially when I'm sure in a few years they won't care about being with family so much. It's been a real blessing I suppose that we were able to grow so close because all we had was each other. <br />
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Ok, another con: um, where did my hair go? I'm looking back at pictures from last summer when we moved here and wondering why the heck my hair is 3 inches shorter when I've maybe trimmed 1/4"??? Dang dry weather. I guess my hair looked fuzzy and long in Miami but it's going to be shorter and damaged from all breaking off here. <br />
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The German form of "surfing" was also entertaining to watch as they all lined up along this river to take turns where the current was strong enough after being forced through this small opening under a bridge.<br />
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A lovely rooftop dinner at sunset overlooking Prague -<br />
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An evening stroll around the city.<br />
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But boy, if that is not the most beautiful city at night, I'm not sure what is.<br />
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And watching the moon rise over Prague on our last night of vacation...priceless.<br />
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-74041730592250558422014-04-28T22:52:00.002-05:002014-04-28T22:52:36.733-05:00Celebration Trip Part IIIAfter leaving our mountain retreat, we headed east toward Austria, stopping for a bit in Lucerne, Switzerland and some pretty stops along the way.<br />
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Chapel bridge in Lucerne was my favorite:<br />
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I mean, it is the entire giant spanning bridge behind us in the picture below us, but garnished from one end to the other on both sides with the most gorgeous flower boxes EVER. So beautiful!</div>
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And I could hardly handle McDonald's - um hello dessert on actual plates with silverware???</div>
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Then it was on to Salzburg, Austria, home of The Sound of Music. Here is the abbey sitting perched on the hill from the true story of Maria von Trapp. </div>
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Yes, we even did a full Sound of Music tour and I have to say we actually did love it. It was also fun getting to hear the details about the real people, all of Maria's input that went into the movie and where the family ended up.</div>
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The place they used as the Von Trapp home in the movie (from the backside):</div>
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The church they were married in....</div>
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The gardens where a lot of the "Do Re Mi" song was performed:</div>
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So a funny story about this day. When we were at the gazebo, my eye was caught by a couple that appeared to be on a private Sound of Music tour. My first thought was, <i>wow, that is a really attractive couple. And she has nice legs and really cute hair. </i>:) And then I thought it seemed odd that <i>they </i>would be the type to have a private Sound of Music tour. Young, good looking, and he looked really sporty and athletic. But whatever. Well, when we stopped for lunch, I went inside and down the stairs to use the bathroom. As I came up, I noticed that couple sitting at a table inside, just on the other side of the glass from where we would have been sitting outside on the deck. I took a look again, meandered over to look at the giant strudel sitting on the counter, and then tried to unnoticeably glance over at the table again. And then it hit me - that looks like Carrie Underwood. And doesn't her husband look kind of like that guy? Hmm.... When I got back in the car, I tried to google to see if there was any mention or tweet of some sort giving a hint at where Carrie Underwood might be. But as I googled I hit on a sentence that read: <i>Carrie Underwood is currently prepping for her role as Maria in the live tv version of The Sound of Music. </i> No way!!! Of course it was her - and that's why this couple was taking this private tour getting all the scoop on the Sound of Music! And I had run into her <i>twice!</i> I can't believe I didn't take any pictures!</div>
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And then came yet another anxiety-ridden part of the trip for me - the ride we took up to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. It was just switchbacks right next to the cliff the whole way up to the tippy top of this mountain in a giant bus that I swear was going to fall off the edge. I could understand why they said Hitler only went up there a handful of times even though his mistress had it built for him and the road paved just to get there - apparently he had issues with heights as well. <br />
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Old newspaper clippings showing Hitler up there and the inside as it was then.<br />
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And it was pretty crazy to see the 1938 on the fireplace and the names of soldiers etched into it from the Allies who had raided and occupied the place during the war. </div>
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It was very interesting, slightly creepy, terrifying for me (the ride up), and one of the highlights for Ryan.</div>
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But for heaven's sake - someone tell me what on earth this sign means?! Witches this way? You can either take a ferry or a broom to reach this destination?? This way to the haunted cruise line? And why must every sign in these countries end with fahrt??<br />
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We wanted to attempt to scale some of the Swiss Alps again, and since the forecast was looking more in our favor this time, we headed back through the Interlaken valley towards our previous retreat.</div>
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The skies even seemed to part just in time for our arrival.<br />
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Waking up with the sunrise in our cozy little mountain hotel room:<br />
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HOORAY! A gorgeous crisp and cloudless morning with the most vivid colors and perfect for taking a ride up another cable car, the Schilthorn to the Piz Gloria - a revolving restaurant with the 10,000 ft breakfast buffet with 360 degree views of the Swiss Alps. (Also famous and heavily commercialized for a James Bond movie filmed there.)<br />
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The big peaks - Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau (washed out by the morning sunlight. Translated, meaning the Monk in the middle keeping the Ogre from the Young Maiden).<br />
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It was pretty cool to see how fast the clouds could start to move in up there.<br />
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And mmm, on to breakfast. Can I say how much I love the Swiss breakfasts? Buffets full of Nutella and croissants, juices, fruit, cheese, salmon, ham, and I'm not sure what else. I didn't make it too much further than the Nutella. And really, they're probably not intended for Americans like us who don't just nibble on a few items but instead fill up plate after plate. Definitely gained 5 lbs just from free breakfasts. <br />
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Lucky for us we had gotten up there on the first ride up! And at least as we went back down the cable car we got out of the cloud cover. That morning was DEFINITELY a highlight of our trip.<br />
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Then we started noticing all the paragliders (see the tiny red dot below?) and base jumpers. We thought, this is nuts, people really base jump from here? That has to be deathly. Sure enough, when Ryan looked it up there has been like 30 people die in the last 10 or 20 years base jumping there. Why are people still doing it????<br />
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We stopped back at our hotel for a last farewell (notice the views from our breakfast table every morning!) and final views of the three big peaks from our room.<br />
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Then we wandered around Murren a little while because man, can you imagine any place more inviting and serene to live than a charming little village in the mountains with no cars, fresh air and just away from everything??<br />
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Ahhh, such a dreamy place!Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-33315037027106412412014-04-21T23:00:00.000-05:002014-04-24T17:27:35.087-05:00Celebration TripLast summer Ryan and I took a celebratory trip to Germany, Switzerland and Prague. Partly celebrating we would hit our 10 year anniversary that year, and mostly the culmination of a million years of school/residency/fellowship/training. So we moved to Utah, and giddy to finally have babysitters around we abandoned the children with family, even leaving them to deal with the movers who hadn't arrived with our stuff on time, and took off. <br />
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We started off in Germany, hopped on the autobahn (sadly in a Hyundai, getting passed by all the Germans in their BMWs and Mercedes), and took a trip to Neuschwanstein out in the countryside. It was gorgeous. And our tour guides were as <i>veird</i> as they could be, making the trip even more memorable. But man did I fall in love with the pristine countryside there - how is it possible that every inch of Germany and Switzerland is always mowed? And tidy and groomed? With the most tight and neatly packed stacks of wood everywhere. And window boxes? I was <i>smitten</i>.<br />
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Then we headed down to Switzerland and stayed in a charming little place in medieval Murten.<br />
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Ryan was actually even more enamored with the place than I was, feeling like all his cares seemed to be left on the valley floor down below. Looking out the balcony of our room was also terrifying to me! Getting there at night, all I could tell was that there was a huge drop-off down below and nothing until the flat and ominous cliff wall came into view somewhere on the opposing mountain.<br />
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At the bottom we stopped to see this <i>amazing</i> run-off from the mountains that had carved it's way so beautifully through the rock and the sheer force of water rushing through there was almost frightening!<br />
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So we headed back out of paradise and leaving the area, took a less-traveled, extremely scenic back route basically straight up over a mountain to head down to find some Swiss treasures...chocolate and cheese. But man was the scenery gorgeous, and such charming little villages nestled in the mountains along the way.<br />
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We finally made our way to Gruyeres. Wow, charming little village. Cheese samples. Cow bells tinkling away on the hillside. Lovely.<br />
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Then we headed to the Lake Geneva area. Gorgeous. Stunning vineyards along the coast of the lake. Crazy "two way" roads that could barely fit one car. <br />
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We stopped at Chateau de Chillon, this cool castle on Lake Geneva made famous by Lord Byron who wrote a famous poem, The Prisoner of Chillon about someone who was imprisoned down in this dungeon. He even had carved his name in one of the pillars there. <br />
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The view of Lake Geneva from inside the castle was gorgeous.<br />
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And I thought it was so funny that all over Europe, (like on the castle walls at Chillon), there were remnants of these centuries-old chevron patterns everywhere - which we think of as such the modern trend.<br />
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-71766729381804303962014-03-27T00:36:00.000-05:002014-03-27T00:36:57.865-05:00The Great American Road TripLet's just start with the glaring absence in blogging. How do other people keep it up with 4 kids all going to varying activities and keeping a house and a yard running, not to mention just keeping all the mouths fed and people alive, 120 nails trimmed....? Well, it happened. Life just got too busy.<br />
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Ok, then this other thing happened. We moved our wimpy Sunshine State-loving bodies to Utah...into a freezing and poorly insulated house. And every night after we got the kids in bed, all we could do was go huddle under the blankets and watch movies on the iPad. I knew from the beginning of October it was going to be dubbed "The Least Productive Winter Ever." And so it was. Unless you count watching all three seasons of Downton Abbey productive, which you might. <br />
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BUT. I recently went to a church women's meeting and we were in small discussion groups when they asked each of us directly, "What are you doing to preserve your family history? What are you doing to pass on stories to future generations?" And I thought of all the things I didn't know about my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents. I wish I knew stories of them to tell my children at bedtime. I wished I had an easy-to-read book that just had snippets from each of them. And I started to get overwhelmed. And then some woman said, "Well, don't worry about all of them, just start with yourself." And I thought a-ha, she's right. I know one thing I can do... get back to blogging. At least some day my children will thank <i>me</i> and won't feel responsible trying to come to my death bed with a tape recorder to get me to tell them a bunch of memories I probably won't remember. <br />
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So, back to blogging I will attempt, but, quite possibly not in the anecdotal and amusing way I had time for in the past. Now I'll just be happy if I get down the this-is-what-happened-in-our-life bigger moments filled with lots of pictures since I'm sure this is the only form of scrapbooking I will ever be doing. So read along if you wish, but know that it will be more informative than entertaining and I don't blame you for getting too busy in your own life to read other people's blogs. I certainly have. In fact I got too busy during the time Google Reader went away and came back one day to find all the blogs I had followed were lost. I mourned for a time, and then realized it was probably a good way to make me not feel guilty for something I didn't have time for anyway. <br />
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SO... all the way back to LAST SUMMER. We left off with me mourning our Miami departure. Luckily, our road trip was really quite enjoyable and entertaining to get us off on a good start and get my mind off my sadness of leaving what had finally become "home". I have to commend my kids on their road-tripping abilities though. Not one time did anyone complain, ask when we were going to get there, etc. I know, it would be amazing if they didn't get 5 days straight of iPads and movies, which was more like a trip to heaven for them, but still, kudos to them for no whining. <br />
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But really, our kids favorite part was the room where you walk in and they give you a set of wheels and you can build Lego cars and race them on all sorts of ramps. I keep begging Ryan to try to make something like that for our kids - they could stay there for hours racing their cars. <br />
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So it was quite interesting seeing all the different parts of the country - lots of trees and everglade forests through Florida, lots of greenery and waterways through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and then you hit Texas... and there's just like sagebrush and <i>trash.</i> I mean literally, like just a series of junkyards that aren't really junkyards... just people seem to never go to the dump there and just accumulate a bunch of junk. It was weird. But later someone told me when you live out in the middle of nowhere you keep scrap parts around just in case. Whatever. It must have been ugly enough that I have no pictures of our time in Texas. :) But I do have great memories of our one stop at a gas station there and a big friendly man with a giant cowboy hat on and a blond ratting her hair in the bathroom. :) Guess stereotypes hold true.</div>
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Since we were in the neighborhood, we detoured to the Four Corners area. (And really, even thought it sounds interesting and makes for a few cool photos, I really would only suggest it if you happen to be within 60 miles or so. It's really out in the middle of <i>nowhere</i>.)</div>
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And onto our street and the first moment we drove up to our new house...<br />
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We had made it to the start of our new life.Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-37287853909432131672013-10-02T00:12:00.002-05:002013-10-02T00:12:25.628-05:00Lego Birthday Bash<br />
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We had a fun Lego birthday party / goodbye party for Cash before we left Miami. Turned out just the Legos themselves made for a cute, fun theme to work with!<br />
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I found these lego birthday kits on clearance that were useful. Invitations, some special birthday magnets, name tags, lego builder's license, thank you cards and some lego packs with a birthday lego guy for each of them.<br />
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The details beforehand were fun to come up with. I found these lego candies online and packaged them up to go in their treat bags. I also found a mold for lego guys online and melted yellow candy melts to make lots of these to package up as take home favors as well. </div>
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Made these little plates using square plates and then cutting little pieces off to make tops and using a sharpie for the face. Loved them!</div>
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And then there was lots of circle punching out of cardstock. I punched hundreds of circles out (or enlisted 5 year old help) and used kind of those puffy circle double sided stick things (??) to make them stick out off the paper more. This made for the cutest treat bags....</div>
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I had even made some napkin and silverware holders from legos. :) </div>
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As people were arriving, I had a couple various sized jars full of legos and they could guess how many legos were in to win a prize, and they also played the lego toss. Man do boys love competition. </div>
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We had found a great park right on the water that was terrific for exploring so when the party first started, we sent them on a hunt to find hidden lego men I had printed out. </div>
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When they had found those, we played pin the lego man on the birthday boy (I had some free credit that was about to expire on some website, so I had made these handy birthday stickers of Cash that I used at various places and to stick on the lego men.)</div>
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Then we handed out straws and had them see how many lego pieces they could get from the table to their plate using a straw in one minute. After a few rounds of that we changed it to M&Ms telling them they could eat however many they got on their plate. These games were amazing - if you want to hear sudden silence and see serious concentration from a bunch of 7 year olds, put a straw in their mouth and give them the challenge to suck something up. </div>
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I had made more of the candy lego men for the cupcakes (and had even put faces on them with some black food gel). And the sparklers were pretty funny. Keep blowing... just keep blowing.... they'll go out eventually. :)<br />
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So many good friends to remember. I'm glad we got some cute pictures of him and his buddies to remember them all. It's been hard for me to not cry looking back at all these cute kids that meant so much to my son and all these people and families we grew to love. Thanks for the friendships!!!<br />
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A huge thanks to my friend Kim who took pictures for me!!<br />
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And of course, I had to stick up some Lego humor somewhere.... (if you don't know the song it will mean nothing to you)....<br />
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Ok, that was just dramatic code for saying Ryan started work today - his real job, finally after 14 years of training, and yes, in our mid-thirties. But truly, in a way it really is the first day of the rest of his life as a fully-employed working man, out on his own, saving the world, one eyeball at a time. <br />
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To commemorate the occasion and give due props to him for a career that has been 14 years in the making, I thought I'd give a little ode to Ryan. When they have their final graduation for all the leaving residents and fellows every year at Bascom Palmer, they do a little life sketch on those leaving, often a bit humorous as well. So this was what I had turned into them to sum up Ryan's life, and especially his time training in Miami.<br />
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He worked incredibly hard to do so well in residency and fellowship and gained a great reputation among colleagues and patients. We're so proud of him. Sometimes a little stunned that he really operates on people's eyeballs. Loved hearing about the times when he was the first thing someone saw after a successful surgery when they hadn't been able to see in years, or when he was successful at helping keep someone from losing their vision. I know it was hard, had lots of ups and downs, and was sometimes even gut-wrenching, but it paid off and from what I hear he's a great and gifted surgeon. We love you! </div>
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Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-36881293025325827652013-06-27T14:35:00.000-05:002013-08-16T00:12:43.511-05:00Ode to MiamiA strange thing happened about 6 months or so ago.<br />
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I realized I liked Miami.<br />
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I know, I am a changed woman. I am completely aware that for about 4 out of our 5 years in Miami I hated it here (at least 9 months out of the year, I did always like winter). But I think I finally realized - <i>It was having three kids under age 2 that was hard - not <b>just</b> living in Miami</i>. In fact, probably having lots of babies was what made the first 4 years here really hard. Miami definitely complicated that since it's not a suburban utopia of ease and convenience, but now that the kids are older and easier and I can finally breathe, I realize - wow, I don't want to leave here. <br />
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The other factor was the weather. I mentioned to Ryan the other day - I think it keeps getting less humid each year we live in Miami. In fact, that first year we moved here must have been a record year for humidity. :) Ok, or maybe I've FINALLY adapted, but the bad part is it will never be the same. When I come back to visit, all my years of developing resistance to the humidity will have vanished with my Utah-parched physique. Even my hair has finally given up looking <i>quite</i> as awful as it once did - or I've just adapted to that as the norm as well. :)<br />
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So when I started saying I liked Miami a few months ago and even mentioned to Ryan, "Well, I'd be fine staying here longer," (and watching his jaw hit the floor), friends told me: You need to put that in writing. So here I am, in permanent typeface saying that I am so so sad to leave and yes, I actually grew to love Miami. I could stay here a few more years and be perfectly happy.<br />
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So over the past months I have thought and watched and tried to live it up, breathe in the air, drive with the windows down, and burn in my memory all the favorite things, the details, the nuances that made my experience here what it was, and all those little things that I will hold dear to my heart. My friend that moved away from Florida a few years ago said they look back and feel like there time here was just a dream. Some extended vacation. That's my fear. I don't want to forget and I want it to be real, so here are some of the details I wanted to remember, the daily little things that I loved and will remember about Miami. <br />
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Driving over the causeway every morning to Cash's school with the bright sunshine, crystal blue water and beautiful Miami skyline. Seeing the cruise ships right across from his school in the Port of Miami and being jealous of all those people getting on the ship with the big Mickey Mouse on it. <br />
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And in short: Water. Everywhere. The bay by our house, the waterways, the ocean.<br />
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Mangoes. Come March my boys start asking when we start eating mangoes again. They know that by May we will be eating mangoes in some form with nearly every meal.<br />
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The crazy neighborhood schizophrenic, or running man as I called him. He would just run up and down the streets and then stop abruptly as if he had no idea what he was doing and start doing something else. I often saw him sweeping the sidewalks or throwing loaves of bread in the air for the birds. </div>
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The bookmobile man (and the bookmobile in general). Every week the mobile library van came practically right to our doorstep. Books and movies we'd requested online magically showed up and it was the highly anticipated event for the kids every Saturday. The man onboard was as stereotypically librarian as they come - slightly introverted, slightly nerdy, fairly quiet and shy - but he watched our kids grow up year after year, knew them by name, waited patiently when we were running to catch them at the last second before they needed to leave (almost every week), held books longer than he should for us, magically did away with our numerous fines, knew when we'd been out of town, noticed when one of us was missing, and super awkwardly accepted our baked goods at Christmastime. Aww, we'll miss that guy. Hmm, whose name I'm not sure I ever even knew.</div>
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The pharmacist who knew my husband was a doctor, saw us through babies, croup, lice, and who knows what else. While she wasn't particularly friendly, she probably knew more about us than anyone else in Miami.</div>
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The Publix bakery workers. They knew all my kids (Ryan and I have realized we are infinitely more popular when our children are with us), and gave them free cookies every time we were there, and they fueled my addiction to their brownie bites and chocolate cigars.</div>
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All the characters at LA Fitness. Loved the cool Cuban spin instructor with all the tattoos who would crank up the music when (yet another) one of her favorite Latin songs came on and scream, "THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN THE 305!!!!" Everyone always in their proper cycling place - the section of hilarious gay guys to my left, the super fit black dude in the front, the muscular Latin guy down the row from him who never stayed until the end of class, the section of Hispanic ladies talking the whole time behind me, and the chick with butt implants prancing around outside the window, while the old dude with short shorts who hits on everyone would stretch obnoxiously on the equipment next to her. Yep, all there.</div>
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The crazy guy named Dream who was always dressed in random costumes floating around the Children's Museum or being the MC for the school programs, dancing for the audience in between numbers and pulling audience members out for a dance-off. How can you not be colorful with a name like Dream?<br />
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I don't think I can emphasize enough how much we love our swimming pool. A walk-in, zero-entry pool with a great shallow end for kids and big enough to swim laps in. And lined with palm trees so you can find a shady spot almost any time of day. Oh how I will miss this pool.<br />
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Evening walks in our park that's right outside our house.</div>
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Really just our park in general. The crazy things that go on there. Tight rope walkers, adult men acting like ninjas, free yoga in the park that I didn't partake of after the instructor gave me his own used water bottle I looked so bad (I seriously cannot work out in the Miami heat and humidity, I have no idea how all these people go jogging here at noon in the summer).<br />
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Actually all the awesome parks in Miami period. Almost all of them have shade covers and are fenced in. They are so pleasant.<br />
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Having something to get all fancy for. Probably not so many swanky black tie events in Provo Utah.<br />
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Having a front desk. Don't know why really, but we looked at a condo once with no front desk and I hated it. I like having someone get my packages for me and hold them safely. I like someone warning me when someone is here so I have one minute to get my clothes on before they reach my apartment. And I like feeling a little safer in Miami that there are no less than about 7 staff members around all the time - and EVERYONE knows our family. Nice for a mom who has spent lots of nights alone here with her kids in Miami.</div>
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The blurry figures running up and down the hallways outside our apartment for exercise. The little guy always trailing behind trying to keep up with the big boys (and getting much better at it). Phoenix always mad that he can never beat Cash, the other children in the building who were so excited to join in the running whenever they saw this. It made for a good homework break when needed to burn off some energy. <br />
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The good times my kids had together and all the happy memories we have of them being so young and such good buddies. Not so big on friends here that we would replace family with them. We just had lots of together time and I'm not sure that will be quite the same once we're nearer to family and friends. I LOVE watching these 4 little guys together.<br />
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Our cool neighborhood. We're right by the art district here - the largest outdoor graffiti museum in the world. Street art on the walls everywhere.<br />
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And Fireman Derek - whose food truck I always go chasing down over in the art district for the best key lime pie in South Florida.</div>
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Little boys with long hair. It's the norm here! Thank goodness. Now I have to go back to Utah and listen to everyone tell me to cut their hair. (For the record, don't tell me to because you will make me upset. :)</div>
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The Children's Museum - a huge part of our life here, not only because Cash's school was there but for all the playing we did before and after picking him up.<br />
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Hanging out with the "breakfast club" before school every morning at the playground and realizing only at the end of a year of friendship that we were comprised of a Mormon, a Latino, a stay-at-home dad, a Jewish mom and a lesbian couple. Makes you have faith that we're more alike than different when we don't put our differences in front of us and only recognize them in hindsight.<br />
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Finally hitting my groove and making some friends here. Realizing how many nice people there were around and all the other great school parents from all over the world. Even finding a group of moms to go hang out with on the weekends - even Cash's first grade teacher included!<br />
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Free Botox. What. I said it. :)<br />
(I don't think that stuff will be hanging around in a retina-only office. :(<br />
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Visiting Ryan's work with the kids.<br />
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I'm pretty sure no other family considers "going out to eat" having hospital food (and being a treat at that). :) We got lots of laughs from co-workers that Ryan had brought the whole gang in for free hospital food. Again. But lots of smiles when people saw Ryan with his troop of boys trailing him around the hospital.<br />
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Flying right over our apartment every time we leave Miami and being able to recognize it from the air.<br />
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The coolness of Miami. Besides Will Smith's Welcome to Miami (which is remarkably accurate once you've lived here - $100,000 cars, everybody got 'em.... rainstorms ain't nothing to mess with...) countless other singers croon (or rap, or yell, or cuss) about the 305 (yes I'll miss my area code), Calle Ocho, Dade County (ok, maybe those are all Pit Bull, but hello? Flo Rida? Why did that take me a year to catch on to his name?) <br />
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Anyhow, it's just fun to be somewhere happening. To see celebrity magazines full of stars hitting Miami Beach (why I never saw one famous person in my whole time there is beyond me). To be able to drive down the street down 10 blocks in the mini-van and park illegally cause no one cares anymore while I storm the streets with everyone else in Miami when the Heat win the championship. To have movies filmed in the park outside our house. To watch Step Up 3 and say - oh yeah, I watched them film that right in front of Cash's school.<br />
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Being cool by association. Even though I'm still a stay at home mom with a van full of stinky kids, somehow it's way cooler cruising in a mini-van in <i> Miami Florida</i> then it will be in um, Provo, Utah.<br />
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Being unique. Nobody around me is like me. When I bring snowman poop for bake sale (a.k.a. miniature marshmallows), people are snapping photos, texting their friends as I walk through the school. In Utah blond, crafty and creative stay-at-home moms are a dime a dozen. (And no one here realizes you just have to Pinterest to come up with this stuff... so then I really seem ingenious.)<br />
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Kissing so many men that aren't my husband. :) Ha, just kidding (on the cheeks of course), but really, if I'm kissy kissy with your husbands know it's just a Latin thing. I'm sure it will take me oh, like a day to realize that's totally awkward between two white people in the middle of Utah.<br />
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Even these girls, for as much work as they were! (I was involved with the Young Women at church for the last three years and man, it was a lot of work, but definitely rewarding.)<br />
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Throwing off the white balance in all my pictures with them. :) Every time I try to lighten a picture of them up so I can see their faces I'm so light in comparison I start to glow like I'm some angelic being....<br />
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Our atypical LDS ward here. The building that always had worms all over the foyer every week when we walked in (UGH all those creepy things that survive EVERYWHERE here!) Having lots of inexperienced people like us run the ward because there was no one else to do it.<br />
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We'll keep wearing that Miami HEAT decal on our car loud and proud! I'm not sure anyone could win our hearts like the team just a few blocks down the street from us.... (Um, and it helps that they're freaking AWESOME.)</div>
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I wish I had more time to look back through the years of pictures and remember everything I love and pick out all my favorite photos. I'm sure there is so much more, but with the chaos of moving and lack of time, this little snippet will have to do for now.<br />
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So as I sit here on the floor in an empty apartment, the place where I raised babies, spent sleepless nights, gained a few pounds, lost a few pounds, made friends and watched friends leave, laughed and cried, danced to Latin party music with the boys, ran in soaking wet from sudden rainstorms, watched my husband shine in his career, and the place where I grew into motherhood... I can't help but let the tears flow. I keep asking Ryan to let us stay longer. We already extended one day so I could have one last swim, one last beach visit, one last trip down Ocean Drive, but thankfully sleeping on the air mattress has finally given me the strength to let go and move on to the next chapter of my life. :) Thanks for the good times Miami.<br />
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I wish I devoted more time to blogging what my kids are like at this stage in their lives. I know it's not the most entertaining for other people, but I look back and read through things of earlier blogs that I had totally forgotten - things they did, stages they went through. (Too bad they didn't blog 40 years ago - my mom seems to remember that none of her kids ever threw tantrums like mine.) For example, I seem to remember Diesel being pretty easy as a baby, but Ryan reminded me of the countless movies he watched on his iPhone while rocking Diesel in the rocking chair. (I think that was his own fault though. I just put him in his crib and left him there. Sucker.)<br />
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Diesel has been our high-maintenance, fussy little prince since birth. But no one would know unless they spent a day in our life because to the outside world he is in the charming phase. He is intent on winning over everyone he encounters. He may leap in front of the opening elevator door to greet you with a boisterous "HA-WOAH!!!" and a double arm wave, or give you bashful grins then duck away and do this repeatedly until he's certain you think he's the cutest thing ever.<br />
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At home he continues to be the hulk - you can see the rage building until he throws over a chair, or runs out the door through the hall and bolts out to the parking lot (the naughtiest thing he can think of, that little stinker). In fact, I should have known better - the other day there was like a 5-lb bag of M&Ms open in the shopping cart with him as a means of bribing him to stop yelling throughout the entire grocery trip. I was stooping down looking for something on a bottom shelf and should have more consciously registered the shoes that went flying out of the cart and the increasing volume of madness. But no, I didn't, and sure enough, pretty soon I hear a big <i>pshhhhhhhhh - </i>as the contents of the entire giant bag of M&Ms gets turned upside down and violently shaken out all over the shopping aisle floor. It was audible enough that no less than 10 people came running to see what on earth had happened. <i>Sigh</i>. Thank goodness he's not a twin. :)<br />
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But when he's in his charming mode he's adorable and I remember why it's so much fun to have a little one around. He brightens up everyone's day, makes everyone laugh and is constantly entertaining. He has a lot of personality, is expressive and excited, loves dancing, and can be quite the ham. He has referred to his feet as "stinky toes" for as long as he could talk. And he has refused to acknowledge there is more than one twin for the majority of his life. They have both simply been known as "Ah-ton." For the longest time when we tried to say that's Phoenix he'd practically roll his eyes and walk away irritated that there was clearly only one of them and he wasn't about to acknowledge anything we were saying.<br />
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Mr. Personality is also very independent. The other day I walked in to see him grabbing another 5-lb bag of M&Ms - (the one that did make it home safely with the buy one get one free deal) and loudly calling over his brothers with an excited, "<i>GUYS! DINNEW!!" </i>(dinner!) very proud that he had solely been responsible for dinner. He really has been an independent kid - I remember one day when he was just over<br />
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a year I heard Phoenix freaking out - "Mom! Gross! Diesel just threw up all over!" But Diesel had calmly just gone over and gotten some wipes and was very maturely just cleaning himself off. He also loves imitating his brothers - for better and worse and has been caught doing a dead impression immediately following whatever older brother just folded his arms and stomped off with a "HMPF!" and a defiant nod of the head in my direction. But it's also stinking cute to see him line up with the other three to jam to "That's What Makes You Beautiful" when they play just dance (and getting most of the moves right at that). And he loves doing the naked run-around with his brothers before bath time. They even have a song for it. Must be a boy thing. And he loves to scream a very irreverent "AMEN!!!!" at the end of family prayers sending all the boys into a running screaming tizzy.<br />
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He is also a total bottle-addict. I nursed him for a year but added in bottles as the nursing declined and they've stuck around ever since. He would much prefer drinking anything out of a bottle than a cup and his blanky and baba are consolation for any woes and seem to do the trick when sending him to day care at the gym or the nursery at church. Diesel can spit out a whole mouthful of jibberish when he has a lot to say (or is mad at us), and continues to adore his dad and beg for "baby ba bides" (piggy back rides) when Ryan comes home.Keeping up with the older boys has made him more adept at everything than any of the other boys were at this age. He can run and jump and kick a soccer ball better than any of them could at age two and he even holds a pencil better than Phoenix.<br />
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And he our snuggler, which of course <i>we</i> adore. One day in church he left our bench and wandered around the church scanning over the crowd until he found the right target - a gray haired cozy-looking old Haitian lady (that I'm sure we've never even spoken to before). He stopped in front of her, held his arms up and proceeded to lay his head down on her shoulder and snuggle up for a good few minutes. When he was done, he left her bench, wandered around again, found a nice middle-aged Hispanic woman and did the same. It was adorable. And amusing. You can sure make up for a lot of mischief when you come snuggle up to mom or dad after whatever crazy antics you might have been up to.<br />
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The twins are cute and fun and absolutely <i>un-</i>cuddly. They claim to be "allergic" to princesses, and everything else abominable (like whatever dinner I've made that is currently sitting in front of them). They still play together so well for the most part and seem to be better at the creative play than Cash was (I think their school has to do with this, but their writing isn't nearly as good as Cash's was at this age - also which I blame on their school). They struggle terribly with articulation and I've spent months trying to get them the free speech therapy through the state since our insurance won't cover it but it hasn't happened yet. They are, however, phenomenal readers for their age and Phoenix will bring home a Magic Tree House book from the book mobile and breeze through it in one day. (I think Cash who is a more resistant reader was finally feeling the pressure of getting shown up by the little brother so he came home from the bookmobile and read <i>five</i> of them in a day last weekend). With their articulation though, it makes me laugh so hard that they can read all these sophisticated words - sounding like they're speaking baby talk.<br />
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They really are so much like me I laugh sometimes - besides looks, they definitely got my love of food (the kind where I can tell they just can't get it out of their heads sometimes), and they even have love handles already just like their mom always has. And I can see they're not going to be the most agile athletes - just like me at that age. :) (Cash on the other hand has the much more moderate attitude towards food like Ryan, the same lanky skin-and-bones build that Ryan did growing up and is much more wiry and agile.)<br />
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Ashton is my meticulous and cautious one. He wants everything done perfectly, lined up correctly and colored with great precision. He wants me to be with him in any new situation or circumstance where he feels shy. He idolizes the "boy missionaries" at church and comes home and writes them letters every week and fills boxes with pictures and stuff to make packages for them. When we told him to give them to the missionaries at church though, he became totally starstruck and shy and couldn't go near them. :) Ashton is also my child with NO volume control and frequently speaks to me at the top of his lungs when I am an inch from his face.<br />
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Phoenix is far more reckless and will try anything on his own, march into any situation on his own, and is my requested substitute for me when Ashton is feeling shy and wants someone to go with him somewhere. When Ashton is reading and comes to a word he doesn't know he totally stops and won't go on. When Phoenix does he just plows through it saying whatever he thinks it is or makes it up. It's just funny to watch their different personalities. Phoenix also loves getting massages and trying to keep up with Cash in everything. He loves exercising on our elliptical and can do Just Dance for hours. He has always been the feisty one and this definitely comes out in his temperament. He can scream his face off for any length of time without tiring and will hurl projectiles at me when I try to open his bedroom door in an attempt to get him to stop. Let's hope that gets channeled into something productive when he grows up. <br />
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And while they're much easier than they used to be, the crazy antics haven't totally disappeared. A few weeks ago we went to our local Target. It is situated in kind of an outdoor mall with a parking garage in back of it and one road with some parallel parking in front of all the street-level shops. I had parallel parked in front, and trying to ensure safety while I got out the stroller to put Diesel in, I had instructed the kids to go stand at the tree on the sidewalk just to make sure they weren't near the road. As I am buckling Diesel in the stroller, I see some teenage boys walking by behind the car and can tell they're looking at the twins and smiling. <i>Aw, </i>I think to myself, <i>even these tough teenage boys can't help but smile at the cute-ness of my identical twins. </i> As I walk to the back of the car, I see Phoenix and Ashton zipping up their pants. <i>"What are you doing??!" </i>I blurt out. <i>"Were you just PEEING right here?? 5 feet in front of Target and all these other storefront windows?!?" </i>"But mom, you told us to." <i>"What...? I... NOOOO, I told you to STAND by the tree, not PEE on it!" </i>Goodness, when you're five years old standing in front of a restaurant window that's a little borderline public exposure rather than cute. :)<br />
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The twins are both so sweet with Diesel and take turns getting him to play with them. They currently can play for hours with their stuffed animals, love legos and Ninjago and Legends of Chima, and anything else their older brother thinks is cool.<br />
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And seriously I think these cap-and-gown pictures are so silly for Pre-K but Ashton <i>never</i> takes good pictures (he always scrunches up his nose giving him this gummy smile), so I couldn't believe he took better pictures than Phoenix this time (usually our photogenic one). </div>
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I'm sad to see my babies growing up so fast!Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-4923840907433739432013-05-06T14:29:00.003-05:002013-05-06T14:29:57.704-05:00BirthdaysFebruary (yes, always behind) is when the birthday craze begins at our house. 3/4 of my children have their birthdays within 4 days of each other, and my husband gets the raw end of the stick (is that a phrase? raw end of the deal? short end of the stick? whatever), having his birthday 4 days after that when I'm already birthday-ed out. <br />
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If you're not on facebook and you missed my most successful cupcakes ever, no worries, I'll repeat :) <br />
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I was super excited that something I made actually turned out as cute as the one ones I was trying to imitate, and about died laughing when my niece sent me back this picture she had seen after looking at mine:<br />
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Wow are you really giving me both of these??<br />
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The perfect excited face when opening the talking Cookie Monster toy.<br />
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Then the twins got Angry Birds festivities. First there was the festivities in pre-school. A few games like "Do You Love Your Neighbor?"<br />
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And even had our own version of "Who Wore it Best?" after trying on a dress we loved in some swanky store and then having the saleslady tell us they had just outfitted Gabrielle Union (Dwayne Wade's girlfriend) in that dress when the Miami Heat were honored at the White House. Sweet.</div>
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Only hours after they flew out, another old friend flew in (for a conference of course but we still had time for fun together. Those epileptologists aren't known for their wild partying ways). We ate more Haitian food than I ever needed to (Jeff served a mission speaking Haitian creole and wanted some good Haitian food - I wasn't sure that existed. :) We even got scolded and almost banned from entering a swanky hotel lobby because we didn't meet the dress code. (She let it slide this time.)</div>
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You too could have had such an awesome vacation had you come to visit me in Miami. :)</div>
Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-11690418733797244142013-03-05T22:11:00.000-06:002013-03-06T14:43:55.881-06:00Yes, this was actually on my bucket listLaugh if you will, but on my list of things to do before I leave Miami was to actually hit the Miami club scene. See, the thing is if you go visit New York or Chicago, people will tell you - oh, go visit this museum, go up this tall building and check out the view of the city, go eat this food here.... BUT. If you visit Miami, people will tell you - oh, go to this lounge here, go get drinks at this spot here, go to this club after whatever event you're going to.... It's just what Miami is for. Beaches and nightlife. There is no interest in going to the "city." People don't go to the city at night or on the weekends. After every work event here, everyone from Ryan's work hits up a club or a lounge of some sort. Drug reps and attending docs sponsor these kind of things. So really, when my friends were coming in town and I tried to ask people what to do, it was exactly what everyone told me - go get drinks here, go get drinks at this other place, blah, blah, blah. Well, I don't drink, but I do like a little excitement and I do like a little dance action. And I did want to see what all these places in magazines where the celebrities were always spotted here were really like.<br />
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So I did.<br />
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And in my mind, it was go big, or go home. So I thought of the one I'd seen cited as the celebrity hotspot the most - and the one where the Miami Heat went after winning the championship last year. LIV, in the famed Fountainbleu Hotel. For most people, this would not be a big deal, it would be their average weekend. For two Mormon moms in a minivan who own no salacious-looking frocks, it was a little intimidating.<br />
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I started my research on getting in these places and was even more intimidated. It could actually be possible we might not get in. I started seeing comments of people online that hadn't gotten in. I remembered a few years ago when I had this idea in my head before and asked a girl I knew about where to go. She told me that her friend was a club promoter and he could get us in. Then she hesitated and asked, "Wait, are your friends hot?" "Yes," I said, they're all good-looking. Then I realized the dilemma...<i>wait, Mormon cute is waaaay different than Miami hot. I don't think a bunch of girls in their cutest jeans and blazers is what they had in mind.</i> And I had retreated the idea at the time. Now I was facing it again, and remembered that her next statement had alluded to the fact that she'd been with groups before where not everyone got in. That's right, it's like hot or not, in or out, right there at the club doorway. That could be awkward. And that could be me, even wearing my Old Navy finest.<br />
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But in order to not chicken out, the plans were made that I would meet my friend inside the airport with cocktail dresses in hand. Our best bet was to go dressy since we definitely wouldn't be going looking skanky or uber-exposed. Her plane got in around 11pm - perfect since these places, to my surprise, don't even <i>open</i> until 11pm at the earliest. That's right, and they may close anywhere from 5am to noon the next day. Wow. <br />
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So I went in to the airport ... to find my friend <i>five months pregnant.</i> Surprise! Getting back at me for all the surprises I've pulled with pregnancies, she took advantage of the length of time it's been since we've seen each other. How exciting. But... <i>wait... did my already slim chance of getting into a club in Miami just vanish? Does a 5-month pregnant lady totally kill your mojo??</i><br />
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<i>Strategically placed clutch over the belly,</i> I instructed, unsure, but clinging to hope.<br />
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And as designed, we went ahead with the plan, hit up the airport bathroom and came out looking as hot as we knew how. And pregnantly knew how.<br />
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We made it to the parking lot outside the hotel. We sat, trying to chicken out as we watched miniskirts and cleavage walk past our car. But we finally told ourselves we had to make something of the fact that we were in Miami Beach in cocktail attire at 1am, and got out of the car. Within 15 seconds we hear, "Dang, you ladies look <i>gooood.</i>" <i>What? Did that just happen? Did we seriously elicit that comment after just exiting our minivan and making sure there were no kid boogers clinging to us from the seats? That hasn't happened in like 15 years! Woot!</i><br />
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Our confidence enhanced, we walked in and were greeted by two nice mid-western guys in town for a conference. They told us of the hedge fund conference they were putting on, and pointed out the lead singer from Blues Traveler who was also there in the lobby. (They'd paid $50,000 to have them perform the first hour LIV was open to entertain their old hedge fund men who had apparently been miffed to have some "unknown" Cee-Lo Green perform the previous year.) The guys wondered if they'd be able to get us in free with their conference, but came back dejected a few minutes later that not even they themselves could get back in anymore. :) Once the club gets hopping in the later hours, apparently the selectiveness begins. We saw a guy that worked there and asked him how much the cover charge was to get in to the club. He said $40-60. Hmm, sounded code for a floating charge depending on your level of hotness. Well, we decided to press our luck and made our way to the roped off entrance with the large and unfriendly men in front. <br />
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No sooner had we got in line then we hear a, "Have you ladies been in yet?" from behind. <i>No</i>, we reply. To which a nice Italian man responded by motioning us to follow him to the VIP line. Yep, don't ask any questions and do what you're told. <i>Sweet. In through the VIP line, free of charge. Perfect.</i><br />
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He took us in and ushered us over to the bar to buy us drinks. At which point, upon inquiry Brooke requests a water. Yep, water. In response to a head-shaking, did-I-just-hear-that-right? quizzical look, I burst out, <i>"She's pregnant!" </i>realizing, hey, this whole pregnant thing may actually come in handy. He notices and excitedly acknowledges the growing belly, which hadn't been obvious before. But then he turns to me, happy that I'll at least be able to drink with him, to which I give a somewhat sheepish grin and a "Diet Coke?" Of course he's dying at this and trying to persuade me otherwise when he stops abruptly and says, "Are you married?" Well, at least we've got those two factors out of the way in the first five minutes and <i>after</i> he'd gotten us in for free. And at least he was impressed with me for looking decent after 4 kids. We still had a nice chat, Brooke spoke some Italian with him, he took us out on the dance floor and then said, "Ok, I leave." Man, could that have been better? Got in free, didn't have to sell my soul to do it or pretend to do shots while tossing them out over my shoulder... and we didn't have to spend the whole night awkwardly hanging out with the guy. Besides I got a free Diet Coke that I'm sure was $10. He even told us we could use his name and come in and spend money on his tab whenever we wanted. Too bad I didn't actually catch his name....<br />
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Well, I can tell you, LIV did not disappoint. As far as coolness, it was fantastic. Best decor, lighting, cool effects, fun music. Interactive, happy (ok, probably stoned) DJs and good music with a mix of house, some cool old stuff and new stuff - all remixed to be great dance music. Confetti, glow sticks, smoke machines combined with cool lighting...you name it. Of course there was a lot of turning down offers to come drink with guys or join a table of dirty old men, but some nice Mexicans made room for us to come dance on the couches with them for a while, and after we had established ourselves firmly on the dance floor people seemed to get the idea we were just there to dance and we didn't have to keep rejecting offers nearly as much. I'll tell you though, if you want a self-esteem boost, go hit up a club (make sure you have no males with you), and set yourself (in dim lighting) around a bunch of (drunk) men who want you to come party with them. You'll feel like a hot commodity. <br />
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And wow, someone let the hedge fund manager out of the office. This guy was the nerdiest of nerds dancing up on the table endlessly in completely arrhythmic fashion. He actually looked ridiculously like an airport controller with the way he was dancing and those glow sticks in both hands....<br />
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As a post-script, we actually even hit up two more clubs when our other friend got in town, both of which we got into, and neither of which we had to pay for (luckily I don't think it was a real busy time of year so there wasn't too much unnatural selection going on). Neither of them surpassed the coolness of LIV though. Just let me know if you see us in US Weekly anytime soon.Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-42671521939269947892013-02-18T09:05:00.000-06:002013-02-18T09:13:02.677-06:00KeysIn January we also went camping down in the Keys. We took a glass-bottom boat tour - also on my bucket list (and probably slightly over-rated, luckily we had a Groupon for it).<br />
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And we survived! I was nervous because this was our first camping trip with all of the kids. We're not brave enough to camp with a baby. But it worked out well. And everyone slept... well, except me, of course.</div>
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We went with our friends the Finlinsons and some of their friends - I realized I hardly have any pictures of them, but they're the silhouettes on the left. :)</div>
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-77708561981740592502013-01-30T16:16:00.000-06:002013-01-30T16:17:07.117-06:00Check marks on the bucket listSince we stayed here over the holidays I was determined that I get some of my bucket list items checked off (bucket list being currently in urgent mode seeing as we've hardly done anything in our 4 1/2 years here and we only have 6 months to go). The second driving factor is that I forget that in a few months I will be cursing the weather and the hot mess I call hair and not want to leave the house to do anything but get in the pool that only requires about 10 steps of effort out my back door.<br />
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So over New Year's we met up with some friends (I should call them Our Friends - as in like basically one of the few and far between that actually do anything with us! So sad they moved). We did the west side of Florida. Oh my. Why didn't I go there before? Except that then I would want to spend all my money on beach houses going there again and again, and we may have never had our Disney adventures. We went to Naples, Ft. Myers Beach, Sannibel Island, Lovers Key and Marco Island. BEAUTIFUL sugar-sand beaches, great shelling, and beautiful (almost cool!) weather. Totally changed my mind about Florida. I loved it over there. They had the BEST beach houses right on the ocean front. Sadly, as a last minute idea they were all booked for our trip. If I was staying here longer I would definitely go oceanfront and splurge on a big ol' beach house with a fire pit overlooking the gulf coast sunsets...<br />
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Front row seats for the sunset. Every night we were there people literally clapped when the sun finally went down. It cracked us up every time. <i>Way to go, sun. Nice show. Good job on another hard day's work.</i><br />
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It turned out very fitting that we literally watched the sun set on 2012.<br />
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It was really the most perfect trip we've been on. We realized that camping with 4 kids = lots of work. Disneyworld with 4 kids = lots of work. Beach with 4 kids = actually a relaxing vacation. We've never been beachy people. Ryan and I would take the streets of Italy or New York over the Bahamas any day. But now I can see why people are. <br />
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-21597182989579838612013-01-13T21:45:00.001-06:002013-01-13T21:49:50.026-06:00Christmas wrap<br />
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Helped out at a party at the twins' school.<br />
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Even mom, who got a new apron from Anthropologie. And some sweet new sunglasses from Tiffany's. (Our annual free glasses that came conveniently at Christmas.)</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Oh, and this guy - breakfast being the only thing that would get him out of his new massage chair cushion. (Note to self: next time give him that </span><i style="text-align: left;">after</i><span style="text-align: left;"> he helps the kids put all their new toys together....)</span></div>
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Yay for a fun Christmas!! I was super hesitant about staying here for our first Christmas all by ourselves and not going home to be with family. But it was great. And while I'm all about a white Christmas, it was harder than I thought to complain about hanging out at the beach over the holidays. And I'm pretty good at complaining. :)</div>
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Ah, it was such a festive season. Minus the snow. But since it's our only Christmas actually staying in Miami, we're making sure to spend plenty of time doing just what is pictured above....Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-77950538375885357122012-12-24T15:55:00.001-06:002012-12-24T15:59:55.827-06:00Christmas ProgramsSince my mom is about the only one left that reads the blog and can't seem to get the pictures I email her, here are the kids Christmas programs!<br />
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I have to say, Cash was the stinking cutest clown! Too bad their class show was mostly about the girls doing ballet and then the boys only ran out for the last few seconds! But it was cute.<br />
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Then I have to say I LOVE that the twins' are at a Baptist pre-K and can have an actual nativity program, not just a holiday show. And that they pledge allegiance to the American flag, the Christian flag and the Bible every morning. Their show was so cute. They're not in the first "We're Going to Bethlehem" song, but it's so darn cute. Phoenix is the wiseman in purple and Ashton is on the right end in the back row when they're singing, "Virgin Mary had a baby boy." And then I also love the "Happy Birthday Jesus....I'm so glad it's Christmas..." I cry watching it every time I think it's so sweet.<br />
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I should have had a picture of me in my festive wear too. I went to everything decked out in my candy cane tights, hats, and other festive attire. I asked Cash if I looked festive or crazy. He said I looked so cute and festive so I went with it. In a few years he'll be totally embarrassed. And I'm sure I'll still do it. :)</div>
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Here was a cute little party we had at my house for the young women from our church, with s'mores (graham crackers spread with marshmallow creme, dipped in chocolate and topped with festive sprinkles) and a hot cocoa bar (toppings of marshmallows, whip cream and more festive sprinkles, or candy canes to stir in). </div>
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-45121338066153954752012-12-15T23:36:00.000-06:002012-12-18T20:48:19.524-06:00FestivitiesBeen getting in the holiday spirit over here! Made this cute jar for Cash's teacher:<br />
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His turned out so cute I wish it was mine! Now to fill it with some candy and leave some votive candles in there for her. Saw the idea<a href="http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/12/christmas-lanterns-and-treat-jars/" target="_blank"> here</a>. <br />
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Took snowman poop for the bake sale last week. <br />
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Boy was that a hit. Everybody here just brings in snack packs of oreos or crackers for bake sale donations, so when I always bring in something creative or homemade it's always such a novelty and people are like... well, in awe, I guess. These things were gone before the first class got through. I could hear teachers asking over the radio, "Is there still snowman poop??" And then Cash's class was in there chanting "Snowman poop! Snowman poop!" I was laughing so hard. It's marshmallows, people. Seriously though, I'm going to be crushed when we move to Utah (probably) and no one is amazed at my creativity anymore. :) Crafty stay at home moms there are a dime a dozen.<br />
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But the latest project I'm really excited about is my new Sounds of Christmas Bingo! I saw the idea for sound bingo <a href="http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2012/05/diy-sounds-bingo.html" target="_blank">here</a> and thought it was great. Then recently when I was thinking of ideas to go do some Christmas activities in the twins' Pre-K class, I thought it would be really fun and still work on listening skills to do a Christmas sounds bingo. I had a hard time thinking I could come up with enough sounds but then had so much fun when I got the ideas! A baby cooing, angels trumpeting, carolers singing, the clip clop of horse hooves (my mom and I always play a Sleigh Ride duet at Christmas so it immediately came to mind as a holiday sound I love), the crunching of a candy cane, a fire crackling in the fireplace, Mary singing a lullaby.... So I spent a bunch of time finding good sound bytes on the internet and just recorded them as voice memos on my iPhone so I could have it handy when I go in their class. Some might be trickier than others for them, but I think it will be fun! <br />
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I probably should have googled it first to see if someone has already made one since I'm sure someone else could make it way cuter than I could. And the sound was totally unprofessional - just me sticking my iPhone up to the computer speakers to record it. But hey, it's the idea that counts.<br />
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If anyone wants a copy of the file and the sound bytes I recorded, feel free to<b> email me</b> (jen_isom@hotmail.com) - don't leave a comment since they just don't regularly come to my hotmail account, try as I might. I'm forever grateful for people who post their stuff on the internet for me to use! (I'm just not as savvy as them to want to figure out a better way to pass on 12 sound bytes rather than email....<br />
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And finally these were for Cash's school class.<br />
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We finally went and did the "real" Jedi Training Academy at Hollywood Studios in Disneyworld (as opposed to our birthday remake, which was pretty darn good itself). The twins made for some pretty good fodder.</div>
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Here are a few of my other favorite Disneyworld videos from our year of Disney fun. (Sadly our passes have now expired). This one is Phoenix's first time on Splash Mountain - first time on anything big really. The thing that is so funny about this to me is that here we take them on Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, and then as far as he knows he's just happy-go-lucky getting on another ride. Until....<br />
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This one I love the pure spontaneous inhibition. No encouragement from anyone else, he just feels the music and we look up to see this. (Until he sees us all watching him I think.)<br />
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<br />Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024898625983696302.post-88409041779054368392012-11-04T22:24:00.001-06:002012-11-05T22:10:02.505-06:00HalloweenThis year's Halloween fun. A ninja that you can't really see, Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin, a doctor who wore whatever we had around that was least likely to get ripped off, and two Toads from the Mario video games.<br />
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I was so excited the twins actually wanted to match this year that I really wanted to do a whole Mario family, but got vetoed by the cost of 6 costumes for one night of wearing. Well, a girl can dream about being Princess Peach. (Or cute matching family costumes, ever. Why must boys grow up to want ugly costumes? Only another year or two until we're on to the gory grossness....) I obviously go for the most non-sexy costume I can think of year after year here in Miami. Must be revolting against the local tradition of lingerie and animal ears.... And wearing them to help at your child's school parties....<br />
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Anyhow, it seems parents are usually so ready to be over Halloween and be on to other holidays by the time Halloween season is over, but that takes on a whole new meaning when you're in charge of the ward Halloween party. Here's to not having to do that again. :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">** Good grief - after questioning from my mother, NO, the great pumpkin is not expecting. The great pumpkin was stuffed with tissue. </span>Jen Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145420899704834956noreply@blogger.com5