tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68795763064130216362024-03-13T01:37:39.724-07:00 PITTS TRIP'S: the Pittsenbarger identical triplets sagaPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110333442614836773noreply@blogger.comBlogger613125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-82553358159357869912021-10-24T18:50:00.001-07:002021-10-24T18:57:06.620-07:0011 Years Old!<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27W56DL8chxskY0foNwvuCOwjKFKiElqsN-VjCQ6-ZP1oDh64nmg20gD5fEbNGkCn0QI7JqFwBbr_15ZQGomyp366rR0Hx8IYKCjXOpL4jgHo9llkEGrzYzWQ09zmUr6vFAI7kOYSaog/s2048/15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27W56DL8chxskY0foNwvuCOwjKFKiElqsN-VjCQ6-ZP1oDh64nmg20gD5fEbNGkCn0QI7JqFwBbr_15ZQGomyp366rR0Hx8IYKCjXOpL4jgHo9llkEGrzYzWQ09zmUr6vFAI7kOYSaog/w400-h400/15.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Caleb, Eli & Thomas are 11 years old!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Well a lot of time has passed since I last posted, more than I intended. Boy life gets busy and the time just slipped away. I could barely remember to take the boys' quarterly pics and sadly they aren't our best work, haha! Anyways a whole year has passed and I'll try to mention the highlights.</span> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZbPj0CTytspl1tnAs4z7MDNgLkG6UpLxsBzzT8KrDZsE4YA8TIs-gRqCxZ2HPXfv6hRfpajO0eTsmkMErtzY9Dl2VORWTdR5lAdQ_M7A0MxQ_3GgUThRnuFKQN38uptCftNwP22cI6M/s2048/14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZbPj0CTytspl1tnAs4z7MDNgLkG6UpLxsBzzT8KrDZsE4YA8TIs-gRqCxZ2HPXfv6hRfpajO0eTsmkMErtzY9Dl2VORWTdR5lAdQ_M7A0MxQ_3GgUThRnuFKQN38uptCftNwP22cI6M/w400-h400/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CET 10 years and 3 months. This was back in December. School was still online which sucked. The hospital I work for announced they had extra COVID vaccine for non essential hospital staff and everyone in my building literally ran to get their vaccine. I was so fortunate to get it so early on. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45oG0RLNJsGJCeG_Vpjr3gGzssC-ZoTi3CBccvXXmgQfK2x4InNrAAEvOKM0EBaLeqUtCEQdVR0ONhRQ9Hd9Ww6Fk1ZG9aTeljZ9TtdQvT0_slGj6bJgNLmAxPyVKvTUIwrWpsCR1tmM/s2048/13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45oG0RLNJsGJCeG_Vpjr3gGzssC-ZoTi3CBccvXXmgQfK2x4InNrAAEvOKM0EBaLeqUtCEQdVR0ONhRQ9Hd9Ww6Fk1ZG9aTeljZ9TtdQvT0_slGj6bJgNLmAxPyVKvTUIwrWpsCR1tmM/w400-h400/13.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CET 10 years and 6 month old. Early spring we rented a little cabin in Bend and had a great time exploring new Oregon territory. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhundwEGRC1Olu0aRoAaCNBekL8z5mCWA4TpgDd9ZiiaSK63YKplQl1kdkEVTBxc14OISGf84A6kI6F5PMG082MbqVdf0qTu9Vbp-6Vj1Q47j5LosIBEgGTuDuUoUIKmJYtyO6_j-Fc_VU/s2048/12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2047" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhundwEGRC1Olu0aRoAaCNBekL8z5mCWA4TpgDd9ZiiaSK63YKplQl1kdkEVTBxc14OISGf84A6kI6F5PMG082MbqVdf0qTu9Vbp-6Vj1Q47j5LosIBEgGTuDuUoUIKmJYtyO6_j-Fc_VU/w400-h400/12.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The boys did flag football in the Spring. I'm not sure who enjoys the games more, the boys or me! They are so fun to watch and they are really quite good at it. The boys also went back to in person school around this time. It was only for a measly two hours a day, four days a week but we took what we could get. Two hours where they actually learned something was better than nothing. </span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP1nzDXhLx6VGiKGnnJPeUkm004RX4Uq179MnVCfMexvp4btLc3Xgncz_xRUEkZ6juw0rKoMogKzzZgGVsrhjPQJrkb7Q3i30IDs-NtyGH7ritTPnNqkIIe25iSjL94FhiOPrhV8raak/s2048/11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP1nzDXhLx6VGiKGnnJPeUkm004RX4Uq179MnVCfMexvp4btLc3Xgncz_xRUEkZ6juw0rKoMogKzzZgGVsrhjPQJrkb7Q3i30IDs-NtyGH7ritTPnNqkIIe25iSjL94FhiOPrhV8raak/w400-h400/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CET 10 years and 9 months old. In June there was an insane heat wave that came to Portland and the surrounding. We're talking 115-120 degrees depending on the area, we rarely get over 100 degrees so you can see how crazy this was. With only a window AC unit we high tailed it to the coast. What a relief, it only got to about 85 degrees there. It was awful inland and sadly many people died from hyperthermia since most people don't have air conditioning : ( </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oqDcZZAC7Sx53rfNbnnx9l7BsOPRCqBwRbKxXA1sGwlTOcjrXWRs-IyDDtF16sLb2wuXuBW624wVN8s9_4nag1RrEZC_5wHCn3aPuLv5l5r3dPdaTNLnZu6gOgNraA1A4bv9qYFxdoY/s2048/10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oqDcZZAC7Sx53rfNbnnx9l7BsOPRCqBwRbKxXA1sGwlTOcjrXWRs-IyDDtF16sLb2wuXuBW624wVN8s9_4nag1RrEZC_5wHCn3aPuLv5l5r3dPdaTNLnZu6gOgNraA1A4bv9qYFxdoY/w400-h300/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have done a lot of fishing during the pandemic!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_ma2pJp4TNYPBkETiuu6jsgixG7WH2hY4WdpXzGTYu-qfiWkTC2d3bS8ihCPWOAkWNqL7g-dv-PXum79MjSlr9BgF6GKpUrLOl8iqzkC9JjZcVJyAj0TYaKiM3r0Wa8lCuCM5RJiocc/s2048/9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_ma2pJp4TNYPBkETiuu6jsgixG7WH2hY4WdpXzGTYu-qfiWkTC2d3bS8ihCPWOAkWNqL7g-dv-PXum79MjSlr9BgF6GKpUrLOl8iqzkC9JjZcVJyAj0TYaKiM3r0Wa8lCuCM5RJiocc/w400-h300/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our big summer trip was to Yellowstone, we saw some amazing landscapes! <br />What an incredible place.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRu9MQZnY1k9AQIuibga2Pkbnt4XaZtSANXJ70uDsbPcZscPRSljjBtYkzDzXGVkR8zI0K3tTpkmsgEDP0WdVfMkGDM8AM_wDbYtr1F9JBF7jWNdyyh8kJyjQJMr-MyiFmWEztk7Pvrb0/s2048/8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRu9MQZnY1k9AQIuibga2Pkbnt4XaZtSANXJ70uDsbPcZscPRSljjBtYkzDzXGVkR8zI0K3tTpkmsgEDP0WdVfMkGDM8AM_wDbYtr1F9JBF7jWNdyyh8kJyjQJMr-MyiFmWEztk7Pvrb0/w400-h300/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Besides Yellowstone we camped for a few days in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming. <br />Another incredible place. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rrqDnljPOc5guAj6ytAmiZgIfL48dPFiqnACX4nJEDSddGIXWlKYd3GkwytZXDHyjRSErIOgXW8AitOywuVMByrmThlDvRL579FNfgpmpdzk4gr4FbbcwN7Te_gnG4B5YzaeWaWNP_Q/s2048/7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rrqDnljPOc5guAj6ytAmiZgIfL48dPFiqnACX4nJEDSddGIXWlKYd3GkwytZXDHyjRSErIOgXW8AitOywuVMByrmThlDvRL579FNfgpmpdzk4gr4FbbcwN7Te_gnG4B5YzaeWaWNP_Q/w400-h400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In August my mom came to visit. <br />It was more than a year since we last saw her so it was extra special. We were in Astoria here, where the Goonies was filmed. It was a fun day! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA-rxFe5S0ms9UApvKCOqOIOBe1CGvoZ5DffDFss_Tzv7K6MtM7J-mvTfPgvqKPnLa26p7o8t5o2LzuSkYvLEcIMBZNFtelNf7BRjopswbd0bdjMfeMMVq2vS_-OiBWs7I8XL113EGmw/s2048/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA-rxFe5S0ms9UApvKCOqOIOBe1CGvoZ5DffDFss_Tzv7K6MtM7J-mvTfPgvqKPnLa26p7o8t5o2LzuSkYvLEcIMBZNFtelNf7BRjopswbd0bdjMfeMMVq2vS_-OiBWs7I8XL113EGmw/w400-h400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another special visit was from Phil's two aunts. We had a great time with them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBSK8aT-nmAnIRFDx9IJtWA5QKQcN49elJ4zWhq98We6xm1jI5dFiRRjBTD1EgYu4ctQRRVNRbwSNbQb-RQQmXWCSDgSzW1xp4K0-oD-P80jeXY8CgurvY0ZD_f3W7eQ-9SSnnmBllec/s2048/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBSK8aT-nmAnIRFDx9IJtWA5QKQcN49elJ4zWhq98We6xm1jI5dFiRRjBTD1EgYu4ctQRRVNRbwSNbQb-RQQmXWCSDgSzW1xp4K0-oD-P80jeXY8CgurvY0ZD_f3W7eQ-9SSnnmBllec/w400-h400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First day of 5th grade. Going back full time, woohoo! Our local COVID numbers actually went down in the weeks after school started. It was what I had hoped for, going back to school safely! Everyone wears masks plus some other safe guards. Only a handful of cases where a student got it elsewhere and didn't spread it to their classmates. None of us have gotten COVID so far and hoping to get the boys vaccinated as soon as we get approval for those under 12.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyiP9gKAmlSLP62hK5PdWIfFIuMe_YcW2_mZNXIqcWmKZWttczYnT0s-tDc9V5mIqD2TkxsN601rHhOMu5iWqL2LYCUoVPj6CQqh6-EjvU1GkkZ_PVwrBTWhn72l253lSvHDgA7sOOsE/s1913/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1913" data-original-width="1913" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyiP9gKAmlSLP62hK5PdWIfFIuMe_YcW2_mZNXIqcWmKZWttczYnT0s-tDc9V5mIqD2TkxsN601rHhOMu5iWqL2LYCUoVPj6CQqh6-EjvU1GkkZ_PVwrBTWhn72l253lSvHDgA7sOOsE/w400-h400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Caleb's 5th grade school picture. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4NuVCD-XKGnzUXGxURaLgjmNo_h9BJ9XafGAXPfdr8vx8-A2L63A-wvRSMGMQk4tyPIh7oQpwc_jAbaP32v9s_MZtkEMlThg1AU1FN8C3AR0CjJiQOPhrOm5GU1uB0uZ8J2XrK5z7o0/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4NuVCD-XKGnzUXGxURaLgjmNo_h9BJ9XafGAXPfdr8vx8-A2L63A-wvRSMGMQk4tyPIh7oQpwc_jAbaP32v9s_MZtkEMlThg1AU1FN8C3AR0CjJiQOPhrOm5GU1uB0uZ8J2XrK5z7o0/w400-h400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eli's 5th grade school picture. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM-zeinRs0anVxoTc6FwPRgWE3s-Ucv-nl4LrJYLQCUCHkllE7Cn17KHoBxIfNO-Dr0F9wknsVBJU4uYkj0rffYJDKUZMCX4IK5qIiyKx7E4jZEHFM3V9_Uwy4F6Yc9Y3ScwHz9VUcSU/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM-zeinRs0anVxoTc6FwPRgWE3s-Ucv-nl4LrJYLQCUCHkllE7Cn17KHoBxIfNO-Dr0F9wknsVBJU4uYkj0rffYJDKUZMCX4IK5qIiyKx7E4jZEHFM3V9_Uwy4F6Yc9Y3ScwHz9VUcSU/w400-h400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thomas' 5th grade school picture. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduS_fN-NiivKu4eLmpp70haXsAv32To8I-aOb961dZaEeGj2UGOMeYKUSPSw_F5YBa3E-TtogZYqNOW13LZxGvGfyRrcq8H4b6b3xn3ud65oXIRBMRMsRDjrXqNJjM-tyP58euaTdqjs/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1678" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduS_fN-NiivKu4eLmpp70haXsAv32To8I-aOb961dZaEeGj2UGOMeYKUSPSw_F5YBa3E-TtogZYqNOW13LZxGvGfyRrcq8H4b6b3xn3ud65oXIRBMRMsRDjrXqNJjM-tyP58euaTdqjs/w400-h328/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Obligatory 11 year couch picture! <br />Till next year, take care!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-51631841057502470732020-12-20T16:33:00.000-08:002020-12-20T16:33:24.811-08:00Personalities 10.0 (10 Years Old!)<p>It's a long one, gotta make up for my lack of posts in the last few months, ha!<br /> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVXxxOzIiDv_vlcLQJtfUEV0Ind1d9_7oTn5SUCP_aMudNgJ35AnIM4Oa7vTTKL4cJYbPSZH6wuBPg8r3YWnRN4ECwc0POtxRYOj6ow1jffcNyWitEWXywu0WvLQgFITcieSb_6ljxUU/s2048/10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1942" data-original-width="2048" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVXxxOzIiDv_vlcLQJtfUEV0Ind1d9_7oTn5SUCP_aMudNgJ35AnIM4Oa7vTTKL4cJYbPSZH6wuBPg8r3YWnRN4ECwc0POtxRYOj6ow1jffcNyWitEWXywu0WvLQgFITcieSb_6ljxUU/w400-h379/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CET turned 10 years old!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9ofMqCqV7N5kUf_mjLcLekAh2tcp7Bun2Co81t0xdzCRL0A719iTK0KulwycuA39soPNCJd89kxxaiV-5-SdmHP4mptvUxEgwVFZpUg5xKlHktywG3SMXYsj9ZiYJgLsoHvg9Nay2ZQ/s2048/9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1697" data-original-width="2048" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9ofMqCqV7N5kUf_mjLcLekAh2tcp7Bun2Co81t0xdzCRL0A719iTK0KulwycuA39soPNCJd89kxxaiV-5-SdmHP4mptvUxEgwVFZpUg5xKlHktywG3SMXYsj9ZiYJgLsoHvg9Nay2ZQ/w400-h331/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatory couch photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It's been a little while since the boys turned 10 (end of September). A whole lot of nothing has happened since then, haha! Well maybe a whole lot of boredom. Ok I'm exaggerating a bit...Since my last post we've had a couple of small adventures that included a 3-day vacation to the coast and a dangerously crowded trip to a corn maze (fully regret! thankfully nobody got the 'rona). Yup that's all. A few weeks ago our COVID numbers were getting too high and some new stay-at-home orders were put in place for our county. The funny or sad thing about it is that as I read the list of restrictions I thought to my self, well that doesn't change anything AT ALL! Like we seriously are living as carefully as possible (except for the corn maze, ha!). <p></p><p><span> So the school year started and we quickly found out that there was no way we could keep up with the boys assignments (on average they completed 30 out of 150 when we checked in with the teacher mid November). I barely have time to cook dinner every night let alone hand-hold three boys through all of the assignments they were getting. After some thought and sacrifice ($$$) we were able to hire our friends 16 year old son to tutor the boys. He comes three days a week and helps them with their assignments and when the weather allows he takes them to the park for some fun. I gotta say it's been magical to have him as their tutor. This has been so good for the boys mental health. They really look up to him and get very excited on the days he comes over. I mean the poor things are home 24/7 with no other human contact besides their lame parents. So another human coming to the house has been VERY good for them and of course for their school work as well. But seriously though can we all just stop pretending that kids are learning anything from online school? I mean unless they have a fully invested and present adult to keep them on track every hour if not minute of the day it's next to impossible at this age. I just hope their book knowledge is at a plateau and not in a decline until they can get back to real school. Someday...</span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNUhu1V9aM_xgM6Zn91-3Y1t545ODdnm9em6tYbzy7QJpZCrRJHkzfIHQogizzTguftPaxQgKbnK2jZZDVlQ-Eg4M0j3SJJ-5QHd3ujG2Zy7jFl_v_M4LXGIobXk4_BmI1rtwoABHRV4/s2048/8.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1555" data-original-width="2048" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNUhu1V9aM_xgM6Zn91-3Y1t545ODdnm9em6tYbzy7QJpZCrRJHkzfIHQogizzTguftPaxQgKbnK2jZZDVlQ-Eg4M0j3SJJ-5QHd3ujG2Zy7jFl_v_M4LXGIobXk4_BmI1rtwoABHRV4/w400-h304/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the coast in October, we love flannel!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5F5pNnezBlsJoMOplkqzRZLnysWz-O05yxGJBEOcPf3g2YMBK7i1n9YVLCu8DzOrWOA-v8w8_nf1vhW5DtI79FdxQYq3ZW8rYpweLFjVZUkPYIer9Ymn2vx7JkSq1OwVF2ZnthY2j1z4/s2048/7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2048" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5F5pNnezBlsJoMOplkqzRZLnysWz-O05yxGJBEOcPf3g2YMBK7i1n9YVLCu8DzOrWOA-v8w8_nf1vhW5DtI79FdxQYq3ZW8rYpweLFjVZUkPYIer9Ymn2vx7JkSq1OwVF2ZnthY2j1z4/w400-h386/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh haircuts!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />So I was flipping through the blog and noticed I never posted the boys' 3rd grade pictures from last year. Since the kids are doing online school this year I did my own at home school pictures. Below you can see how good my in-door photography skills are, haha!<p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>PERSONALITIES 10.0</b></span><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4FhHd7e4U8YIvA6du_R3vJ46ZBms0gkmtLvBHwOVDyzYEA7Pc-s2OMYEkGxIspCAjWMalX0rkvVL3YKVFeZzwVIAu383HfPMDHnAwohWBMPCMQTkvKiwLh8I8nTgJKMeY0y2kTOWiaY/s2048/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4FhHd7e4U8YIvA6du_R3vJ46ZBms0gkmtLvBHwOVDyzYEA7Pc-s2OMYEkGxIspCAjWMalX0rkvVL3YKVFeZzwVIAu383HfPMDHnAwohWBMPCMQTkvKiwLh8I8nTgJKMeY0y2kTOWiaY/w320-h400/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caleb 3rd Grade</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbiq9mbIRAqwHdbJ5jzQxJfgoXKcXEFNXkrlbJawfD68sjmLsaUKb3bsic5R9kKVlWU0J-6yQX_jf4QHDmUndnlSFk7FBpgqWdbMQFqS6J4BhLuD5tXTJQkxCbswteGaWSGlmWOecZX0/s2048/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbiq9mbIRAqwHdbJ5jzQxJfgoXKcXEFNXkrlbJawfD68sjmLsaUKb3bsic5R9kKVlWU0J-6yQX_jf4QHDmUndnlSFk7FBpgqWdbMQFqS6J4BhLuD5tXTJQkxCbswteGaWSGlmWOecZX0/w300-h400/5.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caleb 4th Grade</td></tr></tbody></table>Caleb is my snuggly boy and stands out from his brothers so much more. He's laid back and likes to take the easy way when possible. Caleb is always excited to know what I'm making for dinner, he loves to eat! He is the biggest fan of my cooking and tells me I make delicious food. But every now and then I make something not so good and he'll be very vocal about it, ha! He loves to chat and says some very silly things, I wrote some down:<div><br /></div><div>We were talking about how un-snuggable Thomas is (more on that later) and Caleb, gold star snuggler, says as if giving advice to his brother "you have to act squishy."</div><div><br /></div><div>His aunt sent him and his brother some masks in the mail and Caleb barely looking up from his video game says, "Oh good now I can go to the gym."</div><div><br /></div><div>"Why is it that when people are gonna die they tells their secrets?"</div><div><br /></div><div>Looking down at his chest he says, "I have blended chichis (nipples)."<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"I saw an alfredo papi, you know an alfredo." Dad replies, "do you mean an Alpha Romero?" "Yes papi."</div><div><br /></div><div>At his 10 year check up Caleb weighed in at 65.7 lbs and stands 52.2 inches tall. I was surprised to find out he jumped from the 10th percentile to the 16th percentile. Looks like he's on track to be 5'7" just like his dad. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjv14Pigxt7Ubrrz6gjYXAiNyDJFyAaAxiq7jFWCAGQcTQrm3vxV8SjlOATQdp6WnLW6ny9uVUZqaECA390n3Ece6bFqTLNFpuJa2fI6oY_7O5DXRYTWEYFWzi-FqpjBgp3xMQ1NrOfes/s2048/4.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjv14Pigxt7Ubrrz6gjYXAiNyDJFyAaAxiq7jFWCAGQcTQrm3vxV8SjlOATQdp6WnLW6ny9uVUZqaECA390n3Ece6bFqTLNFpuJa2fI6oY_7O5DXRYTWEYFWzi-FqpjBgp3xMQ1NrOfes/w320-h400/4.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eli 3rd Grade</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2AKWsBNXF5hti_ReX8QSVSqcpnBRZ9K70i9prvwMH1tFyF5O9qr_o0llEA23zlXnED3QHRivau12rhEYH_4gc39SJTihLDIOMUqF93fVndRn54V6TxnsqCQ4iM-G4lyjlq0rn44LwiM/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2AKWsBNXF5hti_ReX8QSVSqcpnBRZ9K70i9prvwMH1tFyF5O9qr_o0llEA23zlXnED3QHRivau12rhEYH_4gc39SJTihLDIOMUqF93fVndRn54V6TxnsqCQ4iM-G4lyjlq0rn44LwiM/w300-h400/3.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eli 4th Grade</td></tr></tbody></table>Eli is quick witted and always a loud voice in this house. Always bargaining or trying to make me compromise. We call him "mom" sometimes because well he seems to think he's the mom. He calls out his brothers for breaking the rules and talks to me about what should and shouldn't be a rule. Eli has been pretty sweet lately, making sure he says thank you when I do nice things for him (all three have not had a good track record of this). Eli has lots of emotions lately usually over dumb stuff like video games or not being able to find his tablet to play video games. Recently he said something that made us all laugh, he asked if we could watch "The Golden Garry's." He mixed The Golden Girls and The Goldberg's but he meant the latter, ha! He was a pretty good sport and laughed about it himself. At his 10 year check up Eli weighed in at 60.4 lbs and 51.2 inches tall, he also jumped a few percentile points. From the 4th percentile to the 8th percentile. He's a light weight but I think he'll grow up to be pretty close to 5'7" as well. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3M9_YkpveA5Uer6mz6YbH1zDBqqRb8MxqmtYRL1uBNkAxvUMgUKWPf-VV23tyKkQ_KgGSEEZdF05TG7YrtoElacczToK3-qJ-wrwwyKD1j5SnTlCag-UARG0bX7DmLtVsVk5rV4KFJ0/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3M9_YkpveA5Uer6mz6YbH1zDBqqRb8MxqmtYRL1uBNkAxvUMgUKWPf-VV23tyKkQ_KgGSEEZdF05TG7YrtoElacczToK3-qJ-wrwwyKD1j5SnTlCag-UARG0bX7DmLtVsVk5rV4KFJ0/w320-h400/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas 3rd Grade</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtDv2GsGBCFhJosG1_t2BFnVc8t28c5JgmfpGXTBqx_EGi5rD_h61xuIXnxL4tRBH6aUgd8AP_OZ6VfscOSnGcyT3NN13D3xL2uns9MqkgoBx4u3cHZQqTY407v2dswL0MFva-VEChXk/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtDv2GsGBCFhJosG1_t2BFnVc8t28c5JgmfpGXTBqx_EGi5rD_h61xuIXnxL4tRBH6aUgd8AP_OZ6VfscOSnGcyT3NN13D3xL2uns9MqkgoBx4u3cHZQqTY407v2dswL0MFva-VEChXk/w300-h400/1.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas 4th Grade</td></tr></tbody></table>Thomas is a boy of few words that listens to his mom like a good boy should. I don't have to negotiate, beg or plead to get him to do what I ask of him like I do with his brothers. He doesn't crave attention like Caleb and Eli do. I try to snuggle him at times and the boy just doesn't tolerate it for more than a minute. Thomas is smart and loves to be around his family. At his check up he weighed in at 63.4 lbs and stood 51.6 inches tall. He went from the 6th percentile to the 11th percentile. Right in-between his two brothers. He's also on track to reach dad's height, all three will tower over me, ha!</div><div><br /></div><div>The boys as a group are becoming more independent. The latest thing they are doing is cooking for themselves. They make eggs, quesadillas, and grilled cheese sandwiches. It's a big weight off our shoulders just to tell them to go make something when they complain that they're hungry. It's pretty cool to see them need you less and less. <br /></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-85147601244402366482020-09-12T14:09:00.000-07:002020-09-12T14:09:37.199-07:00Summer 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPb7Tl8cO-oHjAsMo60B0uXxVpe9aJZdLFwEfZfg7zuSQwnlxA4pkpWjgDIQXklIO1_7Ni6ksM6l6mcyrWSxQwZC0KXIOG1VywD8lrbA30CQGZwdbrJ_LXkIeywaDlrsortaAhlJOsKFc/s2048/30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPb7Tl8cO-oHjAsMo60B0uXxVpe9aJZdLFwEfZfg7zuSQwnlxA4pkpWjgDIQXklIO1_7Ni6ksM6l6mcyrWSxQwZC0KXIOG1VywD8lrbA30CQGZwdbrJ_LXkIeywaDlrsortaAhlJOsKFc/w500-h375/30.jpg" title="CET 9 yrs and 9 mo" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">CET 9 yrs and 9 mo</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYDWQ32bqPX2ZmgVFgBnxf_SI07yDbx1DvJj-IUTkjpxF2LlJWPvw0BQEj1wWZQwNUwsGnZOzAcJNmq90Vyb-qcOyvbT7sl4Dz8huQhyXEwpLb9akj_Szm1O7OjEjUl5buAZyBCIJj3E/s2048/29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYDWQ32bqPX2ZmgVFgBnxf_SI07yDbx1DvJj-IUTkjpxF2LlJWPvw0BQEj1wWZQwNUwsGnZOzAcJNmq90Vyb-qcOyvbT7sl4Dz8huQhyXEwpLb9akj_Szm1O7OjEjUl5buAZyBCIJj3E/w500-h375/29.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since the boys literally had no human contact except for Phil and I for months on end and not to mention we had among the lowest COVID19 rates in the country (and still do, woohoo!). We started off the summer by visiting my mom and sister in CA. The boys spent two, much deserved, weeks with a change of scenery. Phil and I didn't do much back at home since everything was still very much in shutdown mode, but it was a nice break from child rearing, ha!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-WPgXVgbcbWYcQ2oQFtn5pMYSkc1QkRtoMBlajn6fr4H-ZoZqm3zSUpaofteXnDkDmlIQTiJwR6GXft52x2NgZoOS1Mzt0z7uHms640RWIyTilQT3TgufsRQFCN2sbREYKh1w4ulYSw/s2048/28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-WPgXVgbcbWYcQ2oQFtn5pMYSkc1QkRtoMBlajn6fr4H-ZoZqm3zSUpaofteXnDkDmlIQTiJwR6GXft52x2NgZoOS1Mzt0z7uHms640RWIyTilQT3TgufsRQFCN2sbREYKh1w4ulYSw/w500-h375/28.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On a day that was going to be 100F in Portland we escaped to the beach were it was 86F! The hottest we've ever experienced on the coast. You are lucky when it gets to 75F. The water was still of course ice cold but we'll take it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SKTkrUz3Alji4gUJEpU_V6vSRiMCZ9ChFl9HonWQkMKgjltMsYGz91H3h3Nc2yHhINWvk0AxckZYo4O85_Q0zozX7GOMqeElTwEK9InYABjynf-TGLTGiLV3bRT5S5y6zyn_bejFs9M/s2048/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SKTkrUz3Alji4gUJEpU_V6vSRiMCZ9ChFl9HonWQkMKgjltMsYGz91H3h3Nc2yHhINWvk0AxckZYo4O85_Q0zozX7GOMqeElTwEK9InYABjynf-TGLTGiLV3bRT5S5y6zyn_bejFs9M/w500-h375/27.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">CET turned 9 yrs and 10 mo old while we were camping in eastern Oregon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgM6hjZLhUVGyEvSjYp2zpneYL7tNajdZTwN8bj5juMAS8oT1Ij58Bn2UZZjzbnrAaOT5cx0WzwDTBNvRpT0-KsH6BFEPJTxpafSm6CKiPE1CuRrjMKRNdTBu8M9lfv27QW_PiEhohUM/s1920/26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgM6hjZLhUVGyEvSjYp2zpneYL7tNajdZTwN8bj5juMAS8oT1Ij58Bn2UZZjzbnrAaOT5cx0WzwDTBNvRpT0-KsH6BFEPJTxpafSm6CKiPE1CuRrjMKRNdTBu8M9lfv27QW_PiEhohUM/w500-h375/26.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZmXRnLDcEgbdgOSVvcUyDfIaGMN9Gt-PULVfmGI16v8TB4x2XPDdZQho-bthf7bx30fx8PIpRoIELpkYC8IKcnZnF_6A9Mkrxpsy4GMY8PKGdBAuabj2091fGKnxAdUknsVC13Eq-DA/s1920/25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZmXRnLDcEgbdgOSVvcUyDfIaGMN9Gt-PULVfmGI16v8TB4x2XPDdZQho-bthf7bx30fx8PIpRoIELpkYC8IKcnZnF_6A9Mkrxpsy4GMY8PKGdBAuabj2091fGKnxAdUknsVC13Eq-DA/w500-h375/25.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_2xGD0rTEfkABI4ZkoLHcjc13uuvZakH5_3womi-vj5KaEXtRYxPfC56LBoSe8WtaAFgoBYMaoisT0RACA6CPDImDfSjCU1HHaBvrCt6JfDsKqVXD-5rWgSCI8FNtGnRYjTkKd15mQk/s1920/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_2xGD0rTEfkABI4ZkoLHcjc13uuvZakH5_3womi-vj5KaEXtRYxPfC56LBoSe8WtaAFgoBYMaoisT0RACA6CPDImDfSjCU1HHaBvrCt6JfDsKqVXD-5rWgSCI8FNtGnRYjTkKd15mQk/w500-h375/24.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankfully we camped near a lake because it was over 100F! The boys played their little hearts out for 5 hours straight here. They were exhausted afterwards, ha!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWCc2eF-2_o7VFTMm7Ew1TA9x8krMWBTQtJN94kPbxMab5IJ6PB2nPGm9VxG1Po1DTx1TYww0jsgbfFD2xJoEjOCQMrdfQbrOr6OqaWJKW-6AYGPtguPzIT883bL2xIVfmQyz3MoqWJo/s2048/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWCc2eF-2_o7VFTMm7Ew1TA9x8krMWBTQtJN94kPbxMab5IJ6PB2nPGm9VxG1Po1DTx1TYww0jsgbfFD2xJoEjOCQMrdfQbrOr6OqaWJKW-6AYGPtguPzIT883bL2xIVfmQyz3MoqWJo/w500-h375/23.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We canceled our big international trip due to the pandy (aka the pandemic). So we planned another big trip! First stop Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. We only planned to camp here for one night on our way east because we hadn't realized how beautiful it is here. We'll definitely be back and I can't believe it's only 6 hours from Portland, like why didn't anyone tell me about this place before!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbagidm364jYcLHUYjt3wutC4pYs1fdLYnEGvnlptUpTirLtWxxYYqIHVgqCTvVJBP-_qpNLxYPpDCkz0ZnKrxx6pK5opfBj4iVXfcpW8XXGdQ4AfgCafDj4rUN-LY_PGkc5lSUJ10eU/s2048/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbagidm364jYcLHUYjt3wutC4pYs1fdLYnEGvnlptUpTirLtWxxYYqIHVgqCTvVJBP-_qpNLxYPpDCkz0ZnKrxx6pK5opfBj4iVXfcpW8XXGdQ4AfgCafDj4rUN-LY_PGkc5lSUJ10eU/w500-h375/22.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">CET turned 9 yrs and 11 mo old in Glacier National Park!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a long hike we did to Hidden Lake. It was breathtaking how beautiful it was here. Phil and Eli caught some huge trout in that lake. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ1bKsQniiXfTjKiGei9o8nT7vVWMoUYhNF2d_K6o0DKAsb1cbD0CtlxqLkQgAKCEvIHsnb-MqYt42IGdT8bwYoGcupxSSx1eKGnnjH_Yh2dRhF-r28mKMmBQeGCd-EKPIzcOOIGC9Hc/s2048/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ1bKsQniiXfTjKiGei9o8nT7vVWMoUYhNF2d_K6o0DKAsb1cbD0CtlxqLkQgAKCEvIHsnb-MqYt42IGdT8bwYoGcupxSSx1eKGnnjH_Yh2dRhF-r28mKMmBQeGCd-EKPIzcOOIGC9Hc/w500-h375/21.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>We explored and fished a river in the Park. They say this is big sky country and it really does seem like the sky is so much bigger than normal!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYWuU9SS6hHMHkCIQCM4Ok8rJfOKVKXsfL8HXgj_aniAt8EaovKXeLzJsLt38V5BzPT_95DBOi3DofI_2fsqW1Qtjf5Obupk4M32w0yjPeuauZS2_w8VK6qUt0V97tS1D7EJraZKR6LY/s2048/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYWuU9SS6hHMHkCIQCM4Ok8rJfOKVKXsfL8HXgj_aniAt8EaovKXeLzJsLt38V5BzPT_95DBOi3DofI_2fsqW1Qtjf5Obupk4M32w0yjPeuauZS2_w8VK6qUt0V97tS1D7EJraZKR6LY/w375-h500/20.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went backpacking just outside of Glacier. We trekked through the densest brush ever but we finally made it after 3 miles straight uphill. Caleb and I joked that it felt like 7 miles!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCaQCQfkCmEZA5iwyEPze8xIrw0916Pa6JiGHLp0lhoKcSHoxaMDlQ_ZJoZTfRF4XH3gx09j1oajp_bizhPg74OVqvMuS2yN50ZoVDpHXtf6FKnn815zGpqC6rtFq36lAABvezc0DygE/s2048/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCaQCQfkCmEZA5iwyEPze8xIrw0916Pa6JiGHLp0lhoKcSHoxaMDlQ_ZJoZTfRF4XH3gx09j1oajp_bizhPg74OVqvMuS2yN50ZoVDpHXtf6FKnn815zGpqC6rtFq36lAABvezc0DygE/w375-h500/19.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caleb was the keeper of one of our bear sprays, he carried it around the whole time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank goodness we never saw a single bear, I was so paranoid!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJAtN_XSkp28gxzSE4Hhm9e0lFYpH5rM7XRLPGmzSUKovRCHsAH6rbQOldGAaQeq5G4l7EQNbT8Uf-CuCfkVvhvHw7dkQuXeHuvMG6F_Bzu8wbnRjm26ctPHK1tofBm54W9OLqEw49ZU/s2048/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJAtN_XSkp28gxzSE4Hhm9e0lFYpH5rM7XRLPGmzSUKovRCHsAH6rbQOldGAaQeq5G4l7EQNbT8Uf-CuCfkVvhvHw7dkQuXeHuvMG6F_Bzu8wbnRjm26ctPHK1tofBm54W9OLqEw49ZU/w500-h281/18.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Montana spoiled us, the boys and Phil caught so many fish!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcdGjx5gzIMKUOiIC3x6eXIh_az6eW8B44dhmpBVzsrWh4oA5qmwYkch3-PISiKsG9uYqW-uom_b15rfphLZBAFt-cxlwzYKU8TAwpq0EoW1jZCAIAjsHiXXNNYBY1GmD2DqG2NBWRFM/s2048/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcdGjx5gzIMKUOiIC3x6eXIh_az6eW8B44dhmpBVzsrWh4oA5qmwYkch3-PISiKsG9uYqW-uom_b15rfphLZBAFt-cxlwzYKU8TAwpq0EoW1jZCAIAjsHiXXNNYBY1GmD2DqG2NBWRFM/w500-h375/17.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We practically had this whole lake to ourselves.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-f1fmRD_co2PmTwpw8wx8GXeYzR6Gr_QCSURw_MZRyFRl-jAabGIf7xlY8APiHrEbhw3205eqQQk-DW43p2vV12jFKm2Z9ccwUyJPU1JwnTsfZk4zLGFDsTfsa_WR_Mv8OhLgZqrSw6Y/s2048/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-f1fmRD_co2PmTwpw8wx8GXeYzR6Gr_QCSURw_MZRyFRl-jAabGIf7xlY8APiHrEbhw3205eqQQk-DW43p2vV12jFKm2Z9ccwUyJPU1JwnTsfZk4zLGFDsTfsa_WR_Mv8OhLgZqrSw6Y/w500-h375/16.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">First day of virtual learning. It barely deserves a picture, ha! I couldn't even bring myself to write out "First day of 4th Grade." All it deserved was a 4. Here we go again with this nonsense...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I feel like we made the most of this summer and had a lot of fun outdoors all while avoiding "the sickness." It scares me to think what winter will be like when we can't go outside as much as we want. Our COVID19 rates here in Oregon are doing so well and if they go even lower there is a chance they could actually go back to in person learning. But with cold and flu season coming I just don't see this happening. It's going to be a tough next season in all respects so I'm glad we did so much this summer!</div><p></p>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-69045506440873532752020-06-05T16:45:00.000-07:002020-06-05T16:45:12.910-07:00Corona Madness part 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 9 years and 7 months old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 9 years and 8 months old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flirting with danger, that cat will turn on you when you least expect it, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Online school. <br />Don't let this picture fool you, "virtual school" ended up being a total joke!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">TEC on a little nature adventure</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A bit of French baking with Caleb</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where is my third child, those feet are too far <br />away to belong to either of those two boys?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh that explains things, haha! <br />Let me tell you, they all love to share the same bed and <br />most of the time I can't see where the third kid is!</span></td></tr>
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We started online "virtual" school shortly after my last post back in late March. At the time I thought my attempts to home school were less than great but after going through almost two months of online school, which is mandatory by the way, I have to give myself more credit, ha! Two hours a day with the teacher and a few random assignments. None of the kids are doing the assignments because they are far too young for this type of learning. There is a huge disconnect between the teacher and the parents. I ask the kids what their assignments are and none of them know whats going on. Then there are so many different platforms for the assignments like Khan Academy, Raz Kids, Common Lit, Google Classrooms. There needs to be regular updates to the parents about what assignments need to be done and where so that we can enforce them. But at this point I'm thinking this year is a wash and what's the point in complaining to the teacher, she's probably more frazzled than I am. No one signed up for this. I wish I could just home school the boys by myself but of course I really couldn't have since it was mandatory they do the online version. Plus I'm back at work so I also don't have the time to do it...and don't get me started on the teacher furloughs...actually yes I will...<div>
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With two hours of instruction each day how much preparation and grading where the teachers really needing and doing? My guess is not much so they are probably really only working a fraction of 40 hours/week. Then they furloughed the teachers to 4/5 time, which sucks I totally get it, especially when you consider the insane backlog Oregon's employment office has. But instead of continuing with things the way they were they cut out Friday instruction! There is already so little learning going on and you go and cut out an entire day, so ridiculous! ...But then again everything is a mess, ugh!</div>
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I feel bad for kids with all this isolation. At least Phil and I get to keep busy with work, grocery shopping and cooking but the poor kids don't have a lot going on. I have them signed up for three weeks of private sports camps later this summer and I'm really hoping those don't get canceled but we shall see. </div>
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Anyways, just venting here. We are trying hard to follow all the rules but it's just all around a crappy situation we all are in. On the bright side we are looking forward to camping soon like it was an international vacation, haha! </div>
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Oh how the times have changed my friends! At the start of it I thought it was just like every other years epidemic, Ebola, SARS, Swine, Avian, West Nile etc. Never did I expect to be on "lock down" or "shelter in place" nor had I really ever heard those phrases before. The first big blow for us was when they announced that school was letting out a week before spring break. I thought ok I can deal with this but then soon after it was extended to May 1st (as if they'll even go back by then, I'm not holding my breath).<br />
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I was getting prepared to work evenings and weekends because of the whole school situation when I learned of another new term "modified operations," (I work for a hospital). And I guess there are different levels of modified operations, 1-4. Because I'm not as essential worker, at level 1 I was to curtail working as much as possible. If I can work from home I was to do that (I can do maybe 10% of my job from home). I was also not to start anything new so I could decrease my presence in our building. We had a week of this then we went to level 2, which meant to "shut everything down" that could be shut down and only keep going the most essential critical things (which amounts to a task that one person/day can handle, out of dozens of workers). Also we should expect to reach level 3 or 4 soon. The hospital has also been recruiting research assistants, like myself to help with COVID-19 testing which I volunteered to do if they want me. I'm on their list but not sure I'll be drafted but I'm ready, able and willing should they call!<br />
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Phil by the way has a very work-from-home friendly job (architect) so he's been home most days and only goes to the office one or two day a week. The kids have been good, I've been keeping them busy. Once I found out they'd be out of school indefinitely I came up with my own curriculum to keep their minds from deteriorating. We do a good 2-3 hours of hard work each day which includes mostly reading and writing assignments. We're also working on memorizing our times tables. I am not a teacher nor would I be a good one if I tried so I think this is sufficient for now. The kids seem challenged and haven't complained too much so I'm happy with that. I also make sure they do chores everyday and get outside as much as possible. The rain has been quite challenging. </div>
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It was a rough start for myself, lots of bored over-eating and online impulse-shopping, the sales need to STOP!! My returns pile is out of control. I was able to over come both by reading the endless corona virus articles and watching the endless news updates, yes that's much healthier, ha! I also used to enjoy grocery shopping but a deep sense of dread flows over me every time I need to do it. I was not one of those crazed TP hoarders, which btw I just don't get? You can't eat toilet paper!!! You can always improvise or take a shower! If I had to choose to hoard anything it would be rice and beans, all else would be icing on the cake. Thankfully, I love a full pantry so I always have plenty of my Costco favorites but that only covers some of the basics like soap, peanut butter, fizzy water, rice, coffee, etc. I still need to do weekly shopping trips for our fresh produce, meats, milk, bread and the like. I never know what the grocery store will be out of and it's different every week which makes meal planning impossible! One week all out of meat/seafood/chicken and eggs. So the next week, I plan pasta-centric dinners and guess what they were all out of? Not one single box. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">First week of quarantine the weather was fantastic! <br />Then the rain came back with a vengeance : (</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The boys are obsessed with the new show Lego Masters (a reality competition show, it's on Hulu). They watch each episode at least 10 times each. Before the show their giant Lego pile went mostly un-played with. Such a good hobby especially now that we have no where to go, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">They created a building being taken over by a giant spider, <br />I was impressed with everything that is going on here : )</span></td></tr>
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Now some meme's that have made me laugh! If you obsessively scroll through your phone too then you've probably already seen these, haha!<div>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-54855462723121601922020-03-06T16:29:00.002-08:002020-03-06T16:29:50.661-08:00Personalities 9.0<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Caleb </span></b>(yellow in pic)<br />
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Kid I would most like to snuggle. Caleb is definitely my son. We're cut out of the same cloth. We both tend towards inactivity, we laugh at the same stuff & jokes, we both LOVE to eat and we take our relaxing seriously! He says some funny things and he can be quite philosophical: </div>
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"Pie (3.14...) is like the junior infinity" (sooo deep, ha!)</div>
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"Why is that smoker so big" (referring to a cigar)</div>
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"Look at that cool musky papi" (instead of Mustang)</div>
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"Could we get some rib?" (the boy likes ribs)</div>
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"Could we have a stand and sell stuff like rib?" (he continues to call it rib and not ribs and we refuse to correct him)<br />
"Papi when did you get appertized?" (instead of baptized)</div>
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"Inside out burger" (In n out burger)</div>
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"How much big foots are in the world?"</div>
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"I saw a license plate from Jewish" (New Jersey maybe?)</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Eli </span></b>(blue in pic)</div>
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Kid I would most like to play a game with. He's a strict rule follower and if his brothers are not involved he is a good sport if he loses. Definitely his father's son, really athletic and into being the best he can be. He's a spokesman and negotiator. He says some funny stuff too: </div>
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"We drew him with a smoker in his mouth" (instead of cigarette)</div>
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In the car we're all talking about McDonald's breakfast sandwiches...</div>
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Eli: "Is breakfast burger really good?"</div>
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Me: What do you mean, the chicken biscuit?"</div>
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Eli: "No is breakfast burger really good?"</div>
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Me: (silence)....<br />
Phil: (silence)...</div>
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Eli: "On the Steelers!"</div>
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Me & Phil: "Oooh you mean Roethlisberger!"</div>
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Eli: "Yeah!"</div>
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Me: Why do you guys like sleeping in the same bed? Is it because you get cold at night?</div>
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Eli: It's because there's always SO much to talk about" (haha, they're only 9!)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thomas</b></span> (orange in pic)</div>
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Kid I would most like to craft with. The boy is very artistic, when he gets an idea in his head he doesn't stop until it's created, definitely his fathers son! Him and Eli are fierce competitors when it comes to athletics. A bit of a spaz too, it's so hard to get a good snuggle out of this kid cause you just might get wacked in the face, he won't sit still for very long. He's a man of little words so I haven't gotten too many recent funny sayings: </div>
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"I like beef turkey" (instead of beef jerky)</div>
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Me: "Are you looking forward to the new year?"</div>
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Thomas: YES!</div>
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Me: "Wow so excited, why?"</div>
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Thomas: ....forlorn and looking down quietly sighs, "so many things" (had no idea he felt so deeply about 2020, ha!)</div>
JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-37663063840345059762020-02-29T20:41:00.001-08:002020-02-29T20:43:06.270-08:009yr 4 & 5mo!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 9 years and 4 months old!</span></td></tr>
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SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were so so excited for the Superbowl and then so so heartbroken <br />when they lost [insert sobbing and tear wiping]!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Highly anticipating summer, can you guess what these pictures are for : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visited Sisters, Oregon<br />Three sisters in the background and three brothers in the foreground, haha!<br />Phil lost his drivers license, we ate terrible tacos but still managed to have a wonderful time.</span></td></tr>
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The kids started and ended basketball. Was a fun season, the boys got better but also the competition! Here is a little video of Thomas, didn't get the shot but he has impressive moves : )<br />
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-4784265667910395162020-01-04T18:37:00.000-08:002020-01-04T18:37:18.979-08:00Xennial Troubles (9 yrs 2 & 3 mo!)I'm quite behind on updating and I am fully prepared to outline the reasons that I lay blame on!<br />
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1. I've been happily using my Windows 7 dinosaur of a laptop for 8 years but if it wasn't totally packed to the gills I'd still be using it now. So guess what I got during Black Friday? Yes a lovely Windows 10 laptop that is half the price that my dinosaur once was and with twice the memory. This was quite the mountain to climb finding and installing all my old programs (or I guess they call them Apps now, even on computers!) to install. After several 30 minute sessions, because that's all the extra time I have daily, I had to buckle down and dedicate several hour blocks to really get back up to speed...so that took several <strike>weeks</strike> months of procrastination. </div>
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2. Then I smashed my iPhone on the tile floor of my local TJMaxx. Like not one or two cracks through the screen but more like 100. I'd try to use it and would end up with shards of glass on my finger. I'd been meaning to get a new phone anyway so I did. I'd also been meaning to switch from iphone to android, eek! So for the last week I've been decoding my new phone, which has been more of a challenge for me because I use my phone for waaay more than I use my computer. Crazy right?!</div>
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I feel ashamed to be even complaining about this but I am as they call us a Xennial, meaning I had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. So while we're not completely clueless like our parents are, technology doesn't come naturally to us as it does for true millennial's.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The boys are showing off their Black Friday scores. Caleb a legit skateboard, Eli a genuine leather football, and Thomas some weights. I'm quite proud of them because they've been saving up their money for over a year and bought themselves all their little hearts desired. Besides what's in the picture they got football receiver gloves, fitbit watches, and some other sports equipment. </span></td></tr>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-88671117724974408642019-11-22T17:18:00.001-08:002019-11-22T17:24:11.302-08:00Family Pics 2019 (9yr 1mo!)These are a long time coming! Our last professional pictures were taken way back in 2014 when the boys were just shy of 4 years old. I would have done them sooner but the boys lack of cooperation for photos was lacking so I've been afraid to try for years, ha! Well we finally reached a good age where I could fully bribe them with money to cooperate. I promised everyone a crispy ten dollar bill and in return I just want ONE good picture of us all. I was not disappointed! And in case you are looking for a very talented photographer in the Portland area I highly recommend our photographer (<a href="http://www.coffeeandlove.com/">www.coffeeandlove.com</a>), his Instagram handles are <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jrgrdz/">@jrgdz</a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/coffeeand.love/">@coffeeand.love</a><br />
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-37385430224525369232019-10-20T12:54:00.006-07:002019-10-20T13:02:53.814-07:00NINE!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I took the kids to their 9 year well check and they're as healthy as race horses and probably just as fast, haha! Caleb weighed in at 54.7 lbs and 49.85 inches tall. Eli was 53.1 lbs and 49.5 inches tall. And last but not least Thomas was 54.7 lbs and 49.65 inches tall. Our fall birthday is so convenient because we don't have to come back for our flu shots. The boys have always been champs at getting their vaccines. I believe the last time they cried from a shot they were 2 years old! </div>
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As we were leaving the office the nurse walks over to me and hands me a paper and it's one of those developmental checklists or what to expect lists for 9 years old...Wait what?! I seriously haven't seen one of those since the boys were infants! After getting over the fact this actually existed I decided to read through it. To my surprise it describes them to a T! I'll share a few of them, so you as well know what to expect when your kido(s) turns 9, ha!</div>
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<b>-<i>Favors active, highly-charged games and sports</i></b>....boy do they ever, they've recently become obsessed, very obsessed with tackle football, oy!</div>
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<b><i>-Wants to excel in sports and recreational skills</i></b>...for sure! They loooove sports and competition. And they are also really into working out and you'll see them frequently doing pull ups, push ups and lifting dumbbells. They are such dudes and just like their dad!</div>
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<i><b>-Has greater small muscle coordination and better dexterity</b></i>...you wouldn't know this by their terrible handwriting, haha! But I gotta say they can give a great neck & shoulder massage (I pay them in cookies, teehee!).</div>
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<i><b>-Becomes more interested in clothing and appearance</b></i>...yup, I have very little say on what they wear these days : ( Thank goodness for vacations when I do the packing therefore I do the picking, hehe : )</div>
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<i><b>-Laughs at bathroom humor</b></i>...they excel at this one!</div>
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<i><b>-Tends to be critical of self</b></i>...Caleb is showing signs of this when he's having trouble with homework. I was really getting worried about him but glad to know it's normal. The other two boys are less than humble when it comes to admitting they can't do something, ha!</div>
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<i><b>-Wants to talk, dress, and act just like friends</b></i>...oh yes more than ever, and sadly their friends (plus 90% of the boys at school) all dress in athletic wear, ugh, so tacky and over done! Lets not get too comfortable people, what's next pajamas! Sorry not a fan of the look.</div>
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<i><b>-Is involved in informal clubs and small groups of the same sex</b></i>...Check! Since the school year started the boys have been talking about their recess "football team" and they even made themselves buttons to wear that say 'football,' ha!</div>
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<i><b>-Starts to just sit and talk with friends</b></i>...I think multiples start this one way sooner because they've been doing this with their brothers for years now. </div>
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<i><b>-Uses reference books with increasing skill</b></i>...to my surprise one of the boys told me last week that they used a dictionary at school. </div>
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<i><b>-Gets immersed in a hobby or project, then drops it for another</b></i>...Oh yeah!</div>
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<i><b>-May be a perfectionist</b></i>...by their frequent freak outs, I'd say yes. </div>
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We've had an exciting last few weeks! I'll break it down to three parts...it's a long one so grab a glass of wine!</div>
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Even though we tried recruiting <strike>help</strike> friends to come along, it was bad timing for all the backpacking enthusiasts we know. Since the boys are getting bigger and stronger we decided to go for it anyways. The boys carried a lot more weight than years past which helped a ton. Surprisingly we were able to fit everything else we needed in Phil and I's packs and they were reasonably heavy. The only thing cumbersome is our tent situation. We use our old 4 person tent (small dome) that is not made for backpacking but it doesn't weigh a lot and Phil just carries it like a duffel bag. What really helps is that we mostly bring dehydrated meals (they are a great deal at Costco) and we brought very minimal clothes. We upped our hiking game too, in the years past we've only done 1-2 miles each way. This year we did 3 miles and one of those miles was straight uphill! The kids did great but not sure I could handle anymore. I was fine but the whole time I was nervous that my bad knee would start acting up on me. Funny enough my knee did act up on me two days later I'm guessing from the heavy backpack. I recovered quickly I think because my muscles are strong from biking to work all summer long. If only I could stay in shape through the winter, ha!</div>
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<b>Back to School</b></div>
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The kids started 3rd grade and they got the nicest teacher they've ever had. I even told them to behave extra extra good for her, I'd hate for them to be anything but sweet with her. I think they are very glad to be back in the school routine and getting to see all their friends. I warned them that they needed to step up their school game because 3rd grade will be much harder than 2nd. Funny enough that's what their teacher told me at back to school night. They will be doing tons of reading and writing and they'll be memorizing all their times tables. I ordered flash cards so we can get a head start, it's weird that I'm excited, ha! </div>
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The next weekend after school started we headed up to Vashon Island for the first time ever. We haven't done a ton of exploring in Washington but every time I go I'm always taken aback at how gorgeous it is up there. The beaches in Oregon and California are so beautiful but the beaches in Washington are simply breath taking! The countless islands and the way the densest of forests go all the way up to the shore is so unique. The "sand" is essentially tons of tiny shells mixed in with colorful pebbles. The kids and I spent literally hours picking through the sand. We saw tons of sea life, tiny crabs we could grab and would crawl around our hands, large crabs that we assisted back into the ocean and not to mention dolphins! The Sound is so amazing I can't wait to go back. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Perfect timing for picking huckleberries, it's a lot more than it looks!<br />We made 24 huckleberry muffins when we got home and still had a ton to freeze down.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our friend works with horses on Vashon Island and we were so excited to meet Lily!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caleb jumping against such a beautiful backdrop. <br />My pictures just don't do it justice though!</span></td></tr>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-58781399276872552992019-08-19T19:19:00.000-07:002019-08-19T19:19:25.500-07:003 Polar Bears! (8yr 10mo)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I know this mirthday post is waay over due but I'm not even gonna make excuses...haha! Summer is going well and I've been working on being ok that I'm not vacationing in Spain anymore. Gah! It was so nice. The boys spend the weekdays at sports camps. They are outside and active all day long. You think they'd come home exhausted and go to bed early but neither is the case. SO MUCH ENERGY! I started a new job soon after we got back from Spain and I've been really busy working. Thankfully I'll be able to cut back a little once school starts, I'll go back to .8 FTE. Life will be much more manageable, I could never work full time year round. I don't know how people do it. Only one more week left before they start 3rd grade, yikes!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 8 years and 10 months old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two being sweet while the other one was mad at something, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the other two took over the camera and got a sweet candid of Eli and I. <br />Excuse the pjs and messy hair : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the zoo!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Internal tandem triplication, haha! (science joke)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Boys passed Seal level and now we have 3 Polar Bears!<br />They were working on their back stroke and diving, they<br />are great swimmers. I'm envious!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Among the manliest of men!<br />They are so full of testosterone, help me please!</span></td></tr>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-51025028485354788912019-07-21T17:33:00.000-07:002019-07-21T17:34:28.361-07:008yr 9mo them, 15 yrs us!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 8 years and 9 months old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Phil and I celebrating 15 years in Spain with NO KIDS!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our first spot was San Sebastian. <br />It is the nicest beach & city combo I've ever been to!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">San Sebastian is in Spain's Basque country and on the Atlantic side.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our second stop was Cadaques, on the Mediterranean side of Spain.<br />This town is so nicely preserved. <br />The streets, buildings, shops, and restaurant are so original and authentic. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our last stop was Barcelona so of course we had to tour the Familia Sagrada church. This building is so unique and the interiors are simply jaw dropping. Definitely one of the most interesting pieces of architecture I've ever gotten to see up and close. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Spectacular views of Barcelona from atop one of the spires.<br />We ate amazing food, saw jaw dropping sights, and had a spectacular time in Spain!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">With cousin T in California.<br />It's debatable who had more fun the boys or us!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So grateful for my family!<br />My mom and sister watched the boys for a full two weeks <br />so we could celebrate our anniversary kid free!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Getting to meet new cousin L!</span></td></tr>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-50867988925489701622019-06-11T20:10:00.000-07:002019-06-11T20:10:40.089-07:00Camping! (8yr 8mo)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm waaaay late on this post but I did take their mirthday pic on the correct day! I've been wanting to post this for quite some time and have been having some technical difficulties with getting my pictures off my phone, ugh, I hate technology sometimes!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 8 years and 8 months!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Went camping over memorial day weekend.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a special treat we rented a boat and fished Lake Billy Chinook which is full of bass and trout!<br />The boys and dad caught a ton of fish. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">They said scrambled eggs for breakfast was "gross" and requested the fish they caught instead. They ate the skin, fins, and eyeballs but of course eggs are gross, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On a short hike</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ok so who else gets annoyed by over packaging? <br />I ordered 3 small to very small items. A sprinkler for the hose, a box of eye drops, and a box of color catchers...and I got all this in a box big enough for my triplets to fit in!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We recently found our cat comb and the kitties have been getting pampered ever since!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trying out some Russian hats, hahaha!</span></td></tr>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-74042353192256897392019-05-07T18:38:00.001-07:002019-05-07T18:38:34.913-07:00Spring Is Here! (8yr 7mo)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 8 years and 7 months old!</span></td></tr>
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Somehow when the rain subsides and the weather warms up, we become infinitely busy! Weddings, weekends away, soccer games, home improvements, yard work and the list goes on. I'll try to catch you up with pictures!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On our way to a wedding we took a ferry ride in Seattle to Bainbridge island. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can't tell but that's the ocean back there.<br />Washington is such a beautiful state, so lush and the Puget Sound is simply breathtaking.<br />Only in Washington can you get married in the forest by the sea!</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caleb in a cabin in the woods : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">T and E, everyone thought they were just so dapper in their corduroy blazers!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We tried soccer for the very first time! Gotta say their basketball games are so much more exciting but they are enjoying themselves : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ever since we watched Free Solo the boys are super obsessed with rock climbing. <br />They ran straight to this wall the day after they watched it, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thought T was looking particularly cute in this outfit I picked for him : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In April Phil got to display his art work in the largest venue yet! <br />Powell's book store in Portland is a big tourist attraction. <br />It's a pretty awesome place and gets lots of foot traffic. <br />Phil sold 6 or 7 pieces!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caleb and Phil</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Proud of papi!</span></td></tr>
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If you are interested in seeing more of Phil's artwork his Instagram @pittsenbargerwatercolor<div>
and he also has a blog <a href="http://pittswatercolor.blogspot.com/">http://pittswatercolor.blogspot.com/</a></div>
JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-30800966941203999092019-03-28T20:20:00.000-07:002019-03-28T20:20:27.285-07:00Victoria, BC (8yr 6mo!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 8 and a half years old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Headed to Canada for spring break!<br />On the Ferry to Vancouver Island</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We traveled light, just our backpacks and we let our feet do the walking : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At Beacon Hill children's farm they have the friendliest goats. <br />We probably spent a good 2 hours hanging out with them!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can't tell from this picture but those rocks on the beach were so pretty, so many different colors and patterns. We kept a few as souvenirs, shhh don't tell anyone, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">After checking out some tide pools, Caleb said in his silly extra deep voice, <br />"I saw lots of oysters, muscles, and some clams." </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm guessing he probably didn't, maybe a barnacle or two, hahaha!</span></td></tr>
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Folks, it's been months since we had a proper vacation! Spring break couldn't come any sooner. On Saturday we drove approximately 4 hours to Port Angeles, WA. We ditched the car there and hopped on a ferry to Vancouver Island. The boat ride, at 17 miles an hour, took a little over an hour before arriving in Victoria, BC. Phil and I have been here many times before but this was the first time for the boys. They just loved riding the ferry and they even saw some seals and otters from the boat. Downtown Victoria is super walk-able and there is lots to see just by foot. Some day it will be nice to bring the car onto the ferry and explore "up island" as they call it there. We stayed 3 nights and the night before we left Eli tells me "I really feel like I don't want to leave." Earlier Phil had said the same thing, ha! I'm afraid that's the sign of a good vacation my friends.<br />
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We didn't know what to expect weather wise but Victoria is jam packed full of stuff to do both indoors and out. Thankfully the weather conditions were lovely so we mostly meandered outdoors for those 3 days and had a blast doing it.</div>
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Day 1: Highlight of the day was the ferry ride! We arrived downtown around 4pm and walked to our hotel in Chinatown. After resting a bit we wandered around Chinatown until we found a place that looked good for dinner. We were not disappointed, it wasn't traditional Chinese-American (or do they call it Chinese-Canadian here?) but it was super delicious. Don't know what any of it was called, we just pointed at pictures and gawked at what others were eating and picked that way, haha!</div>
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Day 2: Ate a yummy breakfast then headed to the Children's Farm at Beacon Hill Park. We got there just in time to watch the goat stampede. Who needs Pamplona's running of the bulls when you can watch 3 dozen adorable dwarf goats and their babies run out of a barn to their play area!? Seriously the cutest thing I've seen in a long time. There are lots of other animals on the farm too but the goats are the main attraction. I should mention the rest of Beacon Hill Park is beautiful and there is a great playground for kids. After spending a good part of the day here we headed off for some Fish n Chips of course. It is said that Victoria is more British than Britain, ha! After lunch we hung around the harbor and watched a street performance where both Phil and Thomas participated in. Thomas even made $5 CAD for it! Besides that, we gave the boys some Canadian money, which they were fascinated by. There was no shortage of gift shops for the boys to spend it at too. Some rest was needed then we found some Vietnamese for dinner. The best vermicelli bowls we've had in a while, or maybe we were just so hungry that it felt that way. </div>
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Day 3: Another yummy breakfast, followed by a short bus ride to the beach. We spent hours here just looking at the cool rocks and tide pools. We also walked through the neighborhood and admired the beautiful Victorian and turn-of-the-century houses. Similar to Portland but with their own style. Later we stopped in at a very hip coffee shop where the boys played chess, Phil painted and I admired my family and it filled my heart to be enjoying this trip with them. After some snacking at the coffee shop we wandered our way back to downtown were there may have been some more souvenir shopping while papi sketched and painted. Of course a trip to Victoria is never complete unless we have dinner at Millo's Greek Restaurant! It's been around since the 60's we hear, but it's not surprising because it's sooo good. The boys agreed with us as they gobbled up fried calamari dipped in tzatziki sauce, fresh baked pita bread, hummus and their lamb shank & veggies. We went to bed with full bellies and hearts content : )</div>
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Day 4: Home again, home again. At least we have the rest of the week to bum around at home : )<br />
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Victoria is a great place for a family vacation and it's a bonus that the US dollar goes a little farther out there! I've gone a total of 5 times now and it has never disappointed me! Phil and I both talked about on how every meal we had there was so delicious. Most of which were found by just walking around and seeing what looked good. There is still so much for the kids to see and do there, we'll have to go again soon! </div>
JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-49482380123378524292019-03-02T17:22:00.000-08:002019-03-02T17:25:02.499-08:008 yrs 5 mo!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 101 months old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mama Sue, Papa Ed, cousin K, and our friend G got to see the boys play basketball : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caleb is currently obsessed with otters, ha!<br />They are all named Wilburt, in honor of his first stuffed otter that he had but lost. At the end of every night we ask the boys who they want to pray for and Caleb, shortly after he lost the original Wilburt said, "I want to pray for Wilburt, where ever he may be."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mama Sue, papa Ed and cousin K came for a visit last week. We had a good time with them despite the somewhat bad weather. They got to see the boys in action playing on their basketball team, had a fun day exploring the science museum OMSI, and eating yummy foods including the famous cook to order Pips donuts! After dropping them off at the airport Eli said "I wish they never had to leave." The boys absolutely adore visitors and always get sad when the visit has to end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The boys have had a really good basketball season. They play on a team that is for kindergarten through 2nd grade so it's their last year playing in this league. They get a lot of action since they are among the "big" kids and they are really quite good. Last night all the boys together scored 19 shots (or 38 points) which was probably 80% of the teams points (10 players and all get equal playing time). Caleb is really good at defending and getting rebounds. Out of all the boys Caleb has made the most improvement this year but is still a ways away from being as good as the dream team (aka Eli & Thomas). Thomas is great at layups and Eli is a great shooter. All three boys are as quick as cheetahs which gives them a competitive edge over the other kids their age even though they are a good 2-3 inches shorter. They get so many breakaways that they get lots of open shots while their opponents are running up behind them. They have one more game and I'm working on compiling a highlights movie to post here so hopefully you can see them in action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We'd been having such a warm winter up until February showed up then it got COLD! After so many threats of snow and no shows we are ready for spring like weather. This last stretch of winter is always the hardest to get through. I'm getting antsy as we have some really fun and awesome things planned for next summer, can't wait!</span></div>
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Here is a little buzzer beater by Eli last night!
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-17701307831321275692019-01-26T17:16:00.000-08:002019-01-26T17:46:09.859-08:00DNA Ancestry Results (8yr 4mo!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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As I write this post I can't help but sing "Its a small world after all" from the infamous Disney ride. Turns out, our family heritage covers 4 out of the 7 continents! I've been very curious about those DNA testing companies that calculate your heritage ever since they've become commercially available. My hunch at the beginning though, like with all new technology, was that I will wait. I will wait because it will get better. This seems to be Phil and I's modo, for example we waited until the iPhone 3 to get a smart phone and a flat screen T.V. until years later when you could get a pretty big one for under $350. Mostly we're just cheap, ha!<br />
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I finally decided it was time, all the companies were offering great black Friday sales and I did my research. I decided to go with AncestryDNA because they have the biggest sample size to compare to and they concentrate more on ancestry analysis instead of health analysis (were they tell you things like, you should have an aversion to cilantro based on your results). It was such a great deal I bought 4 kits! One for me, one for Phil, one for the boys to share since they have identical DNA and one for my mom because she was visiting at the time and thought 'heck why not!' Funny enough Phil gave me the same story I've heard from so many otherwise Caucasian looking folks "I'm part native american." "Its folklore, everyone thinks they are part Native American" I told him. "No really I am" is the response everyone gives, ha! As I rub my hands together I tell myself "well its time to find out!"<br />
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<b>68% England, Whales & Northwestern Europe</b><br />
<b>30% Ireland & Scotland</b><br />
<b>2% Germanic Europe</b><br />
Phil's always thought they were German and French but never really certain just 'I think that's what we are.' Well results show probably neither but maybe. And not a trace of Native American, of course. As caucasian as caucasian can be. Whats most interesting to me is that Phil looks like he should be a red head but with out the red hair and come to find out he's a great deal of Irish/Scottish!<br />
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<b>Your lovely Narrator:<span style="font-size: large;"> Me </span></b></div>
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<b>46% Native American </b></div>
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<b>30% Spain</b></div>
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<b>13% France</b></div>
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<b>6% Portugal</b></div>
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<b>2% Northern African</b></div>
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<b>1% Basque</b></div>
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<b>1% European Jewish</b></div>
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<b>1% Iran/Persia</b></div>
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Both my parents are from Mexico but as you all may or may not know people from Mexico can vary a lot, from blue eyes/blonde hair to those who are truly indigenous to the Americas with black hair/brown eyes. So looking somewhere in the middle I figured I was some part Spanish and some part Native. I was certainly surprised by all the rest! I've been watching lots of food documentaries about the culinary history of Mexico and have learned that all sorts of people immigrated to Mexico. I've come to appreciate how delicious, diverse and unique the food from Mexico really is! I really was spoiled growing up eating that stuff, ha! Anyways knowing what I know now about the food history the results don't surprise me too much. </div>
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<b>48% England, Whales & Northwestern Europe</b></div>
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<b>24% Native American</b></div>
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<b>13% Spain</b></div>
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<b>6% Ireland & Scotland</b></div>
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<b>6% France</b></div>
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<b>3% Portugal</b></div>
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Wait a minute 54% dad and only 46% mom. Hey that's not fair! Well lets just chalk it up to the fact that it's not a perfect science, ha! For the boys' sample I had them all spit into the same collection tube, I wish I had recorded it because it was so funny how grossed out they were by it. They would wipe off the top before they spit and then would run away yelling after spitting. They share water bottles, lollipops, toothbrushes, shoes, sleep in the same bed but they are grossed out by each others spit, hahaha! </div>
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My mom's results were the most convoluted of all. That woman represents almost the whole world, ha! 39% Spain, 33% Native American, 8% Portugal, 6% France, 3% Basque, 3% European Jewish, 3% Northern Africa, 1% Norway, 1% Andean Native American, 1% Ireland & Scotland, 1% Turkey & the Caucasus, 1% England, Wales & Northwestern Europe, 1% Sardinia</div>
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There was all sorts of other cool information provided with your results. Like a time line of all the migration patterns your ancestors were involved in. Family matches you may not have known about. And information about the regions you come from. I'd like to try it again in 10 years and see how the results vary because as they tell you 'your DNA never changes but the technology used to analyze it does!'</div>
JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-89109109160934796832019-01-01T16:43:00.002-08:002019-01-01T16:48:33.109-08:00Winter Vacay! (8yr 3mo)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Winter break has been a blast! The first week mama Elda rolled into town and she had fun all week long with the boys. She made lots of delicious foods as usual and I'm pretty sure the boys gained more than the ordinary amount of weight, ha! Next time I need to weigh the boys before and after my mom comes to visit to prove it, haha! The rest of winter break I took off from work. It was nice that the boys didn't have to go to a single day of day camp (and even better we didn't have to pay for it!). The boys and I had fun going to see movies, baking and decorating cookies, and playing board games. We stayed warm and cozy indoors and it was very relaxing. Phil had some extra days off so we took advantage and went sledding for the first time since they were 4 years old. If you remember the last time Thomas got a concussion from a bad sledding fall so we were all a little traumatized and hadn't wanted to go back. No injuries this time just lots of fun was had. Now I'm not ready to go back to work nor are the boys ready to go back to school but I guess we must!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At Bollywood Theater with mama Elda, its a super yummy Indian restaurant.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Having fun with out me!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">They have a need for speed and I do not so I had fun being the photographer : )</span></td></tr>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-79941439701799836252018-12-01T18:50:00.004-08:002018-12-01T18:50:54.849-08:00Little Achievements (8yr 2mo!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A while back Thomas and Eli told me that they had ran the mile at school. They boasted 6th place and 10th place then 1st place and 2nd place, blah blah blah. "Tall tales" I thought to myself as I feigned excitement. I knew they were fast runners but how fast could they be compared to other kids that tower over them. Well the other day as I walked through their school hall way I ran into a big collage made of pictures of kids running and huffing and puffing in the school field. In the middle of the collage was a list of the top 25 fastest kids in the school. Wait what?! Out of the whole school, they weren't lying! (See next pic below) And I should mention they are among the shortest kids in the second grade. Little but mighty they are!<div>
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The second little achievement award goes to Caleb! A couple of weeks ago I had a parent teacher conference to get an update on how the boys are doing in school. They are good students, obedient, could use a bit more work on their reading speed, yada yada yada. Then the teacher hands me a TAG nomination for Caleb. Wait, what? Caleb? He's the least I'd expect to get a nomination. I had to ask the teacher what they heck that even meant. Talented and gifted (TAG). You know I love my children and definitely think they are very smart but gifted? Nah! It took some convincing and explanation. I guess they test them in 3 different areas to see where they are "gifted or talented." Caleb did not score high enough to be nominated under reading or math (I would have guessed math but no). The area that he tested exceptionally well in was in intellectual reasoning. Again, I was like "what the heck does that mean?" Turns out intellectually gifted is defined as <i>a student who exhibits the ability to reason and use information in unusual ways</i>. And the way they test for this is with puzzles and images followed by questions about what they see. Hmmm, interesting...Caleb definitely does think out side of the box and he's always saying the most off the wall stuff! As they say, it's an honor just to be nominated but I really don't see him passing the final evaluation where he'd have to be in the top 97th percentile to get into the program. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back in mid October, headed to the beach!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Great beach day!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Exploring a different beach the next day.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taking a corn dog ride, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thomas looking so hipster : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Happiness : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Getting cozy with their fuzzy kitty bean bags.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Silly boys</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eli's rendition of our family. <br />Love the building and kitty he drew on our clothes, he knows what we like!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thomas' rendition of our family.<br />Love that Phil is the lightest, I'm the darkest and he's mid way, haha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caleb's, the only one who drew us all, even the kitties!<br />Not sure what that says about Eli and Thomas, ha!</span></td></tr>
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-64761611661972384382018-11-11T20:19:00.000-08:002018-11-11T20:19:23.309-08:00Personalities 8.0<b>Triplets 8.0</b><br />
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Today I blurted out, "hey boys we have to measure you, yesterday was your due date!" Funny enough but I've never told the boys what a due date is. I explained it and they were very puzzled but also fascinated by this new tid-bit of information. I'm pretty sure it blew their minds when I said, "you really should just NOW be turning 8 years old!" So we measured and sure enough just like every year of their lives, they grew! The boys always have a growth spurt right around their due date. </div>
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These guys are doing really well, growing and developing as they should. I'm so grateful we have no issues with them what so ever and I pray it stays that way. The other day I got an impersonal email from their teacher, urging parents to please talk to our children about their behavior at school because I guess that day the kids were very trying. Apparently many were talking loudly and not paying attention to instruction. It was bad enough that the teacher felt compelled to email all the parents. I talked to the boys and they all acted very innocent and blamed the other kids in their class. I was very suspicious because they pull this kind of stuff all the time at home (blaming their brothers when it was really them). Well the next day I asked the teacher if they had contributed to the problem. To my pleasant surprise she said they are great students who always follow the rules! They were not the problem in the least. I'm so proud of them for being such good boys even under bad influence.</div>
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Traits they share include their love of Beast Masters (similar to American Ninja Warriors or American Gladiators), Pokemon cards, and Legos. They are adventurous eaters which includes any ethnic variety, seafood, spicy foods and weird meats (for example, chicken gizzards). They are great swimmers and love the pool. They don't seek attention but they LOVE it when they get it and all three are super affectionate. </div>
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<b>Caleb: </b>Such a chill boy most of the time but he can loose his top on occasion. His brothers urge him to join them to play sports outside but about half the time he chooses to just relax inside. He always asks why we have to "always do stuff" (e.g. go to school, grocery shopping, etc). I think his perfect day would include intermittently playing outside, building with legos, watching tv and eating yummy foods all from the comfort of his own home. Even still he is pretty active and has recently gotten into soccer although he's not the best at it. At his request we may try to do a soccer team in the spring. Caleb speaks his mind and comes up with some pretty off the wall stuff (he keeps Phil and I laughing). He's got a good imagination!<div>
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<b>Eli:</b> Such a smart and quick witted little guy, always ahead of the game so to speak. He's very outspoken and can talk your head off. Eli is incredibly athletic, he's far ahead of his peers who easily tower over him by 2-4 inches. Particularly he's great at catching a football even while running. People who see him in action comment at how impressive he is. Phil and I like to call him a Velociraptor, not because of his speed but because he can freak out rather easily. We tend to tip toe around this guy so as not to awaken the Velociraptor within! I guess you can say he's pretty emotional. Eli is a very hard worker and is always the first to volunteer for a paid job.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Thomas:</b> This kid loves to draw and create, you can always find him crafting and building away. A master at freehand Lego building as well. He can be a bit of a brut, not knowing his own strength or being a bit impulsive at times. Even though, he's been pretty obedient lately, following though on requests with little talk-back (while his brothers on the other hand think of everything under the sun to try to convince me why they shouldn't have to do what I asked of them, ha!). Thomas is a very good fluid reader and sets goals for himself, like how many times he can read one book during a certain time frame. He just got a pretty thick <i>Hombre Perro</i> book and he intends on finishing it from front to back before reading anything else. He LOVES playing sports and is very athletic. </div>
JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-45904695367511510572018-10-28T10:58:00.002-07:002018-10-28T11:02:47.952-07:008 Yr 1 Mo & a wedding!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 8 years and 1 month old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My handsome trio : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our Friends R&C got married last month and it was a beautiful wedding!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thomas</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eli</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caleb</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A rare family pic, only ever attempted for special occasions, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another of Caleb : )</span></td></tr>
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The weather here is finally changing! We were getting spoiled with summer like weather up until a week ago. When summer is over I usually feel like I need more summer but not this year. I'm ready for cozy fires and drinking warm beverages. We now live near a park with a great hill, so really hoping for a good snow day this winter. Life has a good routine these days, probably due to the fact that we don't have any on going home renovation projects. Its a nice break before we begin the next project, there are so many its hard to decide what to start next. Over the summer we had an egress window put in the basement so that will someday become a 4th bedroom but we will need to level the concrete floors and finish the space with walls, flooring and insulation. It's a tall order but it'll really add value to our house. The kitchen really bugs me but it's another very tall order. I'm planning to at least get the cabinets re-painted over Thanksgiving break. Yikes that's coming up fast!JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-75460078105578881282018-09-28T18:34:00.002-07:002018-09-28T18:34:38.366-07:00EIGHT!!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The boys preemie clothes next to a new born sleeper. <br />I can't believe they were ever that small!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">They will always be my babies!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even 8 years later and I still feel like Thomas in this picture, haha!<br />Raising triplets is no walk in the park, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had picture day recently, lets hope this year went better than last year, haha!</span></td></tr>
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Boy the years just keep flying by like an out of control train! My kids should not be this old, eight is crazy! Life with these bozos (a term of endearment we've recently adopted, ha!) is hectic, frantic, loud, busy and wild. They play constantly, they fight constantly, and complain constantly. So yeah life is pretty age appropriate right now. They can be pretty sweet and snugly too, even to each other! After a fun summer we are settling down to a new school year. 2nd grade is going well and we finally have homework this year. I'm not a fan of homework at their age but its been really bearable, only 20 minutes of reading everyday. I'm already seeing so much improvement and a love of reading is starting to develop. We don't allow screen time Monday through Thursday. I secretly regretted making this a rule during kindergarten and 1st grade but now I see them entertaining themselves so much better this year. I guess it was worth it after all. As terrible as I've made them sound they are actually pretty good little dudes, just age appropriate acting out, we have to keep readjusting them. I've heard 8 is another emotional age, oh boy, they are already so emotional! Here we go again with the terrible threes. At least this time I was warned unlike when I celebrated when two was over but the worst was yet to come!<br />
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JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-61787724865282163142018-08-30T16:48:00.000-07:002018-08-30T16:51:05.421-07:00Funny at 7Yr 11Mo!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 7 years and 11 months old! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">(picture taken on the first day of 2nd grade)</span></td></tr>
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Over the past few months I've been writing down the funny things the boys say. These silly phrases remind me how little they still are!<br />
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<b>Caleb</b></div>
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"They were selling free home cookies."</div>
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"Day time is the same as night time except its dark."</div>
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"They made a squirrel store with a much of acorns and them chugged it up." Then Eli corrects him "You mean them chugged it down."</div>
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"Are bigfoots a little creepy papi?"</div>
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<b>Eli </b></div>
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"I wish Neyney (our cat) was a real girl. Then I would hug her every day. She would be so soft like bigfoot."</div>
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"I don't know why cavemans are so strong."</div>
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"I feel like its 8 in the afternoon."</div>
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Talking about Star Wars: "Then they figured-out-ed (one word) it."</div>
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"Who is the dice president?"</div>
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When talking about being cold in the morning: "I get frostbites." </div>
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"I was brooming." He meant sweeping.</div>
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<b>Thomas</b></div>
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After showing me his book he wrote about snakes, "I can be a basketball player and an author."</div>
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"There's like 3 beaches on every island."</div>
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"The big boat crash." This phrase is used as a noun and not a description. A term they coined when they were little and still use it all the time even though they know that it's actually called the Titanic!</div>
JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879576306413021636.post-89491381336385354672018-07-29T22:08:00.002-07:002018-07-29T22:15:11.592-07:007Yr 10Mo! & More Stitches<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">CET are 7 years and 10 months old!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our CA adventure started in Oceanside CA where we rented a <br />house that was walking distance to the beach!</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A full day at the beach proved to be relaxing and fun! They were getting an unlikely current from Mexico which made the water unusually warm. It was wonderful not to come out of the water shivering as we normally would, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On another day we tackled Legoland!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We also discovered the boys love of roller coasters, uh oh! If you know me you also know that I despise those contraptions. They certainly didn't inherit this from me, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Made a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The kidos in Mexico : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We met up with my cousin who has a business in TJ and he took us to a local seafood restaurant. Our group of 10 ate like kings with drinks and all. The bill came out to a measily $66!!! If you wanted to eat like that in the states you'd have to add another zero to the end of that amount. I'll be dreaming of those shrimp tacos and octopus cocktail for years!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We only spent one day in Davis on the way home but of course <br />we had to see mama Sue and papa Ed : )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One last treat before we went home was stopping at Wildlife Safari in Oregon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lots of interesting creatures, and many that I'd never seen before or knew that existed. It's really neat, feels like you are driving through Jurassic Park only it's animals that still exist, ha! If anyone is traveling along I-5 through Oregon I totally recommend this place. Affordable family fun is what I'm talking about (she says after footing the bill for Legoland, at least it wasn't Disneyland prices haha!).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll explain Caleb's chin down below, ha!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thomas</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eli</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh Caleb not again! Remember last summer around this exact same time he cut the back of his head being a wild monkey at mom's that resulted in 3 staples. <br />This boy is going to be the death of me!</span></td></tr>
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On our way home, we stopped just South of Roseburg (about 3.5 hrs from Portland) so that we could camp for the night. We were surprising the boys the next day with the Wildlife Sarafi park. We were 5 minutes into unloading the car when Caleb goes down this steep hill with his scooter. Well he claims he forgot how to brake because he got going too fast and lost control. He got the wind knocked out of him and he must have hit a sharp rock because there was a huge gaping hole in his chin! Which oddly enough took a long time before it started bleeding, super creepy! I instantly knew we had to leave for the closest urgent care. We packed up the car and drove 30 minutes to the Roseburg urgent care. The boy got 8 stitches! Caleb was as cool as a cucumber the whole time and that really impressed the doc. Five days later (lower left pic) he went in to get his stitches out. And two weeks later (lower right pic) is how it looks like now. It's amazing how fast it has healed. I'm doing all I can to avoid a noticeable scar. We kept it completely covered with Neosporin for the first 10 days, keeping it moist while it heals is very important. The docs both advised to always have sunscreen on if he's outside and to rub vitamin E on it once it has completely healed. It looks as if Caleb has taken over Thomas' clumsy title, only Thomas has never hurt himself this bad, not to mention twice! : (JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15071068372365376521noreply@blogger.com1