tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67820408914296710952024-03-14T07:30:33.119-06:00The Joy of Being a Mom and of Being MeSarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-11526900677749215302013-09-23T13:44:00.001-06:002013-09-23T13:44:21.671-06:00Summer Fun - Yellowstone - July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In July we met KC's brothers and their families and stayed in a cabin in Island Park. We went to Yellowstone for two days and saw most of the park. We spent a lot of time in the car, but it was beautiful and fun.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many hot pots, this one wasn't too stinky.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the cousins. All those little trees in the background are new growth after the fires they had a few decades ago.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi Cara. No you can't get out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wish we had checked this out more. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of us at Mammoth Hot Springs.</td></tr>
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<br />Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-68307643133482274332013-08-21T19:13:00.000-06:002013-08-21T19:13:18.096-06:00Summer Fun - June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I guess you could say we have been busy this summer. This is what we did in June:</div>
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We stayed part of a week in Snowbird. Escaped from the valley heat and did some swimming and hiking.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We walked up a trail a bit and had a little picnic lunch with the kids.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boys and KC and I hiked 4 miles from the Snowbird resort up the mountain to Hidden Peak where the tram goes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were able to meet Will and Cara up there with my parents as they took the tram up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KC's friend invited us to hike the Narrows in Zion's top down. It was 16 miles down the river.</td></tr>
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Sort of last minute ( a month before) we found out that KC needed to go to Hawaii for a couple of days for work. So we decided it make a week long trip and that I would come with him to keep him company. We rented a little condo on the island of Oahu's windward shore and bought our plane tickets. It was wonderful despite some rain at the beginning of the trip and of course the week went by too quickly. Here are some shots from our trip.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We spent the first day near Honolulu and visited the USS Arizona memorial and the Bowfin Submarine.</td></tr>
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Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-21072173799568235912013-05-01T23:15:00.000-06:002013-05-01T23:15:03.781-06:00Birthday Season!All of the boys birthdays are one right after another for the last 3 months. So we call it birthday season around here. Instead of doing 3 different posts I am doing one post for all 3 boys' birthdays.<br />
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Andrew turned 9 and had just a family party for his birthday. He got to have Grandma and Grandpa come up for his special day though and we all went to Planet Play to eat lots of pizza and do laser tag, mini golf, go karts and other fun stuff. He is a big fan of Minecraft still so I made his cake with that in mind. The cake only really makes sense to real hardcore Minecraft fans.<br />
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William's birthday was next and he was so excited. He turned 4 years old, but if you ask him now he'd say he's 12 years old. (I think because he asked me when he could go to the temple and I said he had to be 12.) Anyway we went to Hollywood Connection and went on the carousel that he tolerated, the bumper cars that William LOVED, and we tried roller skating which he didn't love. For his cake he insisted on having a blue cat cake, so he got one.</div>
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Isaac turned 7 years old and it was his turn to have a friend party. I told him it had to be small so we could justify having another friend party when he turns 8. He informed me 1 week before his birthday that he wanted a Tron theme party. So I got busy and luckily found some stuff online such as free printable invitations, an idea for making program discs (that glowed) and playing a ring toss game, an idea for decorating the cake and a fun idea using black lights. I got most of it from the Disney family.go.com website. My brother also donated some genuine Tron music to play in the background that really set the mood. We had a ton of fun. After eating, pizza, ice cream and cake the kids all went down and watched some scenes from the movie in our Grid room. It was cool.</div>
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Isaac also really wanted a wooden samurai sword. We must love him because now he has one. Oye.</div>
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<br />Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-48402745018621957532013-04-21T20:36:00.001-06:002013-04-21T20:37:28.237-06:00Isabella New Digs<p dir="ltr">A little while ago we decided that our rat Isabella's cage was too little and boring. So we set out to make a cage out of some wood left over from the bookcases and shelves I made for the boys bedroom. </p>
<p dir="ltr">We screwed the boards together and made a shelf and a divider with two holes for her to climb through then we bought some hardware "cloth" which is basically wire mesh and stapled it to the back and to the door that we made out of the basement railings that we took out  when we finished the basement. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Later I made a latter out of some balsa wood I had and we got some large PVC connectors and made a little play tunnel. She seems to enjoy it and the kids like to watch her play around in it.</p>
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I just got the news, after being one of the winners from his school science fair last month, Andrew got 3rd place at the District 3rd and 4th grade Science Fair in the life sciences category. Way to go Andrew!</div>
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At Christmas we got a pet rat that the kids named Isabella. So when it came time for Andrew to decide if he wanted to do a science project (in 3rd and 4th grade it is optional) one option we discussed was to use Isabella. We ended up deciding to run taste tests with Isabella to find out what her favorite food is among the different food groups. I know you can't read the board from the picture, so I will just tell you. It was peas. We had a lot of fun running the experiments and I'm sure Isabella enjoyed the extra treats and attention.</div>
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Cara loves this rat and if we aren't careful she will probably squish her to death.</div>
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In the pre-test waiting area. Isabella learned how to jump and climb on top of the sides though so she didn't wait here long. We designed the box with a divider that we could pull up to let Isabella through to the food.</div>
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One of our first tests. She wasn't as interested in the food at first as she was in exploring the box. Eventually though she learned that if she quickly picked a food we would let her eat it and then get out of the box to play on the table.</div>
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Andrew says that we would do a science project again next year. Good thing since he says he wants to be a scientist when he grows up.</div>
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We sure had a MERRY Christmas. The boys seemed to all get what they want. And they loved their new Nintendo DS's (Santa for sure got them used or didn't pay full price, he's smart like that)</div>
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The boys named her Isabella after the friend on Phineas and Ferb (not twilight).</div>
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Cara sure enjoyed her first Christmas that she wasn't napping through especially the candy. She didn't quite understand the whole unwrapping gifts thing, so her brothers were happy to help.</div>
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I was testing out my new point and shoot camera and caught this picture of Cara, funny face.</div>
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Anyway, I hope you all had an awesome Christmas and if for some reason you didn't get a Christmas card or you don't know me on facebook here is the photo we sent along.</div>
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Happy Birthday Cara! Your brothers, dad and I love you so much and enjoy every day we are with you.</div>
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We didn't do the complete family theme this year. We sort of split up. KC and I were District 12's Katniss and Peeta (pre-hunger games). Andrew and Isaac were characters from their favorite video game <a href="http://minecraft.net/">Minecraft</a> and Will and Cara were classic Halloween, a pumpkin and a ghost.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew as "Steve" from Minecraft. After a while he got tired of falling down (the box was too long so he couldn't bend his legs well) so he finished trick or treating early and spent the rest of the evening giving out candy on the porch.</td></tr>
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I had this vision to make a family tree in our vast entry hallway that would represent both sides of our ancestors and our own family. I looked for inspiration on the internet and found some of what I envisioned, but nothing quite like what I had in mind. After toying around with the idea of cutting a tree out of wood and putting it on the wall I settled on simply painting the wall. Here is how I did it in case anyone ever tries to do the same thing. I will also share the image of the tree I made for downloading.</div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">28 frames - I decided to use silver ones from the dollar store that were all the same size.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Pictures of our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. I tried to get photos of them around middle aged so we could see what they really looked like</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">A way to attach/hang frames on the wall - I used foam wall stickers</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This image shows how I designed the tree using Photoshop. Illustrator would have made this a bit easier but I don't have it installed on my computer right now. To get the final tree lines I used the pen tool after free handing with the paint tool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next I made the tree life size in photoshop which equaled a very large file size. Thinking about it now, there are other ways I could have done this, oh well. I made a grid and printed each part then taped them together. I then put it on the wall to check the size and placement. I made marks on the paper and wall so I could line it up again later.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I then laid it on the table, grabbed my exacto knife and cutting board and carefully cut out the tree. To keep it from getting all weird I taped strips of paper across sections as I went.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here it is all cut out and held together with strips of paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I read online that you could spray a stencil with spray adhesive, let it dry for a few minutes and then if you put it on the wall it will stick but not permanently and it won't leave a residue. Perfect. So I did that.</td></tr>
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It worked. <span style="background-color: white;">Probably would have been easier with another person though.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got out the mini foam roller and my paint and carefully rolled on the paint. At first I did it lightly, but then the paper started getting too wet for my 2nd and 3rd coats so at the end I painted a heavier coat just once or twice. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lastly I pulled off the stencil and threw it away. Using paper this stencil can only be used once, but I didn't need to use it again, so that didn't matter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All done and ready for the photos.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">Earlier I gathered the photos from family, formatted them in photoshop to the right size, printed them at the photo center, cut them out and put them in the frames. Each one was attached to the wall using a foam wall sticker. I also considered using command strips. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">My frames had a stand on the back that I couldn't remove that made it so the frames weren't flush. To remedy this I cut out little squares of cardboard and hot glued them to the center back of each frame. I put the foam sticker on the cardboard and then it could stick to the wall. Clear as mud?</span><br />
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I love seeing our ancestors and seeing how much they look like us or each other and I hope this way my own kids can be familiar with their great-great-grandparents on down.Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-82099552870581725082012-06-18T07:14:00.003-06:002013-01-08T07:12:15.567-07:00Father's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It was a beautiful day yesterday and we had a nice Father's Day as well. </div>
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The other day I was at Wal-mart and I overheard an employee talking to another employee. She was saying how she decided that she was going to take pictures of her and her brother by some large letters near here and spell out DAD. For a while I thought I would use that same idea with the kids and then I thought it would be cuter, because they are so cute, to have them make the letters themselves. Good idea in theory. I really didn't think it would be that hard to get William to hold still for 30 seconds while I snapped a picture. And I thought Cara would love to be held by Isaac. Neither of them agreed. Finally I got Will to stay put-ish for a couple of shots and I had to take separate photos of Cara and photoshop her into the picture. Despite all that I think it turned out pretty good though.
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For dinner I made KC this <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/curried-butternut-squash-and-pear-soup/detail.aspx">Curried Butternut Squash and Pear Soup</a>. Yum, if you like curry that is. We got the boys to try it and they didn't hate it but it was a little strong for them.</div>
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KC picked out his present on amazon.com and we got a pasta maker/roller. So far we made wheat spaghetti noodles and I used the roller to roll out sheets of pasta and I cut them myself to make wheat lasagna noodles. I think they turned out pretty good for our first attempts.</div>
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Along with a nice long nap I think KC had a nice Father's Day. I hope he knows how much we love him and appreciate all that he does. </div>
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How do you get kids to eat vegetables? Bake them and call them Fries. <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Like many people I like all things potato. Baked, boiled, mashed, fried etc.. But my kids won't eat them any way but as french fries. Along with potatoes w</span><span style="text-align: left;">e also had some zucchini, carrots just waiting for me to figure out a way to incorporate them into a meal.</span>
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Recently I pinned a recipe on pinterest that caught my eye. Looks good, yes?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from: <a href="http://voraciousvander.com/2011/12/05/the-best-way-to-cook-zucchini-and-carrots/">Voracious Vander</a></td></tr>
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I knew the kids would eat the french fries, but I wasn't sure about the carrot and zucchini fries. We sat down to dinner and the boys were excited after KC told them we were going to have French fries, Canadian fries and American fries for dinner. We had to explain to them multiple time which ones were Canadian fries and which were American fries. (The carrots were Canadian and the zucchini were American.) We also had multiple dipping sauces that included fry sauce, ketchup, and ranch.</div>
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This morning they both told me that they wanted that dinner again. Isaac liked the Canadian and French fries. Andrew says he liked the American and French fries. Maybe I can actually get them to eat zucchini after all.</div>
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Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-18997436615083776252012-05-21T14:14:00.001-06:002012-05-21T14:14:45.425-06:00Eclipse Chasing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We happened to be headed home from a family trip on the day that the solar eclipse would occur. We realized that if we hung out at Grandma's house a little longer that we could catch the eclipse on the way home and be right in the path of one of the best places to watch it. We were on the road during the beginning of the eclipse so I didn't get any pictures of that and then we got back on the road after it reached the zenith so we could get home before midnight. It was an awesome experience and I am glad I was able to take some photos of it.<br />
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<br />Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-31015934392465953292012-03-27T11:16:00.000-06:002012-03-27T11:16:37.255-06:00When I am BaptizedThis last month our now 8 year old, Andrew was baptized. He was very excited and took it very seriously. Sometimes when he realizes he did something not nice I look over and see him with his arms folded and head bowed. "What are you doing?" I asked him once. "I'm saying sorry to Heavenly Father." he says. No big deal.<div><br />
</div><div>Some family and friends were able to come to the baptism and we had everyone over to our house afterwards for lunch and cake. It was a good day.</div><div><br />
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</div>Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-36701791883000526662012-03-20T11:41:00.000-06:002012-03-20T11:41:41.580-06:00William Is 3!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">This last week our little William turned 3 years old!</span> We had a little family party at home. The main present that he got was a Cars 2 scooter for him to ride with his brothers outside. He is so fun and cute and independent sometimes. He very much lives up to him name. We are working on potty training but I don't think it will happen until he "wills" it to. Ha.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We often have a hard time getting him to open his eyes for pics. As soon as we say "smile" he closes his eyes. So we usually have to catch him by surprise.</td></tr>
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You know what else I'm loving? My new KitchenAid stand mixer that my sweet hubby got me for an early birthday and mother's day present. He said he felt guilty every time he saw me make bread with my old smaller machine. I should have been making bread more often on Saturdays. If I had only known... Yay for guilt!<br />
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Today I finally got to make my bread without having to split the dough in half. The loaves came out wonderfully large too. Mmm, time to break out the butter and honey.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <span style="text-align: center;">week he turned eight he decided that I'm not Mommy anymore and KC isn't Daddy, we are Mom and Dad. And he is very good about only using those terms. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">We opened presents as a family the night before his birthday with Grandma and Grandpa. Then on his birthday he got to have a friend party. There was no theme. It was just meant to be "All About Andrew" and it was. The cake was plenty green (His favorite color since Isaac has picked blue.) and it wasn't too unsightly. I had issues with the frosting. Anyway he loved it all and had a great time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just realized why I seem to often have lousy cakes for Andrew's birthday. He is the beginning of the birthday season in the house and I'm a little out of practice.. that must be it.</div>Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-27150231718653671302012-01-27T08:01:00.001-07:002012-01-27T08:02:57.827-07:00All Things CaraI just can't help it. I have share all the cute pictures of Cara from the past 2 1/2 months.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spending time with her older cousins in Arizona for Thanksgiving.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa did remember Cara. She loves her new car seat toy.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-48624489026252480512011-11-09T08:49:00.000-07:002011-11-09T08:49:23.347-07:00Cara's BlessingWe had Cara's baby blessing this last Sunday. Almost all of my siblings we able to be there and KC's brother and family came as well as my uncle in his family. Only my immediate family needed to stay at our house and we managed to find places for everyone to sleep.<br />
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I somehow managed to get some good pictures of Cara in her dress as well. Enjoy!<br />
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Isaac wanted to be the giant zombie called a Gargantuar Zombie, he looks like this in the game:<br />
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KC wanted to one the more common zombies on the game. He chose a Cone Head Zombie. On the game he looks like this:<br />
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Here is KC as the cone head zombie, notice the detail:<br />
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I made a Pea Shooter costume for William that I wasn't sure he'd wear to go trick or treating. In the game the Pea Shooter looks like this:<br />
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I was supposed to be a sun flower as seen here:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't get a picture of me individually, there wasn't much to see, obviously my costume didn't get as much attention as everyone else. Here is the whole family just before they boys left to go trick or treating. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tLbpdPoZzW0/Trc7XtXDxBI/AAAAAAAABDk/0suUoVMldFc/s1600/IMG_2267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tLbpdPoZzW0/Trc7XtXDxBI/AAAAAAAABDk/0suUoVMldFc/s320/IMG_2267.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Cara here is in her leopard/cat outfit, she was supposed to be a bumble bee but she was sleeping and I didn't get a chance to change her... oh well. This picture is of her earlier in the day:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JxkrqXINXl0/Trc7W5K5ScI/AAAAAAAABDc/IFLvH6vFjzU/s1600/DSC00709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JxkrqXINXl0/Trc7W5K5ScI/AAAAAAAABDc/IFLvH6vFjzU/s320/DSC00709.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-62676774969322114392011-10-06T16:53:00.000-06:002011-10-06T16:53:02.117-06:00The Return of the Grapes of Wrath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In June I <a href="http://momjoy.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-features.html">posted about our garden</a> and shared some pictures of our grape trellis and how big it has grown. There is also a picture of the little grape buds that were promising a nice crop. Well the time has come to harvest that crop and here is the bounty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXhcHKn0hjQ/To4rGelYBLI/AAAAAAAABBM/2OaajjataTw/s1600/IMG_2131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXhcHKn0hjQ/To4rGelYBLI/AAAAAAAABBM/2OaajjataTw/s320/IMG_2131.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One vine produces a green seedless table grape. The variety's name is called Himrod. Fully ripened they are quite sweet but I had to jump on harvesting this in mid August because the birds were quickly making a meal of them. I juiced these and then strained the juice to make a white grape juice concentrate that I then bottled it for later use. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kAaBLEc6viA/To4rZd7f9oI/AAAAAAAABBQ/tG7SxhhTS98/s1600/IMG_2224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kAaBLEc6viA/To4rZd7f9oI/AAAAAAAABBQ/tG7SxhhTS98/s320/IMG_2224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other vine produces a variety called Catawba grape. (Don't ask me how to pronounce that.) It has seeds and has a sort of slimy insides (I think the concord is similar this way). Not really a table grape, although I guess this variety is good for juice, wine and jelly making. I chose the juice and jelly options.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grape processing isn't really that complicated. First you have to wash the grapes and remove them from the stems. Then you crush them with the food processor, chopper, or potato masher. Then you dump them in a big pot, add some water and let them cook and soften up a bit. I forgot to take pictures of those steps, but here is a picture of the pot I used. You can see the level of the crushed grapes in this big stock pot. There were a lot, which became a problem.</div><br />
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I realized my folly when it came time to strain the grapes through the cheese cloth. For that amount I needed a huge strainer or a lot of little ones. I didn't have a big enough bowl to strain all those grapes at the same time so I fashioned three little ones. Doesn't that look lovely in a gross slimy Halloween sorta way?<br />
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Anyway after I strained it all off, I ended up with about a gallon of really sweet pink/purple grape juice. I used about 11-12 cups of that to make 22 half pint jars of grape jelly (8 of those are a grape crab apple jelly mix). Then I used the last 3 cups to make some grape juice. I added about a cup of sugar and boiled it to get it to dissolve then I added 3-4 cups of water. It was better than any store bought juice, hands down.<br />
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The awesome thing is that these grape vines have been so easy to grow. All we had to do this spring was to prune it back a little and then let them grow. Next year I want to put a net over it so the birds don't eat up my green grapes too soon.<br />
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* I made two posts today, and I don't want anyone to miss the <a href="http://momjoy.blogspot.com/2011/10/updated-photos.html">two pictures I posted </a>of little Cara. So check that out too.Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-58814961458241394702011-10-06T16:11:00.000-06:002011-10-06T16:11:15.557-06:00Updated Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> She looks so different already! I just wanted to post some updated photos of Cara that show better how she looks. We went to the doctor the other day and she is already 7 oz over her birth weight. Isn't she just the sweetest thing?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jliO133GBR0/To4hnSYmeXI/AAAAAAAABBE/XwcqfavE0do/s1600/IMG_2205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jliO133GBR0/To4hnSYmeXI/AAAAAAAABBE/XwcqfavE0do/s320/IMG_2205.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My "before" picture taken a few days before Cara was born. I actually expected her to be born that night as I had been having regular "contractions" about every 10 minutes apart. They should be called "teaser contractions".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma came a few days before as we thought she was coming earlier. Grandma was thinking about leaving that day. Good thing Cara decided to come that morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma likes to make "Birth"day cakes for her grandkids . Happy Birthday CARA!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First bath at home. The boys were excited to watch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She didn't appreciate when her body was wet and cold but she loved getting her hair washed. Just like at a salon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After we rubbed her hair dry it looked sorta curly.. then it straightened out... we'll see.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The boys with their long awaited little sister. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kzuQRsbVxIA/Tnz1FM3j3hI/AAAAAAAABAw/astXSlRY5q0/s1600/IMG_2186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kzuQRsbVxIA/Tnz1FM3j3hI/AAAAAAAABAw/astXSlRY5q0/s320/IMG_2186.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tPAUON_W_E4/Tnz1XtXWXqI/AAAAAAAABA0/VXKyVoXxaIE/s1600/P1030643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tPAUON_W_E4/Tnz1XtXWXqI/AAAAAAAABA0/VXKyVoXxaIE/s320/P1030643.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Welcome to our family Sweet Miss Cara!</div>Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-63002003784913719572011-09-14T14:33:00.000-06:002011-09-14T14:33:45.847-06:00Incoming CallI think for fun I'm going to call everyone I know just to say HI.<br />
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Then I get to hear that pause of anticipation or expectation to see if I'm going to say... "I'm in labor!" ... or "I'm in the hospital and just had the baby!", followed by the disappointment in their tone when I don't.<br />
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It sorta funny. I don't remember it being like this at the end of the other pregnancies. Maybe I just have selective memory.<br />
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Right now I am 39 weeks and 1 day. I can't imagine how disappointed people will be if I call them at 40+ weeks without having this baby yet. Don't blame me though.. this baby will come out when she is good and ready.<br />
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Andrew predicts she'll come on Sunday. KC hopes in the next day or so, or tonight even. I have no prediction, although I'd prefer for her to be born in the middle of the day or the afternoon.<br />
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Whenever it is, I promised my sister I'd take a belly picture before she's born. That will hopefully be the next post.Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782040891429671095.post-56205593527889001122011-09-10T09:13:00.000-06:002011-09-10T09:13:30.701-06:00T-Shirt Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--VSG98Jtea0/Tmt9miccovI/AAAAAAAABAA/Hv4tank59Hw/s1600/maternityshirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--VSG98Jtea0/Tmt9miccovI/AAAAAAAABAA/Hv4tank59Hw/s1600/maternityshirt.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(obviously this girl isn't really pregnant, her belly looks too soft and the rest of her body hasn't grown to match)</span></div><br />
I'm about to pop. Please be careful.<br />
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Do you think this t-shirt design could sell? I wonder how quickly I could get it made up for myself.Sarbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647328985785636350noreply@blogger.com6