tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137310462024-03-17T20:03:28.534-07:00Carson & MarisaUpdates for Carson, Marisa, Trevor, Beckham, Caeden and Aspen Calderwood.Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.comBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-58727702533638319082014-02-22T17:45:00.000-08:002014-02-22T17:59:56.931-08:00Hawaii Videos<div style="text-align: center;">
Here are the rest of the videos from our Hawaii trip. I decided to put them all here instead of load them one by one into Facebook. </div>
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Adult Whale Breach</div>
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Slow, quintessential whale tail swim</div>
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Ummm...Hawaii is very romantic for the ladies</div>
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Snorkeling: Maybe a Bluefin Trevally</div>
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Snorkel: Threadfin Butterlfyfish</div>
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Snorkel: chased a Cornetfish with whale sounds in the background </div>
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Blow Hole on Maui (sorry it is sideways)</div>
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My brother and I have gone a few times to a dental course in Phoenix, Arizona run by Frank Spear. He is a hero of ours as he knows so much about advanced dentistry and conveys very complex subjects in ways that make them easier to understand than every other presenter we've seen do for the subjects. In one of his lectures he discussed how to separate yourself from every other dentist doing the same type of treatment as you. He said it boils down to creating an experience for your patients. He compared it to going to his favorite restaurant in the world (he lectures all over the globe), <a href="https://content.alinearestaurant.com/html/index.html">Alinea</a>. He went into some detail about this restaurant and how amazing the experience is. So much so, in fact, that it was voted best restaurant in America the previous year. </div>
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Marisa and I love to cook, watch the Food Network, look up new recipes to try out, and learn about the science behind food composition and construction. I even wanted to be a chef when I grew up for several years as a kid. With all that love for food, the story Frank told never left me and telling it to Marisa had both of us wanting to go some day. It just so happens that the restaurant is in Chicago and Marisa and I planned a trip there for the BYU vs Notre Dame game. The restaurant isn't cheap, but we wanted so badly to participate in the experience, especially after we learned more about it. We kicked the idea around for a couple of months and eventually decided that we couldn't miss the opportunity, since eating local foods or at special restaurants is one of our favorite things to do when we visit a new place!</div>
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Getting there was fairly stressful as we ran into three separate problems on our flight there from broken planes, to missed connections from delays. We landed about 13 hours behind schedule, picked up our rental car and were starving at 2pm! Our reservations were for 5:30 so we didn't want to eat a ton at that time, but we did want to get in a trip to a Chicago-style pizza restaurant so we dropped by The Original Gino's East right by the airport and our hotel to grab a small deep dish pizza. </div>
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That was a pleasant surprise because we've had "Chicago Deep Dish" pizza various times from Seattle to Baltimore, but it was always a thick, soft crust. What we had at Gino's was a crusty, thick crust. Totally different, and good. We each ate one piece to not over fill ourselves the quickly headed to the hotel to shower and get dressed. Dress code required that I wear a jacket. Gino's was slow so by the time we left and got checked into our hotel it was about 4pm. After we showered I decided to check on the drive time using Google Maps since it pulls traffic data to give fairly accurate times. We were a little surprised to see that it would take about an hour and a half to get there. Marisa couldn't believe that she was going to go to the nicest restaurant of our lives with wet hair! :-( She did a slight Boho/wavy look that I liked, but bugged her a little. She obviously had plenty of time to do her makeup on the drive.</div>
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We parked and went inside almost exactly at our reservation time! The picture below is of our table. We were given the option to add on an extra course before our regular 13 course meal of a white truffle risotto for an extra $125. The only food item I say I don't like (considering I have eaten sea cucumber, caviar, blood sausage and catfish) is fungi. So, there was no way I was going to pay that much for an item I don't like, no matter how awesome the presentation and preparation was. </div>
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They graciously accepted that and our request for sparkling cider instead of any of the wines and moved directly into the first course. We had a waiter constantly waiting near our table for anything we needed. I should add that the entire meal (other than alcohol for those who get it) and the gratuity is paid for in advance so they aren't working for a tip, it's already been given. They work to earn what we've already paid. That was cool because I've had waiters (although I wouldn't expect that here) who immediately looked down their nose at me when I said I wasn't ordering any alcohol. </div>
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Here is the copy of the menu that they gave us at the end. For some reason we didn't get the menu that was shown on the website. They said that tonight's menu was going to be a surprise and they would give us a copy after eating. I think it was to add a surprise element to the evening. The more to the right the circle is the more sweet the dish was. The large the circle, the larger the portion was. The darker the circle the more intense the flavor was. I thought that was a cool way of showing what we ate with just the text and one icon.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDIGR36uNkflYuMAyFiShVwpohN6HijInQ_OgzfHMMM7TSCvuIOFPWFnVhcJJ4nc787z6CtMlIcsTLyRrNcfi4dAd3SqH8EuNvAbAo9jfnin75EJp9axVdCYoI23a0edPtgm0/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div>
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Course 1 was called Burning Oak, not our picture above. We couldn't use flash and I had left our nice camera in the car so we had to take pix with our phones in the dark restaurant. I'll post which pix weren't ours. The edible part was a pumpkin tempura. It was pretty awesome in that the tempura coating was very thin and super crispy. The pumpkin inside was tart, but sweet and almost fizzed. We really liked it and got excited for what was to come.</div>
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Course 2 was Char Roe. It wasn't all that great. It was good for eating roe, but nothing that either of us loved.<br />
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Course 3 was pretty amazing. They had a ton of strong smelling herbs in the bowl with dry ice that was making the whole room smell amazing. There was a sea shell with a lot of food inside that we can't remember what it was exactly. It was really good. Part of it was dried in liquid nitrogen and that texture was pretty cool. Some of the flavors were super strong. Here are a couple of videos we took.</div>
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Course 4 was Dungeness Crab with squash blossom, cardamom and saffron. Since the food was so involved and the preparation and presentation was such a big part of the meal we had one or two chefs explain each course. This one was one of the more crazy courses. The fluffy white stuff was a saffron flavored cotton candy. The squash blossom was candied. The crab had some sort of transparent yellow gel over it that I can't remember what it was. There were so many parts, prepared in such amazing ways that it was impossible to remember all of it.</div>
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We really enjoyed this course (Binchotan, Tokyo inspiration) for several reasons. Binchotan is a traditional charcoal of Japan. Having recently gone to Japan and loving Japanese food this was an amazing interpretation. There were four different parts. The first, closet to the flame, was a Grade 1 (or whatever they call the highest classification of tuna in Japan) tuna sashimi. I'm not a huge sashimi fan over regular sushi, but this was pretty awesome. I understand the popularity of that grade now. Definite difference from any tuna I'd ever had previously. The next two were seared pork and beef, amazingly tender and flavored with little toppings. The last of the four was crazy. It was an entire shrimp head, turned super crusty by dipping it in liquid nitrogen. It was a little squeamish for Marisa, but I loved it. It was like a crispy, slightly browned nut to me.</div>
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Course 6 was Veal Cheeks with lapsang souchong, pine and blackberry. To be honest, I don't know what any of that is other than veal, pine and blackberry. The bowl was placed over some singed pine needles in a plate. That made the table smell like we were in an evergreen forest (just like home). The blackberry was a very strong and condensed flavor of one of Marisa's favorite foods. The foam was kind of weird. Not bad or great, but interesting to eat.</div>
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Course 7<br />
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Course 7 was Hot Potato with a cold potato, black truffle and butter over a hot potato soup. The first picture is one I found online since we had to eat it very fast while the waiter was explaining it or it would lose its effect he said. The cold potato was suspended over the warm soup. We had to pull the pin out, let the potato fall into the warm liquid and quickly shoot the whole thing at once. It was a little crazy to get both hot and cold at the same time. The food items were all good and I actually didn't mind the truffle at all.</div>
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Course 8 had three plates. We each had the plate at the top, but we shared the very large plate below that. For size perspective, see our water glass on the right side. This was various preparations of duck meat on the white plate that we had to eat with the 60 different, unexplained samples on the dark plate. It was fun to try them all. Everything from sweet, candy-like samples to fried onion and savory sauces. </div>
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Course 9<br />
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Course 9 was Black Truffle "explosion" with romaine and Parmesan. This was interesting. There was some kind of black truffle sauce inside the ravioli. You were to insert the entire thing into your mouth and bite down with your lips closed so you wouldn't squirt all over yourself or your dinner partner. It really did feel like it slightly exploded in my mouth. The bottomless plate was interesting too. It had a shape that kept the spoon suspended off the table.</div>
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Course 10<br />
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Course 10 was a palate cleanser before starting the desserts. It was 5 different preparations of ginger. One was candied and it was super powerfully strong ginger. Each one was different and very flavorful. You were to pull the metal wire out from the holder, eat the ginger and then discard that wire onto the plate you see in the picture.</div>
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Course 11 was CRAZY for so many reasons. It was a balloon made from green apple taffy. The string was also made from green apply taffy and the balloon was filled with apple infused helium. The waiter told us to kiss the balloon, suck in the helium and then tell him and your dinner partner how it tasted. That was so bizarre to do in such a nice restaurant, but as you can see from the video above, we did it as asked. The taffy was soooo sweet and good. It was a fun dessert for sure.</div>
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Course 12<br />
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Course 12 was Corn with white chocolate, honey and mango. The brown stuff on top is a candied corn silk. It was better than expected for sure. The basket is a hard white chocolate. The bottom is a sweet cornbread that was freeze dried with white chocolate and mango added. It was very good.</div>
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This was the grand finale! I'm not sure if the head chef is the one that famously started the restaurant or not because he didn't look like any of the pictures we saw, but he famously battled cancer and looked super skinny (especially for a chef) in all his pictures. The head chef for us didn't look like that, but was slightly similar so it could be the post cancer version. Anyway, he seemed a little pissed off as he served us the dessert, literally at/on our table. They removed our water and cider glasses and laid down the grey rubber top you see. Then he proceeded to make the dessert right in front of us, first by placing a ring on the table like the outside of a spring form pan, dumping a loose cookie crust in the bottom and then pouring a hot mixture over top, some kind of chocolate gelatin. As he added each part to the main dish in the middle, he would also place pieces of that ingredient on the table in a decorative fashion. We were to eat off the table and dip our main dish into the stuff scattered around the table. The white is a sweet cream, the blue is a violet infusion and the red was blackberry. It was all super awesome. It was crazy to see him intensely lay down the red and blue drips that you see in the second photo.</div>
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The week before I was invited to go skiing on Lake Washington with a friend. The water was pretty nice and his boat was competition certified so the wake was almost non-existent when we skied then pretty big to board. The first picture is me doing a not so great back flip that ended up with a back spasm :-( Feeling the age of 40 coming on fast...<br />
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<br />Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-90168102438630002702013-05-29T16:10:00.001-07:002017-02-14T11:53:39.750-08:00The JourneyFourteen years ago today, I woke up on a beautiful sunny Seattle morning next to my dear friend Andrea and my mom said it was a perfect day to get married. It seemed like the extra push I needed since I was so freaking scared that I was making the wrong decision by listening to the Spirit and not my heart.<br />
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That day I felt calm and peaceful as I committed to be true and faithful to Carson for time and all eternity and I couldn't help but smile as I looked into his dark brown eyes. It felt like coming home.<br />
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Looking back, the day of our wedding was like the eye of the storm. Like "footprints in the sand" it was the day that Christ carried me. Everything before and after was so hard! <br />
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When I first met Carson in October of 1998 I wrote in my journal that I felt like myself around him. <br />
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The comfortableness we had right from the start quickly turned into a strong friendship and also meant we didn't hold back our opinions and could argue about almost anything. I knew within a few weeks that he was the man I was going to marry and I was terrified. I was 19 and I wanted to be more grown-up, to know myself better, to be more experienced. I liked him a lot but I was only starting to fall in love with him, a process that was hindered by all the arguing and stress over school and trying to do the right thing. But every time I would start to freak out about it, I would say a prayer and I KNEW it was the right thing to do to marry him. And even though we weren't desperately in love there was plenty of passion between us so we didn't want to wait too long and set a date for May 29th, 1999. <br />
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God blessed us with four insane (I mean active and impetuous) children and some huge setbacks in starting Carson's dental practice to teach us patience.<br />
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He blessed us with trials of multiple miscarriage, near financial ruin, a crisis of faith and the realization that my ADHD is affecting almost everything in our lives to teach us understanding.<br />
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And over the past 14 years we have learned to love each other deeply, to match the solid commitment that we've always had to our marriage and our family. The picture is a little blurry, but THIS is my Carson. This is the man I love with all my heart, the best friend I've ever had. We still get so mad at each other sometimes and we still have so much to learn but I LOVE this wonderful man and I couldn't live without him.<br />
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Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano, all I know is I love you too much to walk away though :)<br />
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I love you Carson Calderwood!!! Happy 14th Anniversary!<br />
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<br />Marisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04395527416233913142noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-70780449674696292582013-04-24T20:04:00.002-07:002013-04-24T20:09:14.770-07:00New lens<div style="text-align: justify;">
I've been wanting to get a better portrait lens for a long time. I had
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<br />Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-59121668646606146002013-04-15T18:03:00.000-07:002013-04-15T18:03:28.474-07:00China<div style="text-align: justify;">
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We only missed a few hours of daylight in Beijing and Carson and Trey slept on the plane but I was really sick and couldn't sleep, but when we arrived the local time was 5:30am, so by the time we bartered with a taxi driver and checked in at our hotel, we headed straight back out to make the most of the day. We were staying only a couple of miles from the Forbidden City so we walked there and decided to hire a tour guide. She was very nice and spoke better English than anyone else we met in China, so we asked her every question we could think of. You could tell she was proud of her country's history and defensive about the Communist Government. </div>
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Here are two panoramic photos Carson took with his phone. Hopefully they will blow up when you click on them to see them bigger. The first one is of the Forbidden City/Palace from the park at the end. It is a large hill that was made from the dirt removed to make the moat around the palace. The second one is of the main square inside the Forbidden City.</div>
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On the walk to the Forbidden City we saw these shirts in a shop. Can anyone explain this to me? Do they like Pres. Obama or not? Are they celebrating his communist/socialist policies or making fun of them??</div>
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A lot of the symbols from the Forbidden City were found all over Beijing. Two Lions stand in front of many important gates: the one on the left is a female and has a baby cub under her foot to symbolize motherhood. The one on the right (not pictured) is a male and has a ball under his foot, I think it was to symbolize ruling the world or something like that.</div>
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Outside the Forbidden City hangs this picture of Chairman Mao which was slightly confusing to me since he's not the current President and also not a traditional Emperor who lived in the Forbidden City. Like they have to remind us that although we're viewing the palace of ancient Chinese tradition, the real China is communist now. ???</div>
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A pretty spot we passed on our way there - it still felt very wintry but the willows were starting to leaf out.</div>
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Inside the Forbidden City. It was HUGE!!! This is one of the 9 central gates, after the 9 sons of the dragon king (no daughters).</div>
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Our tour guide really wanted to take a picture of us jumping. If you watch the movie<br />
The Last Emperor you can tell that the grounds have been cleaned up a ton since it was filmed. They said tourists have been able to visit since the 1920s. The central buildings are for royalty and events, and the side buildings are for storage, working, and the living quarters of the hundreds of eunichs and thousands of concubines and their children who lived there. </div>
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The dragon king with his 9 half-dragon sons - all the main buildings had this on the corners.</div>
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You can rub the lion heads on the cauldrons for good luck. The scratches are from people who plundered the palace after the royalty were kicked out and tried to scratch the gold off.</div>
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The wood buildings had been rebuilt after fires over the centuries but the stone carvings are original, including extensive stairs & railings, all ornately carved, with hundreds of dragon-head rain spouts.</div>
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Throne room</div>
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All the ceilings of the main buildings had these incredibly ornate painted ceilings, all with the same designs except for in the Empress' building, where the dragons were replaced with phoenixes, the symbol of the Empress. Everything was done in 4 colors: red, blue, green, and real gold leaf. Some of the painting was old and faded and some had been re-done for the 2008 Olympics. It was cool to see the contrast between the two.</div>
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The male lion sentry.</div>
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The largest carved stone in the world. </div>
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There was so much beautiful bronze metalwork. Also it was freezing cold and windy and we had our hands in our pockets as much as possible!</div>
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You couldn't go into the most special rooms but since our camera takes good pictures in low light, we stuck the camera in and took pictures and were able to see more than we could with our naked eyes.</div>
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The moat around the Forbidden City</div>
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Going up the hill at the foot of the Forbidden City</div>
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The view of the Forbidden City from the hill. They said usually you can only see the first of the 9 gates from here because of the smog. The "gates" are the large buildings in the center, going back.</div>
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On the other side of the hill - Beijing was so huge that it was buildings as far as the eye could see in all directions.</div>
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We went to Tiananmen Square but there wasn't much to see besides a large phallic monument to communism, some working man statues and 2 very large TV screens (red in the background) </div>
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We went over to the Lama Temple which was decorated in the same style as the Forbidden City and possibly even more ornate. There were several rooms with big statues of Buddha, each bigger than the last. People were worshipping with insence and prayers.<br />
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We had some trouble exchanging our money (long story) and getting back to our hotel - it turns out that even though all the streets are labeled in both English and Chinese characters, taxi drivers can't get to a hotel with the address written in English. Carson had printed out a list of places we wanted to go written in both English and Chinese, so we could easily get anywhere we wanted... except the hotel! Finally we had a taxi driver take us back to Tiananmen Square and walked from there. We took showers (finally) and Trey fell asleep on the bed. We tried to wake him up to go to dinner but he was completely out. Fortunately the place we planned to go was just down the street so we let him sleep and went to Da Dong restaurant which was rated the best place for Peking Duck in Beijing. You can watch them roast the ducks in big wood-fired ovens in the middle of the restaurant.<br />
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Carson saw this sea cucumber on the menu and couldn't resist. It didn't taste like much and was covered with plum sauce so it was okay but the texture was very squishy!!<br />
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We both had Peking Duck and it came with little pancakes and a plate of little sauces and relishes. It was very good and the only Chinese food in China that I truly enjoyed. We also had a pumpkin soup and "dragon beans," which were some kind of broccoli-brussesls sprouts related vegetable. The restaurant was beautiful and had a stream running though the middle full of colorful koi fish. After being awake for almost 2 1/2 days straight I seriously couldn't keep my eyes open while we were waiting for the waitress to bring the check! <br />
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The next morning we ate at the breakfast buffet at our hotel. We told Trey to make sure to eat a lot since it was kind of expensive. He had hardly eaten in 3 days so that wasn't a problem! He ate plate after plate of noodles, fruit, dumplings, pastries... everything! Carson and I love to try new foods and eat the regional cuisine wherever we go, but we had a hard time in China!! We tried to buy strawberries on the street but the bottoms were all mildewed. We ordered some soups and dumplings at a small restaurant by the Forbidden City but the soups were just okay and the dumplings were so full of raw garlic that we couldn't even eat them. We bought some corn on the cob on the street and it was flavorless and weirdly chewy. After being exhausted and feeling sick to our stomachs we wussed out and went to the breakfast buffet instead of chancing the streets of Beijing. They did have a lot of Chinese foods there but they also had cocoa puffs (to Trey's delight), cold kashi with nut & fruit toppings (I had 2 big bowls), apples and yogurt... I felt healthier immediately! <br />
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The white wedge with black seeds is dragon fruit, we though it was like a cross between a soft apple and a kiwi. On the right is a pastry and on the left are different Chinese dumplings.</div>
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We called a tour service for the Great Wall of China that arrived at our hotel with a driver and a "translator" lady... who barely spoke English. The concierge at our hotel warned us that some of the tour companies will take you to "shopping" places where they try to rip you off. We told the tour lady that we didn't want to go anywhere but the Great Wall. She said that's not the deal, for 500 yuan we go to the Great Wall and the shopping. Carson offered her 700 to NOT stop anywhere else. We left with them through the crazy streets of Beijing (it's a wonder we didn't see any pedestrians and cyclists hit by cars!) and headed out into the countryside. We left the main highway and the tour guide said she and the driver needed to get lunch. They stopped at (shocker) - a cloisonne factory with high price tags. We refused to do the tour there and the tour guide begged us to stay just 10 minutes. 5 minutes. We got in the car and she came a few minutes later (without any lunch), complaining loud and fast in Chinese to the driver... apparently she didn't get paid for making the stop! She kept calling us "friend" but didn't offer much in the way of a tour. After we got to the Great Wall and bought tickets for the cable car, she said she would meet us back at the car in an hour and a half. I was surprised but happy to have a break from her! We REALLY enjoyed the Great Wall, it's just so iconic that it seemed surreal that we could be there, walking on the world's longest man-made structure, started before the time of Christ, built over centuries and visible from space!</div>
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An unrestored section showing the original stones, grown over by plants</div>
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Looking back over the section we hiked</div>
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Trey going sideways down the steep steps</div>
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Back down at the entrance to this section of the Great Wall. We bought some dried fruits as a snack and rode back to our hotel, where Carson explained to the tour guide that he was really disappointed that she had broken her promise and gave her 600 yuan (about 100 dollars) - remember that the original price was 500 and Carson negotiated 700 for no stops. We expected that she wouldn't be happy about that but we didn't expect that she would go absolutely crazy on us! Her arguing quickly turned into yelling at the hotel people got involved. After understanding what was going on, they asked Carson to go into the hotel and let them handle her. She followed Carson into the hotel lobby yelling at him and they called security and the manager came down and followed her out. Carson said she could stand there all day arguing but there was no way he was going to pay her the extra amount for no stops when she made a stop and tried to lie about it. She was so mad and finally the hotel called the police and she left.<br />
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We ran up to our room and brushed our teeth and wanted to go out right away for the silk market but I was kind of afraid that she or the driver would jump us on the street and I wished I had another jacket besides my bright orange one! I asked the hotel people to call a cab in to the hotel drive so we didn't have to go out on the street and we went to the silk market, which is the biggest bargain-shopping tourist market in Beijing. It was in a building with 6 floors, one was a food court and there were different wares on each floor, with a labyrinth of glass-walled vendor booths. We only had a couple of hours before they closed so we zeroed in on bronze statues for the boys, pearls, and a pink Chinese dress for Aspen. We had heard that you should aim to pay about 10% of their original offer. It seemed so crazy but we were able to get close, but not without a lot of effort! The vendors were really aggressive, trying to get you into their shops, pushing you to buy more, acting offended when you offered a low price, saying "I lose money!" and "Why you do that to me?" They would call in their friends to back them up about it being real bronze or real pearls and worth the price and I was stressed trying to make decisions about what people would like, doing the exchange rate conversions in my head as we bartered, trying to figure out if we had enough in yuans or if they would take credit card, under pressure for time and with Carson & me not always agreeing on which was the best or what we were willing to pay. We got what we wanted but by the time we left we were tired and hungry and a little bit on each others' nerves! It was too late for a real dinner and we had kind of given up on authentic Chinese food anyway and there was a McDonald's across the street so we went in but they had a small and different menu so I just had a milkshake and half a fillet-o-fish and Trey had a McFlurry and a piece of fried chicken. Carson wanted an interesting-looking burger with sausages on it but they were out so he just had a regular burger. This sounds lame but seriously we were so done with Beijing after just 2 days! I'm sure other places in China are much nicer, but between the air quality, the pushiness of the people, the weird food and the difficulty getting around we were just done. Almost all of it was a concrete jungle anyway, I think we would have had to do a lot more traveling to see other things that were beautiful and traditional. I was afraid that 2 days wouldn't be enough but we got to see some awesome things and had a little taste of the culture and we were all glad we went, but ready to head over to Japan.</div>
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In the airport you could practice calligraphy. The Beijing airport is the largest airport in the world - and not heated :( but definitely had some cool stuff!</div>
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Marriage - two people joined together in happiness</div>
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After two days in China we woke up the next day and flew to Japan. Carson's high school friend Chris met us at the airport. Tokyo was such a dramatic difference from Beijing. The air was much cleaner and and the taxi cab drivers wore suits with white gloves! Instead of dirty squatter bathrooms with no soap or toilet paper they had multi-function toilets with heated seats and touchless soap, water and hand dryers. The people were so much nicer and not pushy, really just the opposite because they are so polite! And of course it was so much more comfortable to have friends there to show us around! We went back to the Ericsons' apartment to pick up Nancy & their 3 boys and then headed out on the train to the new Skytree tower. Unfortunately it was closed due to wind but we took this picture outside:</div>
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Spring came about 2 weeks early in Tokyo this year so most of the cherry blossoms were falling off the trees by the time we got there, especially after a big rain storm they had had right before we arrived. But this tree had fake cherry blossoms on it!</div>
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Looking up at the Skytree tower, the tallest tower in the world</div>
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Riding the trains with the Ericson family</div>
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We went to a sushi restaurant for dinner (Trey's favorite) and Chris recommended the bowl of fish heads... it actually tasted pretty good and Carson even ate an eyeball!</div>
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The Japanese people aren't as short as they used to be but Carson still stick out! It seemed crowded on the trains but Chris said it was nothing like rush hour!</div>
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Marisa & Nancy walking down the street by the fish market</div>
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Trey wanted us to buy him a large knife or sword at the fish market</div>
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I bought one of these shaped like a cherry blossom -it's like a cookie cutter but a lot stronger and deeper so you can use it to cut things like radishes for garnishes. I loved these so much I could have bought 100 of them - swallows, butterflies, lotus flowers, leaves - but things aren't cheap in Japan like they are in China! </div>
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After the fish market we went to pick up the Ericson boys at their international school. Nancy was the chair for this year's quilt for the auction and it turned out amazing!!!</div>
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I don't even know where this was but scenery like this made Japan so beautiful, everywhere.</div>
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The second night Chris had to work late so Nancy stayed home with all the boys and Carson and I went to the Tokyo Tower. Like Beijing, Tokyo was buildings for as far as the eye could see. </div>
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Inside the Tokyo tower. I loved how everything was decorated with cherry blossoms for Spring.</div>
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The Tokyo Tower from the outside</div>
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Another view from the Tokyo tower. We ate dinner there and then headed over the the club & party district called Rappongi, just to walk around and check it out.</div>
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It was busy and fun! I actually found a lot of clothes I liked there and I could have stayed there shopping longer if Trey & Carson weren't bored by it! A lot of the Japanese girls dressed so cute, with knee-highs and high heels and winged eyeliner and beautiful, shiny hair. They wore a lot of black and white, with an eclectic mix of funky and elegant that was honestly kind of adorable!<br />
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Next we went to the Meiji shrine. It's like central park in that it's a beautiful and natural forest in the middle of a big, grey city. I absolutely loved the beautiful trees, and was actually glad that they had had an early spring because even though we missed the cherry blossoms, we got to see the leafy trees and especially the Japanese maples. There was a couple getting married and the whole wedding party was dressed in traditional Japanese clothing.</div>
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I loved the beautiful combination of dark woods, faded green roofs, metal flower accents and simple, elegant designs on everything from the gates to the buildings to the lanterns in the park. It was warm and sunny and gorgeous and I felt like I had died and gone to heaven! (At least the heaven of architecture and gardening!)</div>
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We went back to the Ericsons and Nancy drove us down to the 5-lakes region by Mt. Fuji. We were able to see Mt. Fuji when we got close, before it was dark, which was good because the next day it was mostly covered with clouds. Their weather is really similar to what we have here in Western Washington, except they say it's hotter in the summer. The countryside was so beautiful, with a mix of evergreens, deciduous and flowering trees covering miles and miles of steep hills. We stayed at a traditional Japanese Onsen, which is like a bed & breakfast featuring a hot spring bath house. This first picture is all of us at the traditional 12-course dinner we ate.<br />
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This is our room, complete with a low table, straw mats and sliding rice-paper doors</div>
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Details of the dinner. Something interesting about the Japanese meals is that they don't drink a lot with their meals, usually you have to ask for water and then you only get a tiny glass! They had individual burners where we cooked our own soup, and tons of tiny plates with little bites of things to taste. I didn't know what half of it was but it mostly tasted good! </div>
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Then we dressed in robes and headed up to bathe & soak in the onsen. The boys & girls are separate and you have to be naked!!</div>
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Under Carson you can see the little bed-rolls we slept on. Not the best night of sleep in my life.</div>
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Since it's an alpine region, they were behind Tokyo in the progression of Spring so we got to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom! </div>
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After more traditional Japanese food for breakfast we headed to a nearby Samurai village, turned into a tourist attraction.</div>
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The boys took full advantage of their costumes!</div>
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Trey asleep in the airport in San Francisco<br />
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I read quite a few books and it actually wasn't that bad, and we were
ready to go to bed when we got home around 10:30pm in Seattle, even
though it was the middle of the next day in Tokyo! We all did better
with the jet lag than we thought we would, although we have been more
tired than usual over the past week, but there was really nothing we
could do since bright & early Monday morning Carson had to go to
work and Trey had to go to school! Carson's wonderful mom watched Bex,
Caeden & Aspen and they had a fun time while we were gone, and I was
SO happy to come home to a clean house and all the laundry done! Thank
you Cerola!!!<br />
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It was such a different and interesting experience, one we will never forget! <br />
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Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-19956260152893828722013-04-14T18:04:00.002-07:002013-04-14T18:04:11.997-07:00Asia Trip<div style="text-align: justify;">
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The past couple of weeks have been very busy for us! Carson's parents flew out for Beckham's baptism and to watch the kids while we went to China and Japan with Trey. A few years ago our friends the
Ericsons started to talk about moving to Japan as a transfer within Chris' job at PWC. We said if they ever
did we would go and visit them. They moved there last summer and are
moving back to the States in a couple of months so we decided to go over
Spring Break.<br />
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Trey loves all things Japan (read obsessed) so we decided to take only him since taking the whole family would be a pain and really expensive. We told the other kids that around the time they turn 12 we will take them on a special trip. Beckham & Caeden are already planning where they want to go! <br />
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between Tokyo and Beijing are relatively inexpensive and it's only a
short 2-hour flight. So we flew into Beijing and spent a couple of days there before flying to Tokyo.</div>
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We've evolved from using this blog to posting smaller things on
Facebook. We still occasionally post bigger things here, so with that in
mind, here are links to the four posts that were all part of this
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Fortunately we were able to sync my parents coming to Seattle with Beckham's baptism. He turned 8 in February and has been anticipating his baptism for a long time. He was able to have his baptism with his friend Ella. It turned out to be a wonderful night that I'm sure he'll remember for a long time. </div>
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Beckham's baptism was on Friday night. The next morning Carson, Marisa and Trey took off for Asia. We were delayed in Seattle because of fog in San Fransisco. We got in late and missed our flight to China and finally got it worked out to fly to LA that night and then to China early the next day. We took advantage of our hours in San Francisco and rented a car so we could see the sights. </div>
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Trey was bugged to be delayed and said the Golden Gate Bridge wasn't very impressive!! He can be really pessimistic when he wants to be! We went to the Wharf and had clam chowder and fish & chips, and saw the sea lions and looked out at Alcatraz Island. <br />
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We drove up to a tower where you could look over the city & the bay, then drove down Lombard Street, the most crooked street in the world.<br />
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The other day Trey said out of nowhere:</div>
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"You know, it's not true what they say - 'Girls don't like boys, girls like butterflies and bunnies.' Because all the girls in second grade like me." </div>
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Carson and I tried not to laugh and even though we knew the answer we said "Who says girls like butterflies and bunnies?"</div>
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"You know, that song..." He started singing Good Charlotte's <i>Boys and Girls</i>:</div>
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He had a good laugh at himself when we told him it really says "Girls like cars and money!"</div>
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I got a new camera and have started to have fun with photography again. When I started seminary I pretty much didn't do any more photos other than with my phone. My favorite sister came to visit and we took the new camera with us to downtown Seattle. We found a cool graffiti wall that the kids loved and shot some photos.</div>
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First off, the one thing that put me over the edge in upgrading from our old camera was the amazing low light capabilities. I always felt like that was my biggest hindrance in getting the shots I wanted when I couldn't. These two shots show it pretty well. This is in a very dark place under a bridge at night. The iso was 12800! It was taken with an exposure of only 1/80 sec and an f stop of 4. All the images in this post are low resolution, but it is amazing that the image isn't full of noise. I haven't done any touchups to these two night shots.</div>
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The sports is a little better in auto focus. I didn't get many shots because I coached Beckham's football team and was doing more video at his soccer games.</div>
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As anyone with multiple kids knows, trying to take a family photo can strangely coincide with the biggest family fights of the year. As soon as the camera came out the kids turn into pozers!<br />
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Proof of craziness, the photo organizer recognized the first version of Caeden's face, but not the second, what does that tell you....?<br />
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Marisa and I didn't do any single shots of us. I didn't think of it and Marisa didn't want to with her braces and cold. This is a candid shot my sister took.<br />
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As usual, I think she looks absolutely amazing! <br />
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Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-52920017796598414742012-09-21T16:55:00.001-07:002012-09-21T16:55:42.181-07:00Trey VideoHere are the ones for <a href="http://calderwood.blogspot.com/2012/09/bex-video.html">Bex</a>, <a href="http://calderwood.blogspot.com/2012/09/first-part-of-2010-12-family-videos.html">Aspen, Family Intro</a>.<br />
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Trey!<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/49917318">Trey 2010-2012</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user789378">Carson Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-13247682161809733772012-09-16T21:15:00.000-07:002012-09-16T21:19:50.421-07:00Bex VideoThe previous videos (Family Intro, Aspen & Caeden) are <a href="http://www.calderwood.blogspot.com/2012/09/first-part-of-2010-12-family-videos.html">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/49573877">Bex 2010-2012</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user789378">Carson Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<br />Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-23665420709037338582012-09-09T10:20:00.002-07:002012-09-09T10:20:46.512-07:00First part of 2010-12 family videosBecause the process takes a while I decided to put these first couple sections up now instead of waiting for the whole thing to be finished.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/49096267">Intro 2010-2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user789378">Carson Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Aspen part 1<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/48990117">Aspen 1 of 2 2010-2012</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user789378">Carson Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Aspen part 2<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/48996306">Aspen 2 of 2 2010-2012</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user806255">Marisa Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Caeden<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/49074088">Caeden 2010-2012</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user806255">Marisa Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Aspen keeps getting in trouble for getting the chickens out to play with them.</div>
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Caeden did his end of pre-school activity of making a pizza at one of the local pizzareas.</div>
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We got the kids a bounce house to help with being active despite all the rainy weather we had this spring.</div>
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Yes, that is a disco ball hanging from our ceiling, but that is a blog post for another day!</div>
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Caeden and Beckham have been taking a lot of swimming lessons lately. Aspen wants to do hers so she put on some floaties and did her "smimming wessons" in the tub.</div>
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We got two quads before our trip to Oregon with the Calderwood family. I had the boys practice in our circle for a bit. They love them.<br />
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We previously had figured out via google maps that Baker City Oregon is the midway point between Salt Lake and Maple Valley when deciding where to stop for the night to break the drive up. We decided to meet up with everyone around there and go camping. We settled on a small town called Sumpter. It was pretty cool and had a lot of interesting mining and Oregon trail things to check out.<br />
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Warning, there is some blood and open tissue shots in this blog post, so if you don't like seeing that, don't scroll down. I had to place sutures in both Marisa and Bex this week! That combined with breaking my finger a couple of weeks ago in the basketball tourney have made for more trauma in our family recently than the previous few years. Hopefully we have hit our quota!</div>
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I took him up to my office (after getting dressed!) and placed four sutures. He did great for the numbing. Although he is very sporty/athletic and tries the most to act tough, he can't handle the slightest amount of blood. I brought up a ninja video clip in my phone and he watched that while I worked on him. Fingers are so much easier to numb than mandibular teeth. He did well with the initial poke and the rest was pretty painless. I placed four sutures and during the entire process he kept saying things like, "is this going to be seen by people?" "Are you going to tell anyone about this," etc. He was very embarrassed. By the time I was done and he saw it he couldn't wait to go show everyone his sweet war scar. He kept asking to take off the bandage so he could show his stitches.</div>
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Much worse than that was Marisa's trauma. She had bought some plants for the two hanging baskets on the front porch. She came home right at nap time and she knows from previous experience that if she doesn't bring things in that are perishable that they most likely will be forgotten after putting a kid down for a nap. So, she parked the car in the driveway, left the side door open so Aspen could see her as she walked up to the front porch and hung the two baskets. During that 70 seconds (we watched it later on the security cameras) Caeden unbuckled himself, went to the front and somehow was able to get the car out of park and into neutral. The van started rolling down out sloped driveway to the circle and Aspen started screaming. Marisa was just getting down from hanging the second basket and heard the scream. She turned around and saw the van leaving the driveway and was afraid she wouldn't be able to get to it in time. She was wearing flip flops and somehow flipped them off as she was sprinting toward the car. Right before the car got to a neighbors driveway across the street she managed to jump in the front seat and slam on the break. Somehow she cut her forehead, her arm and her leg. She was too far away to see it with the camera very well, but must have hit the door on the way in. Her head was cut pretty badly. She came up to my office and I placed five sutures. I contemplated doing a double suture technique, but the cut was exactly in line with her furrowed brow line. Her stitches are out now and it looks better than I even expected. There is still some residual swelling, but people don't notice it until she points it out and they can't believe it was only a week ago that it happened which is amazing because she heals so slowly most of the time. I hope we are done with stitches for a while....Needless to say, Caeden has had some not so fun days trying to learn how to remember to listen to Mom and Dad.</div>
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<br /></div>Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-57345840309178841602012-04-01T16:30:00.005-07:002012-04-01T17:24:46.881-07:00FebruaryThis is driving me crazy but it seems like no matter what I try, my pictures get uploaded in the wrong order, so I'm just going to leave it and blog backwards.<div><br /></div><div>After hearing the terrible news that our sister-in-law Lisa's cancer is in an advanced stage, I watched the documentary Forks Over Knives and decided to try being mostly vegan for a while. Here are some of the things I tried:</div><div><br /></div><div>Quinoa, black beans & mango salsa for lunch (yummy)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Vce30NzZ2Ps6mYFp5LNGTA_4hzD0s51-CtH6SM-P7w_fUXS4c-MGRcN_Vh37IM8qF3INWkgHZHueJPO1Vi1yMmxZ26a15W5p4TAHUboU60h5PGiQFCYhywMJ8kmhMLQWrbhgUA/s1600/IMG_0914+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Vce30NzZ2Ps6mYFp5LNGTA_4hzD0s51-CtH6SM-P7w_fUXS4c-MGRcN_Vh37IM8qF3INWkgHZHueJPO1Vi1yMmxZ26a15W5p4TAHUboU60h5PGiQFCYhywMJ8kmhMLQWrbhgUA/s320/IMG_0914+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726582449312491330" /></a>Tacos with black beans, brown rice, salsa and avocados (good)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4Q5qbWO0yl3I_PwaxpVmtZjNI8LqZvrz_sI08wgphTKRbJ2HLJfOZsNx2J18k8RQJW_x-pprzOrfITjjC9vl7Jkeo4DswUVw2cS-ZunEXmy8HLXK86hZIKmXU7PZyKDzdG8fsA/s1600/IMG_0920+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4Q5qbWO0yl3I_PwaxpVmtZjNI8LqZvrz_sI08wgphTKRbJ2HLJfOZsNx2J18k8RQJW_x-pprzOrfITjjC9vl7Jkeo4DswUVw2cS-ZunEXmy8HLXK86hZIKmXU7PZyKDzdG8fsA/s320/IMG_0920+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726582443909891858" /></a>Whole wheat vegan pancakes with blueberries & agave (terrible!) and a blueberry "green" smoothie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZnPqpRrxJ7X8y7tPK7Ff13sW_3keChHQr_yrYGfr_F1udeUm1u9okzVo2IrHaK0EQi1dYcTwWXOpd-YYPLTfXYIxuA5FSlEjxxqFbX__dSwyxFKyIIginkPou9E7naN4Yf4ttA/s1600/IMG_0922+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZnPqpRrxJ7X8y7tPK7Ff13sW_3keChHQr_yrYGfr_F1udeUm1u9okzVo2IrHaK0EQi1dYcTwWXOpd-YYPLTfXYIxuA5FSlEjxxqFbX__dSwyxFKyIIginkPou9E7naN4Yf4ttA/s320/IMG_0922+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726582442350229010" /></a>Steel cut oats with berries & rice milk (delicious) and a green smoothie (I found that kale was much better than spinach or other greens)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gRlASf08O8OoGqWs8KEYINFR8o-QTJEUUkQrWeColV0MugWKVQcXakSxTODYjPumCF2q-nt6I-YVb3LPHpnTd5WdrNJQXeopGLxvrd5VbdT9kT7rhu5xanFpHfxEeWA07ck0vA/s1600/IMG_0917+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gRlASf08O8OoGqWs8KEYINFR8o-QTJEUUkQrWeColV0MugWKVQcXakSxTODYjPumCF2q-nt6I-YVb3LPHpnTd5WdrNJQXeopGLxvrd5VbdT9kT7rhu5xanFpHfxEeWA07ck0vA/s320/IMG_0917+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726582441655442322" /></a>Here is my haul from Costco the day after I watched the movie:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTp22qx9ujX3yufO0eu-LZtI9mOZspbZgjrgWCl8WLDMZK-ZovWd7YIw-Xn8CnMaozfG_7yLhjiGqHZGt67R1I43B0eOZBT0HJth7o-iE7-in9DTHkKMF6Y7FpWKuRk-aYKVlQw/s1600/IMG_0903+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTp22qx9ujX3yufO0eu-LZtI9mOZspbZgjrgWCl8WLDMZK-ZovWd7YIw-Xn8CnMaozfG_7yLhjiGqHZGt67R1I43B0eOZBT0HJth7o-iE7-in9DTHkKMF6Y7FpWKuRk-aYKVlQw/s320/IMG_0903+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726582434440517826" /></a>So 4 things happened that made me fall off the wagon: first, my sister-in-law wasn't interested, second, I learned that a lot of the things that had been "getting me through" my new diet, like corn tortillas, popcorn, peanut butter sandwiches (peanuts and wheat) and soy milk are also not supposed to be good for you, third, I felt terrible instead of better, even after 3 weeks and even though I've always eaten a high-fiber diet full of fruits and vegetables, and fourth and most importantly, we read some criticisms and scientific reviews of the documentary and the book The China Study that show how the claims are overblown, based on assumptions, and otherwise not scientifically sound. So now we're just re-motivated to think about what we're putting into our mouths, and eat even more fruits & vegetables.</div><div><br /></div><div>Other things we did in February: we went skiing at Crystal Mountain<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAb8D57bumVEXxOoVUiT8HYYKkBRc_PNeJfJd9nUF-7DGnnBHVUlqPw9-wVs_o94XSLF6ZVaeYfxRGcLKOINVDpS742xDLWpeIgOqTvGvTcY2DbLq8QRb25RLR8iC11JrLdmPFeA/s1600/IMG_0896+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAb8D57bumVEXxOoVUiT8HYYKkBRc_PNeJfJd9nUF-7DGnnBHVUlqPw9-wVs_o94XSLF6ZVaeYfxRGcLKOINVDpS742xDLWpeIgOqTvGvTcY2DbLq8QRb25RLR8iC11JrLdmPFeA/s320/IMG_0896+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726581925835395602" /></a>We had a mostly rainy mid-winter break (shocker) and tried some indoor projects and playing with friends to keep the kids busy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirofphIeO4Ei2zEqLxtATvi2i74ZRFwZYn2eP-mzW6jgzE381WSlQwmUEI3M4pxo3ceJZmHDR4IfR7nIH9tp1BTa_EIqgio2wrzNL8l-jhhtVpP-qq14QvTQ5iJiatNwzZyMtp8Q/s1600/IMG_0891+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirofphIeO4Ei2zEqLxtATvi2i74ZRFwZYn2eP-mzW6jgzE381WSlQwmUEI3M4pxo3ceJZmHDR4IfR7nIH9tp1BTa_EIqgio2wrzNL8l-jhhtVpP-qq14QvTQ5iJiatNwzZyMtp8Q/s320/IMG_0891+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726581918365745746" /></a>Carson had lasik surgery but we don't have a picture of that! </div><div><br /></div><div>Caeden decorated a can for his valentines at preschool:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYiE_l4RNFgeiLCXEZ5h6odDJaHQfgtQ-7hmpP4jYVR-UR0WN6ZoG-9kZZVvaFMz708omJWpR8NTDubS51Zx8sXZWZo85YTP7yCebGq-wudvP0MisbHoqz72oMFZ78BS69R7iow/s1600/IMG_0883+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYiE_l4RNFgeiLCXEZ5h6odDJaHQfgtQ-7hmpP4jYVR-UR0WN6ZoG-9kZZVvaFMz708omJWpR8NTDubS51Zx8sXZWZo85YTP7yCebGq-wudvP0MisbHoqz72oMFZ78BS69R7iow/s320/IMG_0883+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726581912526294450" /></a>And I tried to make valentine's breakfast fun with heart pancakes with sprinkles & strawberry milk but the kids wouldn't even sit for the picture<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZD6FcxVBiN44T96HXzP3mVRC-6K8a1c5ZY3gCauA2DYWsHfxdpeYHEYsqiPr_JrwnbFD4S0u1XU2_pHLrKDF6t7KXUiKnjvZnsJxD3pbbuJ3O5SHOODyFds-x7gmLRqxxPoJyTw/s1600/IMG_0875+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZD6FcxVBiN44T96HXzP3mVRC-6K8a1c5ZY3gCauA2DYWsHfxdpeYHEYsqiPr_JrwnbFD4S0u1XU2_pHLrKDF6t7KXUiKnjvZnsJxD3pbbuJ3O5SHOODyFds-x7gmLRqxxPoJyTw/s320/IMG_0875+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726581907323149506" /></a>Beckham turned 7 and we celebrated with my family since we decided the kids don't need to have a "friend party" every year... 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I had an awesome Charlie & the Chocolate Factory party in the works.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPowGLhVmAWtkRbhHbgXoJn5qAXuOOkxOmVoyI1OQWGmN6kIt-cSNqQMdk3Xqgd1yxGXBwXedCeueR0LJ2DMzwQXeTHqAzjLCLWEdVxdAtUGFO8a57YSc_0dvTHsi2aMBU_dTOiw/s1600/IMG_0832+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPowGLhVmAWtkRbhHbgXoJn5qAXuOOkxOmVoyI1OQWGmN6kIt-cSNqQMdk3Xqgd1yxGXBwXedCeueR0LJ2DMzwQXeTHqAzjLCLWEdVxdAtUGFO8a57YSc_0dvTHsi2aMBU_dTOiw/s320/IMG_0832+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726581678760054274" /></a>Aspen turned 2!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkt-FoSxq6qz1qs3gnt0nFODyD9RNbw75YIZRxh3lMxpRZISvmfkSFjtBjFvBo7We3y98FU20Ync8vzquBUfm2JoQM4DQT3DNeCAZYwA_QtwFyhcFH3sPeTTOu1Dr_8nRXlqdsmg/s1600/IMG_0841+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkt-FoSxq6qz1qs3gnt0nFODyD9RNbw75YIZRxh3lMxpRZISvmfkSFjtBjFvBo7We3y98FU20Ync8vzquBUfm2JoQM4DQT3DNeCAZYwA_QtwFyhcFH3sPeTTOu1Dr_8nRXlqdsmg/s320/IMG_0841+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726581669646662418" /></a>She almost got to open her presents by herself. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawhsdaCr0OuA6QXuwYCzk-BuQjn-1MK-inhnmUChSbTsRT9krG4ouW3n8GrWaTzsk393M8dNHCYhwbcWTr0TC7_-JuuK3V3fxSNgYYwIQHw_t398SgYOjEjQ2T_iRH2sZmSPiNQ/s1600/IMG_0855+%2528Custom%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawhsdaCr0OuA6QXuwYCzk-BuQjn-1MK-inhnmUChSbTsRT9krG4ouW3n8GrWaTzsk393M8dNHCYhwbcWTr0TC7_-JuuK3V3fxSNgYYwIQHw_t398SgYOjEjQ2T_iRH2sZmSPiNQ/s320/IMG_0855+%2528Custom%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726581667547007410" /></a>It really is amazing to have a girl. She is still crazy like the boys a lot of the time but she does things that they never did... like leaves things in the cabinets without locks, stays in her "big girl bed" (most of the time) without having to be locked in, likes to clean up, asks for a napkin to wipe her mouth when she's eating, notices what clothes I put on her and has opinions about it, talks incessantly, cries like her heart is broken if you hurt her feelings (or her pride), sits kind of still for me to do her "piggies," and likes to show everyone how smart she is by saying things like "apsen's pink shirt." She is very bossy and doesn't like her brothers to come into her room and will tell on them if they're doing a "no no." She is already potty-training and loves to put stickers on her chart and likes to sing the Little Einsteins theme song, watch My Little Pony, make cookies in her toy kitchen and paint her toenails with mommy. She is such a joy to our family and we are trying very hard not to spoil her by making her stick to the rules but she is so much more obedient than the boys that she doesn't need very much discipline, and the boys are so in love with her that they cater to her a lot and are always trying to teach her everything. She is so loved and so special to us!</div>Marisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04395527416233913142noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-57411717467724053232012-02-09T22:18:00.000-08:002012-02-09T22:18:23.463-08:00Cancun....and the last four months<div style="text-align: center;">
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...we were lucky enough to be able to fly to Texas for a day to spend with
Marisa's childhood best friend Anna and her college best friend Andrea.
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On top of Coba Temple with the flat expanse of jungle extending 360 degrees around us</div>
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We saw tons of zebra fish and those yellow ones, and several different types of coral</div>
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Dory (sort of)</div>
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My mom chillin' in the water at Cozumel </div>
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Our favorite little neon spotted fish</div>
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Cody with some kind of camouflage fish</div>
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Bubbles!</div>
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Needlefish or mini marlin?</div>
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This one is more like Dory, the blue on the edges of these was so brilliant!</div>
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Taking a walk through the jungle</div>
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This eel would NOT show us anything but his tail!</div>
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Despite being major blogging and photography slackers lately, we do have a couple from Christmas and Caeden's bday.</div>
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Aspen really enjoyed Christmas this year and was excited about her little kitchen, her purse from Trey ("backpack"), her little scarves like Mommy's, and her pink legos. Here's Caeden with a handful of gold gogos, along with his legos and a Nintendo DS. The boys all got airsoft guns, DS games and various other little pieces of plastic :)</div>
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Aspen & Caeden love to play together while Trey & Bex are at school</div>
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Her hair is really coming in and Marisa is now making doubles of all the hairclips to go in pigtails</div>
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For Caeden's birthday treat at preschool Marisa made ice cream cone cake pops since the letter of the week was "I"</div>
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The next day he had his friend party at home with his playgroup. He wanted a dragon theme and we couldn't find much but we did get a dragon pinata!</div>
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Aspen lasted about 10 minutes in the snow each of the snow days and then spent the rest of the day inside trying on everyone's snow gear</div>
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What happened to our fat bald baby? (and we thought she was cute then!)</div>
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We went to Moab (yes drove) to have a big family get-together. My sister came back from several months of military training so we all met in Moab for a couple days. It got up to 90 degrees which was terribly hot for our soft Seattle bodies. The cousins all had a great time playing together and the kids spent tons of time in the sand. We took one of out two little motorcycles, my dad had his 4 wheeler, we took out mountain bikes and did Slick Rock, did some 4 wheeling, went to Arches, played some cards, BBQ'ed some ribs, and had a great time!</div>
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Here are the kids playing in the sand. They even took blocks of sandstone and scraped it to make tubs and chairs. It was pretty cool.</div>
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We saw some sweet petroglyphs</div>
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Arches was pretty much the last of the S Utah national parks for me to see and it was the first one for Marisa to see despite having been to S Utah several times for other trips.</div>
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It was a great trip. We got to see my sister's boyfriend Chris, my cousin Jaron and his girlfriend Angie. Lots of family, lots of sun and lots of driving. The kids were surprisingly good. I hooked up the Wii and a video player to a big monitor. That definitely made the 18 hour drive a lot more enjoyable!</div>
Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-25361526012677615772011-09-08T09:19:00.000-07:002011-09-08T09:19:50.830-07:00Family Video 2008 to 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately I've lost a significant amount of my passion for video editing. So it took a while to finish this video and its not as well done as I would like, but I was getting way too much video built up to let it go on much longer. Also, my previous computer had issues handling some of the more complex renders that made it impossible to finish. My new computer screamed through it and made finally finishing this project smooth and problem free!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The video is broken up into four parts since Vimeo has a 500 MB per file limit for free version. It also has a 500 MB per week upload limit so I spread this across three accounts to get it all out at once. The video starts with a weird intro. It is my version of the Carmelo Anthony fans in Utah commercial that came out when the Jazz played the Nuggets. If you've seen it, my intro will make sense. If you haven't you can search for it or see it at the end of the fourth clip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This will get imported into both Marisa and my Facebook pages so if you want the full quality version go <a href="http://calderwood.blogspot.com/2011/09/family-video-2008-to-2010.html">here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28646231?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/28646231">Calderwood Family 2008 - 2010 1 of 4</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user789378">Carson Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28698621?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/28698621">Calderwood Family 2008 - 2010 2 of 4</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user811295">Trevor Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28750910?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/28750910">Calderwood Family 2008 - 2010 3 of 4</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user806255">Marisa Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28750846?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/28750846">Calderwood Family 2010 - 2011 4 of 4</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user811295">Trevor Calderwood</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-3108679285168676612011-08-20T15:48:00.000-07:002011-08-20T16:47:52.383-07:00Summer (and a reality check)I decided I have to do the "slingshot approach" (which you molecular biology fans might remember from the human genome project) to blogging. That's where the reality check comes in. There have been a lot of things I haven't been fitting in the last couple of years, with Carson's new practice, another baby, demanding church callings, etc., and blogging is something that's so low on the list that I never get to it. Then I realized that on scrapbooker Heidi Swapp's blog she has tons of type/spelling errors. You mean she doesn't proofread it twice before she posts it? She seems to get a TON of things done with 5 kids and her own business, so I thought I would take a page from her book and just DO IT, with no picture editing or perfectionism, so here is a quick summary of our summer:<div>
<br /></div><div>Aspen can go up the ladder and down the slide on our playset so she's enjoyed that a lot lately
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDowyw-S1RprrXuU6ptJY4ao0FgVGybSScvlpPaHXdM0ljnK8CqDHtsDW3ZlYqhibBunfEtsyFFGcJMj8fMEPBZ5Uz2kTdVky0NAznfgAVkx_91G8KfZ7GDfYJedBiFJsaw6caUw/s1600/IMG_8821.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDowyw-S1RprrXuU6ptJY4ao0FgVGybSScvlpPaHXdM0ljnK8CqDHtsDW3ZlYqhibBunfEtsyFFGcJMj8fMEPBZ5Uz2kTdVky0NAznfgAVkx_91G8KfZ7GDfYJedBiFJsaw6caUw/s320/IMG_8821.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643080946073186754" /></a>We picked strawberries
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSP3SBb-PGBq9KIGQYK2HDWpFSRpkLLj0liOdzsvYZsIxl_bqJqfJF_vu5mcCmpDttJX6NHQpVSX_bMG24rZrbaDou40P62NK1EpuZYVKW27ao0AoEt1L33UUeTrcmflHO-53qA/s1600/IMG_8836.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSP3SBb-PGBq9KIGQYK2HDWpFSRpkLLj0liOdzsvYZsIxl_bqJqfJF_vu5mcCmpDttJX6NHQpVSX_bMG24rZrbaDou40P62NK1EpuZYVKW27ao0AoEt1L33UUeTrcmflHO-53qA/s320/IMG_8836.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643080941546798242" /></a>And Trey made us some strawberry sorbet
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4A45_sIt85DLlji7Zy3YL_YXspall8AKehK00pKiVLjUr3yddPTwo7XUOmqJmnonuJjrIL1n9Cs-w4Vri3ZB55ly-ZlDDJPElFuOmHwhHSTwLPhyphenhyphen9xCnmQsGK6_hCaSy6jmFx-w/s1600/IMG_8859.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4A45_sIt85DLlji7Zy3YL_YXspall8AKehK00pKiVLjUr3yddPTwo7XUOmqJmnonuJjrIL1n9Cs-w4Vri3ZB55ly-ZlDDJPElFuOmHwhHSTwLPhyphenhyphen9xCnmQsGK6_hCaSy6jmFx-w/s320/IMG_8859.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643080937612896146" /></a>Aspen let the chickens out and got in the coop (yuck!)
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8qq2DEF96G6uyi_S0kxkhsYr0uFf-Rpda5JdSA4JMB71H_ZQHKl7xzX_5Kh4qHpA3FrbQVQneVb3TgAS9qseDO9l9aPRFN4prbODqrCTfMkni-y2Y3HCW3VDpOB0PS_WFHsBaw/s1600/IMG_8946.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8qq2DEF96G6uyi_S0kxkhsYr0uFf-Rpda5JdSA4JMB71H_ZQHKl7xzX_5Kh4qHpA3FrbQVQneVb3TgAS9qseDO9l9aPRFN4prbODqrCTfMkni-y2Y3HCW3VDpOB0PS_WFHsBaw/s320/IMG_8946.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643079269773166322" /></a>Aspen can get on the table and get into things like strawberry jam
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UtMZpEcacF2-UaGMqGb-5dmuIOs5ztAgWyTqAJny-0i1908DYuXMP8BOwCJ1pYTCpAP5TvBGNPgcOLbDjGhm10HvxSVQJN2z_qpO3fcGN6dZFAEYLwTX3BgC4Gpos_djIFvVpA/s1600/IMG_8979.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UtMZpEcacF2-UaGMqGb-5dmuIOs5ztAgWyTqAJny-0i1908DYuXMP8BOwCJ1pYTCpAP5TvBGNPgcOLbDjGhm10HvxSVQJN2z_qpO3fcGN6dZFAEYLwTX3BgC4Gpos_djIFvVpA/s320/IMG_8979.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643079262140673426" /></a>Carson and I ran the Ragnar Relay with some friends
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYgi2JSv9__3ltK4Z8jSb8kOuCnx5OlF_9lp0LLIEe1tOyKZPfy3KHc84vWugl7yyerhQ684zoHsQGlnEOTWGV4oub5JuRhEryco2FFpNaAnz47vl9SaR4RrczOhXU5C5hQqlzw/s1600/IMG_8999.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYgi2JSv9__3ltK4Z8jSb8kOuCnx5OlF_9lp0LLIEe1tOyKZPfy3KHc84vWugl7yyerhQ684zoHsQGlnEOTWGV4oub5JuRhEryco2FFpNaAnz47vl9SaR4RrczOhXU5C5hQqlzw/s320/IMG_8999.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643079255924294978" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQuuHRBPVWpvNllHWNUFMV_VPJu8wr8H40Vzd_HHiZTH5lodz0YFuFNpoqItBhOGg08h4pKJJ-95_ndiaO11KB8GiX4ThRLjxA3Jnz-NRhOoEymOWGobgJ644ufT4p_4wCj9aBw/s1600/IMG_9000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQuuHRBPVWpvNllHWNUFMV_VPJu8wr8H40Vzd_HHiZTH5lodz0YFuFNpoqItBhOGg08h4pKJJ-95_ndiaO11KB8GiX4ThRLjxA3Jnz-NRhOoEymOWGobgJ644ufT4p_4wCj9aBw/s320/IMG_9000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643079255885984866" /></a>On my first run I forgot to pin the number on my shirt before starting so Carson had to help me do it in the middle of my run
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EjOV8LVXhWA2XCxXhA-5Qbw-TBPq0YrbDbFxBW7foiuiJQRFEOV2lpNkwUHuUCHGOb5TO-96qYfXakH_k05zn5Ylm3JlTeQ-sYclDnss88jwBOX0aLTIMb2rqPV-yrQQpQeO5Q/s1600/IMG_9008.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EjOV8LVXhWA2XCxXhA-5Qbw-TBPq0YrbDbFxBW7foiuiJQRFEOV2lpNkwUHuUCHGOb5TO-96qYfXakH_k05zn5Ylm3JlTeQ-sYclDnss88jwBOX0aLTIMb2rqPV-yrQQpQeO5Q/s320/IMG_9008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643079013374260082" /></a>It was hot during MaryKai's run
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwx5p8Ry5hqMp9HP484XJF2shHMTIo28dyTl2xIRxaZCHXJU-TLuqU4inLB5HHKm4G-Iu8ELTgh7SPkZd4eRN3UuxKEgzzsYY-sYYjjdLv6wxuSw2ekz4QzzFzyPYMROMe3xXcA/s1600/IMG_9025.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwx5p8Ry5hqMp9HP484XJF2shHMTIo28dyTl2xIRxaZCHXJU-TLuqU4inLB5HHKm4G-Iu8ELTgh7SPkZd4eRN3UuxKEgzzsYY-sYYjjdLv6wxuSw2ekz4QzzFzyPYMROMe3xXcA/s320/IMG_9025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643079007029984642" /></a>And she ran it really fast and wore herself out!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunNnqeTQXYJ4EPuldZiK_fLdSnLruUtUwLFmYaAw3Ijrzgvdv_Fw-n0UgBfnZCavPEwdFtfttp4ikRUxXtOAXZPGCNE38IRF-vR55e0lTzSoCqC3OX6XaSMaOUpj4-Eb9QzrPcA/s1600/IMG_9051.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunNnqeTQXYJ4EPuldZiK_fLdSnLruUtUwLFmYaAw3Ijrzgvdv_Fw-n0UgBfnZCavPEwdFtfttp4ikRUxXtOAXZPGCNE38IRF-vR55e0lTzSoCqC3OX6XaSMaOUpj4-Eb9QzrPcA/s320/IMG_9051.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643079004720808034" /></a>Carson handing off the slap bracelet (which was really sweaty and gross, BTW)
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXue1a3XRdPRQJtI92LzmUmZFJELYkc30iwJdErocZE0KnSN5xa4fn3GKI2LcQmbvREsyOsTceqBh-VfGyPrCxkwNVt3EhWiQHp1Ah49RBNw9bVGRcNtyXUKHqj4Wyl-XOjxxjg/s1600/IMG_9071.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXue1a3XRdPRQJtI92LzmUmZFJELYkc30iwJdErocZE0KnSN5xa4fn3GKI2LcQmbvREsyOsTceqBh-VfGyPrCxkwNVt3EhWiQHp1Ah49RBNw9bVGRcNtyXUKHqj4Wyl-XOjxxjg/s320/IMG_9071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643078999526578082" /></a>These are the kinds of views we had on Whidbey Island
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKs0ou1pxzVWY_i5x0BG4-oCcO5QEuvLwXrlxzO3qllIIinHMszxxLRTYwjxQKa9ZnTTuPS8KDZSm8CijP00-mT5bdzcPp2Oljt59A4t6J0GwYpqyKLuWiQcaNtf9gC-5mBUVTqQ/s1600/IMG_9075.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKs0ou1pxzVWY_i5x0BG4-oCcO5QEuvLwXrlxzO3qllIIinHMszxxLRTYwjxQKa9ZnTTuPS8KDZSm8CijP00-mT5bdzcPp2Oljt59A4t6J0GwYpqyKLuWiQcaNtf9gC-5mBUVTqQ/s320/IMG_9075.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643078996190448018" /></a>We drove our van for the 6 of us in our half of the team and decorated it with vinyl and our team name/logo (thanks Vicki!)
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZZlKy7AhFxgh0FVlZ8s2Z79DXRaI_nVYE2aMtIUrysQL1rRyLHZpPwnOfXsAiTQFo27hLHiOwPQKxw2Zf6Nuo_O0smlNMDjmgmEaOm7EVPVP_YeQm7o9RaJsGKu2C7ZfG4ughw/s1600/IMG_9081.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZZlKy7AhFxgh0FVlZ8s2Z79DXRaI_nVYE2aMtIUrysQL1rRyLHZpPwnOfXsAiTQFo27hLHiOwPQKxw2Zf6Nuo_O0smlNMDjmgmEaOm7EVPVP_YeQm7o9RaJsGKu2C7ZfG4ughw/s320/IMG_9081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643078085778436530" /></a>Carson's team shirt somehow came in WAY too small
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_Zp0AhV4QWgvbIuW5GJlIj813k4M5Nk0S04G9bpUZX5k6LkDpLAuP55npR6PELM55bSpKbe4v1evMnGDlbx73D7Ll-2PYGq4zRP0XsWUP13NjuZug0vjTrDoTND7uq35vn5Z2w/s1600/IMG_9084.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_Zp0AhV4QWgvbIuW5GJlIj813k4M5Nk0S04G9bpUZX5k6LkDpLAuP55npR6PELM55bSpKbe4v1evMnGDlbx73D7Ll-2PYGq4zRP0XsWUP13NjuZug0vjTrDoTND7uq35vn5Z2w/s320/IMG_9084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643078081152909266" /></a>I took the kids to the Woodland Park Zoo with the Watkins
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcN49jCqq56U63JULu_JlvrKZAW7Ku1Tj5fvnuDsTqKXvbvDLImVYvgUXVZE8OChTYvgq-NJMpLCX48BSXh1AU8wUc618LjIX22-PjVFvwUgXJQtwGmCyzUwM8QeZ3j7Ksecvsw/s1600/IMG_9093.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcN49jCqq56U63JULu_JlvrKZAW7Ku1Tj5fvnuDsTqKXvbvDLImVYvgUXVZE8OChTYvgq-NJMpLCX48BSXh1AU8wUc618LjIX22-PjVFvwUgXJQtwGmCyzUwM8QeZ3j7Ksecvsw/s320/IMG_9093.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643078078615215650" /></a>as we were getting in the car in the morning, Beckham threw his booster seat and hit Aspen in the head
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiok4iNXGzLcGY42ktyxzdDANy8xq6oEun9Q5Co-phwAS-wVxT0lVNThnmRp2Oh95WfeHCCT3l5WvMlDy-z5P0aLeIdJk4ZZkOmLH1y-DU2zQirdayzmIo9NC9FEbL0ZzQU5t8GGQ/s1600/IMG_9097.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiok4iNXGzLcGY42ktyxzdDANy8xq6oEun9Q5Co-phwAS-wVxT0lVNThnmRp2Oh95WfeHCCT3l5WvMlDy-z5P0aLeIdJk4ZZkOmLH1y-DU2zQirdayzmIo9NC9FEbL0ZzQU5t8GGQ/s320/IMG_9097.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643078075491912002" /></a>Here he is posing
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjucksVv7pmnNwR_z055NYJkfBBpmm-wMD4H3wGuDNyEoiyK5o_I63CvfiL8d6ghJTLrAKWf9YyKT-erjdK3uWIi6ddPdMcIdXSQDwJJQvkxhcq5ZcddKFISoLGc-K0Bub3jPKQw/s1600/IMG_9123.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjucksVv7pmnNwR_z055NYJkfBBpmm-wMD4H3wGuDNyEoiyK5o_I63CvfiL8d6ghJTLrAKWf9YyKT-erjdK3uWIi6ddPdMcIdXSQDwJJQvkxhcq5ZcddKFISoLGc-K0Bub3jPKQw/s320/IMG_9123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643078072423085730" /></a>Trey turned 10!!! How did he get so old? He celebrated with a waterslide party again and a Pokemon theme
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPJpQm6gnIr4LHyH_3kyIYquxjhyphenhyphenGe3TCWIHjBG-SuvrS2C6e1Uae0YMpHraD8vT1fYfQu__Jyb59TCAq-7O_w3r5-q2oO850_mKgfeM0abNYbqvRchMprPSImxd61ZMiQOBdpw/s1600/IMG_9176.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPJpQm6gnIr4LHyH_3kyIYquxjhyphenhyphenGe3TCWIHjBG-SuvrS2C6e1Uae0YMpHraD8vT1fYfQu__Jyb59TCAq-7O_w3r5-q2oO850_mKgfeM0abNYbqvRchMprPSImxd61ZMiQOBdpw/s320/IMG_9176.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643077374579761826" /></a>We had a pikachu balloon and also a pinata that I can't find any pictures of
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzm_C6LED75LodvFsPPtQnNFRL7UD6p3E4115d8QsEXs9_LaaFqlm36-3AxgYhZFaJc6Kdv6jm54HgHWFRdpucJud5SvGePJ4YThzkGgD8xg_OQ_ELdc7QlerfMZyKmAzMsBoFQ/s1600/IMG_9184.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzm_C6LED75LodvFsPPtQnNFRL7UD6p3E4115d8QsEXs9_LaaFqlm36-3AxgYhZFaJc6Kdv6jm54HgHWFRdpucJud5SvGePJ4YThzkGgD8xg_OQ_ELdc7QlerfMZyKmAzMsBoFQ/s320/IMG_9184.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643077375011358578" /></a>Happy boy
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxS3SqC4jBQatOBxI2JnEBncp7CZqam0lxGRI0rAASH7BhuXKZA9jivAKWpkTFHDBWJQyt6qefJ2IqyhAJ0VMPzItMTYkbJgNCbtbE4681vdfcG85px79j8xMYUiZb_eUcFDiC5Q/s1600/IMG_9216.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxS3SqC4jBQatOBxI2JnEBncp7CZqam0lxGRI0rAASH7BhuXKZA9jivAKWpkTFHDBWJQyt6qefJ2IqyhAJ0VMPzItMTYkbJgNCbtbE4681vdfcG85px79j8xMYUiZb_eUcFDiC5Q/s320/IMG_9216.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643077369435695090" /></a>I just love this picture
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_rnL1VkdfCygV3IPh7ctWcMJhThVg4VWTS8LXXXEC5tTEkch849A10aLPv8juzlzLSVADNgvygFAAExSCvKVi6efGCKTS2bjg9iDGvgwFuCYPyNhh4dMY6SMZBVAZpEBTR4-3A/s1600/IMG_9230.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_rnL1VkdfCygV3IPh7ctWcMJhThVg4VWTS8LXXXEC5tTEkch849A10aLPv8juzlzLSVADNgvygFAAExSCvKVi6efGCKTS2bjg9iDGvgwFuCYPyNhh4dMY6SMZBVAZpEBTR4-3A/s320/IMG_9230.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643077366632687522" /></a>We went to Mud Mtn. Dam in Enumclaw, here's the "before" picture of Beckham's back
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWyu8aT5xMtjGJ7bGZ88a0KFPQwvipnyArN6nJMgGxdmXGfabCgP1yV5oeqUI5zJbnfREhsCPMu-xfCkG6zBCgS1gpRh9DbePVKL34WmcSPOsTpWxY_db7JosBnGhTpj3ZtuNUg/s1600/IMG_9240.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWyu8aT5xMtjGJ7bGZ88a0KFPQwvipnyArN6nJMgGxdmXGfabCgP1yV5oeqUI5zJbnfREhsCPMu-xfCkG6zBCgS1gpRh9DbePVKL34WmcSPOsTpWxY_db7JosBnGhTpj3ZtuNUg/s320/IMG_9240.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643077362730488098" /></a>Aspen thinks she's such a big girl
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHNcwGDCGta_nb3HERzRBNY9sFXQ5_1t74ze3xFxetl_bMlSYPag2Z045esRBkDf39CIBFVRoLxd0LC5S4jQ4Z_hT7WIp8SMhAodCTxWzFePpX4eTrE1ai2oYxJfDtRlmfI4rPw/s1600/IMG_9262.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHNcwGDCGta_nb3HERzRBNY9sFXQ5_1t74ze3xFxetl_bMlSYPag2Z045esRBkDf39CIBFVRoLxd0LC5S4jQ4Z_hT7WIp8SMhAodCTxWzFePpX4eTrE1ai2oYxJfDtRlmfI4rPw/s320/IMG_9262.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076890699825666" /></a>The kids are in there somewhere (but not Aspen, the water was freezing)
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIP_PRYvpXBly4JZfY6_qUE9YTgblChzUrLAKgDUSblZxgNHqfqL9lyAmX-9pTf4rVyJxfwv499nwymfO3Gx0gZuAYN5l1SpKNhbWAFRTdtMA37qNo0PUToaCxmV4Lbx6QXWjmQ/s1600/IMG_9271.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIP_PRYvpXBly4JZfY6_qUE9YTgblChzUrLAKgDUSblZxgNHqfqL9lyAmX-9pTf4rVyJxfwv499nwymfO3Gx0gZuAYN5l1SpKNhbWAFRTdtMA37qNo0PUToaCxmV4Lbx6QXWjmQ/s320/IMG_9271.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076887681493474" /></a>Bex fell on his bike and got road rash on his cheek, shoulder, arm & leg. We were on the way to a neighborhood party and once there, he kept asking how he got there and why he was holding a popsicle. I guess even with a helmet you can get a concussion!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjgnqM5rEIyFRcIaLN1sAdH6Y1kf3U9GVZMoLqTQneJxxRUiW7HDEcpfEQdPrQHrSpf64tcYz66GiBHFDuXvIh3nmubNIOdxEcAOzsZRP36gHyQPSEOeAP1NUCfahXG5lPA49Hg/s1600/IMG_9284.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjgnqM5rEIyFRcIaLN1sAdH6Y1kf3U9GVZMoLqTQneJxxRUiW7HDEcpfEQdPrQHrSpf64tcYz66GiBHFDuXvIh3nmubNIOdxEcAOzsZRP36gHyQPSEOeAP1NUCfahXG5lPA49Hg/s320/IMG_9284.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076883962022450" /></a>Here's the sunburn. I kept chasing him at the park trying to get sunscreen on him and he ran away saying "I don't need it, remember, I don't burn!"
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcZEP1yBIysumv6mveXImVEjmKoj3WyalEJIq65aL4LqylMe0FZVw1Zdsy0-AKEg5xWoFO3w4e00qqjkQp4VI9USacpzyEDZMFwGOQCnRoxqfmlNVR0OiucrQ_5uahxprafy2NQ/s1600/IMG_9285.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcZEP1yBIysumv6mveXImVEjmKoj3WyalEJIq65aL4LqylMe0FZVw1Zdsy0-AKEg5xWoFO3w4e00qqjkQp4VI9USacpzyEDZMFwGOQCnRoxqfmlNVR0OiucrQ_5uahxprafy2NQ/s320/IMG_9285.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076879332842354" /></a>He took swimming lessons and is now taking a second session and loving it
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaOa477NB-F0HMDpCN04sxbbydKrLI2jsrhQISIU2_s8mWBmwPnOuAtnp6znQeb1mKe7PIBK94Q4SH5ZtaGRqNU8wAz40gNwUiS39u2afn3pFeWtCiQyT0FszHdPQ-ai0zbz31w/s1600/IMG_9293.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaOa477NB-F0HMDpCN04sxbbydKrLI2jsrhQISIU2_s8mWBmwPnOuAtnp6znQeb1mKe7PIBK94Q4SH5ZtaGRqNU8wAz40gNwUiS39u2afn3pFeWtCiQyT0FszHdPQ-ai0zbz31w/s320/IMG_9293.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076875596892482" /></a>Aspen eating lip gloss
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8dVJnLrhTrKJMREp2sngOWgJN_xSXFL5_J5LyTdDJ8QwZg-gmz4tKxjwgOzIgxkRPUcB7qsob0ifF9Xa2PuHGyy_pNa4pW4LcDz2mkdroSrbbVbLz4GYr6VaT8O-lSZM8JPVCA/s1600/IMG_9376.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8dVJnLrhTrKJMREp2sngOWgJN_xSXFL5_J5LyTdDJ8QwZg-gmz4tKxjwgOzIgxkRPUcB7qsob0ifF9Xa2PuHGyy_pNa4pW4LcDz2mkdroSrbbVbLz4GYr6VaT8O-lSZM8JPVCA/s320/IMG_9376.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076610840008210" /></a>Aunt Hillary came home from school and our frequent Skype sessions worked because after 8 months Aspen was comfortable with her... until she said "no no"
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm0x41JwBFqRKxJK4MtfxXgZ0Ni3K1HbUCXf9is4eq-x3sprUudNdDUVn7HmuoSo3GTKbNeiopk_J0w3FNQnN1q1ymfIi3mMp5wEzJOg3W0mTzgOrY2SyL0_DNyCrQ2DsSEdAAA/s1600/IMG_9350.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm0x41JwBFqRKxJK4MtfxXgZ0Ni3K1HbUCXf9is4eq-x3sprUudNdDUVn7HmuoSo3GTKbNeiopk_J0w3FNQnN1q1ymfIi3mMp5wEzJOg3W0mTzgOrY2SyL0_DNyCrQ2DsSEdAAA/s320/IMG_9350.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076608328614594" /></a>Aspen wanted me to put a whole bunch of hairclips in her hair
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtUxj7n55CgFpn5oKHTB3VPlxjnuNv7tjMtedrjknW-wv6ost3N7cQIsvDCqx-G8mAxTJukpRxis6hniW3hDoIXSn4B7GjiwmtpNGyhqAjyXcFkUYq8xPqwy_M4gsfVOd0WP5PQ/s1600/IMG_9335.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtUxj7n55CgFpn5oKHTB3VPlxjnuNv7tjMtedrjknW-wv6ost3N7cQIsvDCqx-G8mAxTJukpRxis6hniW3hDoIXSn4B7GjiwmtpNGyhqAjyXcFkUYq8xPqwy_M4gsfVOd0WP5PQ/s320/IMG_9335.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076606438292114" /></a>Caeden made a guy out of french toast, bacon and blueberries
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgVM8s_eovCAS8NZ2ZUGwPtqMLYGPBNJUrqWQPMeowplyq4tKrQhge4pTuQ_ToF6Mi5DTviusLog3n1gLSLX7WxRlsUoob20LWEYFNFChpq3oN17q2OrF4q6oZY7omCsjsMTgOg/s1600/IMG_9314.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgVM8s_eovCAS8NZ2ZUGwPtqMLYGPBNJUrqWQPMeowplyq4tKrQhge4pTuQ_ToF6Mi5DTviusLog3n1gLSLX7WxRlsUoob20LWEYFNFChpq3oN17q2OrF4q6oZY7omCsjsMTgOg/s320/IMG_9314.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076602628666386" /></a>we went to Seafair and saw the blue angels
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_Om7YSrmCP6RVy4QGgA2wU8ODIvdLZqODy8i6jeWDeqt8oEtwoDVRwhd7mdVNdfgz8euSaSbECFKJ6MmQDyaNoGQ0swEFyNuUMT5wxCANxa6UZOKpVonkoCiM37-d6NKYMZ7Ww/s1600/IMG_9309.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_Om7YSrmCP6RVy4QGgA2wU8ODIvdLZqODy8i6jeWDeqt8oEtwoDVRwhd7mdVNdfgz8euSaSbECFKJ6MmQDyaNoGQ0swEFyNuUMT5wxCANxa6UZOKpVonkoCiM37-d6NKYMZ7Ww/s320/IMG_9309.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643076597434755298" /></a>It looks like we had a lot of nice days this Summer but I think I just didn't pull out the camera on the cloudy or rainy days because this has been the worse Seattle summer anyone can remember. It seems like all our friends are talking about moving away from this terrible weather, especially after the wettest Spring on record and a very disappointing Summer last year! It's nice now and today might be the first day we've had over 80 degrees. We have tried to do a lot of fun things anyway but we haven't taken any big trips. So that didn't take me too long to post, now if I can just catch up on my scrapbooking?? :)</div>Marisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04395527416233913142noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-46414729503391505812011-06-21T23:06:00.000-07:002011-06-21T23:06:07.989-07:00Summer Officially Started<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Now that seminary is over I've had a ton more time to do STUFF. Here are some pix showing what we've been up to over the past few months. The last few are from the last few days where we've had some awesome weather for the official start of summer!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI7uTTJRfN7NYst7erCMcPxFNCfbEAvWlLqB_n4lgEC857anycmoEW_KS6867Jx5MUj7Q9Lu4QH5PxnyLlM-GZiNOiz7cXE_0qODbFgvhP-OWh8pPXcZmqVu6_oRow1hsm_dP2g/s1600/IMG_8798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisI7uTTJRfN7NYst7erCMcPxFNCfbEAvWlLqB_n4lgEC857anycmoEW_KS6867Jx5MUj7Q9Lu4QH5PxnyLlM-GZiNOiz7cXE_0qODbFgvhP-OWh8pPXcZmqVu6_oRow1hsm_dP2g/s320/IMG_8798.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep Marisa, I posted this one :-)</div>Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-32299433772662646092011-05-08T16:00:00.000-07:002011-05-08T16:00:20.242-07:00Yard<div style="text-align: justify;">We've spent the past few weeks doing a ton of work in our yard. We really like the Japanese Garden style, especially since there are a lot of climate and plant similarities between Japan and the PNW. We feel like we have finally gotten the skeleton of the yard in place so that we can add things on here and there to complete it over the next couple of years. My mother wanted to see some pictures so here is part of her Mother's Day present... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Starting with the worst first...here is the side of the house behind the playset that we need to build a retaining wall, level and eventually build a shed. You can see the french drain that we just did in the corner which was the low spot and a lot of water sat there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qj10D0xeMvW03AtMeMBdFwRHfSclAFukM70Y-WzLADo_6c251yPs8p-HB9Ks5Dp8VaWyA9y6Wj2BkNbWJHaqOktkYQwdbqI7a6tYVsNa5QB1cRJHKmhemIWH968c7IbE0a4CRQ/s1600/IMG_8430+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qj10D0xeMvW03AtMeMBdFwRHfSclAFukM70Y-WzLADo_6c251yPs8p-HB9Ks5Dp8VaWyA9y6Wj2BkNbWJHaqOktkYQwdbqI7a6tYVsNa5QB1cRJHKmhemIWH968c7IbE0a4CRQ/s320/IMG_8430+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Moving around counter clock wise from there is the next weakest part of our yard. We made the edge of the grass stick our more with its curves than it did before. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tSaXwPCaISJnL0qgDJ9IwlR_ed5xJHX9s4-4kbfU5lKptnvN-HsCjV367hsE1Jw7aPTPX9aFrD4LiJeYQLEOH9XnlqEPHjSReB692zsbjT97pIfcUTPS19HFEGBg-MTbu_E6tQ/s1600/IMG_8431+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tSaXwPCaISJnL0qgDJ9IwlR_ed5xJHX9s4-4kbfU5lKptnvN-HsCjV367hsE1Jw7aPTPX9aFrD4LiJeYQLEOH9XnlqEPHjSReB692zsbjT97pIfcUTPS19HFEGBg-MTbu_E6tQ/s320/IMG_8431+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the other side of the fence we would always get a ton of weeds growing through. We dug a 10 inch trench and put a weed barrier in it that also went up 6 inches onto the fence and was stapled down. Hopefully that will keep the weeds back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqg5Fr1xrQaUegdMNsXAc-xBrhcZeSVH_TVTFRn9I-eEUa9SJm8-XqDxpZzCHIGZW1DZ9pozVv7kP9fQbeY7wuPLjpo3GYXen6Hp6Lkhfilykk_mHDo6rDDGMGz-bursQuNLEn2A/s1600/IMG_8432+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqg5Fr1xrQaUegdMNsXAc-xBrhcZeSVH_TVTFRn9I-eEUa9SJm8-XqDxpZzCHIGZW1DZ9pozVv7kP9fQbeY7wuPLjpo3GYXen6Hp6Lkhfilykk_mHDo6rDDGMGz-bursQuNLEn2A/s320/IMG_8432+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We also put in a trim around the grass to keep it from growing into the flower beds. We moved a couple of the large rocks around, stood some up and laid others down. We put in cobblestone in various locations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ghpaVr18vcmg_5wBGR4McuBxdkrWsJ7XkJkP5Z4C85dfN5hvEqaQV6E8lw_mNkPQVOHADwh012jpERjFZovKY9aYFc5GdHrrg-0Vsg7eSnvV734nusEcfPnTXQfpfAzxvUxvaw/s1600/IMG_8433+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ghpaVr18vcmg_5wBGR4McuBxdkrWsJ7XkJkP5Z4C85dfN5hvEqaQV6E8lw_mNkPQVOHADwh012jpERjFZovKY9aYFc5GdHrrg-0Vsg7eSnvV734nusEcfPnTXQfpfAzxvUxvaw/s320/IMG_8433+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The little circle flower bed here is the herb garden. One benefit to PNW weather is that some herbs become perennials as they don't completely die out during the mild winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7oVdCY7HT6BpQoCHEt3BN-ex-QtfpPB5zU_jdiUvsrCjMxBTRwwEBwJ_XnPcr01265OuuKPOBrqq3Lo1MLxKM3qKGmhm-pJf5qlMnP4f0E997UNKVaD2SAN98OAycDEVQV1kBQ/s1600/IMG_8446+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7oVdCY7HT6BpQoCHEt3BN-ex-QtfpPB5zU_jdiUvsrCjMxBTRwwEBwJ_XnPcr01265OuuKPOBrqq3Lo1MLxKM3qKGmhm-pJf5qlMnP4f0E997UNKVaD2SAN98OAycDEVQV1kBQ/s320/IMG_8446+%255B800x600%255D.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Plans for the future:</div><ul><li>get some 1 and 2 man rocks to compliment the 3-4 man rocks</li>
<li> put bark over topsoil</li>
<li>get more plants</li>
<li>build arbor next to concrete patio</li>
<li>build firepit, arbor and bench in corner of yard that has view of mount rainier</li>
<li>paint the concrete bench and bird bath</li>
<li>get a circular table and chairs for concrete patio</li>
<li>get sand for low spots in grass</li>
<li>finish the water feature</li>
<li>build bridge for the cut out (but not removed) section of the pathway</li>
<li>wrap the bottoms of the deck columns and future fire pit with rock veneer</li>
<li>build the retaining wall</li>
<li>level the area by the retaining wall with the concrete walkway</li>
<li>build other french drains in more swampy areas</li>
<li>Learn how to be patient when it comes to yards so that we can have some zen before we finish our Japanese garden </li>
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</div>Carson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13731046.post-73419653295674494022011-04-22T06:30:00.001-07:002011-08-17T22:00:03.505-07:00Aspen's birthday<div style="text-align: center;">So, this was really 6 months ago but I never posted it, so just after Aspen turns 1 1/2, here's her first birthday party:</div><div>
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aqkDI0AiTY4J3vADJIQyV-kHxbm-xaircJy5WvJz_N4eMncDCD8e7Anm6Rl0pyWO59iOvz0e4OlAfPSNv0uz8rxJZWLNT6bJo_G_8DvDyc_TouxT_WmmhVusxzULj8NFVpVQ1A/s1600/IMG_7185.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aqkDI0AiTY4J3vADJIQyV-kHxbm-xaircJy5WvJz_N4eMncDCD8e7Anm6Rl0pyWO59iOvz0e4OlAfPSNv0uz8rxJZWLNT6bJo_G_8DvDyc_TouxT_WmmhVusxzULj8NFVpVQ1A/s320/IMG_7185.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639777680574266098" /></a>I was super excited to plan a girly party after Spiderman, pirate, sports, Pokemon and Lego parties (just to name a few)! I tried the tissue paper poms for the first time and hung them in our entryway and hung paper lanterns between the kitchen and family room:
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixC9p6dhilIs44oc0HeqCfC-ZMrXu3UNwJUTja528YHCt3qCMzBfKQYYgbd86KDoL2wiCa8G8ZYsO1aTPt8d6zkj8vv8WTC4AgZujt3Z3Up_JCnu4XspgIY4mZU8NzSFopk-WmwA/s1600/IMG_7183.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixC9p6dhilIs44oc0HeqCfC-ZMrXu3UNwJUTja528YHCt3qCMzBfKQYYgbd86KDoL2wiCa8G8ZYsO1aTPt8d6zkj8vv8WTC4AgZujt3Z3Up_JCnu4XspgIY4mZU8NzSFopk-WmwA/s320/IMG_7183.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639777669160624546" /></a>and I made a banner with vinyl letters from my Silhouette:
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWF5HpRyGLQO1v5xOHw8HdwvkEZm497dqJCE3VAZwSdgExVD3GV2HOXFIRk3VgmuJNa7-gQU15zMUvxzeQceaVSFjJOmGqJkhLlG0Ft9PSmTNuPuDRhJh4tTl3UhvG7GVZPJZfw/s1600/IMG_7181.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWF5HpRyGLQO1v5xOHw8HdwvkEZm497dqJCE3VAZwSdgExVD3GV2HOXFIRk3VgmuJNa7-gQU15zMUvxzeQceaVSFjJOmGqJkhLlG0Ft9PSmTNuPuDRhJh4tTl3UhvG7GVZPJZfw/s320/IMG_7181.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639777656488065490" /></a>We invited all of our friends who had babies within a couple of months of Aspen's birth (there were 6 of us due around the same time!) and here are 4 of the babies: Finn, Aspen, Eli and Carter
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadNfdhQx7dyY0tWlyDm4z02s79g35e3GsvlMExpRLmapyysJetcZz66fX4I5gO13sDfPhTbWD0UCo2bUYJFQngqLrlJaYQxHLpTJonuxqdqA0839mcJYN0mxe6EHRLz4t4KOywg/s1600/IMG_7161.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadNfdhQx7dyY0tWlyDm4z02s79g35e3GsvlMExpRLmapyysJetcZz66fX4I5gO13sDfPhTbWD0UCo2bUYJFQngqLrlJaYQxHLpTJonuxqdqA0839mcJYN0mxe6EHRLz4t4KOywg/s320/IMG_7161.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639777326595051842" /></a>Every time we try to get a picture of the babies, at least one starts to cry (okay, usually Eli):
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqlA6-fpD600FOK2tAtqIonLuJ3ekTLYdr39nQPdmIJUpxCfTy-8XwyjC9f_22cOKOeKzhmHmIAH_z6vanQwWyYd2Ab5xI1AgSYtkNaVV-mpEJv4pGJT83h3bMoPgdUIWkgJlSw/s1600/IMG_7170.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqlA6-fpD600FOK2tAtqIonLuJ3ekTLYdr39nQPdmIJUpxCfTy-8XwyjC9f_22cOKOeKzhmHmIAH_z6vanQwWyYd2Ab5xI1AgSYtkNaVV-mpEJv4pGJT83h3bMoPgdUIWkgJlSw/s320/IMG_7170.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639777328036568930" /></a>Here's her lighted cupcake, out of her reach:
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqQukN2cJYKRjMNnjaJwko44_CLmVP2BFDN7jy_kgTYkBvQNXTSxy9YS_hr67ZDD3SahRXU9tY1fpnnqeSX-MNVXt_snxSSaJ9VBrGEuvbNZ3bLnGFx1u0YRd1vMKnqZT9mH7Bg/s1600/IMG_7101.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqQukN2cJYKRjMNnjaJwko44_CLmVP2BFDN7jy_kgTYkBvQNXTSxy9YS_hr67ZDD3SahRXU9tY1fpnnqeSX-MNVXt_snxSSaJ9VBrGEuvbNZ3bLnGFx1u0YRd1vMKnqZT9mH7Bg/s320/IMG_7101.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776814596261314" /></a>She started into it delicately but that didn't last long...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZAFVnijASkDkc3ipOGZdBuHjp_v4KrEoKVBUbgnRr-fvbeO9SfQbIQLdRJPtL9rYmlTq6jrUSWlks2iRAugRydBMOoecrs5A1eVOMASZhfta3r6EACe1O7e2c2OBNT9TYkSTkQ/s1600/IMG_7109.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZAFVnijASkDkc3ipOGZdBuHjp_v4KrEoKVBUbgnRr-fvbeO9SfQbIQLdRJPtL9rYmlTq6jrUSWlks2iRAugRydBMOoecrs5A1eVOMASZhfta3r6EACe1O7e2c2OBNT9TYkSTkQ/s320/IMG_7109.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776809456449010" /></a>Soon it was upside down
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU-PD1CBeyjd-KMVYWkWl7Ecj7WCW-Wc89DbVw_nNuKQIWPYs0cwKDlZQussK4p-qVErxHYCAQouT_ubnEQ4VauKK20QUnwO6oe6VFDdi4r6idMkOxzdnu58oOvrgMpTA0jwx7w/s1600/IMG_7117.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU-PD1CBeyjd-KMVYWkWl7Ecj7WCW-Wc89DbVw_nNuKQIWPYs0cwKDlZQussK4p-qVErxHYCAQouT_ubnEQ4VauKK20QUnwO6oe6VFDdi4r6idMkOxzdnu58oOvrgMpTA0jwx7w/s320/IMG_7117.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776806319277026" /></a>Then the headband had to come off
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuwWI6fWo5RJo36DnEuJiQJbHGrPh4pJ5y1aeXeS1etareV-Nc2exQt3c6Ca1hgrEeIS6TzbEoqiHgXtf8lQ2P8_SXDMhDZXBIZvkbz_of0n1pACXObU1pg0Y54R9aKQWxvJFag/s1600/IMG_7122.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuwWI6fWo5RJo36DnEuJiQJbHGrPh4pJ5y1aeXeS1etareV-Nc2exQt3c6Ca1hgrEeIS6TzbEoqiHgXtf8lQ2P8_SXDMhDZXBIZvkbz_of0n1pACXObU1pg0Y54R9aKQWxvJFag/s320/IMG_7122.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776805863565234" /></a>And of course we end with cupcake all over the table and floor, smashing it in her own face
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlOxRttk-zrpNnaPSMjyQEkN2es6mtxKCcURr2qtSHoJNHyun6dh89oTHTjDavqiJ7tXAjLe6yYyWtMkAGdEMlUZiea2SsDrrLfBLTvSVrkj-0BlE6Ov9jIIWngTQ7jA4CkdwdA/s1600/IMG_7134.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlOxRttk-zrpNnaPSMjyQEkN2es6mtxKCcURr2qtSHoJNHyun6dh89oTHTjDavqiJ7tXAjLe6yYyWtMkAGdEMlUZiea2SsDrrLfBLTvSVrkj-0BlE6Ov9jIIWngTQ7jA4CkdwdA/s320/IMG_7134.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776801617139554" /></a>I had the boys wrap up our old little people toys that had been unused for a while so they could give them to her (in the background) and my mom refinished her baby doll cradle for Aspen and gave her a doll with a handmade blanket
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKxmLytEo0uBzlUHSKUGzak5-Z7QomOmHf1z2PzUmmzppGhedMDoFifW0-f6-l7e4RkBprwqdXteYL7HK-FxW_UIenwvm7z4m24KSPXPQ2DmbkqwZrUC2mg2dDJ0Tf76DmPfPnw/s1600/IMG_7085.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKxmLytEo0uBzlUHSKUGzak5-Z7QomOmHf1z2PzUmmzppGhedMDoFifW0-f6-l7e4RkBprwqdXteYL7HK-FxW_UIenwvm7z4m24KSPXPQ2DmbkqwZrUC2mg2dDJ0Tf76DmPfPnw/s320/IMG_7085.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776447635216818" /></a>It was the day before Valentine's day so it was super easy to find pink and red candies
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2r1v4xJiSwB28lsHV5gtyp_NWEnXXdgtHJYAC4LBcx1Au-Aih8YhceUhMDNDoaYzzJQOk0h3QTPDZJkS57KmGx6C2bwBnDNVXpEgxzTomZKB812eN__hLblrJuYMXeSR_q16JA/s1600/IMG_7065.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2r1v4xJiSwB28lsHV5gtyp_NWEnXXdgtHJYAC4LBcx1Au-Aih8YhceUhMDNDoaYzzJQOk0h3QTPDZJkS57KmGx6C2bwBnDNVXpEgxzTomZKB812eN__hLblrJuYMXeSR_q16JA/s320/IMG_7065.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776448141282178" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0DD1RNdabADMZSOg138hfMDsBHHJ91ZIJ8WD7uCky7UL_1o4FBLH7wnFenJlVE0pYSRuVMdyZXyijvu2UIWOxDV1tlyiSIK82RT_4H24_IYlzqiwcZ5Sk146oQ9SUT-SWVyYig/s1600/IMG_7064.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0DD1RNdabADMZSOg138hfMDsBHHJ91ZIJ8WD7uCky7UL_1o4FBLH7wnFenJlVE0pYSRuVMdyZXyijvu2UIWOxDV1tlyiSIK82RT_4H24_IYlzqiwcZ5Sk146oQ9SUT-SWVyYig/s320/IMG_7064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776444704005746" /></a>I made some cake pops and suckers and found fun little candy scoops at Walmart for all the different types of candy
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BM9-3lYQamHh8qtspCJ0Ct4fNxYippaqFy-lA6CusgWVuEJUpUxazan4JLeHcbU9oe4iDaMetajS0WMZe6jtlHSio2mMURk3pXeCp-cJuDbpCS_2l3CEyJPKkGQT81x4Bmd4QQ/s1600/IMG_7062.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BM9-3lYQamHh8qtspCJ0Ct4fNxYippaqFy-lA6CusgWVuEJUpUxazan4JLeHcbU9oe4iDaMetajS0WMZe6jtlHSio2mMURk3pXeCp-cJuDbpCS_2l3CEyJPKkGQT81x4Bmd4QQ/s320/IMG_7062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776442843053698" /></a>And I made chocolate cupcakes with scalloped pink cream cheese frosting and little flag picks with pearls on top... okay, maybe a little overboard but it's MY FIRST GIRL and maybe my only girl!!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdrAn_NIcIaw75s3sNnyhymjmeM5MYWUYhKUg0y80FlSGnobu-Juu2vW8-9AStjZ85-J9Ors9-V7QN3Ju5j5pw86gYC6ssB9WxjZcKImHs6mZc1S5wZFrJOoWr8l-vLWI4nzUxQ/s1600/IMG_7060.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdrAn_NIcIaw75s3sNnyhymjmeM5MYWUYhKUg0y80FlSGnobu-Juu2vW8-9AStjZ85-J9Ors9-V7QN3Ju5j5pw86gYC6ssB9WxjZcKImHs6mZc1S5wZFrJOoWr8l-vLWI4nzUxQ/s320/IMG_7060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639776441731383362" /></a><div>So this isn't a very cute picture of Aspen but it's the best I had of her wearing the shirt I made her with my Silhouette - I bought a pink tee and cut vinyl to say "birthday girl" and then did a rhinestone crown that you can kind of see at the top.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRepin4d-UsHZLL04X1zMOPdkxW3PxDLGn5uJ_uv_kcn0MYSE21LEwi-G140ZE-ZESA8yJSKziu7LwSzbBkcSBS1XyPwyG6EGthO3QIcwg3EQXHykj9l8lJSuvog4JUJQNT7HkQ/s1600/IMG_7080.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRepin4d-UsHZLL04X1zMOPdkxW3PxDLGn5uJ_uv_kcn0MYSE21LEwi-G140ZE-ZESA8yJSKziu7LwSzbBkcSBS1XyPwyG6EGthO3QIcwg3EQXHykj9l8lJSuvog4JUJQNT7HkQ/s320/IMG_7080.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598401172498407570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div>I liked how it turned out so I made a similar shirt for my niece for her 4th birthday:</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLYsB1u9xTvwXk3gjLhtMtzh5yVQXaWSnxKRaof_H3emXnOX7p1584FYVgRYAkssigZDp8-QnZk-wjZOTLKktYFDkDUqxrHdyuND4VhEDhUHSTQ65XZmLunOfqSQIwB_DQ7OXhg/s320/IMG_8153.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642050843268120066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div>I picked papers and embellishments from the "Tickled Pink"collection from My Mind's Eye and added a few of my own things for the banner, decor, scrapbook and thank you cards:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJPJQDKT7pMKQYOieNkjirDAxoGOYmAJo38zZn313rns3DaNorH0L25KtYasMIcAAvywmAC37mjtVxta5WhpjVjK6aTEyjWlmA22zpAihm09dbxF6IWL_FdxlKLr23S7CEsUIMw/s320/IMG_7912.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642050849961677538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div>Here is the front view of the scrapbook when it's all folded up, I love the layers!</div>
<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyctRR7jhtzyBD3bE0HzkSe-W3VIAvwGb-wTAGCXI_hNOH6Trt1PPqwVcxPPbXB7qRperWcnFcDrP14Gnr4xHvd72mmmowZ5f9hhA2GHbtPlH9yMwcDp5GGpn5TIxfw3IFZ51uwQ/s320/IMG_7915.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642050851127808738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I did one picture for each month, starting with newborn and one month:</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRepin4d-UsHZLL04X1zMOPdkxW3PxDLGn5uJ_uv_kcn0MYSE21LEwi-G140ZE-ZESA8yJSKziu7LwSzbBkcSBS1XyPwyG6EGthO3QIcwg3EQXHykj9l8lJSuvog4JUJQNT7HkQ/s1600/IMG_7080.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjJB1usw5-Q6_TFKhEf5YIqLwvKw_3EGwQ1HtFEM5YNSU-8n9NFqhs1todi2JVwxIz1BjyDg34ARaZhsHwizDxt4H_bZj1UiUBpGm9F4Z3_XtQ_fJKoMa1VYXDitAkyaJBYFe_Q/s320/IMG_7917.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642050857942564082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;">two months:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gl9Az0H7SeLQ952z7_XY8BdhdZdGf7IjLfoHQKQQgSLeTicqQXn2bngFKHiZvxHM9RAoEBINaRZocLBZiM9jjLGqIimSR-h9K7meCIYE9pfvfcvedCHXpC9kIBviEWyYHRyjZA/s320/IMG_7919.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642050857496786546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">three months:</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGS3qZmayS7z6tWa66_0tPrRO8ICc5q_kIvOLHY-g3ro2teFBrnmxhvHvnLLWs83b0WOgFFVXiUv_hIl2jT2YAY8aNW9WgtSTjGmuPEciKwfhBnjAEId7VvY51LVWftPKdRXR1g/s320/IMG_7920.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642054678604063010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">four months:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeBa0VZot-To24feyTD1DVHx90wEvKiv3xvQrjzUxHIlyRL14K6BU8pSKdyrgrRNLiCuQmdY_1RyjZNK1hKwhvQn8uf481oGWqk5f8k9sHnwh4R6zEqBYzAo9W6igRV-Xm3tVXg/s320/IMG_7921.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642051785408479714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">five months (not sure why I picked that picture?):</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JaxJW3o9-O2NHN2BLkG7ECK9Q13emV39Xr07DFcLzOiqAduKWAmZ8mRwZeqnrzdH9PS_a0ZLt3ox9aumQcsyCqDTRm-opmJPKtYTcG5vt90M8lnFkoMhZxkgPj-Yo8Ek6ZEykg/s320/IMG_7923.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642051793903927922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">six months:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipjqctos_Nf8l1xJRLgKHcnfVH7DpJjkXuO8qSWDbMnkIvwNQDLnctYRuRIkwLkrTSAzzxKKQWY8froSeNJcI__dgg2DDUhpVBgM766wdFz7l1vOu5mA2Zx26zVFlG_BDvXJi-A/s320/IMG_7924.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642051792338217074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">seven months (and still bald!):</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBFZixFn_XjVVeu4av-DBYbY40GfaFQmP2yfYLrAq-oDG6vEual96O_q-xsdWJtdbU42LgxrR5y9zouAjmq0gRPL0IfaJ4UFkGu6AbACeL5HBtAJtD4IuLJ7JkK-CLozBoHh9xg/s320/IMG_7925.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642051795587386578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">eight months:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjR-8vGi-qCyPylnvaK8PGfSW8-MKXyCvOJ8l3mIFhg-7FKeLCUV8UWAxSgoRCtOC1nzYMLeFpL-KSKa00oj5jw6PYoCUtFT1GNaUKFwsgOkdTdG8VaWv6sahYdAlqhgwcBFgbsA/s320/IMG_7926.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642051799568516194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">nine months:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EB2C6qizjyZpEPOBs6Xar3HAgTEi_kNrFqF8qNpl_PIpSfwiPj3w6cm1yLMQEqfEIFAuRfVMFpdNH8uiNhpDiM1G-tyKUh8eJJQRR1OJyc7lq-zaOUFMYFYoCO2XBzpxogi2Aw/s320/IMG_7927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642052121148299442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">So there you have it, Aspen's first birthday, February 13th 2011. Maybe I will post picture of this summer before she turns 2?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">
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<br /></span></span></div></div>Marisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04395527416233913142noreply@blogger.com0