tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366560642024-03-18T21:13:50.900-06:00mmm...airNora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-56477020852808053282014-06-08T23:17:00.001-06:002014-06-09T07:59:54.938-06:00Updates and Thoughts…<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-epulWuxYa-A/U5VDSxo5lRI/AAAAAAAAFKY/tkp57xxCY_E/s1600-h/IMG_21974.jpg"><img title="IMG_2197" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2197" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WsE4UzYkJWs/U5VDTnmUysI/AAAAAAAAFKg/BTvh8vTZEjs/IMG_2197_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a>The sixth grade dance is a big deal apparently.  Since January all three sixth grade classes have met once a week to practice, with boys, the swing, two step, Sid shuffle, electric slide, and the hustle to name a few.  There were meatballs and cake pops to refresh.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dm3ARFZ7sNk/U5VDUKUGhBI/AAAAAAAAFKo/Jh51M_1KQu8/s1600-h/IMG_2199%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2199" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2199" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9Y53sg59m6M/U5VDU6t41ZI/AAAAAAAAFKw/bAzUfeiU5YA/IMG_2199_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="484" /></a> Proof I’m returning to normal.  A KSL kitchen table that was meant to be with the ladder backs.  Eating is wonderfully pleasant on a pretty table that can seat all of us and the best part, the seller was in Centerville; 5 minutes away, $70!  p.s. I live in a small town!!!  I ran into the seller at Wal-Mart and showed her this picture on my phone.  She was so happy for me.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H-rhqnSSJ9A/U5VDVZ9x89I/AAAAAAAAFK4/yA34em9hoPw/s1600-h/IMG_2176%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2176" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2176" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SbCuPP5Xn0M/U5VDVwFuZWI/AAAAAAAAFK8/L2vXIk46cjo/IMG_2176_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="347" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-z29-qvESU3Y/U5VDWcqmkTI/AAAAAAAAFLI/HmWAYnQTXq0/s1600-h/IMG_21784.jpg"><img title="IMG_2178" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2178" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-045QxZyNxVg/U5VDXHSI_7I/AAAAAAAAFLQ/f8h46waM0lc/IMG_2178_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="402" /></a>Visitors.  My BFF (Back Fence Friend) from West Jordan, Stephanie, came with a full car of adorers.  Sure do miss that easy cup of cheese or rice from the Browns now that we’ve moved.  And for the record, Guenda was have a good time,  however she’d brought her mechanical baby from a tech class that had woken up 3 xs the night before.  She’d already had enough baby.    </p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NIltBItoWs4/U5VDX0ZM1PI/AAAAAAAAFLY/XQfYmAYqBh0/s1600-h/IMG_219811.jpg"><img title="IMG_2198" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2198" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Z100o9pzEeA/U5VDYiYDT-I/AAAAAAAAFLg/DKO0zz2ezQc/IMG_2198_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--Dmxlwfbwvg/U5VDZK9CbKI/AAAAAAAAFLo/gteptA26NHw/s1600-h/IMG_21832.jpg"><img title="IMG_2183" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2183" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YKsbquF3UNM/U5VDZkpDJ4I/AAAAAAAAFLw/5wnRdVy_vYo/IMG_2183_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XqCHUYNB0IM/U5VDaJsyFGI/AAAAAAAAFL4/9Bw1a0XlPRc/s1600-h/IMG_21885.jpg"><img title="IMG_2188" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2188" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-30Q9Ba2ODtU/U5VDailzzGI/AAAAAAAAFMA/iGOShefoYzg/IMG_2188_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Bev came to snuggle Mckay too.  The sleeping sweaty newborn head has been documented.  His newborn locks remind me of baby orangutan hair.  His lashes are white, he’s going to lighten up.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aJue5bLAx38/U5VDbZxglxI/AAAAAAAAFMI/qlfNH7IvEMk/s1600-h/IMG_21854.jpg"><img title="IMG_2185" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2185" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FR6fx4ZHcLw/U5VDb_MHH5I/AAAAAAAAFMQ/QuYwyXDn4CA/IMG_2185_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="619" height="484" /></a>  Paige sang in an Earth Day celebration and then took the show on the road in the form a field trip for some care centers in Bountiful.  She was the VIP in her class which means printing pictures for the poster and buying treats.  We were at the store with the Little Debbies in the cart, and we passed the Easter clearance where we found chocolate bunnies for .10!  Cheaper to buy the whole class, their own Topper, Flopper, Sunny, or Honey and so we put the Zebra Cakes back.   <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-42VqEX44nMM/U5VDcYg5ZwI/AAAAAAAAFMY/6vNG-Zlm8tM/s1600-h/IMG_22164.jpg"><img title="IMG_2216" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2216" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NyoJvzdsZiI/U5VDc2NVK0I/AAAAAAAAFMg/iqaHnuzBLKA/IMG_2216_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a>The picture above came with lots of out takes.    </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ExN09GMMF5E/U5VDdr6BfZI/AAAAAAAAFMo/gkSUQj69jjw/s1600-h/IMG_22128.jpg"><img title="IMG_2212" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2212" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HhFqSjGgA64/U5VDedtTLnI/AAAAAAAAFMw/2C9x97jQt5Y/IMG_2212_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="272" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vSKuH9oUQGg/U5VDe-vn5qI/AAAAAAAAFM0/hhg6kucqSLI/s1600-h/IMG_220610.jpg"><img title="IMG_2206" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2206" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9v-1yfEa3YM/U5VDfgs_qnI/AAAAAAAAFNA/O37Euc5KFZQ/IMG_2206_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="272" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sHiGe5TUwiM/U5VDgTCe5SI/AAAAAAAAFNI/lN9cSFXG2xg/s1600-h/IMG_221510.jpg"><img title="IMG_2215" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2215" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kj7CngQZBJ0/U5VDg6OSZrI/AAAAAAAAFNQ/gpD27RwNPgI/IMG_2215_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="272" /></a> I posted on <a href="http://projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com/2014/05/have-baby-april-nora-mair.html">projects connect</a> about Mckay’s delivery.  I elaborated a bit at the end about why we decided to have a sixth child, sharing this:  </p> <blockquote> <p>We talked about having another one.  "Why?" James asked, "Do you feel there's a spirit there that's supposed to be in our family?"  I answered no, only because I've never felt that.  I felt like we <i>could</i> "do" one more and still keep up, handle it, maintain the chaos, enjoy that new life...In a joking sense, if asked, “why six?” I could say:  well I made it to 5 and I still had my health, sanity (debatable), and the support of my husband. The reality would be I made a choice.</p> </blockquote> <p>So after I posted that, I felt conflicted with it’s temporal, self empowered theme.  Only because getting a child here, healthy and them keeping them alive is nothing less than a miracle.  So much happens.  For example:  </p> <p>Mckay was two weeks old and I had put him down for the night in the co sleeper, an in-arm’s-reach-port-a-crib attached to my bed.  When he woke up around 3am to eat, I found my Euro size down pillow with a velvet case, that I had absentmindedly shoved off my bed, on top of him.  I lifted it up and found him perfectly fine and ready to eat.  That feeding was a long one only because my mind wouldn’t shut off the what ifs, the how-in-the-worlds? and ultimately the acceptance of the divine intervention.  Down and velvet aren’t breathable, Euro size compared to 8 pound infant size, blech --and yet Mckay was fine. </p> <p>See my conflict?  I can decide to bring or not bring children into the world but after that it’s been a faithful prayer—or more like a demanding beg of help for the last thirteen years.  I feel decisive about my numbers but humbled at the miracle of my numbers.  Have you felt this?  This conflict or competition between choice and faith?  It debates in my head, chattering away and I feed it with management tasks during the week and spiritual enlightenment on the weekends.    </p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-15186290025879052092014-06-02T22:17:00.001-06:002014-06-02T22:17:52.225-06:00Easter and Two Weeks Old<p><em><font size="1">I wrote this awhile ago.  Before I hit publish I accidently deleted some of the pictures and it deflated me, so much so that I didn’t even try to fix it for more than a month!  I opened the writings on Saturday and had the pictures retrieved in like two minutes. So here’s six weeks ago.  More posts soon.</font></em>  </p> <p>  Building a house and moving three times in a year? tough.  Finding a new doctor before I had McKay?  Impossible.  Only  because Dr. Bosworth from South Point Pediatrics is going to be hard to replace.  Between the life size Darth Vader vinyl on the wall and Dr. Bosworth’s relaxed Columbia khakis, Keens and opened plaid button up shirts, everyone (especially the kids) are at ease.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tFGD5WkdRfo/U41MHEr7xrI/AAAAAAAAFGA/xSHLxI1ITVE/s1600-h/IMG_21435.jpg"><img title="IMG_2143" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2143" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-N8nI17hF0m4/U41MIBrnRpI/AAAAAAAAFGI/hZrv3FXfk0Q/IMG_2143_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="488" height="484" /></a></p> <p>The safari photos Dr. Bosworth took himself while doing LDS humanitarian work in Africa.  Every year he goes to teach neonatal resuscitation to increase the birth mortality rate there, all while speaking Portuguese! </p> <p>   <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CyHmEi0T2WM/U41MIr9bI5I/AAAAAAAAFGQ/boWMvJ6Fw18/s1600-h/IMG_21463.jpg"><img title="IMG_2146" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2146" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--SYzcSB26PE/U41MJjzgU3I/AAAAAAAAFGY/eJWbgeDDIPI/IMG_2146_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="228" /></a><img title="IMG_2152" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2152" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_agODuR4qLc/U41MKA9__RI/AAAAAAAAFGg/G9z7pCH4jeI/IMG_2152_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="228" /></p> <p>McKay weighed in at 9lbs. 1oz and had grown a 1/2 inch!  Dr. Bosworth was thorough <a href="http://mairmania.blogspot.com/2010/11/thankful.html">just like he was with Isaac</a>,  all while mentoring a rotation student becoming a nurse practitioner.   </p> <p>We’ve been letting Adelaide wait on most things digital; she turned 12 and no iPod touch. Sarah from Clover Lane posted her house rules on technology.  Read it <a href="http://www.memoriesoncloverlane.com/2014/04/technology.html">here</a> Her arguments reminded me of things I thought of before I became a smart phone user.   It’s making me think about what it will be like when we’re all wired in the family. </p> <p>We had a great visit from Grandpa Mair and Grandma Audrey.  They brought both boys a present and two tomato plants to boot!  And something else earth shattering, besides Mckay of course, is Grandpa Mair wearing jeans! </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-t19npmsrtLE/U41MKsCu_ZI/AAAAAAAAFGo/KGaUlIslBuM/s1600-h/0884.jpg"><img title="088" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="088" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RhZvN_4ZaBw/U41MLvSqA_I/AAAAAAAAFGw/Q22asLtVqq4/088_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="611" height="484" /></a> </p> <p>Donna planned an incredible Easter picnic at my house and I didn’t have to do any work except buy paper products. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TjyFaP1NYpo/U41MMbLR97I/AAAAAAAAFG4/JQQXXYv8a0I/s1600-h/1032.jpg"><img title="103" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="103" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SWEc-RU5Lyw/U41MMy7h97I/AAAAAAAAFHA/3LOTJgtepzw/103_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="454" /></a> Everyone came to eat ham sandwiches and hunt eggs on a warm day where the chocolate was melty after being found.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vUFHeYtwtKA/U41MNngoaiI/AAAAAAAAFHI/nK88Ap1H-vI/s1600-h/0912.jpg"><img title="091" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="091" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WJHGjZ33XTE/U41MOI9LT7I/AAAAAAAAFHQ/W22WDq-jDeA/091_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="306" height="227" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EXqT_ROPcRQ/U41MO69XX2I/AAAAAAAAFHY/eTzv-IUSRJQ/s1600-h/0942.jpg"><img title="094" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="094" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QxWylQ5R1gI/U41MPUp44MI/AAAAAAAAFHg/RFHA7FF1mKQ/094_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a>   <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fCGKvsZ7A1I/U41MPy5M5_I/AAAAAAAAFHo/J7S8dmcviG8/s1600-h/0976.jpg"><img title="097" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="097" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FhmzfmYaXJI/U41MQRkSJfI/AAAAAAAAFHw/WP3t4NDziDg/097_thumb11.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="429" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Mqje8hdCbjU/U41MRBfePeI/AAAAAAAAFH4/FhBvHietOGE/s1600-h/0987.jpg"><img title="098" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="098" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EeP6nVsdEwI/U41MRgOLo_I/AAAAAAAAFIA/uJaZSdmtKpM/098_thumb11.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="404" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JMQ86tB0b0Y/U41MSOKmg6I/AAAAAAAAFII/dOv5DyR_sgM/s1600-h/10012.jpg"><img title="100" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="100" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l-P_Uk3DbRw/U41MS22C-4I/AAAAAAAAFIQ/SSl8PgIg-Q8/100_thumb19.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="481" /></a>There were lots of holding arms willing to admire the Prince.  A relaxing day with some of my favorite people!     <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H-FiG6eSGCY/U41MTd7Z15I/AAAAAAAAFIY/fCcyEj82cok/s1600-h/1065.jpg"><img title="106" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="106" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1ikQJeWPKk4/U41MULAgNNI/AAAAAAAAFIg/gseMH34M7gE/106_thumb11.jpg?imgmax=800" width="635" height="484" /></a></p> <p>Later we dyed eggs using <a href="http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2014/04/18/easter-egg-food-color-palette/">these instructions</a> and were awed by colors!  Next year two dozen please because I forgot how much I love egg salad sandwiches on squishy white bread!   <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WBs83PeHtbk/U41MUq3j9VI/AAAAAAAAFIo/cW3ymVb47qc/s1600-h/10811.jpg"><img title="108" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="108" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-O1IsIDzkFbo/U41MVdL__BI/AAAAAAAAFIw/kAencdT-_p4/108_thumb11.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lBYI9exS3Ik/U41MWLntmBI/AAAAAAAAFI4/kvwd07xZGWE/s1600-h/11010.jpg"><img title="110" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="110" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-V11_LKho018/U41MWiipM7I/AAAAAAAAFJA/sGKmRw3Qd_w/110_thumb18.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cF-5Z4Mvs4Q/U41MXMx99YI/AAAAAAAAFJI/avXToklZrq8/s1600-h/1092.jpg"><img title="109" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="109" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PoYpWUHXZFQ/U41MX2OUh0I/AAAAAAAAFJQ/yJuYFiAXjcc/109_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a>  Easter loot from the bunny: bubble guns, squirt guns, and a kite.  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wJpcC4jWPEU/U41MYRMSmHI/AAAAAAAAFJY/-5fa2m2sqas/s1600-h/11410.jpg"><img title="114" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="114" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1oy2TfTPLFk/U41MY2z4ufI/AAAAAAAAFJg/XxAmfFrou6c/114_thumb10.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a>  Off to church they all went leaving me in Easter peace where I fed and burped baby Mckay for. the. whole. time. We are out of practice taking family group shots--here are 2 of 6 shots!     <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YUEQx8rWgKk/U41MZl5DVCI/AAAAAAAAFJo/rvIbkp5gRO8/s1600-h/1231.jpg"><img title="123" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="123" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AkGEdcFvdc8/U41MaNFXinI/AAAAAAAAFJw/bj-0wlHWR2s/123_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--8yF10wtv4A/U41Ma6MZaWI/AAAAAAAAFJ4/GvtPF75PXNY/s1600-h/1241.jpg"><img title="124" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="124" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4zjirue7c0o/U41MbpcUsKI/AAAAAAAAFKA/FNXO_YPZRO8/124_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a></p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-64996629743174354032014-04-24T22:19:00.001-06:002014-04-24T22:19:23.728-06:00Adelaide is 12, and she and Baby Mac are gorgeous!<p>Adelaide turn 12 last week…a real humdinger and this number is so fitting for how much she’s grown-- I mean like grown a foot or two--changed--transitioned—transformed a metamorphasis that has dominated the last year, leaving beauty and maturity (and angst) in the wake! Impressive gal this one!    <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y6Cn_v7k0hc/U1nhzbJS3JI/AAAAAAAAE60/xSs9lpcCrBQ/s1600-h/IMG_21319.jpg"><img title="IMG_2131" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2131" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8d1BxoRKZGE/U1nh0BPBsdI/AAAAAAAAE68/vTjVQvFx7yc/IMG_2131_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a>A super bonus is being able to outsource the burping, changing, swaddling and rocking to her and Paige!  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nGRqK7yPsiA/U1nh0tBZBFI/AAAAAAAAE7E/77AbrMdj0eI/s1600-h/0025.jpg"><img title="002" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Rw8uhZS-oQs/U1nh1aypalI/AAAAAAAAE7M/fJadXojXN2g/002_thumb11.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" height="484" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IHJScKeHixA/U1nh1__MgaI/AAAAAAAAE7U/E5drALjsoFw/s1600-h/0114.jpg"><img title="011" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="011" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fLkSl-Tjwlw/U1nh2f74EOI/AAAAAAAAE7c/DBSOZEfizpc/011_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="313" height="222" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-p5Uam1h0Jb4/U1nh22kttAI/AAAAAAAAE7k/EgQ0NFmJYsQ/s1600-h/0134.jpg"><img title="013" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iOjbymDu-vk/U1nh3sykEWI/AAAAAAAAE7s/FEqtWCxOFZ8/013_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="300" height="231" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Gwd30hBLNhU/U1nh36bUoMI/AAAAAAAAE70/gYzwiYPr_b8/s1600-h/01516.jpg"><img title="015" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="015" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fUmYSvvbD-4/U1nh4ro5SMI/AAAAAAAAE78/XG1vU2vejiw/015_thumb18.jpg?imgmax=800" width="522" height="484" /></a>The presents were 12 year old awesomeness, a doll’s hair brush, an S curl crimping iron, a maxi skirt, and a Ripstick.  After presents Benjamin exclaimed,  “Oh, I thought this was going to be exciting?! I’m out of here!” </p> <p>Friends, Corinne and Elise joined Adelaide for an Arctic Circle lunch and Air Trampoline blue wristband bouncing.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rBU_EK159hc/U1nh5B9MqQI/AAAAAAAAE8E/-k9jzEofow0/s1600-h/0163.jpg"><img title="016" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="016" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--vnIOSQC3HI/U1nh5180dcI/AAAAAAAAE8M/DCmMcg4RQxY/016_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Oj0O1QJ5GmM/U1nh6euGlAI/AAAAAAAAE8U/uNOcqXd-m6A/s1600-h/0293.jpg"><img title="029" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="029" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cr8zE2oK9Wk/U1nh6x0KCdI/AAAAAAAAE8c/dxPBVu1JCAk/029_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9aNAKB0m9as/U1nh7ozKBCI/AAAAAAAAE8k/cheIR8Pej7s/s1600-h/0383.jpg"><img title="038" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="038" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Jbph0d6RDcM/U1nh8OC58eI/AAAAAAAAE8o/XoqkZKpu8LM/038_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j0roc9Ta66E/U1nh8vOzGqI/AAAAAAAAE80/eKkdzIsjkIY/s1600-h/0617.jpg"><img title="061" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="061" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UlXrDbt5CGo/U1nh9NFQ5jI/AAAAAAAAE88/cJFtoexE6zI/061_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="322" height="216" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-m-vMdOPUeDA/U1nh9--eBRI/AAAAAAAAE9E/PP-9rO6kZKo/s1600-h/0463.jpg"><img title="046" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="046" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EqLlm6ll3zU/U1nh-eb0LCI/AAAAAAAAE9M/CKF5aTgghGc/046_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5Dvr9fmL3UE/U1nh_PNmDyI/AAAAAAAAE9U/2lYoixSvBd0/s1600-h/0504.jpg"><img title="050" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="050" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H8jWFUbiUvo/U1nh_ltPlgI/AAAAAAAAE9c/mvEjR-KnuwU/050_thumb16.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a> Ice Cream sundaes rounded out the 5 hour long party!<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ihh43jaPpNY/U1niAJvn5jI/AAAAAAAAE9k/JQ73oiP9kvw/s1600-h/0534.jpg"><img title="053" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="053" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OlUampO_e8s/U1niA_-IRSI/AAAAAAAAE9s/Y3u3VsqPdW0/053_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="448" /></a>The young women decorated the front door to welcome her.  Yep, she’s a Beehive!<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-D_fh14R5jCE/U1niBqi5STI/AAAAAAAAE90/QE8sXgiF7fo/s1600-h/IMG_2112%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2112" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2112" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iszQpJHGjXw/U1niCGHR-EI/AAAAAAAAE98/j39FuBQYCJw/IMG_2112_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="299" height="224" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BHSqtesnznk/U1niCi7GCOI/AAAAAAAAE-E/eyfvHP-DFhM/s1600-h/IMG_2113%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2113" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2113" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qOxST9MNXOs/U1niDGBqpUI/AAAAAAAAE-I/c3cIvuHk0Iw/IMG_2113_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="226" /></a>      </p> <p>So what makes a darling daughter seem all grown up? Makeup and a maxi, those thrown together and BAM, she’s not a kid anymore!  E.L.F from Wal-Mart is the Wet and Wild of this generation.  Economical with youthful colors.    <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SnL2y9wxVuE/U1niDoFYsgI/AAAAAAAAE-U/aKSrpuvwahM/s1600-h/064%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="064" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="064" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-w7CsTb8vQYI/U1niEEj7bNI/AAAAAAAAE-c/QGYbabPZQBw/064_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a>I was such a skeptic of the Ripstick, $$ for something that would probably sit in the garage?  Wrong, she’s all over it, ‘carving’ just like the you tube videos.  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xeYF8u2OynU/U1niEv_t7eI/AAAAAAAAE-k/FVY56O_Ai24/s1600-h/IMG_2142%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2142" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2142" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OrgjWpKMVcw/U1niFTSEjzI/AAAAAAAAE-o/C_e2SP4UD14/IMG_2142_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="304" /></a>After the skinny deacons came to collect fast offerings, James exclaimed, “They’re are not ready for the Adelaide!”      <img title="067" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="067" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-63Uc6624pbE/U1niF2h-B0I/AAAAAAAAE-0/1hRacFVJXf0/067_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="392" height="484" /></p> <p>And BABY Mac!  Here he’s hollering but it’s the proportions that kill me! <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zafqsibs1cU/U1niGLR-bjI/AAAAAAAAE-8/ca7jJgYZ4Jw/s1600-h/IMG_2159%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2159" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2159" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8fqil7XPYpY/U1niG_977_I/AAAAAAAAE_E/Ae4sRCZ6uNM/IMG_2159_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="363" height="484" /></a>Now that you’re done having kids, let me show you an awesome trick for changing the diaper of a newborn who is wearing a gown.  Snap that elastic bottom over their arms during the changing and they’ll relax like they’re laying out on a beach!<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ce7IwU82oug/U1niHY8eI0I/AAAAAAAAE_M/VydtoHo3Vno/s1600-h/IMG_21603.jpg"><img title="IMG_2160" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2160" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GzTu7ZqPqXQ/U1niKXHO2DI/AAAAAAAAE_U/G5VFoL6au-4/IMG_2160_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="482" /></a>Can you spy the baby? {FYI, the real adjustment has been switching to James’ side of the bed to co-sleep next to the co-sleeper.  Awk my game is all off!}<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dwF2fENjHRE/U1niNVBclvI/AAAAAAAAE_c/QvrLzwPMChU/s1600-h/IMG_21623.jpg"><img title="IMG_2162" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2162" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-r3buJjtmqd0/U1niN77TpgI/AAAAAAAAE_k/2ONZ2j-AZAw/IMG_2162_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="482" /></a>The babe has just finished up a three day feeding frenzy.  As one who has oodles of milk it’s such a relief to empty!  Now he’s sleeping through feedings, and we’re back to the walnut vs. the watermelon attachment battle/dilemma.  Latching, tons of milk, gulping, clicking, re-latching; and then repeating.  He was a champ managing the Alaska and the Texas but now all he needs are a couple of upstate New Yorks (state reference chosen for dairy cow association;).<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IcPI9RRvqKc/U1niORyJLkI/AAAAAAAAE_s/MHhx60EHiQo/s1600-h/IMG_21163.jpg"><img title="IMG_2116" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2116" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yozEZrAlVtk/U1niO2ftjSI/AAAAAAAAE_0/NkmSkdOaLFM/IMG_2116_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sJlZn0LJ0JA/U1niPQGYc0I/AAAAAAAAE_8/2FGuLjgNiUg/s1600-h/IMG_2174%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2174" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2174" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VvuFooIf7qw/U1niQGToYCI/AAAAAAAAFAA/DloMkwmAK8s/IMG_2174_thumb%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="221" /></a></p> <p>Everyone is ready for me to be back to where I was (present and ticking things of lists) before he came—everyone but me.  I feel like I’m now doing two people’s jobs and I’m okay with some house management slipping.  I’m relaxing around 4 hours a day feeding a hungry grunter and this cake is subsidizing the milk nicely.   </p> <p>When my sister told me about <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sams-famous-carrot-cake/">this cake</a>, I had to make it, and I’ve been making it for three years now.  It’s the one with the most (booty) added items possible: coconut, pineapple, nuts, carrots—however I did leave out the raisins this year and it was still perfection!  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sEFMRBMafvI/U1niQzRscrI/AAAAAAAAFAM/MXCMD-CSHnE/s1600-h/photo15.png"><img title="photo(1)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="photo(1)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-x1v49AYxolw/U1niRuM495I/AAAAAAAAFAU/8OpwikMYhDA/photo1_thumb6.png?imgmax=800" width="489" height="484" /></a> This post is brought to you by Pagie’s slefies, that when all counted, are more than the rest of the photos on any given devise.  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DTmR6xszpa8/U1niSJi1zOI/AAAAAAAAFAY/eHDWIIqBWJs/s1600-h/IMG_2126%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2126" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2126" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XlXW24KjTLo/U1niSh5WHSI/AAAAAAAAFAk/GL5gmzPkHX0/IMG_2126_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="266" /></a>And next up, Easter and a two week growth update but first make sure you watch this This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glVaMyDRpII">from Studio C about facebook</a>!   I’m a liker…</p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-15585951430884535602014-04-18T00:47:00.001-06:002014-04-18T00:47:48.887-06:00Welcome Baby Mckay! Your first week of life!<p>You just had to be born and instant celebrity status was yours, well, in this family anyway.  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AdQSu1YNbrk/U1DKI6wBgMI/AAAAAAAAE0M/G6eJrSr0OEk/s1600-h/009%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="009" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="009" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KBywuf6NqNY/U1DKJqqOmII/AAAAAAAAE0Q/D1gMSuA6ezc/009_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="483" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-38Q8lZZwPzw/U1DKKBoqacI/AAAAAAAAE0c/I16j-WQzdn0/s1600-h/015%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="015" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="015" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QzoTsPBko54/U1DKKRT8LoI/AAAAAAAAE0k/m4DWfDMA4sw/015_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Q3Xd3WtG4_Q/U1DKLJfX8yI/AAAAAAAAE0s/twW_J4iiEkY/s1600-h/021%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="021" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="021" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5o1iR8jvXxA/U1DKLlXpifI/AAAAAAAAE00/IdjH0kc6ptA/021_thumb%25255B26%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2UV2UcFt3ok/U1DKMESPdJI/AAAAAAAAE08/bxqKrjW24bc/s1600-h/019%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="019" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BZwarZgclk0/U1DKMqnlceI/AAAAAAAAE1E/YpsdYX4YFDM/019_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a>  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xZsREqcqMCc/U1DKNABG4gI/AAAAAAAAE1M/MKSQsoGXbzk/s1600-h/026%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="026" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="026" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OqJ9BRU_0U4/U1DKNpiV8II/AAAAAAAAE1U/58Ry43_JdgA/026_thumb%25255B23%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="381" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cjzumB-1v4s/U1DKObRWnhI/AAAAAAAAE1c/biU5vbfNwq4/s1600-h/028%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="028" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="028" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KZ5PrTFxg5k/U1DKO3EDnpI/AAAAAAAAE1k/CUrw4kDQ4rQ/028_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--cr4t7nCabw/U1DKPd8T-CI/AAAAAAAAE1s/-7J24gDdGTU/s1600-h/032%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="032" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="032" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HG4KFeqn52o/U1DKP7GrDCI/AAAAAAAAE10/A7hvjMcP7AY/032_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2gB7SWB6nCM/U1DKQYXfi4I/AAAAAAAAE18/tk4z3kD7fNk/s1600-h/034%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="034" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="034" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RYXB_4HyOFA/U1DKQzrnlSI/AAAAAAAAE2E/R-Qhm_yFNxk/034_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6edADkiGtTQ/U1DKRUGifbI/AAAAAAAAE2M/7iRBFkt_BtI/s1600-h/037%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="037" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="037" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Zpj8xbChLZs/U1DKRwY_oWI/AAAAAAAAE2Q/oiDXLIkzZ_I/037_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="309" height="225" /></a>   <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YQpO30bq6gg/U1DKSTgeepI/AAAAAAAAE2c/J_-DbhYIjl8/s1600-h/030%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="030" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="030" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BBxdcZCX0Vo/U1DKS34FmKI/AAAAAAAAE2k/cynxms_3Fo0/030_thumb%25255B18%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="484" /></a>You were adored at the hospital by many visitors, Grandpa Mair, Robyn, Krissy, Amber, Meredith & Kim.   <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-970qltzvadI/U1DKTq2uaeI/AAAAAAAAE2o/xQuXcd2N3Kg/s1600-h/IMG_2054%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2054" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2054" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2Ho3YwQYW4s/U1DKULmF6qI/AAAAAAAAE20/ZnBfsfziLSQ/IMG_2054_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="478" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1HxCREjSPKs/U1DKUmf5INI/AAAAAAAAE28/5gejEENlCFI/s1600-h/IMG_2056%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2056" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2056" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H7Ne4QhEDBE/U1DKVMaHEAI/AAAAAAAAE3E/o7jKjMLlQTA/IMG_2056_thumb%25255B15%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="229" /></a>  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CgA1VtE1cq4/U1DKV5OKCVI/AAAAAAAAE3M/P6i6IZpbFls/s1600-h/IMG_2062%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2062" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2062" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D-qt5hMqTEQ/U1DKWa5dgBI/AAAAAAAAE3U/7xAmj-Dp2bg/IMG_2062_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="220" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZBAS3ZzqKBE/U1DKW7bxyBI/AAAAAAAAE3c/Q6tbc3F9yEw/s1600-h/IMG_2059%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2059" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2059" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jgRVKDFZIWo/U1DKXYHJ1II/AAAAAAAAE3k/rOSL50iGaco/IMG_2059_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="482" /></a>You look a little bit like Benjamin and a whole lot like yourself.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MFaMu-qQ-W0/U1DKX0TpvCI/AAAAAAAAE3s/g7bg0RM853I/s1600-h/022%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="022" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="022" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KxIXaUgoPas/U1DKYg1Vt7I/AAAAAAAAE30/ZetneN2Rpy0/022_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="481" /></a> We are all smitten, except your mother is just a little crazy in pain supporting your milk flow.  She’s strictly obeying the traditional post baby diet including the three most necessary food groups, Lindt, Cadbury and Ghirardelli.  When chocolate runs low, a spot of Tillamook ice cream soothes nicely. Flavors of the week:  Chocolate mudslide and Butter Pecan.  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hG5RhDiQbvk/U1DKZMj6-5I/AAAAAAAAE38/c_yKbHfeuEw/s1600-h/IMG_2053%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2053" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2053" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qHG7nrucM8g/U1DKZqrdxSI/AAAAAAAAE4E/Pvngu_tsszo/IMG_2053_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dVGdY0loGzg/U1DKaDima3I/AAAAAAAAE4M/zAZ85VRl-sY/s1600-h/010%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="010" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="010" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fqbncMHICWQ/U1DKatvdAfI/AAAAAAAAE4U/DLp_wmtT_jI/010_thumb%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="224" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--XKsn7kcM94/U1DKbISQMUI/AAAAAAAAE4c/qDbSBI0r6Sg/s1600-h/021%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="021" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="021" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2u2SKAY7lDQ/U1DKbxfwIpI/AAAAAAAAE4k/uOuLZPaDawQ/021_thumb%25255B19%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="228" /></a> </p> <p>James adores and would rather hold you than do any house hold chore or duty.  Truthfully the whole family feels that way.  You hardly cry, but make your will clear,  through grunts, eyebrow maneuvers, and ghost smiles.  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5g-mSu2aFYw/U1DKcaEskuI/AAAAAAAAE4s/nay1dkXLgGc/s1600-h/IMG_2100%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2100" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2100" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5iGnvSSKk1g/U1DKcwx03nI/AAAAAAAAE40/GQb-WTSgOjI/IMG_2100_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a>Aunt Donna came to admire and ended up stocking the fridge with a trip to the grocery store.  She exclaimed, “I can’t imagine shopping for six kids!”<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cLXLPW0Kvtg/U1DKdXwIZNI/AAAAAAAAE48/6n9bvkjw3jI/s1600-h/007%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="007" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="031" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wcvwAVSkyHY/U1DKjSw8b2I/AAAAAAAAE6U/Ah-2DG-GOzI/031_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="306" height="227" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pt4RhorppAg/U1DKkAW-IvI/AAAAAAAAE6c/UnZvDt0rSrc/s1600-h/035%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="035" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="035" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1FUu0sm56gA/U1DKkr5DMLI/AAAAAAAAE6k/A0f_CJ1az4U/035_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="313" height="222" /></a> The weather has been just spot on.  Of course, on April 1st, the day you came home, it rained, snowed and was sunny all in one day.  We love you amazing baby boy!</p> <p><em>More pictures soon.  Nursing is better now that the two week feeding frenzy has begun, Adelaide turned 12!, and we are feeling very spoiled with dinners and help in abundance.  </em></p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-49664547876339524212014-04-08T10:05:00.001-06:002014-04-08T10:05:38.851-06:00Benjamin’s Skylander Cupcake Birthday and Baby Prep!<p>Ben’s TEN.  And lives for his birthday.  And thankfully, he’s so happy to please.  In the past he’s asked for specific presents, but this year, just a Swapforce Skylander and a surprise.  Presenting the new “Siege” and he’s elated! <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GP9MnnbkvYU/U0QeBAVfXqI/AAAAAAAAEwI/hO_0u0WlNas/s1600-h/0055.jpg"><img title="005" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="005" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XK5dNjbE6dg/U0QeB1lzeWI/AAAAAAAAEwQ/iGGsRrHzQkc/005_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="423" height="484" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RMcNeYOwWZI/U0QeCWbjS9I/AAAAAAAAEwU/xMuT2b8MFGo/s1600-h/0035.jpg"><img title="003" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vclECm4vGQU/U0QeDOwbq2I/AAAAAAAAEwg/Neij3EEYEHU/003_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="590" height="484" /></a>Our one birthday tradition started the hard way.  I was trying to get three year old Benjamin to stop playing with Lighting McQueen and go to bed; he had only opened him up a half an hour before.  Presents are set out and opened at breakfast with the whole day to play.  Also on your birthday, you can say all the day’s prayers, (or decide who gets to), and choose whatever breakfast and dinner you want.  I should get a “you are special” plate and bowl (they always choose sweet cereal for breakfast)</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fYsYH6nV7WU/U0QeDpIyaSI/AAAAAAAAEwo/XrRolhZuWJE/s1600-h/0134.jpg"><img title="013" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-coDeYI1n0go/U0QeESLqd7I/AAAAAAAAEww/c59nS7KoIF4/013_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_SL-z76amsU/U0QeE_BgF1I/AAAAAAAAEw4/p1rcr3MU95M/s1600-h/0124.jpg"><img title="012" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="012" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dCo4eoOuKeY/U0QeFpJmvII/AAAAAAAAExA/1yippyyD4p0/012_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a></p> <p>No big parties this year because of baby, but Vanessa was in town springbreaking and Robyn and Co. were off tracking, so we got together for Skylander “element” cupcakes and a trip to a Trampoline Arena.  </p> <p> Look at the hands that came out to keep the 3 year old set from blowing too.  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-f-KJ1pWGf7M/U0QeGa5OH6I/AAAAAAAAExI/RAWWTgjccx0/s1600-h/0174.jpg"><img title="017" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="017" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-av0dnOF-kLs/U0QeG-1SPrI/AAAAAAAAExQ/yBZnRrGiAII/017_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HIBnNpFVmsY/U0QeH6Qw4oI/AAAAAAAAExY/DEKOzsz0rd0/s1600-h/0184.jpg"><img title="018" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="018" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-935gT2TlfOI/U0QeIQnSAJI/AAAAAAAAExg/zyJspr9HIrU/018_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a> The Suttons and Noel kids made all the cupcake toppers while waiting for Ben to get home from school.  Water (robin eggs), Fire (peach rings) Magic (taffy) Tec (candy bricks) Life (Apple licorice) Undead (yogurt pretzels) Earth (chocolate rocks) Air (blue tootsie taffy), Thank you Winco bulk food.  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Zn4FlICmsfE/U0QeI9k8TdI/AAAAAAAAExo/zIc-Gh8eJzw/s1600-h/0157.jpg"><img title="015" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="015" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fmRqG1Ro_Yg/U0QeJgK9eLI/AAAAAAAAExw/hOCWf5XQrYI/015_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="580" height="772" /></a>Not too many pictures but such a fun place and with a Groupon, even sweeter.  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xOA-5dNSBa0/U0QeKXSSpRI/AAAAAAAAEx4/9X1GbYUMBbA/s1600-h/0224.jpg"><img title="022" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="022" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PZdNbIgQm2E/U0QeLCoevTI/AAAAAAAAEyA/tBXvv7MkzFk/022_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Tbb9BktCPz4/U0QeLooxpYI/AAAAAAAAEyE/fQKbDtTBgVA/s1600-h/0263.jpg"><img title="026" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="026" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SeJJLAwHWVk/U0QeMM6Gt1I/AAAAAAAAEyQ/S26jd-ZYkvM/026_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-x5lAor1FmUw/U0QeM0uIffI/AAAAAAAAEyY/c8HOXKm3hyM/s1600-h/0274.jpg"><img title="027" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="027" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--KilvEhz0tE/U0QeNsruZII/AAAAAAAAEyg/h58b8eiaNtg/027_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="483" /></a> Krissy brought her kids to play with mine on Friday, our first day of Spring break.  And she spoiled us with treats from Kneaders, PJs for me, and suits for baby! </p> <p>All 8 window panels that I had hung and thought the package creases wouldn’t last, and when they did I took them all down and threw them in the dryer to steam them out and they just shrunk and wrinkled.  Grrrr.    </p> <p>So for about two hours Krissy channeled her inner Cinderella and ironed and ironed and ironed.  The panels are smooth and hung, now baby can come.  (That last statement is superficial and untrue, only a crazy 39 week pregnant momma could believe!) </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hMp9g9eNj4I/U0QeOY-352I/AAAAAAAAEyo/WjKeIJKMaTs/s1600-h/033%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="033" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="033" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SoaBNeisE0Q/U0QePEEtQQI/AAAAAAAAEys/eHSby5Wh38o/033_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QJjyxPTapvw/U0QePm1t5HI/AAAAAAAAEy4/SGHPqYLrm7M/s1600-h/034%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="034" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="034" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kGg4ANnb7I8/U0QeQXj0LjI/AAAAAAAAEzA/DokzB_du8Sw/034_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="228" /></a> </p> <p>Krissy also coaches.  “Now Nora, have you bought diapers?”  <font size="1">um no</font>  “Do you have a suit to bring him home in?” <font size="1">no </font> “What are you wearing home from the hospital?”  <font size="1">I don’t know the pjs you brought?</font>… You could probably ask the Easter Bunny to bring you a Krissy, but the real one already has a gig here offering and bringing endless support and love.  Thanks dear Krissy for everything! </p> <p>A quick trip to Target and all was remedied: diapers, gown and swaddling blankets (how have Utah spring and summer babies been cared for, for centuries, without swaddling blankets?).  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AK_ZoyPtqwY/U0QeQ7SPxYI/AAAAAAAAEzE/Gz6bqX8pnMY/s1600-h/IMG_2021%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2021" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2021" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-E-I-rAjHLM0/U0QeRuKK5WI/AAAAAAAAEzQ/Eysd0EouY0A/IMG_2021_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a>Paige practicing swaddling her hair.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YD1Gh-TQlgk/U0QeSLa8wPI/AAAAAAAAEzY/sI7RXNWQlq4/s1600-h/IMG_2024%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2024" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2024" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2XvQDIwNBJM/U0QeS9btUsI/AAAAAAAAEzg/R5s753_HOig/IMG_2024_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="390" /></a> I dropped off all five kids at Grandma’s for the next day’s induction, and we then attended the general women’s meeting and bonus!  an ice cream social! </p> <p>I finally finished my spice and recipe organization.  <a href="http://projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com/2014/04/nora-mair-march-recipes-and-spices.html">Read about it here.</a>  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7b6DlXz4TXk/U0QeTngDbeI/AAAAAAAAEzk/EWuT0bzYHwk/s1600-h/IMG_2003%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2003" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_2003" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d4N9wiZDi8M/U0QeUUezRtI/AAAAAAAAEzw/U82-2T2GSZ8/IMG_2003_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="363" height="484" /></a></p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-61434916590183558692014-04-02T11:07:00.001-06:002014-04-02T11:07:29.027-06:00Mckay Allen Mair March 30, 2014<p>He’s here and perfect!  His birth was remarkable, and he’s been adored by all who have come to see.  He was 8lbs 8oz of even keel, born at 16:16, fun numbers when you’re the 6th of 5 older siblings.  The perfect Mair cookie with a familiar nose, mouth, thoughtful brow, hair line and skinny legs.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Zv6oi3LrhM0/UzxDzLLyzzI/AAAAAAAAEso/1-TT8YYs0f0/s1600-h/IMG_2049%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2049" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_2049" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ro3U22q_tjY/UzxDztpLSaI/AAAAAAAAEsw/N-bD893JRNQ/IMG_2049_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="436" /></a> Me and James are doing great, the kids are practicing patience while waiting for a chance to hold and binky him. He’s a cutie and a keeper.     </p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-86180247290686788002014-03-24T21:57:00.001-06:002014-03-24T22:03:03.907-06:00Movin’ on up! (the induction date please)So the biggest news by far is that I’ve got one week! This week, at my doctor’s appointment there was some pity glances (from them) of my gigantic state and whiney chatter (from me) of energy depletion. Dr Lloyd said, “We’ll, I’m on call all next weekend, I could induce you next Sunday (March 30th).” <br />
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I talked it over with James Mair, who has his work “Go Live” on April 1st, and received a thumbs up. I can’t think of a better Sunday activity than having a baby; having our own “Go Live” literally. Hoo-Ray! Come visit and see the new wee one!<br />
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Did you know we (try to) read the Book of Mormon as a family every night? Just a verse a person before family prayer? Well it’s fine but it usually comes with a lot of encouragement for Benjamin to read the words, the way it’s written, in a regular voice, in turn, etc. This week he turned his book upside down and we’ve experienced the best fluency and cooperation ever, in fact all the kids have “flipped” (sorry) for the alternate way. Can you explain this? They could be bored…<br />
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Sharon snapped this of all of us watching the dad parody of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ud6B_NXoNc">“Let it go”.</a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6iI5rFmXh1o/UzD-kntup_I/AAAAAAAAEqo/s-7U7s1KI70/s1600-h/family%252520watching%252520laptop%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="family watching laptop" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4WmGY3LSt5U/UzD-melp94I/AAAAAAAAEqw/1QBIKgA3uPQ/family%252520watching%252520laptop_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="440" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="family watching laptop" width="644" /></a> Meredith came for a visit complete with delicious cupcakes, and her adorable kids. Oh it was so good talk and catch up. I wish I could have made bookclub and the grasshopper pie she made. Thanks for the visit dear friend. We broke into the model home next door for a tour and took a walk up to the park. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YgcJKeqIMkw/UzD-nOsI4DI/AAAAAAAAEq4/tEV2KYtdp3k/s1600-h/IMG_1966%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1966" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ba7OXuANiH8/UzD-nztjNeI/AAAAAAAAErA/tvVBOSoqoiY/IMG_1966_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="682" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1966" width="404" /></a> Robyn made me lunch this week: a Hawaiian turkey burger! Devine, and food just tastes wonderful when someone makes it and plates it up. Fresh green beans… <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wYMP5rdgk-E/UzD-or_XpQI/AAAAAAAAErI/6mnkyh-Pq_k/s1600-h/IMG_1972%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1972" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-M_tai_7GuSE/UzD-pYL4VcI/AAAAAAAAErQ/VKu_5GbAnIo/IMG_1972_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="482" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1972" width="644" /></a> Diggers come daily to work on the yard and the entertainment is ideal for Isaac and Stu. Who doesn’t love little backhoes and front loaders? A painter came to finish up the laundry chute and I talked his ear off about paint. (I’m pretty sure he could tell I hadn’t talked to an adult all day:). <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Mdm1ADEwWpg/UzD-qG4Cb6I/AAAAAAAAErY/A0iBiCPh7Rs/s1600-h/IMG_1969%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1969" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-P3Q7I4DjxZw/UzD-qxP2duI/AAAAAAAAErc/QBfWZwjlJGk/IMG_1969_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1969" width="360" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9-HAUfWaZ20/UzD-rXQbJ-I/AAAAAAAAErk/QJ66jQ1B9Kw/s1600-h/IMG_1971%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1971" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-i1ixXODC9IA/UzD-sHs5cOI/AAAAAAAAErw/H5f-qS-Ogbo/IMG_1971_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="214" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1971" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b-ZQhGaqXs8/UzD-swnXC4I/AAAAAAAAEr4/jcotmsgFB5Q/s1600-h/IMG_1977%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1977" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bio0QzdcKVs/UzD-tQxPdZI/AAAAAAAAEsA/D6JCBD3Ms3s/IMG_1977_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="230" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1977" width="302" /></a> From primary, the kids came home singing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPRe1NiGPcc">this song</a>. I love the internet! Isaac, burning a stick at both ends. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Mzx6_o81ibo/UzD-uGajsjI/AAAAAAAAEsE/JZITOfI2Hyg/s1600-h/IMG_1985%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1985" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KI2LCfTghgM/UzD-vsJSb4I/AAAAAAAAEsQ/HCoMgrEt6Hs/IMG_1985_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1985" width="394" /></a> James, the lucky guy, got to speak in church on Sunday. His talk was stellar, living Gods will, and while it was a little rehash of the <a href="http://www.mairmania.blogspot.com/2014/02/bears-for-direction-and-updates.html">talk</a> he gave a couple of months ago before we moved from Kamas, he used this quote from Elder Christofferson, whole talk <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/as-many-as-i-love-i-rebuke-and-chasten?lang=eng">here</a>. <br />
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The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become.”<sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/as-many-as-i-love-i-rebuke-and-chasten?lang=eng#1-PD50028768_000_5020">1</a></sup><br />
Sadly, much of modern Christianity does not acknowledge that God makes any real demands on those who believe in Him, seeing Him rather as a butler “who meets their needs when summoned”</blockquote>
A good one right? I slip into this group all the time! So, I’m approaching my prayers differently thinking of Him not as a butler (or needs-meeter, or please-complete-my-perfect-plan-with-this-blessing-at-this-time-for-this-reason fulfiller).<br />
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Also in Sunday School the teacher taught Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, not really, just Genesis in the 40s. Where have I been that I never clued into the parallel between Joseph and the Savior? The class made a huge list of types on the white board to end the lesson. “Jacob! Jacob and sons!”<br />
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Last night James and I had a great discussion about ordainwomen.org. Have you read anything? I have a collection of others’ words that I like, I’ll work on a post with some of my own as well as links. <br />
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Have a great week, we’ll see you on the other side of baby!Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-24569701673111217442014-03-17T12:13:00.001-06:002014-03-19T11:55:38.805-06:00Conversations for the week…At this week’s Dr appointment I was given a score of 1 for dilation and in the <span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr’s. Words</span>:</span> "a lot lower than last week…” James wonders how he remembers positions of all the babies when he checks their mammas… I also heard <span style="color: navy; font-size: small;">some utterances</span> of…“could come earlier than April 2nd” Music to my ears but stress to the James Mair.<br />
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He’s been on a project for more than a year and it “goes live” April 1st. Timing: we’re champs. <span style="color: navy; font-size: small;">Speaking</span> of which, the kid’s have spring break the three days before baby! Yes, the Friday, Monday & Tuesday before I get induced on Wednesday (the 2nd)!<img alt="IMG_1944" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-N9G01h1Onm8/Uyc7E-p2OKI/AAAAAAAAEns/jgF4au1-lT8/IMG_1944_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1944" width="361" />At the non stress test this week, the nurse was Kathleen. She was the nurse when I delivered Charlotte and we liked her so much we asked for her when we had Adelaide. Haven’t had her since though. <span style="color: navy; font-size: small;">Her words</span>: “who would have thought to go through something like that, and now to be having your 7th! Some births you never forget!” <span style="font-size: xx-small;">so true.</span><br />
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I’m at the point now where I look twice as big the next time you see me, and that could even be 10 minutes later. Baby’s spine is running up, belly right, and it’s the left side that’s playing the game of twister. Knee on mom’s bladder, elbow to the rib, now, foot to the midsection and streeeeeetch. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NkF6TX69cD0/Uyc7F1uMJII/AAAAAAAAEn0/D4PwcI5W9EU/s1600-h/IMG_1952%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1952" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hcvYoTDAGhU/Uyc7HBmSTqI/AAAAAAAAEn8/ysTJga4vgoM/IMG_1952_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="469" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1952" width="644" /></a>At “show and teach” in Kindergarten, Stuart taught the class how to make a Zoob guy and what he likes to build with Zoobs. Stuart got <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Infinitoy-Zoob-Basic-Set-500/dp/B000BDGANC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1395077363&sr=8-4&keywords=zoobs">these</a> for Christmas (although I've seen the as low as $48)and we give them two thumbs up! Hours and hours of building and creating. I remember Benjamin really liking Legos at 6, but finding them frustrating, too—there is no frustration with Zoobs. And they don’t get lost in carpet!<img alt="IMG_1953" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aUKs7mGgrKg/Uyc7H3a75EI/AAAAAAAAEoE/m3H9GIKxuh8/IMG_1953_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="419" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1953" width="644" /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-thBe4G_1hE4/Uyc7Ia6BLSI/AAAAAAAAEoM/jstOYwCb5pY/s1600-h/IMG_1955%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1955" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-V_RxkYi4XUQ/Uyc7I5zGHMI/AAAAAAAAEoU/N7VbkQY4Cq4/IMG_1955_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="396" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1955" width="504" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wTSyKr1Le6Y/Uyc7Jo0WJUI/AAAAAAAAEoc/qMuMJ8s6IPQ/s1600-h/IMG_1956%25255B1%25255D%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1956[1]" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-EnXsnhzyvpw/Uyc7KTgFB8I/AAAAAAAAEok/2rD1LYmR5kg/IMG_1956%25255B1%25255D_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1956[1]" width="585" /></a>Paige lost a tooth and here’s an idea if you need it...Surprise dad with the news using a post-it on his bathroom mirror. Works every time ;)<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z0kl5Kq5UFI/Uyc7LVuPR6I/AAAAAAAAEos/e3nS5ZLlDQ4/s1600-h/IMG_1961%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1961" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0i26NAWD13U/Uyc7MGluUII/AAAAAAAAEow/RUaBwpr0qec/IMG_1961_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1961" width="597" /></a>Sharon flew away Tuesday morning after the funeral, but not with out being my life coach and forcing a menu out of me for the week! Life saving. Also a trip through my closet to reclaim what’s on it’s way out along with a new scarf from Downeast. Excellent picks!<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yaKj8GyFars/Uyc7MtlORyI/AAAAAAAAEo8/rmZgFCovUVo/s1600-h/photo%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="photo" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5iA28_pZD1E/Uyc7NVAMv7I/AAAAAAAAEpE/ILZWtU8JYlQ/photo_thumb%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="photo" width="484" /></a>We hosted a progressive dinner on Saturday night with folks from our ward. “I can’t believe you’re hosting?” were <span style="color: navy; font-size: small;">words spouted</span> without encouragement. Let me explain. #1 I have a brand new house, where nothing is broken, nothing needs to be painted or fixed, & my only qualm was the west sun that I battled with a shower curtain and duct tape. #2 I’ve been in charge of these things before and no one ever wants to host the dinner. It’s like asking for a kidney…#3 In 16 days I’ll be out of commission. There won’t be dinners with adults and <span style="color: navy; font-size: small;">conversation</span> all in the comfort of my own home for a while, especially where someone else decides the menu and buys it and drops it off for me to cook. <span style="color: navy; font-size: small;">Can you say</span> Cordon Bleu?<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AhimJX-w5es/Uyc7OBQ02bI/AAAAAAAAEpM/RRd03YuWiHA/s1600-h/IMG_1950%25255B1%25255D%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1950[1]" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-18mWzsQS8Ys/Uyc7O5ZQBXI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/z4jUVJpdqbM/IMG_1950%25255B1%25255D_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1950[1]" width="393" /></a>Sunday afternoons need three things: a nap, some baking, and an <b><i>easy</i></b> dinner. Tonight: Neiman Marcus cookies—the recipe made 90—Thank you Vanessa for planting that idea. If you need an <i><b>easy & quick</b></i> pasta dinner, make <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2010/02/spaghetti-cacio-e-pepe/">Pecorino Romano</a>. It goes well with asparagus and sliced sausage links from the junk store if you have any. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JcqUv7Gds1c/Uyc7Pcrum8I/AAAAAAAAEpc/ElYn8-7kACE/s1600-h/IMG_1939%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1939" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ABdAebk7EJU/Uyc7QoNItGI/AAAAAAAAEpg/0R2GKnSEax4/IMG_1939_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="482" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1939" width="644" /></a> From my Grandpa’s daily pocket calendar 2007. My birthday is written in on the the 12th. Yea Grandpa! Still missing and feeling his mortality.<br />
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PS. If you haven’t checked out <a href="http://www.projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com/">www.projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com</a> there’s plenty of inspiration there of real people doing amazing projects. Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-11454553700996372462014-03-12T12:37:00.001-06:002014-03-17T13:52:53.531-06:00The week when I felt a lot!Charlotte’s birthday has really morphed from an emotional day to a day of celebration with our family—which is as it should be, I guess, seeing how it’s been 13 years and when it happened we could have never seen now. Thirteen years since time started for us…BC & AC (before Charlotte/after Charlotte). <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HwKZ0yHCBXo/UyCo8jfXECI/AAAAAAAAEi4/L_UBqzFaAQ4/s1600-h/073%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img alt="073" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ibu601YKYaM/UyCo908ZL7I/AAAAAAAAEjA/a0m2DVzQWjA/073_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="073" width="644" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-17EbIXbwseU/UyCo-q-kNuI/AAAAAAAAEjE/_JqW7P7B7AY/s1600-h/IMG_1917%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1917" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-A0oKrN3RFxo/UyCo_TZO8fI/AAAAAAAAEjQ/NxXrjf0oXMY/IMG_1917_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1917" width="642" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ci_GrR5LeUA/UyCo_0aJAOI/AAAAAAAAEjY/pfb0c-pJ-K0/s1600-h/IMG_1920%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1920" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-525h75gPUrY/UyCpAfiiIbI/AAAAAAAAEjg/xLO2xZmwf8Q/IMG_1920_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="228" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1920" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wNWWsrU6quE/UyCpBjHMp9I/AAAAAAAAEjo/Cw1NdMLGuio/s1600-h/IMG_1921%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1921" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ucrOsnGUNZQ/UyCpCFQNO1I/AAAAAAAAEjw/JuiWxMOq7Bc/IMG_1921_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="227" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1921" width="305" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GjlwTbIcgOY/UyCpCzu-9zI/AAAAAAAAEj4/u1LZTx2vrac/s1600-h/IMG_1923%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1923" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uRGZWlS2QRI/UyCpDvHUFaI/AAAAAAAAEkA/bYJcvlm1LC4/IMG_1923_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="228" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1923" width="303" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tnDbQcpC8Tg/UyCpEdo-xVI/AAAAAAAAEkI/XT2VQn_NMXE/s1600-h/IMG_1924%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1924" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ic0LeOxgtq8/UyCpFHDl5CI/AAAAAAAAEkQ/uUVpGWLEfoo/IMG_1924_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="228" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1924" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XQrRvuMKGew/UyCpFshOwII/AAAAAAAAEkU/RGGBB-BHMzs/s1600-h/IMG_1926%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1926" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DTFLHgjNMcQ/UyCpGlWEOHI/AAAAAAAAEkg/GM51WFtmQwA/IMG_1926_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1926" width="641" /></a>We continued our tradition of going to her grave and releasing balloons, although last year the kids each started keeping a balloon to tie on their bedpost. Charlotte would have endorsed that. <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jm9-s0R0R0Y/UyCpHK78t2I/AAAAAAAAEko/nJSVUYX2azk/s1600-h/IMG_1929%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1929" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-71sZ9cPBY0U/UyCpH70KM0I/AAAAAAAAEkw/vXwwHvg7XKM/IMG_1929_thumb%25255B15%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1929" width="366" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sm3bnLJJCCo/UyCpIYGr2lI/AAAAAAAAEk0/NAuzBYPzrHQ/s1600-h/IMG_1930%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1930" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rySRvx-CBv4/UyCpJLesEGI/AAAAAAAAEk8/E6bBG_0NHq8/IMG_1930_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="229" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1930" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hRkJOUAjZ3Y/UyCpJkeTuXI/AAAAAAAAElE/VevpAZq7xjQ/s1600-h/070%25255B25%25255D.jpg"><img alt="070" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UDkDTvhIKHY/UyCpKftBM7I/AAAAAAAAElQ/vbFBj-Tqf88/070_thumb%25255B24%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="229" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="070" width="304" /></a><br />
After which we took the Governor's reading challenge coupons to Chuckarama! The kids ate their fill of fries, fish crackers, ice cream and Icees. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a buffet and, well, pregnant, I broke my rule of no salad (because I can eat salad anytime and all salad bars are the same as my high school cafeteria with fake bacon bits and sunflower seeds so why waste precious stomach space on baby corn and ranch?) It turned out I had been craving greens and crunch & being able to munch on something that is not necessarily filling, I ate one of everything from the salad bar. One crouton, one kidney bean, even one pinch of hardboiled egg! And then of course a plate of protein…one meatball, chicken leg, slice of roast, ham, turkey, fried shrimp, etc. A very awesome buffet experience finished off with a root beer float, as always. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o9zcMTZAQLo/UyCpLMZOWPI/AAAAAAAAElY/-ruMUS3xY5A/s1600-h/IMG_1931%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1931" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-52JAvgvIAKw/UyCpLxoMrkI/AAAAAAAAElg/RsnNZoC7b3Q/IMG_1931_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1931" width="643" /></a><br />
My beloved grandpa Allen died on Tuesday. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--yHCxNiKPag/UyCpMrAmKAI/AAAAAAAAElo/N8ys7LLkB5A/s1600-h/grandpa%252520military%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="grandpa military" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vj0wdZG45V8/UyCpNVRCmpI/AAAAAAAAElw/86SfG6c6KEw/grandpa%252520military_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="grandpa military" width="445" /></a>When we celebrated his 90th birthday last fall I shared with him this endearing ditty from my childhood.<br />
My sister and I were staying with them (we were young, like 7 & 8, or maybe younger) and grandma was cooking a casserole for dinner. Early in the afternoon my grandpa took us to his office at BYU and we found a drawer of chocolate bars. We helped ourselves. We stopped by a bakery and picked up a dozen turnovers I think? we had one of those too. He had promised ice cream so we stopped at Baskin Robins on the way home. When we got home it was casserole time and Vanessa and I couldn’t touch it. Grandma asked in only the grandma tone of love and scold for Grandpa that she had, “Les, what did you do to these girls?” He was of course eating dinner and thought nothing of the progressive dinner appetizers we had consumed. When I related the story to him at the birthday, he thanked me for the memory, since he didn’t have one left. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-o5-DnX1y1I4/UyCpN5cxPvI/AAAAAAAAEl4/x_fOC25A37Q/s1600-h/20130830_200548%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="20130830_200548" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3ExEfkgSSsc/UyCpOqxM-5I/AAAAAAAAEmA/ubPC-tjfyKw/20130830_200548_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="379" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="20130830_200548" width="504" /></a>At the funeral my super intelligent brain uncle talked about how brilliant and humble Grandpa was. How at the end when the dementia took away everything in his brain, what was left was his superfluous gratitude fueled by his humility. At the end everything was “just so wonderful”!<br />
At the funeral (Allen family reunion) I chatted with many of my cousins. We all laughed how he made us each feel like we were his very favorite. My grandma passed away 3 years ago and I was so very sad to see him alone, so the best thing about the last week is that he’s with her now, but at the grave site I felt the emotional release that they’re both gone! I’m sure the pregnancy hormones and so many other emotions, that come with being in family units and how deeply we can feel, brought on the waterworks. I really loved them both. <img alt="pallbearers" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qCS8rXQFS34/UyCpPl2bdII/AAAAAAAAEmI/zCIisUXdSC0/pallbearers_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="504" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="pallbearers" width="504" /><br />
More memories:<br />
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<li>Remember how he spoke at Charlotte’s funeral and how that talk was healing and hopeful? </li>
<li>I was in the MTC (learning Portuguese and missionary work) and they were there serving in a branch presidency for senior couples. My grandpa would hand off my grandma to me and my companion every week for the women’s meetings and we’d sit with both of them for the large general authority talks. </li>
<li>He took me fishing one Friday after one of my weeks of being a camp counselor at Oakcrest complete with take out deli sandwiches! I fell asleep on the drive home.</li>
<li>He had a famous camp song about Mr. Mr. Jonny Rebeck and his sausage machine that always made me laugh.</li>
<li>They recuperated me after my appendix surgery in 5th grade. I stayed with them for two weeks with unlimited cold cereal, ice cream, and I Love Lucy reruns. </li>
<li>Trips to Albuquerque New Mexico to visit cousins. A root beer snow cone at 4 corners!</li>
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In other news, Donna came for lunch and helped me hang, haul and hike. She’s super woman! The park is the perfect backdrop for super slide boy and Anna girl!<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jMr2N2_q3B8/UyCpQTWeayI/AAAAAAAAEmQ/6WSKm6DPI1Y/s1600-h/IMG_1933%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1933" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-C0xG5sbP4mI/UyCpQ-Z7kjI/AAAAAAAAEmY/XbGiHzfeQ1M/IMG_1933_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="228" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1933" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KB-d7GOPD80/UyCpRhMNe0I/AAAAAAAAEmg/onrC0jEvQd4/s1600-h/IMG_1934%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1934" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JsgfkdNNKY4/UyCpSWpx26I/AAAAAAAAEmo/ekuNIe2dlAM/IMG_1934_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="229" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1934" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2fCK3gSePkg/UyCpTLQOlGI/AAAAAAAAEms/6jD_qEFlyBA/s1600-h/IMG_1935%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1935" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xeUSGErfYQs/UyCpT05-0dI/AAAAAAAAEm4/RkT--BVqw-U/IMG_1935_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1935" width="641" /></a><br />
Amber came for a visit and made us the best dark chocolate chunk cookie bars ever! Thanks Amber.<br />
We celebrated Donna’s birthday with Sharon flying in and hoagies and a snickers bar cake from Paul and Stephanie. <br />
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We hosted the Suttons for the funeral and this house can accommodate guests! 12 people on floor 2, 2 people on floor 1! Clearly I’ve been reading Bears on Wheels a bit much. <br />
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James put up a mailbox and now we get mail! A red one with a gold flag! I ordered if from Amazon. It came UPS.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SokWuh0kpqE/UyCpXXIe0fI/AAAAAAAAEnQ/Ip_SQvV3CVw/s1600-h/photo%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="photo" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IT-ziAG0TSw/UyCpYKR_uOI/AAAAAAAAEnY/yA7XjlwEFDE/photo_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="photo" width="406" /></a>I had my first non stress test for this pregnancy. Normal fluid, normal movement, proper heart accelerations and recovery. Miracle! The Dr. also scheduled an induction for April 2nd. <br />
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“What are you doing on April 2nd?” <br />
“Oh me? I’ll be having a baby! Isn’t that just so wonderful?”</blockquote>
Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-66643504451971671622014-03-02T19:19:00.000-07:002014-03-05T23:05:33.336-07:00Using the force and so forth and so on…<a href="http://mairmania.blogspot.com/"><span class="postTitle" id="0bf0ac61-f857-41dc-b34d-164df9f85ae7" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span></a>Isaac uses the force for every automatic sliding door we encounter. He approaches the door and with umpire arm slices, says “force”. The door opens and he’s very proud. We’ve been in and out of many Rosses and Home Goods stalking rugs and window coverings. <br />
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Benjamin has been doing homework in the morning and it’s brilliant. He knows he’s free after school if he gets his stuff done in the the a.m. and, thankfully, there’s an ending time. He has to go to school. <br />
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Stuart has been quoting movie lines and can jump between different flicks quick. Name these movies? “Your mother was a snow blower!” “Mrs.. Graves, Michael went over the line.” “There’s nothing a dog man can’t do, without a plan and a lot of duct tape!” (Short Circuit, Monster’s University, Curious George)<br />
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He’s back to afternoon kindergarten again and it’s been wonderful! He and Isaac play first thing after waking up, he’ll then read a Sam book and do a homework page and wraps up the morning with a corndog. His class won a pizza party for collecting the most box tops and all of the kids had something to say about that, “And Stuart didn’t even take in one box top!” <br />
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Sunday rolls raise on the bathroom counter, warmest place in the house. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-B7hecDSjhns/Uxfa3UtKJLI/AAAAAAAAEeo/hb0cX3jDlZE/s1600-h/064%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="064" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BuUU5gIo9wY/Uxfa3zM6ZhI/AAAAAAAAEe0/GpgtxXFrhl4/064_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="064" width="644" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dUMeQaY0b_w/Uxfa4iA38wI/AAAAAAAAEe8/G85FarS0b9g/s1600-h/IMG_1904%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1904" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--PKTZ04miQk/Uxfa5lKfWEI/AAAAAAAAEfE/WlIkk5dFAvc/IMG_1904_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="483" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1904" width="644" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4DzWkbl6DCw/Uxfa6d9zQ7I/AAAAAAAAEfM/SUts_2-jOT4/s1600-h/IMG_1908%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1908" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aoyQJyn9xjY/Uxfa69Rs3dI/AAAAAAAAEfU/RbCcfDKfMPw/IMG_1908_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="229" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1908" width="303" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PZCTn7dmpPM/Uxfa7p4hcAI/AAAAAAAAEfc/OqHKlgIsF-I/s1600-h/IMG_1909%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1909" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nvHjruhXJKg/Uxfa8Dd-TQI/AAAAAAAAEfg/XrSGX6vT01M/IMG_1909_thumb%25255B15%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="226" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1909" width="304" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-K3SvnkA_rVc/Uxfa8p1mkOI/AAAAAAAAEfo/0M_yrr44vF0/s1600-h/IMG_1910%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1910" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XZWABBxBwyA/Uxfa9RDZMuI/AAAAAAAAEf0/DpEmf1Z4S2U/IMG_1910_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="228" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1910" width="304" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yjrg0fndDCk/Uxfa-OBg2QI/AAAAAAAAEf8/-57AQN35Xk8/s1600-h/IMG_1912%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1912" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6i9SJ4qnQNA/Uxfa-x5QL-I/AAAAAAAAEgE/TbjgxBntLeQ/IMG_1912_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="228" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1912" width="304" /></a> <br />
Family dinner at my parents home is always fun. Reading under-the-table-truths. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XTCuPDo5pyM/Uxfa_tej-XI/AAAAAAAAEgM/-Iw_Szh2N4M/s1600-h/IMG_1914%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1914" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vbrSVuASgzA/UxfbAeptjiI/AAAAAAAAEgU/yphw5yHB3rw/IMG_1914_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="482" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1914" width="644" /></a><br />
This week the laundry chute was lined with sheet metal and the little door installed. Having all the dirties show up in the laundry room is no short of a miracle. If the clothes marched themselves into the washer, I don’t think that would help as much… <br />
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Two date nights in a row this weekend. We’re storing them up preparing for the future. The Golden Phoenix is still a winner, best part is: never a wait! <br />
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Krissy came to visit and brought gifts and brownies. Thanks Krissy! She’s got pep, and our lunch was a feast of chatter and counsel for baby #6. “Don’t do what I do. You need to stay down. Let everyone else take care of their needs, you take care of you and the baby.” I’m going to staple that to my forehead. <br />
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I spent the last day of the month hanging things in my house. It was my February goal for <a href="http://projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com/2014/03/nora-mair-february-hang-up-50-things.html">Project(s)Connect.</a> (It’s still some of the best stuff on the internet!) Donna came earlier in the week and hung up the paper towel roll holder and that really got me going. The other most important thing was some curtains in the master bedroom. It’s been a real fishbowl in there since we moved in! <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-569aZ75ztMg/UxfbEbhOnAI/AAAAAAAAEhM/Ml2p3BubHRQ/s1600-h/046%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="046" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5gWsRRjOJLE/UxfbFJ4rl6I/AAAAAAAAEhU/SI64h9Bk-fw/046_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="046" width="641" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-B_ugs5pqRjc/UxfbFmU0llI/AAAAAAAAEhc/XZCw4B1s-r0/s1600-h/050%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="050" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Hc9dRvrT3kw/UxfbGT2t3vI/AAAAAAAAEhk/2FOKkpsFh5s/050_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="417" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="050" width="314" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7xslkrOELzs/UxfbG40oGII/AAAAAAAAEhs/_CuXC43358Q/s1600-h/051%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="051" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-udAAPwiTJZA/UxfbHhdrtYI/AAAAAAAAEh0/J7vkgOj1lag/051_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="417" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="051" width="314" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-snpw2xvDpHc/UxfbIJWuPfI/AAAAAAAAEh8/_CzufXHdxK4/s1600-h/042%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="042" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eRBGKqvYUu0/UxfbIskWMaI/AAAAAAAAEiE/KvnzERR-Ra4/042_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="042" width="643" /></a><br />
James’ nerve pain comes and goes and he’s noticed if he just doesn’t do anything to irritate it (lifting, reaching, standing still), it hurts less. I’ve made a plan that he doesn’t lift anything for a whole year, we’ll have a brand new shoulder right? He rolls his eyes and we watch the TV as it sits propped against the wall. <br />
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Shoulder pain did not interfere with hanging the 8 ounce Nest thermostat!James predicts he’ll break even with efficiency in 9 years—but let’s talk about convenience, the App is on all the devises in the house! <br />
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The house is still spectacular (even when half the basement flooded on Tuesday) and we can’t stop feeling blown away, so stop by, come and visit, come see where we’re so lucky and blessed to be. I’ll make you a sandwich! <br />
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PS<i> We were a feature in the ward newsletter this month. Here’s what was said about our little (biggish) family. If you know us at all, it’ll be a snoozer but if you don’t, here you go! </i><br />
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Family Name: Mair<br />
Address: Centerville For How long? Valentines Day 2014<br />
Parent's names: James & Nora<br />
Kids names and ages: Adelaide 11, Benjamin 9, Paige 7, Stuart 6, Isaac 3 New baby in April</blockquote>
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James was born in Tooele and raised in Ogden. Nora was born in Provo and raised in West Valley.</blockquote>
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James attended Ben Lomond High School and graduated from Weber State. Nora attended Granger High School and Graduated from Southern Utah University. <br />
They met working summer jobs in Wyoming, at Grand Teton National Park the summer of 1993.</blockquote>
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James graduated in computer programming and has been a developer for IHC for the last 9 years. Nora taught 4th grade for a few years before kids. She then ran a preschool in her basement for 8 years before happily retiring to have baby #5.</blockquote>
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Activities: Our family likes to hike, camp and ride bikes. Every summer we camp in the "motherland" (Grand Teton) and then usually someplace in Utah too. We love Bear Lake, Zion N P. and St. George. The kids enjoy video games, friends, toys and movies. James works really hard at his job but also likes game nights and a good hamburger. Nora will ride a bike anywhere but after a year of being unsettled, she'll be happy to never leave home again.</blockquote>
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Facts: Every summer we host cousin week where our 5 cousins (all siblings) come to spend the week while their parents are vacationing. In return our kids go to Idaho to spend a week while we take a trip. It's a luxury that we're not sure how long will last but we've enjoyed it for the last 5 years.</blockquote>
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We lived in West Jordan for the last 15 years. We miss our wonderful neighbors and friends the most but are excited to be closer to family and the mountains. Nora has a brother on the Centerville police force and James has brothers in Roy and Syracuse. And we're confident we'll make new borrow-a-cup-of-sugar neighbors and friends here. </blockquote>
PSS Prayers to my friend Jen’s husband who is recovering from brain surgery. Love you both with a speedy and full recovery!<br />
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PPSS And a sad heart and prayers for my beloved sister Monica who’s passing through the sorrow and loss of a 20 week pregnancy. Our babies would have been birth year cousins, and now just grief. It’s heavy and hard and I’m so sorry. Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-34718260295643737082014-02-24T14:14:00.001-07:002014-02-24T14:14:56.589-07:00It’s like a bomb’s gone off…stuff everywhere…<p>We don't know whether to stare out the window (like we’ve never seen mountains, lakes or trains) or plow through boxes.  We both have felt the “are we really living here?—I can’t believe we live here!—Is this our life?” thoughts.   </p> <p>So far so good.  Tuesday I registered the kids for school and then took them all to IKEA and the junk store.  Wednesday was the first day of school but I took no pictures, it was their 3rd, first day this year, after all.  By Friday Adelaide was groaning that I was walking them (and pj boys in the jogger) to school, “Oh, so embarrassing.”  Now I call that a successful school transition!    </p> <p>So far the biggest hit with the kids has been the park across the street, where there are hills to scooter on, and friends to find.  Except when it snows..but it didn’t stick around for long.    <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AGXjsMjaZ1U/Uwu11yDmZcI/AAAAAAAAEbM/88dEHKtZeF8/s1600-h/IMG_1843%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1843" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1843" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iVWIgGQLBcU/Uwu15zlB2eI/AAAAAAAAEbU/CYH9W2U7FwU/IMG_1843_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="354" /></a></p> <p>Our routine is abysmal, and the upstairs has turned into a daycare, with toys spread out everywhere.  When do we clean those up? Huge shoulder shrugs…But honestly a daycare, they are so happy to have their own space, they have pretty much just left us (me and James) alone to enjoy (stare at boxes and the mountains) the downstairs.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3_NXxxYY1KE/Uwu19h8GNNI/AAAAAAAAEbc/SA9g9dWFBr4/s1600-h/IMG_1834%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1834" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1834" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1Qarxx3cqJI/Uwu2AdWwuaI/AAAAAAAAEbk/xsxEt6ytitA/IMG_1834_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="336" /></a>Lest you think it’s all work and no exhaustion let me tell you about the doctor appointment I slept through, on Friday morning, on purpose.  His office called to reschedule; the doctor was heading out of town next week…So one Vanilla Coke Zero later and I found myself in the shower and then asleep again on his little exam table.  We joked how nice it would be to be able to allocate a stimulant for a certain area of your body, or for a certain particular activity.  I set a pr in gaining as well, 7 lbs in 2 weeks… lots of drive throughs and nutella knives to put up those kind of numbers.  Oh and the bruiser that I’m growing…  Names floating around this week are Cameron or McKay…thoughts?  </p> <p>James had another cortisone shot into his neck on Thursday.  It felt really good for a few days, but boxes and reality started Saturday night and now life sucking nerve pain is back.  Maybe you’ve lost your will to live with chronic pain?  If you have, I’m so sorry, he’s sorry, we’re all just sorry—but he’s a young buck—it can’t last forever… </p> <p>We had our first sit down meal on Saturday night!  Real plates, water glasses, silverware and food on the table.  Nothing says we’re in this for the long haul like homemade macaroni and cheese and roasted cauliflower. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HgdS-F5_UQ8/Uwu2F623icI/AAAAAAAAEbs/WUIKnNSdh2s/s1600-h/IMG_1849%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1849" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1849" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-E8ig4YYze78/Uwu2IFPNjRI/AAAAAAAAEb0/7w-rQqZmHfY/IMG_1849_thumb%25255B19%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="315" height="330" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LkYj8xRfqBY/Uwu2LcH77pI/AAAAAAAAEb8/sXDq28Mb_jQ/s1600-h/IMG_1854%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1854" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1854" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EzB1-yymC68/Uwu2OMqYXRI/AAAAAAAAEcE/Rn6tw0Fv10E/IMG_1854_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="236" /></a></p> <p>And we’re now Costco members…a living social deal I caved at when I saw I had paypal money…I know, what took so long right?  We went for date night on Saturday night and with my price per ounce brain, all I came away with was toilet paper, and I think what sold me on that, was how much is on a roll.  425 SHEETS!  Costco’s joy is in the convenience and the awesome….to be continued for sure.    </p> <p><a href="http://projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com/search/label/Sue%20Fitch">Sushi</a> stopped by and brought famous éclairs from the local Dicks Market bakery, for which I’m not totally versed in.  They were delish and reminded <em>me</em> of all the receptions I went to as a kid and <em>Sue</em> of throwing a truly elegant party.  When the kids got home they asked if they could eat a declare.  They’re not well versed either.  </p> <p>Grant from the KSL morning radio show, Grant and Amanda, is in our bishopric, nice guy, with great conducting skills : )</p> <p>I went to a shower for my cousin Carly who is having her first boy.  I saw and laughed with all my aunties, and cousins, who are such gems!  I come from an amazing family…    <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ph3UVm-PULI/Uwu2Qe9t3pI/AAAAAAAAEcM/CYH6ch6hUjc/s1600-h/IMG_1848%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1848" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1848" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-On4YrVMquU0/Uwu2SzsIF3I/AAAAAAAAEcU/WyIb23TlZEg/IMG_1848_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="354" /></a>One of the talks in church on Sunday suggested living the gospel like an Olympic athlete trains for an event.  8+ hrs a day, 6 days a week, for years…  I’ve been thinking about what kinds of experiences I could expect if my efforts were “Olympic”?  </p> <p>Everyone is so excited to have kids move into the neighborhood/ward, “the primary is getting so small!”  We’re not telling them it’s bigger than the last three primaries we’ve been in, and another blue and gold banquet this week!  Super BONUS!               </p> <p>PS.  <em>These last three weeks have been amazing on <a href="http://projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com">Project(s)Connect</a>.  Friends are doing stuff and sharing!  If you need something good to read first thing of the day, like me (or dr. office reading/bedtime reading)  pop in and read a few entries.  The comments are great as well!    </em></p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-14888142850786414592014-02-17T08:09:00.001-07:002014-02-17T08:09:46.971-07:00Moved!<p>      This week was one where I checked off activities so that move day would come.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZCxPLO4LCQc/UwIl4SWDRGI/AAAAAAAAEYI/evwWqNUeai8/s1600-h/IMG_1773%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1773" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1773" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NEhD4HiQWFI/UwIl5lHB8yI/AAAAAAAAEYQ/VuBKr15JzdY/IMG_1773_thumb%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="479" /></a></p> <p>Sunday: Vanessa and Jen came with kids to eat pasta and nobakes and sleep over!  They skied Monday, the very best day of the year…next year girls, my boots and gaiter will be donned again! </p> <p>Monday:  We walked through the house and left a trail of blue tape for drywall, paint touch ups and a few other details (a non dented dishwasher).  </p> <p>I had a moment sitting on the stairs after everyone else had left.  It was a next phase feeling, really…we’ll be <em>here</em> when the kids and our family will gain, loose, see, land, experience, grow, decided, tread, step, move, feel, feel, and feel.  The nouns that come after these verbs are as many as the stars.  I’m not communicating this sentiment right, so just know there was a “moment”.     </p> <p>Tuesday:  Closing.  James signed “James D” more than 50 times while Isaac and I sat with the bowl of candy, refreshing drinks, adding lighthearted commentary and inquiry where needed.  I’m on the deed.  We then split a Five Guys burger and Canjan style fries.  The lender is the one smiling… <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eU0UX4fSLcg/UwIl6sONU_I/AAAAAAAAEYY/F8QXGdjUSRE/s1600-h/IMG_1770%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1770" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1770" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AUXo6zJsqIQ/UwIl7i0MYDI/AAAAAAAAEYg/KJmUOoGA9vc/IMG_1770_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="370" /></a> </p> <p>Wednesday:  Lunch with the best of friends in West Jordan… Thanks for hosting Mylinda!  Also The Blue and Gold Banquet!   <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ou99fSv8--I/UwIl8tMoVfI/AAAAAAAAEYo/hvxK-DqIANQ/s1600-h/photo%252520booth%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo booth" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="photo booth" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6SGLrK8dwNQ/UwIl9lDbXuI/AAAAAAAAEYw/gJz9orJ1adE/photo%252520booth_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="431" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1hWL-5yMUVs/UwIl_9-i98I/AAAAAAAAEY4/Frfb7BC5e2Y/s1600-h/benwithwig%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="benwithwig" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="benwithwig" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lmjq9fma7y0/UwImA9HrxqI/AAAAAAAAEZA/2fn0ohHHw7s/benwithwig_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="204" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cVJ2ZXxpvD8/UwImBo171QI/AAAAAAAAEZI/KcXtb2ey31s/s1600-h/stuasabug%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="stuasabug" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="stuasabug" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-v9-do0zJO68/UwImC647pXI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/cKH0fsJT_Po/stuasabug_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="204" /></a> Thursday:  Packing and cleaning.  Donna came and we made quick work of the kitchen and the fridge!  Love that girl and her babies.  Although I should have been a little more disciplined later in the day because the floor did not get done.  So sorry cabin, I will miss the views, and relaxed state I always found myself in while living there.  Also the ladybug colony in the south facing master window.   </p> <p>Friday:  Valentine’s Day/Move Day  Paige, had a special pal party for me at school.  She’s had an amazing teacher for 2 1/2 months.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j9iZzj_qPak/UwImEEzLakI/AAAAAAAAEZY/ltYdlrII59A/s1600-h/IMG_1780%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1780" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1780" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MAJy_EbaIFQ/UwImFIT6QyI/AAAAAAAAEZg/hmHM_nFY7mc/IMG_1780_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a>We loaded up and drove to the new house to sleep on the floor and realize we had no toilet paper.   And a huge thank you to my parents for bringing all our boxes down that morning.  </p> <p>Saturday:  The truck was loaded and unloaded twice by family and friends and new neighbors too!  Lots of hauling and  reviewing of what I kept; and I thought I had purged so much, well it’s all here now.  Thank you and sorry for all the hernias and slipped discs.    <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GEQOJmi-uvA/UwImGMvR5NI/AAAAAAAAEZo/gBJ1Gxaz9lo/s1600-h/IMG_1809%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1809" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1809" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jQrOY_FzY6M/UwImG8OBSZI/AAAAAAAAEZw/tYRo4D79viU/IMG_1809_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="484" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-osL5BIHfwGc/UwImH747KFI/AAAAAAAAEZ4/uhQRKrCJgQQ/s1600-h/IMG_1817%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1817" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1817" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2B0fyE8hGMg/UwImIsEvkrI/AAAAAAAAEaA/Zzr-nd_xdnY/IMG_1817_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-htfLuF18wrw/UwImJ8q_dOI/AAAAAAAAEaI/E1JsZu5kURw/s1600-h/IMG_1810%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1810" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1810" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rRDLUE05bSM/UwImMvqpyHI/AAAAAAAAEaQ/O3nAFEJANxs/IMG_1810_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wxNZI7C5aiA/UwImNZ-Q0FI/AAAAAAAAEaY/5BQAYtOvSxY/s1600-h/IMG_1781%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1781" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1781" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-A_kC1HlHHSc/UwImOBQ9THI/AAAAAAAAEag/C-B5-Vnhhwk/IMG_1781_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="183" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Sunday:  An attorney taught gospel doctrine with legal size paper word strips!  He asked at the end, what’s your take away from this lesson (Abram and patriarchal blessings and the charge to share the word)?  I like questions like that.  </p> <p>We’re going to like it here.     </p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-19530735303954080812014-02-12T18:30:00.001-07:002014-02-13T13:34:21.521-07:00Kolay’s Cinnamon Syrup<i>This recipe came from my sister Vanessa’s, sister in law, Kolay. I was out of butter, trying to make caramel buttermilk syrup and made this instead. It’s a winner.</i> <br />
1/4 cup water<br />
1 cup sugar<br />
1/2 tsp cinnamon<br />
1/2 cup corn syrup<br />
Boil for two minutes and then add 1/2 cup cream. Great on pancakes and waffles. Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-47673410429731034392014-02-11T05:56:00.001-07:002014-02-11T05:56:39.567-07:00Tidbits and updates<p>This week I made 3 trips to Salt Lake and Centerville.  A lot was happening to the house, and, well, how indeed could all the subs finish without my weight shifting gaze and presence?  Details!  Lighting, holes for a soap pump, hardy board color and trim, laundry chute activity, wrong range (<font size="1">oh but you knew that?), </font>wrong laundry sink (<font size="1">you knew that too?, I’m just trying to be helpful</font>), house number in the wrong order (<font size="1">oh, you didn’t know about that?  well good thing I was here</font>:).</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ITDdMt1CUbE/UvodAGaPQGI/AAAAAAAAEUE/0Ov5pphJrwQ/s1600-h/102%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="102" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 0px" border="0" alt="102" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6d6w7HHNUjI/UvodCXMY-QI/AAAAAAAAEUI/BzWc0fJ8uA4/102_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="228" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9QD-8hhUb8M/UvodEKT1fbI/AAAAAAAAEUU/y0oaft9hwm4/s1600-h/058%25255B28%25255D.jpg"><img title="058" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 0px" border="0" alt="058" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NUZ2tBnBYbU/UvodGKwIbHI/AAAAAAAAEUY/KdJIa77RHxk/058_thumb%25255B40%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="231" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7Iistn2jUus/UvodIR6wJBI/AAAAAAAAEUk/fjn8F02o55Y/s1600-h/036%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="036" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="036" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GwW-kn3ydyw/UvodJry0pgI/AAAAAAAAEUo/rU345F0DzG4/036_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="468" height="405" /></a></p> <p>Benjamin tracked off earlier than the rest of the kids from school here.  One might say I let him quit, but he put in two and a half months...and until we move he's hauling wood, taking county map quizzes, doing flashcards, Book of Mormon chapter summaries, chess class with Grandma and typing practice.  Call it!<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-d0-_yGA5HH0/UvodK7QZnTI/AAAAAAAAEU0/VpilkcW1xiU/s1600-h/077%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="077" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="077" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KmqWysOdbbE/UvodM9_3TPI/AAAAAAAAEU8/eimsFsjExDU/077_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="301" height="231" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l5tr1BgElW0/UvodQZtLXuI/AAAAAAAAEVA/ckieq9Xoicw/s1600-h/096%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="096" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="096" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sT3lOSjKEuE/UvodSUY60HI/AAAAAAAAEVI/bLxmx2Z7DMM/096_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="228" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZxPHzsszpiI/UvodUdXA8EI/AAAAAAAAEVQ/m4xnitJf_i8/s1600-h/074%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="074" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="074" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YGZmqf-W9VU/UvodWEq7KXI/AAAAAAAAEVc/EaOYNcamsN4/074_thumb%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="406" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Z1J_rxBZBU8/UvodYIH3n1I/AAAAAAAAEVk/ql1XgrSsub4/s1600-h/076%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="076" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="076" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--xfqIYr57To/UvodbAL8pCI/AAAAAAAAEVo/UVEVc0l1iMA/076_thumb%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" height="403" /></a></p> <p>Isaac watching cement being poured at Grandma Christy’s.  He loves her kitty collection too.  Recess…</p> <p>Adelaide and Paige do not waste movie/TV time.  They start a movie at 5:30 and set an alarm for 5:59 so they have a minute to switch over to Brady Bunch.  They watch the first episode and then switch back to the movie from 6:24 – 6:29 and then Brady Bunch until 6:54 and then back to the movie until I call for dinner.  Mary Poppins took three days to watch, Swiss Family Robinson, four.   </p> <p>Movies & reviews for me and James this week:</p> <ul> <li>James Bond, Skyfall. Eye roll.  The whole movie to protect Ma’am and she dies anyway.  </li> <li>Captain Philips. Intense.  Tom Hanks does shock and trauma well.  </li> <li>The Tourist. Another eye roll.  Angelina is pretty to watch, however I fell asleep two minutes before the (twist of an) ending.  </li> </ul> <p>I ate lunch with Krissy and she told me all about her trip to Costa Rica.  Did you know I went there last February?  In fact, a year ago today I was soaking in the Hot Volcanic Springs of Tabacon in the Arenal Volcanic region of the La Fortuna area.  (straight from my line a day journal)  I need to do a write up about it, because I’m starting to forget, and it’s been one of our best trips.  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XwRwex0cpmU/Uvodcxo-nuI/AAAAAAAAEV0/St14taezYZw/s1600-h/191%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="191" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="191" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VB9KczqJKI8/UvodgQv6W7I/AAAAAAAAEV8/6l_6HJ_Zi9A/191_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" height="378" /></a> </p> <p>Do you need an answer to socks that make it through the laundry cycle with holes?  This one’s a winner.  1.  Dampen the clean, holy, sock with water from the next load you’re filling.  2.  Wipe down the entire washer and dryer and throw the filthy sock away.  In stoic nobility the sock is fulfilling its final duty before meeting its demise.   <font size="1">Oh never mind?  Your holy socks never make it through a cycle?  Your washer and dryer are lint and liquid detergent splatter free?  nice</font>.</p> <p>Tom and Kim made us sushi!  Delicious.  I had to work hard for this appointment, hitting up multiple times and worming my way into their schedule.  “Tom, when are you going to make me sushi?”  But             where else do I eat endless California rolls with Sriracha mayo and eel sauce, yes and pass the crunchy onions too? (Smith’s grocery at dinner time but it’s not endless, in fact it’s just a bite) Bentley talked Benjamin into trying one.  That’s something!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-76CfUqES3h8/UvodjkE8daI/AAAAAAAAEWE/BtKPr-uA2xI/s1600-h/083%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="083" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="083" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eKdr2YlVAd4/UvodnZq3DaI/AAAAAAAAEWI/jZj4FtTH654/083_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="302" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m1-Jjj8_a98/Uvodoy5g8bI/AAAAAAAAEWU/xYQnMtn0MqI/s1600-h/086%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="086" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="086" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sb-_QFlaScw/Uvodr68qKgI/AAAAAAAAEWY/B8EIdutMs-0/086_thumb%25255B17%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="228" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eF6yC9j6Iic/UvoduhjE8jI/AAAAAAAAEWk/qr1RMPTi2rs/s1600-h/090%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="090" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="090" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bJND0enZ9vA/UvodyTYkw_I/AAAAAAAAEWs/DjaETTpnl_U/090_thumb%25255B21%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="293" height="213" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UuGMl_RRUGE/Uvod1vpikDI/AAAAAAAAEW0/bJhyoC2jBbY/s1600-h/093%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="093" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="093" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lM35oQm8EAg/Uvod49YPLkI/AAAAAAAAEW8/IhPrGs8lgAE/093_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="302" height="225" /></a></p> <p>We went to our new ward on Sunday.  James was very excited, talking about neighbors and shaping futures and all.  I tried to stay aloof, refusing to remember and acknowledge how much the village helps and nurtures families who all worship together.  We met super nice folks, excited to meet us and find out the ages of our kids.  We’ll be a good fit; we’ve already increased their primary by 20%. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dc7eFXAQBFY/Uvod8sGLMDI/AAAAAAAAEXA/W1_uog_sfFw/s1600-h/081%25255B6%25255D.jpg"></a><img title="081" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="081" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ipmNb4j-LvA/Uvod-pFrb0I/AAAAAAAAEXM/UuF4QDF9oYI/081_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="374" /></p> We had a bunch of snow over the weekend and it was great for building a snowman, which is what Adelaide did first thing Saturday morning.  Also, suiting up in snow clothes is easier than getting dressed so she could eat breakfast.  Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-57608715408927295652014-02-03T23:23:00.001-07:002014-02-03T23:49:17.068-07:00Bears for Direction, and UpdatesOur whole family spoke in church last week. And while I blathered on and on about me, and myself, and, Oh, “let me tell you a little more of me…” I left James 6 minutes to give his talk. He shared this story:<br />
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Right after we were married we were hiking in Grand Teton National Park with some friends (Robyn and Dave M) and we were headed to Amphitheater Lake. The trail has a fork in it, one way goes to the lake, the other goes to a bolder field/meadow with a trail that most take to climb The Grand. </blockquote>
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As we were heading up switchbacks getting closer and closer to the lake we were met with descending hikers telling us there were bears on the trail and they had decided to turn around. Having seen bears before, and as a bell man, given the job to go scare bears away from the lodge where I worked, we were not impressed with the hikers that had turned back. We forged ahead, meeting other ascending hikers on the trail to stick with while making a lot of noise hoping to frighten it away. </blockquote>
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Closer to the lake than the fork our group of about 10 now, encountered mamma black bear and her cub, sitting right on the trail, aware of hikers, and not budging. Immediately our judgment and resolve dissolved and we turned around and headed to the bolder field. We ate lunch, relaxed and hiked down with sweeping views of Garnet Canyon and Jackson’s Hole, all while laughing at the bear incident. </blockquote>
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In this life there are plenty of choices we make confidently while passing forks and fore warnings. And when the bears won't move, changing directions can be our only option, and acceptance (not anger and frustration) of the “alternate journey” from the originally planned one can lead to joy and peace. </blockquote>
How about that? Great 6 minute talk eh? Adelaide wrote her whole talk about positive experiences she’s had completing her Faith In God booklet. Benjamin told the story of Jesus on a boat calming the wild waters. Paige told the story of Daniel, praying and being saved when put into the lion’s den. Stuart told the story of the Jaredites crossing the ocean with the glowing stones. Since he doesn’t read yet, I drew pictures:<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fJ33Y9C9S_g/UvCGrLpJqvI/AAAAAAAAEO8/1yMnI_OrhHk/s1600-h/img001%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="img001" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AlVdMb_ZqyA/UvCGsvJbKaI/AAAAAAAAEPE/_0DRhfESnUA/img001_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="523" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="img001" width="404" /></a> <br />
On Monday James had an MRI and a cortisone shot in his neck to treat wretched shoulder nerve pain. Both were not fun but hopefully an answer. Jury’s still out. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ohzzlWCJIEg/UvCGtrWa9UI/AAAAAAAAEPM/-kJh4rhrwCM/s1600-h/IMG_1664%25255B18%25255D.jpg"></a><img alt="IMG_1664" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tSW9tuFVwZg/UvCGu5sbSdI/AAAAAAAAEPU/1WQjLX9Pqow/IMG_1664_thumb%25255B17%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="332" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1664" width="254" /><br />
Ben got new glasses on Monday too from Dr. John’s office. He looks great. <br />
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Meredith and her family came for a visit! She’s the one who used to listen to all my food confessionals when we’d run. With 8 inches of new snow we sledded, built Olaf and ate. Isaac stayed away from the sledding hill, but kept his head face down in the fluff to eat it. Everyone ate the new snow.<br />
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This coat zips, thankfully. Meredith had no problem zipping her matching coat, (we had great taste 10 years ago) or tugging her Luke. <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XBTZ7o2VkII/UvCG7bCY6kI/AAAAAAAAEQs/0rtiG_ToSC8/s1600-h/IMG_1686%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1686" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yb7Fay0GJvM/UvCG8bzVZjI/AAAAAAAAEQ0/rP3rElA6tkc/IMG_1686_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="236" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1686" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WoUwhdPz3Fc/UvCG9awI6uI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/Qf-6mlkodtc/s1600-h/IMG_1683%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1683" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7JZGCUnRKtc/UvCG-mP9r7I/AAAAAAAAERE/hpVkBsuI94M/IMG_1683_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="238" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="IMG_1683" width="304" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9x4eV8kavAw/UvCG_szwlOI/AAAAAAAAERM/UVbM_-qftp4/s1600-h/057%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="057" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1rooWhYDavc/UvCHBKlaPcI/AAAAAAAAERU/4CEyp3dU-GQ/057_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="413" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="057" width="644" /></a> Overheard: After waffles on Saturday morning, Isaac said, “so sticky, look, I can’t clap!” During lunch one day, “ I’m going to be a daddy and have a mustache.”<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-M_3Blbmk59s/UvCHCCH_LdI/AAAAAAAAERc/lAW78BU5rvs/s1600-h/064%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img alt="064" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aAoalqN-2ow/UvCHDdiUk3I/AAAAAAAAERk/JtO5bj03OKc/064_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="342" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="064" width="454" /></a><br />
Saturday date night James and I split the WAC hamburger at the Hi Mountain Drug. Meat, ham, iceberg lettuce, pickles and ranch. I added tomato and onions to my half. Delicious with root beer in a frozen mug. Leggings!<br />
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We are super itchy to get into the new house. This week, the stucco’s close, the tiling is done, rain glass installed around the shower, and it’s masked off to paint. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L3kM1tcMMPI/UvCHI6PQ8UI/AAAAAAAAESM/FETLuv9HIs8/s1600-h/089%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="089" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GaJKpoSb3IM/UvCHJjCn_aI/AAAAAAAAESU/NHmmWcMw72U/089_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="303" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="089" width="402" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_MRMW-VzVKA/UvCHKaGYTDI/AAAAAAAAESc/quVCsrJk9hM/s1600-h/074%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="074" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RqQrTO9T_eI/UvCHLCYXNdI/AAAAAAAAESk/T-eTmFfG2bA/074_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="074" width="644" /></a><br />
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Addicted <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/tomato-basil-pizza-two-ways-an-experiment/">to this pizza</a> but make it the first way, with pesto. As part of my nesting, I bought thirty pounds of pasta, came home and boxed, taped and labeled it. What’s the rush from .50 pasta? I can’t explain it.<br />
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NEW gorgeous baby alert. James’ brother Paul and Cassie had a new baby and we attended her blessing. Alexia Ireland did not cry, and was not launched too high by the attentive loving priesthood holders.<br />
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I’m extremely excited about <a href="http://projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com/">Project(s)Connect 2014</a>. So far 3 very cool projects have been highlighted, watch for another 40 or so more, one or two a day, throughout the month. It’s real people, doing real things they want to get done, visit and leave some encouragement (a comment). Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-22451448047731241832014-01-27T22:00:00.001-07:002014-01-27T22:00:35.738-07:00So, did you know I’m due on April 6th? And other questions you might have…<p align="right"><font size="3"><strong>What’s this pregnancy like compared to past ?</strong></font></p> <p align="left">The same, I have fat feet, fingers and calves.   Although in the past I’ve had vein pain start around 26 weeks, but so far the vein pain has not shown up (30 weeks yesterday!) Hoo-Ray!  </p> <p align="right"><font size="3"><strong>What do you think about a new baby?</strong></font></p> <p align="left">Elated!  After the 20 week ultrasound when all the markers were unremarkable and normal my worries melted.  A baby that’s alive with his biggest heath concern being colic, sounds super ideal! </p> <p align="right"><font size="3"><strong>Has being in transition been the distraction like you thought and hoped?</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="3"><font size="2">NO!  I thought for sure I wouldn't even notice being pregnant while living a rootless, vacation lifestyle while building a </font></font><font size="3"><font size="2">house, but I haven’t forgotten once.</font>   </font></p> <p align="right"><font size="3"><strong>What do the kids think about the new baby?</strong></font></p> <p align="left">His in-utero name has been Billy Bobby Joe, which Isaac always says fondly—the boys are excited he’s a boy, the girls were a tad sad.  I was surprised as well but I had a strong impression around 12 weeks, while folding a shirt that all the boys had worn, that I might just be folding it in another two years.   The impression was impressive because I immediately collected a <font size="3"><font size="2">donation sack full of the rattiest offending boy clothes, then clipped a coupon and shopped the same week for clothes for Isaac (who never gets new clothes).</font> </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="3"><font size="2">I found Adelaide giggling one day because my belly was jiggling while wiping the counter, “you know, like Santa” she said!  </font></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="3"><font size="2">She’s also mentioned how much better maternity clothes look on me than regular ones.  </font></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="3"><font size="2">She’s also said I wear the same things—and it’s true, I’m in the uniform trimester, where one by one I’m squeezed out of my maternity rags.  Few fit the last weeks, sigh, bananas and ice cream… </font></font><font size="3">  </font></p> <p align="right"><font size="3"><strong>How’s the sleeping?  Any crazy dreams?</strong>  </font>  </p> <p align="left">6 hours and I feel great!  I wish I could sleep more, but I think my brain turning on around 4am (if I fall asleep before 10) is a genetic trait.  My mother always woke early.  </p> <p align="left"> The most memorable dream lately was me getting a pedicure.  The pedicurist broke off one of my more offending calluses and found an extra toe!  The same size as my pinky finger.  </p> <p align="right"><strong><font size="3">Any running-with-Meredith-confessionals?</font></strong></p> <p align="left">The sad hoo-ray has been the PR I’m going for in weight.  What I really could use is my own personal Edna, the costume maker from the Incredibles;  “My g**, you’ve gotten fat!”  I’m reading<em> Bringing up Bebe</em>, a book about French culture regarding  pregnancy and child rearing.  She points out the meal ticket, any expecting woman in the US, takes.  It’s true, I think I’ve forgotten how to eat sensibly.  I really used to “pay attention” (the French advice).  Nope, not anymore.  The same weight I’ve gained and lost the last 6 times will be there again, right?  What’s a little more so long as I can go to bed with a bowl of bananas and ice cream?  <font size="1">I will totally regret these words and actions. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="1">However I would recommend a veggie pepper jack open face broil with sweet baby rays and mustard.  paper plate addiction check…</font><font size="1"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nGpLkj6zEyE/Uuc5SEmxI0I/AAAAAAAAEGE/vRSfDULknr4/s1600-h/032%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="032" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="032" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EL8RzhDZNCo/Uuc5S9RuBFI/AAAAAAAAEGM/jlt4qJDS29s/032_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="423" /></a></font></p> <p align="left">In other news, we had an awesome day of fun, sun, and sledding on MLK with the Smiths, and Noels.  Relaxing and enjoyable.  </p> <p align="left">Benjamin was King Tut in his 4th grade wax museum.  I complained about how it seemed like mom homework, but Ben’s just a little disenchanted with all school work, so I took an active roll and encouraged him.  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_zfiVCivHVw/Uuc5TuxMLpI/AAAAAAAAEGU/NmJ_7AKrNwE/s1600-h/031%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="031" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="031" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iyh8PGW7vOI/Uuc5UbOS6UI/AAAAAAAAEGc/IqPplK2J8l0/031_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a></p> <p align="left">A new term is here and Adelaide now has middle school gym, complete with gym clothes, gym locker and optional showers.  They run the mile and get to swim every Friday too…<font size="1">lucky</font>.   She’s also in a keyboarding class with aprons for no peeking.</p> <p align="left">We took a Saturday outing to Midway for a diversion and found a lone ice castle at the Homestead.    <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_fivLuT6AC8/Uuc5VAJattI/AAAAAAAAEGk/eYJmZg5CrAQ/s1600-h/057%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="057" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="057" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CWP6k3uIo7M/Uuc5V7-OSFI/AAAAAAAAEGs/7-L7WToyUOQ/057_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a></p> <p align="left">Home news: We have kitchen cabinets and newel posts with rails!  </p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-s5oUyacidxQ/Uuc5XUzVK7I/AAAAAAAAEG0/i0gYaZDbb7s/s1600-h/033%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="033" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="033" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3WmzBoUEtSs/Uuc5YFsIL5I/AAAAAAAAEG8/7IT49d1v_9s/033_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="299" height="232" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EgRCXrlBb_Q/Uuc5Y9jaZWI/AAAAAAAAEHE/N4gqPPaEH0o/s1600-h/034%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="034" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="034" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Blm54XdumAE/Uuc5ZfLAnEI/AAAAAAAAEHM/Rlv7l4F-6ro/034_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="296" height="233" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LVFQj0bDRPs/Uuc5aMykYuI/AAAAAAAAEHU/6dE58V-Dytg/s1600-h/044%25255B24%25255D.jpg"><img title="044" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="044" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-I_8pZ-f3_oM/Uuc5axiSbpI/AAAAAAAAEHc/0Pbjj-Gehtk/044_thumb%25255B22%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="304" /></a>  The Isaac slipped on the ice rink getting into the car, his position frozen until I assisted.   </p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UseOubO17L4/Uuc5btS2cPI/AAAAAAAAEHk/OqiGWuXhbec/s1600-h/054%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="054" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="054" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sm_5RSlzpRE/Uuc5cXnxtHI/AAAAAAAAEHs/ODOf6-fqi9M/054_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="343" /></a></p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-86156979357007213582014-01-20T02:27:00.001-07:002014-01-20T02:27:55.972-07:00Displaced and Hickory Floors!<p>This is Isaac on laundry mornings: Pingu!  Have you watched it?  It took me a while but it’s hilarious.  NOUK! NOUK!  did your mouth just go circle?   <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RQ_PaoDeKb8/Utzr01SqhwI/AAAAAAAAEA8/ooknlXfynUE/s1600-h/003%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="003" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aLh3ANVAITg/Utzr1u1lWxI/AAAAAAAAEBE/aMeZQib5JGI/003_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="465" /></a> Pack meeting on Tuesday where Ben earned the Manners pin and belt loop.  Sunrise. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bucPuiBgvqU/Utzr2ZjdSeI/AAAAAAAAEBI/2rO7uBCTbEY/s1600-h/IMG_1580%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1580" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1580" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pdwv2C8KrW0/Utzr25UiLdI/AAAAAAAAEBU/MDVdCt5sI_o/IMG_1580_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="299" height="358" /></a>  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nccLeLxh8AE/Utzr3uJi57I/AAAAAAAAEBc/fDWcJSQUd_0/s1600-h/004%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="004" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6y5U89RDKDw/Utzr4WRq6xI/AAAAAAAAEBk/8XQdzGMCoRI/004_thumb%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="299" height="350" /></a>On Wednesday we ran out of water.  Not really, because this cabin has a 150 foot well out back and well…nothing.  I packed up and went to Grandma’s house.  But sweet relief, the next day, a relay switch was replaced and the water came back!  Hurray!  We have officially confirmed that a family of 7 goes no where without a deep footprint!  We even took Just Dance and Skylanders.  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XfI5hON9y74/Utzr5ev3Y-I/AAAAAAAAEBs/dIDfXJe9rME/s1600-h/006%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="006" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="006" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-S4zyqccbluM/Utzr6Ex-s5I/AAAAAAAAEB0/ZS2GKutzUfU/006_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="465" /></a> Friday was super early out (end of term) so we went to Heber to the dollar store and found warm temps and a playground with green (fake) grass.  Behold: <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ym-yJudhrro/Utzr6iFmSPI/AAAAAAAAEB8/WkSUzVryqbc/s1600-h/IMG_1596%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1596" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1596" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RQxDLr7p5-0/Utzr7lMVBrI/AAAAAAAAECE/mQR1p7FDP-8/IMG_1596_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="428" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CaN1SdczibU/Utzr8EjTg4I/AAAAAAAAECM/sB9DNTg2B28/s1600-h/IMG_1591%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1591" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1591" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9bwe-Csxukw/Utzr9F-opyI/AAAAAAAAECU/1c_4AVbpiAE/IMG_1591_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="654" height="874" /></a>We also played with cousins and Kim (super sis-in-law) made me this sandwich: It’s a roast beast with caramelized onions, peppers toasted with provolone… I ate it so slow. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0nmEj7quMDw/Utzr-HSWvZI/AAAAAAAAECc/qZS2DpYE3Iw/s1600-h/IMG_1600%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1600" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1600" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1OP571osiP8/Utzr_HwlKPI/AAAAAAAAECk/tzHKaJnuSt0/IMG_1600_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="482" /></a>And now an indulgence.  The house so far!  Paper, and stucco applicators.  Another hickory floor, although this only took two months to pick out compared to the Burnt Sugar that took more than 2 years.  Improvements!   <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a-4MowhqWdM/Utzr_xNxALI/AAAAAAAAECs/zwtqB7v_SHw/s1600-h/015%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="015" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="015" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ODTyHIc81hk/UtzsAnOfs9I/AAAAAAAAEC0/LkzJC6qgNps/015_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ERjp5MQROhY/UtzsBSVSXwI/AAAAAAAAEC8/nyNg99HlcFE/s1600-h/020%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="020" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="020" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PMvbPTXgOvg/UtzsCCv02rI/AAAAAAAAEDA/GvVSH7P6uHw/020_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ILHenCK1n-U/UtzsCjlIFWI/AAAAAAAAEDM/-024I8Gsiww/s1600-h/028%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="028" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="028" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lhxg9jV-TaY/UtzsDR22RxI/AAAAAAAAEDU/2WEB_ReM2LY/028_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> I was going to type up a report about the pregnancy and how it’s going—you know because folks ask--but I’ll get to that next week. I’ll include some funny comments from the kids and some memories of the last 6.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-s-WkprgBvfY/UtzsELI8LiI/AAAAAAAAEDc/pvqp354i91s/s1600-h/031%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="031" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="031" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9OV1YnlVP-U/UtzsE2fLc-I/AAAAAAAAEDk/QjdQTYY5qSY/031_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="580" height="772" /></a>     <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xTfurB0wuHs/UtzsFnyFD_I/AAAAAAAAEDs/DWYYg0_GP1A/s1600-h/IMG_1609%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1609" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="IMG_1609" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pdF7Mo6lWjA/UtzsGWb1SpI/AAAAAAAAED0/W9OPsyZgr5c/IMG_1609_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="484" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I like the grain, knots, color variations and the distressed finish.  </p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-92138927299466774222014-01-12T23:47:00.001-07:002014-01-13T17:23:36.473-07:00January DaysWe’ve been living at the cabin now for six weeks and there have been some perks and quirks. Quirk: The prepaid internet is limited to 10GB a month, so we went on a streaming video diet. No sneak peeks of new episodes or catch up of missed ones. The Perk: We have movie night every night! There is a great collection here and we pop something in for the dinner prep and I’m sick of homework hour at 5:30! James gets home around 7ish when we’ll eat dinner and go to bed. Bravo.<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qtYsro424jU/UtOLu4VVqYI/AAAAAAAAD1M/-0dw85tvDpY/s1600-h/537%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="537" border="0" height="228" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oDAAxzG40AI/UtOLvijeAjI/AAAAAAAAD1U/_NrcP9Mt6uI/537_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="537" width="303" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-T_2gIi6AL8M/UtOLwnCF9lI/AAAAAAAAD1c/BFP303tskVs/s1600-h/538%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="538" border="0" height="228" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XI-OtF-dDyo/UtOLxSsE2vI/AAAAAAAAD1k/M-VZyVpWDGg/538_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="538" width="303" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Vyq3cW9o8Dc/UtOLyLF2C7I/AAAAAAAADyQ/8yfFWjIM2l8/s1600-h/541%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="541" border="0" height="356" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oe8nJZtwLj8/UtOLyx_TctI/AAAAAAAADyY/Om4EhCg0R-A/541_thumb%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="541" width="644" /></a>Adelaide set a goal for Faith in God in the physical fitness section to sled or do <i>Just Dance</i>, every day during the week. Workouts are going GREAT! <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qci7rxP4gog/UtOLz3BzsTI/AAAAAAAADyg/UhRPAbbJ3iA/s1600-h/525%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="525" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xuzKXKQcw20/UtOL0riArJI/AAAAAAAADyo/ay6S7LEebro/525_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="525" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4_CzDM08H0E/UtOL1eOdN9I/AAAAAAAADyw/oybJuAn1WB8/s1600-h/526%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="526" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jnFVZtk4ib0/UtOL2A46v3I/AAAAAAAADy4/U9qStaafN-4/526_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="526" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JklQMF-Beo4/UtOL2yvY21I/AAAAAAAADzA/u-Jv4PgN6Ic/s1600-h/528%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="528" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wxq_6EZTKQY/UtOL3xJMoBI/AAAAAAAADzI/t2waTl6q41Q/528_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="528" width="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xLvOVx6cdvM/UtOL4_zoquI/AAAAAAAADzQ/lW_DPPPslU4/s1600-h/522%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="522" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d0o-h7lVkdo/UtOL5bwDg8I/AAAAAAAADzY/Tauec5ewpG4/522_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="522" width="304" /></a><br />
Stuart brought home an Eskimo that ate everything from a string fish to a whale. He told Isaac the story many times. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kpjVBmkglHE/UtOL6TTD9pI/AAAAAAAADzg/N68mAzpLDAs/s1600-h/534%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="534" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sZTkOqdQIB0/UtOL7ITg10I/AAAAAAAADzo/if02zWAXV2k/534_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="534" width="644" /></a> Loves the rescue bots! They watch him go to the bathroom and take a bath and sleep. Boulder is his favorite with Blades, a close second.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E6cyEY0MGZs/UtOL8IYq-jI/AAAAAAAADzw/HlZRg7weP44/s1600-h/543%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img alt="543" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZyS0pCd3V3g/UtOL9AODhhI/AAAAAAAADz4/dz48TYlNUio/543_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="543" width="644" /></a> Ben works on the Utah Counties Travel Log, which he doesn’t love, after scouts which he likes okay. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ka4ao3Rgbl0/UtOL-OfegRI/AAAAAAAAD0A/vXXPPZ8eRQ4/s1600-h/IMG_1577%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1577" border="0" height="356" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m37d2D9c7ZA/UtOL_DtOq4I/AAAAAAAAD0I/ZJO1OKoGDes/IMG_1577_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1577" width="644" /></a>Another perk is close family. Tonight we ate dinner at John’s (my brother) with all the girls playing dolls from Christmas and the boys talking Pokémon, yoyos and legos. Blessings also for the two gimpy limbs with pinched nerves: James' neck/arm and John's back/leg. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Co2loifpv74/UtOMAPjcsSI/AAAAAAAAD0Q/zSMNE-Uvp5E/s1600-h/IMG_1573%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1573" border="0" height="456" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gKN8-V094To/UtOMAz_fbPI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/jSgtfo-_qD8/IMG_1573_thumb%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1573" width="644" /></a><br />
The girls made doll ice cream accessories out of cotton, paint and sprinkles (dish made out of a water bottle even). Stuart asked for ice cream after seeing them.<br />
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Saw the house on Friday and there was a propane dryer, drying the drywall, it was sweltering inside. iPhone picture from the master bedroom! Buns and scarfs, both all the rage, but together Adelaide?<br />
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I have contacted about every reader of this blog about a project I’m doing for 2014. <a href="http://www.projectsconnect2014.blogspot.com/">Here’s the link</a> to the project and it’s not too late to do it. Read it over? You could do it. <br />
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<b>My goals/projects for 2014</b>: How about that January one being done? Two weeks in a row and there are two new posts! Yea for doing what I said I'd do! <b> </b><br />
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<b>January</b>—Blog once a week on my family blog about my family and their doings and then upload it to Blurb, a site that can eventually print it into a book. <br />
<b>February</b> -- Move into a new house and hang up 50 things. This is what’s happened in the past: I move into a new to me space and the blinds and window coverings take years, frames and art are just propped against the wall on the floor below where I want to hang them. I feel indecisive about some of it, so none of it gets hung. <br />
<b>March</b> -- Organize spices and recipes. I’ve tried in the past, and it’s good for a while but, new spices have been bought and new recipes have been printed and the whole lot of it is a real mess; an exploding binder, delays in cooking the recipes I can’t find with unlocatable seasonings! <br />
<b>April</b> -- Have a baby. Baby boy Mair is due on the 6th. Babies are newborns for about a month, so I’ll be holding, feeding and feeling this major life change and doing not much else. I’ve always wanted to write some memories about the newborn stage and being a mom, so that’s what it’ll be. <br />
<b>May</b> -- A photo a day. I bought a camera more than a year ago that would help my indoor, low light, birthday, Christmas morning, basement shots and it’s been pulled out very little while I try to understand aperture and speed. I’ll do a decent online tutorial and take a least one picture a day. I’m hoping to capture a printable candid shot from each of my kids. <br />
<b>June</b> -- Start a Mother Daughter Book Club I’ve talked about it for years. Needed would be: A book list, a schedule, to ask a few moms and BAM, combining two loves: books and kids. <br />
<b>July</b>-- Full Moon Antelope Island Bike ride. I’ve wanted to do this ride for the last two years, and while I really like biking, I’ll never bike down the Oregon coast, Alaska, or across Europe with my family. But I can bike to a close by island in the dark. I’m taking the baby and any of my other kids who want to ride. <br />
<b>August </b>-- Host an outdoor couples dinner party with no mosquitoes, outdoor lighting, in a cool location. <br />
<b>September</b> -- Eat a vegetarian diet for a whole month. My end goal for this is to have some tastier meals and sides for my family that include more varied grain and more vegetables. Also to notice health benefits if there are any. <br />
<b>October</b> -- Photo Albums. Print 9 years of digital pictures that are on the computer and place them in my already purchased albums. Place pictures of mission and wedding in albums to be looked through by future marriage and mission engagers. <br />
<b>November</b>--Plan and carry out a family service opportunity (project), One that will feed into a community/business organized Christmas one, or for a family or friend that has a need we could fill. <br />
<b>December</b> -- Hold 7 devotionals with my family (we’ll call it advent). We held three this past December using the book, A Christ Centered Christmas, by Emily Freeman. The kids really liked them and I did too, but I was a little uncommitted to the book’s lessons and wanted to do my own, but didn’t. The ultimate goal being to encourage Christmas thinking and pondering.<br />
<br />Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-74396716300559814782014-01-05T23:38:00.001-07:002014-01-06T02:26:17.868-07:00Christmas 2013 and a New Year<p>We spent this Christmas at the cabin!  It was wonderful and magical, and with all our decorations in storage, I only ended up missing a real tree with the red beads, and fake candied fruit.  The real components of a successful celebration were there: kids trying to be good, stockings, presents, Christmas cards, Isaac as baby Jesus, cinnamon rolls at Donna’s  on Christmas Eve, and a visit to the new house.  Well, you don’t need a new house to be built for a merry one but it’s really exciting to be sure.    <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vzvMdRjeTbQ/UspPCwd7UdI/AAAAAAAADo4/wTzjbvIvIK0/s1600-h/451%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="451" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="451" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MKPAx2nZaak/UspPDzs5c5I/AAAAAAAADpA/uX0UCYOdylg/451_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="398" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZV27bsob3nM/UspPEsOuiEI/AAAAAAAADsU/nN1O9QioXCs/s1600-h/453%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="453" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="453" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bn6ijJqLEis/UspPFTc4eqI/AAAAAAAADsc/IAw9C19dH8Q/453_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="214" height="470" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UnCHXTg3FBs/UspPI5mY5uI/AAAAAAAADsk/3lCZDKHzJ2E/s1600-h/475%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="475" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="475" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ImF3HLIt7MA/UspPJrzftMI/AAAAAAAADss/1OY1gQ-QqO0/475_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="455" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6sOyLuBCHFM/UspPF83ZdiI/AAAAAAAADpY/ZwVuo5qNRgQ/s1600-h/457%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="457" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="457" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cV0ofQPXaug/UspPGhNgQmI/AAAAAAAADpg/TUV5ikShDac/457_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" height="373" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-B4LRE0--W4k/UspPHT-jlQI/AAAAAAAADp4/aBOcqW4P2JU/s1600-h/462%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="462" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="462" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RRY-A9TIjEU/UspPIAThh7I/AAAAAAAADqA/-TfvTTXjdhk/462_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="484" /></a>  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aRCc3IRqf4w/UspPKQobwOI/AAAAAAAADqI/WeFTYrOyLJo/s1600-h/476%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="476" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="476" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sxUpvAFDPBg/UspPLGzOnSI/AAAAAAAADqQ/zjW6YCBpGyM/476_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="482" /></a>Embracing simple living here, and not wanting 5 more pairs of pjs added to the laundry, “pj elf” left basketball shorts for the oldest 4, red or white, and green ninja turtle pjs for Ikie.  The colors were correct, but the coziness and matchy factor, were a bit missed.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-W4Lo3PaEAzE/UspPNF5HkuI/AAAAAAAADqY/76c5Bh0Hjqs/s1600-h/481%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="481" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="481" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7GseYT71Msc/UspPNv2kUMI/AAAAAAAADqg/K_lJKMVON3E/481_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="482" /></a> One of her favorite Christmas presents.   </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fHEaAY8hhus/UspPPx0BAEI/AAAAAAAADs0/SNwcwBnILks/s1600-h/495%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="495" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="495" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Q8x4iOMy7RY/UspPQvBjKDI/AAAAAAAADs8/4XDlUJAcEHE/495_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="312" height="236" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1yuFtc5Uqvg/UspPObRNt7I/AAAAAAAADtE/8ipggn9MqRU/s1600-h/485%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="485" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="485" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BVDzzm42aFc/UspPPBBRLEI/AAAAAAAADtM/zr19mydOzX4/485_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="316" height="239" /></a></p> <p>Sporting curl formers, resulting in ringlets that rival Caroline’s.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9mZ1duOL2_E/UspPRB2wGwI/AAAAAAAADtU/M51zzmfz9lg/s1600-h/523%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="523" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="523" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-U44ujmkuLk4/UspPR3mimbI/AAAAAAAADtc/MqA5v_bf5pg/523_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" height="255" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XM2VHKtLPxk/UspPSnA9bZI/AAAAAAAADtk/Z2mt3UHHTm4/s1600-h/566%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="566" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="566" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AnxwxnUgahg/UspPTOiK9LI/AAAAAAAADts/7Rm8B2WFgvY/566_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="254" height="336" /></a>      The house is being rocked right now.  Wow huh?</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-79DRJsDySpo/UspPT7l3CrI/AAAAAAAADro/DLFx6__tPno/s1600-h/585%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="585" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="585" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nT-v0v0ODv0/UspPUmLRXPI/AAAAAAAADrw/UbY3Z47e5zk/585_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QIZwJJ_-_Wc/UspPVW6WoJI/AAAAAAAADr4/46TTCQAcQic/s1600-h/586%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="586" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="586" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4ZaRENImfpk/UspPV7kkuuI/AAAAAAAADsA/_ErcKaWrB_Y/586_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="224" /></a> This is what we found at the bottom of the first, very slippery hill on New Year’s morning!</p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-19196955443461075302012-12-21T01:43:00.001-07:002012-12-21T01:43:23.561-07:00Go Tell it on the Mountain!<p>The <em>week before</em> the week before Christmas there are usually a bunch of evening events.  Last week was like this and messed up evening sanity dining and relaxing.  The Christmas card was designed, sweatshop produced and mailed.  YEA!   </p> <p>On Monday the girls and I went to see Rented Christmas, a cute musical West Jordan did about a single guy who rents everything he’d need for a “perfect Christmas” including a wife and 6 children.  Addie commented that she knew just how it was going to end.  Our neighbor was the lead character and he was entertaining.  </p> <p>The Isaac got his hair cut.  I kept shrieking during the buzzing because there were so many long locks that fell.  In the end he looked different, as I expected, and older.  He looks a lot like the James Mair!  </p> <p>Thursday we attended The Lower Lights Christmas concert at the Masonic Temple.  That music does something to my soul.  To describe it:  folksy familiar Mormon hymns. My favorite songs were, In the Bleak Midwinter, Stars of Glory, and Calling You and the revival style preaching at the end.   Go listen to <a href="http://thelowerlights.bandcamp.com/track/i-saw-three-ships">I Saw Three Ships</a> and you’ll see <em>how the Virgin Mary and Christ were there on Christmas day on Christmas day…..</em> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fP8pjmkmOKI/UNQhG0NQjgI/AAAAAAAADfI/8R6aW11kjPs/s1600-h/012%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="012" border="0" alt="012" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-o7PdaZdntgU/UNQhH3y684I/AAAAAAAADfQ/GLw8kiO1Utw/012_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a></p> <p>I am their only geeky groupie and while chatting with <em>the</em> <em>wife</em> of the redheaded vocal/guitarist, Paul, felt flushed with adrenaline.  When we left I saw the leader of the group, Ryan Tanner, and called out to him, “you did a great job!” like I knew him. Well, he's in my house at least once a day during December...</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-juM5I872KNY/UNQhJFlItoI/AAAAAAAADfY/_vrGUgLGr1g/s1600-h/017%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="017" border="0" alt="017" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JLpBDW_jnpc/UNQhKIVuOmI/AAAAAAAADfg/I7opqcDH_eM/017_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a>Sunday was the Mair Family Christmas party.  We missed the Campbells so minus them, how about  this crazy bunch?  Full of personality!  Stockton, you have perfect 70’s hair.   We were spoiled by Grandpa Mair and his new wife Audrey.  Thank you for gifts that my kids loved and a new pan set almost like the one I had bought two days before.  Great minds…  </p> <p>The tree’s slowed way down on drinking water, it’ll make it barely to the big day!</p> <p>Today Benjamin asked about Merry Christmas in Portuguese?  Feliz Natal /ben-humming/!  Be good so Papai Noel will bring you gifts.  </p> <p>And it seems I can’t go one day without eating Pepperjack Cheese.  On eggs, and with celery!  </p> <p>Merriest of Day to you all on the 25th!  I’m so excited for the energy and fun and for time to read and eat after the morning  chaos.    </p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-30564543531787900902012-12-13T17:31:00.001-07:002012-12-13T17:31:29.918-07:00Clips of the everyday….<p>So there has been great progress with our back splash.  But in my hurry to “slap it up” I didn’t have spacers on hand from where we had to cut the tile sheets.  So I checked the pantry and used Susann Mair’s plastic knife collection.   We hope to grout the whole thing this weekend.   <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1QobRDyA6o8/UMpzQXY2xJI/AAAAAAAADcI/38RPdgk7wHQ/s1600-h/028.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="028" border="0" alt="028" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fn8csbJlIcw/UMpzRMgkdGI/AAAAAAAADcQ/8DKYZFj34nE/028_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="431" /></a>The book club I’ve been with for years ate dinner this week at The Golden Phoenix.  They closed at 9 but let us talk until after 10!  I had made toffee to pass around and indulge on .  The cashier checking us out commented “it’s special, a once a year thing.” Family style Chinese food makes me swoon just thinking of the ricey rice texture and saucy sauces all a mess on my plate.   </p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-A1mplE-qTGs/UMpzR9MpBzI/AAAAAAAADcY/nAQ9M05xw68/s1600-h/022%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="022" border="0" alt="022" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qGUokWt6ZEM/UMpzS_NTE2I/AAAAAAAADcg/R7LgXICy8gg/022_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="211" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hLMfGgLqF68/UMpzTrEYiEI/AAAAAAAADco/HGO2_xMyGPY/s1600-h/023.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="023" border="0" alt="023" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-efKtG5TlkqY/UMpzUORvtlI/AAAAAAAADcw/Ck4Ad8Oo0ew/023_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="211" /></a></p> <p>This little guy gets out of the tub and is a puppy every time.  Stuart has been snapping pictures of Christmas with this hand-me-down camera.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Pu9tcKkJGnc/UMpzVM4udaI/AAAAAAAADc0/P9yBNdhoPRU/s1600-h/024.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="024" border="0" alt="024" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nv01-YYhthc/UMpzV_krjBI/AAAAAAAADdA/BZo5f9W7es8/024_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="431" /></a>The pomegranates are in season!  They’re a nut and a fruit.  They taste wonderful with cottage cheese or any cheese or all by its self.  I tasted pomegranate for the first time while attending college in Cedar City.  My roommate Jodi, was from Logandale, Nevada.  She brought some back after Christmas from her Pomegranate tree one weekend.  They look really good on the burnt sugar.  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H23XuTi6XKw/UMpzW-VFMuI/AAAAAAAADdI/YELSLskvxOA/s1600-h/026.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="026" border="0" alt="026" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aovGygPTvxw/UMpzX0JdPkI/AAAAAAAADdQ/ibqZ7BGkb9E/026_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="431" /></a>I’ve sat at this beloved computer on a country blue folding chair that was “just temporary”.  In the ‘as is’ section at IKEA I found a super decent black office chair that really looks awesome.  </p> <p>This next week has many evening activities and the Christmas card has been created.  Look for it in the mail!  Do I have your address?  Oh I hope so, It’s a fun one!  </p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-73205165555712405032012-12-05T00:30:00.001-07:002012-12-07T17:26:15.173-07:00The week when Christmas came…The season is here! And if you want to know the truth, last week felt like a gift, right? Thanksgiving was so early, anything I did last week was counted as getting ahead start on the Christmas expectations. James and I started a tiled kitchen back splash and it’s about time, because the counter tops have been installed for over a year. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-oz8Vtf5gYp4/UL73-1SP6BI/AAAAAAAADYs/n52oS0FqM2Q/s1600-h/addie%252520piano%252520recital%2525202012%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="addie piano recital 2012" height="427" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Todx8yB1sJc/UL73_jCaVuI/AAAAAAAADY0/Yi4eGES--4o/addie%252520piano%252520recital%2525202012_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="addie piano recital 2012" width="640" /></a><br />
Adelaide and I played <u>Rock Around the Clock</u> in Robyn’s duet piano recital. It was really fun and now she’s working on the simplified Christmas hymns. <br />
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Ben likes piano, he started lessons a few weeks ago from Catelyn, a 17 year old sweet heart, that likes <a href="http://www.hulu.com/white-collar">White Collar</a> (start at the beginning and pace yourself, right Vanessa?) as much as me and James.<br />
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We started eating like the French!!! Well, not the food or ridged rules, but from the book, <u>French Kids Eat Everything</u> I learned that at lunch, their biggest meal of the day, kids are required to "sit and dine" for 1/2 hour! At dinner last week we set the timer for 30 minutes of rest and relaxation. You know, eat slow, savor, converse, use manners… No conclusions yet on if this half hour will stay but the kids really liked it. However on Monday James and I were so relaxed after dinner we couldn’t clean it up. A trick I took from <a href="http://kevinbeckyfam.blogspot.com/2012/11/friends-and-shopping.html">Becky Beck</a> was to have everyone share their high and low. Kids love to share and it’s an official rule that you don’t have to have a low… <br />
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Adelaide’s high every day was that she got to be a LUNCH WORKER! She wore a paper service man hat <i>and</i> wiped tables; fifth grade doesn’t get any better.<br />
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Stuart went to a birthday party on Saturday and gave, for the third time in two months, a trip to lunch at McDonalds. We’ll be taking Josh, Noah and Cole for happy meals pretty soon.<br />
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Isaac watched me pack away all the bottles in the house, we do still have sippy cups though. <br />
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Paige earned every X on a new job chart we tested out this week and was paid half her age in dollars on Sunday, before tithing settlement, where she tithed .30. <br />
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The Lutherans sold us our beautiful tree again this year which we had to screw two times to the stand because the first screw-in is, as always, crooked. I can’t concentrate for more than ONE minute and holding a tree straight for James to screw takes a bit more than a minute (Adelaide helped the second time around). A real tree does that to me…Ohhhh the excitement, towels down on burnt sugar to protect it and LOTS of help offered by kids. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SfSULjKsTS4/UL74E3lYdDI/AAAAAAAADZs/luFU6wtX_H4/s1600-h/016%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img alt="016" border="0" height="431" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ESsCDeC3jKM/UL74FlCJLiI/AAAAAAAADZ0/vgstfS6Y0ig/016_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="016" width="644" /></a><br />
I ate my weight, this time in artichoke dip (thank you Krissy!) and eggnog, at the 4th annual tree sniffing gathering. Would you like to make a tree from an old Everyday Food Magazine? Thank you Family Fun and all that came to take a whiff. <br />
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This week I’ll commit to a Christmas Card and make a list of stores to go visit. Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-3287705287069103282012-11-26T01:52:00.001-07:002012-11-26T08:59:25.272-07:00Update!Thanksgiving was at the cabin this year and we dined, on time, with plenty of the good stuff. I left a cup of sugar out of the raspberry pretzel salad and I couldn’t tell until I read the recipe, upon returning home, and then I could tell. The kids went sledding on the icy mud hill and the adults and kids did Eric Dowdle puzzles… (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">500 piece limit to tame the addiction)</span>. The girls all made corn husk dolls before dinner, just like Laura from Little House on the Prairie. They were just as fun as the puzzles & pie! I ruined cousin time by getting sick and leaving early (& taking the whole family with me)…there was wailing in the car all the way to the Food Town and a red box snagged in Kimball Junction to try to appease.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;">James Mair</span> hung lights on the house, did trim in the basement and finished our horribly addicting, nature scene, 1000 piece puzzle. I wish we could enjoy 5 day weekends with that guy <i>every</i> weekend.<br />
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<span style="color: #f79646; font-size: medium;">Benjamin</span> read the whole Old Testament illustrated story book today and then told us fabulous details about Baal (said ball), the Idol the Israelites worshiped and the finger of God that wrote the 10 commandments. He’s a budding puzzle fiend too. <br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: medium;">Stuart</span>, while riding in the car with me to do food shopping last week, asked: “Do you know what I’m thankful for? Life!” He <i>loves</i> mashed potatoes.<br />
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<span style="color: #ff80ff; font-size: medium;">Paige</span> provided all the Thanksgiving decorations courtesy of Mrs. Boeckman’s 1st grade art repertoire. She willed herself better from a 104 temperature, in one day and powered through Wednesday’s half day, white as a sheet. She is a puzzle fiend as well.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #8000ff;">Adelaide</span> </span>made her mother and father hang curtains, shelves, clocks & mirrors in her room, items that have been sitting below their perspective spots for about a year. It looks great! She’s a little sick with a cold and headache but talked to me while I cleaned up the kitchen tonight.<br />
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<span style="color: #8fb08c; font-size: medium;">Isaac </span>only drops when output energy has been depleted. He exclaims “Holy Cow” and always calls out “(s)Tuart?” to find where the action is. He answers how old he is by saying, “seben (7)” even though he had a birthday and is officially 2! I refuse to cut his hair until after our family picture and we’re not taking that until the next time it snows.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">I</span> got to go on a Glo-Ree-Us bike ride up Butterfield canyon. The road was closed for the season to cars so Robyn and I had it all to ourselves. We flew & froze all the way down! <br />
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I started reading this book<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/French-Kids-Eat-Everything-Discovered/dp/0062103296/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353913947&sr=8-1&keywords=french+kids+eat+everything">French Kids Eat Everything</a> </i>and I couldn’t stop telling the kids all about it. Some of the themes: Meal times are relaxing, engaging, and at least a half an hour long. Oui, we have a long way to go before we can move to France. Price wise and efficient wise, this weekend’s <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.crazy8.com">Crazy 8</a> sale is <i><b>better</b></i> than thrifting. I just budgeted funds for next year’s sale (thanks for the reminder Michelle). I have some new recipes that I need to tell you about but for this <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/331819/simple-vegetable-curry?xsc=eml_edfsc_2012_09_28&om_rid=Nsk6eK&om_mid=_BQZZ$lB8uMgGDe">Cauliflower Curry</a>, watch Sara Carey and then make it. Yum! Sara from Memories from Clover Lane is spot on with the role of mothers. You for sure don’t need anything else to read on the computer, but if you have a moment, I’d recommend some of her popular posts from the sidebar like <a href="http://www.memoriesoncloverlane.com/search/label/Identity%20and%20Motherhood">this one</a> and <a href="http://www.memoriesoncloverlane.com/search/label/Long%20Letter%20To%20A%20New%20Mom">this one</a>. They have inspired me to go to bed (get off the computer) excited to wake up and be the mom in the morning! <br />
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Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, November 2012Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-22967344267816437622012-10-01T22:01:00.001-06:002012-10-01T22:01:40.494-06:00LoToJa 2012<p>Never mind Christmas, a baptism and birthdays of 2012, or my most magnanimous fridge purchase…did you know I rode the bike a lot this summer?  </p> <p>A lot.</p> <p>And as much as I loved every bit of the sun, sweat, and hills, the <em>finish line of this race</em> was passion defined.  Dramatic, no?   I’ve <a href="http://mairmania.blogspot.com/2010/11/dinner-show.html">had babies</a> and <a href="http://mairmania.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html">visited Hawaii</a> and those experiences were passion defined as well…this was an enjoyable & challenging eleven hours and forty five minutes! </p> <p>At the start…  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DioC8ObwEPY/UGpm2eNSjnI/AAAAAAAADRE/Moe4bxYReZE/s1600-h/LotoJa%252520Start%252520photo%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="LotoJa Start photo" border="0" alt="LotoJa Start photo" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Wjt7ff9ZaBc/UGpm3Ok-EPI/AAAAAAAADRM/Yhl_WGiFTgk/LotoJa%252520Start%252520photo_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="529" /></a>  </p> <p>The LaToJa Classic is a bike race from Logan Utah to Jackson Wyoming .  The longest one day bike race in the country that covers 206 miles, and Idaho!   It’s a tough race to get into—we tried last year and didn’t.  This year we signed up for a race category—even though we’re not racers—we got in!</p> <p>The race was divided into 5 legs.  I did the 1st (34 miles) and 3rd (47 miles) legs and we rode the 5th(47 miles) together—<font size="1">because we were so unexpectedly fast and amazing</font>!  </p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mZy28jJ5CFo/UGpm4agjPTI/AAAAAAAADRU/pNBmraIqs6E/s1600-h/424%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="424" border="0" alt="424" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-P648gKsqeRM/UGpm6DF6N8I/AAAAAAAADRc/u-96Xc9GHLY/424_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="462" /></a></p> <p>This is me zooming into Preston, Idaho, catching everyone off guard—Robyn still had to shoe up and de-fleece.  I was de-fleecing too…because I was HOT after going FAST!   Drafting is the ganache frosting on the cake of biking!  Don’t believe me?  I had just ridden 34 miles in 1:15 min!     <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VpdJz3XMZ3M/UGpm7zxDSOI/AAAAAAAADRk/d7zEhEwxiAE/s1600-h/430%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="430" border="0" alt="430" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ytZr1ULojs8/UGpm8WtaW3I/AAAAAAAADRs/IyYysysFJ7M/430_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="236" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5pioLT2vWqg/UGpm9m2p91I/AAAAAAAADR0/Ue8KiGzmwCs/s1600-h/431%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="431" border="0" alt="431" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wWXPGxP5NZ4/UGpm-L8VNWI/AAAAAAAADR8/7e_H3tcm-Ac/431_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="295" height="251" /></a></p> <p>Here is Robyn’s Dave fixing my tire.  While waiting for Robyn in Montpelier, my tire blew.  It sounded like a gunshot—but I had an extra tube and I borrowed a pump, and with Dave’s great mechanic hands, I was ready to go when Robyn rolled in.   Robyn killed her first leg, riding 47 miles in a little over 2 and a half hours—a huge mountain pass with a gazillion in elevation.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OURG8j7S4GQ/UGpm_AIcyGI/AAAAAAAADSE/SkluM30xrbM/s1600-h/432%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="432" border="0" alt="432" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fRKMpFuE4jA/UGpnACVrpEI/AAAAAAAADSM/DT21U34K6u4/432_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="463" /></a></p> <p>We started at 7:04 in the morning and by4 in the afternoon we had the home stretch of 47 miles to go.  Being so ahead of the 8:00pm (sunset) deadline we decided to ride the last leg together.   We headed out of Alpine together into Snake River Canyon, which I’ve driven through a bunch but Oh, Oh, Oh, on a bike, with a friend, a tailwind, and some shade it was heaven.  Beautiful.  Glorious.  Icing on the Bundt!      </p> <p>We finished just as my mileage read 125!  Robyn knew to show some enthusiasm; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Capture lotoja finish2" border="0" alt="Capture lotoja finish2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ADkasITGXe0/UGpnEAXVM1I/AAAAAAAADS8/LiY2_JE6Zk0/Capture%252520lotoja%252520finish2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="168" height="244" /></a></p> <p>I think I was a little dehydrated too—I kept seeing these static light flashes above my right eye.  My middle left toes were on fire too.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UfScJX5Urks/UGpnFK_pNKI/AAAAAAAADTE/3ZqIbVHGBo4/s1600-h/lotoja%252520medal%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="lotoja medal" border="0" alt="lotoja medal" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j1eDr87y5B4/UGpnF7hbDDI/AAAAAAAADTM/TYcEnXYdM7Y/lotoja%252520medal_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="355" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-O7HhA4Mz9wc/UGpnGxl-e1I/AAAAAAAADTU/EAKoZbJZ99M/s1600-h/439%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="439" border="0" alt="439" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kbVnpKStOEM/UGpnHex1G1I/AAAAAAAADTc/zW9BtL_c-W8/439_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="236" /></a></p> <p>With Robyn’s camera I’m chewing a granola bar…        With my camera.  I have evil eyebrows of elation!</p> <p>We posed with Robyn’s dad’s medal—us relayers got a key chain—the girl checking off my name retorted, “well, you only did half….”  Speaking of Robyn’s dad…We awarded David Lee his medal at 11:30 that night when he got to the finish line!  He started at 5:30 that morning and with more than 18 hours in the saddle, he smiled!  I had passed him just outside of Logan—he’d had 3 flats through Amalga—arugh!  But he finished!    </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p-PyZbjvC9E/UGpnIDAe9eI/AAAAAAAADTk/WDDiZ0hwToE/s1600-h/lotoja%252520dark%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="lotoja dark" border="0" alt="lotoja dark" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pilSPS8ZHas/UGpnI5tnCRI/AAAAAAAADTs/hHHe_P9m0nQ/lotoja%252520dark_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="431" /></a>  </p> <p>Top Ten Extras:</p> <p>10.  We headed to dinner in Jackson at the Merry Piglets café.   I craved rice and beans and drank 6 glasses of water—the poor waitress.</p> <p>9.  For nutrition I ate Nutella, flat bread, cold watermelon, chocolate gu , Accelerade (lots!),  sweet and salty granola bars, Pepsi, chomps, nut rolls, black jelly beans, Swedish fish and a hamburger in Afton (yummo).  Food tastes great at 50 miles and some sounds gross at 125.  Like Chinese….blech.</p> <p>8.  Huge thanks to Robyn’s parents for being the best bed and breakfast ever!  And sister Mindy for hair and makeup—well hair.</p> <p>7.  I didn’t know a t-shirt, water bottle and sticker came with the registration.  I have two of each now.  </p> <p>6.  DzNuts— is an incredible numbing chamois cream. </p> <p>5.  At the top of my last climb (Salt Creek) I had only warm water left.  In my daze of climbing I could not figure out how to put <strong>my own</strong> water bottle back on my bike and take the <strong>FREE, COLD</strong> water bottle that the sponsors were passing out.  The experience haunted me all the way into Afton and I ate Swedish fish to pass the time.</p> <p>4.  I named my bike Carma earlier this summer, we were together so much… After getting new tires, chain, cassette, and a rebuilt lower bracket, she felt so good that she returned my energy with speed, <em>and</em> without sounding like a junk yard.  </p> <p>3.  A  huge thank you to James Mair and Dave, our husbands and support crew.  James drove and Dave bought pebbled ice and they were continually impressed with our speed and the wee little bit of biking riding profanity.  Kicking a*s : )</p> <p>2.  An even bigger thanks to James for handling the home front and our 5 dependents so well while I rode this whole summer.  Carma came on several vacations and James hated getting her strapped on after loading kids and gear, but he did it anyway.  Thank you, thank you!</p> <p><font size="1">1.  I really want to do the whole 206 miles next year…shhh… don’t tell James.</font></p> Nora Mairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584267453196192990noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36656064.post-40390901070975625872012-05-14T13:17:00.001-06:002012-05-14T14:46:27.891-06:00Paige’s Birthday When She Turned Five<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--VRtvooBO8w/T7FZ1Fe6ypI/AAAAAAAADMY/ByxroJo3pUY/s1600-h/037%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="037" border="0" height="459" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3SnhqOCWM6E/T7FZ1yyeIRI/AAAAAAAADMg/IoFH4s8gV6E/037_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; 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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8MOIKAPmXUk/T7FZ2vQ0nqI/AAAAAAAADMk/mvNxIGCyBWk/s1600-h/039%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="039" border="0" height="218" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FDw-h2pKNlM/T7FZ2yyeScI/AAAAAAAADMs/ke35Uz2jSoc/039_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="039" width="317" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_wxgeV-o4WI/T7FZ39nMeqI/AAAAAAAADM0/0wUapZNxMOI/s1600-h/040%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="040" border="0" height="217" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t1zGF2giFz0/T7FZ4cHIX5I/AAAAAAAADM8/YcbQ1GbXILA/040_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="040" width="320" /></a><br />
I wish I could catch more of these expressions (in focus) on camera…the one on the left she’s wondering and the one on the right she knows and is happy. It's just what she’s always wanted even though she didn’t ask for it… a Barbie scooter. <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JvFOT8JNu_g/T7FZ5AdbuZI/AAAAAAAADNE/86cv0-F3wZY/s1600-h/042%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="042" border="0" height="568" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5jF1ula68dg/T7FZ53RtxcI/AAAAAAAADNM/BMgSeZVEUeQ/042_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="042" width="382" /></a>Baby Ikie. Man has he grown…where are those chubby fingers now? <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LN8Q1zKaIf4/T7FZ7P95T2I/AAAAAAAADNU/IO43qwRVo_k/s1600-h/043.jpg"><img alt="043" border="0" height="441" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1XS4R9TGyUs/T7FZ76fSFYI/AAAAAAAADNc/vp8-6ZkEjs0/043_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="043" width="644" /></a>Paige’s Birthday is three months after Ben and Addie’s and that was exactly when she started planning this party. We wrote in my planner all the treats and the games “so you can shop, mom”. We played Hokey Pokey in the pools and had snow cones. Even though it was a little cold the rain held off . The guests: Noah, Miles, Paige, Kayla, Anna, Becca (blocked by Anna) Stuart, Josie, Shaylie, Jessie and Megan. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8HdFIdaGR0k/T7FZ8__A1OI/AAAAAAAADNk/xI-XC2mHebc/s1600-h/045.jpg"><img alt="045" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q-gImoZEWeE/T7FZ9nzC35I/AAAAAAAADNs/jw6QHb8sHuw/045_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="045" width="644" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CqnGlxQttk4/T7FZ-kvRdII/AAAAAAAADN0/JgYf9r4J7-U/s1600-h/046%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="046" border="0" height="431" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9Q_y8tssC8s/T7FZ_a_G9ZI/AAAAAAAADN8/zSl-clHhsfA/046_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="046" width="324" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8hLSKVsBPbc/T7FaAAJj_3I/AAAAAAAADOE/QRb5w5uZSY0/s1600-h/048%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="048" border="0" height="431" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8CkMUY_Txns/T7FaAj1SjcI/AAAAAAAADOM/rWhghfPoxsc/048_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="048" width="324" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0iWWerQdpis/T7FaCdTwhVI/AAAAAAAADOU/Vy_PetTTmIc/s1600-h/049%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="049" border="0" height="437" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5NoulH1QUVU/T7FaC-ZpgkI/AAAAAAAADOc/8nxxEoWlnwY/049_thumb%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="049" width="324" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kzR01u95r7M/T7FaDv-i_VI/AAAAAAAADOk/yGjPEdFBUUg/s1600-h/063%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="063" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-W1SB_au3FOY/T7FaEcCUfYI/AAAAAAAADOs/tEOjGLXwJq0/063_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="063" width="324" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ivDcV_TUocU/T7FaGoFZPKI/AAAAAAAADO0/8hHMG8_2EKU/s1600-h/067%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="067" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xrX_cf_PUAw/T7FaHCHQgRI/AAAAAAAADO8/7TfqP_OTaBQ/067_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="067" width="324" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4gH_LmjITt8/T7FaIKUIYTI/AAAAAAAADPE/33JGsdAtrdY/s1600-h/068%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="068" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9LZkZAaY5g8/T7FaIrqlj7I/AAAAAAAADPM/fgmIdXGkP6o/068_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="068" width="324" /></a><br />
The party ended with Addie collecting one of the first eggs of this group of girls (chickens). She’s already planning her 6th birthday which falls on the very last day of Kindergarten. <br />
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