tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81865668819738692952024-02-19T03:54:31.063-06:00Jesus IsMy life as a child of the King, a wife, a mom, and a Nonna - and how JESUS IS in every part.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.comBlogger497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-51512969846744505062016-07-07T15:44:00.001-05:002016-07-07T15:44:44.026-05:00Thats About It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After that last little detour we got back on the road again. Yes lots of driving and riding. As we drove down Highway 1 which is what Todd was excited to do, we saw a pier and decided this was a time to make another stop. We always love going to the pier when we are at a beach. We put on our jackets and tennis shoes, cause it was COOL man, cool. Off we went towards the pier and the ocean. </div>
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Walking down the pier we saw this bird that had swooped down, then landed on this light post to have a a bite or two to eat.<br />
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And then this beauty who was just hanging out.<br />
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What I was hoping to see though, you know besides dolphins (or even whales) was surfers. Ha ha!<br />
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This creature seemed to enjoy watching them as much as I did.<br />
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It was so pretty there and once again I wondered if these people that live here in these houses realize the blessing. I am guessing they do.<br />
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So we hung out on the pier and watched the surfers catch a few waves, even though the water was somewhat calm that day. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was thinking one day I might like to give it a shot. You know just try it out to see if I could do it for a second. :)<br />
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See I told you the birds like watching the surfers too...<br />
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This guy was interesting. Notice the jacket. I told yall it was cool. I always like watching fisherman at the beach. I know I'm weird. He explained to us that the people from the warmer California beaches come there to cool off. <br />
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He also told us how this pelican liked to hang out there and even though you arent suppose to feed them, it would come closer and closer waiting for a fish. If you didnt seem like you were going to oblige, it would whack you with its long beak. If you didnt take that hint, it would nip at your leg until you shared your bounty.</div>
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Funny we had to leave Louisiana and go all the way to California to see a PELICAN. <br />
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We spent some time here watching the surfers, the birds, the people, the waves, and the water. It was relaxing (as the beach usually is for me) and wonderful.<br />
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But again, we had to make a flight from Los Angeles, so off we went. This next picture quality is what you get when you take the shot from inside the vehicle. (Which I did a lot of) <br />
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We had lunch which was very good in Malibu which was very beautiful.</div>
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And then on to Los Angeles. I didnt take many pictures there. We really didnt do much there. Just dinner and the airport. <br />
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We did however have a short ride in a dangerous taxi cab after turning in our rent car. Believe me this is a GOOD picture of this cab. It was much worse than it appears. Yea Todds choice of cabs we got in left lots of room to be desired. <br />
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You know--- if you consider the age of the car, and the filthiness of the trunk where our luggage was placed, and the fact that the door would only open if the cab driver BANGED on it really hard with his hand several times, and the fact that the driver was so large that his seat was so far back that you could barely fit your legs back there. Believe me I was praying Lord keep us safe. But turns out the guy was very nice and took us straight to our hotel, (which I could see from the cab and made sure I pointed it out to the guy so he would know we knew where we were going...) Whole trip only cost like $8 - Todd tipped him considerably more. <br />
So there was one picture I got. <br />
And then there was one more.<br />
In the airport...<br />
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I was certainly hoping I would see a movie star. I mean it was Los Angeles. So I had my eye out in the airport.<br />
I stopped at this one store to get a T shirt and a few things to bring home to the crew in Vidalia. I was waiting in line and I notice this guy. Well actually I noticed his jacket. For real. I saw his jacket. It was very nice suede maybe or some sort of soft looking leather. Then as I waited behind him in line I noticed his hat. Also nice. So then I looked at his face.<br />
I was pretty surprised then, since I totally recognized him.<br />
I got this look of amazement on my face and looked around thinking... Dont these people know that is a MOVIE STAR? ha ha I dont know what I thought they should be doing differently. I guess I was just surprised that they were treating him just like they treated the guy before him and just like they would treat me. hehehe<br />
So Todd was standing at the edge of the store. I could have called out to him but what was I going to say??? I kept waiting for him to look at me so I could give him some eye signal stating the obvious---MOVIE STAR MOVIE STAR--- He never looked my way.<br />
I started digging furiously for my phone to get a picture.<br />
I am not the type to interrupt him and ask for an autograph or anything but I was sure gonna try my best to get proof I was in line with him. So I casually took my phone, held it sideways and took a picture. YIKES I got it! Then I watched him as he left the store. There was this one guy sort of in his way as he was leaving so he had to turn his shoulder to the side and kinda brush up against this guy to get by. Yea, that guy---TODD! Can you say clueless... hehehe<br />
So I made my purchase and hurried to tell Todd about it and show him my picture. <br />
Yea, thanks sales lady who handed him his BAG just as I snapped the shot.<br />
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It really is him, I promise. It really was Ray Liotta. (I could not come up with his name in the airport but as soon as we got on the plane, I looked through the movies and found him) hehehe<br />
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Well thats it on my trip pictures. They will forever remain in my minds eye. All the beautiful sights. Thank you Lord so much for this opportunity.<br />
Thank you so much Todd for this trip.<br />
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I am blessed and once again, what a privilege.<br />
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So then we finally got back out on the road and drove and drove some more. Our plan was to go up much further and end up in San Francisco, then drive back down the coast on Highway 1. But as you may have noticed we spent far more time in each beautiful place we went. Far too much. So as we were on our way up to San Francisco I was looking at the map and figuring time... I realized that if we had to be back all the way down to Los Angeles for our flight home, well we didnt have TIME. So I told Todd he needed to pull over and look at it with me. I was right so we had to sadly cut that part of the trip off. Which would have been amazing as well. But had we just rushed everywhere we went we would have missed some of the joy we experienced. We made the right decision to cut on over and get to the coast in a different spot and head towards Los Angeles. Once we decided that, we were really anxious to see the coast. When we first saw this neither of us were sure what we were looking at. I was thinking it was clouds or something. I told Todd to look at the sky and how it looked different there. It took a few minutes to realize that the darker part of the bottom of the horizon was WATER!<br />
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Isnt it so gorgeous? I couldnt believe people actually get to live here. There were houses right here. It was so beautiful. And again I was so surprised how cold it was. <br />
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I could see myself sitting here in a big chair with a book. What a life.<br />
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I wonder if the people there realize how blessed they are to get to live here.<br />
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God really did create such a gorgeous earth didnt he?<br />
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Such beautiful sights to stop and photograph. And just when we thought we were about to get back on the road and on our journey again, Todd saw another sign and stopped, rolled down the window and listened, and decided to stop and see if it was what he was hoping it was, because he knew I would LOVE it. He was sooooo right!<br />
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Todd didnt get too far in because of some silly sign about so many people falling in the dangerous waters to their death... yada yada yada...<br />
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But I couldn't resist!<br />
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The water was soooooo cold, but it felt soooooo goooood!<br />
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Oh man it was so beautiful.<br />
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I was one happy girl.<br />
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I mean really. How often do you get to see this stuff?<br />
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Thanks to him for finding this great spot!<br />
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Isn't that amazing how the rocks are just piled on top of one another? Amazing I say!<br />
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Amazing!Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-21730591161270804442016-06-28T12:50:00.000-05:002016-06-28T12:50:25.857-05:00Heading Down The Mountain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On our way back down the winding mountain road,<br />
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we found several spots to stop and look at how beautiful it was.<br />
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Todd saw this sign and thought it might be a good stop. It was.<br />
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We filled our water bottles up here. It was so cold and good.<br />
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We enjoyed spending a little bit of time at this spot. <br />
The sights and sounds were so relaxing.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-87818299728972589632016-06-27T12:29:00.000-05:002016-06-27T12:29:28.565-05:00What A Privilege YES we did see BEARS! A mama and her two cubs. I didnt get any shots of the cubs where you could tell thats what you were looking at but we did see them and they were precious playing together.<br />
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This is their mama. You may have to click on the picture to see it better.<br />
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When we were looking for bears, after someone told us they had seen one. Todd and I separated. I know that probably wasn't smart. But I wanted to look one place and he was looking another. We weren't too far apart. I mean I could still see him. But we just weren't right there together. Any way, at some point I kept hearing this rustling sound. I turned to look reminding myself I needed to be aware of my surroundings. I saw nothing, but then heard it again. Until finally I turned and saw - way too close for comfort, mind you-- the mama bear. I held my breath and backed away. I didn't even take any pictures at that point. I know right???!!! But what a sight it was. A blessing indeed!<br />
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And then we watched and gazed and enjoyed and watched them some more. There was this very nice couple we met there who stood and watched with us for a bit. They were from England and the woman kept saying over and over, "What a privilege." And wasn't she right. What a complete privilege that was. What a blessing and a privilege for sure.<br />
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Can you tell I was excited? Yes, yes I was.<br />
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This entire place was just so totally beautiful beyond description and way beyond what these pictures can show. <br />
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So yes we stayed here...<br />
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yes, way longer than we should have but boy was it GREAT and such a PRIVILEGE!Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-2514945754567617472016-06-24T08:56:00.001-05:002016-06-24T08:56:40.566-05:00Amazingly Beautiful Sequoia National Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As we were making our way to Sequoia National Park we began to see sights like this.<br />
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We began to climb. Then the sights became like this.<br />
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We drove the winding road up and around, up and around, up and around. Then we began to see the beautiful Sequoias. Once we started to see them, I decided to get a few pictures (of course). So I rolled the window down. Two things happened immediately. First a blast of very cool air breezed into the vehicle. Which was surprising as at the bottom of the winding road it was pretty warm. And then the second most amazing thing happened. With the sweep of cool air came the unmistakable fragrance of the Sequoias. I had no idea that I would experience that. I will never forget it. As soon as I took it in, my eyes got HUGE and I looked over at Todd and almost yelled, "DO YOU SMELL THAT?!" It was so cool. I absolutely loved the smell of that forrest.<br />
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We continued up and as we did the trees got larger and larger. As a matter of fact you cannot imagine how big they were. (See that tiny person?)<br />
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And these were not even the biggest.<br />
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We just couldnt get over it. And once again we just couldnt quit looking.<br />
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It was just beautiful up there.<br />
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This is our rent car with Todd inside.<br />
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We really enjoyed Gods beauty here. We enjoyed the sounds which were so peaceful. We enjoyed the smells. We enjoyed each other together out in what I called "Gods country".</div>
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In this last picture Todd was looking for bears. We had seen a sign indicating that there may be some present and we really wanted to see one. ----Little did we know...Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-52654072333801923232016-06-21T16:02:00.002-05:002016-06-21T16:02:40.510-05:00Moved To Tears We got to enjoy very much, some more of Gods beauty as we continued our drive.<br />
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Ok confession time. I hereby confess that as we drove and I continually saw such beautiful sights as these, I was moved to tears. Like real, wipe them away tears. As a matter of fact Todd looked over at me once and noticed my tears and thought someone had texted me some bad news or something. He wondered and asked me what was wrong. I just said "It's so beautiful" sniff sniff... I know, I'm so weird...<br />
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These were everywhere out there, and huge.<br />
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We drove through the Mohave Desert for a while. Miles and miles of this.<br />
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It was so neat just heading off exploring. Even if it did stress me out when I wasn't so sure where we were going to end up. But Todd did great and got us to each destination as planned.<br />
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<br />Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-44381744502277485412016-06-18T19:54:00.000-05:002016-06-18T19:55:26.751-05:00Hoover Dam The closer we got to Hoover Dam, the more beautiful the drive. Honestly I had thought before we got there that this stop would be more for Todd. He was really looking forward to it so I really wanted him to get to see it. But that was about the extent of my interest. <br />
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As we drove over that bridge he was getting more excited. The curvy road right after that- up and up and up was interesting and enjoyable. Then when we got where we could see a bit from the car, I thought I would have to make him stop and let me drive. :) <br />
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Once we got inside it was far more interesting than I thought it would be.<br />
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Todays fun fact: This floor. As a matter of fact, the entire floor inside is made of Granite mixed with concrete. It is the original floor and has been there since the beginning in 1931. Someone donated it at the time and now would be worth millions. <br />
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Once we got outside it was far more beautiful than I knew it would be.<br />
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We enjoyed it so much, once again- we stayed there longer than we thought we would. <br />
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We finally did get on our way, leaving very thankful that we got to experience it.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-19467503768773384502016-06-17T09:51:00.002-05:002016-07-07T19:03:43.907-05:00Sights Unseen As we left the gorgeous Grand Canyon we saw sights like this. It was so cool. Certainly not sights I've seen before. <br />
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Another interesting fact... As we drove (and drove) we moved from one land formation to another. The mountains were so pretty everywhere I looked. And I could not stop looking. And telling Todd to look. Then, remembering that he WAS driving and he should not look at every single thing I thought was beautiful or interesting... Anyway the most interesting thing was that there would be mountains like these, all rocky.<br />
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Then you drive a while and you would start to see trees mixed in.<br />
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Then drive a while and maybe just more dirt and no green.<br />
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Then drive a while. Did I mention we did a lot of DRIVING? and you would see rock with trees sticking out of the rock.<br />
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As you notice, I did lots of picture taking straight from the window of the vehicle. I finally had to tell myself to stop taking pictures from the moving car. = blurry pictures! But I just couldnt help myself. If we would have had time I would have stopped every 15 minutes for a photo shoot! #ilovepictures<br />
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The drive from the Grand Canyon to Nevada was the most beautiful ever. I am so glad we got to do this and I will never forget Gods beauty we saw.<br />
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We went in to Las Vegas and got to see Blue Man Group. We couldnt take any pictures there but really enjoyed the show. It is so crazy how they can do an entire show and never once speak a word. It was fun and enjoyable. So glad we did that. As a matter of fact if not for that show I dont think we would say we really enjoyed Las Vegas at all. The driving was crazy! There were sooooo many people. I wondered if that was what New York was like. We didnt stay in a place where we were in walking distance of things. (Mistake) Parking=Impossible So all of that sorta dampered the rest, but Blue Man Group was great. Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-64020424909835236342016-06-15T13:24:00.002-05:002016-06-15T13:35:40.939-05:00IT WAS GRAND!It's ME! I'M BACK!!<br />
Yea, it's been a while. <br />
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A few weeks ago this guy came home from work one day and brought the mail in. We received an invitation that day to our nieces wedding shower out of town. When I read the date of it, I mentioned that it was on our anniversary. June 4th. He said, "Then we cant go." I looked at him like he was nuts and said "We can't go because its our anniversary?! He just had this weird look and silence... So I said "Are we going somewhere?!" He was tight lipped for a bit but a few days later he decided to let me play 20 questions and tell me the surprise he had planned for me for our anniversary. And what a huge surprise it was! So we recently flew out to Phoenix, Arizona. And let me first say Arizona has GOT to be the MOST beautiful place in the United States! From there we rented a car and started our drive. And I do mean DRIVE! I absolutely LOVED the drive from Phoenix to the GRAND CANYON! I am always telling Todd how I've almost never been anywhere but Florida. Well, he fixed that!<br />
Fact of the day: I know that I have NEVER used the word WOW so much in all my life. <br />
This is why...<br />
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Do you see the tiny tiny people of the top of that????<br />
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When we first walked up to see our first view of the canyon, it was basically breathtaking. Todd was telling me how when he was a kid and was there that he didn't remember all the railings we saw and explained that it was just drop offs right down into the canyon. <br />
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I said "No way. Are you sure?" He assured me of that. As we hiked around and saw much more of the canyon we pretty quickly saw many many places where it just dropped off. You could just continue walking and fall down down down. That was crazy to me. Of course it also makes complete sense. I mean no fence will go all the way around the entire canyon! hehehe But having never seen it I just didn't realize. Its nothing you can really imagine without seeing it. <br />
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It was so beautiful to look at. We really hadn't planned on spending quite so much time there. But I just couldn't quit looking and looking. We ended up taking a bus tour that took us to different spots where we would get off and hike around. Then get back on and go around a little further and get off again to do a little more exploring. There was this crazy heat wave while we were there. It was 108 degrees! Yea it was hot. And true it was without our humidity but 108 is still HOT ya'll! HOT As a matter of fact we about dehydrated doing all our exploring. When we got back to the Visitor Center we asked to purchase bottled water. To which they replied. "Oh we do not sell bottled water anywhere here." I gave the guy a crazed look and said "WHY?" Crazy people will throw the empty bottles all over, even down the canyon. BUT they did sell plastic containers that you can get fresh spring water straight out of the canyon and fill them with it. Thats what we did and it was great. <br />
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Ok just a few more for good measure!<br />
And one piece of advice. If you've never been, GO.<br />
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Thank you Lord and Todd for this experience! I am blessed.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-2001195846037699932015-09-28T19:29:00.001-05:002015-09-28T19:29:45.698-05:00Meaningless DreamsDo you ever have meaningless dreams. Boy, I do. Some crazy nonsensical mumbo jumbo. Yea every now and again.<br />
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Sunday morning I woke up thinking about the dream I had just had.<br />
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Full of people and noise and hot dogs and nachos and bats and balls and bases.<br />
"Batter up!!"<br />
It was me. <br />
I was the batter at the plate.<br />
The bat in my hands held high above my shoulders. <br />
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The ball coming at me.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">FAST</span><br />
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I wasnt ready.<br />
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What if I missed it?<br />
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What if I hit it, but it just hops right out there only to be snagged up, and Im thrown out.<br />
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"HOLD ON, WAIT"<br />
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No waiting.<br />
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The ball is screaming towards me.<br />
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I wasnt ready.<br />
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So I let the ball go by me.<br />
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There was only one problem.<br />
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Behind me ---<br />
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there were people. Lots of people. If I didnt hit the ball, then someone was going to be harmed by that ball that was speeding towards them.<br />
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I needed to hit it.<br />
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But I wasnt ready.<br />
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So I just tensed every ounce of me up. I squeezed my eyes shut. I tightened my grip on the bat. I knew someone behind me was about to get hurt because I let the ball get by me.<br />
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I woke up then.<br />
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Thinking I hated dumb meaningless dreams. About sports no less...<br />
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I got up, got ready for church, and went on with my morning.<br />
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Then right there in the middle of Praise Band practice, while I was stepping back for Calley to practice a song she was going to lead, God seemed to say,<br />
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"What about that dream?" <br />
-Yea, I hate meaningless silly dreams-<br />
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"Meaningless? Or No?"<br />
-Well what then Lord? What in the world would this mean?-<br />
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And He laid it all out, right there.<br />
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"Youre up to the plate. You are prepared. Go on hit the ball. Dont worry about where it will land. I'll take care of that. If you let the pitch go by---<br />
Someone will be HURT.<br />
Youre at bat.<br />
Youre prepared.<br />
Theres a crowd.<br />
Youre in the game.<br />
The pitch is coming.<br />
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Dont let it get by you.<br />
Swing the bat."<br />
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Theres this thing God has for us to do. He has prepared us for it. He has placed us where we need to be. Whatever it is, is right there coming toward us. <br />
What are we going to do.<br />
Just stand there?<br />
Think of all the ways it could go wrong?<br />
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No, give it your best shot.<br />
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Let God take care of the results.<br />
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I love when dreams have meaning.<br />
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<br />Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-26210639061414783232015-05-19T20:30:00.000-05:002015-05-19T20:30:30.742-05:00The WeddingMay 16, 2015<br />
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That was the day that my first born son was married to sweet Paige.<br />
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We are so happy that they are finally married.<br />
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It was a large wedding party. They all looked so nice.<br />
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Casey was a bridesmaid.<br />
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My own sweetheart performed the ceremony.<br />
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Here is a candid shot of me and my sweet three. I was pinning boutonnieres. </div>
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It was a very nice ceremony. Even though the dark clouds threatened us throughout the day, when it came time for the ceremony it was nice and clear. We were all very thankful for that. <br />
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Mark and Paige had several things they added to their day that I thought were very sweet. <br />
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Sending each other gifts before the ceremony. This is Paige reading a letter he wrote to her to go along with her gift. It was so sweet to watch her read the letter. (A little makeup touch up was required.)<br />
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This is her reaction to her Tiffany blue gift!<br />
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This is Mark reading the letter Paige wrote him to go along with the gift that was delivered to him.</div>
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At the reception they toasted each other with Sprite - Paiges favorite!<br />
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This is our nephew Grayson who has made a very good buddy in Josh. (I have no idea how he got dirty, but it had rained a lot earlier in the day, so there you go.)<br />
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Another thing about Grayson--- He is a dancing machine! Seriously!<br />
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Avery was giving him a good run for his money however. There was lots of dancing going on.<br />
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And - yea, I have no idea! But I think its pretty funny.<br />
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That was WONDERFUL, as the last three times we have been out there it has been cold and wet. This was a beautiful sunny day, even though the forecast had said for a solid week before that it would most definitely, without a doubt be raining that day. WRONG.<br />
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So there we were.<br />
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We brought soccer things, nail polish,<br />
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And of course drinks, snacks, and treat bags.<br />
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We had a fantastic time.<br />
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It's so neat building relationships with these guys.<br />
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There is this one little guy who is a bit smitten with me.<br />
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When Todd had gone out to visit before, he asked Todd if I would be there this next time. He didn't know my name yet. (I think he does now) but he described me as "That lady who let him knock down all those cans" Like these...<br />
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Todd told him yes I would be there. And yes I was. He was too, and he found me as soon as he got there. He wanted me with him where ever he went. (Which was somewhat difficult) <br />
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He likes it when I tell him what a good job he does. "Great shot" "Good throw" You can see it all in his face. He really enjoyed when I let him take a few pictures with my camera... Yep, he took this one of me. Who knows maybe one day he will be a professional photographer from this beginning...<br />
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When we had our bible lesson, he wanted to sit in my lap. I let him.<br />
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He is precious.<br />
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He always asks me when we are coming back. As in how many days... This time he asked me, "How come you cant come every day?" <br />
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I cant wait to see that little boy again. <br />
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Wont be long now. Not sure how many days though.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-5920304564655661242015-01-20T15:35:00.001-06:002015-01-20T15:35:16.390-06:00Quick Trip Down Memory LaneJust remembering the time when my daughter loved the "Funny Face" Pancakes at IHOP.<br />
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She always ordered them there on vacations and such.<br />
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Until the one day, when she did order them, but they told her she was too old.<br />
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When she protested, they assured her that she had to be under 12 (or something like that) to order the Happy Face Pancakes. She tried her best but when she understood that they would not take that order from her, she promptly said "Okay then, I will have a regular stack of pancakes. Add a whipped cream smiley face with chocolate chips please." <br />
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Oh that girl...Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-89150476093270920102015-01-09T20:32:00.000-06:002015-01-09T20:32:35.153-06:00MAKE IT COUNTI am about to turn 50 years old in a few weeks. (Feb.5) I don't really know how I feel about that. In one sense it doesn't bother me at all. In just the same way as turning 30 or 40 did not bother me. But in some ways I have a new realization that I am half a century old. I have definitely lived over half my life. Also the aches and pains and differences I see in the mirror are speaking more loudly than they did at 30 or 40.<br />
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50 years<br />
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50 years of what...<br />
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That is one thing that is screaming at me. That's for sure.<br />
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I keep thinking about the next phase of my life. <br />
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What's left? Whatever it is, I want it to count for something.<br />
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I want to make every day count.<br />
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The first 10 years of my life I rode on my first airplane, made friends, experienced an earthquake, and was a crossing guard.<br />
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In my teens, I got braces, moved from Georgia to Louisiana, played a little softball, joined a youth group, developed a relationship with Christ, and fell in love.<br />
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In my twenties I married that love (well okay I was 19 but I soon was 20), we joined a church we loved (love), bought a home, had 3 babies, and ran a day care.<br />
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In my thirties I tried to be the best mom I could be, raised teenagers, started working in the School system to bring needed income to our household and lost my dad.<br />
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In my forties I saw my children graduate from high school and college, watched my daughter get married in the most beautiful wedding I have ever attended, learned to play the guitar, saw such pain and heartache at the loss of our grandson Carson, experienced the largest life roller coaster at Avery's 2 lb. 2 oz. early birth, received the huge blessing of becoming a Nonna, went on a mission trip to Peru, and was excited to witness the proposal of my handsome son Mark to his beautiful fiance Paige.<br />
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That's a lot!<br />
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It makes me think - What in the world could my fifties hold?<br />
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More weddings, more grandbabies?...<br />
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Maybe, but what else?<br />
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Whatever it is, Lord, let me make every day count.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-33924258703726384962015-01-01T18:09:00.000-06:002015-01-01T18:09:07.135-06:00Beautiful God<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in November Casey, Avery and I made a trip to see my mom and brother in Tennessee. I drove. It was a nice drive. You dont usually hear me say that. I am not normally a fan of driving a road trip without my sweetheart. But recently God has been dealing with me on some things. One being not letting things worry me or stress me out. Normally a road trip without him would do that. But I am letting some of these things go and God was gracious and allowed us a very nice drive.<br />
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We left early that morning so on the way we ended up seeing the sun rise. It was so so beautiful. I was driving so I made Casey get my phone and make pictures. I would say "Wow, this is beautiful. Take a picture."<br />
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Then a couple of minutes later, "Wow this is so beautiful, here take another picture."<br />
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"Would you just look at that! Here, take another picture."<br />
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"Oooh do you see that?!"<br />
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"OH MY GOODNESS, how beautiful. Get that"<br />
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"Hurry, Hurry, get that picture. Oh my goodness."<br />
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Seriously that was what was being said. Over and over. <br />
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I love sunrises. It was awesome how God just showed out. It was almost as if he was speaking straight to me.<br />
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<li> About his beauty. </li>
<li>Aout how he will be with me. He is with me. Emmanuel</li>
<li>About how when I let go of things that are holding me back and allow him to carry me, He will make something beautiful of it.</li>
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I love it when he speaks.<br />
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We made it safely and with little to no stress. Even when we made a wrong turn and ended up downtown Memphis right by the river. God is good. It was such a blessing to make that trip without any anxiety. <br />
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Then after a few days it was time to head home. We hung out that morning a bit, before getting on the road. Just enjoying a few more minutes with mom. Then we got back on the road and had another great trip back. It was nice getting to talk to Casey and hear her heart. She is amazing and I am very proud of her. <br />
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Then before making it all the way home. He did it again. I know the sun rises and sets every single day. But I dont always get to see the beauty of it. <br />
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Once again I was handing over my phone so she could snap photos.<br />
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Again the conversation turned to the beauty God was placing right in front of us.<br />
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Again reminding me of his beauty. <br />
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Again speaking<br />
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<li>The beauty of his grace</li>
<li>The beauty of walking with him</li>
<li>of how you can start your day with the beauty of him</li>
<li>of how you can end your day with the beauty of him</li>
<li>and of how your entire day can be about the beauty of him</li>
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We serve a beautiful God.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-46139709235423375552014-12-01T19:56:00.000-06:002014-12-01T19:56:03.370-06:00Tennessee Fun At mamas we did lots of fun things. Of course just visiting and getting stories from mamas childhood was great. And there was the tree decorating that I already told you about. <br />
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Here are a few more things we did. Uncle Johnny had this great 4 - Wheeler. At first Avery was a bit skiddish. I kinda didnt think she was going to get on the thing. But she braved it up. And she had fun.<br />
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This is me with mom and my brother Johnny. Yes he's a wild one. He should have his own TLC reality show. <br />
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We made cookies too. Mmmmmmm<br />
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We also did not let the remainder of the cranberries leftover from the garland go to waste. Oh No, my mom does NOT waste stuff! So she found a recipe and we made this yummy double yummy cranberry orange bread.<br />
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We took lots of pictures. And we straightened Averys hair.<br />
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We spent glorious time together loving on each other. I love these guys more than my words can express.<br />
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Avery got to play a bit with Bogie. It would have been a lot if Bogie would have cooperated. He stays clear of her as much as possible. Poor Avery. But she did get to give him plenty of treats and play a bit with him.<br />
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We colored with Grandmas fancy colored pencils in her special books and in the book that Grandma bought for Avery.<br />
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Avery may or may not be getting a special book of her own at Christmas. Just sayin.<br />
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We had a great couple of days at Grandmas. I am so glad we went and very thankful.<br />
<br />Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-77310739821176503892014-11-25T19:19:00.001-06:002014-11-25T19:19:37.017-06:00To Grandmothers House We Go So THANKFUL I got to go see my mom this week. Casey, Avery, and I went on a road trip and headed up there to see her. Avery did super great. It was a very nice trip. We did fine without our guys who had to work. When we got there one of us mentioned a Christmas Tree. Johnny (thats my brother) said he had one but Mama usually only wanted to put up her little tree. He and I discussed where we could fit it and how we could decorate it. The decision was made. We knew she would like it when we were finished. So Johnny put it together, and we hung the lights. <br />
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All the while mom thinking it was much too big.<br />
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Then candy canes were hung.<br />
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Then Christmas Balls<br />
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So cool making memories with Avery and her Great Grandmother. And Nonna of course.</div>
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It was so fun.<br />
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Johnny added an angel and then we draped the garland around the tree for our finishing touch.<br />
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Mom did like it. We were right.<br />
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Even though it was a little early maybe to get the tree up, it was the perfect time for us since we were all together. No time like the present to take the opportunity you are given. <br />
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This Children's Neighborhood Outreach<br />
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Once a month we go to their neighborhood and play with them. We always play Soccer or Flag Football. <br />
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While they do that, some others have their nails painted, or paint ours. Then there is another activity like decorating crosses<br />
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and Todd teaches a short Bible lesson while they have a snack. After that they get a treat bag and we are on our way. <br />
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This month our church decided to invite the children and their parents to have Thanksgiving Dinner with us. So all of the great people at Cornerstone Church got together, made yummy dishes, gathered together tables, chairs, plates, cups, drinks, dishes, sound equipment, microphones, game supplies, and all the other things we needed and went out again to their neighborhood to celebrate Thanksgiving with our new friends. We set up those tables right outside. Right in the place where they normally play soccer.<br />
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It was great. It was cold. But honestly we prayed the really cold away. It was suppose to be frigid cold. And it was the day before and the day after too I think. But the sun was out and the temperature was up a little, and it turned out fine. More than fine actually. It was amazing. I was blessed to no end. It was so great to see so many come out to help with this. There were even others who helped prior to Saturday that couldnt be there that day but did things that needed to be done before then. I looked around and saw all of the kids, all their parents, and all of our church family there together. I loved it. It was great.<br />
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<li>The little girl who kept wanting me to take her picture.</li>
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Overall it was a really great day spending time and building relationships with the precious people in that neighborhood.<br />
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This is what its all about folks.<br />
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<br />Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-66722861670284665992014-11-17T21:11:00.001-06:002014-11-17T21:11:39.357-06:00A Little of Peru Right HereSince we returned from Peru we have done a Neighborhood Children's Outreach once a month. We chose a neighborhood where we go and play games with the children there. We bring a snack and have a little bible lesson with them before we leave. Very similar to one of the things we did in Peru. It has grown since our fist visit. We are so blessed by it each time. This time in particular I was moved almost to tears by the blessing of it all.<br />
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This month we did something a little different. I will share more about that in the next few posts because it would have been major picture overload if I had done it all in one post. Therefore, I am splitting it up. <br />
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Each month I have intended to bring my camera to get some images of these precious faces and the things we do out there. Each time I have forgotten my camera. Last month I finally remembered it. However, the battery died just as I turned it on. Finally this month I remembered my fully charged camera. I got some great images.<br />
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As I was there with the kids taking pictures, in my minds eye I kept going back to the place that sorta began this in the first place. Peru. <br />
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When we got home from Peru we knew that we wanted to incorporate some of what we had done in Peru with the children there, and bring it to children here. That is where this Neighborhood Children's Outreach was born. The precious Peruvian children touched our hearts. We were incredibly blessed by spending time with the children there and sharing our love and Gods love with them. That is our intent here as well with precious children in our own town. <br />
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As I looked at each little face I saw a child that deserved to be loved well. <br />
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I saw a child that deserved to be played with<br />
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I saw a child that deserved to know they are special<br />
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This weekend these smiling faces made me smile too.<br />
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They made Todd smile too.<br />
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The next post I will have more pictures from the weekend event and will go into more detail of what we did.<br />
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It's her birthday.<br />
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It's so nuts. <br />
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You know that she's 30<br />
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Like 30 years old.<br />
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My little girl...<br />
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So, yea.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-8984167336687055862014-10-26T19:56:00.000-05:002014-10-26T19:56:11.176-05:00Secrets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
These two were making secret plans here. Well I think Avery was making the secret plans however letting Uncle Mickey in on it.</div>
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If I recall correctly she was letting him know of her plan to sneak up behind Poppa and scare him.<br />
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she carried out her plan. She did scare Poppa.<br />
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It looks like Avery is breaking out in song here. Actually the tug boat blew its horn and she was waving to them.<br />
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We had to get a little creative in the entertainment department for a bit as the balloon chase took forever to decide they would actually take off.<br />
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So Avery decided to add a few head shots to her portfolio...<br />
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Then she and Lesley snuck up on Uncle Mickey and threw something at him.<br />
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They played a little chase.<br />
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The day was beautiful. The river was beautiful. The girl was too.<br />
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The real chase finally began.<br />
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Getting a little sassy here...<br />
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And, I have good news. The paper reported today that the balloon race will go on as usual next year!<br />
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WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-66456077507818550002014-10-21T19:03:00.000-05:002014-10-21T19:03:42.230-05:00A Chili Cookoff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once upon a time, my husband NEVER cooked. Now I am not saying that he cooks now. He doesn't. But one day as a joke, as I was heading out the door to go to work on a Monday (when he was off on Mondays) I jokingly said, "Why dont you fix dinner tonight, ok, thanks." and left. Much to my surprise when I got home that evening I walked into the kitchen and I distinctly remember thinking "What smells so good?" I was soooo confused. He said that when I told him to make dinner that morning as I was heading out the door, he thought "Hmmm, I should surprise her and actually do it." So he found my book that I have lots of recipes in and searched for something he thought he could do. Turns out he chose his moms recipe for homemade chili. That was what smelled so good. And boy was it ever. Seriously. Its better than my chili. Since that day several years ago he is now the chili maker in our home. Some guys grill, Todd does chili. Thats all he cooks, but he does it well. I love chili days.<br />
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Then there is Charlie. Several years ago, he decided to make chili for Casey. I will never forget, he called me one day and said "Mom, I made chili tonight and I think somethings wrong with it." He proceeded to tell me exactly what he did which included how much garlic he used. He said the recipe called for 2 or 3 (I cant remember now) cloves of garlic. After questioning him about the garlic I realized he thought that a clove was one entire BULB of garlic. So YES he used at least 2 entire BULBS of garlic in that chili. Thats gotta be at least 20 or 25 cloves of garlic. Yes I would say something was wrong with that chili. I laughed so hard. They said their house smelled like garlic for like a month! Oh.my.goodness. So funny. His chili has since greatly improved. As a matter of fact he always says how his is so good. He thought he could win a cookoff against us. We begged to differ. A little family feud going on. We have talked many times about doing a chili cookoff between the two.<br />
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This weekend after looking at the beautiful beautiful balloons, we had our CHILI COOKOFF!<br />
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We divided the stove up. Todd had half and Charlie the other.<br />
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Casey and I were the Sous chefs! We did the chopping for the guys just so we could help out. They did the cooking though.<br />
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They got it simmering and the house smelled good!<br />
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This is Avery explaining the voting process we were about to have after everyone tasted the chilis.<br />
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The living room was full of eager tasters and voters. All of whom apparently thought it necessary to throw their shoes into the middle of the living room.<br />
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This is Adam enjoying MORE.<br />
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This is Todd tasting Charlies, I think.<br />
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I thought it was pretty funny that when Matt tasted Todd's bowl he said "OK that one surprised me!" LOL He didnt expect it to be good! hehehe<br />
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After everyone had tried both chilis, Avery gave them all a sticky note on which to vote.<br />
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And the winner of the Chili Cookoff and a Red Hot Chili Pepper is...<br />
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TODD!!!!!! Also known as Poppa!<br />
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From the look of the pots at the end of things, I think its safe to say they liked both of them.<br />
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That was really fun and not to mention YUMMY! I stick to my original thought that Todds was the best but Charlies was pretty dang good too. Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186566881973869295.post-64452075792734888762014-10-20T18:26:00.002-05:002014-10-20T18:26:29.209-05:00Chasing Balloons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past weekend was Balloon Races! This was the first year in forever that Todd has been off on a Saturday to be able to go chase them with me. Either I havent gone at all or I have gone alone. Not nearly as much fun. This year he was home though. YAY And it so turns out that Casey and her family were here with us so we planned on taking Avery with us and chasing. However, believe this or not, Casey and Charlie were both up and ready to go with us. So early Saturday we headed out. <br />
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Thankfully our friend Tonja gave us the info on where to go. We saw several getting ready to go up.<br />
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I was getting photos of this colorful balloon and the owner told me I could get up close and personal and get shots from inside. Cool! I wish she would have offered me a ride. I would have taken her up on it. <br />
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The wind changed or something and no more balloons were going to take off from where we were so we left that spot and headed to where they were suppose to land. We made a pit stop at this famous spot on our way though. I LOVE their powdered donuts. Mmmmm <br />
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We took our donuts with us to the mall parking lot where they were suppose to land. And there were plenty to look at there.<br />
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They were really pretty and we had a great time. I sure hope they continue the Balloon Races here in town. There is talk of cutting it out. I hope not.Cristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861661815295204620noreply@blogger.com0