tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46715456787844654272024-03-13T07:38:25.628-06:00word to your mother"yo, VIP--let's kick it!" a suburban mother of 4 escapes reality if even for a moment....Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.comBlogger639125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-59814675916953293292011-11-22T17:19:00.000-07:002019-10-15T18:45:58.161-06:00happy turkey day from mia clove<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TRANSLATION: "don't eat me! 'cause i am sick. i sneeze, i throw up, and get runny noses. that's what you will get, too."</div>
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-74905939699647788652011-11-13T16:45:00.000-07:002019-10-15T18:47:46.938-06:00KETCHUP: so many great clove family photos in one post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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no posting for a month means catching up. which i dislike.<br />
so we'll do the condensed version, hit the major highlights, call it <span style="font-weight: bold;">good</span> & move on.<br />
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in the past six weeks we've....<br />
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gone to sadies with a fun group of kids:<br />
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& continued working on our "wood" coffee table book:<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">the parentals escaped to one of </span><a href="http://www.camelbackinn.com/" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">the most beautiful places on earth</span> </a><span style="text-align: left;">for rbc's 42nd birthday:</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">where they checked and, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">YEP</span><span style="text-align: left;">. STILL IN LOVE:</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">we rocked out with </span><a href="http://www.foofighters.com/us/home" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">one of the coolest bands on earth</a><span style="text-align: left;">:</span><br />
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& <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grohl" style="font-weight: bold;">dave grohl</a> reinforced my theory about a not-so-hot guy turning <span style="font-weight: bold;">SMOKING HOT</span>when he knows his way around a guitar and a microphone:</div>
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we dressed like cats for halloween:</div>
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as well as hippies:</div>
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& a sweet little strawberry:<br />
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we embraced some crazy on the daddy-daughter date:</div>
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& chuckled over the continued creative spelling stylings of our mia:</div>
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(TRANSLATION: "hi, my name is mia. i am building a house for my family. it is going to be <span style="font-weight: bold;">SASSY</span>.")</div>
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but the best part of the past six weeks was having our grandparents return home to us:</div>
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-25756249936557651742011-09-15T21:30:00.001-06:002019-10-23T21:38:15.732-06:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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things i am thankful for this week:<br />
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**beautiful weather for a motorcycle ride. and a buddy who wants to get in on the action:<br />
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i think we look so natural:<br />
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**the fact that i may or may not have (allegedly) BEAT somebody in a game of <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.wordswithfriends.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">words with friends</a></span> who may or may not (allegedly) be in the photo above.<br />
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which might just be my greatest achievement, ever.<br />
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i place it right above marrying russ and birthing my four children:<br />
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**mia's fantastic spelling skillz:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(TRANSLATION: "this is an ice cream. it is strawberry. it is yummy.")</span></span><br />
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**that the 80's dream is still kept awake & alive by my 13-year old's school:<br />
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(on the downside, she came to me and described this outfit as "from the 60's". <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">dislike.</span>)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6122684704/" title="80's chawni by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="80's chawni" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6122684704_0739ca456b_z.jpg" height="640" width="290" /></a></div>
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**baby libby's shopping skills.<br />
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she went right along to las vegas to search for a homecoming dress, and she couldn't have been any sweeter. or cuter. i think she might possibly be the <span style="font-style: italic;">actual cutest baby in the world.</span><br />
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here she is just chillaxing in the dressing room amongst the 400 dresses we tried on:<br />
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**when i find random old photos on russ's cell phone that i've never seen.<br />
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like these:<br />
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**that the good 'ole candy bar card never really goes out of style:<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-68176799248572966292011-09-14T20:00:00.001-06:002019-10-23T21:13:26.242-06:00katie goes to homecoming 2011 with taylor hummel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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katilyn went to her homecoming dance last saturday night with her good friend, jordan h.<br />
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i couldn't believe how beautiful she looked--it seems so not fair that she received only the good genes from both her father and i......but i'm so so happy for her that i can't even be mad.<br />
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her dress was beautiful, thanks to her aunt megan, who's impeccable shoping/bargain hunting skills came into play with a dress that was <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OFF:</span><br />
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& much love to joellen for once again making her look like an absolute princess:<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-86089365819795821932011-09-14T19:59:00.000-06:002019-10-15T18:50:54.739-06:007 lessons learned from madame tussauds wax museum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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7 lessons learned from our trip to <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.madametussauds.com/LasVegas/" style="font-weight: bold;">madame tussauds wax museum</a></span>:<br />
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1. using the president's personal phone line is really no big deal:<br />
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2. stevekemp is still the world's greatest photo bandit:<br />
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3. <span style="font-style: italic;">ALL THE LADIES</span> want to get married to george clooney:<br />
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4. george clooney tends to be a bit handsy. (but i really didn't mind.)<br />
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5. lindsay lohan is still not a great role model for the young girls:<br />
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6. mia ONLY wanted her photo taken with girls:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">(thanks, kamwee for your awesome photography skills)</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6131578194/" title="Picnik collage by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="Picnik collage" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6131578194_31d8c9c13f_b.jpg" height="600" width="600" /></a></div>
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7. the dads really only wanted their photo taken with girls, too:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6131590312/" title="Picnik collage by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="Picnik collage" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6131590312_ef41dcc7cf_b.jpg" height="362" width="724" /></a></div>
Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-69929971103346523802011-09-11T16:00:00.001-06:002019-10-15T18:52:55.166-06:009 lessons learned from labor day weekend in las vegas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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9 things we learned from our labor day weekend in las vegas:<br />
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1. friends accompanying last minute always make for better times. and better jazz hands:<br />
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2. it is still possible to milk out your 20th anniversary even 2.5 months after it happened at a surprisingly <span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.envysteakhouse.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">great new restaurant find</a></span>:<br />
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3. mindi doesn't ever need to ride the <span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.newyorknewyork.com/attractions/the-roller-coaster.aspx" style="font-weight: bold;">new york new york roller coaster </a></span>ever again in her whole entire life:<br />
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****UPDATE 2019 I AM POSITIVE THIS THING DIRECTLY EFFED UP MY ALREADY EFFED-UP SPINE!!!!!****<br />
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4. somehow it is possible that chandler will find the only feline in the entire<span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.madametussauds.com/LasVegas/" style="font-weight: bold;"> madame tussauds wax museum</a></span>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6118802316/" title="IMAG0403 by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="IMAG0403" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6118802316_459ab24df3_z.jpg" height="588" width="400" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6118255253/" title="IMAG0400 by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="IMAG0400" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6118255253_49ae7896de_z.jpg" height="575" width="500" /></a></div>
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5. speaking of wax museums and roller coasters....<br />
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if you (allegedly) know somebody or are somebody (allegedly) that would be in possession of a counterfeit nevada driver license (again, allegedly) it just keeps paying off.<br />
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like in the form of half-off wax museum tickets & free re-rides for all ten persons in your party on the coaster:<br />
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6. sipping something out of an <span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.maxbrenner.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">adorable container</a></span> makes it even just a little better:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6122690194/" title="drinkme3 by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="drinkme3" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6122690194_36fd96edd0_z.jpg" height="640" width="383" /></a></div>
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7. waking up to this view never seems to get old:<br />
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8. seeing this view is the reason why we keep doing it:<br />
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9. pseudo-suburban gang signs never go out of style:<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-77259810187055031912011-08-31T21:10:00.002-06:002019-10-15T18:58:34.822-06:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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things i am thankful for this week:
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**the loose tooth that <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">FINALLY</span> came out at the pool last saturday:
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6089609921/" title="mia tooth by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="mia tooth" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6089609921_ffe86f79ba_z.jpg" height="501" width="300" /></a>
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i tell you what: that baby was holding on for dear life by the thinnest of threads. the only way she was letting it go was the fact that her cousin showed no fear 2 minutes earlier and lost her first tooth to jody's expert hands:
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6089601955/" title="m tooth by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="m tooth" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6089601955_feb0620c06_z.jpg" height="497" width="325" /></a>
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the tooth fairy was quite busy that night:
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6089587805/" title="two teeth by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="two teeth" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6089587805_b2a19a7a34_z.jpg" height="368" width="640" /></a>
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**a kitty that makes me laugh when i see i've passed my "<span style="font-weight: bold;">FOMO</span>" (<span style="font-weight: bold;">F</span>ear <span style="font-weight: bold;">O</span>f <span style="font-weight: bold;">M</span>issing <span style="font-weight: bold;">O</span>ut) right on to him:
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ahhh, mahhhhhtin:
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6100815049/" title="DSC_1163 by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_1163" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6100815049_030142f897_z.jpg" height="558" width="375" /></a>
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**once again, i want to express my thankfulness as a mother of four girls to the young men out there that are still asking to dances.
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and in a clever way, at that:
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6100862313/" title="DSC_1170 by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_1170" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6100862313_298614424b_z.jpg" height="429" width="640" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/6100869607/" title="Picnik collage by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="Picnik collage" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6100869607_8d3779bffd_z.jpg" height="350" width="700" /></a>
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katie is psyched to go to homecoming with taylor h.~
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-11508197438343332982011-08-25T20:00:00.000-06:002019-12-05T15:51:39.918-07:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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*a brother-in-law who is trying to break into the <span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">lorn</span></span> industry: (that's<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-size: 130%;">LIGHT PORN</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"> </span>to you...)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpga5LKFf01X99-jiitHX5yvRZvYAJ0FZfAYqTqV7U9RZOPYy6Kxh6igaCAVcGtXzi6tufXYpdR_QmBkICuUuVxhmvPxhuNEzCMmGlt0UkinGV8wgx_PXK3OApU4adG2IK0m8YZo2OeI/s1600/lorn.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644566543385099746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpga5LKFf01X99-jiitHX5yvRZvYAJ0FZfAYqTqV7U9RZOPYy6Kxh6igaCAVcGtXzi6tufXYpdR_QmBkICuUuVxhmvPxhuNEzCMmGlt0UkinGV8wgx_PXK3OApU4adG2IK0m8YZo2OeI/s500/lorn.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>
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**the fact that sprint has <span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903327904576526690675657466.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_News_BlogsModule" style="font-weight: bold;">taken the guesswork out of my christmas present from russ this year</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">......</span></span>
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awwwwhhhh! so sweet of them! i love that they are only looking out for my best interests.
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actually, i don't care that they are going to bleed me for every last dime. i just want that phone.<br />
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***2019 UPDATE** Yeah remember the christmas where dad didn't buy me an iphone after i had told him for MONTHS AND MONTHS that it's ALL I WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS? yeah. your dad screwed up BIG time. <br />
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**a daughter who doesn't know how to throw the 'peace' sign:<br />
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have i NOT TAUGHT HER BETTER? {sigh.}
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-8828852839127080402011-08-23T21:01:00.000-06:002019-10-23T21:14:02.296-06:00we went to the olympic park in park city<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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one of the new things we experienced this year in park city was the<span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.olyparks.com/uop/index.asp" style="font-weight: bold;"> utah olympic park</a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">coming up the hill we could see the ginormous ski jumps and were just a bit awestruck:</span>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">the main agenda was the zipline. we opted for an all-female run and fared pretty darn well:</span>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">having proved at lagoon that she was a gnarly adrenaline junky ready for the next thrill, mia sailed through like the seasoned veteran she'd become:
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">she also decided that once was NOT enough, so she went for round two:</span>
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</span>the skiers, which seemed to be on the MUCH younger side (am i getting old? hmmmmm.) would ski down the jump up to 60 feet in the air and perform acrobatic fantasticness before landing in the 750,000 gallon splash pool:
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-68643960748605160692011-08-18T21:36:00.000-06:002019-09-28T14:51:01.765-06:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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**my friend's husband's amazingly creative way to celebrate their anniversary--
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this banner was displayed proudly on river road today:
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**a sweet new baby cousin for us to love and kiss on:
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**& for her incredible fashion GOOD sense she displayed at a mere two days old by wearing kitty clothing:
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**the last two elementary girls i have taking the annual "back to school" obligatory photo--
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my 5th grader:
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& my 1st grader:
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i must admit that i got a bit misty-eyed when watching this from the front porch:
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i felt like i had a love-hate-love-hate relationship with the fact that i had no child at home during the day for the first time in <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">SEVENTEEN YEARS</span>! crazy.
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**speaking of said child, did you see her awesome backpack that we purchased solely for the fact that it looked just! like! her! :
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i might have been so enamored by the items we found at target from the <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/127542/gwen-stefani-harajuku-mini-kids-clothing-target/" style="font-weight: bold;">harajuku mini</a></span> line that i may or may not have purchased<span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.target.com/Harajuku-Nerdy-Print-Backpack-Black/dp/B004MWP6J2/ref=sr_fkmr_1_2?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=harajuku&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-2&qid=1313637932&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=Harajuku%20Nerdy%20Print%20Backpack%20Black&node=1038576%7C1287991011&searchSize=150&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576%7C1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0" style="font-weight: bold;"> THIS</a></span> backpack for no reason at all.
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or for myself: (really. not joking.)
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-10742668650239602332011-08-14T21:45:00.001-06:002019-10-23T21:14:36.775-06:00libby marchant is birthed and she's gonna like me best.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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this is libby--we've waited a long time for her arrival, and she makes me an aunt on my side of the family for the 10th time.
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she sure made her mom work a lot to get her here--but she was oh-so worth it:
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getting her long, luscious locks washed:
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sleeping with her mouth open:
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but i'm pretty sure that she likes her aunt mimi best:
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-5242698903181026742011-08-14T21:40:00.000-06:002019-09-29T14:47:56.965-06:00dolly's bookstore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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one of our very favorite destinations on park city's main street is<span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://dollysbookstore.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"> dolly's bookstore</a></span><span a="" as="" bookstore="" cats="" che="" dolly="" draw="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara" in="" is="" little="" quaint="" reside="" resident="" s="" style="display: block;" that="" the="" this="" to="" two="">
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<br />however, we visit this quaint little bookstore not for the books, but rather for the CATS.
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<br />mr. dolly & che (SHAY, as in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara" style="font-weight: bold;">che guevara</a>) rule the roost here, literally. chandler is absolutely beside herself every time she enters, thinking about the beauty of a workplace environment that not only tolerates but ENCOURAGES her crazy cat-lady behavior:
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<br />che has been around for nearly 18 years, and prefers to chill out on the various sofas and chairs scattered amongst the store:
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<br />chandler's ultimate goal would be to move to park city solely to dedicate her life to her two loves: books <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">AND</span> catties!
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-4858652433136644482011-08-09T21:00:00.002-06:002019-09-28T15:01:59.406-06:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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**<span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.lagoonpark.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">lagoon's</a></span> one and only redeeming quality:
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** police officers who don't haul this mother's arse off to jail after her 6-year old calls 911.
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<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">twice.</span></span>
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**and for the same said 6-year old who had the gall to tell the dispatcher who called back to the house that she "had the wrong number". <span style="font-style: italic;">nice:</span>
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{buy that rad t-shirt<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/+dial_911_make_a_cop_come_white_tshirt,29097221" style="font-weight: bold;"> HERE</a>}</div>
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**the desert sage that blooms during these miserable hot months--it is my favorite plant and brings me much joy: (did i just sound like a member of AARP? yikes.)
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-58047429835670326572011-08-07T20:28:00.001-06:002019-10-23T21:15:20.320-06:00park city 2011 or living it up at the stein eriksen lodge and loving life.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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we loveLoveLOVE our annual trip to park city--the girls look forward to this almost more than any other trip that we take.<br />
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our dad's favorite part of the vacay is the drop in temperature of almost 25 degrees: heaven!<br />
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this year we walked up and down historic main street:<br />
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& took in the quaint "village" view that we haven't yet grown sick of after <span style="font-style: italic;">ELEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS:</span><br />
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we rode ziplines:<br />
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took time to stop at smell the gorgeous flowers at <span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.steinlodge.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">our hotel</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span><br />
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as well as those painted randomly on the side of buildings on main street:<br />
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we also posed for glamor shots:<br />
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& rode up beautiful green mountains on ski lifts:<br />
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we feel blessed to live our lives doing such totally rad things:<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-67173462936126021922011-08-04T09:00:00.001-06:002019-10-15T19:04:37.236-06:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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things i am thankful for this week:<br />
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**abbey's intricate and detailed "to-do" list for the morning we left for our family vacay in park city last week:<br />
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**random photos that i find in my phone that my girls have taken with my retro camera app:<br />
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**speaking of apps, have you been sucked into <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.wordswithfriends.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">words with friends</a></span> yet? because you SHOULD:<br />
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it gets a bit addicting. which may or may not have contributed to the dysfunction that was (or was not) my husband and i lying on the bed next to each other a few nights ago, each playing opponents on our phones for roughly 3 hours. ALLEGEDLY.<br />
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it's basically scrabble that you play one move at a time with friends--you can sign up on facebook and see who plays as well. it's pretty rad. especially when i can play a semi-dirty word.<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-2438772794517661612011-08-01T21:03:00.003-06:002019-10-15T19:05:46.085-06:00dareDEVIL or mia shocks the crap outta us all at lagoon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
for me, the most dreaded part of our annual family vacation to park city is the day spent at<br />
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it's utah's theme park. or as my friend so lovingly put it: <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"WHITE-TRASH DISNEYLAND".</span><br />
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mia has been telling us for roughly five months that she would NOT be going on any of the scary rides.<br />
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when we arrived at the park, we somehow convinced her to go on their 80-year old roller coaster, which is a bit mild by today's standards. we figured it would either be a massive hit or a colossal failure.<br />
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here she was just before take-off:<br />
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she ended up going on every major thrill ride the park had to offer, including the bat, colossus, the spider, and finishing up with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">BIGGIE</span>, wicked.<br />
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lagoon's official definition of wicked:<br />
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"It’s big. It’s fast. It’s Wicked — Lagoon’s most thrilling coaster, ever! Riders launch to the top of the 110-foot tower at speeds close to 41 mph by means of a linear synchronous motor (LSM) drive system, essentially rocketing riders up and over the top of the first hill.</div>
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The 8-rider vehicles travel individually and achieve speeds of up to 55 mph, passing through steep valleys, high-banked turns, a half-pipe, a heart-roll inversion and more. The lap/leg restraints will provide an exhilarating upper body freedom for riders."</div>
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we celebrated the momentous occasion with a photo:<br />
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(disclaimer: yes, that is mom's tank-top that mia is wearing as a dress after being soaked on rattlesnake rapids. it was white-trash disneyland, after all--nobody even looked twice.)</div>
Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-48445337938578405152011-07-24T20:30:00.000-06:002019-10-23T21:15:50.131-06:00temple trek 2011 as told by katie clove<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello, everyone! This is Katie. (: My mom asked me to write a little bit about my Trek experience, what my thoughts were about it, etc. I can honestly say that this experience has changed my life forever. My testimony of my church had definitely grown in the short amount of time I had spent up there. Sorry guys, it might be a big long. I have a lot to say.<br />
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I admit, I LOATHED the idea of camping outside in the bitter cold with nothing but my sleeping bag and a blanket ( Okay, I know that sounds spoiled, but it was REALLY cold! ). I also didn't want to have to wear these pioneer clothes for three days straight. But, my parents said it would be a good thing for me to go, so I was practically forced out the door. (:<br />
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When we first got here to Panguitch, it was a bit chilly, and I didn't have a very positive attitude. But once we got put into our own families, I could already tell that the Lord's hand was at work. I was extremely nervous to be put into this family; What if there were people I didn't like? What if nobody wanted to be my friend? Lots of different worries surrounded me before I was put into my family. I knew that the leaders had pondered and prayed about each specific youth and which unit they should go into. Once I was put into the Hyde family, I felt a sense of peace and calm wash over me. My family already cared and loved me within the first few minutes, and I could tell we were going to be close.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/5959877006/" title="trek3 by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="trek3" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5959877006_46d68fc1c5_z.jpg" height="433" width="616" /></a></div>
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After we were separated into families, they gave us a certain amount of money to spend to buy our "supplies", which were carts, sleeping supplies, etc.<br />
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Even though none of my close friends were in my family, it was fun to see them randomly throughout the trek:</div>
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We trekked all of our miles ( a whopping four miles ) to camp, which is usually different from a normal trek, where the group treks many more miles per day.<br />
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But the Trek which our stake was doing was a brand new idea, and very special. They came up with the idea of having a Temple Trek, where the youth would discover the importance, hard work, and love that the Pioneers had put into building our <a href="http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/stgeorge/" style="font-weight: bold;">St. George LDS temple.</a> ( I put that link in there, just if you wanted to see more info about it. ) And wow, was it neat! We had a whole bunch of different activities, learning about how the temple was built. There is so much to say about my appreciation for our Pioneers, but I can't even express it all. The last activity we had, was to actually build our own "miniature" version of the temple. We built the wood frame, and the leaders had made special tarps to put on the outside that looked specifically like the temple. Because there was NO way we could've possibly built that whole temple in one day!<br />
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Once our youth had finished the temple, we felt a great sense of happiness come over us. We had built this thing all by ourselves ( with a little bit of help of some carpenters (; ) and it was spectacular. We each had our own meetings in our wards that night, to talk about our feelings of our trek, and our feelings of building the temple. And let me say, I am NOT a crier. Ever. But I seriously could not stop crying. And if that isn't a sign that the spirit had touched me, nothing is.<br />
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I am extremely grateful for the experience I had on this Trek. I am MAKING my sister Chandi go on it, it's a must! I am also grateful for the many friends and relationships I made in this special time I was given. I am EXTREMELY grateful for the parents I have and that they made me go on this thing. It was amazing. That's all. (: -- XOXO Katie.</div>
Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-45177449081181419252011-07-21T21:45:00.000-06:002019-10-15T20:04:07.944-06:00 "i love you like a love song" by selena gomez is what the cloves are listening to, summer 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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.....i would totally come back as <a href="http://selenagomez.com/home" style="font-weight: bold;">selena gomez</a>. i think she is adorable.<br />
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this song is totally on our family's summer 2011 playlist.<br />
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plus, you cannot tell me that you can hear the chorus without singing, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"and i keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat."</span><br />
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music is something that we cloves have together that is pretty special to each one of us. i love that we could be somewhere in 10 years and hear this song. and it will forever remind us of summer 2011. </div>
Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-77745206367564949772011-07-20T18:24:00.000-06:002019-12-05T16:01:26.600-07:0058 years of marriage combined, celebrated in las vegas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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these three devastatingly handsome couples just celebrated 19, 20, & 19 years together respectively~</div>
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to celebrate, they ate <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.littlebuddhalasvegas.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">beautiful food</a></span>:</div>
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& in some really <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/taste/restaurant-collection/stk.aspx" style="font-weight: bold;">cool restaurants</a></span>:</div>
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they watched a <span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/o/default.aspx" style="font-weight: bold;">breath-taking show</a></span> :</div>
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& made new friends:</div>
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happy anniversary to us!<br />
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****2019 UPDATE**** this was by far my favorite trip that we ever took to las vegas with the kemps and the dalleys. we lived large even though maybe we shouldn't have and we took no prisoners on this trip. we started celebrating before we got to mesquite and hit it hard, no mercy for the week, for 48 hours straight. i wouldn't go back and change a thing.<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-80238806352449913322011-07-13T21:45:00.001-06:002019-09-28T15:05:39.193-06:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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bat shiz crazy? why, yes. but it brings us joy. in <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">THIS</span> form:<br />
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**the creative genius of others so i don't have to think. which is <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">JUST</span> how i like it....<br />
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the gals at <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">eighteen25</a></span> turned me on to some pretty cool free printables. yes, i know that subway art is everywhere and therefore nearly "out" again. but with my penchant for numbers and letters, i can't help but be drawn to them like a raccoon to a disco ball.<br />
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you can find the cutest "girl" birthday poster shown above <a href="http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2011/03/birthday-week-gift-for-you.html" style="font-weight: bold;"> HERE</a>.<br />
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they also include a "boy" version:<br />
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mothers and fathers day free printables <a href="http://aproffittablelife.blogspot.com/2011/05/fathers-day-free-printable.html" style="font-weight: bold;">HERE</a><br />
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i fought the road biking thing for a long time. i didn't want to fall into the cliche of investing big dollars into something that seemed to be the "IT" thing to do at this moment. but i finally caved, thanks to my friend's persistence, and i'm so very glad i did. i enjoy riding because it's less impact on this old, tired body and i've even seen some (very) small benefits to said same tired old body because because of it. but i still maintain the fact that biking clothing is uglier than sin and only looks good on somebody who weighs 78 pounds. and even then, it's sketchy.<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-84106085419494949312011-07-12T00:05:00.002-06:002019-10-23T21:19:50.576-06:00o'er the land of the free or how the kemps throw the 4th of july party of the century<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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our 4th of july celebrations could not have been better--much love to stevekemp & his bride, kamari, for being the hosts with the mosts.<br />
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the partyfestivusextravaganza had something for everyone-- including but not limited to:<br />
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swimming:<br />
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facebook profile posing:<br />
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cannonball contest:<br />
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cut-throat, life-or-certain-death relays:<br />
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waterballoons:<br />
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excursions on kevin's fancy toy:<br />
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(which even the cool kids rode:)<br />
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festive swimwear:<br />
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& <span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMAZING TRICKS!</span></span>:<br />
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we couldn't have been happier:<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-84184341015962743672011-07-12T00:04:00.000-06:002019-10-23T21:20:34.661-06:00chandler sees cody and robin at the mall and considers becoming a sister wife!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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i love that my daughter is smart enough to get a picture at the mall with kody & robyn from<br />
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/sister-wives" style="font-weight: bold;">sister wives~</a><br /></span></div>
Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-83295997440154925822011-07-10T20:25:00.002-06:002019-12-05T16:05:06.032-07:00KETCHUP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the problem with taking a massive blogging break is the overwhelming feeling you get when playing catch-up.<br />
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i've played this game before with scrapbooks (yuck. yikes! yes....) and the outcome is always the same: shame-spiral, guilt, procrastination, FAIL.<br />
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this time, i'm going a different route--catching up in one post: minimum wordage, minimum photos, minimum but essential info, <span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">MAXIMUM WIN</span></span>.<br />
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so, what have we been up to for the past 1.5 months?<br />
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we've celebrated 20 years of marriage-ness:<br />
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for which russ thought this card so lovingly applied:<br />
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but i gave him this because he rules. and i can't live without him:<br />
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we drove tiny cars:<br />
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filled water balloons:<br />
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had some real, honest-to-goodness fun at girls camp:<br />
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and even managed to show a little love to our sister in the process: (this is one of my favorite photos, ever.)<br />
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we turned 17 years old:<br />
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and continued to tolerate chandler's never-ending kitty-glam photo sessions:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/5920305556/" title="Picnik collage by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="Picnik collage" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5920305556_b56414c449_z.jpg" height="380" width="752" /></a><br />
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& saw lovingly-crafted (check out the time-consuming detail on the envelope! now <span style="font-style: italic;">THAT</span> is love and devotion) notes to the tooth-fairy from a first-timer:<br />
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& the more no-nonsense, business-like approach from a veteran:<br />
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all in all, we have continued to experience a beautiful life.<br />
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which sometimes is just enough to nearly wear a girl out:<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-59066351880266550792011-06-02T00:01:00.000-06:002019-12-05T16:06:06.744-07:00thankful thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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things i am thankful for this week:<br />
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**our neighbor & long-time bestie colby, for rescuing martin from certain death. (okay, maybe not certain---but close.)<br />
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when we left friday for the weekend, apparently we shut marty in our powder bathroom.<br />
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colby came on saturday afternoon to borrow some chairs from our garage when he heard a loud meowing coming from inside the house. he found martin in the bathroom, and that catty was none too happy to have been left in that predicament!<br />
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although there was no food, he had plenty of water due to his favorite watering hole:</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31977692@N07/5778665683/" title="dave1 by mindi.word, on Flickr"><img alt="<span class=" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5778665683_b8581a435e.jpg" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" /></a><br />
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smart kitty even made a temporary "litter box" with an entire roll of toilet paper:</div>
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we felt HORRIBLE that we had left him shut behind the door--and we were grateful that colby came to the rescue.</div>
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**<span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/dr-scholl%27s-for-her-fast-flats-foldable-black-flats-with-stylish-wristlet/ID=prod6030666-product" style="font-weight: bold;">fast flats</a></span>: these little black, fold-able ballet slippers come with their own little purse and they SAVED MY LIFE the other night in las vegas. i dont know why i think it's ever a good idea to wear heels for an extended period of time--it always ends in tears.<br />
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thank goodness for these little babies. i HIGHLY recommend.<br />
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Mindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671545678784465427.post-87491772944442960512011-06-01T00:01:00.003-06:002019-10-23T21:21:30.804-06:007 things we learned over memorial day weekend in las vegas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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7 things we learned from our memorial-day weekend in las vegas:<br />
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1.<span style="font-size: 28.8px;"> Max Brenner</span> is an awesome place to eat--<br />
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for a restaurant that is famous for it's desserts and chocolate, we were superDUPER impressed by the dinner menu. yummy.<br />
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what was really impressive, though, was the totally decadent, totally <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">WORTH IT </span>chocolate syringe (yes, you read that right) that we purchased and devoured.<br />
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it was quite possibly the best chocolate i've ever tasted in my life:<br />
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2.<span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"> the cosmopolitan</a></span> was still as spectacular as we remembered.<br />
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you should stop in just to see the ever-changing scene in the lobby:<br />
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or just to gaze upon the giant chandelier in the middle of the casino:<br />
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3. cheap<a href="http://www.blueman.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"> </a><span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.blueman.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">blue man group</a></span> tickets CAN be found. we just have to sit in the second row and run the risk of being sprayed by pureed banana. as well as strain our necks from looking upwards........but it's worth it:<br />
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4. nothing beats a romantic dinner out on the town with my hot man.<br />
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except for maybe a photo-op in front of the waterfall at the <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">wynn</a></span>:<br />
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and then realizing, for the first time in our 23+ year relationship, that the color of my man's skin is darker than my own:<br />
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5. we come to the conclusion that our children are well-traveled when the six-year-old is perfectly comfortable in the super-secret-VIP-room at the bellagio. that we shouldn't really be visiting. as we are neither VIP, nor staying at the bellagio.<br />
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allegedly:<br />
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6. a pool with a ginormous chrome shower head is better than a pool with no ginormous chrome shower head:<br />
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7. celebrity sightings? a dime a dozen over the holiday weekend.....<br />
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we are brave enough to snap a crappy cell-phone photo of <span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Madison" style="font-weight: bold;">holly madison</a></span>:<br />
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we realize that<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_liddell" style="font-weight: bold;">chuck liddell</a></span> is really, really tall when we stand behind him while waiting to be seated at dinner:<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">& </span></span><span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Kennedy" style="font-weight: bold;"> jamie kennedy's </a></span>stock rises just a bit higher when we are seated across from him in the same restaurant, and he tells russ, "happy memorial day, dude."<br />
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