tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54637877877342746052024-03-13T02:31:31.263-05:00CastleBlakeSueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1496125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-13297730266796485682023-12-22T20:47:00.000-06:002023-12-22T20:47:03.367-06:00London, Manchester, Wrexham, Stirling, Aberdeen, UK<b>Tuesday, 12 September 2023</b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><br /></b></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">JB & I landed in the UK today for our 1st trip alone together that’s only the 2 of us (& will be longer than just 2 nights) in <i><b>20 YEARS!</b></i> We have <b>really</b> waited for this…</span></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCR28fdazLi8W5TN_SrXNSj3Ce9BNZoNTigxDlV9x2KmNfnW8sYe0a3quzZiTs244A4I0ZIA8IEWRBCkP0T_jKdJrCqlBfKEWCjOxAKS4YDV50TSnxxhYxSpf7HzxC0s5H95h0sb7p8D5u1HYpnyCOh4Zpx61llb1Q8WpT2wtq_Tjdb4AvgL6-OoZcvLN2/s4032/IMG_0611.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCR28fdazLi8W5TN_SrXNSj3Ce9BNZoNTigxDlV9x2KmNfnW8sYe0a3quzZiTs244A4I0ZIA8IEWRBCkP0T_jKdJrCqlBfKEWCjOxAKS4YDV50TSnxxhYxSpf7HzxC0s5H95h0sb7p8D5u1HYpnyCOh4Zpx61llb1Q8WpT2wtq_Tjdb4AvgL6-OoZcvLN2/w400-h300/IMG_0611.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We went straight from landing at Heathrow to Richmond to pay homage & pose in our favorite Ted Lasso spots - on the street where his apartment exterior was filmed, the local pub & town green, and the bridge over the Thames there. It’s absolutely as enchanting as it looks onscreen!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3QNcT81u0LOPV-J2yaZB38vnP1IWHg68KyImvbNELIQxIn0cE2cA-Ern5m7gNPgmFjNESenlg2f4iHxAsuvGwKig6mmzFaIQ62JjJWrJz7kouEbBU7MFPvNZIjwCUoPOybIgPJKT4h4LCydOMJ_6TjLOsVVTTKcq2xhL-Z6AZrk9qPyIvc2SpAUPp-gn/s4032/IMG_0614.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3QNcT81u0LOPV-J2yaZB38vnP1IWHg68KyImvbNELIQxIn0cE2cA-Ern5m7gNPgmFjNESenlg2f4iHxAsuvGwKig6mmzFaIQ62JjJWrJz7kouEbBU7MFPvNZIjwCUoPOybIgPJKT4h4LCydOMJ_6TjLOsVVTTKcq2xhL-Z6AZrk9qPyIvc2SpAUPp-gn/w400-h300/IMG_0614.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9mWAocv78KGYxDynrSafbc06U1PQUwpDDRLHf-xBjg4Xn5hcYFhyphenhyphenpHungdaKuoEnymBI57t_T4I0mhSTZUX15pPxIZNp3SKk5A0Zh0PmZgJhjAG4tmbC0S76xIL2ABUGtJeM_BAB8VpmXgH3KeZYsE1tedfEjN_OTuC0a7Y0Gv0xsAXnJo5VhKe-1crS/s4032/IMG_0463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tube stop - I looooooove reliable public transportation!!!<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoJZa2IwRrVo5wk1azhHmU52W4uI1MhE1FwfoxDWVrPkltqeNSdHfz3bOfGdyBYnuYUos13stQFMqiVOGGj5y76EN4nphyphenhyphen3PznQaJIzRqrWqlXFGoq7znWEdE3rCVqoMfibOjqGwstp8OqZjCqH4mxj8nAKLc_jyNeNixRjYsbF436P4NngfUyvLFvO4R/s4032/IMG_0612.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoJZa2IwRrVo5wk1azhHmU52W4uI1MhE1FwfoxDWVrPkltqeNSdHfz3bOfGdyBYnuYUos13stQFMqiVOGGj5y76EN4nphyphenhyphen3PznQaJIzRqrWqlXFGoq7znWEdE3rCVqoMfibOjqGwstp8OqZjCqH4mxj8nAKLc_jyNeNixRjYsbF436P4NngfUyvLFvO4R/w400-h300/IMG_0612.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our big historical site today was the Tower of London - we spent 3 full hours! </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3579" data-original-width="2684" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHRSWujLSgmIMvQV7W8QSjr7GJOMAgXH9vGQfdha_D81_JOy-T-MUaUxsWOZ7va66sDH38mEuFCL18oW6Dyi9wVtE4AgaG1v2DuW-UmteyXOiDlPYhQNmDWi0qoPkGm9sX2M1wuNs3Y0K2NzvaxMr8EYtOc2UsVpZnG77ZEnjs7eFFh7eh_J3AHFN7H_e/w300-h400/IMG_0619.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our Yeoman Warder/Beefeater tour guide (<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/yeoman-warders-at-the-tower-of-london" target="_blank">What? Who?</a>)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvj8uzEqMP2FdV503ntIY0pI4Nnsct-oeK8i6lR2bCOvdiS7PM_HbKTdYSAph_RkupAjdY_CMls5e6Uhp9YpPr-sDQg50gtii0uwLguvVGwmkWtiV3KjCYR4lETFyGQH1x8m_riblcOfGjBPcSp4sDJBABxQQ17KJMkTNioO1OB206wdvsFSABzChBcj2/s4032/IMG_0468.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvj8uzEqMP2FdV503ntIY0pI4Nnsct-oeK8i6lR2bCOvdiS7PM_HbKTdYSAph_RkupAjdY_CMls5e6Uhp9YpPr-sDQg50gtii0uwLguvVGwmkWtiV3KjCYR4lETFyGQH1x8m_riblcOfGjBPcSp4sDJBABxQQ17KJMkTNioO1OB206wdvsFSABzChBcj2/w300-h400/IMG_0468.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tower Bridge peeking over the walls of The Tower of London<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA8WVo3UMT9v0BFfIMuDJXojeASMdWTlsmhyagt8BEyyXOnfAMODO9icNP54OTkJKQu3MKX7KMZ7LbLxmcRT3f-dUfD3shYgVlSIsoRkaAdr19QJjrOes-yGkJYwxvayxdo0SIPpNl9jGYz3i8x6SaztfV2P5WQP3R6FjkVYX4a96J6yLCKL5k-tZLl8q/s4032/IMG_0622.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA8WVo3UMT9v0BFfIMuDJXojeASMdWTlsmhyagt8BEyyXOnfAMODO9icNP54OTkJKQu3MKX7KMZ7LbLxmcRT3f-dUfD3shYgVlSIsoRkaAdr19QJjrOes-yGkJYwxvayxdo0SIPpNl9jGYz3i8x6SaztfV2P5WQP3R6FjkVYX4a96J6yLCKL5k-tZLl8q/w300-h400/IMG_0622.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The White Tower </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-6QNXHBwkKG8BVF87rfVI_1tdNr_qTdLH0BGLNe8AOoiuEPSrIPxFLVNwA58c3AzAggvhda6r8KhzQdc-AzQVEe0TyFM4jl53dy8P2Ro2NQI6pWWwZfgIu_j-S-AHotq4aQLkulqPl614q9Sxhec0wxU7tCcxh_Fy6O61W7bBFekULE2mywXCpfsPfEl/s4032/IMG_0620.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-6QNXHBwkKG8BVF87rfVI_1tdNr_qTdLH0BGLNe8AOoiuEPSrIPxFLVNwA58c3AzAggvhda6r8KhzQdc-AzQVEe0TyFM4jl53dy8P2Ro2NQI6pWWwZfgIu_j-S-AHotq4aQLkulqPl614q9Sxhec0wxU7tCcxh_Fy6O61W7bBFekULE2mywXCpfsPfEl/w400-h300/IMG_0620.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-SoG8FCQJgOtoXgR2MVa4FMnDREL00OvJvMJKtO-tZeAiPDnUP7hEVw1bL6wzDy1MoPiK3S6vdB8RTu6jnzSb8Tq6BVXVqcDkjvv0OsZg3kRWDE9VxfJlUW9y8ytkndOHvVlQGGmI0C8FMiEWpC5ujRK2dAtl0tSoUvUdPmolFaP9meGRg1CxKoPUr-I/s1100/IMG_0637.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="788" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-SoG8FCQJgOtoXgR2MVa4FMnDREL00OvJvMJKtO-tZeAiPDnUP7hEVw1bL6wzDy1MoPiK3S6vdB8RTu6jnzSb8Tq6BVXVqcDkjvv0OsZg3kRWDE9VxfJlUW9y8ytkndOHvVlQGGmI0C8FMiEWpC5ujRK2dAtl0tSoUvUdPmolFaP9meGRg1CxKoPUr-I/w286-h400/IMG_0637.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The ravens are very special around the Tower of London (<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/the-ravens" target="_blank">Why?</a>)<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuTaKr1zpM4_HgBTJYfhxJ32GDJklyvGbPplrf-tL_TyK_qgtqGuAx_bi1hCyt8VZZ-ob2qxn_MMZAEmbT7-jl2ksb2cvK8SNZCQLetEbglXwmJjOWwUUc3cbdV-lwstZAg6q5YA2cjRTeLKIV5P-aanTmDh6xCLgLKZQZFXwIvxk571uxLhad8v6FoCJ/s4032/IMG_0621.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuTaKr1zpM4_HgBTJYfhxJ32GDJklyvGbPplrf-tL_TyK_qgtqGuAx_bi1hCyt8VZZ-ob2qxn_MMZAEmbT7-jl2ksb2cvK8SNZCQLetEbglXwmJjOWwUUc3cbdV-lwstZAg6q5YA2cjRTeLKIV5P-aanTmDh6xCLgLKZQZFXwIvxk571uxLhad8v6FoCJ/w300-h400/IMG_0621.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Followed by Tower Bridge, The Queen’s Walk, Borough Market, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Millennium Bridge, & St Bartholomew’s Gatehouse. The weather was fantastic!!! Even though it was fairly cloudy, there was NO rain, fog, or drizzle! 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It’s so cool = located under a railroad bridge arch, you enter through a secret refrigerator door!!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgSQncrZn6DLkdurNfshd95en_huJrImhI5lWLKCo-yswGnwQw5hQJmdpSElaN14EUisvoiecJ_PoexkDbi7Zlvzm7QDaJ7biP-PFpx7TkMBnUDsqvmoY3w4vy7JwBs6EOEiowaSne67Ty-U-akNrnxkid6nkP4UujJzNB1_1nEfpoKrOeXkFhw3PWVNu/s3950/IMG_1184.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3950" data-original-width="2962" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgSQncrZn6DLkdurNfshd95en_huJrImhI5lWLKCo-yswGnwQw5hQJmdpSElaN14EUisvoiecJ_PoexkDbi7Zlvzm7QDaJ7biP-PFpx7TkMBnUDsqvmoY3w4vy7JwBs6EOEiowaSne67Ty-U-akNrnxkid6nkP4UujJzNB1_1nEfpoKrOeXkFhw3PWVNu/w300-h400/IMG_1184.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI07S0U8OFpHosRe8VvF5CC8M2og-c9PyFifaLPiTnMyHJNssketxL3uQBi250HKOlRPCcU-daJMt2tOCrXHs9Uz7Fg1M24Zxr1kFAMUaTNiRqQCDwjQLh2MUMUHVsUqR38slh0mjddA2CzbFWsgyWDUnxoiAZaj4E6bATSQWdoRa8p3wz5KlL_PmQvyJ/s2938/IMG_6951.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="2938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI07S0U8OFpHosRe8VvF5CC8M2og-c9PyFifaLPiTnMyHJNssketxL3uQBi250HKOlRPCcU-daJMt2tOCrXHs9Uz7Fg1M24Zxr1kFAMUaTNiRqQCDwjQLh2MUMUHVsUqR38slh0mjddA2CzbFWsgyWDUnxoiAZaj4E6bATSQWdoRa8p3wz5KlL_PmQvyJ/s320/IMG_6951.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7M5fDvXePcgm6PtR1GiJWjdIBZ8GW3I0Rl1erHTsyo8PvP6xh4QwCH5U1hIYUb6xoFJBx0ixrZZe0TiHZvI5xqvZIB-7un5ByKPGP-rJ3Mg5rigqniXIWml8MXvIAfWbrb_ONi4zaIH-JZlCu4kG5PBTjhe3eFlNGkLAVGR7GUSpKf3ya5QueZUAs5-X/s4032/IMG_1183.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7M5fDvXePcgm6PtR1GiJWjdIBZ8GW3I0Rl1erHTsyo8PvP6xh4QwCH5U1hIYUb6xoFJBx0ixrZZe0TiHZvI5xqvZIB-7un5ByKPGP-rJ3Mg5rigqniXIWml8MXvIAfWbrb_ONi4zaIH-JZlCu4kG5PBTjhe3eFlNGkLAVGR7GUSpKf3ya5QueZUAs5-X/w300-h400/IMG_1183.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj9Wc9i7_W0HE7hcUIqPwwtaAfJrqI6HkRIcUuTo1tU75WF__AercMU4Gwk17Qs_OC7gNsVLFxT4q1RVCjSOAryvq0M-dOUMxdwBqezwDLK3gn7mJNadKs7Zf8KIxKUCtXiCdCNelLpcgyLJEuP13ChPzU17aDyxQ52GRkum-tGaUyGPwcdaTkzGHspE0/s4032/IMG_6955.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj9Wc9i7_W0HE7hcUIqPwwtaAfJrqI6HkRIcUuTo1tU75WF__AercMU4Gwk17Qs_OC7gNsVLFxT4q1RVCjSOAryvq0M-dOUMxdwBqezwDLK3gn7mJNadKs7Zf8KIxKUCtXiCdCNelLpcgyLJEuP13ChPzU17aDyxQ52GRkum-tGaUyGPwcdaTkzGHspE0/s320/IMG_6955.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone bakes in a team of 2 - 90 minutes total. 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Best = best cooled, most level, tallest, & best amount of swiss meringue buttercream in between:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mw7Wrib-XodasEcNrB-JrC-VeQ6YEWEE1eyX0IlUCnavZ_fRVQcSEt_Eta53gaurb3anHdGe4PQ5zqQC5jQQcT40rmqQjlWODnBJ_wzUk5yiLk7mhA8h2Hqym38EgY6tRVWq4f-RXAQzoR_x4sTThjg3axipRS33oD1d5Hxu9GPlYln1qH7FQs_SeGGZ/s3507/IMG_1191.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3507" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mw7Wrib-XodasEcNrB-JrC-VeQ6YEWEE1eyX0IlUCnavZ_fRVQcSEt_Eta53gaurb3anHdGe4PQ5zqQC5jQQcT40rmqQjlWODnBJ_wzUk5yiLk7mhA8h2Hqym38EgY6tRVWq4f-RXAQzoR_x4sTThjg3axipRS33oD1d5Hxu9GPlYln1qH7FQs_SeGGZ/w345-h400/IMG_1191.jpeg" width="345" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZPiCmMY5uM7edaL7YkN9t45VOXlOWE-jZMvqUJx1LiU-hSTp_QW9Lbq7f2KFVPa3aVOGRGhiqDgpURhA2Q7JS4Cf8NzNjnuIypT-443I3r83LZJeYawCb1-D_54eA6M-SRma-v2h59u0y3OPe5DPn1IH3o19blmJrNwldJWBfBZp2dwtodiz5vboiqpS/s3492/IMG_1192.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="2619" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZPiCmMY5uM7edaL7YkN9t45VOXlOWE-jZMvqUJx1LiU-hSTp_QW9Lbq7f2KFVPa3aVOGRGhiqDgpURhA2Q7JS4Cf8NzNjnuIypT-443I3r83LZJeYawCb1-D_54eA6M-SRma-v2h59u0y3OPe5DPn1IH3o19blmJrNwldJWBfBZp2dwtodiz5vboiqpS/w300-h400/IMG_1192.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVO_jSZE3Tn6rnqzCOVteB4acsNeaPxvuZSg-4bVHCSs-3xsqr2cXX9GQ8w2gFWoEQvcSsu1WBT3Zlh5fmEPX_dPdzX_-as17hYHkaE5cj5jpF6ZIUVEkCgSxClEOfPwe7f7B0JWpn51D2acuSbswamBPxcH57bvwT90TVEpXpilM6AUqL8Yl2-1-UV_J/s3932/IMG_1194.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3932" data-original-width="2949" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVO_jSZE3Tn6rnqzCOVteB4acsNeaPxvuZSg-4bVHCSs-3xsqr2cXX9GQ8w2gFWoEQvcSsu1WBT3Zlh5fmEPX_dPdzX_-as17hYHkaE5cj5jpF6ZIUVEkCgSxClEOfPwe7f7B0JWpn51D2acuSbswamBPxcH57bvwT90TVEpXpilM6AUqL8Yl2-1-UV_J/w300-h400/IMG_1194.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The décor theme was “comic cakes” - not my favorite style by far, but the flavors were amazing! Yes, we kept our cake & will be taking it to share with our BFFs in Manchester tomorrow night!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pPwc95Pf0XI7vkTdMgDf-rXh8LHfcy-mxVZ4Sq4Auyo3nQpVJ5Uhnf6463A-LCrfoq1wtwlm3daV8pkZNFwTpNsNr3adNvtgXX4hWLtu8jY-f8Y6oj-MYd4Tno813q_AiadoTE4K56HBRcNkGLYae_5HP083RccOtrPiLaUFA3BINC1f1pqM6fBbwPzQ/s3357/IMG_1195.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3357" data-original-width="2518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pPwc95Pf0XI7vkTdMgDf-rXh8LHfcy-mxVZ4Sq4Auyo3nQpVJ5Uhnf6463A-LCrfoq1wtwlm3daV8pkZNFwTpNsNr3adNvtgXX4hWLtu8jY-f8Y6oj-MYd4Tno813q_AiadoTE4K56HBRcNkGLYae_5HP083RccOtrPiLaUFA3BINC1f1pqM6fBbwPzQ/w300-h400/IMG_1195.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoho0OJ4Kye8rf8OGvWYsIF-ZsUCRMs93VsnbrBtekifoHdq2aTYT9i5GccG0ivqQF_EcGctpP7yVa2r1q7lUkW5tCayJOiXTzW8wWJsyYrkQ7wcehyUO3f2T7GlIhp77vQatXaAns8WUFmbSGON7DOC2NPcqO1gZyXme5AviPQN9dyWW3bv8P7akLcYiA/s4032/IMG_1196.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoho0OJ4Kye8rf8OGvWYsIF-ZsUCRMs93VsnbrBtekifoHdq2aTYT9i5GccG0ivqQF_EcGctpP7yVa2r1q7lUkW5tCayJOiXTzW8wWJsyYrkQ7wcehyUO3f2T7GlIhp77vQatXaAns8WUFmbSGON7DOC2NPcqO1gZyXme5AviPQN9dyWW3bv8P7akLcYiA/w300-h400/IMG_1196.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXOcvybxT5bjp3PH9GVdSXP5e4q1nHlY8-56-SwXdOFHOjfspiyV3b6ae2gkvkgQUKa9AZdtwYKJQrROiYYhIGtzP9iw3SrsfjAx20q5zXlhXqWapPSo9iMilQywfGNlaeay1bpqq9pqXXY-DNZHSPDXT3Z3PRu_uXjiJChMIvjy_df5fr7pTwYbhj8fg/s4032/IMG_1197.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXOcvybxT5bjp3PH9GVdSXP5e4q1nHlY8-56-SwXdOFHOjfspiyV3b6ae2gkvkgQUKa9AZdtwYKJQrROiYYhIGtzP9iw3SrsfjAx20q5zXlhXqWapPSo9iMilQywfGNlaeay1bpqq9pqXXY-DNZHSPDXT3Z3PRu_uXjiJChMIvjy_df5fr7pTwYbhj8fg/w300-h400/IMG_1197.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Nc8I3QddUbfRlWTH3-okoFBCtLMU04V5gHRLfxTs7T7EpzG63et0Wzu83kAA9dbzdeg9UxOwTePfgKqA4a2DDk3GYXyhW3_9iRJSXwLRgIolGOyMWTx65FwR1qAunLTVBHp4I_cNnZVsgWeSlNyGlBGsa1v6VfpDdVYMMGtWX76NYX2cyrjyaycgD103/s3918/IMG_1198.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3918" data-original-width="2938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Nc8I3QddUbfRlWTH3-okoFBCtLMU04V5gHRLfxTs7T7EpzG63et0Wzu83kAA9dbzdeg9UxOwTePfgKqA4a2DDk3GYXyhW3_9iRJSXwLRgIolGOyMWTx65FwR1qAunLTVBHp4I_cNnZVsgWeSlNyGlBGsa1v6VfpDdVYMMGtWX76NYX2cyrjyaycgD103/w300-h400/IMG_1198.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Did I mention that we won the best layers award?!?! :-P Truly, we did not plan a cool design, because we were so into the actual bake, and the cakes with better designs were still warm & falling apart, so I will take our high quality over looks! <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday, 14 September 2023</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">UK Day 3: London - the most spectacular weather EVER here = clear blue sky & 70°F! Could not have been more perfect for a day of almost all outdoor adventures, including <a href="https://secretldn.com/st-dunstan-ruin-church-garden/" target="_blank">St Dunstan in the East garden ruins</a>, <a href="https://skygarden.london/" target="_blank">Sky Garden</a>, and a <a href="https://freetoursbyfoot.com/world-war-two-tour/" target="_blank">WWII walking tour about the Blitz</a> - particularly the destruction on 29 Dec 1940 (sounds grim, but was seriously entertaining & enlightening!) In the middle of all that, we had Gordon Ramsay’s Beef Wellington For Two for lunch at <a href="https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/york-and-albany" target="_blank">York & Albany</a> up in Camden – it absolutely lived up to the anticipation of the last 20 years!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now on to Manchester & my BFF, Hayley, whom I haven’t seen in person in 13 years!!! <i>(PS - JB says he doesn’t want to be in pics anymore! :-P He’ll placate</i></span><i style="font-family: inherit;"> a few, but now you’re stuck with mostly me!)</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leadenhall Market - I’m not a Harry Potterhead, but we absolutely appreciated this place!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Antcoats, the eclectic Northern Quarter & Afflecks Palace, the Manchester Art Gallery, Central Library, the Circus Pub - the smallest pub in Europe, <a href="https://www.themidlandhotel.co.uk/tearoom" target="_blank">afternoon tea at the Midland Hotel</a>, and walking around Castlefield - the old Roman fort & surrounding canals:<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTvRlHmf6pCZ6xOaw6x-pqYkp6u7RMpKpK7n9P2LeG2L914FccXkSDPk8JOXZW07ne0jsj0F3IUWO7WfMIK6tDahu4T8DL8qMQrYaQ7d0nJP8URsL6hvGsnjG0Ptpi4gzPiHoxuf-GRa2k8oghbfQ0jjU19lvzdcS9lw-1KE7Xel17FsEe7EvTNXV90Dd/s3709/IMG_1285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="3709" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTvRlHmf6pCZ6xOaw6x-pqYkp6u7RMpKpK7n9P2LeG2L914FccXkSDPk8JOXZW07ne0jsj0F3IUWO7WfMIK6tDahu4T8DL8qMQrYaQ7d0nJP8URsL6hvGsnjG0Ptpi4gzPiHoxuf-GRa2k8oghbfQ0jjU19lvzdcS9lw-1KE7Xel17FsEe7EvTNXV90Dd/w400-h300/IMG_1285.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOOicozJI-Ys4tjFbo5lANVzARWddAhDkT0DPNTrELtoc5LzM3MZrWQ8waBVoxe_4hakRyjwi61sdb63ifaK4tFw4dtOu8PhwmhyP1JmcbuczKBUbzxIc7z9CZ_SZIrbqdw-tIy3rsdtB0rn-kxFRYd2NWvY2rbmbZosfeFW_3spqXixd2eY6pPTtNN1y/s4032/IMG_1289.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOOicozJI-Ys4tjFbo5lANVzARWddAhDkT0DPNTrELtoc5LzM3MZrWQ8waBVoxe_4hakRyjwi61sdb63ifaK4tFw4dtOu8PhwmhyP1JmcbuczKBUbzxIc7z9CZ_SZIrbqdw-tIy3rsdtB0rn-kxFRYd2NWvY2rbmbZosfeFW_3spqXixd2eY6pPTtNN1y/w400-h300/IMG_1289.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ1pQJS6Nps1CpUmuv2xvzKVoI9lgH0LQgUu0haLLkhAIZ8KjmepDRVkCXuU1G7LobpqPRY5cFW9ZLAedAOyEOo1v14CRJcKOtVY3-ssAsJC6KInXPCeoHfR-Gcc07SOqbr7n97DtCsbEwEYDUCh3h5Yi8rozoBuUGxqn3As6XCTINO-OfSy9FhuxBrCI/s4032/IMG_1437.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ1pQJS6Nps1CpUmuv2xvzKVoI9lgH0LQgUu0haLLkhAIZ8KjmepDRVkCXuU1G7LobpqPRY5cFW9ZLAedAOyEOo1v14CRJcKOtVY3-ssAsJC6KInXPCeoHfR-Gcc07SOqbr7n97DtCsbEwEYDUCh3h5Yi8rozoBuUGxqn3As6XCTINO-OfSy9FhuxBrCI/w300-h400/IMG_1437.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbZqS57pph7xCH4N9kaEcCjNKhnemgmwlTVFA08Ush1n6u972Ix8YTO5PPZqSIHvpFPPU-eDCdLl80UORlcGus5bAl1dUoAmqSDIIdfVAK3dY7l8LT6y3YtvQyZ9mSROpdIg9LarKYUSKQO4yUogcj17dbg3bU8YWqy7g4_mH3d1JHh00ekbahJ19778e/s2983/IMG_1438.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="2983" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbZqS57pph7xCH4N9kaEcCjNKhnemgmwlTVFA08Ush1n6u972Ix8YTO5PPZqSIHvpFPPU-eDCdLl80UORlcGus5bAl1dUoAmqSDIIdfVAK3dY7l8LT6y3YtvQyZ9mSROpdIg9LarKYUSKQO4yUogcj17dbg3bU8YWqy7g4_mH3d1JHh00ekbahJ19778e/w400-h400/IMG_1438.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEx6w3M5aqIXFluN5muIl2CEIksjMTa4InfresZM8-D8Xx-hEv6UkZljp-w4rELU8h1osaL7RqmfjSaanHEo4vJKN6yKzcJeQvVQRQBzsxKOFumdT4azWIfVCVaEZ4yaV0VurBSJzOjLPxkrZEdCi2FP9H8EKcg6jau2vb7YHt_1cMMygmcUARR52nfzj2/s3773/IMG_1439.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3773" data-original-width="2830" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEx6w3M5aqIXFluN5muIl2CEIksjMTa4InfresZM8-D8Xx-hEv6UkZljp-w4rELU8h1osaL7RqmfjSaanHEo4vJKN6yKzcJeQvVQRQBzsxKOFumdT4azWIfVCVaEZ4yaV0VurBSJzOjLPxkrZEdCi2FP9H8EKcg6jau2vb7YHt_1cMMygmcUARR52nfzj2/w300-h400/IMG_1439.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><br /></div>An incredible piece at the Manchester Art Museum called “Widow” from 2009 by Susie MacMurray - made of black nappa leather, 43 kg of adamantine dressmaker's pins, & a tailor's dummy. 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(No, we didn’t get to talk to him, but we saw him walking all around the Racecourse, and we were right beside his SUV when he left after we had met the players.)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wrexham won 3-0, with 2 of the 3 goals scored right in front of our section; it was Paul Mullin’s first full game back (*the* team star - fans even have our own song for him!) & his first full game this season after an exhibition injury this summer; & we beat Grimsby Town in a serious grudge match (to understand the magnitude, fast forward to 23:00 of <a href="https://youtu.be/38Mv7NBMm4Q" target="_blank">this season one recap</a>.) To have earned promotion this spring after that last Grimsby Town devastation a year earlier & then to shellac them today?! ❤️🏴</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With Wayne - owner of The Turf!!! (If you’ve watched <i><a href="https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/welcome-to-wrexham" target="_blank">Welcome to Wrexham</a></i>, you know him! So nice!!!)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PkkjVe8WSTFW-meM0CF1o83IMFYh7E5y2diWi45r9CjzWdrcBDc0GNXfI0Ms0U8jQ-Bu1TpgI8FM8g6xdQfdT-AoKNsoGH78NudxMK1IuXbELOcefrHGadFzXNglSF2X6qdtizl9aajl93jh5xrbuLOVkM_x1sojeATZ0E39WTSFPPE4md6FMACTCR-2/s3596/IMG_1551.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="3596" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PkkjVe8WSTFW-meM0CF1o83IMFYh7E5y2diWi45r9CjzWdrcBDc0GNXfI0Ms0U8jQ-Bu1TpgI8FM8g6xdQfdT-AoKNsoGH78NudxMK1IuXbELOcefrHGadFzXNglSF2X6qdtizl9aajl93jh5xrbuLOVkM_x1sojeATZ0E39WTSFPPE4md6FMACTCR-2/w400-h300/IMG_1551.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoNO4AKuG5N2NftIwOIfjWIqzZK-usfm-ibiaR-auO0r8nMzi0xMY-ydB7pziFKOcYvTGFi3NwGKH5gHUPrT1u-TIQVJUqVd8jogBGbxXxX2jurdESrI4T9l3jZ20rc_JgrH2A_QzgAYiQV14YQct0EPr_KimYMMYM6WOfdsFni619uHVt2l_CNhHu2jI/s4032/IMG_1550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoNO4AKuG5N2NftIwOIfjWIqzZK-usfm-ibiaR-auO0r8nMzi0xMY-ydB7pziFKOcYvTGFi3NwGKH5gHUPrT1u-TIQVJUqVd8jogBGbxXxX2jurdESrI4T9l3jZ20rc_JgrH2A_QzgAYiQV14YQct0EPr_KimYMMYM6WOfdsFni619uHVt2l_CNhHu2jI/w400-h300/IMG_1550.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8rDtWKOry0DuNafhyJ8GDXrb_jMCBkRSeOby1qC6IQ_a9s4RqVwcXii3iP8DZ0b6SWDTEJTIpiFHb00eDk-l5saTL415_tLYWrOwRWdId3fvzQolQIvANTdM2tdcOwHdRTc9OLFm8CehgFcgCuuYc9ubC0O_0NTk4ujN16kYfHZ1sCyl_u1u4vTswVEd/s3454/IMG_1562.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="3454" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8rDtWKOry0DuNafhyJ8GDXrb_jMCBkRSeOby1qC6IQ_a9s4RqVwcXii3iP8DZ0b6SWDTEJTIpiFHb00eDk-l5saTL415_tLYWrOwRWdId3fvzQolQIvANTdM2tdcOwHdRTc9OLFm8CehgFcgCuuYc9ubC0O_0NTk4ujN16kYfHZ1sCyl_u1u4vTswVEd/w400-h300/IMG_1562.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the Racecourse Ground - the world's oldest international football stadium that still hosts international matches!<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzcQDWALkxvp5ZiVCK611F7BuCukPNpbJNRP9egT5x9kd9KDzxXAyA0euIxc6F9GxHxHeuSUtjiHmgT11qB11CzmhdbsH8_c9OMj7KTXY3hm09SiNf9jeMMn-wbXhOzA5e2nk4uPZvUd7iVKDu7AFCGLyoP2AQ-G6fMf_95VQCCNIFj7LyluwWHMsjadc/s4032/IMG_1553.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzcQDWALkxvp5ZiVCK611F7BuCukPNpbJNRP9egT5x9kd9KDzxXAyA0euIxc6F9GxHxHeuSUtjiHmgT11qB11CzmhdbsH8_c9OMj7KTXY3hm09SiNf9jeMMn-wbXhOzA5e2nk4uPZvUd7iVKDu7AFCGLyoP2AQ-G6fMf_95VQCCNIFj7LyluwWHMsjadc/w400-h300/IMG_1553.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9oGirgGQzHI1Z16yPGgJks5ML-JbjYWYRk0buIg2lfQOKMEeV1zD6JGHgT-QjmmOpf9GcQ0axTOhYbIq8ecJ6H0HTE7_g_HUVZ0lIOvUs57F_Ar04qM2mghcbYhVpPrP4gfymSSribkucScsehnZzb8UwJaalaeYnM3bWwU6MnuUpn-3_9nUyC-Sqa5m/s4032/IMG_1554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9oGirgGQzHI1Z16yPGgJks5ML-JbjYWYRk0buIg2lfQOKMEeV1zD6JGHgT-QjmmOpf9GcQ0axTOhYbIq8ecJ6H0HTE7_g_HUVZ0lIOvUs57F_Ar04qM2mghcbYhVpPrP4gfymSSribkucScsehnZzb8UwJaalaeYnM3bWwU6MnuUpn-3_9nUyC-Sqa5m/w400-h300/IMG_1554.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cheering after our second goal!<br />
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Wrexham AFC superstar! (I can’t get his fan song out of my head!)<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj013AEept3PT3ADmysKivF-CSDvcBOVt5YaGamNxklFKK32wuMyXeEGVEZ7w_k7l2x079dDesdRcmxFHWG96xoj7n0qJV05hruukHUfHp05JlzHNXqF5dIF_6bJSHtYMBndNUWb-jVIOJhm8PB28oeqKEtjU5PuRLX9_Edu2JsZo9MIRD67LxZ1Jwa0MYp/s3386/IMG_1560.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3386" data-original-width="2539" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj013AEept3PT3ADmysKivF-CSDvcBOVt5YaGamNxklFKK32wuMyXeEGVEZ7w_k7l2x079dDesdRcmxFHWG96xoj7n0qJV05hruukHUfHp05JlzHNXqF5dIF_6bJSHtYMBndNUWb-jVIOJhm8PB28oeqKEtjU5PuRLX9_Edu2JsZo9MIRD67LxZ1Jwa0MYp/w300-h400/IMG_1560.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With Ben Tozer</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); 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Finished our last night here 🏴 with proper fish & chips, mushy peas, steak pie (for me, as I don’t love fish - but yes, I still tried 2 bites!), and Vimto (fruit cordial to drink)<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Millennium Bridge - Salford Quays across the Manchester ship canal to <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-north" target="_blank">IWM North</a><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eItArxVjmo_jV5yNj9_mN-hsaI3DsNlnSHoXN2Sv5vZmX6QLiBxvLZyr9oo4BJvn0zINF-rWaRc9OObEOUgsBZqIRelsfQq-caXelL95faO4foxxt1uOyYObSWlQLx_0fhy7H2RFM2qQvov04HGFsyKVlyuQn48BXW2tmGM-nMqyt6pnCBhoXTyxaFbs/s3338/IMG_1652.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3338" data-original-width="2506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eItArxVjmo_jV5yNj9_mN-hsaI3DsNlnSHoXN2Sv5vZmX6QLiBxvLZyr9oo4BJvn0zINF-rWaRc9OObEOUgsBZqIRelsfQq-caXelL95faO4foxxt1uOyYObSWlQLx_0fhy7H2RFM2qQvov04HGFsyKVlyuQn48BXW2tmGM-nMqyt6pnCBhoXTyxaFbs/w300-h400/IMG_1652.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(This is big to us: our Will’s actual name is William Wallace Blake – not just for <i>Braveheart</i>, although that’s a cool bonus; JB’s middle name is William & his grandfather was Wallace. This name was the only thing JB was adamant about re: us having kids.) We could never pass through Scotland without exploring the <a href="https://www.nationalwallacemonument.com/" target="_blank">National Wallace Monument</a>, Old Stirling Bridge, and the <a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/bannockburn" target="_blank">Bannockburn experience</a>. (& YES: rain *only* during the train in from MCR gave way to blue sky for us after lunch! ❤️)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Random fun notes: we had lunch at the café at the base of the <a href="https://www.nationalwallacemonument.com/" target="_blank">Wallace Monument</a> – haggis sandwiches on baguettes were divine! (No fish for me, but haggis? Yes, please! :-D) The wind speed at the top of the monument was like nothing I have ever experienced! It was like being on a rollercoaster, and several older people & young kids couldn’t make it up into the crown because of it! (Oddly, I loved it!!! 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Our former Katy BFFs now live in Aberdeen 🏴, and we picked up again like no time had passed! ❤️ Dalyce showed us St Machar's Cathedral Presbyterian Church, Seaton Park, Brig o’ Balgownie (the Robert the Bruce Bridge) over the River Don, lunch at Stonehaven, the absolutely incredible <a href="https://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dunnottar Castle</a>, 6°North Brewery, and the <a href="https://maryculterhouse.com/about/" target="_blank">Maryculter House</a> (Side note: in Scotland, “culter” is pronounced “cooter” = much hilarity :-D)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I still cannot get over the beauty of the North Sea meeting the Scottish landscape… I need this view forever (but warmer ;-))</span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSupSz0A7y0AtoygBf1MiJLMRRgCewLdfct9nMwJTIUNydGHg4_Zxyrp3y1261uTrgq5w2Ey3UQNmVgoep8FZsPveHrp_a9XIy7mfaarlEJQPeDqsoOPWVim6hwuUXfiJX1tqpJkNeHFPBQjfiI6VRLWc-J0zqFn6sLx0CJItjXhZnHzXJtwpeUVilIvt9/s4032/IMG_2309.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We were so lucky to get to go to <a href="https://www.balmoralcastle.com/index.html" target="_blank">Balmoral</a> Castle & Estate - even with King Charles & Camilla there, we were still allowed in to explore the grounds. (It just reopened to the public last Thursday! No, we didn’t see them :-P)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26NX-ZKXoOAKnC3rPaXJe87lpPxkPsxZ5LvWgqnqNq_vxJgcybg6GtLsa6JaVsCSKCq3xNOUM9TQUDd73rBWRJusgzHhpcBr4Rt5w7pyij4gMVNqbfI7Yytm3WgZMwVx8GE6GStm9KZ6zoesF-W_-689E7VqlLyGbSSrj9-o9jz-0YdcRpicMrslFL6gI/s4032/IMG_2589.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26NX-ZKXoOAKnC3rPaXJe87lpPxkPsxZ5LvWgqnqNq_vxJgcybg6GtLsa6JaVsCSKCq3xNOUM9TQUDd73rBWRJusgzHhpcBr4Rt5w7pyij4gMVNqbfI7Yytm3WgZMwVx8GE6GStm9KZ6zoesF-W_-689E7VqlLyGbSSrj9-o9jz-0YdcRpicMrslFL6gI/w300-h400/IMG_2589.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQG0w_QspUW9XFbZlnWPijaAj8nzJHEDNirurhKwDGTox-XTzPOVBngXc1Kd0PheEBu9kRGTxIQmfkKsEQE8coGQ5gI-2It9sm4yZv7sDchXY1OjVIrjSlEhAiihtOwqJZPfqM0fVxfO6QOxMudoeIrmrlaBRcvlbQxIwL5ZRhmmXO8SBnhO8ROdlLQnF/s4032/IMG_2590.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I could not be more thankful for every single one of these adventures - 20 years of delayed gratification, budgeting, saving, planning, & praying has blessed me immeasurably. I cannot wait to see where God allows me to go in 2024…</div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-91361382013718968652023-09-09T20:16:00.004-05:002023-09-09T20:16:44.670-05:00Medellín, Colombia<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tuesday, 1 August 2023</b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When a precious BFF asks if you want to go with her to a destination wedding week in MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA = South America checked off my international bucket list!!!<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULDZu8rYmAcldYJpxV-grAWVClp921SzKSSUsqGDA410fOgJi1h3-miP8SnipU4G5YJyPaw3qPajjA22VP1rWe2ldaIKzawry47kfy51oEeiIPtzpXgOPfsCx4tmFPdSL7FLAU-n1UaFhdCA-6Uek7Pp_AIvnZp3ol7mz7Fdr0NGk5ntBUdhjmmJdXRsv/s3088/IMG_9188.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULDZu8rYmAcldYJpxV-grAWVClp921SzKSSUsqGDA410fOgJi1h3-miP8SnipU4G5YJyPaw3qPajjA22VP1rWe2ldaIKzawry47kfy51oEeiIPtzpXgOPfsCx4tmFPdSL7FLAU-n1UaFhdCA-6Uek7Pp_AIvnZp3ol7mz7Fdr0NGk5ntBUdhjmmJdXRsv/w300-h400/IMG_9188.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(My BFF Angie’s daughter (18, just graduated high school, never been further away than Disney) has been dating a sweet boy for about a year. His mom is originally from Medellín, and she was getting remarried there; of course he wanted his long-term girlfriend to attend, but Angie wasn’t ok sending her abroad for the first time with no familiar adult other than the bride, who would obviously be busy. Angie asked if I would come with on a girls trip, so we’d be there, if her daughter needed us. Absolutely! And they even invited us to the wedding!)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just arrived to our 25th floor Airbnb condo - gorgeous view from the balcony at night! Can’t wait to see it tomorrow!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWemr3ezP4RfTUZjj4JQOjZhCxDfhGn22-bSA37uOxfL7Cyrl79Rq01WPKhk6jiBMJrUMJUCA2BaFnrGipCREX8esoTBy4H9OHkR_Ni5y9YKlZo2Fc4K6z1Dgm0Dkm8-hjt6zEMW7hp9_AOLXNpmGYgGQx07RTsvg8cEVEzSmJbFD6MGtkkzgiU-WXS3ea/s4032/IMG_9190.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWemr3ezP4RfTUZjj4JQOjZhCxDfhGn22-bSA37uOxfL7Cyrl79Rq01WPKhk6jiBMJrUMJUCA2BaFnrGipCREX8esoTBy4H9OHkR_Ni5y9YKlZo2Fc4K6z1Dgm0Dkm8-hjt6zEMW7hp9_AOLXNpmGYgGQx07RTsvg8cEVEzSmJbFD6MGtkkzgiU-WXS3ea/w400-h300/IMG_9190.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPI4JgYHexFwTRmBU-tMzzVlFdivGZgfiJck_ejbgB9JNRKHr7HnZ2YV8UEPunmd69m2b-y42gb86PstXIROmlMfk3C9oyd6lJevNZn8pZ63z0QLqssb9j3AfuT-Xa2IPYfzRQmi9x1BZ8V70FN-t1pma0fIAdinAQE6kQRgToXMzrQYBVQ0yWd99FRb9t/s4032/IMG_9189.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Pre-dancing:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ07z9JrOv3SXxXff9Lq4jRJzA81ReIi0yUvnfevArapKqBiYpUXQJNPz_1O6JC3zlLL8NiTTX-TNMZ5cg5pnB9pT9XueY87Q6wq5QfjxydBjA9le6B2L0JgPvibzYmIyVnG7FKCosKhch6jotTOSMplG1DzW_gTFuyVCZUguq95AFRnZwKAhD6YW4Mmx/s1600/IMG_9383.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ07z9JrOv3SXxXff9Lq4jRJzA81ReIi0yUvnfevArapKqBiYpUXQJNPz_1O6JC3zlLL8NiTTX-TNMZ5cg5pnB9pT9XueY87Q6wq5QfjxydBjA9le6B2L0JgPvibzYmIyVnG7FKCosKhch6jotTOSMplG1DzW_gTFuyVCZUguq95AFRnZwKAhD6YW4Mmx/w400-h300/IMG_9383.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkda8rBBkbz56KQZfVW-9Vu0rwIYh4nP95skm7QtsGMxDNhLXKvY0a4Tk_-tFS28-8-HcRgDJzzMNzTOE3TLW8D18TdhICP-nhK7imkycq7OQhKNn4XzPpV4wVx3SMPqgiNdorNEXvacXZfAfsJqBRdM-tYKswJ6jxoaP4HPsWy_SvFp_wRu4nnTMyZ7-F/s1600/IMG_9376.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I was surprised, because I thought we would begin the climb at lake level, but you have to drive up a mountain above the lakes just to get to the starting point!!! The altitude was no joke!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l8_6TMgWzr0DL7hR2qT1KiUFXkS_Try98FIZJXFQkTU2nPGtbcbPDS15RpaBTcGqyEecNRHNZBR2sGuT0tF43Tf0uss8zznRkTUHrLezZaw0YJSqBmSC9uctJSSwUvO-T4qbkyk_7mxW7-qV5mW0SchF47nSO0NRZPA1ef0zUjGUi_lHal_cimloI4TW/s3088/IMG_9349.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l8_6TMgWzr0DL7hR2qT1KiUFXkS_Try98FIZJXFQkTU2nPGtbcbPDS15RpaBTcGqyEecNRHNZBR2sGuT0tF43Tf0uss8zznRkTUHrLezZaw0YJSqBmSC9uctJSSwUvO-T4qbkyk_7mxW7-qV5mW0SchF47nSO0NRZPA1ef0zUjGUi_lHal_cimloI4TW/w300-h400/IMG_9349.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6Zwtv8vcvR5-qUGSu9OHVngINpCEVfpGiMd0sn0mNlls1yyPpl5T__DvLj2p9hc-NoprwefWsks5vqocTHGo5369LwSeOxfSUhceAAe6n032uvwWlywcJHLc4Y01N0i-6x5D8M-NW8XM9H9QbP4yPlTVpstHr9uoT1KCMC4LorTpNbptfCQmLynCgp50/s3096/IMG_9350.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Climbing back down was way easier, (but most spots were nowhere near this wide, though!)<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbHjwCTtY-WkIboWk0GBCmFE9lWXaMLEyRY_jxx1D9EM8i-XCmTjbn_EaiYBkj7C013HAueab_FmA-ygbeayZ57c0VZROdoECyEd1e0oyS8Z45JRVn8G1XAD3rvTqKkHQHHHwcURWlHHmiLSmyrlINpBEI5bjuWrOXAPLLBhlWf9xmdnKhGJR2Z9jaLGF/s4032/IMG_9351.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbHjwCTtY-WkIboWk0GBCmFE9lWXaMLEyRY_jxx1D9EM8i-XCmTjbn_EaiYBkj7C013HAueab_FmA-ygbeayZ57c0VZROdoECyEd1e0oyS8Z45JRVn8G1XAD3rvTqKkHQHHHwcURWlHHmiLSmyrlINpBEI5bjuWrOXAPLLBhlWf9xmdnKhGJR2Z9jaLGF/w300-h400/IMG_9351.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We harvested 3 varieties of pods, tasted the fruity sweet raw cacao, and learned volumes about the land & local nature, before returning to the farmhouse to peel, dry, roast, shell, & then actually grind the cacao beans with sugar into the organic chocolate paste we used to make our own artisanal chocolate bars!!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Twisting to pick a ripe cacao pod:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2eLokurTeH4aBbGfNDc840kyAT1JEM4iESU6FOvlenQ77AtOd3S2nIdaSrG3q-s_N5JO_XB2-X6WcBCVwRy0-kKJs_plgnMUcdvSoa6QUZJecj4HB0gQxV9Z5eUtfHV6kTVa-XFUAFHpgxVvkP8x-6TxTc-4LnW4jDPlQYL1IPXNP7VGDwXelEyeE351/s3586/IMG_9543.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3586" data-original-width="2690" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2eLokurTeH4aBbGfNDc840kyAT1JEM4iESU6FOvlenQ77AtOd3S2nIdaSrG3q-s_N5JO_XB2-X6WcBCVwRy0-kKJs_plgnMUcdvSoa6QUZJecj4HB0gQxV9Z5eUtfHV6kTVa-XFUAFHpgxVvkP8x-6TxTc-4LnW4jDPlQYL1IPXNP7VGDwXelEyeE351/w300-h400/IMG_9543.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Peeling & separating the fresh cacao beans to ferment for a week in a wooden box:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCG57XpgFJQKVskA2ifWV3ZoGzaCw9_n09meybq9gX_JFjcuyvmoO79IqzQ4h7V_6wcaf562Ldlc6UeNhOacJUVcPlYPhfCQ0p0CwIR-yhQ2_DiF2ZP7DMLcAfUJhgpRcdCPzkpxw3k_qdjpgvZ8tu_Ij8mRL_qo0m0jzzkmwKUPUksFLNymAg0gqGvPx/s4032/IMG_9555.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCG57XpgFJQKVskA2ifWV3ZoGzaCw9_n09meybq9gX_JFjcuyvmoO79IqzQ4h7V_6wcaf562Ldlc6UeNhOacJUVcPlYPhfCQ0p0CwIR-yhQ2_DiF2ZP7DMLcAfUJhgpRcdCPzkpxw3k_qdjpgvZ8tu_Ij8mRL_qo0m0jzzkmwKUPUksFLNymAg0gqGvPx/w300-h400/IMG_9555.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Roasting already-dried beans:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Making our own chocolate bars with our fresh paste + whatever add ins we chose - I picked vanilla paste, ginger, cinnamon, chili, & sea salt:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHlGDQi6s8XQM19EGgnDRPbCk5Icjh2-rSQZaVmzp7bagT9SI38lJLiRk-mVp5mUafb1kZgwDE3kwXYwiuh58sLegww42fQmasMnwRvhPeQAG6piud-QC4yvx9eP8DpYIqNhcrMZrfGhEQCq82IhUw8CmQQ7F77nb2G5-JpC6MEr2mv4yGbu-VHJlNpq_/s3622/IMG_9563.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3622" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHlGDQi6s8XQM19EGgnDRPbCk5Icjh2-rSQZaVmzp7bagT9SI38lJLiRk-mVp5mUafb1kZgwDE3kwXYwiuh58sLegww42fQmasMnwRvhPeQAG6piud-QC4yvx9eP8DpYIqNhcrMZrfGhEQCq82IhUw8CmQQ7F77nb2G5-JpC6MEr2mv4yGbu-VHJlNpq_/w334-h400/IMG_9563.jpeg" width="334" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We ended our experience there sipping their fresh, organic hot chocolate & eating pan de queso (Colombian cheese bread) = idyllic!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3343" data-original-width="2507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzUmKxHr_-uW2-EkDd7QcOvUAv3AC111k9N5UBaw8ngFYBn6xKOTnQ6NYtCoGfZjIKDL73KqB3xr2HrAs_vXpYFDlW9pVuTv7Wr5vedaC2qrKzKIy5fwGZqz2DF4VobeP5hwVF8mW6LI7TtD1HvRkHPcmHGoLtbCkyFCf18RVxoIYAvHYAbN78v_p1rkP/w300-h400/IMG_9565.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">(Yes, I would <i>LOVE</i> to share where to buy their handmade chocolates, but they really are just this one little family in the middle of nowhere. They had <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cacaoprimaveral" target="_blank">a bare bones FB page</a> - feel free to reach out & try: cacaoprimaveral@gmail.com )</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our Comuna 13 tour was the exact opposite of rural chocolate farm chill = bustling, vivacious, & energetic! We learned so much about the former brutal history of the district & were left with so much hope & positivity. The street food was my fave: Colombian pastel de pollo (a chicken pastry) & crema mango (frozen fresh mango ice pop - despite the name, with no cream) and yes, there was dancing!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlyYeSQZ4tlcqQqB8WTdaeIS74loS0OtyLcckisIbHn6c4Dff3YJ_OTbpSM08JmD7ngzfdSGGi9FqqLUZoV4YHqyX9Gdpoei9QAcNLAXmR6bS2haexhSghCgzVGi1pEd-jWz1yllwOOC72Ox3K80odQDZ2sFHCgsjOCNm2s_GNpdbI0_tjLB0n9sPu-s-/s1600/IMG_9719.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlyYeSQZ4tlcqQqB8WTdaeIS74loS0OtyLcckisIbHn6c4Dff3YJ_OTbpSM08JmD7ngzfdSGGi9FqqLUZoV4YHqyX9Gdpoei9QAcNLAXmR6bS2haexhSghCgzVGi1pEd-jWz1yllwOOC72Ox3K80odQDZ2sFHCgsjOCNm2s_GNpdbI0_tjLB0n9sPu-s-/w300-h400/IMG_9719.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The violent history of this place is heartbreaking, and yet, the revitalization is inspiring! This plaza used to be an execution yard & is now a playground:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTY-V6DXuvuub1yFzZPwpEmQlIU_Dq-EacnTa5iUb56MfBn52WmFzift8_RJBErWspvLE-FU7riX0ixbldl7opvCXhNgZDO8SuQSF8NxI8qqivKB64-fklC7rmuU54HqB3lpsaEIKs-fL6sxGczWCY_kY4jzN-PUJ1sifzJcYR8TGZgmW8gxD6CyEfWad/s4032/IMG_9634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTY-V6DXuvuub1yFzZPwpEmQlIU_Dq-EacnTa5iUb56MfBn52WmFzift8_RJBErWspvLE-FU7riX0ixbldl7opvCXhNgZDO8SuQSF8NxI8qqivKB64-fklC7rmuU54HqB3lpsaEIKs-fL6sxGczWCY_kY4jzN-PUJ1sifzJcYR8TGZgmW8gxD6CyEfWad/w300-h400/IMG_9634.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shocker = I got picked to dance :-D</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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But it’s a quintessential Medellín (Bello) experience in the Andes; so when *she* suggested looking into it, I was all in! Anxious? Of course! (I’m not necessarily afraid of heights, but I’m afraid of edges, ledges, falling, & the idea of dropping things out of the sky - the GoPro stick, sunglasses, etc. = turns my legs into concrete jello + I get motion sickness) But we checked off another bucket list item!!!</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/parapenteparagliding" target="_blank">Their</a> quote: “What would life be, if we have no courage to attempt anything?”</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Heart beating quickly on the launch track… (& I love how you can see the shadows that the clouds are casting straight down!)</span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tNtzyljLKsWNG-iaKY4eh87jvzeDlRmDwK59xjdbAAArCiJzuj1CpbHUCj9D4MhLp3pulv-wLsivAXeHnucQxVgGxG0TBgLjas0YBkueNoVZ6WI3Z_iUWFNJJ7B68XNd5v13J0p-PAj52JD1A752rtw7D6MgL_VO3f4SqTJsGw1wVmZw7lnnVblQ_074/s3876/IMG_9664.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3876" data-original-width="2907" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tNtzyljLKsWNG-iaKY4eh87jvzeDlRmDwK59xjdbAAArCiJzuj1CpbHUCj9D4MhLp3pulv-wLsivAXeHnucQxVgGxG0TBgLjas0YBkueNoVZ6WI3Z_iUWFNJJ7B68XNd5v13J0p-PAj52JD1A752rtw7D6MgL_VO3f4SqTJsGw1wVmZw7lnnVblQ_074/w300-h400/IMG_9664.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">With my pilot:</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZv8xESjIifhTpmJzxGqEpNAur95HHUXwry39o9TKXzV6pq1Lcf7uNBsUQxcgb_mDGvk-uaMPMXK6eJC8pee2dNI5pHENzwsTS1p8vx2cfaO11A_jUHDgee0Kwao35W42PFYU5K-eESgbaN0XkhJ_wfGQppC8X-Tse8-XgkLOZDpDYOqmG3aCxgRuLemLg/s3441/IMG_9665.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3441" data-original-width="2581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZv8xESjIifhTpmJzxGqEpNAur95HHUXwry39o9TKXzV6pq1Lcf7uNBsUQxcgb_mDGvk-uaMPMXK6eJC8pee2dNI5pHENzwsTS1p8vx2cfaO11A_jUHDgee0Kwao35W42PFYU5K-eESgbaN0XkhJ_wfGQppC8X-Tse8-XgkLOZDpDYOqmG3aCxgRuLemLg/w300-h400/IMG_9665.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s ME after taking off:</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vkS2BDW42Ii-Xlc9tzMT7S4AIV9xiq1qCQP6Yr-VTvTyXHx-JQVQBBeObwcIgaoYXIOMGx6yuFPbUZodr6SpLOGsVrLdX3GRZB_ey9LoktsrVFrv8b4a5uU992GFgd3ax7nf1W4iQ_lrmRnW7S0-p3NddlTGs1ItWDOa_ArC4fecct8c1nwq8DgaNJ0S/s1354/IMG_9668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vkS2BDW42Ii-Xlc9tzMT7S4AIV9xiq1qCQP6Yr-VTvTyXHx-JQVQBBeObwcIgaoYXIOMGx6yuFPbUZodr6SpLOGsVrLdX3GRZB_ey9LoktsrVFrv8b4a5uU992GFgd3ax7nf1W4iQ_lrmRnW7S0-p3NddlTGs1ItWDOa_ArC4fecct8c1nwq8DgaNJ0S/w245-h400/IMG_9668.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><iframe height="426" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZp78Kh-9nM" width="240"></iframe>
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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Friday night was the first (& only) time we got back to our condo before 9 or 10 PM, so I actually got to enjoy the steam room + teach a short <a href="https://facebook.com/groups/296420031472316/" target="_blank">StudioSmile</a> yoga class (moon sals) by the pool before bed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Saturday, 5 August 2023</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The wedding - the reason we came to Medellín - was a delight! The views, the weather, the atmosphere = stunning!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8P-4M3UK_HRXFuyPVZWLa9Rfl3P44qi4wX4JipMGUd98pLgDBUBX8xybHyntjzF0Af5c2cArMIlc0fXs89z3RiFw31w4c91uQYo-Eu2RKjF6BVuHilpBghVcLLJgVW9Hho-gPKQtS9eDVXL3FWjALtrXcOU960Bk5P0SUAjJ7JOG-roEL4WHpiyuxuVEM/s3438/IMG_9802.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3438" data-original-width="2578" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8P-4M3UK_HRXFuyPVZWLa9Rfl3P44qi4wX4JipMGUd98pLgDBUBX8xybHyntjzF0Af5c2cArMIlc0fXs89z3RiFw31w4c91uQYo-Eu2RKjF6BVuHilpBghVcLLJgVW9Hho-gPKQtS9eDVXL3FWjALtrXcOU960Bk5P0SUAjJ7JOG-roEL4WHpiyuxuVEM/w300-h400/IMG_9802.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdexjmZtUWDzJIArs3lJa8f3gOYUKJuG-z3RDJGtdYuFKQBWYGWUnm1kboK_Z2WNUL-0HVaQqjQU-2ST_m_GrpD_STEmadNFUGUmA8reJ1Dv2Y5-M4ZSGQB_2m1AGlt1PPOT6VTIZucbvLjnNlSr9d7QyAdrGXudD_XFynavh3ls6LNlxQB_HpqUFPFkn/s4032/IMG_9806.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdexjmZtUWDzJIArs3lJa8f3gOYUKJuG-z3RDJGtdYuFKQBWYGWUnm1kboK_Z2WNUL-0HVaQqjQU-2ST_m_GrpD_STEmadNFUGUmA8reJ1Dv2Y5-M4ZSGQB_2m1AGlt1PPOT6VTIZucbvLjnNlSr9d7QyAdrGXudD_XFynavh3ls6LNlxQB_HpqUFPFkn/w300-h400/IMG_9806.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW6BTJlFT_3l-qGB0OgxaIc-fcz4zqlcbhulPVU_-T1MJ9l9ldUrdw--08PYRIiBObMgm4rIF9wR8WNTboALJyW6OGqScB5rGcdzloR130P63I7dmQ9K_PaT4Z1a8wkulyhvRgNKrrwKbK2NbsQ_DxPPPROdtEoOj_uWnlrpkG9ZQ7ayli0t346owyaEE/s3641/IMG_9808.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3641" data-original-width="2731" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW6BTJlFT_3l-qGB0OgxaIc-fcz4zqlcbhulPVU_-T1MJ9l9ldUrdw--08PYRIiBObMgm4rIF9wR8WNTboALJyW6OGqScB5rGcdzloR130P63I7dmQ9K_PaT4Z1a8wkulyhvRgNKrrwKbK2NbsQ_DxPPPROdtEoOj_uWnlrpkG9ZQ7ayli0t346owyaEE/w300-h400/IMG_9808.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydCgoWIptj_8spWhlWr4CP2zct8mJjZLSMXI6PoQ9KIOwRWgaK-lYp0bNbSs3bnXi_opimeGY888g2tS6xyNiZV3k7Qgk7AZfWNTJ0RD_4YSNMhF8Y_D-FcESZjgWer_rEUVO68lPiTIHxGBE5Elh5DiSrLdccY0ljNQ9oxKpLbWNFHiEfU9AuqoQpC0C/s4032/IMG_9810.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydCgoWIptj_8spWhlWr4CP2zct8mJjZLSMXI6PoQ9KIOwRWgaK-lYp0bNbSs3bnXi_opimeGY888g2tS6xyNiZV3k7Qgk7AZfWNTJ0RD_4YSNMhF8Y_D-FcESZjgWer_rEUVO68lPiTIHxGBE5Elh5DiSrLdccY0ljNQ9oxKpLbWNFHiEfU9AuqoQpC0C/w300-h400/IMG_9810.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB6KS_71dHSe1OdBvQMuwPSnGqFn0Z8iKvhxqJ_Iyy_UGP6B6YCniQnawEqGqZ8jpt36jid2r31NhHlo1ddyHsBCyG-g5ZAULXNXrdo3x1fhGqQHuUzBMzdmtC7DET_OL658XXrdw-MZjoROE0qVaeOz4kG5m0Ew9rrkkYKTHouPx8Iuzhr6slVqSKY2Y/s3556/IMG_9822.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3556" data-original-width="2667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB6KS_71dHSe1OdBvQMuwPSnGqFn0Z8iKvhxqJ_Iyy_UGP6B6YCniQnawEqGqZ8jpt36jid2r31NhHlo1ddyHsBCyG-g5ZAULXNXrdo3x1fhGqQHuUzBMzdmtC7DET_OL658XXrdw-MZjoROE0qVaeOz4kG5m0Ew9rrkkYKTHouPx8Iuzhr6slVqSKY2Y/w300-h400/IMG_9822.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(Dancing all night with the Mother of the Bride,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>after we’d danced together Wed on the boat!)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Meditations on Medellín</b> before flying back Sun, 6 Aug = so friendly, temperate, lush, mountainous, inexpensive, & hospitable!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">•With such an influx of tourism there now, we were shocked at how many people *didn’t* also speak some basic/broken English. If Angie hadn’t been proficient in conversational Spanish, we would have had a challenging time. (Of course, there’s always Google Translate (which I absolutely utilized!) but it was still stunning, even with her better-than-decent Spanish, how challenging communication was at times.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />•Colombia is currently in our same Texas time zone (technically Eastern - due south of NYC - but they don’t do daylight savings, so right now they’re Central) but whereas our sunrise is currently 6:45 AM, theirs is 5:45. Our sunset now is 8:15 PM, theirs is 6 PM. The early sunrise & set made us wake up way earlier than we had to, and it made the days feel ridiculously long - it made us feel like it was always about 2-3 hours later than it actually was. Odd feeling!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />•Uber is so cheap & definitely the most efficient way to get around within Medellín! (I *never* associate “so cheap” with Uber in the US! :-D)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />•Medellín is called the City of Eternal Spring, because year round, it never really gets above the upper 80’s or much below 60°F. (These are my people: they’re cold under 70°F!) It’s tropical, but because it’s so high in the Andes Mountains, the dew point is like in the 40s! It felt like October or November in Texas…and now we’re going back to more nonstop 100s. :-P</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Where am I going next & when??? Stay tuned!!! ;-) (Spoiler alert: <b><i>one more</i></b> international adventure ASAP this year!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />After adventures: kids = college & senior year…<i> (I choose to not think about these & just keep traveling…)</i></span></div></div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-54879534174949342752023-06-25T21:13:00.000-05:002023-06-25T21:13:49.697-05:00Cappadocia & Istanbul, Türkiye + Würzburg, Germany<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My trip to Türkiye and back to Germany in April was one I had waited literally 20 years for. If you missed the “why” backstory…</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Long story not short - my BFF Amy lives in Romania & has made a concerted effort for <i>15 years</i> to always visit me on her trips back to the States. We were both talking about wanting to travel again in this new season of life (this is the 1st year both my kids can drive, so if I leave for a trip now, I won’t have to make any special arrangements for them) and it’s about time I came closer to her for once! :-D So we decided last summer that we’d save, budget, plan, & really do this, instead of just dream about it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">International travel is the only passion in my life that has been put completely on hold the last 20 years, since choosing to have a family, choosing to prioritize being a stay-at-home mom, and literally not being able to even consider affording it. God absolutely provided & sustained us, but the last four years in particular have been the most financially challenging we’ve ever experienced. For a good portion of that time, we had to learn how to re-budget our entire household to live on just 37% of what we were used to. We had to learn how to go without; the kids had to learn how to go without. It was not easy, and it certainly was not fun, but I know they gleaned valuable life lessons by watching how we dealt with these financial challenges openly & honestly. When I started my second job last year (in addition to my <a href="https://facebook.com/groups/296420031472316/" target="_blank">StudioSmile</a> teaching business = still going strong!) at the personal trainer gym, we were finally back in a position where we could agree that that money could be banked in a separate travel account. I planned & budgeted for this ever since!!! I waited literally 20 years (last time in Europe: Italy, July 2003!) to be able to rekindle this life’s passion of mine, being a good & faithful steward of that which has been entrusted to me, and this is CERTAINLY <b>just the beginning</b> of a new long-awaited era of international travel in my life!!! Bring on the passport stamps!!!!!!!!!! (Maybe even 2 more </span>this year <span style="font-family: inherit;">that I’ve saved & planned for!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I flew out on Easter afternoon, and Amy & I went to Cappadocia for a few days, then Istanbul. My flight back to Houston went through Frankfurt, and it didn’t increase my ticket price for my layover to be 4 hours vs. 4 days & 4 hours, so I spent a few extra days on my way home in Germany. I lived in Würzburg & went to uni there 1998-99, but I hadn’t been back since - unbelievable that it had been almost 25 years!!! I still dream of being able to show my kids around Wü one day, too, (JB has been! He came to visit me there - yep, we’ve been together that long! ❤️) but this opportunity was too perfect to pass up, even though my family wasn’t with me this time. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now enjoy this full recap (maybe over multiple days, like a novel! :-D) present-tense diary style! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday evening, 10 April 2023</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Left Houston Sunday afternoon – Chicago Sunday evening – Frankfurt Monday morning – arrived in Istanbul Monday afternoon. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3b07O_mR8gy0gR2sqdmr5dV_gn1sozy7ZanQIZEwopHRse5gHSGlc_hzc28Ir148LN1JLVaCI1VsC9tz9_OfcDRmXZmmt8UHGhHn_RDLVv_mLhZKe_X_a4UG1L45wUELgXAn61icJqGeCA41nMovD3sWmjCPsiCljMdHVJd7wzEe_2tSNA9slMeh1jSJ/s3088/IMG_6869.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3b07O_mR8gy0gR2sqdmr5dV_gn1sozy7ZanQIZEwopHRse5gHSGlc_hzc28Ir148LN1JLVaCI1VsC9tz9_OfcDRmXZmmt8UHGhHn_RDLVv_mLhZKe_X_a4UG1L45wUELgXAn61icJqGeCA41nMovD3sWmjCPsiCljMdHVJd7wzEe_2tSNA9slMeh1jSJ/w300-h400/IMG_6869.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEl66gdA4cggCrNsTchxkDAMeVYJ6oe1OztHM9wmM7BPVyIMwW6L2umkEOyB5pzfaNUjAqWBL46rQrzzWs7ylVztfkGf03Sn7iI0lbOgbEyJ7d034iOfd8st3XZ1MaBkvkhF8CvwlB7oS6mOVYGhAuhhfdzq89r74yXFeLlFSaMi3NrwRqdgc0iclXJgv/s1442/IMG_6792.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEl66gdA4cggCrNsTchxkDAMeVYJ6oe1OztHM9wmM7BPVyIMwW6L2umkEOyB5pzfaNUjAqWBL46rQrzzWs7ylVztfkGf03Sn7iI0lbOgbEyJ7d034iOfd8st3XZ1MaBkvkhF8CvwlB7oS6mOVYGhAuhhfdzq89r74yXFeLlFSaMi3NrwRqdgc0iclXJgv/w230-h400/IMG_6792.jpeg" width="230" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cannot forget this Easter blessing: I had the WHOLE ROW to myself for the long haul Chicago to Frankfurt! (& the best food & a Milk Bar cake truffle for dessert! :-D)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now sitting </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">in Istanbul for the last 5 hours with Amy, b/c our final flight to Nevşehir was cancelled for fog (worth waiting that out!) Our redirected flight now to Kayseri leaves at 9:40, arrives at 11 PM, </span><a href="https://hotel.travellerscave.com/en" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">our hotel</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is fully an hour away, & we have to be picked up at 5 AM for an adventure that can’t be rescheduled - we’re just laughing, powering through, & will nap midday tomorrow if we want. So thankful to have a BFF here to share this with, (Amy met me here in Istanbul & we’re together until next Mon!) How did we pass extra airport time? 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_yQmX_vDo1FAjYMxKy_sd4W0mtEumJBLpaokdgC17kUx_i22i_Ra5jkZRr5Io-jdbqWvSDYb2yEhQqmprjMtYBZDThRLMAclhzz3qWSLNhq_HFZeiGXyJl4Yx2zcCDVSU_OyxRwsiP036KZmb8crwZAEe1iQQjQQA2UVqh9RXQCkPcFnkWxWysjSQAaN/w300-h400/IMG_7053.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We flew up in a cloud towards the end for a few minutes:<br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0QAbeoTnyPFTUU3BcW9Lmm9Cm-D4ElRs7s-imJq22bR1JQVWafgtfO8yUjWDoOO-709XC2692oTyKZsP7qqH6lbwkreJbhAmR1zzojAVZHTz6Lb_opd21afgM69mmxLcHuiEViLhS_-J7BoZrrCo1M5aJOuoGtxEEZGZbJMHmVQ-j80fTyucVG4COXz0/s1024/IMG_7049.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Balloon flat behind </span>us:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wbS_GOpOPMy6TC4F0k156WWkgIDP9iecrc_fum21rEo6OgSW3YsXsD1aD75LP3mvb_Z3eJuHEfKPFq0OqJK6txepdPcOLajhU6jdIPUL6fa-CEJJeXiNYO1Im4q3C_UuBG3psDkT-lgF4CoOEw4MtRA1oxxrS967FS81h0Q_jmqIgzL3r5aL0o8X2lAg/s4032/IMG_7051.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wbS_GOpOPMy6TC4F0k156WWkgIDP9iecrc_fum21rEo6OgSW3YsXsD1aD75LP3mvb_Z3eJuHEfKPFq0OqJK6txepdPcOLajhU6jdIPUL6fa-CEJJeXiNYO1Im4q3C_UuBG3psDkT-lgF4CoOEw4MtRA1oxxrS967FS81h0Q_jmqIgzL3r5aL0o8X2lAg/w400-h300/IMG_7051.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And such provision from God: we’re staying 3 mornings here on purpose, just in case flights got cancelled on day 1 or 2. We found out last night that today is the first day they’ve been able to go up in 5 DAYS b/c of the rain, and only the 2nd time in 15 DAYS!!! :-O We would have been devastated!!! This is what we came here for! (Still have more amazing things planned, but…) Thank you, God!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>(Kapadokya? “A semi-arid region in central Turkey, known for its distinctive clusters of “fairy chimneys” - tall, cone-shaped rock formations - and also for Bronze Age homes carved into valley walls by cave dwellers & later used as refuges by early Christians.”)</div><div><span class="xpdxpnd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="xpdxpnd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="xpdxpnd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); text-size-adjust: none;">Wednesday morning, 12 April 2023</b><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="xpdxpnd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); text-size-adjust: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xpdxpnd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Good night & good morning! We ended up at the most amazing dinner last night, getting to experience the quintessential Kapadokyian delicacy, </span>Testi Kebab (pottery kebab)! Meat cubes (lamb, beef, we had veal), shallots, tomatoes, garlic, & peppers are placed into single-serve local clay pots. The top of the pot is sealed off with a piece of dough, & the pot is placed vertically in a tandoor oven to work like a mini pressure cooker. It's brought out on fire tableside; the waiter cracks & opens your pot and pours the delicious kebab onto your plate! It was the most tender meat I’ve ever had!!! </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">And </span><a href="https://www.setenrestaurant.com/restaurant" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Seten Restaurant</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> had stellar views down into Göreme village at night!</span></div><iframe height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s1zwrophDk4" width="426">
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Amazing to get this different perspective!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIMPBcjS0BpUMYCoufB2mUTgAjoGnw0ONxMVyQT9swAsjoNr6lhB9gfLqnmq0YdynGu4TW21OVdBSVKlBEtrPuvwSQYh9vmCHrPoTmZIKIwLrv5gxmDl2EPcddqZXH28XZnMsd2NkYTIT5-Ma24g9nXgWlgNecxiRXLsdqvmeYzja1RNc3hUc8dnqNfWy/s4032/IMG_7123.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIMPBcjS0BpUMYCoufB2mUTgAjoGnw0ONxMVyQT9swAsjoNr6lhB9gfLqnmq0YdynGu4TW21OVdBSVKlBEtrPuvwSQYh9vmCHrPoTmZIKIwLrv5gxmDl2EPcddqZXH28XZnMsd2NkYTIT5-Ma24g9nXgWlgNecxiRXLsdqvmeYzja1RNc3hUc8dnqNfWy/w400-h300/IMG_7123.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4248RwKZ2yK3rqsPfsxs6czVK7xCtYVlniGfTWP98XVZhv1gok2BbuccTPxZY2eNfYtOW-KEn6F-AWdvqM42hWguFeCR19s8ac7a5ohz2V5BPXgWmIY1ZHXKIcUSjAyDsTpxdFsyz0Qq1TQgkRF0wZnkvwuwffThAH7tT-povhHtiQD2fOGVD6iYa9Iu/s1885/IMG_7126.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We’ve walked down to visit & chat with Ahmet at the Cappadocia Visitor office multiple times the last two days - when our anticipated sunset camel ride was cancelled (& completely refunded!) due to rain, he gave us umbrellas to explore Göreme & the suggestion to try</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://www.setenrestaurant.com/restaurant" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Seten</a> <span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: inherit;">for dinner = such a win!!! Anytime we have had questions out & about, we just WhatsApp, & Ahmet responds with such good ideas. He has felt like our personal concierge! Cannot recommend highly enough!</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Thursday afternoon, 13 April 2023</b><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sitting (longer than we wanted, but not awful) at the airport </span>in Nevşehir…and this double gem of a rainbow just appeared behind my back!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfNstnPdKhrTpW4Swzh-Ll7cdtkr6li9dBPzzqJcD4ungJKrVL7pPWbj0mn2VzF20Hdl3riZn8ToqNUIAADXlSbzRlpsRaAvd3BZNtclAQXDv70Y1G_7AEHbY0cfY_5binSj2xWDnA_3u9aRxtY5LKNAL_HmU8ENv2WGUVlc6aPCQ27b054iqYqCfr8lt/s4032/IMG_7313.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfNstnPdKhrTpW4Swzh-Ll7cdtkr6li9dBPzzqJcD4ungJKrVL7pPWbj0mn2VzF20Hdl3riZn8ToqNUIAADXlSbzRlpsRaAvd3BZNtclAQXDv70Y1G_7AEHbY0cfY_5binSj2xWDnA_3u9aRxtY5LKNAL_HmU8ENv2WGUVlc6aPCQ27b054iqYqCfr8lt/w300-h400/IMG_7313.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saol (<i>thanks</i>), Kapadokya! Our cave room (literally carved out of the rock) at <a href="https://hotel.travellerscave.com/en" target="_blank">Traveller’s Cave Hotel</a> was AMAZING! </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bVveh74QU5xvnabrdBcLJUr5mHGP_TlNL9_tBFzHv5QIKyWrWtEMyLGmxLEL0r1wdvvEXDyNQkYzmsHzVPjCehJkFRbyO9y_CDS2Au5gy16bzdHejSqKVgSW2jtAogem0a1NTevqUql11jcvZxSKp_ORugl2g1A5RgK7axOMp9JA8ikcFPD3H8TCi2uV/s4032/IMG_7288.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bVveh74QU5xvnabrdBcLJUr5mHGP_TlNL9_tBFzHv5QIKyWrWtEMyLGmxLEL0r1wdvvEXDyNQkYzmsHzVPjCehJkFRbyO9y_CDS2Au5gy16bzdHejSqKVgSW2jtAogem0a1NTevqUql11jcvZxSKp_ORugl2g1A5RgK7axOMp9JA8ikcFPD3H8TCi2uV/w400-h300/IMG_7288.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFlaWkCpVRuj-cVFQiU4KUaOHldflRdUP57p-sFyOGLxIJ7WceRB3VjumjqjCc4YqpGN9QFli7Jt9qdlQI9jNiJMoJT_MbM6Qis9JH2fZtGA5jTpL3nX5paiFPAZ8kmMfrtWHVjhx_f524jDhyC9lOEOjeadM7iESJZa3QHsalU-XDN6caHLQbEKVdvMo/s4032/IMG_7289.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFlaWkCpVRuj-cVFQiU4KUaOHldflRdUP57p-sFyOGLxIJ7WceRB3VjumjqjCc4YqpGN9QFli7Jt9qdlQI9jNiJMoJT_MbM6Qis9JH2fZtGA5jTpL3nX5paiFPAZ8kmMfrtWHVjhx_f524jDhyC9lOEOjeadM7iESJZa3QHsalU-XDN6caHLQbEKVdvMo/w300-h400/IMG_7289.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7lL4A0ZC4bRZjEsg-lg6dtzX6ODXA-bS-dl-jIjbjnjsAXKgT3zrtj0aFzywNEOOF4kam3NEhgfUOHDpo4UC8x1R89NR66ZmnKcgvmTPzxxitk6FoBBmuypDq8FJ_BRuN0B6N_71gSzBy2gJcbNmKPIGWpIVz0-mf-QdERqtfCmlTqhLlidBbdXv4OUa/s4032/IMG_7290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7lL4A0ZC4bRZjEsg-lg6dtzX6ODXA-bS-dl-jIjbjnjsAXKgT3zrtj0aFzywNEOOF4kam3NEhgfUOHDpo4UC8x1R89NR66ZmnKcgvmTPzxxitk6FoBBmuypDq8FJ_BRuN0B6N_71gSzBy2gJcbNmKPIGWpIVz0-mf-QdERqtfCmlTqhLlidBbdXv4OUa/w300-h400/IMG_7290.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-Z5A9CsZ_xNYvnuAxngVVLWl-mm0oA3H9EJ92qKjfJc8dOSsfAA9Zg2H0gYDJsuDvJT88DlLa1mS9WvgEyJ2y-KHmNH5asAlhV7e2vwNFW68Yc_QeqkATN4kYhdpEkJolRQVoiyy06Y10T3XTa4IvbBZ1sHK_lirPe4LfhLoXisp_vjizVxFrQVY5wpd/s4032/IMG_7291.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-Z5A9CsZ_xNYvnuAxngVVLWl-mm0oA3H9EJ92qKjfJc8dOSsfAA9Zg2H0gYDJsuDvJT88DlLa1mS9WvgEyJ2y-KHmNH5asAlhV7e2vwNFW68Yc_QeqkATN4kYhdpEkJolRQVoiyy06Y10T3XTa4IvbBZ1sHK_lirPe4LfhLoXisp_vjizVxFrQVY5wpd/w300-h400/IMG_7291.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The cave opening entrance looked out over the valley of Göreme, just like the view from the picture of me on the patio with all the hot air balloons rising yesterday morning. That patio was just one level above us, essentially on the cave roof of our room!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We had a little dance entertainment with dinner last night, and I got my 1st Turkish ice cream “show” this morning, after a hike on ground level with the local fairy chimney rock formations. 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We began with a walking tour that ended up turning into a full day private tour - just us & our guide, Abdullah, b/c we all had so much fun together! 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Saturday night, 15 April 2023</b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2nd day in Istanbul: we got out of the tourist-focused old city & had adventures in 3 different areas. It’s actually peak viewing of the famous tulip festival here, so we trekked up to Emirgan Park & were bowled over by the beauty! (Tulips are the national flower of Türkiye & were originally sent to the Dutch from here!) Amy took more close ups, but I tried to capture the sheer volume with my composite (& we had to show off the best braid Amy has ever woven! :-D)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3hyRzmFoISQwvlTyX6C6EYQT-aQdoTu-wM2q3aJ6j5u76bY3r0JM9FRzxvN3PfqHzPYIcN5n2AO83xixsHOZxZWAVhMB3XBKneNARLtlMBwtSyXrWwWH9MlesBbWsuJU6TQ0-vJkz6qU4G6Kq240N13nroS4JIx9iaLLJvjw1NpyjQO5ncZrOUKTOtAq/s1384/IMG_7742.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3hyRzmFoISQwvlTyX6C6EYQT-aQdoTu-wM2q3aJ6j5u76bY3r0JM9FRzxvN3PfqHzPYIcN5n2AO83xixsHOZxZWAVhMB3XBKneNARLtlMBwtSyXrWwWH9MlesBbWsuJU6TQ0-vJkz6qU4G6Kq240N13nroS4JIx9iaLLJvjw1NpyjQO5ncZrOUKTOtAq/w239-h400/IMG_7742.jpeg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhlkTAPc1TkBHTqHObAOqZnXs7EFGQaQo8mWqRPPDURRi5Yn3VSUm6MQORJJJozAVC6E1N3KYZ0Yh5sSEqDQL6j2iIARjXyGzA1PMPS8MmkaJxUG7DeHfsNZULwxD5kfTyo36qZqXfQ86gQeBJHIplJ-zYYDudV_OI8qhvlc_kjpjKuZ5vPvV6MJLpUgH/s2048/IMG_7792.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We took the funicular up & explored all around Istiklal Street, esp. some of the passages & side sections with our guide, Tolga, where we were very happily the only tourists! Bonus blessing: it was another private tour!!! We’d paid for “small group” (up to 8: but like yesterday, it was just *us* = divine! We stopped at *EIGHT* places over 4 hours - still so full with mezze, Gözleme (a cheese-filled Turkish pancake), Tantuni (like the best beef wrap you could ever imagine), etc.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAFsX86kx0F1_vEIagOHGOnBKFfZHrRkdKzSYi-6yAZJBoS_WyxWpc02K0AFuSsDuxnlhuTH_HwfPpZo3Tk1CYzAvQd3XHIdhGCqaHCB1aGeAna5h8kSRIWi9fKr17CdrczOr1EYpWXKU6Xzy9YL80eRhUhXGTMa7F71zb7iO5QLynfHQcsN7kNlV-3-B/s4032/IMG_7740.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAFsX86kx0F1_vEIagOHGOnBKFfZHrRkdKzSYi-6yAZJBoS_WyxWpc02K0AFuSsDuxnlhuTH_HwfPpZo3Tk1CYzAvQd3XHIdhGCqaHCB1aGeAna5h8kSRIWi9fKr17CdrczOr1EYpWXKU6Xzy9YL80eRhUhXGTMa7F71zb7iO5QLynfHQcsN7kNlV-3-B/w300-h400/IMG_7740.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We were wrong about a short line, but it moved so quickly! We were a little heartbroken that every shred of its former heritage has been removed, leaving it as purely a mosque now, instead of the ecumenical beacon it had been. We also weren’t jazzed over the quality of the purchased head coverings, but being there at night during Ramadan was a memory.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNzuTM8Ql1XcHuITGvYQVPDiw9oaDsl9wgMgAtPSA4PyeZq5rRdo7CAF2kPbm2fXbAdQEENS7Y0cS-p02-tZutUTY7vYBwf7mF9E72WYX_zcm66wvP-d0LYW3WZy8D17eJwbWO4dPix_IZu2SmN_8dbSmyadpP5zXsPWFqTW7dIXfntEMWe6PvRbi8bQ_/s4032/IMG_7775.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNzuTM8Ql1XcHuITGvYQVPDiw9oaDsl9wgMgAtPSA4PyeZq5rRdo7CAF2kPbm2fXbAdQEENS7Y0cS-p02-tZutUTY7vYBwf7mF9E72WYX_zcm66wvP-d0LYW3WZy8D17eJwbWO4dPix_IZu2SmN_8dbSmyadpP5zXsPWFqTW7dIXfntEMWe6PvRbi8bQ_/w300-h400/IMG_7775.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVhHH-6HuoUfPoqtj-bo9NeqhyVwEErJaaFB6FZPSMeHALPJmY_jt6TmOrZR0z7ylnhXiuYQr62pNu9d2CPPNadGumwoXPfYSmTJknSqE_u5ThpzrJtDeXpVmu3TEv6dmcjI_TuM_mJibw3vYDGMw23Qs2nWsgWbFHIJRaFtmsqSUN_vtQUG1IzZGhnaV/s3088/IMG_7776.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVhHH-6HuoUfPoqtj-bo9NeqhyVwEErJaaFB6FZPSMeHALPJmY_jt6TmOrZR0z7ylnhXiuYQr62pNu9d2CPPNadGumwoXPfYSmTJknSqE_u5ThpzrJtDeXpVmu3TEv6dmcjI_TuM_mJibw3vYDGMw23Qs2nWsgWbFHIJRaFtmsqSUN_vtQUG1IzZGhnaV/w300-h400/IMG_7776.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaRvz0j-A1chPpLn5aBpMO37xdqHWxpFluHGo8kQVrK1N6CBJ0Pd76JGLTbgTzqMe3rlM0qDtVJkfwJHr6b9q8iSNi9c2ak_Dy_KylCiWhZbdPQiE3N0TM7Xp3YjfJBDWk6SQtxig6AhXqPaW0WMYadN9ePDweWOFkaynS5H3Cc47dYlZc_h1HQv7MjEJ/s4032/IMG_7768.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaRvz0j-A1chPpLn5aBpMO37xdqHWxpFluHGo8kQVrK1N6CBJ0Pd76JGLTbgTzqMe3rlM0qDtVJkfwJHr6b9q8iSNi9c2ak_Dy_KylCiWhZbdPQiE3N0TM7Xp3YjfJBDWk6SQtxig6AhXqPaW0WMYadN9ePDweWOFkaynS5H3Cc47dYlZc_h1HQv7MjEJ/w300-h400/IMG_7768.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yay for rocking 3 different forms of public transportation (tram, buses, & ferry), experiencing so much outside the usual, & more perfect weather! Now, can I fall asleep?</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sunday night, 16 April 2023</b><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">3rd & last day in Istanbul: full day, but fewer pics - two of our big experiences were no photos allowed. But first, we started off with the Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar) - slightly less chaotic than the Grand Bazaar & we stuffed our faces with every free sample of the various types of Turkish delight we were offered! </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfcaiWkMWib8V36-X5k7sOTNNZReHNU1agUGWGdKpL43mGWiGFmlouDLESmfXq9P7zLSWJq6W8hMrOUdyXNieODRusE6Y28n_ae4_BTSpeC0A_2erzvBvFnGG_nAEvaSGNNF7WQcmOfrlBrtjPOghdchrenZhTk_LEu4ywYfRNyCv5m231WVuT8IuSQ83/s1024/IMG_7857.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfcaiWkMWib8V36-X5k7sOTNNZReHNU1agUGWGdKpL43mGWiGFmlouDLESmfXq9P7zLSWJq6W8hMrOUdyXNieODRusE6Y28n_ae4_BTSpeC0A_2erzvBvFnGG_nAEvaSGNNF7WQcmOfrlBrtjPOghdchrenZhTk_LEu4ywYfRNyCv5m231WVuT8IuSQ83/w300-h400/IMG_7857.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvI6Dka3VDF2ETk4rou0AnRw4d3ra_fw4j1rjVthEakVhQOcWxsRCL76lDg8d0Z-nHYhh-Qn-JjV-WMWLRC2CvzboM_NKOCPLMwd1yKW13swp6QizpdGy1unuJ9tbv0GEdoCIB62A_n-EbXaA0iyFDMI84lBQY-ASNtZsoBmJzDgXFLMt4pQvQJKxxKV9/s1019/IMG_7861.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="764" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvI6Dka3VDF2ETk4rou0AnRw4d3ra_fw4j1rjVthEakVhQOcWxsRCL76lDg8d0Z-nHYhh-Qn-JjV-WMWLRC2CvzboM_NKOCPLMwd1yKW13swp6QizpdGy1unuJ9tbv0GEdoCIB62A_n-EbXaA0iyFDMI84lBQY-ASNtZsoBmJzDgXFLMt4pQvQJKxxKV9/w300-h400/IMG_7861.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We walked across Galata Bridge, took the Karaköy funicular we had taken last night back up to the foot of Istiklal Street, & this time walked all the way down past Galata Tower & back across.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEhsNs6zalD_T_R2Cx4DU0cqOAZn-BV7LKWohvQnylQUbvzgJB4CMSHYm4tQQtH37IX9q8kPPUzhw3pD5_LhVo8mHC0utssdcsbYgc5sYeamjcAMIHHta2CVY0ox45ufi1TaravAVXRkdBLXUxL7gU-PrkZl49zxRGMEoTmFKT7gtr9t3A4evvKhYMS-v/s3873/IMG_7823.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3873" data-original-width="2907" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEhsNs6zalD_T_R2Cx4DU0cqOAZn-BV7LKWohvQnylQUbvzgJB4CMSHYm4tQQtH37IX9q8kPPUzhw3pD5_LhVo8mHC0utssdcsbYgc5sYeamjcAMIHHta2CVY0ox45ufi1TaravAVXRkdBLXUxL7gU-PrkZl49zxRGMEoTmFKT7gtr9t3A4evvKhYMS-v/w300-h400/IMG_7823.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnETQix33hQkX8zBOfQzQ9Ie-auBzdLVGhKQxT7OoDInIG1jX2lIlKJmnpIm1siRhp4psQjKBVTTbDmmh1WFVwEGpl6u_R26X5vNnba_ydEV2Zjouum_VY6cUBRXFxGR5KRZvRgttYtnARtAYTMAet07guehG4K6-ei4gHPSRYGCntINx7uY70NjwcQPqN/s2048/IMG_7864.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnETQix33hQkX8zBOfQzQ9Ie-auBzdLVGhKQxT7OoDInIG1jX2lIlKJmnpIm1siRhp4psQjKBVTTbDmmh1WFVwEGpl6u_R26X5vNnba_ydEV2Zjouum_VY6cUBRXFxGR5KRZvRgttYtnARtAYTMAet07guehG4K6-ei4gHPSRYGCntINx7uY70NjwcQPqN/w300-h400/IMG_7864.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This afternoon, we experienced Turkish baths at <a href="https://cagalogluhamami.com.tr/en/" target="_blank">Cağaloğlu Hamamı</a> - this was what I had been waiting for!!! Spa life from 1741 *beyond* lived up to the hype! :-D </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">•15 min of hot steam room rest (like sauna)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">•10 min of being rubbed with a kese (a private one-use scrubbing glove)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">•20 min bubble foam massage </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">•Treats after while resting: Turkish tea, homemade sherbet (not American frozen, but like fresh juice,) & Turkish delight = HEAVEN!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichYGCj_jVv41ppQMBugEOGJj8l7yXTjfEJTZrbh5OcNftxYeYLjlPxgzXkpm4hOi4dvifbQAQOF1wVBMkQJy-UrbrDwe4C-eQg8oe1BsmcD5pN7qnin9NHlaEdy0SFcnc7hmp_6HMeP-CDkxbCRbDZBJRVDEOGIqd-FWcqV0ScQvjFIF5Ehb6MgsSzDM5/s4032/IMG_7855.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichYGCj_jVv41ppQMBugEOGJj8l7yXTjfEJTZrbh5OcNftxYeYLjlPxgzXkpm4hOi4dvifbQAQOF1wVBMkQJy-UrbrDwe4C-eQg8oe1BsmcD5pN7qnin9NHlaEdy0SFcnc7hmp_6HMeP-CDkxbCRbDZBJRVDEOGIqd-FWcqV0ScQvjFIF5Ehb6MgsSzDM5/w300-h400/IMG_7855.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">My only pic (BeReal :-D) actually inside - you get changed in private rooms upstairs that look out over the relaxing areas below for afterwards:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhB1a634SI0eNFbGlzBRpm7H94aE7sMJHx8JruxqdloWxLqzb-IK4rsjQ5EB_O2J5rrBEQsQV3EA9Namt3bcu1si6gjk-busCJCgLzpwlyuRc3ExrTkBTh2xQVaqQItu8gh1pgL99ObzR1Z7wfXJFfMIwi27ojkq4Ci1UhrvDj2LxjTt6sysZHeNBRH2RZ/s2000/IMG_7856.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhB1a634SI0eNFbGlzBRpm7H94aE7sMJHx8JruxqdloWxLqzb-IK4rsjQ5EB_O2J5rrBEQsQV3EA9Namt3bcu1si6gjk-busCJCgLzpwlyuRc3ExrTkBTh2xQVaqQItu8gh1pgL99ObzR1Z7wfXJFfMIwi27ojkq4Ci1UhrvDj2LxjTt6sysZHeNBRH2RZ/w300-h400/IMG_7856.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The sauna, scrubbing, bubble massage, washing, etc., are obviously in a different private area - this is their stock photo of exactly where we were, but it <i>really is</i> <i><b>this</b></i> beautiful!!!<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWZTiik0r_lro3YQqs7MuSLZQrpjZv9RAExkxkuJNmJ3AqQ0vl3tsIaXQsQPfstIy2norc-89TdZ4eDRio_MUL0uq-c9dirBKmwFhtIvCZp6S7Y_DVi5CaZXwjf6JHcQBc6ESqnY4AcggbMpctrbpT5xVwf3Zz5hS82sebMY9nGL7Nkl8hd4sNpevg6op/s1440/IMG_7871.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWZTiik0r_lro3YQqs7MuSLZQrpjZv9RAExkxkuJNmJ3AqQ0vl3tsIaXQsQPfstIy2norc-89TdZ4eDRio_MUL0uq-c9dirBKmwFhtIvCZp6S7Y_DVi5CaZXwjf6JHcQBc6ESqnY4AcggbMpctrbpT5xVwf3Zz5hS82sebMY9nGL7Nkl8hd4sNpevg6op/w400-h241/IMG_7871.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tonight we went to the Dervish Experience at <a href="https://www.hodjapasha.com/en/" target="_blank">Hodjapasha Cultural Center</a> - not a “show” but a serious religious ritual we were allowed to respectfully view, (so again, no pics.) Definitely glad I got to witness it, and Rumi is one of my ultimate favorites for wise quotes, so it was cool to learn more deeply about his origins.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqFHPmzBGkq6oIzCiXx0q9zWZ4lNXH2gOeJG4qXmIFyX8hzDaay939JMrbvZAk1dnOC5plX_-OBlkl8my74qRivBsxMvEt6bpTjeT1hwOMRomTRFASYlDY74ryRueJnwnO2UWXExHQQX_58Yi6dA7iOBWnJplVuxe4Wy784hj3sc_qEqHKG0mKLL85DIT/s2048/IMG_7862.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqFHPmzBGkq6oIzCiXx0q9zWZ4lNXH2gOeJG4qXmIFyX8hzDaay939JMrbvZAk1dnOC5plX_-OBlkl8my74qRivBsxMvEt6bpTjeT1hwOMRomTRFASYlDY74ryRueJnwnO2UWXExHQQX_58Yi6dA7iOBWnJplVuxe4Wy784hj3sc_qEqHKG0mKLL85DIT/w300-h400/IMG_7862.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPEf3VqtsHKZiHelxN0bNBj9X2-zNmkYSRno7vi9aHiq_T5-SFSFNVYBjRAtn-rJbu0ZLbpVW-besWztC7TbKAzpozs_BA_7uK5ugKDHGGMeM42Mtif9_gcCKA0klLA7cMtLhNzhivu-H9O3Rgq9E8Vo44ABLsK0FMjBfzN94JzW7zja71CIYZ137QhZC/s4032/IMG_7859.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPEf3VqtsHKZiHelxN0bNBj9X2-zNmkYSRno7vi9aHiq_T5-SFSFNVYBjRAtn-rJbu0ZLbpVW-besWztC7TbKAzpozs_BA_7uK5ugKDHGGMeM42Mtif9_gcCKA0klLA7cMtLhNzhivu-H9O3Rgq9E8Vo44ABLsK0FMjBfzN94JzW7zja71CIYZ137QhZC/w400-h300/IMG_7859.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEwZWn-uT8HtQMFuOk-un8GwWVT6El7ErO5pEYo_Ql2vMdvyMuaDXnb2EikmlTe8J7o2W0RBoe7RrFAvPsxsAuf8q_HkbsioUYA4EYA5xwg6wBfcPrKfF4pAEMa_Q6to-wNPVmx_qfIb8hRZzbZP-mk_KDwE-cXn8m0VS2NvoprZU-oO4YUef0fSicCpY/s4032/IMG_7860.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEwZWn-uT8HtQMFuOk-un8GwWVT6El7ErO5pEYo_Ql2vMdvyMuaDXnb2EikmlTe8J7o2W0RBoe7RrFAvPsxsAuf8q_HkbsioUYA4EYA5xwg6wBfcPrKfF4pAEMa_Q6to-wNPVmx_qfIb8hRZzbZP-mk_KDwE-cXn8m0VS2NvoprZU-oO4YUef0fSicCpY/w300-h400/IMG_7860.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tuesday, 18 April 2023</b><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hoşça kal ("Horsh chah call" - <i>goodbye</i>), Istanbul! </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73YRzTFagx4fSLhqqk-zzCzxZMthcrA_oXBUIp1QuqBzBOxrCGV_XhLT2rRCvWJItrJZhuxzqgdBU99lMESXkgkpNhpPGM4AcqJelrUDDuafANsj2nD0gRoC9O6075npjo_zfS7Cu8CqzGsHli7uwQTioX7klsYqcQQPMQFlgXAknO7knfvbVCejoW3KI/s2000/IMG_7868.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73YRzTFagx4fSLhqqk-zzCzxZMthcrA_oXBUIp1QuqBzBOxrCGV_XhLT2rRCvWJItrJZhuxzqgdBU99lMESXkgkpNhpPGM4AcqJelrUDDuafANsj2nD0gRoC9O6075npjo_zfS7Cu8CqzGsHli7uwQTioX7klsYqcQQPMQFlgXAknO7knfvbVCejoW3KI/w300-h400/IMG_7868.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><iframe height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zp6rx-abITM" width="426">
</iframe><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hallo, Würzburg for the 1st time since I lived here 1998-99!!!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2xTx-LaVSovaIzAJ4_3-jtZv70K3q_TETitBnWlmPzr2eWah79twnlJCrCykkbSFiBNJ1xJCeGxb4ERF8MnWHDjF4XGnrpXk3ZwN-bTCdK6DToZ0dPSyvBHwrFV0qYvsLRlhSRl36F6FQOAQkaHrdpsSeQobQ5Tkbjh7xbL-K8KsVj2yPHzPiFmUzh_S/s4032/IMG_7877.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2xTx-LaVSovaIzAJ4_3-jtZv70K3q_TETitBnWlmPzr2eWah79twnlJCrCykkbSFiBNJ1xJCeGxb4ERF8MnWHDjF4XGnrpXk3ZwN-bTCdK6DToZ0dPSyvBHwrFV0qYvsLRlhSRl36F6FQOAQkaHrdpsSeQobQ5Tkbjh7xbL-K8KsVj2yPHzPiFmUzh_S/w400-h300/IMG_7877.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So much is still the same. I’m sooo proud of how much German I can still understand & speak! I’m staying (an Neubaustraße!) just a few doors down from the restaurant that was most special to me when I lived here - eating there tomorrow! This apartment (The George Rooms) is fantastic - definitely recommend to anyone coming back to Wü!!! <br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22YE5i0N_QL5Oxcp9Nlk9j6PlSheyd_zAPF3kWHYNoE8bBxaAnXcaRfguZZGa3cBZRgU_QtsRcsG_zuwzOq_x9TZL9RyaonmT4KkKHiNLCDm_bteaDwpEgHjzbHRkc_ttWqSYHAdYSxX4xcC2Khal4aq0Q1icHPxWcoqlGkL0KFVXwEwIqxl2YJ02DMLU/s4032/IMG_7883.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22YE5i0N_QL5Oxcp9Nlk9j6PlSheyd_zAPF3kWHYNoE8bBxaAnXcaRfguZZGa3cBZRgU_QtsRcsG_zuwzOq_x9TZL9RyaonmT4KkKHiNLCDm_bteaDwpEgHjzbHRkc_ttWqSYHAdYSxX4xcC2Khal4aq0Q1icHPxWcoqlGkL0KFVXwEwIqxl2YJ02DMLU/w400-h300/IMG_7883.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m spending the most time with my friend, Thomas, & his fantastic family - he directed a play I was in when I lived here, and we’ve stayed in touch ever since. Here’s making Spätzle for dinner at Thomas & his awesome wife Michi’s home with their precious Leontina - my 6 yr old twin:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVJFxkQWOq_xi55SNcWNMRfNe_X0hOFGOTjhj3YNVgFxNAMtY4TT37Ed1Rbd_ErZZpCHYY2mBBRviiH5TJ6SiGiMq7KCONbd7tFv-wrKNvi_UVuCFnPkQDlNBK11qucJOuygnA_pWdIZeu9smTetckmkGc-kYnMOVSbRD2-PjVpjGypw6nVIeXoxV9MkQ/s1500/IMG_8205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVJFxkQWOq_xi55SNcWNMRfNe_X0hOFGOTjhj3YNVgFxNAMtY4TT37Ed1Rbd_ErZZpCHYY2mBBRviiH5TJ6SiGiMq7KCONbd7tFv-wrKNvi_UVuCFnPkQDlNBK11qucJOuygnA_pWdIZeu9smTetckmkGc-kYnMOVSbRD2-PjVpjGypw6nVIeXoxV9MkQ/w400-h400/IMG_8205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">And the entire crew:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4013" data-original-width="3010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LqiOr7UCPvFPTN_0vtmaMYFf6WImveOHVVz3kgDZfAUIX_49nvQOwhxDWRlebQzURuKQ9_LUU_IpmnQu0ou2LCiiVNisJxESlPfZkfNk8GJwDbERbSb7WmgfMlkN2TmiO63hccT-SE9hgKo8rFnj6EwNziK3_oWR3kr6gv3E2dIQjfgvShiuRdkfLnGe/w300-h400/IMG_8021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We re-created my part of the only picture I have of myself here, other than parties in our student apartment building & travels to other places; because this was home, I never took pictures of myself out & about around town here, like I did when we traveled anywhere else. This was also back before digital cameras, & we didn’t waste a lot of real film. :-P In the back garden of the Residenz (palace)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEZDIs7y-rxsp2N8GVgt8YE_ROLnnoUfgyJPWGQzEZbgxU6ITVPdKaZDU1luJcXcfP3h6HnhJ6T7fKlSiUeXUmNnVHhxsEgBNOMr9YnCwdvSiQ1O8nExGU_QcpZW4jnW5SyIyKksho7xVi6ZlZYlYbmKwOUlfIWR4P1UBF9nHSPimmM-T0XmwkpmNpEP3/s1935/phonto.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="1290" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEZDIs7y-rxsp2N8GVgt8YE_ROLnnoUfgyJPWGQzEZbgxU6ITVPdKaZDU1luJcXcfP3h6HnhJ6T7fKlSiUeXUmNnVHhxsEgBNOMr9YnCwdvSiQ1O8nExGU_QcpZW4jnW5SyIyKksho7xVi6ZlZYlYbmKwOUlfIWR4P1UBF9nHSPimmM-T0XmwkpmNpEP3/w266-h400/phonto.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Side garden:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHk6qz1uLk1iCqsQL_pXmV2J0o8e6I2zWK7kDhF7nDrsgbxBLXhe-iTqveDF6l3qqMMA3-UjplCsABBRkyCe6DMJC_uj7VApXqr9ksc6dqdxnyq5N1YjbK8rA41TwOskltmhb_t7hONFfZrEnyGIS-OKDdbOfgU1v6f_jh2XYWr0-s7SNeO-Wb01XwwpR/w300-h400/IMG_8023.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">*THE* quintessential Würzburg photo op (I have this from 25 years ago, but just not with me in it :-/)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCvOXBYClotfYzQXU8novQTqqCfaLXwIWdzEqqI79J0bWN1rn2LF_xmsbjiyhwaGeNIyx9dXdoxwJXX4q1tCewxETEQ62HdE6QipyhlAOwTrSL9a7qPXPTSeioVtSQ7bptL0ZUuGEVp1UyHzwkBmHSzJjnDVjhn5gKjNduKKdopKIqupwWZ3A2I2opWC_/s1223/IMG_8024.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCvOXBYClotfYzQXU8novQTqqCfaLXwIWdzEqqI79J0bWN1rn2LF_xmsbjiyhwaGeNIyx9dXdoxwJXX4q1tCewxETEQ62HdE6QipyhlAOwTrSL9a7qPXPTSeioVtSQ7bptL0ZUuGEVp1UyHzwkBmHSzJjnDVjhn5gKjNduKKdopKIqupwWZ3A2I2opWC_/w271-h400/IMG_8024.jpeg" width="271" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thomas took this of me & his friend at a café window from outside on the Straße - just joyous!<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYcxavMQk6WHkHNCQive4FW9W1YXVw0WHrAFfSl-3bixXGG-yk446jAImtcOSHIa_UyB1AIh_Ru13t8I65bU0U_oVUVlfa8UoMydW6DY2TKiLCwFVj3YKNRjghVnwequrJ6dsr645FiGGyJ6Wp3EQbzY4bqSF3pM_31xCVfMSFucXQz3UKrJFxw_g5gFQ/s2000/IMG_8040.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1124" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYcxavMQk6WHkHNCQive4FW9W1YXVw0WHrAFfSl-3bixXGG-yk446jAImtcOSHIa_UyB1AIh_Ru13t8I65bU0U_oVUVlfa8UoMydW6DY2TKiLCwFVj3YKNRjghVnwequrJ6dsr645FiGGyJ6Wp3EQbzY4bqSF3pM_31xCVfMSFucXQz3UKrJFxw_g5gFQ/w225-h400/IMG_8040.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Queen Bubble Tea Ambassador of the World, I continue my quest to expose & convert first timers:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLuKDiX_h9seZeBEXLAJyKJSHLrNkP-AyjlunTMLYUQ37H2q6rxluPRa0ZBf2VjRvPCKcXHFr0q_ecRR_-eS5cwzzZsNgcwAIRDRGnR33Yjku_L2C1EH3lfSd1xrLMInCXzPIeqhjYR4zWmbfyCmCfoktnkYYDfaPq9kj2Wwh1mNOX6MvA2c2a-FdyLl8/s2048/IMG_8042.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1520" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLuKDiX_h9seZeBEXLAJyKJSHLrNkP-AyjlunTMLYUQ37H2q6rxluPRa0ZBf2VjRvPCKcXHFr0q_ecRR_-eS5cwzzZsNgcwAIRDRGnR33Yjku_L2C1EH3lfSd1xrLMInCXzPIeqhjYR4zWmbfyCmCfoktnkYYDfaPq9kj2Wwh1mNOX6MvA2c2a-FdyLl8/w298-h400/IMG_8042.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I dug deep into WWII studies *after* I lived here, so I really want to go back this trip & learn as much as I can about that time here, because I didn’t really before. One major thing I *did* know about was the complete destruction of Würzburg in only 20 minutes by allied fire bombs on March 16, 1945, but I have already learned new things about that today, too. These crosses are made of nails from the cathedral in Coventry, England, which was also completely bombed in WWII (by the Germans in 1940.)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIFA4utr361wokMfPffVHEJq2jHSWJalC69ON2E_eyE9xXYVSWWJ-lYrQGCNKbcruwfK18yRuhCOuq3NPlxkLpiCz3y_J8IBEPP1CTT-rd2buoG0ZVx3IZdlrlagR7p9NR-FuvXXbjE9YENO_zAkgqN0xIpfw57LsVvyIkCprwkQHPV_VU795ZmrPcOG1/s1936/IMG_8044.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIFA4utr361wokMfPffVHEJq2jHSWJalC69ON2E_eyE9xXYVSWWJ-lYrQGCNKbcruwfK18yRuhCOuq3NPlxkLpiCz3y_J8IBEPP1CTT-rd2buoG0ZVx3IZdlrlagR7p9NR-FuvXXbjE9YENO_zAkgqN0xIpfw57LsVvyIkCprwkQHPV_VU795ZmrPcOG1/w400-h400/IMG_8044.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just as Würzburg was completely destroyed by allied fire bombing in March 1945, the people of Coventry fully understood the horrors these cities shared in war & sent these crosses as symbols of peace & reconciliation instead of hatred - so powerful!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, this is one of the most gut-wrenching & amazing Holocaust memorials I've ever seen… It is extremely unassuming – you may have no idea what it even is as you pass by on the street, unless you look inside. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWG-kckvy1H3YWPVY1SpyCI31-ghC1QKAYAqbUWm7YOJ367saN1IOmbWbRvkfA_-QgYgMicY2R-_JbEi3-FFGaazVNQ0rnXwjcU17LDZrpZOTO1L1UgRG0j_nY-sdTqrmDfeyqdXIt-YVDAOfDP91JDtHal0KHHqV79SbGLFd8-efD_YHrnKiEfUr7ilw/s1936/IMG_8043.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1936" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWG-kckvy1H3YWPVY1SpyCI31-ghC1QKAYAqbUWm7YOJ367saN1IOmbWbRvkfA_-QgYgMicY2R-_JbEi3-FFGaazVNQ0rnXwjcU17LDZrpZOTO1L1UgRG0j_nY-sdTqrmDfeyqdXIt-YVDAOfDP91JDtHal0KHHqV79SbGLFd8-efD_YHrnKiEfUr7ilw/w400-h300/IMG_8043.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a stone suitcase; inside is a bear, a toothbrush, & this journal writing:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"It was on 26 Nov 1941 in Würzburg when we had to go into exile. We had to report at four o'clock in the afternoon at the city theater, where there were already many Jews. Me with my mother and father. We stayed in the hall until four o'clock in the morning.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then we headed into the bad luck, but what we didn't know."</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Herbert Mai was 12 years old at his deportation. He survived as one of very few.</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">He and hundreds of other Jewish deportees from Würzburg are remembered by this suitcase. He was a part of the "DenkOrt Deportations" at the main train station.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Written by a student of the Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">***</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honestly, Germany does such a powerful job of incorporating remembrance & acknowledgment into their culture. We could take some lessons about accountability…</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Thursday, 20 April 2023</b><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">More beautiful reminiscing in Würzburg… But yesterday morning began with a few powerful new sights. Yet again, Germany does acknowledgement & respectful remembrance so well… Very unobtrusively here, on the way into the main train station (that building in the back) there sits this unassuming display of luggage… I thought that single stone suitcase in town was the most powerful Holocaust memorial I had ever seen, until this…</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToshoS5tQIFUfj3-yizC-S9I0V0_GQOgNjODDDw7FgC2JAlJmhMWo_zaoOAiQST7xC7xHFleOpGt1h0XwGBcdXrkBWTJMpcIQz5QHDJcgs_0mdYiBq-SbPvYbfEa8W30og2otcdatryFLN5y2STFVw0UOo0ybl_USR_eztl-LP_rVlHLNIpbCjBlMPzZm/s4032/IMG_8119.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToshoS5tQIFUfj3-yizC-S9I0V0_GQOgNjODDDw7FgC2JAlJmhMWo_zaoOAiQST7xC7xHFleOpGt1h0XwGBcdXrkBWTJMpcIQz5QHDJcgs_0mdYiBq-SbPvYbfEa8W30og2otcdatryFLN5y2STFVw0UOo0ybl_USR_eztl-LP_rVlHLNIpbCjBlMPzZm/w400-h300/IMG_8119.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every single suitcase bears the name of a different town in this area, where people were brought from to Würzburg to be deported to the camps…<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQp-lZalnpGiJAvVqpTT72Niyvq6FqB0lw2DVGlHgkNjTXz99NZQnk2erz_CdbFdKm8Mi-MmWaDGeMf8fetfWA4Xlj9ClbpZNQDjk_yEsY5cg-skLYy6X7jb4tja2eY4IQDVhSBI_1MDgLPWlU0-SdQ4WenvJaL0XOOXISuaBgyuuInX1BJHqD-qan6ew/s4032/IMG_8121.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQp-lZalnpGiJAvVqpTT72Niyvq6FqB0lw2DVGlHgkNjTXz99NZQnk2erz_CdbFdKm8Mi-MmWaDGeMf8fetfWA4Xlj9ClbpZNQDjk_yEsY5cg-skLYy6X7jb4tja2eY4IQDVhSBI_1MDgLPWlU0-SdQ4WenvJaL0XOOXISuaBgyuuInX1BJHqD-qan6ew/w400-h300/IMG_8121.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a gut punch to see the single stone suitcase that blew me away the day before placed here, again, among all the others, and to realize that his single suitcase bears the entire representation of Würzburg. Every other suitcase here represents a whole nother city just in this area…<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Bc13Pz1qT9RsuLK9u6_qsBV3tMDKmcEGCoGaWIm7ia5YjFjZNjXye0Trj4HWdChPo1jS9CqumTgUzDm3hk_aZCIXFmsgNcOWADQMaDSG79NllBjrOWjOiyNNgnAegMCqfzhJO9LE7fYNNdvWnNMwxFPj43M-pbDO5BlpaS8bm-H0lVXFhcDExkifRegf/s4032/IMG_8123.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Bc13Pz1qT9RsuLK9u6_qsBV3tMDKmcEGCoGaWIm7ia5YjFjZNjXye0Trj4HWdChPo1jS9CqumTgUzDm3hk_aZCIXFmsgNcOWADQMaDSG79NllBjrOWjOiyNNgnAegMCqfzhJO9LE7fYNNdvWnNMwxFPj43M-pbDO5BlpaS8bm-H0lVXFhcDExkifRegf/w400-h300/IMG_8123.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another aspect that makes this Holocaust memorial so powerful is how every single piece of luggage is unique – different colors, different sizes, different shapes, different materials, expressing the diversity of humanity…<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh---EyCW7JApDoftEG_Q4BDxMinEHWczZgX7cicksfdu6LxGU8p_00mWPK4QUSK12kelchUxAPf71y9jIjMBqH0VF5iBWmyY5ocToXvFcU4g_AFNc7v7TcjScivzL4lq2iKfU8tifwtdHuLL63wj_Ijuz7y3AbgEOIaAP_yTn5huju7W3XYM_lzLR29uev/s4032/IMG_8125.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh---EyCW7JApDoftEG_Q4BDxMinEHWczZgX7cicksfdu6LxGU8p_00mWPK4QUSK12kelchUxAPf71y9jIjMBqH0VF5iBWmyY5ocToXvFcU4g_AFNc7v7TcjScivzL4lq2iKfU8tifwtdHuLL63wj_Ijuz7y3AbgEOIaAP_yTn5huju7W3XYM_lzLR29uev/w400-h300/IMG_8125.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Details of what happened here, in English on the right:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzV84BABjtKKIzyyGoxxSq_dw2kT3rwAlr_J0O2rxyI7ik8EaS5PO_C6YRpTAHfYopiVn5typf9qO3SbRzABTQwLPUtTDzzENXA1xgyfgjorHae8wN-LAKn0otPc1dQz8BxUPMY8RMq6CDayXUh0T5Dk7raNosTHcadZ6i6og9E0oQx14AWICXu3t-O56/s4032/IMG_8124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzV84BABjtKKIzyyGoxxSq_dw2kT3rwAlr_J0O2rxyI7ik8EaS5PO_C6YRpTAHfYopiVn5typf9qO3SbRzABTQwLPUtTDzzENXA1xgyfgjorHae8wN-LAKn0otPc1dQz8BxUPMY8RMq6CDayXUh0T5Dk7raNosTHcadZ6i6og9E0oQx14AWICXu3t-O56/w300-h400/IMG_8124.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Feel free to scroll through this video quickly to get an overview, or slowly to read some of the different town names:</span></div><iframe height="426" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SH-ykEPnh2M" width="240">
</iframe><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I still get can’t get over the fact that each piece of luggage represents an entirely different town… The baby carriage, and the bear & hat at the end… THIS is the definition of memorializing responsibly with respect. The bottom of another info plaque there says, “With the way we act, each of us decides what kind of society we live in.”<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein" target="_blank">Stolpersteine</a> were the most important little Holocaust memorials that I already knew about but hadn’t actually seen in person before I came this time:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6ny6xYZWfhgvwaUrctk2MPz1N7zW4fSp89_6UtQopBD0xXAMwDptt0fUyut4yobjgTNntB4TjzVPPCuO6geTLZFwttBLVo4Vf6SUjr5AONvOjQD7UHkkSq-JYVKG0TOm9tVa_IupmoTG_7tjn9bLoN9cAI03fOhjuWr-jPoqVw2Cg2u_nvmW7cg_8tnB/s1932/IMG_8180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1380" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6ny6xYZWfhgvwaUrctk2MPz1N7zW4fSp89_6UtQopBD0xXAMwDptt0fUyut4yobjgTNntB4TjzVPPCuO6geTLZFwttBLVo4Vf6SUjr5AONvOjQD7UHkkSq-JYVKG0TOm9tVa_IupmoTG_7tjn9bLoN9cAI03fOhjuWr-jPoqVw2Cg2u_nvmW7cg_8tnB/w286-h400/IMG_8180.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">How powerful to walk along the sidewalk, catch a glance of brass on the ground, and you instantly know that someone had their life stolen from that location…<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I absolutely cannot express how important these things were for me to see.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">And now for a less intense change of pace:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs_GGyiJtCxE4RRBFTBP1sZ40M2lcFJd2RPYbUHXWoHEjACAwMXBTaKriqMqv_Dp69UGQfS5DGrVaS4qkKooCCrntVLEDkjy4Eh_jnPNOVIxN4n9nE1eggSKerXCIoMW7FQtS_1YDGXPZe0gg7sVkAKfjOuEC9CW_sSZ_pGmLhHJVjfGziC7jHl7iK6_8/s4032/IMG_8126.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs_GGyiJtCxE4RRBFTBP1sZ40M2lcFJd2RPYbUHXWoHEjACAwMXBTaKriqMqv_Dp69UGQfS5DGrVaS4qkKooCCrntVLEDkjy4Eh_jnPNOVIxN4n9nE1eggSKerXCIoMW7FQtS_1YDGXPZe0gg7sVkAKfjOuEC9CW_sSZ_pGmLhHJVjfGziC7jHl7iK6_8/w300-h400/IMG_8126.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">What does this art installation mean??? :-D The sign translated says:</span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Blue Sheep: Everyone is equal - everyone is important. Beyond all ethnological, religious, or cultural differences and with their very special charm, the blue sheep want to give food for thought & draw attention to the connections between us.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">They would like a sense of togetherness and peaceful tolerant interactions with each other, on the basis of appreciation of the other.”</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">How awesome is that?!?! This stands in the courtyard of a hospital/wine purveyor (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftung_Juliusspital_Würzburg" target="_blank">Juliusspital</a>)</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We lunched at the Italian restaurant where I used to eat at least every other week: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BellaNapoliDaLuigi" target="_blank">Bella Napoli “Da Luigi”</a> - nothing has changed! </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4ibjoqQM7oQBzZzrZvsHjYnXlcyAWIpmS4QF0jcgTRGw5iiueY00As6p1KjDk8QpW9qUdPR0RZFt29tjkQpqdj_PNXNX0qlWYo8BicrQmFjbZheC3lT1PW6QpsgPKmrm49E4pMU4BKYvr6FvaDkR31a1Tvyoop2gJP6Jj3l2rqYPxgjFcQ7HMtlPvv8A/s4032/IMG_8128.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4ibjoqQM7oQBzZzrZvsHjYnXlcyAWIpmS4QF0jcgTRGw5iiueY00As6p1KjDk8QpW9qUdPR0RZFt29tjkQpqdj_PNXNX0qlWYo8BicrQmFjbZheC3lT1PW6QpsgPKmrm49E4pMU4BKYvr6FvaDkR31a1Tvyoop2gJP6Jj3l2rqYPxgjFcQ7HMtlPvv8A/w300-h400/IMG_8128.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">All of my university classes here were “am Hubland” (up the big hill - Wü sits down in the a river valley) so we retraced my bus route (10!) from I Haus all the way up am Hubland!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">My old apartment building: I Haus! (I lived one floor up from my finger pointing)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNyXeIKJfJJWfBwXBLT-E9b8eRXkQv3JtvfipLGBS2aVJvszS5aiKq9Uu-mtO502dYa_oUNVDunqV-zYssZioQjakZQ6sIOuaTaaREeHKZNzGfa9M8Pf3zNq9r2o3d2o0CPjLp5PrUZ4Uw14TWp0ZAxIZ-l5pjklMj9AZqxu8DlRyscNJWVKWdMOmj5S7/s3088/IMG_8129.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNyXeIKJfJJWfBwXBLT-E9b8eRXkQv3JtvfipLGBS2aVJvszS5aiKq9Uu-mtO502dYa_oUNVDunqV-zYssZioQjakZQ6sIOuaTaaREeHKZNzGfa9M8Pf3zNq9r2o3d2o0CPjLp5PrUZ4Uw14TWp0ZAxIZ-l5pjklMj9AZqxu8DlRyscNJWVKWdMOmj5S7/w300-h400/IMG_8129.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It has an awful new façade - that entire middle section with primary color lines used to be open balconies off of our communal dining room & kitchen areas on every floor. Do the kitchens not have cool balconies anymore??? :-(<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The library am Hubland:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwn5uojFgJzLgW8zs5Q6tooR6jBSfsSMK0oG7W0ytjyWvGGSK13n8DuJPzYkBCcXf5mkQPrE_VbW2i4LpsctMISZfZ3VFtzI22vqXw3Yz6zTdZnsKFaLTG7L4Wzdc7SNXkyrvRw2Ej-R2Arp0HhAg5AM_Yh6gnQlA9V8CsXXFhQYthQrYhd540N6mtakf/s4032/IMG_8131.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwn5uojFgJzLgW8zs5Q6tooR6jBSfsSMK0oG7W0ytjyWvGGSK13n8DuJPzYkBCcXf5mkQPrE_VbW2i4LpsctMISZfZ3VFtzI22vqXw3Yz6zTdZnsKFaLTG7L4Wzdc7SNXkyrvRw2Ej-R2Arp0HhAg5AM_Yh6gnQlA9V8CsXXFhQYthQrYhd540N6mtakf/w400-h300/IMG_8131.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in the dark ages when I lived here (98/99) we didn’t have cell phones, much less smartphones, and we didn’t have internet in our apartment building. The only way to check your email was at the uni computer lab, and the biggest one was in this library am Hubland = so, yes: I spent many, many hours in this library!!! It was my only free connection to JB!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Almost all of my classes were in this building - Philosophische Fakultät:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIhi72Ggo6D4AMlS82DFIZEo0NMYHSV_4HNmR_bhOcz2NxBbVhJwMLjqbz5noSDGuzBiLTVo9Ot_dOOvBZkqLPf7JEweNZ6wTvKMCfk10_h-bWGxlwhRbB7EHGJ8-lAXURDuOtVbLZhlsJbQqYJpx3CQhreVfC6BmcoIUnzdmeF9HuyU0xQaCvKsXAUQa/s4032/IMG_8132.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIhi72Ggo6D4AMlS82DFIZEo0NMYHSV_4HNmR_bhOcz2NxBbVhJwMLjqbz5noSDGuzBiLTVo9Ot_dOOvBZkqLPf7JEweNZ6wTvKMCfk10_h-bWGxlwhRbB7EHGJ8-lAXURDuOtVbLZhlsJbQqYJpx3CQhreVfC6BmcoIUnzdmeF9HuyU0xQaCvKsXAUQa/w300-h400/IMG_8132.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">…and it is probably the *only* building that hasn’t been remodeled, yet! It looks exactly the same! :-D Thomas & I went to the café up these stairs & sat here yesterday, just like I used to. It was kind of cool to spend time in that building with zero angst for school work. :-P<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">View from the Philosophische Fakultäts building café down into Wü, with the Festung (fortress) rising on the other hill across the river:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdFC8iVVfyQlak5ypWI3EXUErGjWWveLGF-3CT5rThfLdXXqfgXhAkX2_Sq-isWzZfnRJH87pa5lrEXGwEqWugqzTc0_APcBsPx5c6C1bGGrhGScDiaE_7mdZdOSYhF1f7ur1MLYKEnX5tSIyT5k5ZxvlhxUEY63D13M3HJvvCgoyvw9gA08ejtyj7v8j/s4032/IMG_8133.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdFC8iVVfyQlak5ypWI3EXUErGjWWveLGF-3CT5rThfLdXXqfgXhAkX2_Sq-isWzZfnRJH87pa5lrEXGwEqWugqzTc0_APcBsPx5c6C1bGGrhGScDiaE_7mdZdOSYhF1f7ur1MLYKEnX5tSIyT5k5ZxvlhxUEY63D13M3HJvvCgoyvw9gA08ejtyj7v8j/w300-h400/IMG_8133.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">View of St Stephen’s Church from Thomas’s family room window:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v_ej5S2qqYj7hl3-fp_Bod4xpWuUHgQ6fXx-eAC5tAZ5sg1gXSySFJFWsfiBIL9LB4XziLu1FG29PGK8C9vx13eeJM7F_rhFVEHKMrhvPLkcbDCyN-fh-duadTiUrnK9UfNnZRfERBWmb4wdWCpvjdw-R0GpVaZHtrdKt6AApmK2McHoXAhWQBbmoETk/s1097/IMG_8134.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v_ej5S2qqYj7hl3-fp_Bod4xpWuUHgQ6fXx-eAC5tAZ5sg1gXSySFJFWsfiBIL9LB4XziLu1FG29PGK8C9vx13eeJM7F_rhFVEHKMrhvPLkcbDCyN-fh-duadTiUrnK9UfNnZRfERBWmb4wdWCpvjdw-R0GpVaZHtrdKt6AApmK2McHoXAhWQBbmoETk/w303-h400/IMG_8134.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few genuine Frankish delicacies last night at <a href="https://www.buergerspital-weinstuben.de/" target="_blank">Bürgerspital-Weinstuben</a> (right under the Glockenspiel that I didn’t know existed until Tuesday :-D)<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1PxDKNDKm-ZwRsKx85Ozv-XF2mUUYQ7vgApmjAC0M6WcvnqA97SKNv4wriBZ4m-YxxUS1BJTrtIsD77jepGjny37klTC7xeXtL1dO5SeQkx_SyAoCcbSnyn9W87biN8TAJLgq1yTFlBUYbwoBBsDWo0hacsA6rzny8yLyjgiDwzrL-hWBXikumgHw174/s4032/IMG_8136.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1PxDKNDKm-ZwRsKx85Ozv-XF2mUUYQ7vgApmjAC0M6WcvnqA97SKNv4wriBZ4m-YxxUS1BJTrtIsD77jepGjny37klTC7xeXtL1dO5SeQkx_SyAoCcbSnyn9W87biN8TAJLgq1yTFlBUYbwoBBsDWo0hacsA6rzny8yLyjgiDwzrL-hWBXikumgHw174/w300-h400/IMG_8136.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today we took time to hike up to the Festung Marienberg (fortress) which is *the* image of Würzburg. I can’t believe I only hiked up there once or twice when I lived here! View from down in the city (right by my apartment this stay)</span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-kjTQnSW4MqlVbB9FSO-nhPc4cNLXo-QfFFhqE59NGexRLViqFvz6zsYa3LPYxDxhIW2abTOhRkzT3R3K4qGJzYttx2PUbDZuq99-cX6AlEH7gfRksEuF0l_Q5oGuexX00y65uzLvtFjFCWcCFJeW_l8Uh3BQPOzKRC83OAlhqe6RtZVhDVXC7aVorRu/s3212/IMG_8172.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3212" data-original-width="2411" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-kjTQnSW4MqlVbB9FSO-nhPc4cNLXo-QfFFhqE59NGexRLViqFvz6zsYa3LPYxDxhIW2abTOhRkzT3R3K4qGJzYttx2PUbDZuq99-cX6AlEH7gfRksEuF0l_Q5oGuexX00y65uzLvtFjFCWcCFJeW_l8Uh3BQPOzKRC83OAlhqe6RtZVhDVXC7aVorRu/w300-h400/IMG_8172.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perfect Würzburg panorama from halfway up!!!<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Hello, Houston, our couch, soothing Astros baseball, beagles, & bubble tea!!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSUb4uLdHMBS2ammFxLXMAFF82PE5mDt0soP1lMim9LnwY4C4Rc0szuYHvl0rLkhIp-6TMtL6tqU3I-Q_OmRodB3zTq4Av2V1ckCKDa7eZRAsJhPgci0h9EYabiE_xcxsroszAphVpMDLSRMvp9YDFavhVQsONeE5p3gFEaUJD-xMO2CQ40Cw6RWMjngf/s4032/IMG_8201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSUb4uLdHMBS2ammFxLXMAFF82PE5mDt0soP1lMim9LnwY4C4Rc0szuYHvl0rLkhIp-6TMtL6tqU3I-Q_OmRodB3zTq4Av2V1ckCKDa7eZRAsJhPgci0h9EYabiE_xcxsroszAphVpMDLSRMvp9YDFavhVQsONeE5p3gFEaUJD-xMO2CQ40Cw6RWMjngf/w400-h300/IMG_8201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m officially a jet-lagged zombie. (Going east has always been easier for me than going west, and it’s been 20 years since I had 2 full weeks on European time to recover from!) God came through more ways than I can count on this trip - the last one being my friend Thomas’s entire family rearranging their schedules to drive me to the airport in Frankfurt this morning, b/c Deutsche Bahn went on strike for 10 hours - which just happened to be my train-to-the-airport window! </span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-26940453237265027152023-06-09T19:53:00.001-05:002023-06-09T19:53:27.675-05:00April, May, & Welcome Summer<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I know, I know</i>: I returned from Türkiye & Germany with the promise of a fab recap…and it <i><b>IS</b></i> coming! But there was a lot to come back to first: </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise turned 17 the end of April! The day before her birthday (& my first weekday back from my trip - I wouldn’t miss it!) she received the Chinese language award at SLHS Awards Day = a huge deal: her school has almost 3,000 underclassmen & it’s ridiculously competitive! No small feat to get recognized for academics! And the week before this, she found out she’s been selected as PRESIDENT of <a href="https://fcclainc.org/" target="_blank">FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)</a> for her senior year!!!</span></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-yR19vWMCUPc9w6MiuoYge5Z-bjiH9BCM0aBmjeWND3cKES5bUJ6lWNmugatYG_P8Z7Hg-6k-ODpc5Q4STRiwGKHH5qUZzVByfuJJv5Ugn7BVVKjVfekTb8WgS48Yk2TVADJ4crWJiWFCH9aK_ST8zKkmP3qf8adqQ691y-iL6TWZtnFaJanY8PyxQ/s3088/IMG_8245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-yR19vWMCUPc9w6MiuoYge5Z-bjiH9BCM0aBmjeWND3cKES5bUJ6lWNmugatYG_P8Z7Hg-6k-ODpc5Q4STRiwGKHH5qUZzVByfuJJv5Ugn7BVVKjVfekTb8WgS48Yk2TVADJ4crWJiWFCH9aK_ST8zKkmP3qf8adqQ691y-iL6TWZtnFaJanY8PyxQ/w300-h400/IMG_8245.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHnq9zM2_pfSsmZi-671EJ1sw6ebcDisV4OgjIKDj8UdbQ6N5Z_VaUahwHkhY7Y5wredAi2rbHHI9QuHgXzBg7_eNmxTykKRWaJXK5SQpO-3zbhNhE85wbw7Pu5yoLxlwEMvX1hQ7Vu2ACPLUTryk9adl-qIE1xdotocf6TwyScN86VTp_H3PhX_1cA/s1602/IMG_8256.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="1421" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHnq9zM2_pfSsmZi-671EJ1sw6ebcDisV4OgjIKDj8UdbQ6N5Z_VaUahwHkhY7Y5wredAi2rbHHI9QuHgXzBg7_eNmxTykKRWaJXK5SQpO-3zbhNhE85wbw7Pu5yoLxlwEMvX1hQ7Vu2ACPLUTryk9adl-qIE1xdotocf6TwyScN86VTp_H3PhX_1cA/w355-h400/IMG_8256.JPG" width="355" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Love that giggle face! :-D)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEyt6rScvWDUM3n9u7J5PLz1o38XCdF6z4Th3v_jtIRlDNcDsr2erBI61jL39W9gyAZES5jeoPwB8j9GnWHZu_9gCJOfDVwcjjwPkXxaPEOVq7gVwvdsN1r2Xb4FW4SPcTfbGsFkTANSAG1p0DLOBj0koK7yPsDlmAeyq_emU6z0EED31b9XrwlynfQ/s3541/IMG_8292.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3541" data-original-width="2656" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEyt6rScvWDUM3n9u7J5PLz1o38XCdF6z4Th3v_jtIRlDNcDsr2erBI61jL39W9gyAZES5jeoPwB8j9GnWHZu_9gCJOfDVwcjjwPkXxaPEOVq7gVwvdsN1r2Xb4FW4SPcTfbGsFkTANSAG1p0DLOBj0koK7yPsDlmAeyq_emU6z0EED31b9XrwlynfQ/w300-h400/IMG_8292.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will finished his freshman year of college just as strongly as he began, and he started a new job (better pay!) at Kroger. I can’t believe it’s only two months until he transfers & moves out…</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-GvFx2ULmVKWuRKgQ-n4lQ-KWp5MwDbNK0Pql5E8z-bYOeNMzeP86PgY7nb2Ybh7QRlNdIJBFRNmKzIpxCJlM38R9P6CmHKY0tF55VBMRFetqWvI6vxtdq5m9BIbwf8xIgA9TXcdfuhowi8FO7vinGq0tnGkw80Hm79zK7FoU7NZezRxZ3pw3Dzd0A/s4032/IMG_7368.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-GvFx2ULmVKWuRKgQ-n4lQ-KWp5MwDbNK0Pql5E8z-bYOeNMzeP86PgY7nb2Ybh7QRlNdIJBFRNmKzIpxCJlM38R9P6CmHKY0tF55VBMRFetqWvI6vxtdq5m9BIbwf8xIgA9TXcdfuhowi8FO7vinGq0tnGkw80Hm79zK7FoU7NZezRxZ3pw3Dzd0A/w300-h400/IMG_7368.heic" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mother’s Day 2023:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt14UPjPcLCrS24DMFMrBiQmuuMcJwI60RUKPXCdkrI-Zock3monzR-JS_6-ZPueVa2DkwInvygA4gg3noZKT9qH6mbkCLw3JJ8qXaBd6tDk_MEbSBRmbbk-N4xwHi5P6T2z_mHHQKF9p-ErGWJVY4YOLWmrAaBY46ooZ5sH2n0OML67F_lK276aiQuw/s4032/IMG_8438.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt14UPjPcLCrS24DMFMrBiQmuuMcJwI60RUKPXCdkrI-Zock3monzR-JS_6-ZPueVa2DkwInvygA4gg3noZKT9qH6mbkCLw3JJ8qXaBd6tDk_MEbSBRmbbk-N4xwHi5P6T2z_mHHQKF9p-ErGWJVY4YOLWmrAaBY46ooZ5sH2n0OML67F_lK276aiQuw/w400-h300/IMG_8438.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Funny Lady Business Story: I got a surprise compliment at my mammogram! :-D The tech took my first mammogram image & said, “Wow, you really work out!” Ummm, yeah…but how does a flat image of a flabby boob convey that????? “You have amazing pectoral muscles on this image!” Ohhhh! :-P And THANKS!!! So ladies, don’t skip chest presses, flies, & push-ups, so that you, too, can get unexpected compliments at your next mammogram!!! (On top of being more functional in your every day life + fighting osteoporosis!)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfZB-hessnhYDclF4_RxBlgHpX5CtDH7BAVtTocX6Djwck06I-M2y5AWZkUe_SnqjN7f_KjYLERpji8xK7BXJPe299hU1oT55-tC8CsTns5_sse5_uO3IWXeNGNz1lwCsk_ohG34uYnU-4o35H-ooojzeGZ42wWuUeXV_SbvDvXfGMH2d8m04IDKQbw/s3088/IMG_8449.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfZB-hessnhYDclF4_RxBlgHpX5CtDH7BAVtTocX6Djwck06I-M2y5AWZkUe_SnqjN7f_KjYLERpji8xK7BXJPe299hU1oT55-tC8CsTns5_sse5_uO3IWXeNGNz1lwCsk_ohG34uYnU-4o35H-ooojzeGZ42wWuUeXV_SbvDvXfGMH2d8m04IDKQbw/w300-h400/IMG_8449.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(PS re: my shirt - Thank you, Lord, that my once-proud NFL team is finally being sold away from the horrid troll who’s held us hostage for 24 tragic years! Official news of the intended Washington NFL sale came through when I was still in Germany, but documents were actually signed in May, finally ending this toxic nightmare. Washington football has ALWAYS been my heart, and 3 Super Bowl wins in my formative years made this disgusting Snyder era even more painful. For the first time in 24 years now, I have actual hope - all b/c that reprehensible imp is finally gone. This feels like we are prisoners being liberated… Also FWIW, I’m not one to keep whining about the name change - I loved my ‘Skins, I’m never dumping my vintage gear, & I’m not personally changing the words to our song, but I don’t mind updating the brand; “Commanders” is banal, but a name isn’t as important as reclaiming our Gibbs-ian culture!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">JB’s company won a big safety award, and the ceremony was at Moody Gardens in Galveston in May. I spent most of the time in the hot tub:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRqF-ovNF3DTQIIreJ4lzhOebeZ4rL9h_jF1uqKzlPwptl31JZruWIm-2w7VteS2EHuDsCzGld-1W_J1QaMtCWnet-k0KxmePNrPfixCfs2v0Jlrg0gBN6jXvWsgZsveI--8TVdZ_nk-JdfNf3fFaYorYC987mTWuvCrmLRw8UhmH-JACKMjSBCHqQQ/s3088/IMG_8509.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRqF-ovNF3DTQIIreJ4lzhOebeZ4rL9h_jF1uqKzlPwptl31JZruWIm-2w7VteS2EHuDsCzGld-1W_J1QaMtCWnet-k0KxmePNrPfixCfs2v0Jlrg0gBN6jXvWsgZsveI--8TVdZ_nk-JdfNf3fFaYorYC987mTWuvCrmLRw8UhmH-JACKMjSBCHqQQ/w300-h400/IMG_8509.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbszX8I6keF5jUQ2joudHCMae7jkULAy4YcBy3UpA1Ru9BWCaPgQOr6LtiNJ4UcFOWdZE6pEDxMHHnBnc5HPRA4sIXiNYEe_ReulAO5UR2Kxl8IY7ymyQ9DyqLS3FP5scEbBakcYV9IT2xMveJMNT_8Mhnz8xSZKcyVQRto32-jVU8PMsnB5nFhj9pqA/s2692/IMG_8500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2692" data-original-width="2692" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbszX8I6keF5jUQ2joudHCMae7jkULAy4YcBy3UpA1Ru9BWCaPgQOr6LtiNJ4UcFOWdZE6pEDxMHHnBnc5HPRA4sIXiNYEe_ReulAO5UR2Kxl8IY7ymyQ9DyqLS3FP5scEbBakcYV9IT2xMveJMNT_8Mhnz8xSZKcyVQRto32-jVU8PMsnB5nFhj9pqA/w400-h400/IMG_8500.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">And our brunch that Saturday at <a href="https://sugarandryegalveston.com/" target="_blank">Sugar & Rye Galveston</a> was a delight!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise’s first day/last day of school comparison pic May 25th:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlp8ILb1YE4O9EGhgcci2gG1NulSR_7AONfEsEtNwYMH_D_fOXemCBjDNyTwZfE1_cOJ4UEek5ldrjWuiLM5BG4-b1V5LEB8gF_v5dtR6iZP-mVn1l5D9ZcM9-LeWDf6YVdZ5QJr8M-ByHT7wCcptpPMXIMlB9OGr1Z9uoggHLw5yJL6FIY65GN9ZMA/s1936/IMG_8547.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ok, so I’m caught back up on regular life again enough to start thinking about posting my trip recap. It is just <i><b>so overwhelming!</b></i> I was actually thinking about maybe starting a whole separate blog for travels, since that is the ultimate goal for the next decade of my life! My last 2 decades were dedicated to being a SAHM; a decade from now, I could potentially want to be spending any free moments with future grandchildren; *THIS* is my window in life to travel with the least child responsibility + most physical availability = 2 very real factors in life. I will not be one of those people who waits 20 more years to start thinking about having more adventures of my own! What do you think: keep everything together here in one place, or do a separate dedicated travel blog?</span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-52382301846845880082023-04-23T13:52:00.002-05:002023-04-23T14:18:50.985-05:00BeReal, Beagles, Baking, Beach, BBQ, Buff, & a Bombshell<div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Let’s catch up on some of the last 3 1/2 months here! <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(ETA: oops! I was supposed to post this right before Easter! Pretend it's Sat, April 8th as you read. :-P)</span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m only on BeReal b/c JB asked us all 4 to start it last April, and the only people who see mine are my household. :-P I usually take photography very seriously, but it’s been a fun excuse to glimpse in *unedited* at random times on my fam almost everyday with no more effort than a text, and then I got this sweet little <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/CV92jJ-ECDQ" target="_blank">2022 recap video</a> the beginning of January:<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe height="426" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CV92jJ-ECDQ" width="240">
</iframe></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We asked for a dog DNA kit to test Blaise for Christmas; we got <a href="https://www.wisdompanel.com/app/s/xzv5lc1" target="_blank">the results back</a> & were SHOCKED: she is 100% Beagle!!! No Black & Tan Coonhound mix, no percentage super mutt, no unknown. They didn’t detect any known genetic health predispositions in Blaise’s DNA of the 29 they test for, (not that that means she can’t get sick, but it's comforting to know there's nothing genetically obvious out front.) Through her DNA, they knew Blaise has Tan Points (the tan above her eyebrows) & even her healthy weight range (right on target - we’d wondered if she’s too thin, b/c she’s such a skinny mini compared to musclebound Bailey, who’s built like a Beagle linebacker = nope!)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEges8_FeN-o_sGaDdyll8qY_beB3819zQn_JjIj8gmKKKSg6wiASE2RPNr_xhrUvP93A7kqdLjXkqzIlE7J1eMaUyTiwZMQvcq1iwkGGx-KNQD1bKN-f68Mn2jX38VO3E41UrdQBFy9nQfS1x7GjzP35Q6eVa28IWb--UVeUSySIGR2MPRGZYv00jR3WQ/s1243/IMG_6047.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="785" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEges8_FeN-o_sGaDdyll8qY_beB3819zQn_JjIj8gmKKKSg6wiASE2RPNr_xhrUvP93A7kqdLjXkqzIlE7J1eMaUyTiwZMQvcq1iwkGGx-KNQD1bKN-f68Mn2jX38VO3E41UrdQBFy9nQfS1x7GjzP35Q6eVa28IWb--UVeUSySIGR2MPRGZYv00jR3WQ/w253-h400/IMG_6047.PNG" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUD6pSgF3dBOMzFQRbJGX8r4Gr0ERCofgBxuQxZlFXo8UyfcquirYRqBb-eXlQvBXt_JJOC04aNTLTQZvVORc9Wu3Mwn4uD1FsqZ518if_0RORgX-X_oTvmBmV3LZLns56uJ-XuYo8w7zmS36mpwwOiG_USuiMvga-p6jXRkNAV-_GvOBrvYz7k_o6w/s1936/phonto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUD6pSgF3dBOMzFQRbJGX8r4Gr0ERCofgBxuQxZlFXo8UyfcquirYRqBb-eXlQvBXt_JJOC04aNTLTQZvVORc9Wu3Mwn4uD1FsqZ518if_0RORgX-X_oTvmBmV3LZLns56uJ-XuYo8w7zmS36mpwwOiG_USuiMvga-p6jXRkNAV-_GvOBrvYz7k_o6w/w400-h400/phonto.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We could also see a pic of her 54% genetic brother, Saul, who looks just like her! (He’s apparently a year older.) She splays out just like his pic!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So now I really want to do one for Bailey, too!!! 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She entered the cupcake competition - it was the only baking thing she could enter, not being enrolled as an official culinary student at school. She had to develop a recipe from scratch, design & build a full display, and give a presentation about her entire process. She made tiramisu cupcakes with a coffee syrup soak, mascarpone espresso icing, topped with also-homemade ladyfingers. She competed against *40 PEOPLE* in Level 3 (b/c she’s a junior) & lots of them have done this before (this is the 1st year of FCCLA at SLHS, so our whole school is new, not just her.) 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I wasn’t looking for anything new, but their timing could not fit my current schedule more perfectly!!! (No midweek practice 👍) What a joy to lead with this team + what an incredible provision of God in this new season of life, still being able to serve & sing when I’m fitness coaching Wed evenings & can’t make Wed night rehearsals! It may be a smaller congregation & a smaller stage, but the level of professionalism & collaboration is satisfying beyond words!<br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/27NvAYthask" width="426">
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y7hdWC79LwfvmtavIuxGzI0OMZpisJu8ioAWHoYy0T208sc6xCNPx4ymJqxl1FDdRcTDVa9u25YmceIRJMm7dfy5F4SJhPSLPgawy09kbTM55td8r8lHm38SBYafvnqoqueCskRLxSXgnHq9wnJPX5rTmFJ_FZG-WXVREpVp8LprF1HpPIFiESQiDg/s2960/IMG_6010.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="2960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y7hdWC79LwfvmtavIuxGzI0OMZpisJu8ioAWHoYy0T208sc6xCNPx4ymJqxl1FDdRcTDVa9u25YmceIRJMm7dfy5F4SJhPSLPgawy09kbTM55td8r8lHm38SBYafvnqoqueCskRLxSXgnHq9wnJPX5rTmFJ_FZG-WXVREpVp8LprF1HpPIFiESQiDg/w400-h300/IMG_6010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Our last big pre-Easter family event was taking Annelise on her long-awaited college visit to see <a href="https://sfasu.edu/" target="_blank">SFA (Stephen F. Austin State University)</a> in person - her top choice for the last few years. She can actually apply fairly soon, since she's almost at the end of her junior year! We were so impressed with the quality of their offerings and sense of community. 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We were both talking about wanting to travel again in this new season of life (this is the 1st year both my kids can drive, so if I leave for a trip now, I won’t have to make any special arrangements for them) and it’s about time I came closer to <i>her</i> for once! :-D So we decided last summer that we’d save, budget, plan, & really do this, instead of just dream about it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">International travel is the only passion in my life that has been put completely on hold the last 20 years, since choosing to have a family, choosing to prioritize being a stay-at-home mom, and literally not being able to even consider affording it. God absolutely provided & sustained us, but the last four years in particular have been the most financially challenging we’ve ever experienced. For a good portion of that time, we had to learn how to re-budget our entire household to live on just 37% of what we were used to. We had to learn how to go without; the kids had to learn how to go without. It was not easy, and it certainly was not fun, but I know they gleaned valuable life lessons by watching how we dealt with these financial challenges openly & honestly. When I started my second job last year (in addition to my <a href="https://m.facebook.com/groups/296420031472316/" target="_blank">StudioSmile</a> teaching business = still going strong!) at the personal trainer gym, we were finally back in a position where we could agree that that money could be banked in a separate travel account. I’ve been planning & budgeting for this ever since!!! I’ve been waiting <b>literally 20 years</b> <i>(last time in Europe: Italy, July 2003!)</i> to be able to rekindle this life’s passion of mine, being a good & faithful steward of that which has been entrusted to me, and I pray that this is just the beginning of a new long-awaited era of international travel in my life!!! Bring on the passport stamps!!!!!!!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m flying out Easter afternoon, and Amy & I are going to Cappadocia for a few days, then Istanbul. My flight back to Houston goes through Frankfurt, and it didn’t increase my ticket price for my layover to be 4 hours vs. 4 days & 4 hours, so I’m spending a few extra days on my way home in Germany. I lived in Würzburg & went to uni there 1998-99, but I haven’t been back since - I absolutely cannot believe it’s been almost 25 years!!! I still <i><b>dream</b></i> of being able to show my kids around Wü one day, too, (JB has been! He came to visit me there - yep, we’ve been together that long! ❤️) but this opportunity was too perfect to pass up, even though my family won’t be with me this time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">No, Cappadocia & Istanbul are *not* in the earthquake zone. Amy even called our hotels the day after to confirm everyone there is ok. If there’s any country that needs our financial support via tourism right now, it’s the non-quake areas of Turkey.</span></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>So, spoiler alert: b/c I didn't get to post this before I left, surprise - I'm back!!! :-P It. Was. Everything. Stay tuned for more travel pics coming than you could ever want!!! :-D</i></span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-48626517967824062142022-12-31T18:04:00.001-06:002022-12-31T18:04:37.612-06:002022 in Review + Nov-Dec Photo Dump<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzOuRDria2WFMrsf4djLIWalSixy3KOSUfMiYL-jzS9tc6xRsTwbpJ_Rtx-b8kV_gGeFnbdw-T9rov7GwvO3ECoyKUruRpPSybcEvrmuCYAcV9wujJUqeRAFFNf2ijTAb2iZn_7qiLUUvp1ke6Mbb1XV4M8pvLLklo0w_nL3C3MC2hbcEge8YlcungQ/s3869/IMG_5349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2575" data-original-width="3869" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzOuRDria2WFMrsf4djLIWalSixy3KOSUfMiYL-jzS9tc6xRsTwbpJ_Rtx-b8kV_gGeFnbdw-T9rov7GwvO3ECoyKUruRpPSybcEvrmuCYAcV9wujJUqeRAFFNf2ijTAb2iZn_7qiLUUvp1ke6Mbb1XV4M8pvLLklo0w_nL3C3MC2hbcEge8YlcungQ/w400-h266/IMG_5349.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2022 was a year of extremes for our family: extremely satisfying career- & school-wise, extremely dramatic health- & transition-wise. We also welcomed a 6th family member: Blaise! (See Annelise’s arms above ❤️) <br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">JB shined in his first full year as Chief Human Resources Officer at his latest company - check out <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/How-Vector-CAG-transformed-its-organization-amid-17565411.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his newspaper interview here</a> from November! I kept <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/296420031472316/?ref=share_group_link" target="_blank">StudioSmile</a> going, transitioned from teaching PiYo to Vinyasa Flow, taught both my kids Driver’s Ed, began singing with a new church who needed female soloists, pulled the trigger on a GIANT adventure coming this April (<i>teaser! wait & see!!!)</i> & accepted an additional position as a fitness coach/personal trainer 3 afternoons a week:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51H7DfM1CpvDqG2NmTs6ppAHE-V_vl2LzEBy_pG2OD9BSMF1f7ZrT1yDWw8c6fPRub_nL0CDBy3IeV7TQag7q3xmBXU_hKeAfEjJFLY6zSeYahfb38TEiA3sfL_6C1jle0IOvFgLU0JNcx2KroHBcV9WwZLUBGoc0auiqiwWwSXwAxT8CuwSvvd660g/s1935/IMG_5820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1935" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51H7DfM1CpvDqG2NmTs6ppAHE-V_vl2LzEBy_pG2OD9BSMF1f7ZrT1yDWw8c6fPRub_nL0CDBy3IeV7TQag7q3xmBXU_hKeAfEjJFLY6zSeYahfb38TEiA3sfL_6C1jle0IOvFgLU0JNcx2KroHBcV9WwZLUBGoc0auiqiwWwSXwAxT8CuwSvvd660g/w400-h320/IMG_5820.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will got his driver's license, started his first regular job at Baskin, graduated from high school, chose HCC for this year to save money, and made the Honors List for his first semester:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnnapiL5VyRyftUTrci-KciO3ZGMgjckrefGj-lGrK0CO9mk8zddX1gMkllqG2Aiincru4iUt1DGSQmbx2fl3Gn8y4lBl4behhFGIAvddAUCQbfJDMzbH98O6GqvVjwg3HF6jgO9oJ-zpl9OQEoGqVTMP68SGviJWB4ZY4j9uvRIO3Axc3Gwhp6fPMw/s520/IMG_5822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="520" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnnapiL5VyRyftUTrci-KciO3ZGMgjckrefGj-lGrK0CO9mk8zddX1gMkllqG2Aiincru4iUt1DGSQmbx2fl3Gn8y4lBl4behhFGIAvddAUCQbfJDMzbH98O6GqvVjwg3HF6jgO9oJ-zpl9OQEoGqVTMP68SGviJWB4ZY4j9uvRIO3Axc3Gwhp6fPMw/w400-h383/IMG_5822.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise suffered a wrestling career-ending injury in her ankle on January 4, the pain of which colored <i>every single hour</i> of the next 7 months of her life, culminating in reconstructive ankle surgery this summer. She powered through her recovery, learned how to crochet, got her driver's license & her first real job <span style="font-size: x-small;">(which didn’t take long to discover was not a good fit,)</span> began her junior year of high school, earned an officer position in her school’s <a href="https://fcclainc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FCCLA chapter</a>, and found a much better job fit this fall working at Five Below.<br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">My word of the year for 2022 was <b>sustain</b> - and oh, how God sustained us through all the health challenges, medical bills, & life transitions! The word God has given me for 2023 is <b>adventure</b> - quite a departure from “sustain” & 2021’s “provision” - but I’m so excited to see what adventures He has ahead for us, and the best part is that I know that I know that I know He will carry us through!<br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now for the last couple months since my last post in pics:<br /><br />My mom came to visit the beginning of November! Yay for Christmas shopping & delicious restaurant exploration: </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj_Km2NN2ZrqfW12U-yKUtOhLfcjuPkumHKA7-XqWQp1mWg8N_T0ouZnyVg7r7eoXFlow0JwbUdDYiyPKrJiBUB6QzpPXfp-zSNABvn38jJfj_YF_liUVI55l6mR6yNrNQRTEYJvD2nuDZ8A6xqRSFi-GMusS6IKp2FqoWLEqEkOZ8n6XmvRRT7uTqg/s4032/IMG_4909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj_Km2NN2ZrqfW12U-yKUtOhLfcjuPkumHKA7-XqWQp1mWg8N_T0ouZnyVg7r7eoXFlow0JwbUdDYiyPKrJiBUB6QzpPXfp-zSNABvn38jJfj_YF_liUVI55l6mR6yNrNQRTEYJvD2nuDZ8A6xqRSFi-GMusS6IKp2FqoWLEqEkOZ8n6XmvRRT7uTqg/w400-h300/IMG_4909.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwcu9sb96esxwZAjoO4SsQrVZi6TXgz75iUIfEXur7U7anGxGw2WwypArvCZe_N5AwrogM-Uk21AmemQgtzbymjoZt4i4cnfdBAtgaepdg2EKtlwsh0MZjc1AN-6nrqOPhkEKN5tW6bx0teUtzA7tu728pYDPOT6-VawrN-FYXzmI5GRdTtLSBA7SJA/s4032/phonto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwcu9sb96esxwZAjoO4SsQrVZi6TXgz75iUIfEXur7U7anGxGw2WwypArvCZe_N5AwrogM-Uk21AmemQgtzbymjoZt4i4cnfdBAtgaepdg2EKtlwsh0MZjc1AN-6nrqOPhkEKN5tW6bx0teUtzA7tu728pYDPOT6-VawrN-FYXzmI5GRdTtLSBA7SJA/w400-h300/phonto.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Random joy - taking the girls through the Baskin Robbins drive through to get pup cups from Will at work:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyBJXF8l1Woa6rVfiamgE0MBX0I6wOiAiIw-4zyWw-s-6vEvo5tol7M8QhZya6WR5cpvnywT25PGXJr8zj6-15FMrNGYPGKc0_ZHyAzVz2oGtUari-kcW--88SvUqjHA0AM88ELg1oF_E8TRBwOPVNfudDWVTdR6vayzxO517wQmoh-7DOLmotiWrJw/s3431/IMG_5050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3431" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyBJXF8l1Woa6rVfiamgE0MBX0I6wOiAiIw-4zyWw-s-6vEvo5tol7M8QhZya6WR5cpvnywT25PGXJr8zj6-15FMrNGYPGKc0_ZHyAzVz2oGtUari-kcW--88SvUqjHA0AM88ELg1oF_E8TRBwOPVNfudDWVTdR6vayzxO517wQmoh-7DOLmotiWrJw/w353-h400/IMG_5050.JPG" width="353" /></a></div><br />JB & I went to the Washington/Texans game here in Houston on November 20th = my first in-person Washington win EVER!!! The entire stadium was filled with burgundy & gold - it felt like an amazing home game. Darrick Forrest (S) & Benjamin St-Juste (CB) signed my "Surviving Snyder" shirt after pregame warmups, and Kendall Fuller's pick 6 was right in front of us!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFb34zn0z65gGiA4aAiEpWj_bUzqx8xufJh-yFV557vgWeRNJA7CJ-cP058tCCRV7HhlhmCUDDfppgPxoTEgDqrYz2xYLqGOlvDOAbKshT6uB-oeEFbIEW9wxQYfYF3GwEf3AoA3ZMCM2EORVbir0a9cXSNPu194xe4cHLQeXQt7JBvYvbuMCUhqC2w/s4032/IMG_5134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFb34zn0z65gGiA4aAiEpWj_bUzqx8xufJh-yFV557vgWeRNJA7CJ-cP058tCCRV7HhlhmCUDDfppgPxoTEgDqrYz2xYLqGOlvDOAbKshT6uB-oeEFbIEW9wxQYfYF3GwEf3AoA3ZMCM2EORVbir0a9cXSNPu194xe4cHLQeXQt7JBvYvbuMCUhqC2w/w400-h300/IMG_5134.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6YHjiY0vUAg4rLBeSxbHZTc9E60PyOc8FZHIIb2sCop_UuKe84LPe_hzCMirjn2_rZVxZ2QpwJJjB9U4bAiEx65hg4bfCAECMouWab4uVsw2f0TQVd9zmKJTsUSNjSb4slf6Br5Y9VNY1YfbALw_5QtgnLl7XGjNjSpIpkPcCtcxsr9O9HE4uxPdYg/s2720/IMG_5140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I love how HBHR always remembers them...and no, we didn't come home with a 3rd ;-)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd_4_95n5PzBuJGZbVQ_x4BNEHG7bZBnytUMC-48tVixkgb5MiUflSp4_jMjU661vSZK8eBbviKDclPC_cv_-6z19JwViNjySX8laYwyOZcnwItJRZ6RPRKrYgq_cFDqHRfJH5NZNKzTVYs-54IG0ukW-ek_Ngd_S2TW6Omw-v_yvjOcEHBOTcGt2Ig/s3088/IMG_5449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd_4_95n5PzBuJGZbVQ_x4BNEHG7bZBnytUMC-48tVixkgb5MiUflSp4_jMjU661vSZK8eBbviKDclPC_cv_-6z19JwViNjySX8laYwyOZcnwItJRZ6RPRKrYgq_cFDqHRfJH5NZNKzTVYs-54IG0ukW-ek_Ngd_S2TW6Omw-v_yvjOcEHBOTcGt2Ig/w300-h400/IMG_5449.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tG-I59j-lfoztDF9Tk-wkpGnrnr-C1NdJ_4ZrASyVLqmixJ8zg2wzgGeT8NIRyBCeCutccL53x7DGlxwDFbyAmANeAmtK0CH5sAXDj4INUNC3VYTnGu7veAp00W7XeQ1eEPPVXNiE4IafgDfA7JR2iqA6ZRt2dc3fPedUolqpDkgBsS1G-7iaNqqCQ/s3842/IMG_5452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3842" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tG-I59j-lfoztDF9Tk-wkpGnrnr-C1NdJ_4ZrASyVLqmixJ8zg2wzgGeT8NIRyBCeCutccL53x7DGlxwDFbyAmANeAmtK0CH5sAXDj4INUNC3VYTnGu7veAp00W7XeQ1eEPPVXNiE4IafgDfA7JR2iqA6ZRt2dc3fPedUolqpDkgBsS1G-7iaNqqCQ/w400-h300/IMG_5452.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1kKC9G8xpFPma3MnU5e5kdBcrLVecRPUSG716uwMqhnId4qt2KGn7UhFwvisSipgXEQQ07mf_Bb6VRC8WjWvy0_aZfPcPRfpov3jD7wu2PU_iB9ugkewjKoXiCFC2oGZ06DYfxxosbB3xI64nAyLnQ84vNAUyUIRBnmZbFedVrBkVuge76-DCuw1vg/s4032/IMG_5450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1kKC9G8xpFPma3MnU5e5kdBcrLVecRPUSG716uwMqhnId4qt2KGn7UhFwvisSipgXEQQ07mf_Bb6VRC8WjWvy0_aZfPcPRfpov3jD7wu2PU_iB9ugkewjKoXiCFC2oGZ06DYfxxosbB3xI64nAyLnQ84vNAUyUIRBnmZbFedVrBkVuge76-DCuw1vg/w400-h300/IMG_5450.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Annelise's Christmas request was for us to have family dessert time at <a href="https://www.smdessert.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sweet Memes</a> - we went on Christmas Eve last year, but this year, she had work at Five Below & I had singing, so the weekend before on December 17th was it:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNZiS5cN_3Thj_M4Mxh65Ynxzl5PSZXtA-rBohJp4RitIc5qOzIkKUO8IdP8s-XhNIi9QxhPDwHm8bnBWrgZu2oOiEXIj6K8Dc4tCEf3n3iqFCbGSCqpBX01AFxASe5D2-FwFX5wY6o6bMs2pJZSCwwGzvt4mDhGirESunt5OWUkbYVNTx1x6r7mjNw/s3855/IMG_5573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2251" data-original-width="3855" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNZiS5cN_3Thj_M4Mxh65Ynxzl5PSZXtA-rBohJp4RitIc5qOzIkKUO8IdP8s-XhNIi9QxhPDwHm8bnBWrgZu2oOiEXIj6K8Dc4tCEf3n3iqFCbGSCqpBX01AFxASe5D2-FwFX5wY6o6bMs2pJZSCwwGzvt4mDhGirESunt5OWUkbYVNTx1x6r7mjNw/w400-h234/IMG_5573.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3DUsuLlcsFaf8Ihxes0silfK_gIRNDnfbN5E88V6i9Xo5zkZZYtFFFuq7CL_cs4p9oFjNhUeavy3hZITEPdfkeGoVIM-vF2gr1uLI644XdzAhiPdiFc2kqWn-cM-y0xRQDy0L4HliH6G81tJcKs2SBF3dqagppWbYxlZN9ExO5XlQ0vipef9Xwromg/s4032/IMG_5572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3DUsuLlcsFaf8Ihxes0silfK_gIRNDnfbN5E88V6i9Xo5zkZZYtFFFuq7CL_cs4p9oFjNhUeavy3hZITEPdfkeGoVIM-vF2gr1uLI644XdzAhiPdiFc2kqWn-cM-y0xRQDy0L4HliH6G81tJcKs2SBF3dqagppWbYxlZN9ExO5XlQ0vipef9Xwromg/w400-h300/IMG_5572.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Will's Christmas request was for us to make our family favorite Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies - labor intensive, but so worth it - esp. with his help!!! December 19th:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VOMsoTFwXlRJli4_f8NKTtN_gQ8OjAN4DyGji5OfwV1MOryJ3I1LF-tizEzcC0gcHq_KgZWZUINj4YT2l-pQyYoPimmDNl1L2TZJhT1vlxjdDc9DkHYmGOmYoFpzvJzWXCoor-3RPpb-UMZHrrLbtk3mkWixnCtHJSfg_ATWlZx1pom172Z7AMNznA/s3777/IMG_5602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="3777" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VOMsoTFwXlRJli4_f8NKTtN_gQ8OjAN4DyGji5OfwV1MOryJ3I1LF-tizEzcC0gcHq_KgZWZUINj4YT2l-pQyYoPimmDNl1L2TZJhT1vlxjdDc9DkHYmGOmYoFpzvJzWXCoor-3RPpb-UMZHrrLbtk3mkWixnCtHJSfg_ATWlZx1pom172Z7AMNznA/w400-h300/IMG_5602.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83WqQ3l3agU5NfmdtuDVZvaQ_RIT1bBT58OJ7SDiqADmbLC5DnfpSkED4e4DMWXkxn47s2Vh8pmHLEDR33Z5vczy4UqKlWrVFQJgxa9Nw-xzAVDK_eHJUnKl5d6VXyR-O6JDQ1neX9igGf8ICPeShlax6mfIC9tW8cR84qwGaxqm5H-6niw-eFzQCEA/s2867/IMG_5592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2867" data-original-width="2152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83WqQ3l3agU5NfmdtuDVZvaQ_RIT1bBT58OJ7SDiqADmbLC5DnfpSkED4e4DMWXkxn47s2Vh8pmHLEDR33Z5vczy4UqKlWrVFQJgxa9Nw-xzAVDK_eHJUnKl5d6VXyR-O6JDQ1neX9igGf8ICPeShlax6mfIC9tW8cR84qwGaxqm5H-6niw-eFzQCEA/w300-h400/IMG_5592.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xORJelNFpC1HKsfYniVdN3rn-6Qs4hK5kHbHKuVny76EyVJba4-z8NakHO1n8SrVvVj75W4XhGOHosso0DRNtDy732v_UygCjPWm6ZOeIlENzaI83ks5a1Pw1Wbk7whH_E4XgQp-IDgkjl4NxAy6DAjdTUBQ_Ffmz3WX6Ztr5O4f2br2u9CN38vFmA/s2831/IMG_5591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2831" data-original-width="2831" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xORJelNFpC1HKsfYniVdN3rn-6Qs4hK5kHbHKuVny76EyVJba4-z8NakHO1n8SrVvVj75W4XhGOHosso0DRNtDy732v_UygCjPWm6ZOeIlENzaI83ks5a1Pw1Wbk7whH_E4XgQp-IDgkjl4NxAy6DAjdTUBQ_Ffmz3WX6Ztr5O4f2br2u9CN38vFmA/w400-h400/IMG_5591.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YgdyPc-Ws_tiYpZQhn6C8ymRIn1joQlpZmzQB41yBXirZr9EOylKYQGu5kxauEJFrt5J9Ypuq1_nWEoDMsXQWzVwaTt_8J4nJa3S_Xv9trrFVxkHj0OWBjzaeqAcTk7JopQczgm0bLj5FKEBqXnionyOiy_FTfHNGMEDhja_81WjcRvoeKwKQiqm6A/s2755/IMG_5590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2755" data-original-width="2068" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YgdyPc-Ws_tiYpZQhn6C8ymRIn1joQlpZmzQB41yBXirZr9EOylKYQGu5kxauEJFrt5J9Ypuq1_nWEoDMsXQWzVwaTt_8J4nJa3S_Xv9trrFVxkHj0OWBjzaeqAcTk7JopQczgm0bLj5FKEBqXnionyOiy_FTfHNGMEDhja_81WjcRvoeKwKQiqm6A/w300-h400/IMG_5590.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib51TpPeEckIRugxcvXAWUIgDX2_zS91jStMh3cdH3OTCOfe5HOfdhN4XD81w2Rs5WqAmlLBNXhSo6rWXY_QB1Ur2GaBK6-G4k2EuC2T6jbJ_XkecpCuhWVtz7OSdQNFT6-N8QcDgGFB_uXdjlb2fytWz2qEt6JSnyEjRjiRHn3YsYMe-ydwXd9yqiNA/s2818/IMG_5596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2818" data-original-width="2115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib51TpPeEckIRugxcvXAWUIgDX2_zS91jStMh3cdH3OTCOfe5HOfdhN4XD81w2Rs5WqAmlLBNXhSo6rWXY_QB1Ur2GaBK6-G4k2EuC2T6jbJ_XkecpCuhWVtz7OSdQNFT6-N8QcDgGFB_uXdjlb2fytWz2qEt6JSnyEjRjiRHn3YsYMe-ydwXd9yqiNA/w300-h400/IMG_5596.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />Christmas Eve: I thought I'd be sharing a singing video, but tech woes destroyed the live feed, so we just have our family shot onstage afterwards. :-P<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hd-UU6qhMEilxCHNuCbpeKMXOIIZsff0rKHXghUDWB0L3p15VQ4ivuhcrAJ03W3G6npiCRdXfsGObQxO9TJlzfnIGPilnfyKwrlLTqHt5l5uMZQ3nR2feUzkewkLwk2zbQASbkx9ZJ0f3zpHdINgIfzkXiaUruOf4o0lNW-fRwOz9g1PkO66VBcEOw/s3678/IMG_5731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="3678" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hd-UU6qhMEilxCHNuCbpeKMXOIIZsff0rKHXghUDWB0L3p15VQ4ivuhcrAJ03W3G6npiCRdXfsGObQxO9TJlzfnIGPilnfyKwrlLTqHt5l5uMZQ3nR2feUzkewkLwk2zbQASbkx9ZJ0f3zpHdINgIfzkXiaUruOf4o0lNW-fRwOz9g1PkO66VBcEOw/w400-h300/IMG_5731.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Super thankful Annelise got off work in time for our whole fam to be together! The most noteworthy thing is actually that we came home and watched "A Christmas Story Christmas" = divine! The original was my fam’s most precious Christmas movie growing up, and if I had to capture my dad (who passed 25 years ago) in a movie character, The Old Man would be it!!! This new movie was so satisfying - I bawled 4 times & laughed so many more! All the original actors coming back + all the cinematic easter eggs = my heart felt like I got a Christmas visit & update from old friends.<br /><br />Joyous Christmas Day - gift desires granted, even my beloved bubble tea wished me a merry, & we spent all afternoon/evening with our fam BFFs feasting & playing games:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVH9G3le7_ZaC3fWi0StBL-tqGJwhx21HGOTRKdNl3ofyt9WgTxvoJ1816xlkPwYce7f4FdOlfwr5wrl_Mo-dd9Su4xElkoNQFRI7x_eo5Rg7j39maC-3gl2G39Twttgh7cmmtzh7Nehv2bLA8Y6G3zGXojXFvsb4-K0H6eY73FSwMvp6LVHK3Q2OetA/s2916/IMG_5744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="2187" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVH9G3le7_ZaC3fWi0StBL-tqGJwhx21HGOTRKdNl3ofyt9WgTxvoJ1816xlkPwYce7f4FdOlfwr5wrl_Mo-dd9Su4xElkoNQFRI7x_eo5Rg7j39maC-3gl2G39Twttgh7cmmtzh7Nehv2bLA8Y6G3zGXojXFvsb4-K0H6eY73FSwMvp6LVHK3Q2OetA/w300-h400/IMG_5744.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I wish you ALL the most *fulfilling* year ahead, beyond what you could possibly imagine!!!Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-40543389585395842682022-10-16T13:37:00.000-05:002022-10-16T13:37:43.115-05:00Fall Update<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Long time, no see! ;-) I know I haven’t blogged in 2 months, but man, does our life look different these days!!! It’s the first fall in *FIFTEEN YEARS* that we haven’t been connected to a sports team for either of our kids. :-O That’s been the hardest emotional transition for me by far into this new season of life - one of my greatest joys in life has been being a sports mom… :’( </span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both kids now have their official drivers licenses & jobs, so they’re both gone on their own now more than they’re home:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCZH_jej5LTUs9z72A98QMxc7mqJ7q0ttH1uDLNA_A0VrDmHvQ5YNi5GoISvRk-g-HBm-0MZH4d_7_zcBfb7ZTKh0R0pVhjDTygHkUH_h9pW8d-KbLrBOWD0_Pv25Tr04LiSi2fKUZSvyk1NydeiaiTu1VKfTbz_x8xhHljc0rIyXBC9hikKaejO-9w/s3525/IMG_4201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="3525" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCZH_jej5LTUs9z72A98QMxc7mqJ7q0ttH1uDLNA_A0VrDmHvQ5YNi5GoISvRk-g-HBm-0MZH4d_7_zcBfb7ZTKh0R0pVhjDTygHkUH_h9pW8d-KbLrBOWD0_Pv25Tr04LiSi2fKUZSvyk1NydeiaiTu1VKfTbz_x8xhHljc0rIyXBC9hikKaejO-9w/w400-h300/IMG_4201.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will is still working at Baskin Robbins & is now a Shift Leader; Annelise started her first real job at Crust Pizza the day before her junior year began:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQccuQxi8hPf-kDexI0k3IPwntxJe26EmgxpjNlMQqO30m40UHj4BOxHURBUAHCu0pyibkCv5Wk78bz53DC-KhtY6oh11mWL19YnWSdJA98qtTG10X3oj98oqYumHFCxOuKVcwM3tPhQN5tLeIURqSaDJr43jwYIsbt1lqItL4kEq01FLESZs6mscbOA/s3605/IMG_4057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I lovelovelove the Astros!!! He bought them back in July & kept them secret until the day of - loooove extending the celebration! AND HE EVEN DROVE!!! (I hate driving more than anything!) 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I hadn’t really been wanting to go back to teach in person in a gym or studio, mostly because those classes are all based on boosting participation numbers, and while I understand that’s business, it sucked the joy out of teaching for me; this, however, is small group by design - no pressure to pump up your numbers. It’s also literally perfect timing: it’s the first time in my parenting life I’ve not been needed in the afternoons; plus, with 3 drivers & only 1 vehicle b/t me & the kids, we have to really coordinate our schedules - this works for me to be dropped off before Will’s evening college class, and either JB can pick me up, or I can walk home, b/c it’s 2 miles away. If it were any further away, I don’t know if I could have accepted the position. (Pray for God to provide the right next vehicle purchase at the perfect time for our family.) It also doesn’t interfere in any way with my own StudioSmile classes that I’m still teaching all online, and it’s even giving me some additional inspiration for my Lift classes!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2) I’ve been asked to sing & help lead worship at a small new startup church here. They contacted my church to see if we had any female soloists who would be interested, and my friend Elizabeth recommended me. I’ll still continue to serve at my home church every once in a while, but this new service opportunity is actually an even better fit! They are all professional paid musicians, and it’s even a paid singing job, (although I’m not accepting - I told them that wasn’t necessary. Just sharing to convey the incredible level of professionalism!) Even though it’s a small startup church that meets in the cafeteria of the high school just up the road, the sound quality is better than at my home church – there is more of a communal sound, less of a concert vibe, which I highly appreciate. Back to basics, genuine worship over production value with effects & hazers. Also, b/c they are all professional musicians, we prepare on our own - no midweek rehearsal obligation - and there’s less downtime when we’re actually there on Sunday mornings. I’m loving it!</span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-20097145182265390832022-08-10T15:44:00.000-05:002022-08-10T15:44:17.588-05:00Bdays + NC + Healing<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love my birthday! I don’t need material gifts, but I want lots of hoopla! :-D My fam delivered last month: 3 giant cake slices presented upon waking with full family (+ canine) fanfare:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgde2e7lzI2vPc8QwYfiDFM4KMDePTKE1r1DrWnS1ca0SibTrKw7JrNhypCicecWNrfixddUWEWNitzLfe1gZ1GnKobnCRm7TQwx1J6BVKaCFzQgITZ1-Qe2ZEu7rJTMg68bvxnDZrD5AjD2s9lrv2cwWr0d8EHVQfRywzlhpGYOorb9C7VmUpqWdF45g/s2917/IMG_3745.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="2917" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgde2e7lzI2vPc8QwYfiDFM4KMDePTKE1r1DrWnS1ca0SibTrKw7JrNhypCicecWNrfixddUWEWNitzLfe1gZ1GnKobnCRm7TQwx1J6BVKaCFzQgITZ1-Qe2ZEu7rJTMg68bvxnDZrD5AjD2s9lrv2cwWr0d8EHVQfRywzlhpGYOorb9C7VmUpqWdF45g/w400-h400/IMG_3745.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lunch at <a href="https://www.braverychefhall.com/" target="_blank">Bravery Chef Hall</a> (finally tried <a href="https://www.theblindcook.com/" target="_blank">Christine Hà</a>’s “Rubbish Apple Pie” at <a href="https://www.theblindgoat.com/menu-1" target="_blank">The Blind Goat</a> that helped her win <i>MasterChef</i>! Nước Mắm caramel = ❤️) </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53HuAOQ5YG2QCzWCEjdCPP1ApjU8VnwHjKd110lg8X0qeX6NxvA2c1DfynHOQhNOzcJ2kiiM2D3i8DA9qelbq3kHcKxI7QBwSt9OfdQI7kDm3xMHd5JwEkStP0nkhXLUt9ivip2UUBY5h4wg38O5R7bXNaDUFjAzOdgKEfooknnWihcuj2j8i8KQ_Kw/s4032/IMG_3743.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53HuAOQ5YG2QCzWCEjdCPP1ApjU8VnwHjKd110lg8X0qeX6NxvA2c1DfynHOQhNOzcJ2kiiM2D3i8DA9qelbq3kHcKxI7QBwSt9OfdQI7kDm3xMHd5JwEkStP0nkhXLUt9ivip2UUBY5h4wg38O5R7bXNaDUFjAzOdgKEfooknnWihcuj2j8i8KQ_Kw/w400-h300/IMG_3743.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of pupper snuggles, & I donated more A+<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Welcome to our addiction:<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS4bsjZn-aziGsS8h_Ez_F_3MwbqXvm7EMhjo2PsmMigfIgv2fzlj-hf9ZfEwIIQ4dQ7IpM8oGEh63z_MJ8E9R-_arOtcDNMwDtHVU0Oo4X3iOzm0DRVi6xwyo5Zek0fmzi8SsMscP_wRC7P0wQeXMyoW0ayeEa-LC2L-imYsXuf5T5rGmiH65kKT3Q/s3735/IMG_3883.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2806" data-original-width="3735" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS4bsjZn-aziGsS8h_Ez_F_3MwbqXvm7EMhjo2PsmMigfIgv2fzlj-hf9ZfEwIIQ4dQ7IpM8oGEh63z_MJ8E9R-_arOtcDNMwDtHVU0Oo4X3iOzm0DRVi6xwyo5Zek0fmzi8SsMscP_wRC7P0wQeXMyoW0ayeEa-LC2L-imYsXuf5T5rGmiH65kKT3Q/w400-h300/IMG_3883.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the beginning of July, we worried a trip would be a nightmare for Annelise, with a knee scooter + boot…but she has had the most amazing surgery recovery! She was only in the hard cast 6/30-7/7; after that, she was released to her boot & estimated to wear it at least until her school starts August 17th</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">… But on 7/21, her surgeon was stunned at her mobility & lack of pain, so she is BOOT-FREE! She’s also even brace-free (“unless it hurts” but it’s been 3 weeks & hasn’t, yet!) She’s doing a few sessions of physical therapy, just to make sure she’s moving it right, and that’s it. It was completely worth every out-of-pocket cent… (No insurance appeal update.) What’s next? Not sure…but not back to wrestling. :-/ It was sooo empowering, with the absolute best coaches & teammates EVER…but the risk doesn’t feel safe to her right now, and we’re trying to respect that. She’s definitely getting her first real job soon, though! ❤️</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbS8humMdcQgEMbF8bIIXAMUtQ06yINOkII1BEF9nKlinnjEgaOvrhHFwsujzQJsRQALFpJgRbFG9R7IJkk7qCkHYgqJepo3X2m6JcuRgJgVrj-V7lx_X0vofiuwBwlkUQZ6NLH-Kl70wlxmQOqo0Xa6uaY1atyY74P2hMN4L-7rhaDqt2ZwgjBVfbSA/s2239/IMG_3894.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2239" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbS8humMdcQgEMbF8bIIXAMUtQ06yINOkII1BEF9nKlinnjEgaOvrhHFwsujzQJsRQALFpJgRbFG9R7IJkk7qCkHYgqJepo3X2m6JcuRgJgVrj-V7lx_X0vofiuwBwlkUQZ6NLH-Kl70wlxmQOqo0Xa6uaY1atyY74P2hMN4L-7rhaDqt2ZwgjBVfbSA/w275-h400/IMG_3894.JPG" width="275" /></a></div><br />Will turned 18 this month. He had a kickback (GenZ for “chill hangout get-together”) with a few friends on his actual bday night:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qR-3pOkx5HBQrqf3f8P91n_BNMlS9BeYjtYj4qMCVJp7LZdLt_8tvmnHXbqXWeQGraQPfyJvQfmoZ6fNeG55FhYpxHPQkipk5cnEsrUrJUjZietzrfYmmF-dcp855zsnxnPk_1r3j4YAxxYvsiHBmp1Xuhdl0CmiJX2JUUhipkeqpKagt68I5b_nIg/s4032/IMG_3973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qR-3pOkx5HBQrqf3f8P91n_BNMlS9BeYjtYj4qMCVJp7LZdLt_8tvmnHXbqXWeQGraQPfyJvQfmoZ6fNeG55FhYpxHPQkipk5cnEsrUrJUjZietzrfYmmF-dcp855zsnxnPk_1r3j4YAxxYvsiHBmp1Xuhdl0CmiJX2JUUhipkeqpKagt68I5b_nIg/w400-h300/IMG_3973.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaEGcbkU-X_cF_eB5x-mF2yN-Ou8ECZmAs2ESYWffnPOGMIvpBoCY5L7sSQS7eabvI5dGRJtZYAYCyHq3FpZcflExhn-jDV9y79byWixj8fQapTVNlrvrjMmMU5zlCjR9ba-fYkCnzkXXvWf7WYguoHa3KTIulaBQH7JJlR8xdPSPoKCp_jz_Up2UzA/s4032/IMG_3978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaEGcbkU-X_cF_eB5x-mF2yN-Ou8ECZmAs2ESYWffnPOGMIvpBoCY5L7sSQS7eabvI5dGRJtZYAYCyHq3FpZcflExhn-jDV9y79byWixj8fQapTVNlrvrjMmMU5zlCjR9ba-fYkCnzkXXvWf7WYguoHa3KTIulaBQH7JJlR8xdPSPoKCp_jz_Up2UzA/w400-h300/IMG_3978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>My mama heart is reeling a bit, taking in his last 6 months: first real job, drivers license, graduation, girlfriend, adult bday, & now college classes starting in less than 2 weeks. I think most moms get all these teen milestones spread out a bit further apart & probably feel a little more eased into their kid’s growth than this! :-P He’s living his best life, though, so I’m praying with deep yoga breaths…and snuggling our puppers more, instead. :-D</div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-76777144331687454062022-07-09T18:55:00.002-05:002022-07-09T18:55:32.941-05:00Ankle Surgery<div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">How did we get to this? Wasn’t surgery off the table in January, even after <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2022/02/mri-results.html" target="_blank">the MRI</a>,</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"> in favor of physical therapy after 8 weeks first of immobilization? Yep. Annelise eventually did PT for over 2 months, and while she gained some strength & mobility, she was walking around at a constant 8 out of 10 on the pain scale, all while on 3 different pain meds multiple times a day. She tried an additional round of oral steroids that did nothing, followed 2 weeks later by a steroid injection directly into her ankle</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"> </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">(not fun!)</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">and when neither of those did a thing to ameliorate the pain (the shot actually made it worse) her doctor said the only option left was surgery.</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That was the day before <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2022/06/senior-salutes-graduation.html" target="_blank">Will’s graduation</a>. Needless to say, an already-emotional time was heightened to another level.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We got her scheduled for Tuesday, June 21st. Insurance denied covering the surgery. (Her surgeon was flabbergasted & said she has <i><b>never</b></i> had complete ligament ruptures this serious ever be denied! Pray for justice – we have officially submitted an appeal, but we had to drain everything we had saved to pay out of pocket. American healthcare…don’t get me started…)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The surgery was 100% necessary! In technical terms, it was an ankle scope to clear out the scar tissue, evaluate the cartilage & bone, and provide relief in the ankle joint itself + reconstruction of her lateral ankle ligaments (the ATFL & CFL) with an Artelon graft. It was a complete success, and she is healing faster than we even anticipated! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWYb5eSeS279vHH9TUuQ1VzVY8uSeoIWs_f4ER9Ihn726S-bdXRTdhFIq9wlaU_nFqHrmdeKVRGXtxN1enKW52g42AqbDhb4-sQi6pT3iI6BgLNltNBjmBMUj1iD3rYUNsMsDBbmW4mq54S9fnzYp37ZDC055GqDn8X4fazYxGCzLrbo8wf_gzWBeiQ/s3088/IMG_3441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWYb5eSeS279vHH9TUuQ1VzVY8uSeoIWs_f4ER9Ihn726S-bdXRTdhFIq9wlaU_nFqHrmdeKVRGXtxN1enKW52g42AqbDhb4-sQi6pT3iI6BgLNltNBjmBMUj1iD3rYUNsMsDBbmW4mq54S9fnzYp37ZDC055GqDn8X4fazYxGCzLrbo8wf_gzWBeiQ/w300-h400/IMG_3441.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslUikxJ5LBRsDXhKUKwLbuAzrzYwrQQZngNmY8_boJMFGf0BakHWbFsGG_jRb65hNhIa1_X6gyemx0prln02ypE3Eu8yFZHe4vv2Jq8dfyRYyTJF37q-Qg-n1yuqHs8EmfxfzEMtOQZqyECPFSYefLMaTBzju5UX7M9OiNlRwx7BwNbETySGjOlUCnw/s2693/IMG_3449.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="2693" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslUikxJ5LBRsDXhKUKwLbuAzrzYwrQQZngNmY8_boJMFGf0BakHWbFsGG_jRb65hNhIa1_X6gyemx0prln02ypE3Eu8yFZHe4vv2Jq8dfyRYyTJF37q-Qg-n1yuqHs8EmfxfzEMtOQZqyECPFSYefLMaTBzju5UX7M9OiNlRwx7BwNbETySGjOlUCnw/w400-h400/IMG_3449.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT9yWiakT6kh9x04LsQlydl8J92wyNWV5d5nw3J9PFbQn5vqvR351hkcGo5ZVJYxacx4mvJgAp7hrm_l96CrMhUeG7G5Je9YVIw83j1ja1uIZwaHcxJGVs79qYhpZ7xF1_8jyeNITF8U3nFi7n49Len14c82LIXf1qgLoyz9OuDfWwO73UrPBHPOCEQ/s4032/IMG_3454.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT9yWiakT6kh9x04LsQlydl8J92wyNWV5d5nw3J9PFbQn5vqvR351hkcGo5ZVJYxacx4mvJgAp7hrm_l96CrMhUeG7G5Je9YVIw83j1ja1uIZwaHcxJGVs79qYhpZ7xF1_8jyeNITF8U3nFi7n49Len14c82LIXf1qgLoyz9OuDfWwO73UrPBHPOCEQ/w300-h400/IMG_3454.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GN43YK1ILmMwwzM33OkWcTGfAzUWYSHtJAZq1rK5wovLmAUiGpb6q85h8ynDY7y2koxO4LXsF0b24JWE9NVmNaOh6Iob4GTIpju8c-Ibd9W0y2NDEpABWYHotF7AaNn0dhlKr39WYJFNFDRKYqN3RqLL5KPIbosxGiGMG_x4vvNHl3k64mMlFv67TQ/s3617/IMG_3457.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3617" data-original-width="2714" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GN43YK1ILmMwwzM33OkWcTGfAzUWYSHtJAZq1rK5wovLmAUiGpb6q85h8ynDY7y2koxO4LXsF0b24JWE9NVmNaOh6Iob4GTIpju8c-Ibd9W0y2NDEpABWYHotF7AaNn0dhlKr39WYJFNFDRKYqN3RqLL5KPIbosxGiGMG_x4vvNHl3k64mMlFv67TQ/w300-h400/IMG_3457.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMql7tG5eRsDXwr8vjg13qnN3iptxaTggpwf1Dp0hCy1__lvlsT8bASF5TGa8OrEDXEnjsAGAlEKWhEvriD6pFRlCEXob_XgQ8dpXdyyZ6Uu75XvK9P4JyySaiDelUk1z8OKCPHuPFDmFWWEmZhSkvR9EV04sIDFWfA1RDKdtzbHlCpV5KXeMFRErKbg/s3629/IMG_3483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="3629" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMql7tG5eRsDXwr8vjg13qnN3iptxaTggpwf1Dp0hCy1__lvlsT8bASF5TGa8OrEDXEnjsAGAlEKWhEvriD6pFRlCEXob_XgQ8dpXdyyZ6Uu75XvK9P4JyySaiDelUk1z8OKCPHuPFDmFWWEmZhSkvR9EV04sIDFWfA1RDKdtzbHlCpV5KXeMFRErKbg/w400-h300/IMG_3483.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She was off the prescription pain meds after 48 hours, and by a week & a half post-op, she was only taking either 3 ibuprofen or 3 acetaminophen once in the morning! That’s all she needed for pain, period. I can’t express what a huge miracle this is: to go from Celebrex, gabapentin, Voltaren, & ibuprofen multiple times a day to just 3 little anti-inflammatories first thing in the morning as you recover from major reconstructive surgery, *not* because you are in constant nerve & ankle pain = PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE!!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At her 1 week post-op appointment, they cut off the soft wrap & splint from the first week & replaced with a cast - the *first* cast in our family:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-mlL5aZucXfM8cR69R_C12IgqtLlhA4Rzz34glEKUa57LJpQ1n_lLrKR5-3833TwxQdg_Lu8UmvnJsTTiHdVNw8V2hgLvSFLpZA9gPlwxS0xAT0FATlq8OyVBnlPNJtMwD-CQhFBrurEI4TqHas0BUIvXTmFsDCPtiuccSFY8iwZ6ggM26BfdDnWzQ/s4032/IMG_3517.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-mlL5aZucXfM8cR69R_C12IgqtLlhA4Rzz34glEKUa57LJpQ1n_lLrKR5-3833TwxQdg_Lu8UmvnJsTTiHdVNw8V2hgLvSFLpZA9gPlwxS0xAT0FATlq8OyVBnlPNJtMwD-CQhFBrurEI4TqHas0BUIvXTmFsDCPtiuccSFY8iwZ6ggM26BfdDnWzQ/w300-h400/IMG_3517.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA72aqRgu9XNnZ_fBBubO_dGxsz1CURICY1Lkd1sj3l-hCJN4JZ9vvQrCz30C6d64UpPIZ3jMNWnrwTQX8uyZ6c1e_ZErc4wsUbRwmlxRZEqVpFQA-hTwy5xyYH2rVj9UJ3Oxf8WUmi4_iogt6dygbyjAq_JHmP3CIDmU8Yu_X2wPmphBH3WOJepy8mg/s4032/IMG_3518.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA72aqRgu9XNnZ_fBBubO_dGxsz1CURICY1Lkd1sj3l-hCJN4JZ9vvQrCz30C6d64UpPIZ3jMNWnrwTQX8uyZ6c1e_ZErc4wsUbRwmlxRZEqVpFQA-hTwy5xyYH2rVj9UJ3Oxf8WUmi4_iogt6dygbyjAq_JHmP3CIDmU8Yu_X2wPmphBH3WOJepy8mg/w400-h300/IMG_3518.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVTZbvxGI5-KRfjXR2fzdKpHGtIPDk9fcBMe-0FfyIn_cHy4-VOzy6Em1TJzmOEyeSXOf6h-9u86iwQaccDzoQ35DEL6aO8QyE3CHRdnwAN-KHcxgcxcXBYHT60x-DkrQRgwHVHPYGMbs119DVDobqt1o86amnIhkKzw9XjwT8PZdFAr0WgoRpjW5Wg/s4032/IMG_3521.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVTZbvxGI5-KRfjXR2fzdKpHGtIPDk9fcBMe-0FfyIn_cHy4-VOzy6Em1TJzmOEyeSXOf6h-9u86iwQaccDzoQ35DEL6aO8QyE3CHRdnwAN-KHcxgcxcXBYHT60x-DkrQRgwHVHPYGMbs119DVDobqt1o86amnIhkKzw9XjwT8PZdFAr0WgoRpjW5Wg/w300-h400/IMG_3521.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They removed that cast at her 2 weeks post-op appointment, along with most of the sutures, except for a couple that dissolve over time.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vPIp4ngdxObglT_UeC6LGb3ngPT5Id8HOZyvTVyHSi239u5RkUTYdv_VPavu8VeuwMQIBdTPKTnp8drppWFQS8oOYBn5BfI3_KUlkS6Hzjrb6hkQSq_DJhvhicKj0IcQIX4c3GbPx7q4g1oSgghdNPabC1nhft7ZfYCmQ57TtCrUzsbrDuMEJjLm7Q/s3856/IMG_3613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2892" data-original-width="3856" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vPIp4ngdxObglT_UeC6LGb3ngPT5Id8HOZyvTVyHSi239u5RkUTYdv_VPavu8VeuwMQIBdTPKTnp8drppWFQS8oOYBn5BfI3_KUlkS6Hzjrb6hkQSq_DJhvhicKj0IcQIX4c3GbPx7q4g1oSgghdNPabC1nhft7ZfYCmQ57TtCrUzsbrDuMEJjLm7Q/w400-h300/IMG_3613.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She did not get a new cast - because she’s healing so well, she can be back in her old friend, the boot, for probably the next month. She’s already walking on it probably more than recommended, but as long as there’s no greater pain or any swelling, it’s just better healing. We’re not returning the knee scooter that one of her wrestling teammates let us borrow, yet, though…</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe8bXAvmdhzCclDdQ-OY_UaAlBV7FzS4X92Ek1sknQEF7QmjBJ_FwydDFEKPQl4NagKzNU9rIoCGTIXOQ2cA3Glio99zdKygqzc6IX6_Vs7gh9SIFQqMYHs6ZQIPnlJdeFm859tV-VcA3LCIyNvnyYxKtrdhOnC8SFe8nfHbuuYx9JZWc6u5sNSuZiw/s3340/IMG_3615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3340" data-original-width="2507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe8bXAvmdhzCclDdQ-OY_UaAlBV7FzS4X92Ek1sknQEF7QmjBJ_FwydDFEKPQl4NagKzNU9rIoCGTIXOQ2cA3Glio99zdKygqzc6IX6_Vs7gh9SIFQqMYHs6ZQIPnlJdeFm859tV-VcA3LCIyNvnyYxKtrdhOnC8SFe8nfHbuuYx9JZWc6u5sNSuZiw/w300-h400/IMG_3615.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PS - did you catch the giant hair chop? (And toning down the navy to dark brown?)</span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-47343161316756921722022-07-09T16:32:00.000-05:002022-07-09T16:32:20.531-05:00June Joys<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This first week of June marked Will’s Senior & final time at church Kamp - his favorite experience of his youth… ❤️ I’m so thankful Annelise got to be there for the week, too - even with limited mobility (ankle), not really getting to participate like Will in the team comps - and I was honored that I got to attend their Candlelight Walk ceremony on the last night, (only Senior parents allowed.) It was a blessing to ride up there (2 hrs away) with our precious friend Marcee, whose son Bryce also went, and to get to finally see the special place that has meant so much to Will over the last five years.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLf21Hgei0gqVrUOFXV-ch8TijwruxAV2IQAC6RhUUkSRlLpjMeCq1JPuQv9HR6Uo_lJGuINBTz0kGVa3YmhlaOO47-JJnLUBDaFK0EANnnwyCVgKAhHqN9ZZCa6dxAJl8ACogxtVIXtDxiJOPk8OM0oJKgnxHPtn9rJ8mM3NeeRzgDoA29hPKkkTifQ/s2048/IMG_3228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLf21Hgei0gqVrUOFXV-ch8TijwruxAV2IQAC6RhUUkSRlLpjMeCq1JPuQv9HR6Uo_lJGuINBTz0kGVa3YmhlaOO47-JJnLUBDaFK0EANnnwyCVgKAhHqN9ZZCa6dxAJl8ACogxtVIXtDxiJOPk8OM0oJKgnxHPtn9rJ8mM3NeeRzgDoA29hPKkkTifQ/w300-h400/IMG_3228.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It’s AMAZING how we haven’t lived in the same place in over 11 years, and yet it still feels like our kids are two sets of TWINS! (& thanks to her for all the glorious pics!!! ❤️)<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWfi-yhH527Adsrkzbjk73K_bL5lyoxiVlhfvEItjx4BfnHbwTWDymZcmJ4TG7VP9iAEe_c4rG6N-Nhi_3x5UYklI9-i2BLHpNmp54Hmyo8_IR_gtBsaHhYarNHz-iwXal6ghiCCO79UsC0MR-eSxv906ulaOSLsc1FEEh-bEfVtRhKxMnB1-rAc2Hw/s3760/IMG_3425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3760" data-original-width="2820" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWfi-yhH527Adsrkzbjk73K_bL5lyoxiVlhfvEItjx4BfnHbwTWDymZcmJ4TG7VP9iAEe_c4rG6N-Nhi_3x5UYklI9-i2BLHpNmp54Hmyo8_IR_gtBsaHhYarNHz-iwXal6ghiCCO79UsC0MR-eSxv906ulaOSLsc1FEEh-bEfVtRhKxMnB1-rAc2Hw/w300-h400/IMG_3425.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yf6pgo_wuxS5gGniKoYhfB-3YgdLVGFiajFlJg_4E2FsBII4krkxoDy_onzkJbQ0TFvoMhLzE7Tnh7gkwsouajSmhsM7a-6wsV3DnXS6JQBqM3C0zEzHL4CmTb5UU2iFizxmMD8LjHcyJBIk3jknStKRWgcBaDZ3st2QYQgEXW1IktCxJ6VSIslWoQ/s4032/IMG_3424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: inherit;">The flood of pics does more justice than my words…</span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2ROzwi4xVyT-DiIm2BhZxZ17smyGkN6N5dzZelHneHY65heuc74TRMGNapN5Z0cjjy2deW6wWriGASARRIVHq0crqHhlvc-QRr05_UAsHr1fVaejipzRp78bPjJzFZ7Touial8bacKc5C_TQK7bYVHyNObNCWOfTv85wTJNq3dsgcRkyq1mslDKw8A/s2061/IMG_2659.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="1506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2ROzwi4xVyT-DiIm2BhZxZ17smyGkN6N5dzZelHneHY65heuc74TRMGNapN5Z0cjjy2deW6wWriGASARRIVHq0crqHhlvc-QRr05_UAsHr1fVaejipzRp78bPjJzFZ7Touial8bacKc5C_TQK7bYVHyNObNCWOfTv85wTJNq3dsgcRkyq1mslDKw8A/w293-h400/IMG_2659.JPG" width="293" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Senior Recognition Sunday at church on 5/15<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Our years there felt sooo long…but then we blinked & 7 more years evaporated!<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dr14uftt4lq-W58kND-mUkzfGrnUsAPIL3rxshRG8HYRkaqsC7inoGXaDVX-xoc3hVRIqgmqwB6qmAz0vEo9A8qcdGzNb_upCRWGEOqcaTRqa33cPVTbeFNZCxv1dirK4R_xfVBB3f78jqwWdilPVwgQCXu1DyJ_lL5E72hnnyOMfzTvJDaZkWe7bg/s3599/IMG_2755.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="3599" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dr14uftt4lq-W58kND-mUkzfGrnUsAPIL3rxshRG8HYRkaqsC7inoGXaDVX-xoc3hVRIqgmqwB6qmAz0vEo9A8qcdGzNb_upCRWGEOqcaTRqa33cPVTbeFNZCxv1dirK4R_xfVBB3f78jqwWdilPVwgQCXu1DyJ_lL5E72hnnyOMfzTvJDaZkWe7bg/w400-h226/IMG_2755.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxuwA8DOZ6n-ZICPmZmCLFtH9wpEywHjxoq5cH3i4NxUy5AfGDrVnz8RkvSWCVj_V8xylYI7Ry6GwTO3jyVjYYKHxZEuAiBQmtcy_m3FhyR804HrCrj6J3qxjTOiAg7d_7GzTDMFT3jWMh8kHh6mlqbLWNLlB2Aeew-alzxhgBdy7OhKQ-lDFP-KPaQ/s3832/IMG_2754.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2874" data-original-width="3832" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxuwA8DOZ6n-ZICPmZmCLFtH9wpEywHjxoq5cH3i4NxUy5AfGDrVnz8RkvSWCVj_V8xylYI7Ry6GwTO3jyVjYYKHxZEuAiBQmtcy_m3FhyR804HrCrj6J3qxjTOiAg7d_7GzTDMFT3jWMh8kHh6mlqbLWNLlB2Aeew-alzxhgBdy7OhKQ-lDFP-KPaQ/w400-h300/IMG_2754.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OFnO2MMjYNE?autoplay=0&fs=1&iv_load_policy=3&showinfo=0&rel=0&cc_load_policy=0&start=0&end=0&origin=http://youtubeembedcode.com" type="text/html" width="400.5"><div><small><a href="https://youtubeembedcode.com/de/">youtubeembedcode de</a></small></div><div><small><a href="https://casinoutankonto.online/">https://casinoutankonto.online</a></small></div></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I adore how he would never just walk by those kids & not engage, like some “normal” :-P teens - it’s another reason why I know he will be such a great coach one day!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Beyond thankful to be able to celebrate the end of Will’s Senior year with the kindest friends at our park & pool drop-in Saturday morning, 5/21! No words for how their presence blessed me…<br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnz_aHjT-mB2HzZcpWTqPpRH88bIuJGo0O7N5HNLXo1uWH2PgPp_tkGxngvZ-XNH5UlvkAJXZs7pjKxEcHiT7Tt6qyxqgTYE22IEvo5mC8BkqhMb0gMc3H8emw1NBfvagLTUdpfh4HZQEgFEhiFMjFURvR7VRS4atzLHjhUKSJckMMRrYPwL3i8IHgSQ/s4032/IMG_2916.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnz_aHjT-mB2HzZcpWTqPpRH88bIuJGo0O7N5HNLXo1uWH2PgPp_tkGxngvZ-XNH5UlvkAJXZs7pjKxEcHiT7Tt6qyxqgTYE22IEvo5mC8BkqhMb0gMc3H8emw1NBfvagLTUdpfh4HZQEgFEhiFMjFURvR7VRS4atzLHjhUKSJckMMRrYPwL3i8IHgSQ/w300-h400/IMG_2916.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEF0FokTJcnzMgn1QTXUXtcpiYHmfEicEpqe-Xp9gYh61b4RgiToz7E-rAnFVEdij7YdtgFiuJeSZtWZS-LzZ5kfr8ADXajjKosytCFfsxX5mTwqZljskyUTgRgcpcjQeFUDKfM4A9OF7fhIMeTbBGN9Zs2eFayUv7tHby7PLn_GuXCSgLuXuSFqKKA/s3441/IMG_2919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Ewww!!!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUaY5PY6yZ8YreebCPkKM_NgG9htS2l__M3c62U6FmoSzEKUzdhxn9bmRr33jZdMBRdbXhf3d9E6M9SeA3PHA2Ppe_NIwyyoJqY0gSI50uvCEY0quUSXvyDp4yIVzGBZDxlvPbey-w35j-wIMh8_mWjOp77BUgTzcROsMFaCjHMDaFpge8M8bqTBBKg/s3180/IMG_2917.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3180" data-original-width="2387" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUaY5PY6yZ8YreebCPkKM_NgG9htS2l__M3c62U6FmoSzEKUzdhxn9bmRr33jZdMBRdbXhf3d9E6M9SeA3PHA2Ppe_NIwyyoJqY0gSI50uvCEY0quUSXvyDp4yIVzGBZDxlvPbey-w35j-wIMh8_mWjOp77BUgTzcROsMFaCjHMDaFpge8M8bqTBBKg/w300-h400/IMG_2917.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbbvc31Emt_zMGKMd_u1Y5SyXRzJgtH4xONyjGGUqnatf0TyKgTlU4p9TFUAoi_w1rtdUDoHjDj1L_fQBn_VjnXgOZE0YVmI2Q4viXIyJKX2G8bcyOsIqnc0TvkWLMmpELub2DjWqg9MOA53IbeFPCuPxB1Pwcg0KBWF3zdMvT28iTXZDgzUKdb0Gdw/s4032/IMG_2918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbbvc31Emt_zMGKMd_u1Y5SyXRzJgtH4xONyjGGUqnatf0TyKgTlU4p9TFUAoi_w1rtdUDoHjDj1L_fQBn_VjnXgOZE0YVmI2Q4viXIyJKX2G8bcyOsIqnc0TvkWLMmpELub2DjWqg9MOA53IbeFPCuPxB1Pwcg0KBWF3zdMvT28iTXZDgzUKdb0Gdw/w300-h400/IMG_2918.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will’s dessert request was cherry pie…so I made a full slab!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kpT8FR9MPNLgicg_O6PoYx23Tnv6yiZrqRWXy_cFVGRf2LhN88aM6EbF402CoYZllTLrxMSJXVUIFmn8ti8o0DU9sAnqp1ncvyaMpb3thv2e1TGKuatwRgPESCE86ZtqGXzu9kObgz8R4nenhsrxmi8vBacUBeVN2np9Q9RDwQVsfzxO3XOZhKprVg/s3599/IMG_2925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3599" data-original-width="2699" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kpT8FR9MPNLgicg_O6PoYx23Tnv6yiZrqRWXy_cFVGRf2LhN88aM6EbF402CoYZllTLrxMSJXVUIFmn8ti8o0DU9sAnqp1ncvyaMpb3thv2e1TGKuatwRgPESCE86ZtqGXzu9kObgz8R4nenhsrxmi8vBacUBeVN2np9Q9RDwQVsfzxO3XOZhKprVg/w300-h400/IMG_2925.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our firstborn officially became a high school graduate on Tuesday, 5/24! 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text-align: center;">I love how important his friendships are to him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMzSxhePZYKMC8-pjrDS6Ovbs93OH4X72xXkvT5PpNMmmVPYlzxMYgAY9ACsEsSBn0F2DU53Fj4PI7Cz1WcynL2znmlRqvLPkOEQct-0Ly4C_3M6i3c29-mZUp_yM2JsMcr7NOpwVY7k_Dt-84I7aLWGAN9sB5qPRk8GmcVwc1wJmGU9DCrog2RDAPg/s4032/IMG_3035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMzSxhePZYKMC8-pjrDS6Ovbs93OH4X72xXkvT5PpNMmmVPYlzxMYgAY9ACsEsSBn0F2DU53Fj4PI7Cz1WcynL2znmlRqvLPkOEQct-0Ly4C_3M6i3c29-mZUp_yM2JsMcr7NOpwVY7k_Dt-84I7aLWGAN9sB5qPRk8GmcVwc1wJmGU9DCrog2RDAPg/w400-h300/IMG_3035.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QMo6DjY3nbE2u793IY9i8DrjYbFyGkTaRw-WVEn4J0y7jvDccqrrpe-vM0dDrSvlX8OGY96SborGogJ0emyi8H74eHexc_9SU5jChVmfwZfMGYmzWsY37fB8g_Qiszg8AW3lRhxTpmEQNOaZ9rTuj-jYEvw9Lmhjinrjf-HHbD4dFI0xByxJ7XlQLQ/s4032/IMG_3040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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and all *I* wanted were pics, so success! :-D His core group of best friends were all split up until the actual event, (their dates all made different pre-prom plans,) so we tried to get them together for pre-pre- pics Saturday morning; Bryce & Will were the only two who could, so his mom & I pounced on the chance to get real pics with our boys!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpc_rXyFqy69V2JLblEzrDB1-DPU9QzittmkKh_w6-e5kDOFmqv-lM0VAfy8MVP36ySyp4NNCW3MFUgoHD5NwRwa_7YXtEArAdO9gpgrzD0zwWLz3jPo__Y9S8-Jf1RSfXY0fHD5NWrz1A_LDhB1j5OwmpZdUlDFq--8H_RwasUsRdl6KKVTHKUR1Wg/s3904/IMG_2486.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3904" data-original-width="2928" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpc_rXyFqy69V2JLblEzrDB1-DPU9QzittmkKh_w6-e5kDOFmqv-lM0VAfy8MVP36ySyp4NNCW3MFUgoHD5NwRwa_7YXtEArAdO9gpgrzD0zwWLz3jPo__Y9S8-Jf1RSfXY0fHD5NWrz1A_LDhB1j5OwmpZdUlDFq--8H_RwasUsRdl6KKVTHKUR1Wg/w300-h400/IMG_2486.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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So cool!)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I cannot believe graduation is less than 3 weeks away... Still ahead: senior recognitions at youth, at church, and at their old elementary school - such sweet traditions! *sniff, sniff*</div><p></p>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-42262053940036966362022-05-03T10:14:00.000-05:002022-05-03T10:14:05.507-05:00April Action<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It feels a bit strange to have this much action back in our lives to post, again, but here we are, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon…</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">April 1st: Wrestling Banquet success! So thankful for this group of new friends I am privileged to serve with on our high school Wrestling Parents Committee & even more excited for next season…</span></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbGZw5cZ0lmkWEWkwm7RbOwuKG8D0X-yOj3D5DkAonFWeT3e0xktH20nMPVy14b86cA9uc60zJ4Mn03S2RVdom0DzJQwyY1ZALyieOq20P8mbneUd2OiEt8tRh_xEja1WZvT6T67MFVpp2X5va9U-W8o9K0iXMiClSsk-A7QfPgqtloSmVYaHu_Ae8g/s3679/IMG_1997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="3679" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbGZw5cZ0lmkWEWkwm7RbOwuKG8D0X-yOj3D5DkAonFWeT3e0xktH20nMPVy14b86cA9uc60zJ4Mn03S2RVdom0DzJQwyY1ZALyieOq20P8mbneUd2OiEt8tRh_xEja1WZvT6T67MFVpp2X5va9U-W8o9K0iXMiClSsk-A7QfPgqtloSmVYaHu_Ae8g/w400-h300/IMG_1997.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJQlvfX-CzHGQoSxgNrgbYaO9jnbIxEZGfJ5wEpzlQMtlrV2cp2-d-vkzxTS-fjtjwwWEif_rCbdn0awP1E5uzq20VFWGQZ04Bq5vKAxlgdkqCReTsFoaCqxc1UnetZDsxGCMz6dTKSImg-cYugXzSjqaw0QWPPaSftD_GkkWdjbKkrbXr85s81rRiQ/s3779/IMG_2001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2834" data-original-width="3779" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJQlvfX-CzHGQoSxgNrgbYaO9jnbIxEZGfJ5wEpzlQMtlrV2cp2-d-vkzxTS-fjtjwwWEif_rCbdn0awP1E5uzq20VFWGQZ04Bq5vKAxlgdkqCReTsFoaCqxc1UnetZDsxGCMz6dTKSImg-cYugXzSjqaw0QWPPaSftD_GkkWdjbKkrbXr85s81rRiQ/w400-h300/IMG_2001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTEOoSXgd_SLbgcHog2SborhykBOl3lk0FF_pkKKwtTVUywlTRXm_GNIlQfcZKNv0IKKt8qpdSUqnm3LipxJot7hz_hQp0iyY-vRLOU1Cg93Du1CKpBDsGdFaRIaM0E1zt8EKjk__GouYL0NPt-0lFxRewjxpAN9uTcbZikfW4xMXms5eQSO-0lBJdg/s3821/IMG_1998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="3821" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTEOoSXgd_SLbgcHog2SborhykBOl3lk0FF_pkKKwtTVUywlTRXm_GNIlQfcZKNv0IKKt8qpdSUqnm3LipxJot7hz_hQp0iyY-vRLOU1Cg93Du1CKpBDsGdFaRIaM0E1zt8EKjk__GouYL0NPt-0lFxRewjxpAN9uTcbZikfW4xMXms5eQSO-0lBJdg/w400-h300/IMG_1998.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise & silly cake coach! :-D</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAImcB4WulYkKl6_7rj2dKz0416hsT65S1rXODVsjOGrC9zMwmxz5WfIx327taZ9z7VNjnuW7HY-BGH2oaals8CmyN_SjD7M6uqxKjd5ed5854JYtk26hbkgOSCICpbUu0QzhLtSj3zy-MGE7HlPZZqsOSo-XZ7o65TEgIxSclDL-yuW2zU6qFawr60w/s4032/IMG_1992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAImcB4WulYkKl6_7rj2dKz0416hsT65S1rXODVsjOGrC9zMwmxz5WfIx327taZ9z7VNjnuW7HY-BGH2oaals8CmyN_SjD7M6uqxKjd5ed5854JYtk26hbkgOSCICpbUu0QzhLtSj3zy-MGE7HlPZZqsOSo-XZ7o65TEgIxSclDL-yuW2zU6qFawr60w/w300-h400/IMG_1992.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">April 2-3: quick overnight to San Antonio with VIP access for JB’s work to the final round of the Valero Texas Open! Some guy asked me if I was Jordan Spieth’s sister? Walking the course for a few holes in the morning was lovely, and spending the rest of our time in the VIP hospitality suite was the best! (I don’t care a flip about golf, but I love an event with special treatment! :-D) Observe the face of teen ennui placating parents:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYt_hpSeLrMujdF2qrfAqNEMBql2SP9MH16tV7La-9NpUlMySeF-S_KhKjI4oOemBvFeF5iC07BeqlFs7dzc-8Kj9lT58dhXX8y8H7cRncrfE7WEHJyWX9lZciKSAW4jC_YfNUdCpX9LU16fB178QYgKA9BHShr5EtGlUf7QvL5UZ-rv_4ABAez7KIA/s3737/IMG_2080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2803" data-original-width="3737" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYt_hpSeLrMujdF2qrfAqNEMBql2SP9MH16tV7La-9NpUlMySeF-S_KhKjI4oOemBvFeF5iC07BeqlFs7dzc-8Kj9lT58dhXX8y8H7cRncrfE7WEHJyWX9lZciKSAW4jC_YfNUdCpX9LU16fB178QYgKA9BHShr5EtGlUf7QvL5UZ-rv_4ABAez7KIA/w400-h300/IMG_2080.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">ME?????? QUIET?!?!?!?!?!?!?!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uqPoT4R_RLkCVO0Uu_7WxFepR0drVVG1QLvtOXD9rAlknvsKICe-cK9KhhKWOgGpuREyEphZIQY_oJOPlbCo5U8-akNa5lyFqN1hv2GTIezcvWhW7dSGSc1eVt1UQMvpkFw_7PAo6yMUCaJpIv0ZfkqC44dvOr_94qUgqzgVPRX-55CPLnuOeJrxng/s4032/IMG_2077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uqPoT4R_RLkCVO0Uu_7WxFepR0drVVG1QLvtOXD9rAlknvsKICe-cK9KhhKWOgGpuREyEphZIQY_oJOPlbCo5U8-akNa5lyFqN1hv2GTIezcvWhW7dSGSc1eVt1UQMvpkFw_7PAo6yMUCaJpIv0ZfkqC44dvOr_94qUgqzgVPRX-55CPLnuOeJrxng/w400-h300/IMG_2077.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">From our perch, overlooking the 18th green:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IfbhdhgTPjlS4RyO1XBYQX-nZeXSHW_ZdDL6_ikXDRgd6LvAON29yEf5_NsEEPiKRo19qokwlQNhcbTAs_-Di4gjIdczJGvQvEwEr3ShW7BrgcRwzLQBpJkmrMy_p_FWTGW6fPxLSQxt7WGCXq_JJfII4dU0jcli5hfypeFvZU5ckUK3zie7zKzn6w/s4032/IMG_2044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IfbhdhgTPjlS4RyO1XBYQX-nZeXSHW_ZdDL6_ikXDRgd6LvAON29yEf5_NsEEPiKRo19qokwlQNhcbTAs_-Di4gjIdczJGvQvEwEr3ShW7BrgcRwzLQBpJkmrMy_p_FWTGW6fPxLSQxt7WGCXq_JJfII4dU0jcli5hfypeFvZU5ckUK3zie7zKzn6w/w300-h400/IMG_2044.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1i_hUApfy07SpJAQ2KV8US4L_Uy5RoahZXqzBXFGZRvm3IRe4nsQgCG1hocUw1kERZB4uusdZzSH6VYgIA9p9mh73tlBVOPMA0ypREac5HbEGpyRrgQ7QnXdlibsEsrqLa0sqhtx_jADpl7W9cnbMjSysceT_h_c3FPP09RH-J1nku-rqC-nRNu09A/s4032/IMG_2049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1i_hUApfy07SpJAQ2KV8US4L_Uy5RoahZXqzBXFGZRvm3IRe4nsQgCG1hocUw1kERZB4uusdZzSH6VYgIA9p9mh73tlBVOPMA0ypREac5HbEGpyRrgQ7QnXdlibsEsrqLa0sqhtx_jADpl7W9cnbMjSysceT_h_c3FPP09RH-J1nku-rqC-nRNu09A/w400-h300/IMG_2049.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Mid-April: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">#</span><i style="font-family: inherit;">promposal</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> #</span><i style="font-family: inherit;">shesaidyes</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The 1st movie they watched together was </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">“Grown Ups”.</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (Remember </span><a href="https://youtu.be/B5aK7ycEMUY" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">the ice cream wasted explanation</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">? </span><a href="https://youtu.be/B5aK7ycEMUY" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/B5aK7ycEMUY</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> :-D) She likes vanilla over chocolate, so Will also brought her a pint from his work at Baskin Robbins:</span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz35LYj_uTwXO6epwsO_LZFuVgeZUGz39CIXUeQeXPcLjxS9nhxsCbfqfltp7M3bqmW2TpLtm45u6PlSdn-e1wyGPSGqixbEF6cdAJAIm5Mw1zUSZhivw-Kgccx5L8kaRnsgiCHD4EUWgKVebwB-AkDMzqCtcm9hl93IWVOtY_NHKlVJSP91gl54j5_A/s896/IMG_2210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="671" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz35LYj_uTwXO6epwsO_LZFuVgeZUGz39CIXUeQeXPcLjxS9nhxsCbfqfltp7M3bqmW2TpLtm45u6PlSdn-e1wyGPSGqixbEF6cdAJAIm5Mw1zUSZhivw-Kgccx5L8kaRnsgiCHD4EUWgKVebwB-AkDMzqCtcm9hl93IWVOtY_NHKlVJSP91gl54j5_A/w300-h400/IMG_2210.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy <b>20th wedding anniversary</b> to us back on April 13th:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhRuetQq1jCfvtecqRHQHg3Z_qLN8uEks_NMxagtyQnjEby270ho-Zol_RoJa-NcN1e9L_AKZIR7WqK1JxxFIu28rcJIZj7W6ZQRdb6ft70pNJZhNcScmEsml2X0Y-mNBZwj-l_GsrfmGRmmn6wEZD4DOOhsHjiPsYuCBu-AX8HI6ORdaN2CSVvgn7A/s3779/IMG_2252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2834" data-original-width="3779" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhRuetQq1jCfvtecqRHQHg3Z_qLN8uEks_NMxagtyQnjEby270ho-Zol_RoJa-NcN1e9L_AKZIR7WqK1JxxFIu28rcJIZj7W6ZQRdb6ft70pNJZhNcScmEsml2X0Y-mNBZwj-l_GsrfmGRmmn6wEZD4DOOhsHjiPsYuCBu-AX8HI6ORdaN2CSVvgn7A/w400-h300/IMG_2252.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyXWh4yMHB_VXgrDREJmnXfKCDpTmYaenN3h1dlk-PdVDfyQsIz27NYgVZMl8Ix03gtRBwjQpbwTIOuIsUxey14zQcl0c4YO6i4FSnRWX387yIOGkWoQ_BDCA_VVE2iGVMtCab-RnwLp--2xuJmKztHJ-1deQy9KGiE6fyIg8mI7BAFQ2mpFm8pyBzA/s4032/IMG_2254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyXWh4yMHB_VXgrDREJmnXfKCDpTmYaenN3h1dlk-PdVDfyQsIz27NYgVZMl8Ix03gtRBwjQpbwTIOuIsUxey14zQcl0c4YO6i4FSnRWX387yIOGkWoQ_BDCA_VVE2iGVMtCab-RnwLp--2xuJmKztHJ-1deQy9KGiE6fyIg8mI7BAFQ2mpFm8pyBzA/w400-h300/IMG_2254.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(I’m wearing the dress we got on our honeymoon!)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Easter Sunrise Service is my absolute favorite of the year! (Even on a cloudy day (but nice & warm!)) Such a sweet honor to serve with my vocal besties in an intimate setting where we can truly connect & glory in the dawn of fresh starts!<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSu5k_R7u1QFZIoy76xyA98qkcEOIeaNFetonLBFPg5f-4Q7JrH0x3lJAdq6tXJJx8WmoqRzxrurwJwCaZAQLeMhV1_1wdfQBORDspLdjbetfdJkRoEo6nCqz0QrNKSBnsXEKWir-gySoypa8Le75tGfpKduP-BmzDa5AjcaSf5LmZ27iNOhk7H3X4A/s1222/IMG_2306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1222" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSu5k_R7u1QFZIoy76xyA98qkcEOIeaNFetonLBFPg5f-4Q7JrH0x3lJAdq6tXJJx8WmoqRzxrurwJwCaZAQLeMhV1_1wdfQBORDspLdjbetfdJkRoEo6nCqz0QrNKSBnsXEKWir-gySoypa8Le75tGfpKduP-BmzDa5AjcaSf5LmZ27iNOhk7H3X4A/w400-h260/IMG_2306.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ0wQopt-Wv0VHFyEPGfCWsNVlUjta1NZV3tgXOA0ux9FXIuEhwq_LXyozMI90T1l_xIvciNTckDsI7TMHyMMwKJSO5BFawhiG7kxX0t_U6jMY_21YWHornyTd15ciO07OXfZ6E64TX9FF8BOn3I3lx24RPCqz-SMjfQ3r-60MC80cajm2qVsK9fK7Q/s3403/IMG_2292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3403" data-original-width="3023" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ0wQopt-Wv0VHFyEPGfCWsNVlUjta1NZV3tgXOA0ux9FXIuEhwq_LXyozMI90T1l_xIvciNTckDsI7TMHyMMwKJSO5BFawhiG7kxX0t_U6jMY_21YWHornyTd15ciO07OXfZ6E64TX9FF8BOn3I3lx24RPCqz-SMjfQ3r-60MC80cajm2qVsK9fK7Q/w355-h400/IMG_2292.JPG" width="355" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Annelise celebrated her 16th birthday quietly, with joyous treats & small friend gatherings over several days. Holy dramatic year, from ending online school, to finding her most unexpected blessing & passion in wrestling, to the drastic ankle tear that’s dominated every moment of her last 4 months. Keep praying for her total healing (she’s so often in a ridiculous amount of pain after PT) & for her to come back stronger than ever! I’m treasuring every moment I get to share with her driving (I’m her Driver’s Ed teacher: parent-taught Aceable) esp. while listening to BTS & K-pop and going to try every restaurant in our local Asian Town district!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijv1hSZepYdJc-nJowiJB9Eq_3eNTsXOEI-lbRxKBbAer8dr_YsVWU7cmem0L78S2kSnCZ96QzQF4CZnFxXAF24C62YqvOxinuQFJyXgHIfhXxJCktqfO3PaYSrpGsJrvpeZEJ5-bCniawNOJT07OaUzTOtDG2SMEIVgnGh57NHMw82F8G0bKv8336Hg/s1932/IMG_2399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1380" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijv1hSZepYdJc-nJowiJB9Eq_3eNTsXOEI-lbRxKBbAer8dr_YsVWU7cmem0L78S2kSnCZ96QzQF4CZnFxXAF24C62YqvOxinuQFJyXgHIfhXxJCktqfO3PaYSrpGsJrvpeZEJ5-bCniawNOJT07OaUzTOtDG2SMEIVgnGh57NHMw82F8G0bKv8336Hg/w286-h400/IMG_2399.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Speaking of driving, I never posted this when Will got his actual license - too cute to forget:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1DDIj6C9hlDIYiG5-yijsha35RnqHx7WJjHl8xMa00gYdpsYiIE-OAEfjNendc808LITkBV8k7P5cN1rlUjM69rx8nFSWpsYuxg5mgDscbipBIkL9UTyxfUc3c9keZBha-ur0_xBJA-D-BjbVKFm7c_IXFr84aDkEccYzuT8YCxIWykedCNiQZ8xjQ/s1000/IMG_20220413_162639-ANIMATION.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1DDIj6C9hlDIYiG5-yijsha35RnqHx7WJjHl8xMa00gYdpsYiIE-OAEfjNendc808LITkBV8k7P5cN1rlUjM69rx8nFSWpsYuxg5mgDscbipBIkL9UTyxfUc3c9keZBha-ur0_xBJA-D-BjbVKFm7c_IXFr84aDkEccYzuT8YCxIWykedCNiQZ8xjQ/w400-h300/IMG_20220413_162639-ANIMATION.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Closing with a rare moment: Blaise is a 9 month old puppy - she almost NEVER stops like this! + Bailey likes to keep her in her place ;-) but here’s hoping it’s a glimpse into our future norm:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvKqGMwoh-mb0CPJzLV1rRKpkNW0Kt9pcFGEUYtBVZRSVHIB3CSxxJzfbBmcLYG-11HQozahuah31ABlU7D0VAt1FNKCawfKJvSL47bOmCXfHLyLmFfEKNILwI1_xH_Zjht_c3cY7gW-qj0USIsDOo8rz5-70IGsDuvewpeznnPLjRYONLJUix-PXuw/s3583/IMG_2101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3583" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvKqGMwoh-mb0CPJzLV1rRKpkNW0Kt9pcFGEUYtBVZRSVHIB3CSxxJzfbBmcLYG-11HQozahuah31ABlU7D0VAt1FNKCawfKJvSL47bOmCXfHLyLmFfEKNILwI1_xH_Zjht_c3cY7gW-qj0USIsDOo8rz5-70IGsDuvewpeznnPLjRYONLJUix-PXuw/w338-h400/IMG_2101.JPG" width="338" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Next up: PROM!!!</span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-61911499232857949742022-03-31T22:57:00.000-05:002022-03-31T22:57:26.375-05:00March in Pics<div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">March felt like a whirlwind, with Will working almost every evening at Baskin Robbins, Annelise having various medical appointments for her ankle multiple times a week, and Spring Break with 3 different visitors! Pic recap:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I sang in church for the first time in a while and was thankful to get to serve with my vocal BFF:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AXAFWsOEA5CK-9I3joiMnFbsNygU4uwnAq21HpYhAoonVKkJ7_g6POos2ZRM_vTbzlnKHvgI8RH0IwPGTQcE0rad8JEatdn2mZllJUvyzp9Le_UayYdYD2hZbnTPgxhBGjx3naDB1Zi3yduRfUFZ9Hj4rglFuh1yzLTJcaKGz9wMdDfHaUJdYPCXgw/s1616/IMG_1572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1616" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AXAFWsOEA5CK-9I3joiMnFbsNygU4uwnAq21HpYhAoonVKkJ7_g6POos2ZRM_vTbzlnKHvgI8RH0IwPGTQcE0rad8JEatdn2mZllJUvyzp9Le_UayYdYD2hZbnTPgxhBGjx3naDB1Zi3yduRfUFZ9Hj4rglFuh1yzLTJcaKGz9wMdDfHaUJdYPCXgw/w400-h268/IMG_1572.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I donated blood, again:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh887X9jyrEQGirBfm2tNV8CqEqJAAstHfXEE44HHWcnBCvn5jIIyOgIPygIai4t3NuA9yP4Hwnt7QakuFl5rnu_mq0jzH-rE_HUZrPaqZByHgYOn2HkMQIsb2olALO2pDEsumHV95vRsG6SeTYSVV3qihPyqUdROcgMA9fYycFhiDnJOfn_CNfOiIPrw/s4032/IMG_1624.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh887X9jyrEQGirBfm2tNV8CqEqJAAstHfXEE44HHWcnBCvn5jIIyOgIPygIai4t3NuA9yP4Hwnt7QakuFl5rnu_mq0jzH-rE_HUZrPaqZByHgYOn2HkMQIsb2olALO2pDEsumHV95vRsG6SeTYSVV3qihPyqUdROcgMA9fYycFhiDnJOfn_CNfOiIPrw/w400-h300/IMG_1624.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(This time I got a free <a href="https://www.proudpie.com/" target="_blank">slice of pie</a> & a cute “I Bleed Orange & Blue” shirt, referencing our Houston Astros, but just also happening to be our high school colors = perfect!)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On March 12th, my & Annelise’s favorite group ever, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS" target="_blank">BTS</a>, broadcast their concert live from Seoul, South Korea in movie theaters all over the world. We can’t afford to go to one of their concerts in person anytime soon, so this treat was as close as we could get! We had a little <a href="https://dimsumboxkaty.com/" target="_blank">dim sum dinner</a> before heading to the movie theater & absolutely radiating joy:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2MCBfc2r8_OGFVcik4e7HQaAGinTJsNXvhvoNSJmYn-MBeaRjZXLEbit7EVMef5IzkywjE7SJUwSEWvopOU12yq3eRzd5z5Z6RugQPQAGZH8XA9gDS_vDymmud5LS4L4WgSaUt5797Ix7KiS76XMjdFrmygAN0FaIu8T59dLJVl34-tk30gM1554hA/s2936/IMG_1582.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2936" data-original-width="2936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2MCBfc2r8_OGFVcik4e7HQaAGinTJsNXvhvoNSJmYn-MBeaRjZXLEbit7EVMef5IzkywjE7SJUwSEWvopOU12yq3eRzd5z5Z6RugQPQAGZH8XA9gDS_vDymmud5LS4L4WgSaUt5797Ix7KiS76XMjdFrmygAN0FaIu8T59dLJVl34-tk30gM1554hA/w400-h400/IMG_1582.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There were no subtitles for the long interludes where <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/BANGTANTV" target="_blank">BTS</a> talked to the crowd, and since they were in Seoul, there was obviously almost zero English. I just whipped out Google Translate on my phone and got the gist of most everything they said! It’s incredible to think how dramatically technology has shrunk the world!)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We didn’t take a single picture together with our first super surprise Spring Break guest: my BFF Amy & her 2 sons who all live in Romania came to see her family in a sudden, last-minute trip. The circumstances were a little nuts, but I’m still so thankful for even a few hours with her. She has always made such an effort to see me whenever she’s in the States, and I will absolutely reciprocate when I can get back to Europe!!! *She* took one picture, though - the one evening we could be together, Will was at work, so they stopped to get ice cream from him first:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJwU_KhD-WzcJ21n3yqCv-J56Bc4PAKTFOPp8-hb-l1_VzNzzltaLxqtVBap0dLI8Q3Ms_DO7VinisemUZLxRdFjI4FlC1g2JVGxbXNSii-yq4sNgdVUu_ZmhJ80CTzytcHH1lhF78rBfp1SL-Hdp0sZkarQ_34DFZ3bGyo0HfL4_blA8CveX-EWIpA/s2930/IMG_1830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="2930" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJwU_KhD-WzcJ21n3yqCv-J56Bc4PAKTFOPp8-hb-l1_VzNzzltaLxqtVBap0dLI8Q3Ms_DO7VinisemUZLxRdFjI4FlC1g2JVGxbXNSii-yq4sNgdVUu_ZmhJ80CTzytcHH1lhF78rBfp1SL-Hdp0sZkarQ_34DFZ3bGyo0HfL4_blA8CveX-EWIpA/w400-h400/IMG_1830.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My mom flew in the next day, and as always, our favorite thing together = restaurants!!! We got to savor not one, but TWO <a href="https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards" target="_blank">James Beard</a> finalists for this year, <a href="https://bloodbrosbbq.com/" target="_blank">Blood Bros. BBQ</a>:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPEdmb3s7SQqV3-GOS2xIgRxk7-vw9i0aok5hebxMLckU6gAEPUWPnbYfY6Oiqf3atJ9GKHPDD5iScWUeK-StrcIjfwKX9z5n6hnK86rbbbBDV5Yj58_z3KJQdi0nyFNE2pxJD4hoZ5EU03BZLP-g3PSTzzB2demMtrxUvmWs5o1xbJkw5Bqnwa7l2A/s4032/IMG_1710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPEdmb3s7SQqV3-GOS2xIgRxk7-vw9i0aok5hebxMLckU6gAEPUWPnbYfY6Oiqf3atJ9GKHPDD5iScWUeK-StrcIjfwKX9z5n6hnK86rbbbBDV5Yj58_z3KJQdi0nyFNE2pxJD4hoZ5EU03BZLP-g3PSTzzB2demMtrxUvmWs5o1xbJkw5Bqnwa7l2A/w400-h300/IMG_1710.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">And back to beloved </span><a href="https://www.xochihouston.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Xochi</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_M7VX6xInQsB7SrlR2PtLOvEhjTmXzTlFVqCtkHL0X6uT3si-0qzjbZ34jokG9__iL5-eu56SFWVuCjtCx2gGpA9N6BIwyWG1BObonMoyxGchjzBPjq8p4bGlTg_UaNKQ5N0khnIlCOF4j3VVhXF_AslDS2jU0M5a8QWoBNZVS8fzb9J82BnFCSHog/s2526/IMG_1708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_M7VX6xInQsB7SrlR2PtLOvEhjTmXzTlFVqCtkHL0X6uT3si-0qzjbZ34jokG9__iL5-eu56SFWVuCjtCx2gGpA9N6BIwyWG1BObonMoyxGchjzBPjq8p4bGlTg_UaNKQ5N0khnIlCOF4j3VVhXF_AslDS2jU0M5a8QWoBNZVS8fzb9J82BnFCSHog/w400-h400/IMG_1708.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34lGm5geXjUWdSAyiA0OITwZFVtqOFtkcM0YQFnXE3MkGoii1zsrOW6JkpePtHtHE-VslK1wZ-MaSF09ojq8ngGof8opBAeHGT1dLx_zDXlub4mCecy6c1ZtsRZSEolk4SRkYJQ18ju6i4fRKXolh7SAF0AfVnYmcJyH7Qx-JyF08W8QnbcvNEPrd0g/s3024/IMG_1709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34lGm5geXjUWdSAyiA0OITwZFVtqOFtkcM0YQFnXE3MkGoii1zsrOW6JkpePtHtHE-VslK1wZ-MaSF09ojq8ngGof8opBAeHGT1dLx_zDXlub4mCecy6c1ZtsRZSEolk4SRkYJQ18ju6i4fRKXolh7SAF0AfVnYmcJyH7Qx-JyF08W8QnbcvNEPrd0g/w400-h400/IMG_1709.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My second super surprise </span><i>(my mom was planned!)</i> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Spring Break visitor was one evening with my BFF Jackie, her daughter Isabella, & 2 of their friends. (They live in LA, but Isabella’s team had a last minute cheer comp here, so Jackie texted me they were coming that night!) It was the first time we’d been together in almost 5 years - what a blessing for our girls to reconnect! Forever grateful for picking up like no time has passed, for 20 years of hilarious stories & memories to regale our children with, and for Jackie being one of the most genuine people I’ve ever known. (Also for </span><a href="https://www.properrosegarden.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">sharing tea</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, discovering the Sat night hot spot is Ross :-D, Isabella’s hair stylist prowess, & venting cheer therapy!)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgsnb9vB1E7G14hGK1nAk-h0V7TXRrXXoVtbZcCBCDTcy-g2VaslG08o6FSTP6pA4Pz-EC12UYC4Kisas_1R5z24aYC3t_Mx0mhyPdqPwTdb9LTEBuKvRa4MdvI7-aa1Md1Gw2F_hXmUEHLpaa5MkXlmY_AXKoax8OSdSDvNkC7_nWuynXtToo8Jkzw/s2971/IMG_1704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2971" data-original-width="2971" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgsnb9vB1E7G14hGK1nAk-h0V7TXRrXXoVtbZcCBCDTcy-g2VaslG08o6FSTP6pA4Pz-EC12UYC4Kisas_1R5z24aYC3t_Mx0mhyPdqPwTdb9LTEBuKvRa4MdvI7-aa1Md1Gw2F_hXmUEHLpaa5MkXlmY_AXKoax8OSdSDvNkC7_nWuynXtToo8Jkzw/w400-h400/IMG_1704.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfdscK-UpQCZoNu2Q4aihPpTvIU0DfaLUpfV8FzNZOTHWPk0C7JtHyO0RCuRB9NVne3fp31JXw0Vk8QDD9XAf4BbmsdN1sNe_l_mRkChWZqN-ssU_yV6HMk0BZy4pT2rUMk4KZRnO7baj6b_KPnhSAeUCUAgfzgbezFNdpTifnYNgUB_LXIP776cgyg/s3606/IMG_1705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3606" data-original-width="2705" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfdscK-UpQCZoNu2Q4aihPpTvIU0DfaLUpfV8FzNZOTHWPk0C7JtHyO0RCuRB9NVne3fp31JXw0Vk8QDD9XAf4BbmsdN1sNe_l_mRkChWZqN-ssU_yV6HMk0BZy4pT2rUMk4KZRnO7baj6b_KPnhSAeUCUAgfzgbezFNdpTifnYNgUB_LXIP776cgyg/w300-h400/IMG_1705.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Apparently National Puppy Day was March 23. Blaise is 100x harder to photograph than Bailey - she is in constant puppy motion!!! Bailey curled up to sleep beside me here for almost 2 hours before Blaise graced me with her fleeting presence :-P</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISpz_PSThHTFy1URi0nYfIi5kvWTwjzQk0E4l2nF6vAruCWlUolF0-EppBZUt4LwJQ4p9YrcpeXgqZ5sOWGj8LGRjVD8GGYHofa_j6AVy7TvVW4v0R6CJVcHOBWyHPx7HDw2HLc9UlU2Q23le4hTawfhSbrKTAsuicKC0E74Z9IaNXxbHFe7h4WVS7A/s3551/IMG_1814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3551" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISpz_PSThHTFy1URi0nYfIi5kvWTwjzQk0E4l2nF6vAruCWlUolF0-EppBZUt4LwJQ4p9YrcpeXgqZ5sOWGj8LGRjVD8GGYHofa_j6AVy7TvVW4v0R6CJVcHOBWyHPx7HDw2HLc9UlU2Q23le4hTawfhSbrKTAsuicKC0E74Z9IaNXxbHFe7h4WVS7A/w341-h400/IMG_1814.JPG" width="341" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise started physical therapy after Spring Break for the torn ligaments in her ankle - time to strengthen the muscles back to take over the work of her brace = praying for complete & total healing!!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-5r-htSDroBUiwu5rrTVSv0X2ImDxdvPoewgENqsuGZhRgKpoTrf3wn0y2VUYWJ5j8e9NAQijr0ORtIisFx4Hy1GgFMbmie6p45v48EtXXA8rSPGxhBoCM2ahFqJCeNF8dMxqamuZrWCqa9NuUVgfnUXOrJRib5Th4OvW2NjY8aizdpjxuNlGfnO5A/s3454/IMG_1816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3454" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-5r-htSDroBUiwu5rrTVSv0X2ImDxdvPoewgENqsuGZhRgKpoTrf3wn0y2VUYWJ5j8e9NAQijr0ORtIisFx4Hy1GgFMbmie6p45v48EtXXA8rSPGxhBoCM2ahFqJCeNF8dMxqamuZrWCqa9NuUVgfnUXOrJRib5Th4OvW2NjY8aizdpjxuNlGfnO5A/w400-h350/IMG_1816.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewdVw9Btw220UESUGkmail7UrzIGdFoIOBZD8fbN-WemzCbDgQRQJ27XGerq2LCl9tyYALU7XkUOIXNikectQax3Y1pIZnktmSktS9Sg8IZyC9dgjU9EXEdP2PBW54X-C97hhePnYPGGqGDXmqaKKhoybDmu-mVepy2bGJvk3UBg4UfxNYGS_oIIsJg/s2762/IMG_1827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="2762" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewdVw9Btw220UESUGkmail7UrzIGdFoIOBZD8fbN-WemzCbDgQRQJ27XGerq2LCl9tyYALU7XkUOIXNikectQax3Y1pIZnktmSktS9Sg8IZyC9dgjU9EXEdP2PBW54X-C97hhePnYPGGqGDXmqaKKhoybDmu-mVepy2bGJvk3UBg4UfxNYGS_oIIsJg/w400-h300/IMG_1827.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have been waiting for over 2 months to get cleared to finally be able to start this. She is going in twice a week for the next couple months & then maybe once a week over the summer, depending on her own progress. Junior year wrestling awaits come August…<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Closing with my personal ingenuity: I do *not* enjoy yard work, but for some reason, I’m the sole family hedge trimmer:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGoy3sXbviS1r-OAw-9OhdsXAQEz6DVkWe_KRHG-xZa4P6JMXyt2Koqj2lBEq3qV5eY99oGOSRl5-plFowYYGVKPvTK6ZbbGxLjEWYilwCxKt-DokUK_FrNQZqgQHtpe0j1liySYuirmEoBuw-ObySBM_AxXxAxD8ckGGohWQb1pnBLO1QkqpCQWMoQ/s3663/IMG_1852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3663" data-original-width="2747" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGoy3sXbviS1r-OAw-9OhdsXAQEz6DVkWe_KRHG-xZa4P6JMXyt2Koqj2lBEq3qV5eY99oGOSRl5-plFowYYGVKPvTK6ZbbGxLjEWYilwCxKt-DokUK_FrNQZqgQHtpe0j1liySYuirmEoBuw-ObySBM_AxXxAxD8ckGGohWQb1pnBLO1QkqpCQWMoQ/w300-h400/IMG_1852.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ibbtZ83n59tdv9srmwF5_9SvSKZTvjjrAFuptKUyuedzSxAKu-MBWsA1P3zG574_-taQYuaFYK0RZS4WbRx5HHJPCAxsLn2I9yb4X5b0_Wl1Bk6CdIAfEumt-UhplVNiIgiYD3P7DfCig9jCNFsjCj8QgoURsiWcFQImKWgcxU4Z-6vdta2aSSB09A/s3614/IMG_1854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3614" data-original-width="2710" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ibbtZ83n59tdv9srmwF5_9SvSKZTvjjrAFuptKUyuedzSxAKu-MBWsA1P3zG574_-taQYuaFYK0RZS4WbRx5HHJPCAxsLn2I9yb4X5b0_Wl1Bk6CdIAfEumt-UhplVNiIgiYD3P7DfCig9jCNFsjCj8QgoURsiWcFQImKWgcxU4Z-6vdta2aSSB09A/w300-h400/IMG_1854.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you’re not tall enough to reach the branches you need to saw off, you’re smart enough not to use a ladder by yourself, and you have a truck! #</span><i style="font-family: inherit;">tellmeyouliveinTexaswithoutsayingyouliveinTexas</i></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-88676441249655395902022-03-03T20:47:00.000-06:002022-03-03T20:47:20.437-06:00Basketball + Brace + Baskin<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(2 posts in one day?! :-D <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2022/03/its-another-girl.html" target="_blank">Don't miss Blaise...</a>)</span></i><br /><br />It’s hard to believe… Will’s entire youth sports career ended last weekend with his final 2 senior basketball games, culminating in a league championship win 45-37 vs our biggest rival. Being a sports mom has been an ultimate favorite facet of parenting for me, and every single game Will has played since t-ball at 4 years old has been such a gift… #<i>endofanera</i> #<i>sportsmom</i></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHfh1IizbfUbiJ5wtrtBUxK3llzB_84YLmBs484Bv0hUfAp7biinukMOPHu-sSGLvuBuH8yEJ2yDRXDkEVybRBTgk9rlROIKw-LkDIidNaWXFR0dGgt0R466LlpWvbscY5U7TJTRbcS40jU1LE6olMU-G3SMGKTT2FZRfN0FwBUK-ScK8_Snh3kgrgGA=s3535" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3535" data-original-width="2909" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHfh1IizbfUbiJ5wtrtBUxK3llzB_84YLmBs484Bv0hUfAp7biinukMOPHu-sSGLvuBuH8yEJ2yDRXDkEVybRBTgk9rlROIKw-LkDIidNaWXFR0dGgt0R466LlpWvbscY5U7TJTRbcS40jU1LE6olMU-G3SMGKTT2FZRfN0FwBUK-ScK8_Snh3kgrgGA=w329-h400" width="329" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBcaA_8EwhoVvbf4Sv7oN5zOX5tioQBoxajoXdNRJD87LoISrNYcD2bXZz_enejxuy9KN-F7f9Mg-R5ak4rR75v8qYOey5W6yMN01sgMvV4juF8jyG0wTw6jadBsRmJ1ksPlljqyXi49Ok9g8SAEAoSe3Gr7r6qC8B0ar1tH33JWPb53l712kKXMhsMw=s720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="720" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBcaA_8EwhoVvbf4Sv7oN5zOX5tioQBoxajoXdNRJD87LoISrNYcD2bXZz_enejxuy9KN-F7f9Mg-R5ak4rR75v8qYOey5W6yMN01sgMvV4juF8jyG0wTw6jadBsRmJ1ksPlljqyXi49Ok9g8SAEAoSe3Gr7r6qC8B0ar1tH33JWPb53l712kKXMhsMw=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuSphMYecfordq82wwwMj3DrjqK2XfepzWUHhkzwe5C6OITo4WDPuw4Eh1YmrO89yrx5KprqgqKxTQVjjPeYCnRy_hMUj3I1KoM1L83IOXnM_rrSb9AslPUV0mNzuTWK3H018u9Ne20SZEmUAwj1XEkfuOgwAA7vjOhGrOBHVEaF9DrV121xY9AYeQ2w=s3577" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2683" data-original-width="3577" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuSphMYecfordq82wwwMj3DrjqK2XfepzWUHhkzwe5C6OITo4WDPuw4Eh1YmrO89yrx5KprqgqKxTQVjjPeYCnRy_hMUj3I1KoM1L83IOXnM_rrSb9AslPUV0mNzuTWK3H018u9Ne20SZEmUAwj1XEkfuOgwAA7vjOhGrOBHVEaF9DrV121xY9AYeQ2w=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-4U8CySsziazvRNeTtsvQqvHeEWOT-kkHpsbNtd5Y5YpABNshHqkW0ZZaGHIu2NBsk7ipHgM55p755xni036Cv8Q4KQSQ81VopUax-VepDvpfbcmaGNA4r1bZjio42cYAWma8zMCUaMrUuRRQBXDMHcdGWAXRxPGZoI2cFlsSr4wxzJjGjRrChHHKxw=s3440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3440" data-original-width="2582" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-4U8CySsziazvRNeTtsvQqvHeEWOT-kkHpsbNtd5Y5YpABNshHqkW0ZZaGHIu2NBsk7ipHgM55p755xni036Cv8Q4KQSQ81VopUax-VepDvpfbcmaGNA4r1bZjio42cYAWma8zMCUaMrUuRRQBXDMHcdGWAXRxPGZoI2cFlsSr4wxzJjGjRrChHHKxw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwivTWL0X5vKQbsoHM30MJLl9IYcQUwYRncNkrWCpahTpkBqTAKWQ2q5o6Vgch6tIcYBBJS2kkiMBnBDHhKwMQNddB2C9RMLJWLWaw39jM8CeNVTluyvp1-iNb7RbAzRw7Ipau4Aco3MHyWKZqJvEdy0ZZWdnUZcmCxecVULmQT9BxAYHQrONj3zs6Fg=s3436" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3436" data-original-width="2577" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwivTWL0X5vKQbsoHM30MJLl9IYcQUwYRncNkrWCpahTpkBqTAKWQ2q5o6Vgch6tIcYBBJS2kkiMBnBDHhKwMQNddB2C9RMLJWLWaw39jM8CeNVTluyvp1-iNb7RbAzRw7Ipau4Aco3MHyWKZqJvEdy0ZZWdnUZcmCxecVULmQT9BxAYHQrONj3zs6Fg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Good progress news for Annelise: the foot specialist released her from her boot after 6 weeks, and now she is in a very strong but much smaller brace. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">She was excited to be able to wear two shoes, again, but the brace is just a little too bulky to fit inside most of the shoes she has, so we’re still struggling with footwear over here…</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Great news for Will: he’s working at Baskin Robbins 4-5 nights a week from 6-close! (LMK if any locals want to tip a cute, dimpled senior, and I’ll give you his actual schedule. :-)) It’s kind of cool, because my first high school job was at our local ice cream parlor, too!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN141uc48uQEbtDJcvgI5JzysYxXXs74opwENUBRe7SzSCQKcuvbjnTVSNDXFWRnCvVEtr_WEZsN7iYJfgISUwmFChEWCKYJulc2SoqjMnX9lS1ATrbcmswPYG24f195de9I4yTeOvgF_TokhmfHFqq40HVVxu6OeKEcG771grQ5Iml9GE4egw0UjD3g=s2455" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2455" data-original-width="1842" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN141uc48uQEbtDJcvgI5JzysYxXXs74opwENUBRe7SzSCQKcuvbjnTVSNDXFWRnCvVEtr_WEZsN7iYJfgISUwmFChEWCKYJulc2SoqjMnX9lS1ATrbcmswPYG24f195de9I4yTeOvgF_TokhmfHFqq40HVVxu6OeKEcG771grQ5Iml9GE4egw0UjD3g=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-17087407626904950732022-03-03T20:34:00.001-06:002022-03-03T20:34:54.398-06:00IT’S ANOTHER GIRL!!!<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">IT’S ANOTHER GIRL!!! ❤️ We’ve dreamed of giving Bailey a sister from <a href="https://www.houstonbeaglerescue.org/" target="_blank">Houston Beagle and Hound Rescue, Inc.</a> for a few years now: meet Blaise!</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9DS4MX2z9_-1a0xZ8F22FCThKiYEia8afmUcPhtQSzZSPfeeSm7I7vjSIo2TdAriACc7_z6HjF3LSAMTwQaFhkfZ7HH1a4ZJPsma0BzZHJpe71X-yuf2rbT6EsRsR-kKjDJLx3i76tzfT8YHoGPQYMdJ9BdEMHfcSFJaEgP_GtDYbff1Kja9tkMEPRQ=s3474" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3474" data-original-width="2607" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9DS4MX2z9_-1a0xZ8F22FCThKiYEia8afmUcPhtQSzZSPfeeSm7I7vjSIo2TdAriACc7_z6HjF3LSAMTwQaFhkfZ7HH1a4ZJPsma0BzZHJpe71X-yuf2rbT6EsRsR-kKjDJLx3i76tzfT8YHoGPQYMdJ9BdEMHfcSFJaEgP_GtDYbff1Kja9tkMEPRQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX8GvZOA7GT46IUHisrP9wi5IqKNyqlWGsEOiAyw-Hd-WzCRL0LXCQgFmgRYMSDsphC0ly8miMxbxB9Ccw3ZdITxzlfIEFgobDyoS3jl7MY9zyeEUIHjfig0Q2Z9kyAwjjO-c5eykHK6XKWfKNCAo9I1cn16hgY4dQ2sDnuTACprDgmDa2p8PzaI_-0g=s3443" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="2584" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX8GvZOA7GT46IUHisrP9wi5IqKNyqlWGsEOiAyw-Hd-WzCRL0LXCQgFmgRYMSDsphC0ly8miMxbxB9Ccw3ZdITxzlfIEFgobDyoS3jl7MY9zyeEUIHjfig0Q2Z9kyAwjjO-c5eykHK6XKWfKNCAo9I1cn16hgY4dQ2sDnuTACprDgmDa2p8PzaI_-0g=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3LCokmuNqrFdnoOxaYUy_AoPKCQDp1RTtdvovTNTjDdQIhFxFSsNAyO9Afc4xY-bjGkjwdZ-TR56EvaBiBk3ytDxW-YWykFzfqxFmp_rw1K_xzSN42udHGHFoa9oHCaPgHRYkQSE0FihNFJ1SvI8UHfzdv44V3BExpR4-7BojguWJ4byaYG3r4x5uDw=s3578" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2941" data-original-width="3578" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3LCokmuNqrFdnoOxaYUy_AoPKCQDp1RTtdvovTNTjDdQIhFxFSsNAyO9Afc4xY-bjGkjwdZ-TR56EvaBiBk3ytDxW-YWykFzfqxFmp_rw1K_xzSN42udHGHFoa9oHCaPgHRYkQSE0FihNFJ1SvI8UHfzdv44V3BExpR4-7BojguWJ4byaYG3r4x5uDw=w400-h329" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5IwDCZq7EoiFvlS1aLwvIy60Gm_iWo7ypkQOZsXBSEUT_DQVjDLJXUnF4bkj5aTgyhmAbzyS1poEBQDHW8ScoA-rn-D6JiKMi4ki_zUjYSW52SE3qOHns4MM16zJkBqvUvh45U8qzmlUq6MtLAuSsFuA8Ou74NRIqCps_20g8GA1y4U882eo25Mxwuw=s3268" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3268" data-original-width="2453" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5IwDCZq7EoiFvlS1aLwvIy60Gm_iWo7ypkQOZsXBSEUT_DQVjDLJXUnF4bkj5aTgyhmAbzyS1poEBQDHW8ScoA-rn-D6JiKMi4ki_zUjYSW52SE3qOHns4MM16zJkBqvUvh45U8qzmlUq6MtLAuSsFuA8Ou74NRIqCps_20g8GA1y4U882eo25Mxwuw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She’s a “beagle mix” (we see long coonhound legs + maybe some dachshund, too?) and she meets our #1 requirement: snuggly!!! She’s only 8 months old - we haven’t done a puppy in literally 20 years - and she has LOTS of energy. JB is happiest that she gives kisses.</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The pictures don’t really convey how tall & lanky she is. Bailey is like a linebacker – she is a solid ball of beagle muscle, the strongest, most muscular dog we’ve ever had! Blaise is light as a feather with proportionally such long legs – literally opposite bodies. Blaise is the first dog who has ever made me want to submit one of <a href="https://embarkvet.com/" target="_blank">those dog DNA tests</a>!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Their first three days together were nonstop adrenaline, and then on day four, I think Bailey realized that Blaise is not leaving & began asserting her dominance. It never got out of hand - it was really only when Bailey was vying for my love & attention on the couch or in the bed and then Blaise came over to try to join in the love: Bailey did this evil growl & vicious bark (it was so scary the first time!!! We had never heard her make a noise like that before, because she’s never had a reason to!) but apparently that’s completely normal. Otherwise, they’re fine together! Zoomie-o-rama!!!<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first (of many!!!) daily walks - they walk so well together! I had never walked two dogs together before at the same time, and I’m actually surprised at how easy they are:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTPE7A_FX1rVplRDApKjrzQO4lqL0mlS2xFWzK3Gnd5BJauZSTjrd1dvm8oQjYYYaY0fSkHh7IzeEcIV8pdHni8KCaj4j2lddMdMr6A8N_LqdWPgcihxwzpcia9IhpA0wAeqWRJ16vSkKsU_-C4wKu9Z-9FH401wObA1x2UwTWFH6eYuYoPI-xvN_Q8Q=s2918" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="2918" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTPE7A_FX1rVplRDApKjrzQO4lqL0mlS2xFWzK3Gnd5BJauZSTjrd1dvm8oQjYYYaY0fSkHh7IzeEcIV8pdHni8KCaj4j2lddMdMr6A8N_LqdWPgcihxwzpcia9IhpA0wAeqWRJ16vSkKsU_-C4wKu9Z-9FH401wObA1x2UwTWFH6eYuYoPI-xvN_Q8Q=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitFOqPH6t2T-fssVYt48AHOAAObGFTMS14drx979xDay4zh44hc-cWprn8skBED1rLm_EHQRcG8iRjcLGfZd3RPp8ljnAinc3mh3Eq6mWXBBCkV6S1vjPp9n1skW_0NRX_Ov6Dgas8pGymDIsZ8zzPMM7ro5maG2IFHQD33VnbdlKWyxTKOyHgGKplAA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitFOqPH6t2T-fssVYt48AHOAAObGFTMS14drx979xDay4zh44hc-cWprn8skBED1rLm_EHQRcG8iRjcLGfZd3RPp8ljnAinc3mh3Eq6mWXBBCkV6S1vjPp9n1skW_0NRX_Ov6Dgas8pGymDIsZ8zzPMM7ro5maG2IFHQD33VnbdlKWyxTKOyHgGKplAA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Joyous car rides:</span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGEIT098iiWjQHsY_UsAtTLIDRWHFEOGMY6xxBRN46lYXEOdH5zvp-_NlVr5aSW1IFEdI-mkyugYEo8ubHhrFdPZS2SVIYUgnzO7IqWqzBt0ShUukS2Nm9NEdm8PBDPNEAhNHUcY5gKWs7bPorMxy4or2V81sSEAgFpsNEy7Bv2ebCKR3qVoFVJtP2uw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGEIT098iiWjQHsY_UsAtTLIDRWHFEOGMY6xxBRN46lYXEOdH5zvp-_NlVr5aSW1IFEdI-mkyugYEo8ubHhrFdPZS2SVIYUgnzO7IqWqzBt0ShUukS2Nm9NEdm8PBDPNEAhNHUcY5gKWs7bPorMxy4or2V81sSEAgFpsNEy7Bv2ebCKR3qVoFVJtP2uw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcfFphCINjU97WVZTAJSYOVtlbsDuQvWAr4So44bOsFMElIlyAeRkYYivaCl6_MJ2M9PnpjnzWB-ShqXOOeTrx0mxJ7LjnRNwS5lwdZnFSMXQ6rann6-Y2MKpwFAldkkCLdIm-iNliW5oiKOE6AdhswTjn-KUsE9YGMbDpqz34NK1KuN1jU8rWettVsA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcfFphCINjU97WVZTAJSYOVtlbsDuQvWAr4So44bOsFMElIlyAeRkYYivaCl6_MJ2M9PnpjnzWB-ShqXOOeTrx0mxJ7LjnRNwS5lwdZnFSMXQ6rann6-Y2MKpwFAldkkCLdIm-iNliW5oiKOE6AdhswTjn-KUsE9YGMbDpqz34NK1KuN1jU8rWettVsA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaT45BmkdqkfdcLVQxGnElxExDSQhMiKjqDTyoviVYOG8zWLUCgVYSze4SHZh9iBLMTwEEHr53kw4UW8HXj9B2w7xFzgb03TTcTPdeoW294Kjs3py7_VcTUzyyi-zVgtZDNzX4fTh7n8YuDUz4PLVp3cS9se5SvzhE0DH9IRmJCum-eOwLMSLuV0AKdA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaT45BmkdqkfdcLVQxGnElxExDSQhMiKjqDTyoviVYOG8zWLUCgVYSze4SHZh9iBLMTwEEHr53kw4UW8HXj9B2w7xFzgb03TTcTPdeoW294Kjs3py7_VcTUzyyi-zVgtZDNzX4fTh7n8YuDUz4PLVp3cS9se5SvzhE0DH9IRmJCum-eOwLMSLuV0AKdA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And closing with the one time (in a time lapse!) I just wanted to see if they’d *possibly* settle during <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/296420031472316" target="_blank">a PiYo warmup</a> = no :-D<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsusieblake%2Fvideos%2F327249382674395%2F&show_text=false&width=305&t=0" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="305"></iframe></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-25129284425954327792022-02-15T17:34:00.000-06:002022-02-15T17:34:10.687-06:00MRI Results<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise’s MRI took TWO days! :-P (The magnets went down when she was in the middle of imaging, so we had to go back.)</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Full results: “grade 3 lateral ankle sprain manifested by a full-thickness mid substance tear of the anterior talofibular ligament and disruption of the calcaneofibular ligament, and a small ankle joint effusion”</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy0ZaIOdcJsIqCnftnNCP6teKGLJmeSmYSbfAhJPMbbyE2jbBylopV0yiQAUcTkxJFUy2if2g_0K7pteMJEx1GFo_CN4F6ndrd4NGntYjL2AL9yYcsqHACLSyQ55Kp8DS1GNbYANUjnAFUzhBd4f2zpnwCWPpEpoafn28uXNH0qD6UImRMy6vRfFLm_g=s720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="720" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy0ZaIOdcJsIqCnftnNCP6teKGLJmeSmYSbfAhJPMbbyE2jbBylopV0yiQAUcTkxJFUy2if2g_0K7pteMJEx1GFo_CN4F6ndrd4NGntYjL2AL9yYcsqHACLSyQ55Kp8DS1GNbYANUjnAFUzhBd4f2zpnwCWPpEpoafn28uXNH0qD6UImRMy6vRfFLm_g=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Translation: <b>Annelise has 2 complete grade 3 ligament tears - ATFL& CFL</b></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5twoY37mZAFpVbzxpSdOiPNkuaarI4s1U3EtssiQVFXJfuUvL8Wr3Zx5DxHyKRE-2jN_si-aXSj5OLYJgqwtkGSKnKCvKdBbeoLVfw_N2uKk39gRhxjpTyC7kMSaYcXcPXzgC0l_-3qX6sU9CIISmOgmLZI4PNEobJ3mRrIkWEuNKmz5TFxu4ppQ7uQ=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5twoY37mZAFpVbzxpSdOiPNkuaarI4s1U3EtssiQVFXJfuUvL8Wr3Zx5DxHyKRE-2jN_si-aXSj5OLYJgqwtkGSKnKCvKdBbeoLVfw_N2uKk39gRhxjpTyC7kMSaYcXcPXzgC0l_-3qX6sU9CIISmOgmLZI4PNEobJ3mRrIkWEuNKmz5TFxu4ppQ7uQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2XAPPpBrvkIYcwgncLD1xT6b6mJdC7PNYMseyH0POR21Pmx5zBujuzcIGVi9_5bJgY6Kc1qBzVHJoSRovCOz4qM8BIkNmu0x3PtQTJxc5YeiezHcm71S9XaiJFblQYa1Fhu3TpyGJRRfH7t3UuFLWDEUeqUYYIgkfa21Ke1Gl2xm3oxnPUcpNvRSztg=s1138" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1138" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2XAPPpBrvkIYcwgncLD1xT6b6mJdC7PNYMseyH0POR21Pmx5zBujuzcIGVi9_5bJgY6Kc1qBzVHJoSRovCOz4qM8BIkNmu0x3PtQTJxc5YeiezHcm71S9XaiJFblQYa1Fhu3TpyGJRRfH7t3UuFLWDEUeqUYYIgkfa21Ke1Gl2xm3oxnPUcpNvRSztg=s320" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The doctor says no surgery at this point...which was actually devastating for her, b/c she would rather go through a few months of awful but be able to get back to wrestling faster, than to have 8 sloooow months of gradual healing. She's sooo bummed! Whataburger shakes & fries to soothe? Meh, not really…but we tried!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj12BT-MmHFOOok126OlJKnxfKTcKzoNoty6H9OHD9IfHCWNMRSU7aBPSlMyVJaoGdyiXG9C-o8nl-RcznCsmwZ4BIQQoeWLpIBz8OtlpoP19tArBHuFQCqeT7WbFmdMpqoAxrgJaiWP2knACyD7jeyq3GPJfGQipOeTlETRJc7PnFMVcDNlH-VLQoXiw=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj12BT-MmHFOOok126OlJKnxfKTcKzoNoty6H9OHD9IfHCWNMRSU7aBPSlMyVJaoGdyiXG9C-o8nl-RcznCsmwZ4BIQQoeWLpIBz8OtlpoP19tArBHuFQCqeT7WbFmdMpqoAxrgJaiWP2knACyD7jeyq3GPJfGQipOeTlETRJc7PnFMVcDNlH-VLQoXiw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">8 months = we both did the math, and the doctor estimates her possibly being able to jump & cut from side to side on it, again, by Aug/Sept, so here’s to hope & positive prayers for her junior year of wrestling!!! …But that also seems so far away: right now, she is supposed to keep it as immobilized as possible still. The doctor said she can begin to gently flex the foot up & down, (just within whatever her available range of motion is, not to a point of pain,) but not at all from side to side. She couldn’t point or flex literally at all when the doctor told her to try, so we’re still weeks away from the promise of PT.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Staying the course in her boot + new pain meds for the next few weeks… Keep praying! ❤️</span></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Closing with a tiny teaser re: something big coming soon:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDYMK6nojgCKStRTcYAwgcZp1aeEjmMjt_E7jQX0UJ8g1G3gQPXS65WwtJoWdSyJIT-2RifR787q7g6Bu5dzcI4SbvUFR4QrbaBT3RdvZJYfTloiqtrptJEDghGDmBWZGAwy3lnbZViepBh7XUPedl_ddZAxItZsbd7Q5IH6XnMG7qR3rsDbs1MfPLIg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDYMK6nojgCKStRTcYAwgcZp1aeEjmMjt_E7jQX0UJ8g1G3gQPXS65WwtJoWdSyJIT-2RifR787q7g6Bu5dzcI4SbvUFR4QrbaBT3RdvZJYfTloiqtrptJEDghGDmBWZGAwy3lnbZViepBh7XUPedl_ddZAxItZsbd7Q5IH6XnMG7qR3rsDbs1MfPLIg=w320-h240" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our fence, which was partially blown down in a windstorm over 4 weeks ago now, is *finally* being repaired! As soon as it’s completed, something else exciting is happening here… <i>Stay tuned!!!</i></span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-22861902378308132032022-01-29T22:57:00.000-06:002022-01-29T22:57:10.919-06:00Celebrations & Sorrows<p></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The last month & a half have felt like some of the longest weeks of my life. Some beautiful celebrations, some devastating sorrows. I can’t believe the time has gone by both so fast & so slow. I function best chronologically, so…<br /><br />Right before school ended for the holidays, we all attended Will's Varsity football banquet = certainly celebration + sorrow:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAuXupz1g5Oi5DHKYJ4xh4v8o5CTgwsuWN78x2DaNII-YnA7r3pBXM3GrAR1E-a2nkUJvV1pXBaLQ__tHdGiFrazMpla_SYa_nKLi8ER2ZnRgCvSoupMP3-qs98KUiecBD9Ux5T6dWRe6QMcmU5vKNIBgh-bUNkch1OtE7SimwVAJlqP9VSv2OPamwaQ=s2698" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="2698" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAuXupz1g5Oi5DHKYJ4xh4v8o5CTgwsuWN78x2DaNII-YnA7r3pBXM3GrAR1E-a2nkUJvV1pXBaLQ__tHdGiFrazMpla_SYa_nKLi8ER2ZnRgCvSoupMP3-qs98KUiecBD9Ux5T6dWRe6QMcmU5vKNIBgh-bUNkch1OtE7SimwVAJlqP9VSv2OPamwaQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqz4vdx35gaVoeyjEhSW4AWlMPe7GUYX6K5gB-L4BaTlvUtHq8fyjQiiNin-rBYm0uojpOSDusWRR13R56LG5U-D-GYtx4tXzsXMa6-IgVDx8KBbV-m8Ed_UEE_EwqgjwdcwU_G9OqVJ15O5xmbomlnRAft6Fw4iBHfYEKNZ_pJeZhvK6CZ3s3pzrPAQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqz4vdx35gaVoeyjEhSW4AWlMPe7GUYX6K5gB-L4BaTlvUtHq8fyjQiiNin-rBYm0uojpOSDusWRR13R56LG5U-D-GYtx4tXzsXMa6-IgVDx8KBbV-m8Ed_UEE_EwqgjwdcwU_G9OqVJ15O5xmbomlnRAft6Fw4iBHfYEKNZ_pJeZhvK6CZ3s3pzrPAQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSxEU8oTkFPHG1Wv6BrZ5fsJK1JQ7N2hQQ6GLib4QOulIxkR_qKMDwhU0VrEzhv9JZ-VSE09coyWyfjTBmP3hdm1LcymhkcibEXxxrwvDUp1NIdH3BmjvF-JMpJlBQ5eIycXWN0Se5gWJ9A6ye266-hcmvTxl94icNQySdq1O8KjOjVFkDLptiwBdDpA=s3039" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3039" data-original-width="2281" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSxEU8oTkFPHG1Wv6BrZ5fsJK1JQ7N2hQQ6GLib4QOulIxkR_qKMDwhU0VrEzhv9JZ-VSE09coyWyfjTBmP3hdm1LcymhkcibEXxxrwvDUp1NIdH3BmjvF-JMpJlBQ5eIycXWN0Se5gWJ9A6ye266-hcmvTxl94icNQySdq1O8KjOjVFkDLptiwBdDpA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><br />[Me & Marcee <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Bryce's mom)</span> + Will & Bryce]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjabB1Hu67ysCqe985XlUKQq6Gc3vuNdnUG4KBiH9tsUP-L8FTDpbu1Kke6uSiX4WxJQd4_u9wPncb88erp9naffXSNSSrTYzRfMCRsNFnLe3xCikPZdm3K4luA1nw3rswRWO5_QRaHCVc2doYwMlRhzBzxSmdmHrxTpWDC3ueUpPxOEpZv0BIf9J93iw=s3054" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3054" data-original-width="2340" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjabB1Hu67ysCqe985XlUKQq6Gc3vuNdnUG4KBiH9tsUP-L8FTDpbu1Kke6uSiX4WxJQd4_u9wPncb88erp9naffXSNSSrTYzRfMCRsNFnLe3xCikPZdm3K4luA1nw3rswRWO5_QRaHCVc2doYwMlRhzBzxSmdmHrxTpWDC3ueUpPxOEpZv0BIf9J93iw=w306-h400" width="306" /></a><br /><br /></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the night of <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/12/wrestling-season-start.html" target="_blank">Annelise’s last wrestling match</a>, I came down with the worst cold ever. Not Omicron – thank goodness – but literally 21 full days of cough & congestion, over the holidays & entire school break. At least we really had no big plans with anyone (thanks, Omicron awareness?) and since <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/296420031472316" target="_blank">StudioSmile</a> is all from home, thankfully I never had to miss teaching a class.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It made my heart happy that the kids still kept their gingerbread house tradition, this year as sophomores & seniors with Carly & Trey again:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwXQ59ruUHgEFBI15TLQSF1aB6z5fu9bSoBWz6Vd8oEQYCq6wyuVL6Wp1NiN9pvBgWjkhaYFXbCtSVccLFa3S16dLSk08CNk9jHlL3IxKMOtECtWf_Bd3GQWkgsD2UfltLhTym3NUSHikpah7Jv_3DP5n0eL2GnOpVZRNPUlZZfUwbBsw_mUn5vEFqJg=s3611" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2713" data-original-width="3611" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwXQ59ruUHgEFBI15TLQSF1aB6z5fu9bSoBWz6Vd8oEQYCq6wyuVL6Wp1NiN9pvBgWjkhaYFXbCtSVccLFa3S16dLSk08CNk9jHlL3IxKMOtECtWf_Bd3GQWkgsD2UfltLhTym3NUSHikpah7Jv_3DP5n0eL2GnOpVZRNPUlZZfUwbBsw_mUn5vEFqJg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG1_WnP3sIzK0TnBRCxetiiUiLS4pUvoJKWpY64SkMkvYFxni6D3A0UgOmKzcJbgW9NZEH37Zns2nyV1f1N4onc60W6FUUT_lygW06vs6pFH-9glEiLs8yPJShcxnRXOWaspFJwnAtwycwmLsq78CmRH0ptXbayVv80Uc3zMJ-LTCxJjB4XrAAQhP_vw=s3828" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2871" data-original-width="3828" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG1_WnP3sIzK0TnBRCxetiiUiLS4pUvoJKWpY64SkMkvYFxni6D3A0UgOmKzcJbgW9NZEH37Zns2nyV1f1N4onc60W6FUUT_lygW06vs6pFH-9glEiLs8yPJShcxnRXOWaspFJwnAtwycwmLsq78CmRH0ptXbayVv80Uc3zMJ-LTCxJjB4XrAAQhP_vw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br />And Annelise & I made <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2015/12/christmas-stuff-chocolate-covered.html" target="_blank">chocolate-covered cherry cookies</a> = our singular requisite Christmas bake: <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNBLvH2Ib2nY-1ZXQoWfr2dZHUPf-wX4yxcyV2dLsSSamoUvLeX8GALArVfyBdZ18Gf867g7FzbFmK38IyqKKQi9_oHLJpebYAvqxtb8eSId1ICfAmbBValk8OOD1dqiA5XXVBFD-QNJ5CfrXNoPKo7wo03bObUUWJBOsAel4q9vWXbpc2VGXjbWfgOQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNBLvH2Ib2nY-1ZXQoWfr2dZHUPf-wX4yxcyV2dLsSSamoUvLeX8GALArVfyBdZ18Gf867g7FzbFmK38IyqKKQi9_oHLJpebYAvqxtb8eSId1ICfAmbBValk8OOD1dqiA5XXVBFD-QNJ5CfrXNoPKo7wo03bObUUWJBOsAel4q9vWXbpc2VGXjbWfgOQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We didn’t take a single picture on Christmas Day. We also consciously, sadly decided to forgo our traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service, because our church was not taking any Covid precautions, I was actively fighting something, & the kids weren’t boosted, yet, at that point. We went instead to this adorable <a href="https://sweet-memes-dessert-tea.business.site/" target="_blank">dessert place</a> in Chinatown that we hadn’t been to in 2 years <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Tracey, I thought about your Christmas Eve dessert tradition!!!)</span></i> where we reveled as the only family in the place before closing! One of their employees transformed into a masked Santa for us, and they even turned on a fake snow machine for cute pictures!!! (It was 80°F outside = bliss! Can you see the faux snow against the black, starting at the tops of the pics?)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4_g4idS9I0HXMPdjXwbxhLXzoEZbvwX7qG_-vxY__uw5Z9BLu8cwkfHDQcF8d0bc82BRMLy5nmjlqcKV_Ltb_weVpdsNm_c2iHkaFXXX-injozYTFmDj7VGYahXGiFNZ9sk4L76eIscfZEhO9UGs2L6bYTvyB5zWuP7idZTPAVqzNhJ3UjWqPoqYiA=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4_g4idS9I0HXMPdjXwbxhLXzoEZbvwX7qG_-vxY__uw5Z9BLu8cwkfHDQcF8d0bc82BRMLy5nmjlqcKV_Ltb_weVpdsNm_c2iHkaFXXX-injozYTFmDj7VGYahXGiFNZ9sk4L76eIscfZEhO9UGs2L6bYTvyB5zWuP7idZTPAVqzNhJ3UjWqPoqYiA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCS-9zCKaHE4JJ4XMED1BUaBKxIFaU34-wQwadRuB_A7wQYER9hlgUsnyjrjxLXJw3jvITTW1z7VtYnR0GliGbnyYcwlHOTKYKTtQuwARsrs_gaP0Yl_D_YPMNhmvSqZJ_gs8uHSbvefQT7us3VDDSLb04uPvPl3JDvbOoR-7L3IPiM4Z7jp-taz9-AQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCS-9zCKaHE4JJ4XMED1BUaBKxIFaU34-wQwadRuB_A7wQYER9hlgUsnyjrjxLXJw3jvITTW1z7VtYnR0GliGbnyYcwlHOTKYKTtQuwARsrs_gaP0Yl_D_YPMNhmvSqZJ_gs8uHSbvefQT7us3VDDSLb04uPvPl3JDvbOoR-7L3IPiM4Z7jp-taz9-AQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For Christmas, JB let Will buy a ton of fireworks. I mean the <b>big</b> ones! The <i><b>professional</b></i> ones! He put on a grand New Year’s Eve show for us + Bryce’s family & his good buddies:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6w6i0Pq09VPPBXr0qJEKSYOGVl8PEpytqomZrUaSZzYc9USSKXkoflNzm_fxSbwuJMUf83uTjQwob0gpbsFCDMgriM2awT7nT-GihoQcVXN2dRJah45JW3b7BcuIGBN7nnV5YTmCo2x0ThKUt3Gh89e9RqkvMQ2OQAn4mQ0y4jnqmKO8HojSFQsFvXw=s1825" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="1825" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6w6i0Pq09VPPBXr0qJEKSYOGVl8PEpytqomZrUaSZzYc9USSKXkoflNzm_fxSbwuJMUf83uTjQwob0gpbsFCDMgriM2awT7nT-GihoQcVXN2dRJah45JW3b7BcuIGBN7nnV5YTmCo2x0ThKUt3Gh89e9RqkvMQ2OQAn4mQ0y4jnqmKO8HojSFQsFvXw=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrzO7ofq9z0FK-2DE4xXyYX_uk2D0uq1Nqqrn8_eUBeINjNyYCFo8euaYYalUTMfMaRpMxtAoNZ_lbVnRcEflAXAfErLeCzxjlee1WrUwYQ4bKgtpMXmESv0Huf-t7npqi8MyxQ8Butm_aDFJp1qmdLuOsXopBm0Iz1WAFnXoSHUVY1Sv7EXLz49DYkQ=s720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="404" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrzO7ofq9z0FK-2DE4xXyYX_uk2D0uq1Nqqrn8_eUBeINjNyYCFo8euaYYalUTMfMaRpMxtAoNZ_lbVnRcEflAXAfErLeCzxjlee1WrUwYQ4bKgtpMXmESv0Huf-t7npqi8MyxQ8Butm_aDFJp1qmdLuOsXopBm0Iz1WAFnXoSHUVY1Sv7EXLz49DYkQ=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglWTIu5luJ5P8PNcG6iIdeJ9aCVtOc1wKrXOCMqCbW6S-wX2KYf4z12t3nu2k3deCId_ITW_Yki_zFiVXUtRXZVi9C-n4erXPSXuT-UlqD_o4q2bs8USPJFPvC-8H_94kwFJYp1SWBVz4s21CHz2N0fVAkBP-GoJBIaVlRLLdUxgOsZKzQEkQbarpOOA=s3593" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2695" data-original-width="3593" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglWTIu5luJ5P8PNcG6iIdeJ9aCVtOc1wKrXOCMqCbW6S-wX2KYf4z12t3nu2k3deCId_ITW_Yki_zFiVXUtRXZVi9C-n4erXPSXuT-UlqD_o4q2bs8USPJFPvC-8H_94kwFJYp1SWBVz4s21CHz2N0fVAkBP-GoJBIaVlRLLdUxgOsZKzQEkQbarpOOA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu9xf7QpmhQeuMZhfmIB4_1dZCw-cYYjXjV0HTTeHPbs6AWceo_4jrN1KQI23qnZlP63IWxFJsoZDwaLx3k5mLVm20eAhgY5_j05LsOYWziLuquqBbM8tdmAjYnsBMxur_YA12CQW_si6qyatkSlBym32wNJUPUOGoxmyzK3GV8NIJZxrzy-MAwnrNmA=s720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="404" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu9xf7QpmhQeuMZhfmIB4_1dZCw-cYYjXjV0HTTeHPbs6AWceo_4jrN1KQI23qnZlP63IWxFJsoZDwaLx3k5mLVm20eAhgY5_j05LsOYWziLuquqBbM8tdmAjYnsBMxur_YA12CQW_si6qyatkSlBym32wNJUPUOGoxmyzK3GV8NIJZxrzy-MAwnrNmA=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKQA-pEsR125qpe0B3njKf1AHYQ_mWySXgknj9960SHq4CwjryWLC0pFLrZ7LE1rYtcHYxcgA19Ra-q6SjaaS_kfYgZliInaJfMQoePIltfheU2iJgcl1RSfKRSR5EJyx3gV2B_9-7vUcbgb48fakBkZeqqY_Q53N0NE6YccwPWGAWny3W6rLvHQR8rg=s3269" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2452" data-original-width="3269" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKQA-pEsR125qpe0B3njKf1AHYQ_mWySXgknj9960SHq4CwjryWLC0pFLrZ7LE1rYtcHYxcgA19Ra-q6SjaaS_kfYgZliInaJfMQoePIltfheU2iJgcl1RSfKRSR5EJyx3gV2B_9-7vUcbgb48fakBkZeqqY_Q53N0NE6YccwPWGAWny3W6rLvHQR8rg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During the first week back at school, Annelise re-injured the same ankle she had injured wrestling <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/11/big-november-blessings-wrestling.html" target="_blank">back in Nov</a> & had to miss the first two wrestling meets of January. <i>#nothappy</i> I also spent the week taking Covid tests (one Tues, one Fri) to make sure my waning cold still was not Covid + that I hadn’t contracted it at the last moment before making a trip to see an immunocompromised beloved…</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">January 8-11, I flew to Washington D.C. to meet my parents (they drove up from Charlotte) & my 2nd family to watch the last Washington Football Team (Redskins) game of the season together that Sunday. Talk about celebration & sorrows: it was the first time we’d all been together in years! My very first BFF Amy (our moms were pg with us together!), her sister (my “other” little sibling) Kim, & their parents (my 2nd parents) Peggy & Jerry. Jerry is my closest connection on earth to my dad (who passed away 25 years ago this April – <i><b>25!!!!!</b></i>) Jerry knew my dad a decade before my mom did, he’s the only person we still know who met my dad’s dad (who passed before meeting my mom), and Peggy & Jerry were literally half of the guests at my parents’ wedding: just my parents, the officiant, Peggy & Jerry, and one other couple! Over the last 25 years, whenever I’ve missed my dad, Jerry has made him feel present, again. When we lived outside D.C. my first few years of life, we ALWAYS had Redskins parties together…so when Jerry suddenly got a shocking stage 4 liver cancer diagnosis out of nowhere this Nov, my awesome mom *knew* we MUST have another joyous Redskins party <span style="font-size: x-small;">(while we can.)</span> So we all came together for this incredible family weekend <span style="font-size: x-small;">(with a sorrowful impetus, but that was <b><i>NOT the focus!!!</i></b>)</span> I sooo wished JB, the kids, & my brother could’ve come, too, but I’m thankful BEYOOOOOOND <span style="font-size: x-small;">(further ;-))</span> WORDS for the blessing of this time with my beloved 2nd family!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGkBvHFujeU-9vZTsll0iIwVRC8krRQ0PHqyy-oXvCPuyscaTSrPAJ9ids2OurXR3JU4jukfDPlw9Rl05w2n878UywOHhSVsroEjK2ieIh9HzNx4Mx7ul_eYy4s0Wnm8J4LfzjOAE0AxcuHL5_3BjTuDWvmy1mjznWWInKymVZ1b3oK3Q-9CSNV0SSVQ=s3393" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The specialist brought more bad news: ligament damage = she is officially out of wrestling for the rest of this school season, and she’s in a boot for 6-8 weeks:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyuoV2j21Ofy3Tl5AwwZv7Qk2M0ZIZYNYFDxPks_1R-TIT8gu-Zz24pSe_3wg54QlWAAIoYgIuLTwTK1VePKh4EUY9hUzAeQb1nc4x1YdCsyJ6JoBmcP3bvHwvlRUuTfpkGQeklL7IYSGu5iyaQ-hfq6YgnRE-IWTJRPqpoORZ8R54beiTpNZc-FWjow=s3692" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3692" data-original-width="2134" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyuoV2j21Ofy3Tl5AwwZv7Qk2M0ZIZYNYFDxPks_1R-TIT8gu-Zz24pSe_3wg54QlWAAIoYgIuLTwTK1VePKh4EUY9hUzAeQb1nc4x1YdCsyJ6JoBmcP3bvHwvlRUuTfpkGQeklL7IYSGu5iyaQ-hfq6YgnRE-IWTJRPqpoORZ8R54beiTpNZc-FWjow=w233-h400" width="233" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t let the smile fool you – this is total devastation. She cracked this faux smile once for a millisecond, showing that if she can’t wrestle, she will wear long nails. She would *MUCH* rather be wrestling.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It. Gets. Worse.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At our follow-up ankle appointment this week, the doctor found potential nerve damage, so this coming week we have to fork over $$$$ for an MRI & possibly also start seeing a nerve specialist. Is this really happening? I feel like we’re being Punk’d… If she has to be out for the whole rest of the season no matter what anyway, I am thankful to do a deep dive & get this ankle trauma handled completely…but it is justifiably taking a toll on her. Wrestling has become her ultimate stress & anxiety release, and having that taken away is brutal. Please pray for total healing and for God to protect her & lift her up!!!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One more sorrow: two weeks ago (the weekend after I got back from D.C.) we had a vicious wind storm that blew down a section of our fence! Pray for the repairs to happen quickly, because we are all miserable not being able to let Bailey run free in the backyard without one of us out there with her, especially when it is chilly!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One more celebration: Will is playing his last season of high school rec basketball, and even though their season isn’t going the way they would really want it to (today’s game was particularly annoying) I’m still thankful to have a family sporting event to cheer at!!! Will is #3 in the hunter green:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8IkI3JwQ2OMfYZuWXlF4qQokKwCq9hSyh_Vrm7aUduwhoio5dVCRVfDDgpY-_oW2pWMHO6lqVJ-uNieIF4lRZSElJdPNENakS9FZdfEDZP4x4DR0GOQglRx9yc3SI8M0Hm-UlEZ5R8_IC_sMx37V6p5ItUKDjMOMUOoGJtT_n2C0MgF3TPcpcX4Gvjw=s720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="720" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8IkI3JwQ2OMfYZuWXlF4qQokKwCq9hSyh_Vrm7aUduwhoio5dVCRVfDDgpY-_oW2pWMHO6lqVJ-uNieIF4lRZSElJdPNENakS9FZdfEDZP4x4DR0GOQglRx9yc3SI8M0Hm-UlEZ5R8_IC_sMx37V6p5ItUKDjMOMUOoGJtT_n2C0MgF3TPcpcX4Gvjw=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-92155052364695685382021-12-29T19:25:00.000-06:002021-12-29T19:25:12.356-06:00Wrestling Season Start<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise’s wrestling has been the biggest surprise blessing of 2021! An answer to prayer in so many ways - a new team to cheer, new physical strength & endorphins, personal accountability, drama-free friends, a reset on mind & body. I could not be prouder of her fearless fierceness! She has won two matches by pin so far this season, which is amazing, having absolutely zero wrestling or even martial arts experience coming into this. After her first win, her coach made an extra spot for her in the next tournament, which was really only supposed to be for varsity wrestlers; and the week after that, she also earned a spot to wrestle in our school’s one travel tournament north of Dallas, which JB & I also traveled up for. The coaching is fantastic, the other parents are inclusive & supportive, and I can’t wait to see how Annelise continues to grow! There are at least two meets a week left throughout January before district, regional, & state competition in February.</span></div><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You all know that pictures are my love language, and we are so lucky to have several wrestling parents with fancy cameras & telephoto lenses who have uploaded pictures from this month’s meets. I could not be more thankful for these images:</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDPW6Bf3A88cZX1Z__qp2nx8gh-fpKUUct6-nkBmNuN7Uv0HmJFr8n_LB2YO0ClnhCYWvJfAiNtZxfLc3ehGOxyDZ1H98L8OJN9IXqRRf-VqGs37Ub9XG-BPb4P3MdX8bDm8I0X60fFSNkZvAdfyqEIaUhLx36i3K8A4AAfixuW5quiMBHDnQyX-PfdA=s3008" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3008" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDPW6Bf3A88cZX1Z__qp2nx8gh-fpKUUct6-nkBmNuN7Uv0HmJFr8n_LB2YO0ClnhCYWvJfAiNtZxfLc3ehGOxyDZ1H98L8OJN9IXqRRf-VqGs37Ub9XG-BPb4P3MdX8bDm8I0X60fFSNkZvAdfyqEIaUhLx36i3K8A4AAfixuW5quiMBHDnQyX-PfdA=w400-h266" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; 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As much as I *hatehatehate* the cowboys with every ounce of my being, I *do* love “Making the Team”; so when our pizza place for dinner was right beside the DCC outdoor practice field, I had to get a pic! Lucky they’d set up for some sort of Christmas event, because I probably would have had to try a jump split :-D <i>#httwft #httr #hailyeah #burgundyandgold</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAABSeLus4lW_MPL4trGODSlHJ19hxSDEN07esHY-18QOvGTCtmewHvjDCw1bBv9i2SNaS2QqBQOAgNmhwNyeCSBll8HNDFiaCcAR_TVMOl5uM0FSUqf-LddoRxibz4xG1TF1VjhmRLUavs6re3LZcXX_QZZxFTDg2jc-HCQk20WgemEDSXpvrKwj91g=s3582" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3582" data-original-width="2686" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAABSeLus4lW_MPL4trGODSlHJ19hxSDEN07esHY-18QOvGTCtmewHvjDCw1bBv9i2SNaS2QqBQOAgNmhwNyeCSBll8HNDFiaCcAR_TVMOl5uM0FSUqf-LddoRxibz4xG1TF1VjhmRLUavs6re3LZcXX_QZZxFTDg2jc-HCQk20WgemEDSXpvrKwj91g=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhgv7WDVi68Qm6kItP4VoeRgPjwkbbz4Y8B6bcmp2ujTo3YFTMnwyWA6Yzor6Aqcu5-rw-8YDrPZHhlny7vGKfYvfiQ87Dbqzyhic8IcMh7tYUcY54IIeK1edv0tARdcQT_OJBZbCzv80/w316-h400/IMG_9177.JPG" width="316" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />After 12 YEARS, a significant chapter of my family’s life has closed. Football has been so much more for our family than wins, losses, or any plays made on the field. From 1st grade through 12th, football brought us together. It was our ultimate family time, whether we were cheering Will on the sidelines, coaching his teams, or even serving on the executive board of our old youth league. I am so proud of Will’s loyalty & discipline to see this through all the way to the end; there aren’t many players we started out with who made it to the end of senior year. The constant encouragement he has for his teammates is unmatched, and I pray that one day he will coach in some capacity, because he has such a heart (& mouth!) for it. I am sooo thankful for this new season with <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/11/big-november-blessings-wrestling.html" target="_blank">Annelise‘s wrestling</a> to soften the blow of this chapter closing, but it’s still going to take some time for my mama heart to process…</span></span><p></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rewind to the last few weeks:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">10/29: 50-10 win! Annelise & I were Texas freeeezing (70’s to 50’s with wind = no ma’am!) but we actually had fun…until the last defensive play of the game with 1:30 left - Will suffered his first actual concussion of his life. Ugh!!! PRAISE GOD it was sooo mild, but no one (rightfully!) takes chances on these these days, so he was cautiously benched for the next week = Senior Night. :-/ You can see it in his (barely open) eyes post-game:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO7Cg3ePwRUEFcqR2HiP12ORgSAswStX3ofFbV-PGSYbmwtN7zIsesLdVDhyphenhyphenGP36gMXtHPJEQmm7rfl8rf8CBjZjZeeM_R9HbjKfUyJykbJJ_stowMSEP4vgGaoe9BfX9JcnCsEQs7mAM/s3173/IMG_9007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3173" data-original-width="2380" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO7Cg3ePwRUEFcqR2HiP12ORgSAswStX3ofFbV-PGSYbmwtN7zIsesLdVDhyphenhyphenGP36gMXtHPJEQmm7rfl8rf8CBjZjZeeM_R9HbjKfUyJykbJJ_stowMSEP4vgGaoe9BfX9JcnCsEQs7mAM/w300-h400/IMG_9007.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Two more with Will's BFFs:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDJjvI3imsoVrab-CFjjXEP00H7Xb1p8OXCuDUebprYY0mOhaRxPGHrTtAOIskZnZEjHtWIbd2aSd_H13EsaEBvmHUrDpvN9ruPk-KIYvJtYTPkSCwFfB4PWDmFYYSlkkor1FLy8WXRtl/s2878/IMG_9010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="2878" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDJjvI3imsoVrab-CFjjXEP00H7Xb1p8OXCuDUebprYY0mOhaRxPGHrTtAOIskZnZEjHtWIbd2aSd_H13EsaEBvmHUrDpvN9ruPk-KIYvJtYTPkSCwFfB4PWDmFYYSlkkor1FLy8WXRtl/w400-h400/IMG_9010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1Ara7jpFjdWAjbnqpknorjIWjophCs0aNxDTKiiFP83E1wFUodpzmKefiPP-6vHKX8EOneRbQTIyhFeObAU04r0ezN2SKvKn3u-t_uOVjaJpMBi2iNLy_M51cqJummD1cqDlrnOT30Wi/s3322/IMG_9008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3322" data-original-width="2491" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1Ara7jpFjdWAjbnqpknorjIWjophCs0aNxDTKiiFP83E1wFUodpzmKefiPP-6vHKX8EOneRbQTIyhFeObAU04r0ezN2SKvKn3u-t_uOVjaJpMBi2iNLy_M51cqJummD1cqDlrnOT30Wi/w300-h400/IMG_9008.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We took Will to a head trauma specialist for neurological testing to get him officially, completely cleared during the next week, so he could begin his impact testing back at practice: 4 days of progressively more to get him back to full pads. He passed through every step with flying colors, but obviously not in time for…</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">11/5: SENIOR NIGHT! We beat our oldest district rival 26-24, securing 3rd place in the district (just behind 2 teams that are serious *state* champ contenders.) Before the game, all of the seniors were honored, with us parents walking our players on the field:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn04ULQllzOlLQDJm4YHUd91F7hEvd68l1Eur_Ca5WremthB2XwSs_LPFMKtLhunrG11rrhaYNnuWJmXwYUwz3lxm6mtRSwyswLOVgQxeESgYp-Qy2_JI-VJf0aAdzy1ae0662Xx2l9Zm8/s4032/IMG_7869.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn04ULQllzOlLQDJm4YHUd91F7hEvd68l1Eur_Ca5WremthB2XwSs_LPFMKtLhunrG11rrhaYNnuWJmXwYUwz3lxm6mtRSwyswLOVgQxeESgYp-Qy2_JI-VJf0aAdzy1ae0662Xx2l9Zm8/w400-h300/IMG_7869.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNi9WlWhi-2X4Xon39qvVuJt2MOzQW-WoaN4MfPRskhyphenhyphenZq7D90KI2q9VR8BgaylWiRAiK-DpWY6WiG75xR2R9fYZEVrhoQtedi0GCHmuT1OKqvVcCMVi-DoWJOSeUO-29-2xe2LDQXiDl/s4032/IMG_7870.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIw84t9zBk21VxRtKvtWxGSo69IwM4GJRyKDBLw-kg6_D7TavAom2xFx_5qi44hoqaZt0UdMELh6uZMAQR0jFBV9minoEXVmXmeEmcfcUyQNKwrOATfvFUEjyfqsmtXHiDwoMtzSVoZua/s4032/IMG_9143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="4032" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIw84t9zBk21VxRtKvtWxGSo69IwM4GJRyKDBLw-kg6_D7TavAom2xFx_5qi44hoqaZt0UdMELh6uZMAQR0jFBV9minoEXVmXmeEmcfcUyQNKwrOATfvFUEjyfqsmtXHiDwoMtzSVoZua/w400-h244/IMG_9143.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">They ended the regular season 7-3, the 2nd best record in school history! They earned a playoff berth that was played 11/11, the day after Annelise’s first wrestling match. (Talk about an emotional rollercoaster for this mama, with such a <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/11/big-november-blessings-wrestling.html" target="_blank">dramatic new season of life starting</a> + one of the most precious seasons of our lives ending within 24 hours!!! #<i>emotionalwreck</i>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will’s (41) last time running out onto the field…</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGAicXbD09kgJCJeryHPNJeJ8FyBxUAIJMwik90_Ql7CXgQx1SUj6MozHtTquTt0m4TT8ydC1NuGR-R3CWNygjyKt7Y3nmSiUhAZcuEZbqx5u1fLtyTyfiK1EO1KNedMUQtb0hvsedqBI/s3477/IMG_9397.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="3477" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGAicXbD09kgJCJeryHPNJeJ8FyBxUAIJMwik90_Ql7CXgQx1SUj6MozHtTquTt0m4TT8ydC1NuGR-R3CWNygjyKt7Y3nmSiUhAZcuEZbqx5u1fLtyTyfiK1EO1KNedMUQtb0hvsedqBI/w400-h300/IMG_9397.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will‘s BFF Bryce’s mom, Marcee, has become my BFF this fall, and we couldn’t pass up getting a pic with the Spartan on our last night:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMy6Vsbq99FhpxvHm4kBVFLEgwEZhXDrmBVAytm_6NxHqP8p-vuSNFBzcpPHZ7coPVKY_xrPuBSPhwPqx-BBUInioaab65lj3kTSquZekh-tQleFc4mhrJLOba-Foj7Q2RwXmtEsmVz0s/s3333/IMG_9396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3333" data-original-width="2501" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMy6Vsbq99FhpxvHm4kBVFLEgwEZhXDrmBVAytm_6NxHqP8p-vuSNFBzcpPHZ7coPVKY_xrPuBSPhwPqx-BBUInioaab65lj3kTSquZekh-tQleFc4mhrJLOba-Foj7Q2RwXmtEsmVz0s/w300-h400/IMG_9396.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">They lost their playoff game.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuLfBhs2w9YJyh0GyubrYfl6pXPRKid3MEF8258lSkdl45XSIGQiN3TnpfxbjIZCQPpGCRefx5yJy41waUkM5gDdYyP7rt8PQ7w26tgFXkB21dTEEvy50051IxcWl-rYtprLYjJH9wmmi/s3256/IMG_9428.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3256" data-original-width="2442" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuLfBhs2w9YJyh0GyubrYfl6pXPRKid3MEF8258lSkdl45XSIGQiN3TnpfxbjIZCQPpGCRefx5yJy41waUkM5gDdYyP7rt8PQ7w26tgFXkB21dTEEvy50051IxcWl-rYtprLYjJH9wmmi/w300-h400/IMG_9428.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was not unexpected, but it still really hurt when the reality set in. Everyone cried. Bless Annelise - she was a bigger bawling mess than I was! She cried for 20 minutes straight from the last pic to this next one, as they came out of the locker room to get on the buses for the last time. It made my mama heart SOOO PROUD, though, to see how much our football family life has meant to her, too! She’s literally been his cheerleader since the first play of his first game. (It was her first game to cheer at 4 years old!)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe6uMA4azt2sMR1x_Y5bQHXnz_SCxzVRVVoGNoCuCTjtbdzpVW6TjnsgeYj1ekO_iLKAdXi64Dps0tUJz1byIw3rgOiK8tbsTXUMhlnKVgmgmYOn4bO2pdz50sLW2ikmj_3m6jqzgaleg/s3068/IMG_9429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2301" data-original-width="3068" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe6uMA4azt2sMR1x_Y5bQHXnz_SCxzVRVVoGNoCuCTjtbdzpVW6TjnsgeYj1ekO_iLKAdXi64Dps0tUJz1byIw3rgOiK8tbsTXUMhlnKVgmgmYOn4bO2pdz50sLW2ikmj_3m6jqzgaleg/w400-h300/IMG_9429.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lovelovelove that the boys orchestrated posing for this themselves before getting on the bus:<br /></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bAehrmE2cd2SzvYzIfGwTFLr5CVVBCH9EA6IpJVHPR0qob8YUIBxglGqTPQErsBWiPisiUCypGuDxfwDsJPTbCzGIG6IDXVpWBHCwYyI0uTHv2Shyphenhyphen2Na3nVnkHn96_40g38zr54CSKJD/s4032/IMG_9430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bAehrmE2cd2SzvYzIfGwTFLr5CVVBCH9EA6IpJVHPR0qob8YUIBxglGqTPQErsBWiPisiUCypGuDxfwDsJPTbCzGIG6IDXVpWBHCwYyI0uTHv2Shyphenhyphen2Na3nVnkHn96_40g38zr54CSKJD/w400-h300/IMG_9430.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And for proper closure: our very first season (& Will’s only season of flag) 2010<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynATPnP16SlusDH4Eb79zygF2K1YYLsp8QpVzjTdAMX0CJP_bidMABtPp_C32jWi78vWgc3qXqOCDwjiW589gchRnCv8OBeBd6ZR5VuTedlUK-Zn5yr8-SWtqC61v90TvmwBlTXuIOQIB/s1935/IMG_9450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="1548" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynATPnP16SlusDH4Eb79zygF2K1YYLsp8QpVzjTdAMX0CJP_bidMABtPp_C32jWi78vWgc3qXqOCDwjiW589gchRnCv8OBeBd6ZR5VuTedlUK-Zn5yr8-SWtqC61v90TvmwBlTXuIOQIB/w320-h400/IMG_9450.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will’s first season of tackle in South Georgia, 2nd grade - 2011 (Annelise in Kindergarten!)</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18xl3KRSVB0IHi3sNv1UegsLzH2lQWggdFXnshOLPdkwlzAlGzS6jD43gxmBShhULZKKu-GitbhQdJjZbZJKqySaiwVeDZipEF4cxFXcHVMTtXcn9xORjVKJucNpXrZXmH-1El2KauR2M/s960/IMG_9445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="796" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18xl3KRSVB0IHi3sNv1UegsLzH2lQWggdFXnshOLPdkwlzAlGzS6jD43gxmBShhULZKKu-GitbhQdJjZbZJKqySaiwVeDZipEF4cxFXcHVMTtXcn9xORjVKJucNpXrZXmH-1El2KauR2M/w331-h400/IMG_9445.JPG" width="331" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: inherit;">Our precious Falcons family KYF years… 2012-2015 (I was always Annelise’s youth cheer coach, but to have JB coach Will’s youth football team 3rd-6th grades was priceless!)<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87mPlKhfxER8IjxZlf_T7uxD4Lbi8rfBd2bPiqbdAq87OhVm5rE3Lvj3HplnKvo49T7fBheYQKxRSqZ5hAIkHx9Pdc3_dNp7VmSyghK7aEgefienTS79fC_c3-fRWKNgIRQ9j-XtjGAt8/s2048/IMG_9446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1476" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87mPlKhfxER8IjxZlf_T7uxD4Lbi8rfBd2bPiqbdAq87OhVm5rE3Lvj3HplnKvo49T7fBheYQKxRSqZ5hAIkHx9Pdc3_dNp7VmSyghK7aEgefienTS79fC_c3-fRWKNgIRQ9j-XtjGAt8/w289-h400/IMG_9446.JPG" width="289" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">I can't believe this is it... Pray for my mama heart and this transition for all of us...</span></div></div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-5772183846594670842021-11-14T15:32:00.002-06:002021-11-14T17:33:01.108-06:00Big November Blessings (+ Wrestling!)<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a huge <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/11/ending-12-year-football-career.html" target="_blank">final football post</a> coming up next, but before we get to that <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/11/ending-12-year-football-career.html" target="_blank">monumental chapter closing</a> in our lives, I wanted to share the joy of my mom‘s visit + a new start for Annelise!</span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My mom came the first week of November, and it was a bit unique, as it was more focused on spending time with *me* than doing stuff with the kids - not that she didn’t get to enjoy any of that, as well, but they were in school all week. We had outstanding girl lunches together (mango pomegranate hot chicken tostadas! blackberry sage waffles!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTdTd7K6ks_4Uc0MiJPEv6qfTiFUTgjdURsK3yEdpsL_YzESWH9D3IBFx-j2Qq_NGiL0BRNcXH304lns8wDRAi9m-fObLyIN-vXr7CWOkNPsu4PRo8VNZgWPBnKY46Bf4z42iEV4ajVJq/s960/IMG_9099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="960" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTdTd7K6ks_4Uc0MiJPEv6qfTiFUTgjdURsK3yEdpsL_YzESWH9D3IBFx-j2Qq_NGiL0BRNcXH304lns8wDRAi9m-fObLyIN-vXr7CWOkNPsu4PRo8VNZgWPBnKY46Bf4z42iEV4ajVJq/w400-h326/IMG_9099.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K5zA2K96Ni9wcESoLfPZlp4SNxl8jsZ7HTN3DzW8yzazbJwCjDOtoZOXDYUy6zwbawaJ0v1cKv2qUjLSqb8h4o2DZAhEmsJCBdsK8T1xObF0VTHC82s69T0OFvdS_ovMN3ihlbORQO_z/s960/IMG_9100.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K5zA2K96Ni9wcESoLfPZlp4SNxl8jsZ7HTN3DzW8yzazbJwCjDOtoZOXDYUy6zwbawaJ0v1cKv2qUjLSqb8h4o2DZAhEmsJCBdsK8T1xObF0VTHC82s69T0OFvdS_ovMN3ihlbORQO_z/w400-h300/IMG_9100.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We had divine Chinese reflexology foot massages, and she shopped for me - nothing makes you feel as beautiful as when your mom buys you accessories for your son’s <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/11/ending-12-year-football-career.html" target="_blank">Senior Night</a>! (Y’all, I live in workout clothes - earrings <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(a miracle my pierced ear holes were still open!)</i></span> & a sparkly sweater poncho made me feel like the fancy moms who look sooo “with it!” :-D <a href="https://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/11/ending-12-year-football-career.html" target="_blank">Pics in the football post!</a>)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So one of my mom‘s most favorite places to go here every time she visits is Ace Hardware. It sounds silly, if you’ve never been, but it’s GLORIOUS! Just a hardware store? Not here, it’s not! They have all of this beautiful unique home decor, seasonal decorations, tons of kitchen supplies, a ladies boutique of clothes, jewelry, & accessories, entertaining & party foods, a chocolate shop, and our local post office branch in the back - along with all of the normal things in a hardware store! It’s like a hardware store, a home decor store, a kitchen supply store, and a southern boutique gift shop all in one! Thursday night, Ace had their annual Ladies Night Out = everything 20% off, endless drinks & samples, & gifts for everyone! To have her visit coincide with that event was kismet!!!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDlNGBQVTaOl0JoEWF7nvX0tbI6gLFId0z0pdaEA-vlltqrCrQKZiUWgZXFvbjsJqlRJ7JPaPJBEmX9LtMc_pGD8KJOnu2cAHfs5HTtnObw5tbOUNTFjJEiFAkfKvHONWJhbiV2xouMAR/s3591/IMG_9094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="3591" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDlNGBQVTaOl0JoEWF7nvX0tbI6gLFId0z0pdaEA-vlltqrCrQKZiUWgZXFvbjsJqlRJ7JPaPJBEmX9LtMc_pGD8KJOnu2cAHfs5HTtnObw5tbOUNTFjJEiFAkfKvHONWJhbiV2xouMAR/w400-h300/IMG_9094.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwQ1Td8sGuLjNRLmX1HuA56XRNR1A1QTPP6refvwgSbjAHegc_yby9WXuJk6V6f1l6JdGArK8V-I_0sPMz_ydtcbNoO_1VnQtPXJpei7NrGQD1KxTD99wmRtMdQZXYb_OmiffLDMkpsEt/s4032/IMG_9095.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="4032" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwQ1Td8sGuLjNRLmX1HuA56XRNR1A1QTPP6refvwgSbjAHegc_yby9WXuJk6V6f1l6JdGArK8V-I_0sPMz_ydtcbNoO_1VnQtPXJpei7NrGQD1KxTD99wmRtMdQZXYb_OmiffLDMkpsEt/w400-h248/IMG_9095.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My mom blessed us with our turn at the <a href="https://www.houstonvangogh.com/" target="_blank">Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Houston</a>, too. Yes, I yoga-ed. :-) It was beautiful & a craving I’ve had since first seeing <a href="https://www.atelier-lumieres.com/en/home" target="_blank">Atelier des Lumières</a> (in Paris) online years ago:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91x8dScHbbNrKQDIH3mHKOBFDa3CasgIXDrSD_cSTpBBXVhyphenhyphenvb8I468gVTK_V3ySYegp5R_SutPPPQopqUWzgdv1xBYGZWRvbpr8s0elWeVTCVzgV9sXAYXjnEMszbTeaNbtcIFZxuQjB/s3532/IMG_9184.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="3532" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91x8dScHbbNrKQDIH3mHKOBFDa3CasgIXDrSD_cSTpBBXVhyphenhyphenvb8I468gVTK_V3ySYegp5R_SutPPPQopqUWzgdv1xBYGZWRvbpr8s0elWeVTCVzgV9sXAYXjnEMszbTeaNbtcIFZxuQjB/w400-h300/IMG_9184.HEIC" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Everyone always said I looked just like him, as I was growing up. I never saw it at the time, because he was so much older, but I see it in his war pics, and I absolutely love them for that connection! Here’s my Dad in the Navy (lying in front) & his crew. He was a tail gunner on a torpedo bomber (the <i>Plastered Bastard</i>! :-P)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWxh2qtBUN9ZHr6X6xSiN48BViSFDU7rl3QPRIr5iAgn4Qo6Y5jZWBjuZfj8XxZ8M3fEG43CLzcq3WEtMA7GuN9VVfbupeEdUoPyPci497aMJXYx_toH9RBL4AtlcF07tWk-BUHRQ14Gg/s1743/IMG_9343.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="1743" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWxh2qtBUN9ZHr6X6xSiN48BViSFDU7rl3QPRIr5iAgn4Qo6Y5jZWBjuZfj8XxZ8M3fEG43CLzcq3WEtMA7GuN9VVfbupeEdUoPyPci497aMJXYx_toH9RBL4AtlcF07tWk-BUHRQ14Gg/w400-h346/IMG_9343.HEIC" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We were also stunned when we discovered that Annelise & my Dad have almost the exact same writing style! I had never noticed it before, b/c I always saw my Dad‘s cursive, but here are some notes Annelise took in school last week beside some picture descriptions my Dad wrote during the war:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxeU62va_SwWe2bTuL6VavTsRz78yJXGHdp5lCd4DafYN7u9LOEe7JJD-GlZcAHVEysMgYYquxQEWAPpB2OL0BPGDFuKziR4Wj_y7fTwqtdBu3cev_qCDQ-kcV2KyrlYpV96APr8Vc03B/s2678/IMG_9295.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2678" data-original-width="1947" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxeU62va_SwWe2bTuL6VavTsRz78yJXGHdp5lCd4DafYN7u9LOEe7JJD-GlZcAHVEysMgYYquxQEWAPpB2OL0BPGDFuKziR4Wj_y7fTwqtdBu3cev_qCDQ-kcV2KyrlYpV96APr8Vc03B/w291-h400/IMG_9295.HEIC" width="291" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who knew penmanship was genetic? :-D</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">My mom ended her visit with brunch at <a href="https://www.xochihouston.com/" target="_blank">Xochi</a> - an incredible Oaxacan fine dining restaurant in downtown Houston. I’ve been dying to try it for years, and we were absolutely floored that it completely lived up to the hype! Fresh churros & Mexican hot chocolate churned tableside. The best taquitos any of us have ever tasted. Huevos rancheros. Chilaquiles. Tlayuda. Corn soup with huitlacoche. And a complete dessert menu to die for! Behold:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L8WNgtXZ1NJnaEXLNTZjGr23HnShCpgK6Tg2SobAMbU94fNGm-RdNH-aB7NEiKB4qfMSdvTdPZRoR8YZSnXSPS0lQ9C3uUdI04H38OJqY1SwJBZRk_e9-ID7NwzlKD_1zVyvLjsTsgYY/s3752/IMG_9304.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3752" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L8WNgtXZ1NJnaEXLNTZjGr23HnShCpgK6Tg2SobAMbU94fNGm-RdNH-aB7NEiKB4qfMSdvTdPZRoR8YZSnXSPS0lQ9C3uUdI04H38OJqY1SwJBZRk_e9-ID7NwzlKD_1zVyvLjsTsgYY/w323-h400/IMG_9304.HEIC" width="323" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So after all of that, we also moved forward last week into an incredible new season for Annelise: she is officially a high school WRESTLER! :-O She is sooo fierce, and she is thriving on the drama-free camaraderie & personal accountability! #<i>girlswrestling</i> #<i>girlpower</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">She wrestles other girls in her weight class - not boys. There are 18 girls on our wrestling team! She became so frustrated & disillusioned with some aspects of cheer, (esp. faux girl drama (she is <i><b>NOT</b></i> about image or popularity) + if *one* person doesn’t give their all, it sabotages the entire team) so she had to make a significant change. Talk about an <b>unexpected</b> turn, but it’s so perfect: she’s still on a team, but her personal match is all on her. And the coaching & her teammates are incredible - out of 18 girls, there are no cliques or haughty attitudes!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her very first match was last Wednesday:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLqoocx0vql9rj70MimkjVE1YIU7hGkSecqD8EAG2o-61x8tnN3vZe0Fhaeg8kRWGcGQm-vk___3fr937EgqHk5KE0i5XYSAlhzBoVwks5vJC_Wy-fCOsKcPVT1gIgNx6CPOjew4qnqlk/s1792/IMG_9368.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1792" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLqoocx0vql9rj70MimkjVE1YIU7hGkSecqD8EAG2o-61x8tnN3vZe0Fhaeg8kRWGcGQm-vk___3fr937EgqHk5KE0i5XYSAlhzBoVwks5vJC_Wy-fCOsKcPVT1gIgNx6CPOjew4qnqlk/w400-h185/IMG_9368.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AOqvq5yvXCHJ43gTWcdkevkmT2-NyHo9vUSdNa9llWjh-eNs9YEtAX_RLrJTqUuDFwGrSjbhuMSWf_lt9HGe0EWODya4pRdkFkez7uZgmCgyXuvSQ30EhulU4ls1g3CO_5xvUVwUA2ff/s1957/IMG_9458.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1957" data-original-width="1957" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AOqvq5yvXCHJ43gTWcdkevkmT2-NyHo9vUSdNa9llWjh-eNs9YEtAX_RLrJTqUuDFwGrSjbhuMSWf_lt9HGe0EWODya4pRdkFkez7uZgmCgyXuvSQ30EhulU4ls1g3CO_5xvUVwUA2ff/w400-h400/IMG_9458.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0ZjKABwLxELg2JLgICOGX-ag0TWcY4XtkzRbs5K0J5a-cSgn4ILP-S54q-k9l8YEVfjW0b_O5mJOeCT1hZ5E3vEItwWr1-e8Uk5g6sGLYOz5e6ZoCBAV-fGPSvC-t0nTJtGY4l-ETS7s/s879/IMG_9364.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="879" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0ZjKABwLxELg2JLgICOGX-ag0TWcY4XtkzRbs5K0J5a-cSgn4ILP-S54q-k9l8YEVfjW0b_O5mJOeCT1hZ5E3vEItwWr1-e8Uk5g6sGLYOz5e6ZoCBAV-fGPSvC-t0nTJtGY4l-ETS7s/w400-h376/IMG_9364.PNG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvq6l1EI8cMqa4KSbwBRAf6sCrnTw9nzUCDmsnIcxZYA4J9PacVtYBby_HR2GTaaXq-djMDf0WXUBqFlvVu6NzpzHwf9Ybk6X9OERhzdVVhulUdrJmq116MOwFHNpwRjwKX5LD15Wlu5XQ/s2190/IMG_9457.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="2190" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvq6l1EI8cMqa4KSbwBRAf6sCrnTw9nzUCDmsnIcxZYA4J9PacVtYBby_HR2GTaaXq-djMDf0WXUBqFlvVu6NzpzHwf9Ybk6X9OERhzdVVhulUdrJmq116MOwFHNpwRjwKX5LD15Wlu5XQ/w400-h400/IMG_9457.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkcxSfrxY68tSflQRQxzBFMbewDJi1HK78hhf03RWTn2nr9m5Pp7HaTZWqudQfpkHfnyWQySVFdyo5QfNOkvXuQZTVGOnUnIoBIIkPm9sbmI_hybNtuJdTNBaS2kshAJcATH38jI2cSJt/s828/IMG_9360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkcxSfrxY68tSflQRQxzBFMbewDJi1HK78hhf03RWTn2nr9m5Pp7HaTZWqudQfpkHfnyWQySVFdyo5QfNOkvXuQZTVGOnUnIoBIIkPm9sbmI_hybNtuJdTNBaS2kshAJcATH38jI2cSJt/w400-h400/IMG_9360.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was sooo proud of how fiercely she battled, how she never gave up, even when something popped in her ankle. (Yes, she’s out now with an ankle injury. :’( Please pray for quick & complete healing! We know nothing is broken, and the trainers have been giving her awesome therapy treatments before & after school with hot & cold water jets before wrapping; but with this being her first year & her having so much new to learn, we pray this doesn’t sideline her for very long!) And yes, she’s wrestling with her hair down: I assumed we would be braiding it on meet days or putting it in a bun, but it’s actually an advantage to have that huge mane getting in your opponent’s face, so she’s going with it! :-D</span></div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-81077017616633185722021-10-14T17:51:00.001-05:002021-10-14T18:39:46.264-05:00Homecoming 2021 + Delights<div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"> won’t even bury the lead: look at these two… Probably the *only* formal high school function our kids will ever both attend at the same time, so of course I made them pose together:</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObngIsQTiwpQlaSS84Mf-_li5YVSkIPmuCEButCvLQWUn4iWpSGZeHo4M_gUrrJ1JSi05Uwvn4Y-dpfzvu6kfrsjmW1ScrigQhs6GSHbTUD2mpCLNFatyT1NV9o83gT7BPaYmerMXnd45/s3005/IMG_8651.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3005" data-original-width="2254" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObngIsQTiwpQlaSS84Mf-_li5YVSkIPmuCEButCvLQWUn4iWpSGZeHo4M_gUrrJ1JSi05Uwvn4Y-dpfzvu6kfrsjmW1ScrigQhs6GSHbTUD2mpCLNFatyT1NV9o83gT7BPaYmerMXnd45/w300-h400/IMG_8651.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rewinding at bit…</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Football is sitting at 5-2 (a bit of a surprise! our last 3 games will be rough, though, esp. next week vs Will’s 10th grade high school.) I am vigilant re: my post-game pic, win or lose! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27-8_hHvdi_SaiepSP7xWvWbxtQmYd-MoRkYBpmtINNvcA-g9zw_XkhxeSFKfA3kWeGB3CJJtabc-9xpAamDJfskp0Z5jNaAfyaiGGrZ4skdPCMgo_x35ZQFxg4fxNjygMWy_sIzuZpIo/s3287/IMG_8265.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2933" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27-8_hHvdi_SaiepSP7xWvWbxtQmYd-MoRkYBpmtINNvcA-g9zw_XkhxeSFKfA3kWeGB3CJJtabc-9xpAamDJfskp0Z5jNaAfyaiGGrZ4skdPCMgo_x35ZQFxg4fxNjygMWy_sIzuZpIo/w358-h400/IMG_8265.JPG" width="358" /></span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Varsity high school football in Texas is truly unmatched. This is *one of two* almost college-sized stadiums where our district Varsity teams play:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdR1Fzo_iBRRhtNW86xfugYY91ORDiARGKObquagZ7Wa5mlLv7WgLkfE3Bp4iSDhqVwFcgRXUuvQqNIxycASZ-fdTSBdZUJgTcB9nQB4DqjuqwXq4E8FRjNrBDLLbJ53-0HovhzBkhe9U/s6419/IMG_8330.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2492" data-original-width="6419" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdR1Fzo_iBRRhtNW86xfugYY91ORDiARGKObquagZ7Wa5mlLv7WgLkfE3Bp4iSDhqVwFcgRXUuvQqNIxycASZ-fdTSBdZUJgTcB9nQB4DqjuqwXq4E8FRjNrBDLLbJ53-0HovhzBkhe9U/w400-h155/IMG_8330.HEIC" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(If you click & expand to make it bigger, you can see the stadium lights & jumbotron from the stadium *literally next door* in the clouds on the left! :-D This is our band at halftime.)</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love this action shot of Will running out of their Spartan helmet tunnel:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpThRXjoR73yPI28CyWLD0J_lBdGJaDmRPTQKPMV6L-8qcIXxjF_Tga-zC5_AQTDo4IqQRkMaRyDxvaSkvPjfws2iUNtDqFMhLLa7Iry0eMa5DXlX5R6ZtNNk1ziPX4naMOIYVxI8Ry0Mc/s1062/IMG_8354.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1062" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpThRXjoR73yPI28CyWLD0J_lBdGJaDmRPTQKPMV6L-8qcIXxjF_Tga-zC5_AQTDo4IqQRkMaRyDxvaSkvPjfws2iUNtDqFMhLLa7Iry0eMa5DXlX5R6ZtNNk1ziPX4naMOIYVxI8Ry0Mc/w400-h289/IMG_8354.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(He’s #41, busting through the sign behind the flag. You can see our opponent school had a blue mustang tunnel, too - almost everyone here has one!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">They have formal color programs at every game. Here’s the centerfold:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZwjS2pH8NWFtCs3ISJPdybu1Wx8zQ71Yw0mctf_i8IzrlIFBMydnBR9YB77JLVti1QEKeRHCouUF7CyWSlb-POHjWmDzXHJ0BZTYOl6qVL3qf-IcG04k-UxvSEfiU932V9s31rHaKizN/s4032/IMG_8120.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZwjS2pH8NWFtCs3ISJPdybu1Wx8zQ71Yw0mctf_i8IzrlIFBMydnBR9YB77JLVti1QEKeRHCouUF7CyWSlb-POHjWmDzXHJ0BZTYOl6qVL3qf-IcG04k-UxvSEfiU932V9s31rHaKizN/w400-h300/IMG_8120.HEIC" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Play "Find Will"! :-D <span style="font-size: x-small;">(middle row, 4th in on the right from the center line)</span> And here’s <a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/666799236/" target="_blank">the online version</a>! (Will’s on <a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/666799236/12/" target="_blank">page 12</a> :-P)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve already shared <a href="http://castleblake.blogspot.com/2021/09/back-to-school-bday-driving-wrestling.html" target="_blank">the senior banners</a> for every individual player, too - the production value level here is high!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, obviously homecoming last week was also quite an event! They had a huge parade with every school team & organization (3,700 students at this school, y’all!!!) participating…except wrestling! :-( (Such bad luck timing for Annelise: every wrestler in the whole district gets tested for hydration & weight on the same day…& it just happened to fall during our hoco parade! At least wrestling didn’t have to miss the dance for a district competition like band did! :-P) Bryce’s mom, Marcee, & I helped serve the boys pizza pre-parade, and then we walked behind the parade to the community pep rally at school:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fplU4og7KcGKLEQHV0eSkYfMQpx5vC10IgVK3nSLW8zwjwaIymkWCKXHEDzS0BcVY-E9F5wAUAPi1t4oY_jrpA5KWVNiibUcanC49lGdbQFI8L_uXL-QuUkDIj9HhXoSTjpOmD7TYMbT/s3371/IMG_8461.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3371" data-original-width="2423" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fplU4og7KcGKLEQHV0eSkYfMQpx5vC10IgVK3nSLW8zwjwaIymkWCKXHEDzS0BcVY-E9F5wAUAPi1t4oY_jrpA5KWVNiibUcanC49lGdbQFI8L_uXL-QuUkDIj9HhXoSTjpOmD7TYMbT/w288-h400/IMG_8461.JPG" width="288" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QRMqhfacuVbHksvS1im40GOcfYnmCFoqNKB7yPOS9L4pPcsq84y_A9KsOJ_MDvWeA0Xc3GvajOHDAaAkQIdzWmqwM1q1ZrX9PSuI138_5WFxdEjBZt_CQE9jZtgidsEI1rMLcSd7k_z0/s1374/IMG_8465.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1374" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QRMqhfacuVbHksvS1im40GOcfYnmCFoqNKB7yPOS9L4pPcsq84y_A9KsOJ_MDvWeA0Xc3GvajOHDAaAkQIdzWmqwM1q1ZrX9PSuI138_5WFxdEjBZt_CQE9jZtgidsEI1rMLcSd7k_z0/w400-h241/IMG_8465.PNG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />To wear on Friday during school & the football game, I made Annelise’s <a href="https://texasheritageforliving.com/texas-living/where-did-texas-homecoming-mums-come-from/?fbclid=IwAR1VhcNtZieezC9prUhmhpct7r01gLft_54xYeLAwEfOAD-q5_DwcAiSknc" target="_blank">first Texas hoco mum</a>! She is fiercely unique & didn’t want the same blah white flowers as everyone else; so she picked navy hydrangea, instead:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI2QFIDFuAIyKrqtCzyuAk5n9nsTvBt7IdVlqUKfphl4ZMJhtzpp0QggpVsBB5zdDWyKRdSj2xgPzZcEKdgavFh0KPtZkv2ikeSQMWDYZPGR4cveZ9CKMiWufzxohFqgRViD5gSU3ep5y/s3499/IMG_8500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3499" data-original-width="2624" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI2QFIDFuAIyKrqtCzyuAk5n9nsTvBt7IdVlqUKfphl4ZMJhtzpp0QggpVsBB5zdDWyKRdSj2xgPzZcEKdgavFh0KPtZkv2ikeSQMWDYZPGR4cveZ9CKMiWufzxohFqgRViD5gSU3ep5y/w300-h400/IMG_8500.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The actual game was a nail-biting win 21-18 with 22 seconds to go!!! Sooo stressful!!! But it sure did leave the boys in a great mood = more voluntary pics for me!!!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyE4sznnIbq2GimX2ypiWEkGx2jEjJMorCv1KOHtCdbQ67Up9Mm7BiF1s79RkxTQf12w4x05jWla6-sZUGJWwsPcDXPuClRLsL8zAePFhAIaDOEBK1_qNwUZ8JdkjV2jwe_hnR1eNfuOE/s3797/IMG_8539.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3797" data-original-width="2848" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyE4sznnIbq2GimX2ypiWEkGx2jEjJMorCv1KOHtCdbQ67Up9Mm7BiF1s79RkxTQf12w4x05jWla6-sZUGJWwsPcDXPuClRLsL8zAePFhAIaDOEBK1_qNwUZ8JdkjV2jwe_hnR1eNfuOE/w300-h400/IMG_8539.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOm-u1TVrjjroEbNGGNro5c0EFMTNjYRNDx-oHc6hq3LbBrbMCntPYMBAp_P-jgxzi7wPfc0n3eUHPlzjoJUtxIDlEokUkXZI8CuDEXbbG7zm9kUCdOZQCqHJQp69ucqCHA3lLr9PP04Tm/s2869/IMG_8538.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="2801" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOm-u1TVrjjroEbNGGNro5c0EFMTNjYRNDx-oHc6hq3LbBrbMCntPYMBAp_P-jgxzi7wPfc0n3eUHPlzjoJUtxIDlEokUkXZI8CuDEXbbG7zm9kUCdOZQCqHJQp69ucqCHA3lLr9PP04Tm/w390-h400/IMG_8538.JPG" width="390" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RUeQ15G4C7TENjvFR6mmCU41r3bcPSArmnSvDRMSQcl8neGkyRUmCQ8t-f-iegq553iycPtu5x9D45d9liNThx1txihKL5V2Sd0ozeFEeciLjNLG49gmN7JoWVBes0TywyTWTvEIVRFS/s3464/IMG_8540.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="2598" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RUeQ15G4C7TENjvFR6mmCU41r3bcPSArmnSvDRMSQcl8neGkyRUmCQ8t-f-iegq553iycPtu5x9D45d9liNThx1txihKL5V2Sd0ozeFEeciLjNLG49gmN7JoWVBes0TywyTWTvEIVRFS/w300-h400/IMG_8540.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtbneBaEHzAKtUymUuKkKlWcrFuy-UVUlyBxp2_K1SxKQTmZyiQEpjoqG-AprUFYxZGp3IsxhkG1B1vpev542BFg9LI6zwp42_AK1V4smPYm_qDYGVF2zghGrSgJUoMKHHtnyP_6RTCTi/s3502/IMG_8541.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3502" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtbneBaEHzAKtUymUuKkKlWcrFuy-UVUlyBxp2_K1SxKQTmZyiQEpjoqG-AprUFYxZGp3IsxhkG1B1vpev542BFg9LI6zwp42_AK1V4smPYm_qDYGVF2zghGrSgJUoMKHHtnyP_6RTCTi/w345-h400/IMG_8541.JPG" width="345" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Saturday was their actual homecoming dance, (back to the first pic at the top!) Pre-hoco dance pics were a slight sunlight fiasco (we begged the boys to go later: lower light = better pics, but they would not budge on 6 pm dinner reservations, so extreme sun + squinty eyes & shadows won. :-P)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The football field they almost all began on…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq-X5PCnoUTTCmb5ult-CU3y9Laj4GBQypUz8yYEmYtYwPIzalLF_4fkAzCb6DMyllLNvBFzBNR3g9YMog5qmYM72vNqBRG29hWQXGqh23lAAZ7BatdFbsX3fLVFAY7l5wyJ5i8J1umuJ/s2257/IMG_8649.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2257" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq-X5PCnoUTTCmb5ult-CU3y9Laj4GBQypUz8yYEmYtYwPIzalLF_4fkAzCb6DMyllLNvBFzBNR3g9YMog5qmYM72vNqBRG29hWQXGqh23lAAZ7BatdFbsX3fLVFAY7l5wyJ5i8J1umuJ/w400-h288/IMG_8649.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindwei3GXSCHnvvFr3Yix7_1Qut6231YpvqMX77CMNEUCVHxCH0i9UmxLuXog_uM-ekC1Sk-d_YWWC-CdGU88cDFmvuEUhgVJFXGZjm39sBmd5ktDSYevF7yq4TSTJQSKxcFzzko4DXMw3/s2070/IMG_8647.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="2070" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindwei3GXSCHnvvFr3Yix7_1Qut6231YpvqMX77CMNEUCVHxCH0i9UmxLuXog_uM-ekC1Sk-d_YWWC-CdGU88cDFmvuEUhgVJFXGZjm39sBmd5ktDSYevF7yq4TSTJQSKxcFzzko4DXMw3/w400-h300/IMG_8647.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmGn9WKRXFxl3YROPQN9Q8T90K8ptpYkPXUb-RrjHsZOREmhmiWG0BWzdLQrAicx1Euot6owwM-Tmi3QeU2R_taiCmw3LGl2l7bzqrqn1fj2FCjrqoKqypCuEN_HRx8Z0zH447vgsQfH1/s2300/IMG_8646.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="2300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmGn9WKRXFxl3YROPQN9Q8T90K8ptpYkPXUb-RrjHsZOREmhmiWG0BWzdLQrAicx1Euot6owwM-Tmi3QeU2R_taiCmw3LGl2l7bzqrqn1fj2FCjrqoKqypCuEN_HRx8Z0zH447vgsQfH1/w400-h300/IMG_8646.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPSfNtEljqITVFDeerkddGExujOBVw0Tcm-UHf5kQs_CV8QuHKN_XmBFvTAo5ptxh2KUJg8B0mvOeRpesF6fXgvmYgq75XTDVd-MZOlTT6bCxehOSgzChOOB1FQr12TN4nS8TlO_wPIwj/s1730/IMG_8656.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPSfNtEljqITVFDeerkddGExujOBVw0Tcm-UHf5kQs_CV8QuHKN_XmBFvTAo5ptxh2KUJg8B0mvOeRpesF6fXgvmYgq75XTDVd-MZOlTT6bCxehOSgzChOOB1FQr12TN4nS8TlO_wPIwj/w400-h400/IMG_8656.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Squintingly sun-drenched fam (minus JB & Bailey, b/c football was on TV & dogs aren’t allowed on school property :-P)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfzLiQg3D8neTNbWkd78K4ZM4wI-8scBCLds44ARznF75cDkYS9d6LhHPAM18-UZHtiOT9J8YMipKKKTUitryrchaeBaEsGNMB-OUAcgWDt7HH5Wx5cPqC76qepn-4-S9PBxTgifRjjFc/s2502/IMG_8655.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2502" data-original-width="2502" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfzLiQg3D8neTNbWkd78K4ZM4wI-8scBCLds44ARznF75cDkYS9d6LhHPAM18-UZHtiOT9J8YMipKKKTUitryrchaeBaEsGNMB-OUAcgWDt7HH5Wx5cPqC76qepn-4-S9PBxTgifRjjFc/w400-h400/IMG_8655.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Love that this looks like an album cover! (Combatting sun shadows with hyper-stylization! ;-))</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBA0wIruYrOH0-gP80AiWHSL9pP2izti332P51PULllMe2ZT6GgY2a2vPjhEqfN_hWrHTN0b57oxQj74NqsWQwpHoG52C-pjzqgr_44bgChtJsTIpENYtY_pQSyBJy1dBSR0BXnuaIUd7/s1838/IMG_8660.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1838" data-original-width="1838" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBA0wIruYrOH0-gP80AiWHSL9pP2izti332P51PULllMe2ZT6GgY2a2vPjhEqfN_hWrHTN0b57oxQj74NqsWQwpHoG52C-pjzqgr_44bgChtJsTIpENYtY_pQSyBJy1dBSR0BXnuaIUd7/w400-h400/IMG_8660.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmU3D8VakCPk_rX4viBDqq7D8UtOM9g1r3X4LkxtzW4absHQ6oAcBr1Ki6k9jhNuqU2rsHn04M9cLpsuX48n8AJMtVgLp1Ebv6tufrsyAA5wtvh8Lr_HcCDu3tCBDbG11Hwzf6miOA36Y/s2493/IMG_8657.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2493" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmU3D8VakCPk_rX4viBDqq7D8UtOM9g1r3X4LkxtzW4absHQ6oAcBr1Ki6k9jhNuqU2rsHn04M9cLpsuX48n8AJMtVgLp1Ebv6tufrsyAA5wtvh8Lr_HcCDu3tCBDbG11Hwzf6miOA36Y/w400-h300/IMG_8657.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrp0fc_dfOUJk2E8lmUEbBfSx9kx-sZRvHjp9eaPz3GInyh9e47DMaSw8uF8UkmdyhCEFBHvK3J7X9FsnlngVMNtRJzcMymXKkfVLGrExZrQ7SrRkgCoF9wWVWJqdel_S4owDbmj7u8t_q/s2465/IMG_8658.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="2465" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrp0fc_dfOUJk2E8lmUEbBfSx9kx-sZRvHjp9eaPz3GInyh9e47DMaSw8uF8UkmdyhCEFBHvK3J7X9FsnlngVMNtRJzcMymXKkfVLGrExZrQ7SrRkgCoF9wWVWJqdel_S4owDbmj7u8t_q/w400-h300/IMG_8658.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Annelise & her new wrestling BFF, Luna:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLyoafKqfYVJ-h60UfX972Nia1RaOf0XabdNDbf8Ia5SmnlwJBcAH85TXgKQCcfJk7BIz97Fjzz6lQbsGvNc20yqpo4EzVrplmCpLyTLW2yc788rw0F9ZahovB3wnXCOxq04iunZthKne/s2486/IMG_8665.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2486" data-original-width="2486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLyoafKqfYVJ-h60UfX972Nia1RaOf0XabdNDbf8Ia5SmnlwJBcAH85TXgKQCcfJk7BIz97Fjzz6lQbsGvNc20yqpo4EzVrplmCpLyTLW2yc788rw0F9ZahovB3wnXCOxq04iunZthKne/w400-h400/IMG_8665.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYxnNEsDK4FEVhLc4I88WK4NjxI2wPCT4J2F4HhqZ6aDUPivFWuY4yVvu5bEQyRIj3qLoMnCqdGFyWC2yXBJ7sprby6Zxk8Ds3XMRymc9pmLlRhkshKMDkTukYwIA4TQs0Avl-HdrjPuD/s2593/IMG_8668.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2593" data-original-width="2593" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYxnNEsDK4FEVhLc4I88WK4NjxI2wPCT4J2F4HhqZ6aDUPivFWuY4yVvu5bEQyRIj3qLoMnCqdGFyWC2yXBJ7sprby6Zxk8Ds3XMRymc9pmLlRhkshKMDkTukYwIA4TQs0Avl-HdrjPuD/w400-h400/IMG_8668.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a joyous success, Will with his gang (& even danced with the principal! :-D) and Annelise with her new wrestling friends. It has literally taken us days to recover… I’m still exhausted…</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am *all in* celebrating Will‘s senior year, but no “boohoo, it’s the last this, boohoo, it’s the last that” allowed = no focusing on lasts, only joys!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWdVmDkGyHuF4x0HI1LaWkNJ9ocLCozxAjCw9WYCC_wBx8P4oi0hPeMrbd30iVAy58QVFw0ZgVSFODg096t0howGS405wYZXtsHrW0Gp1Ok2aBvo-mfYs2tzMKeXdDCxHmglGtpKrSikF/s902/IMG_8699.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWdVmDkGyHuF4x0HI1LaWkNJ9ocLCozxAjCw9WYCC_wBx8P4oi0hPeMrbd30iVAy58QVFw0ZgVSFODg096t0howGS405wYZXtsHrW0Gp1Ok2aBvo-mfYs2tzMKeXdDCxHmglGtpKrSikF/w296-h400/IMG_8699.PNG" width="296" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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At my wrestling team parents meeting *just an hour later*, they served luscious pumpkin cream cheese cake roll! :-D</span></div></div><p></p>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-83248483582443910392021-09-18T23:48:00.000-05:002021-09-18T23:48:54.528-05:00Back to School: Bday, Driving, Wrestling, Football<div>Being back to school in person full time has completely changed our lives vs. the previous 18 months - yes, for the better & definitely the busier!</div><div><br />Rewind to August & Will’s 17th birthday, celebrated with BFFs Bryce & Kaleb at <a href="https://andrettikarting.com/katy/race/" target="_blank">Andretti Indoor Karting</a> followed by Japanese teppanyaki dinner:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rRExcY_lHqbpLlieyPOskNkGHXOCAoCTvb8AzoTJ7ng-8U9YoW-MeHelZESUmLBozr6ZtZ616N-rAKvpYOVdOKhulKbwKoXKIhHtUVCMf_hVpnG6Ln7LWJhJ41h8D2VWm8fTugVrGhHi/s4032/IMG_7418.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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(I think his plan may be to wait until after football season? He can’t get his license until the end of January, so there’s time.) We’re doing <a href="https://www.aceable.com/blog/parent-taught-drivers-ed-guide/" target="_blank">parent-taught Aceable</a>, so *I’m* the Drivers Ed instructor. I have to toot my own horn a little bit & confess how happily surprised I am at my levels of calm & patience! She really is a good driver, and I have been surprised at how chill I’ve felt:</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBEo4_b4QFVV2yCpmVtken99aozz6eUDuk8hUklNweHNNmeFup8SL2NyXOuNoHswrmLdzr3wwnxuEnmDIvMKRo21bOac1glf5bsVpLzJST0hf0AVJPcg1z23j0xXhjXHPn9KHGWupG7W1/s3554/IMG_7954.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3554" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBEo4_b4QFVV2yCpmVtken99aozz6eUDuk8hUklNweHNNmeFup8SL2NyXOuNoHswrmLdzr3wwnxuEnmDIvMKRo21bOac1glf5bsVpLzJST0hf0AVJPcg1z23j0xXhjXHPn9KHGWupG7W1/w400-h340/IMG_7954.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BIY-_8qkQWTi7GMalV45TJLHIYPnuItZiri58fpy_92ppGbaVoZBqu4Jr7s2-yQ8ps6IAHrGsuj-_oJVi1N9P0x_JtLlYmFRfR1Y6NitJVanQWFCX-eirhQUTB03KHn0VTYNhxyBWn-j/s3650/IMG_7955.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3650" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BIY-_8qkQWTi7GMalV45TJLHIYPnuItZiri58fpy_92ppGbaVoZBqu4Jr7s2-yQ8ps6IAHrGsuj-_oJVi1N9P0x_JtLlYmFRfR1Y6NitJVanQWFCX-eirhQUTB03KHn0VTYNhxyBWn-j/w400-h331/IMG_7955.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div>(Yes = we were parked for all pics! ;-))<br /><br />Random & HILARIOUS girls night joy to share (after *she* drove to the store for these) with <a href="https://www.thecremeshop.com/collections/bt21" target="_blank">our most favorite sheet face masks on earth</a>:<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUA_qLm4JOGxKpG93Zh9N44mOCqsTGS0cyASqvMcBcCAxr54nLmPq88koUXPpoSSiXr-NjwvPcHH_SyRKfJnPJ8FAkgHFYgtKrwSY4LqpulydD_96ofBBY38ZK_f7VY2i6PkrIIK7X3WE/s2651/IMG_7964.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2651" data-original-width="2281" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUA_qLm4JOGxKpG93Zh9N44mOCqsTGS0cyASqvMcBcCAxr54nLmPq88koUXPpoSSiXr-NjwvPcHH_SyRKfJnPJ8FAkgHFYgtKrwSY4LqpulydD_96ofBBY38ZK_f7VY2i6PkrIIK7X3WE/w344-h400/IMG_7964.HEIC" width="344" /></a></div><br />School started August 18th:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5Nl1-TX1qW3XDg0TvTvsne-c0NnZRDOgcN9xAAel4GiNQNnIRV97XpkWH-cXgq338EvokN6GmndJR6dr6wXcOb1TOX1rJ_wE8RpRCM6-i7beIsVRuPW2UmhYbWMzawlIBFTkniVwdsGe/s3876/IMG_7719.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3876" data-original-width="2907" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5Nl1-TX1qW3XDg0TvTvsne-c0NnZRDOgcN9xAAel4GiNQNnIRV97XpkWH-cXgq338EvokN6GmndJR6dr6wXcOb1TOX1rJ_wE8RpRCM6-i7beIsVRuPW2UmhYbWMzawlIBFTkniVwdsGe/w300-h400/IMG_7719.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div>It’s actually been great!!! (I wish there were more masks being worn, but at least they’re both fully vaccinated!) The biggest surprise? Annelise has joined the <b>wrestling</b> team!!! It's a full on class here like football. She was going to have to take PE, since she didn't do it freshman year, but this covers that; there are a ton of awesome girls (15-20!) doing it, and it’s a no-cut sport that welcomes willing newcomers with no experience. It’s gotten her body physically moving again for the first time in a year & a half; and while it’s a team sport, the matches are individual, so she won’t have to worry about anyone else’s performance or unpreparedness affecting her outcomes. (It was <i>so irritating</i> in cheer when one person wouldn’t do their best & would cost the whole team a win – she resented that so much!) The coaches are amazing, and (so far) the parents are everything I dreamed cheer *could* have been like (really into team spirit, super supportive of every single kid, genuinely welcoming of new people, etc.) I even asked one of the moms whose son has played football with Will all these years if the wrestling coaches & other parents are *really* this wonderful, or if it’s just a show for the first parents meeting we had; and she said it's real, that wrestling is better, more positive, inclusive, & disciplined than any other sport they've been involved in (& between her kids, they do 4 at our school.) It's been the most unexpected, cool surprise of the new school year! They start competing in November.<br /><br />Will’s Senior Varsity football season is in full swing now! They’re sitting at 3-1 (& honestly, our district is brutal - one of the best in Texas 6A, so it might not get better than this! :-P :-D) We’re focusing on enjoying as much as we can this final football year. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(*sniffle, sniffle* #<i>notready</i>)</span> My favorite thing is his senior banner:</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoAsqwsDr_BiHksusdaV7TpnVwgzwMS4QQDlh4OSV4lNKqU7t_jsDHSHUPp5b6sB2YEWXg1tDOb0t51HM7UImpPRtJE0ObmEcpr9PkO85luMhgvK8GuAZLTEhBLVZGnrv5Rw7g6FdaQL2/s3498/IMG_7854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3498" data-original-width="2624" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoAsqwsDr_BiHksusdaV7TpnVwgzwMS4QQDlh4OSV4lNKqU7t_jsDHSHUPp5b6sB2YEWXg1tDOb0t51HM7UImpPRtJE0ObmEcpr9PkO85luMhgvK8GuAZLTEhBLVZGnrv5Rw7g6FdaQL2/w300-h400/IMG_7854.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0bNPHjwL-baS14mOgG8UCW9CWoAHJam1FD3qcWSZLZjEVRlaVlyD4bIeiMqcBcrQrtaLVDh8eCIHAoJVRu6K6bBk78jJzFsLZHWz-8BygkY1B5WosNpzrOihFxbWgG5iyq-d9yK3kBIK/s2978/IMG_7848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2706" data-original-width="2978" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0bNPHjwL-baS14mOgG8UCW9CWoAHJam1FD3qcWSZLZjEVRlaVlyD4bIeiMqcBcrQrtaLVDh8eCIHAoJVRu6K6bBk78jJzFsLZHWz-8BygkY1B5WosNpzrOihFxbWgG5iyq-d9yK3kBIK/w400-h364/IMG_7848.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelNHtY3_T-JwCRcdVZcq-gGep0sxES7recFMsK5Z0ZOhsbP5WHaEuWu9RTbprOBJmBsA75fRizB8Dltrw2DERXTxUQcoV10qVMMN00Bokw495gQjbFATtcZIRpTAvAC3tBMLkfLpdz591/s3119/IMG_7852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3119" data-original-width="2284" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelNHtY3_T-JwCRcdVZcq-gGep0sxES7recFMsK5Z0ZOhsbP5WHaEuWu9RTbprOBJmBsA75fRizB8Dltrw2DERXTxUQcoV10qVMMN00Bokw495gQjbFATtcZIRpTAvAC3tBMLkfLpdz591/w293-h400/IMG_7852.JPG" width="293" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>His banner was beside his BFF Nacho’s 1st game:<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G6kT5QBpu5rXT09MXTItdCG3NbByWhISnz9txf4U5bqsKp16-232ZpWq9UwiEfNlPnIOa1gbtkOyKAHPJhujKN07esSL1fqEfaEU2cYDP56Otx3iBqGmDyNyy_6GyLi8BndTnCsgupLa/s3533/IMG_7853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3533" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G6kT5QBpu5rXT09MXTItdCG3NbByWhISnz9txf4U5bqsKp16-232ZpWq9UwiEfNlPnIOa1gbtkOyKAHPJhujKN07esSL1fqEfaEU2cYDP56Otx3iBqGmDyNyy_6GyLi8BndTnCsgupLa/w343-h400/IMG_7853.JPG" width="343" /></a></div><br />Senior parents are allowed to go down on the field for the boys’ entrance & run through helmet:</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxev5H9IxATodEOJIC3a5tDt4u8aH-IJM82hIb54N27yAe_xHt309zLsIN0MSiZUbRQjIeQg2Mp34wFtEuw62bXej-R0O9PrZqFtvb-gTWRMatPLMfxuaXlALq5aPjPNUa5A04Pu5V6wu/s4032/IMG_7849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxev5H9IxATodEOJIC3a5tDt4u8aH-IJM82hIb54N27yAe_xHt309zLsIN0MSiZUbRQjIeQg2Mp34wFtEuw62bXej-R0O9PrZqFtvb-gTWRMatPLMfxuaXlALq5aPjPNUa5A04Pu5V6wu/w400-h300/IMG_7849.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRFyLGQJdRBZjcMxc_AUcwwIoRGnMkuk46L8EYO3vfuozrdfbInq7LO1vjgMCKEF4m5HsPrs3Hs9N7RiCf3oGLKcQTq3rfjlMs0GuJSwSzISoDQG7JXuB30bjf594NFCsubJKr570DyXX/s4032/IMG_7850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRFyLGQJdRBZjcMxc_AUcwwIoRGnMkuk46L8EYO3vfuozrdfbInq7LO1vjgMCKEF4m5HsPrs3Hs9N7RiCf3oGLKcQTq3rfjlMs0GuJSwSzISoDQG7JXuB30bjf594NFCsubJKr570DyXX/w300-h400/IMG_7850.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br />Senior parents also come to the school early to cheer the boys as they load onto the buses to head out to the games:<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yS8S7F5AQyO0i2Hkvl9ddHRqpa4jUjk08bfn-TFB3XrjTmdXLRi-v0OY3T4aOxi13dADgQdGRcbEqqH8rqOBVEUWkClbuzgL2dtDJWEQyuO5m-jb2Fm6Y2PRnbaN4REbGDpBBtG9mZUR/s1088/IMG_8006.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yS8S7F5AQyO0i2Hkvl9ddHRqpa4jUjk08bfn-TFB3XrjTmdXLRi-v0OY3T4aOxi13dADgQdGRcbEqqH8rqOBVEUWkClbuzgL2dtDJWEQyuO5m-jb2Fm6Y2PRnbaN4REbGDpBBtG9mZUR/w305-h400/IMG_8006.PNG" width="305" /></a></div><br />#41:<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkBezuuA55qmc3m8-USOABroPt6l3gfTgYcXHCvyYSoeTfdNgHsUSXccDYgUMMW_A8Tg49uuur71rldeqpSUpJ2NSBjtTWPCb08P3C7gbRCgFxoOd_RuUncAwX5QKFtl9GlDBZRmtVRZf/s1944/IMG_7875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkBezuuA55qmc3m8-USOABroPt6l3gfTgYcXHCvyYSoeTfdNgHsUSXccDYgUMMW_A8Tg49uuur71rldeqpSUpJ2NSBjtTWPCb08P3C7gbRCgFxoOd_RuUncAwX5QKFtl9GlDBZRmtVRZf/w400-h266/IMG_7875.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Extra proud of his (#41 in navy that week) tackle that was called out over the PA system:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvKYvscQvN6pDV3uExdDFUZH6SPlz5xdW-R99ySZj3STEFJzGPIZ0BhIcEYb03fr8hJUcAw7UwaLutMwL_KfujGYr9TS9HqW9P45PGbMnOcBEHNLgiTXOxDRFwhYQXIaTjaO401Eg3fLu/s720/GIFMaker.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="720" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvKYvscQvN6pDV3uExdDFUZH6SPlz5xdW-R99ySZj3STEFJzGPIZ0BhIcEYb03fr8hJUcAw7UwaLutMwL_KfujGYr9TS9HqW9P45PGbMnOcBEHNLgiTXOxDRFwhYQXIaTjaO401Eg3fLu/w400-h225/GIFMaker.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div>And him blocking an extra point in their win on 9/10 - in slo mo:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-UhifLzaLNSeNlqPgsEPeyfRgh6LcCx8ekJPdj2kstORHNQO7aGQ9Lys4ggzhNS1ld7kQhR0dgSEHGoyjxxwl388O-I54ORZQzkqCC9_RZrsLFn7o0e2qQs4_k5b0eqefPN18RSD1S-q/s720/GIFMaker.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="720" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-UhifLzaLNSeNlqPgsEPeyfRgh6LcCx8ekJPdj2kstORHNQO7aGQ9Lys4ggzhNS1ld7kQhR0dgSEHGoyjxxwl388O-I54ORZQzkqCC9_RZrsLFn7o0e2qQs4_k5b0eqefPN18RSD1S-q/w400-h318/GIFMaker.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>LOVELOVELOVE my post-game pics most:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4YfWVDijpxP1gn7LTFqDlBpKicl39xhCnAqgWWR6B6qrpKeWlKOuYnzJZqqY4YdqV3DsUzl842Z8xR9Td-uq4k5KPe-JzvyVQAQOZIjCd88SKaFKvNBXXctY0nS8kCfSh0mk2j6JIsqp/s2620/IMG_7873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2620" data-original-width="2139" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4YfWVDijpxP1gn7LTFqDlBpKicl39xhCnAqgWWR6B6qrpKeWlKOuYnzJZqqY4YdqV3DsUzl842Z8xR9Td-uq4k5KPe-JzvyVQAQOZIjCd88SKaFKvNBXXctY0nS8kCfSh0mk2j6JIsqp/w326-h400/IMG_7873.JPG" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-18747176698552409932021-08-07T22:12:00.000-05:002021-08-07T22:12:57.882-05:00July Flew By (+ Free Yoga Sequence!)<div style="text-align: left;">No, seriously - where did July go?<br /><br />My BFF Amy, who actually lives in Romania, was in Texas with her sons for 5 weeks to visit her family spread across the eastern half of the state. I feel so blessed that she always makes an effort to include me in her travels. (Even before we lived here, she scheduled multi-day layover visits with us in Chicago & Georgia!) We got together twice this super long trip: first, a girls weekend with her sister-in-law in San Antonio:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQ0AleYHwokto2q5hH9uUPkaYdFKRlREINf_BZ6eFiXY6vc3r8e4hGp8u7fbWrm5HTT9nbVq3A_xIT85RZ0ahYnnx5DSTWCe2e_aEyGKOFAOjuL40-1RKHGvmT1xmL0IgD7OTqsnDRCP7/s3088/IMG_7120.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQ0AleYHwokto2q5hH9uUPkaYdFKRlREINf_BZ6eFiXY6vc3r8e4hGp8u7fbWrm5HTT9nbVq3A_xIT85RZ0ahYnnx5DSTWCe2e_aEyGKOFAOjuL40-1RKHGvmT1xmL0IgD7OTqsnDRCP7/w300-h400/IMG_7120.JPG" width="300" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jV86K8JbgjVSJ_5Dwklt0ME1QlacSYT8G6gouUzJbwksGAo7S4gAqSsnh73D4fLd3m0LQY_svQRwJwl-0hi48hznQMLeigfR9xkmGXBBrZc50JjFqM_fzb4CPX36E1prHsz1xhbtt_ky/s3734/IMG_7125.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="3734" data-original-width="2801" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jV86K8JbgjVSJ_5Dwklt0ME1QlacSYT8G6gouUzJbwksGAo7S4gAqSsnh73D4fLd3m0LQY_svQRwJwl-0hi48hznQMLeigfR9xkmGXBBrZc50JjFqM_fzb4CPX36E1prHsz1xhbtt_ky/w300-h400/IMG_7125.JPG" width="300" /></a><br />Eating at <a href="https://www.domingorestaurant.com/domingo" target="_blank">Domingo</a> <i>(twice! :-D)</i> was a true highlight!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l8Etqu6mBffc0vXtAOsJQxNfZ57IzNwHqDP3T29wCNaRLAmPHukAXOZCFwo7mtLESRzF_0ljY5OLT1F7vXPqi0wd5kkOMPulToyuU6UDEEd-GEvZiX1ptRuDXNSJS7RFfrr9j9T0wo84/s3615/IMG_7127.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="3615" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l8Etqu6mBffc0vXtAOsJQxNfZ57IzNwHqDP3T29wCNaRLAmPHukAXOZCFwo7mtLESRzF_0ljY5OLT1F7vXPqi0wd5kkOMPulToyuU6UDEEd-GEvZiX1ptRuDXNSJS7RFfrr9j9T0wo84/w400-h284/IMG_7127.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4QaFzMcvNvXxxP67GC4uJ20FGMxiWvNrB0mYA2YiE_tXhbarZkqoDNWd_Q0F6S-m-gHhVQ3CS558Lj0jXjoKUxTTBEfEc0DURdrIyK-3GXIrjlMnEzsDR4CWDfnwzyrfhyphenhyphenJ-CqrDixY_/s4032/IMG_7134.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4QaFzMcvNvXxxP67GC4uJ20FGMxiWvNrB0mYA2YiE_tXhbarZkqoDNWd_Q0F6S-m-gHhVQ3CS558Lj0jXjoKUxTTBEfEc0DURdrIyK-3GXIrjlMnEzsDR4CWDfnwzyrfhyphenhyphenJ-CqrDixY_/w300-h400/IMG_7134.JPG" width="300" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0O_-erT5XXDL84AY4dGzhu3-H3V7Af5IA0MyQo9lntcTy8sOrTZLmkAxCK-ZArqCxF4cUxe0GYl_c9FYzS83t6IkJybBS54wDWYnZExcgYyguQ8xUc6UESl_X_jlGZ8BZhyvc8thxpjN1/s3491/IMG_7130.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3491" data-original-width="2704" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0O_-erT5XXDL84AY4dGzhu3-H3V7Af5IA0MyQo9lntcTy8sOrTZLmkAxCK-ZArqCxF4cUxe0GYl_c9FYzS83t6IkJybBS54wDWYnZExcgYyguQ8xUc6UESl_X_jlGZ8BZhyvc8thxpjN1/w310-h400/IMG_7130.HEIC" width="310" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJMgEc6y87UaNH4xRFZZPts66p4dDDNJb-QMD_4vUb_338d_2V6Hf8LHmc9pNJjDmziisXLUoWPTtVl59DZP7FoMAK-y-y8RJv7axZIPZ2bj2_fdh7vVpnMhyAqAfzLHtZhr7HKNdUou-/s4032/IMG_7133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJMgEc6y87UaNH4xRFZZPts66p4dDDNJb-QMD_4vUb_338d_2V6Hf8LHmc9pNJjDmziisXLUoWPTtVl59DZP7FoMAK-y-y8RJv7axZIPZ2bj2_fdh7vVpnMhyAqAfzLHtZhr7HKNdUou-/w400-h300/IMG_7133.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Then we spent the last few days before they flew back to Europe with her sons at our house. We took no pics, except the hour before I drove them to the airport, when we did last-minute Chinese reflexology massages - ahhhh! The perfect send-off:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZEqS4izmEf3XrQR00JTQemiKHAVqhIyyhaq_-cfKZZydp8OdGHdBs91-BTkaFvvlg3_M5PfxSjoYwxAwpfk3pkpxNAPOgi0UnhrkHTyZH8Znj7pHbzevCM_U4npKov7fHH6jKs_zwBDi/s3702/IMG_7380.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3702" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZEqS4izmEf3XrQR00JTQemiKHAVqhIyyhaq_-cfKZZydp8OdGHdBs91-BTkaFvvlg3_M5PfxSjoYwxAwpfk3pkpxNAPOgi0UnhrkHTyZH8Znj7pHbzevCM_U4npKov7fHH6jKs_zwBDi/w326-h400/IMG_7380.JPG" width="326" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In between Amy times, Will got his driver permit:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aPF7FHTswUAvGd6TRp5HGMgvFLH522qZjmOu5FmGEwqVtitY8UTpncpPe-DpQXH3nLECOnGGurDxO6V8H0qhMgST0Sf1x5fR6zTxPw6Mb2zuNbKUDoZPImXEGByeJSG6hjvcUDzMaCbR/s3693/IMG_7255.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3693" data-original-width="2770" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aPF7FHTswUAvGd6TRp5HGMgvFLH522qZjmOu5FmGEwqVtitY8UTpncpPe-DpQXH3nLECOnGGurDxO6V8H0qhMgST0Sf1x5fR6zTxPw6Mb2zuNbKUDoZPImXEGByeJSG6hjvcUDzMaCbR/w300-h400/IMG_7255.HEIC" width="300" /></a><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;">(Yes, he turned 17 this August, but with the pandemic, he never felt the need to do Driver's Ed until now.</span><i style="text-align: left;"> Annelise is getting hers on time on Monday. Shhhhh... :-P</i><span style="text-align: left;">)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I donated blood & turned 43 with bubble tea!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbxFBR27jSNx28BllCi_pEa85zXmgfBmJ2Ua5qWof-mOof8Z5QGrfLVcqV86kCPpl9jQKrL9DLe9fLtnciH-2aQ93WnO83YBI_7qWPPaIN9awdyn4CSnTbKkKMkznlQYJMd53j31u7PMW/s4032/IMG_7245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbxFBR27jSNx28BllCi_pEa85zXmgfBmJ2Ua5qWof-mOof8Z5QGrfLVcqV86kCPpl9jQKrL9DLe9fLtnciH-2aQ93WnO83YBI_7qWPPaIN9awdyn4CSnTbKkKMkznlQYJMd53j31u7PMW/w400-h300/IMG_7245.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiLVkcaHqIfwzeTZ6UEu_24YkGlIrfhRQVAZ4n9BYgvGhpg24ABL4Awl2z9P4kv0HeGzSF82L_5HJtumXpcV2jdFIMdbKpxsPmAk6t3I0Us1t1WYXuO_jsBbxSaP83y7iPtqd8czrp8JS/s2965/IMG_7287.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2965" data-original-width="2965" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiLVkcaHqIfwzeTZ6UEu_24YkGlIrfhRQVAZ4n9BYgvGhpg24ABL4Awl2z9P4kv0HeGzSF82L_5HJtumXpcV2jdFIMdbKpxsPmAk6t3I0Us1t1WYXuO_jsBbxSaP83y7iPtqd8czrp8JS/w400-h400/IMG_7287.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I also offered <a href="https://www.facebook.com/532827577/videos/365296055114264/" target="_blank">this yoga flow</a> in honor of my birthday & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/296420031472316" target="_blank">StudioSmile</a>'s first anniversary! This is a perfect little sequence to do ANY TIME you need a mind/body break or reset! First thing in the morning, on a work break, before bed, etc. ENJOY!!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="507" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsusieblake%2Fvideos%2F365296055114264%2F&width=400&show_text=false&height=507&appId" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="400"></iframe></div><br />August has already brought Will's 17th birthday <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(pics soon!)</span></i> and will bring the start of his Varsity season of football (practices start Monday) & back to school in-person for the first time fully in 18 months on the 18th. The pace of life is picking up, again, quickly, but even though we're all vaccinated, we're still very cautious of this Delta surge. Praying protection, common sense, compassion, & selflessness over everyone...</div></span></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463787787734274605.post-38717277939637416942021-07-06T18:22:00.000-05:002021-07-06T18:22:24.874-05:00Pics: Port Aransas + Quinceañera<p _msthash="347376" _msttexthash="33118709"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span _msthash="347377" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="1664221" style="font-family: inherit;"><span _msthash="347380" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="1664221">My mom blessed us with a visit to Port Aransas, Texas:</span><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-f_28e8UVGRspONWZxjF3yGusDMOGq5LohB6UTyihBd9jgmtQP7pdvEM-YJOifSZdl-S2Rjmfaw44peXujDNs3Cy8omqqQicaOoQaweL2gUW1goD4PiQLvQTyy5mz504WmtqE69_ChGmZ/s4032/IMG_6727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; 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But we only got one photo booth snap & one family pic at the end of the night:</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0VYahZZx5KCRhQ2n8WXOxCkpp4qF7rkklElC9K-zlXcjgQQ7obnmPyGaNeGJz8IO9nUxJaE9baqtfkaqy2RUUGk8A1g0KxQzj552MMKqkwFSGpAUm4o3B97UZRsMGaeiESHt59hXC4Lp/s3712/IMG_7061.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="3712" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0VYahZZx5KCRhQ2n8WXOxCkpp4qF7rkklElC9K-zlXcjgQQ7obnmPyGaNeGJz8IO9nUxJaE9baqtfkaqy2RUUGk8A1g0KxQzj552MMKqkwFSGpAUm4o3B97UZRsMGaeiESHt59hXC4Lp/w400-h319/IMG_7061.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi79s1Bvu5Ql_zVoA94NIn2uUFS1qQYrNjcILstZFokF1A_rHucO-M9DtsTPq7YK-FZuLTVzEVDPDVdQt4Q0ikzSP61iRliE5kjRE33ZlEu8_N0Yb01WRPN126YerOMmv0alIpLqNmrl4/s900/IMG_7051.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi79s1Bvu5Ql_zVoA94NIn2uUFS1qQYrNjcILstZFokF1A_rHucO-M9DtsTPq7YK-FZuLTVzEVDPDVdQt4Q0ikzSP61iRliE5kjRE33ZlEu8_N0Yb01WRPN126YerOMmv0alIpLqNmrl4/w266-h400/IMG_7051.HEIC" width="266" /></span></a></div><p></p><p></p></div>Sueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243305272094984600noreply@blogger.com1