tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55491835561120084352024-03-05T07:57:09.434-06:00Brewer BunchBrewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-83375835231064117392012-12-18T15:32:00.000-06:002012-12-18T15:32:04.325-06:00Just save the cake top!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1ETdDXFFYoAaMI9yVIllzZSo-qqzP4efSAFPTWmO5wJNvRrFI6sljhmOPbM1wZx7yUSMp_-cdziO6PBi8MgXEHp3y3lUNFjUHb2wnc1-O_g7Q5sqiCURxe_bwbfyqF7PRUWFhfXJVetJ/s1600/sc000c2ae001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1ETdDXFFYoAaMI9yVIllzZSo-qqzP4efSAFPTWmO5wJNvRrFI6sljhmOPbM1wZx7yUSMp_-cdziO6PBi8MgXEHp3y3lUNFjUHb2wnc1-O_g7Q5sqiCURxe_bwbfyqF7PRUWFhfXJVetJ/s320/sc000c2ae001.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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Happy Anniversary! December 18, 1999... so many moons ago.</div>
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13 years of <strike>wedded bliss</strike>, er <strike>unending happy times,</strike> umm, an <strike>endless array of riding off into the sunset</strike>...<br />
fun times, hard times,<br />
great times, yucky times,<br />
laughing times, crying times,<br />
best friend times, and silent treatment times. <br />
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And as we mark the 13th year of our together forever, I can honestly say that my sweet husband is truly one of my favorite human beings. really.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Sometimes I see him doing something with the kids</span><span class="Apple-style-span">, or fixing something around the house, or diagnosing some funky skin issue by looking at a picture that a friend has texted over (which he usually can do within about .5 seconds in looking at the picture... amazing on a whole new level, as they all just look red and rashy to me!), and I take a step back and think, "wow!" as in, "wow - he really is one of the most amazing people I have ever met, he is so cool on so many levels, and I get to be lucky enough to grab onto him and enjoy the ride!" </span><br />
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He really is my everything.<br />
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Plus, he's really HOT!! </div>
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I mean, really, how can you not love a man who can make a rain-drop sound with his mouth??</div>
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An not only wear a baby wrap, </div>
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but truly EMBRACE the baby wrap</div>
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no, I mean REALLY embrace the wrap</div>
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and love the baby inside!</div>
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He really is the most incredible husband<br />
father<br />
doctor<br />
bishopric counselor<br />
friend<br />
tickle monster<br />
kids first date taker<br />
wrestling master<br />
chess operator<br />
present wrapper<br />
Gourmet cooker<br />
Creme brulee maker<br />
Skiier<br />
(lift-almost master ;) )<br />
teacher<br />
trainer<br />
tear wiper<br />
builder<br />
pine-wood-derby car crafter<br />
trip planner<br />
detailer<br />
hug giver<br />
omelet maker<br />
and so many more-er!<br />
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Which is why, every year on our anniversary,<br />
I pay homage to the one wish that he had at our wedding reception.<br />
Really, he was so wonderful in the 'go with the flow' attitude of agreeing to what I would like to have at the wedding. <br />
The whole time, his one and only wish was to make SURE that we saved the top of the wedding cake.<br />
He has visions of snuggling up together on our first anniversary, with the traditional eating of the wedding cake top.<br />
I have no doubt that he had the whole evening already planned out for us even before our reception was finished!<br />
So we left the cake in my parents freezer, and moved across the country.<br />
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And truth be told, I completely forgot about said wish<br />
Until the time drew close for our first anniversary<br />
and he sweetly reminded me about his one wish, to eat our wedding cake on our anniversary.<br />
So I decided on our meager budget that it would be worth having it cold shipped from our parents house to us.<br />
And I called my mom to make the arrangements,<br />
only to be told that many months prior the freezer has broken<br />
and everything in said freezer had perished.<br />
EVERYTHING<br />
yep - the ever-wished for cake top<br />
gone.<br />
GONE.<br />
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You may as well have told me I had just lost a limb.<br />
How would I break it to my dear, sweet, ever so tender, yet, ever-expectant of his one wedding wish hubby??!<br />
Would we even make it to a second anniversary when the news was shared??!<br />
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It was with much trepidation that I <strike>slaved over</strike> dumped out a cake mix and made a new cake,<br />
Which was presented to him on our first anniversary with the words,<br />
"A New Cake for a New Year"<br />
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And much to my amazement,<br />
but not really surprise,<br />
we ended up having a good laugh over it.<br />
And ate the new (read: fresh/non-freezer-burned!) cake,<br />
a new tradition was born.<br />
And had been followed each year with a new rendition of "the cake top" cake.<br />
Some years, fast and furious.<br />
Other years, decadent and decorated.<br />
But every year we mark the completion of yet another year of marriage<br />
and the beginning of another adventure together<br />
With the eating of the cake top.<br />
New<br />
Fresh,<br />
and full of fun possibilities of great, adventurous flavors.<br />
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Which, after all, is the mark of each anniversary, right?!<br />
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY!<br />
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Here's to another new cake,<br />
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and another new year full of fun and adventure!</div>
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Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-46179161900501035502012-12-03T12:05:00.001-06:002012-12-03T12:05:05.034-06:00Welcome Welcome, Little Adam Introducing our newest Brewer Babe...<br />
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Adam Walter Brewer<br />
Born: November 9, 2012<br />
Stats: 7 lb 15 oz 20 3/4 inches long<br />
Birth Story... quite hilarious, and daddy got redeemed after not believing mom was in labor with last baby... he had to convince me to go into the hospital (sitting in the parking lot telling him I was going to get sent home, and I was even embarrassed to take my bags in... trying to talk him into going shopping at Kohls!)... finally go in - at a 5, then 15 min later at a 9 - to which he lovingly whispered in my ear, "aren't you glad we aren't in a dressing room??!"<br />
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And just a short while later, little Adam made his grand entrance into the world...<br />
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So small and snuggly!</div>
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Jerry's department photographer came in and took to shots of Adam - she did an amazing job! He was less than 24 hours old in these shots!</div>
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Daddy's first snuggle with Adam</div>
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Ben couldn't get enough of Adam (and still is the first one in our room in the morning to hold him!)</div>
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Elizabeth loves her new 'living doll'!</div>
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The ever-expanding crew :)</div>
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Adam in all his BYU glory</div>
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From a great photo shoot with ubber talented photographer friend, Jolene Reed :)</div>
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Welcome to the world, Adam - We sure do love you!!</div>
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Long live squiggly shapes in the grass :)Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-38969521196274356702012-07-15T19:25:00.004-05:002012-07-15T19:25:46.786-05:00Boys, boys, boysIt seems like ever since I have learned that we are having a boy, I have been acutely aware of the decibel difference between the genders. <div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Wait, What??! PARK playing?? In Minnesota?? In JANUARY??!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4n71J1uVzXor7Uke0NHSn81p7dzCMkTXgyJIA0o30Psdm_C0n-ArHBYFV8-noX9PE_UBON826NaY5zGjdGedSdb-leUIsPd4u9wDhafoaZFsGZ2Kjipz2QtTWyS8hnHNDXkwPAdthkK0/s1600/IMG_1659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4n71J1uVzXor7Uke0NHSn81p7dzCMkTXgyJIA0o30Psdm_C0n-ArHBYFV8-noX9PE_UBON826NaY5zGjdGedSdb-leUIsPd4u9wDhafoaZFsGZ2Kjipz2QtTWyS8hnHNDXkwPAdthkK0/s320/IMG_1659.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><br />
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We have had quite the random winter around these parts... not a lick of snow until just a few days ago. In fact, just last Monday we were outside, in short sleeves, playing at the park! Jerry is so sad that he hasn't had his normal snow-blowing bonding time. I have even found myself with a little wistful snow longing myself... but mine is for purely selfish reason - I just want a big blizzard to be able to have a snow day and snuggle up inside with some hot chocolate and a good book :)Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-15529533304310384422011-10-19T20:25:00.002-05:002011-10-19T20:40:06.463-05:00If you envision it...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and rent a uhaul to get it yourself,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSvt6sdemc-BzmkHWmfXE40CU110V-gHjkG3q6ZadEDGsx_pGIlzRimL3bIF9wKEzHjkEJBpw30LjKCRrc29zDmFn9lguzXiyG94cOpsLYi0EP-ifZxFBvqtVtabPQ9gjglyfTXa7OLM/s1600/IMG_5738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSvt6sdemc-BzmkHWmfXE40CU110V-gHjkG3q6ZadEDGsx_pGIlzRimL3bIF9wKEzHjkEJBpw30LjKCRrc29zDmFn9lguzXiyG94cOpsLYi0EP-ifZxFBvqtVtabPQ9gjglyfTXa7OLM/s320/IMG_5738.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and get a little antsy yourself...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSBc52O1-g6tZrK7_2SDzzuripdEHXySfb7MtytVC5_ZGsLaXFsKXixiFBkXf2EgQqwbc8Nj2E6losJ1sQ5xhmKc-Des0SyGzKaT4wmEteZDTAZOmRCN6j32Pnyj9execqLGjoyMf8Uk/s1600/IMG_5745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSBc52O1-g6tZrK7_2SDzzuripdEHXySfb7MtytVC5_ZGsLaXFsKXixiFBkXf2EgQqwbc8Nj2E6losJ1sQ5xhmKc-Des0SyGzKaT4wmEteZDTAZOmRCN6j32Pnyj9execqLGjoyMf8Uk/s320/IMG_5745.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and play!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZQF9uHK4_lykpkWKeT8CL3HAYv79NFv5F5DSryCjttDafFP0dmGwMVuQWknZwo7yiulaf_FZQx6-8dPy0QZKFN7ytdzBBmW8_DDGqqAuMhh7IzCBwMKox0vA5DNqvFSmf0LncY-vj8s/s1600/play+set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZQF9uHK4_lykpkWKeT8CL3HAYv79NFv5F5DSryCjttDafFP0dmGwMVuQWknZwo7yiulaf_FZQx6-8dPy0QZKFN7ytdzBBmW8_DDGqqAuMhh7IzCBwMKox0vA5DNqvFSmf0LncY-vj8s/s320/play+set.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-90071899856694116412011-09-05T23:24:00.002-05:002011-09-05T23:24:57.083-05:00ahh the sights of fall...but I'm a little too lazy to re-write it, so here's the link :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">sprinkler tramp-jumping... a summer tradition :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELSyMVt5MrbRWgq6LGYeS00BpnMv8qbr9C3MXdSi_VBX0iU_9AcZsEhi6Bd0unRDX-quovL7fGDgwAycYGpGYoh1NlVHI6axZG9QLHVmWwTX88stkg3X2kyuMHHJuhLr5kipVTDuYGqI/s1600/IMG_5332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELSyMVt5MrbRWgq6LGYeS00BpnMv8qbr9C3MXdSi_VBX0iU_9AcZsEhi6Bd0unRDX-quovL7fGDgwAycYGpGYoh1NlVHI6axZG9QLHVmWwTX88stkg3X2kyuMHHJuhLr5kipVTDuYGqI/s320/IMG_5332.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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... except for the parts that get blocked out from the sunscreen<br />
(gotta keep Mr. Derm happy :) ).Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-74261050700088643442011-07-22T13:27:00.000-05:002011-07-22T13:27:03.199-05:00Oh what do you do in the summer time, when all the world is...WET??<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Do you jump on the tramp?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9TaXDRBNxVRpzyq0zY4bruVdmeNFWyTV2mgNnK3cTAxtcWhU-EZ25REYJDpA5SwwuOIjPAxNLU4YIFdeE0q2g1bgsKtXVeukQ28DOBBGXIWQ9S2wHw205VoizEPw4xOrH2AnXgGf5e0/s1600/IMG_5183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9TaXDRBNxVRpzyq0zY4bruVdmeNFWyTV2mgNnK3cTAxtcWhU-EZ25REYJDpA5SwwuOIjPAxNLU4YIFdeE0q2g1bgsKtXVeukQ28DOBBGXIWQ9S2wHw205VoizEPw4xOrH2AnXgGf5e0/s320/IMG_5183.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> ... or make bombs out of bags...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Or lay in the stream going by??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_snauxkWk8DBIFISMlXFif3hG7jY7h9bJxyYwgMdehiMgv5N0ptRCoaKHUstfLcMqjiIBX11PJi-QubCzFQWewRZ5q6KouVHAPbI0Mqv8O6p5gafXTs0joGlXAVBCvFdzYmXrvqfAVA/s1600/IMG_5189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_snauxkWk8DBIFISMlXFif3hG7jY7h9bJxyYwgMdehiMgv5N0ptRCoaKHUstfLcMqjiIBX11PJi-QubCzFQWewRZ5q6KouVHAPbI0Mqv8O6p5gafXTs0joGlXAVBCvFdzYmXrvqfAVA/s320/IMG_5189.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Is that what you do??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7q75mXwptgRrKioJCoBDKtU7w0RmImzAhaK5s-O2cW40Ch8_Edhc-D-ynuA510pj36hHOKWz8kQTbUebiLmfKNNuYZ7kQPXqgZZGNF7cosq8AkMoPOoGTqADVJUVWf1PTDVKteFsWB8k/s1600/IMG_5191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7q75mXwptgRrKioJCoBDKtU7w0RmImzAhaK5s-O2cW40Ch8_Edhc-D-ynuA510pj36hHOKWz8kQTbUebiLmfKNNuYZ7kQPXqgZZGNF7cosq8AkMoPOoGTqADVJUVWf1PTDVKteFsWB8k/s320/IMG_5191.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So do I......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">... or bike...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAICZW1KHU39f9ziMniJLG0uioWccIA6bZyqX51gfhsvvoofKxsLcxD8fRCW1B-Eyr37yTOSvVuqYCo9sfZjppTv0cPGmzvg-KRjBjcISKMFhJRUGHMkpaFLNEXRpay0l_Fj4T72IakQ/s1600/IMG_5192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAICZW1KHU39f9ziMniJLG0uioWccIA6bZyqX51gfhsvvoofKxsLcxD8fRCW1B-Eyr37yTOSvVuqYCo9sfZjppTv0cPGmzvg-KRjBjcISKMFhJRUGHMkpaFLNEXRpay0l_Fj4T72IakQ/s320/IMG_5192.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">... or maybe even shoot some hoops :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J_VnY2NcOwDgcWA_94AR7BvzQmEXkEOPBoloCcD6ucWASgSJjvsLs70aHuCI2UTjpwkW9fJn4VbtFRL41gN5I8Famic0xlwGxa7yoo-Vzy08SvZBEvdJ5JWZS3_ExAR8plsyqgEty50/s1600/IMG_5194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J_VnY2NcOwDgcWA_94AR7BvzQmEXkEOPBoloCcD6ucWASgSJjvsLs70aHuCI2UTjpwkW9fJn4VbtFRL41gN5I8Famic0xlwGxa7yoo-Vzy08SvZBEvdJ5JWZS3_ExAR8plsyqgEty50/s320/IMG_5194.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Yes, we had a spell where it was absolutely pouring rain around these parts for a few days in a row. Not to be ones to sit by the window and wait for it to pass, the kiddos donned their 'gear' (layers of soon-to-be-soaking clothes) and rushed into the torrents with gleeful shouts of joy.<br />
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Nope, no summer storm is gonna get us down :)Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-38606426216094173362011-07-10T20:32:00.000-05:002011-07-10T20:32:04.270-05:00And they went "bleck bleck bleck" all the way homeNote to self:<br />
Do not fly across the country, then drive back. Somehow that drive back will seem like it takes fooorrreeevvveeerrr. <br />
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Let me back up a bit...<br />
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Normally when we do the cross country trips, we load all the kiddos up, pack enough food for an army, hop in the car and a short 2 day jaunt later, we come crawling into one of our relatives houses. It's the routine, we know it, we deal with it.<br />
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This time, since we got to 'borrow' my parents suburban while they skip the country for the next three years, we came up with the *brilliant* plan to fly out to Utah, then drive the Suburban back. <br />
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Again, the first time we have done the full family cross country flight. We were all pretty much in awe at the fact that we got on the plane at breakfast time, and by lunch we had landed in Utah. It was amazing!!<br />
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... fast forward 2 1/2 weeks (and a bundle of mini-road trips between Utah and Idaho) (pictures to come... when I can get my act together, that is!), we loaded up the troops, and started the journey home. By lunch time we were... well... not very far along. <br />
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Add to that 2 throw up sessions on day one, and two more on day two, and the car ride seemed infinitely longer.<br />
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We did make it home, kinda sorta in one peace.<br />
... and even made it before midnight (10:46 to be exact)! <br />
... about which, after unloaded everything, Jerry took the kids out to 'celebrate' by lighting a few fireworks.<br />
... did I mention it was just before midnight?!<br />
... and all of our neighbors were asleep?!<br />
... yep, we threw ourselves our own 'welcome home' shebang...<br />
Don't you wish you lived next door to us now??Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-56523619884681548742011-06-06T21:43:00.002-05:002011-06-06T21:43:17.469-05:00The Waiting game...<a href="http://foodmoodmotherhood.wordpress.com/">http://foodmoodmotherhood.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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... because I'm just too lazy to write it all over again :)Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-281436194883475282011-05-18T21:48:00.000-05:002011-05-18T21:48:16.674-05:00Random Family Shots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPt_2Sr-gofiX6JFStSVe1rD93oeuxM_eK9icJQmnpDTUEBci0WEY0kKDpwsweY3AU4vMVis_Li8e3lmGNwMF997apjFxdGrvRbL7tTeI7nwFFzf0mkKiGFHk6x4_-rDNdPVmvUFo_xQ/s1600/IMG_6405e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPt_2Sr-gofiX6JFStSVe1rD93oeuxM_eK9icJQmnpDTUEBci0WEY0kKDpwsweY3AU4vMVis_Li8e3lmGNwMF997apjFxdGrvRbL7tTeI7nwFFzf0mkKiGFHk6x4_-rDNdPVmvUFo_xQ/s320/IMG_6405e.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Really...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY665Kh5ewow9ZY-QId2LvDqCbje1e3YQy0QjjSiEtIBiXUF1CPa0Tqz6Nh2vzo9-0uRHe_cPvDtLTs26Pjc80Z6eP5N-YV6M-fDqpvIEw_iwUGRNjS45D-qXzxR8V7J6L5Gu2-yNYc0/s1600/IMG_5003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY665Kh5ewow9ZY-QId2LvDqCbje1e3YQy0QjjSiEtIBiXUF1CPa0Tqz6Nh2vzo9-0uRHe_cPvDtLTs26Pjc80Z6eP5N-YV6M-fDqpvIEw_iwUGRNjS45D-qXzxR8V7J6L5Gu2-yNYc0/s320/IMG_5003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Loves the Tubby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg612NSBxQRCkmKidX35ufVbi8sz72a3lAkRzWmi4Ujl4Tkuem8WmKKinLwLUJvgeydsAdIM5UTwVy9HjwteXf68QIEMydHlfWSK6f1lSVPnzRisADzfAuUzbmlfN03uJf7jMWnFGLZZhA/s1600/GetAttachment.aspx.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg612NSBxQRCkmKidX35ufVbi8sz72a3lAkRzWmi4Ujl4Tkuem8WmKKinLwLUJvgeydsAdIM5UTwVy9HjwteXf68QIEMydHlfWSK6f1lSVPnzRisADzfAuUzbmlfN03uJf7jMWnFGLZZhA/s1600/GetAttachment.aspx.jpeg" /></a></div>Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-71765159510773829762011-05-10T17:04:00.000-05:002011-05-10T17:04:15.717-05:00Love this girl...and am completely in awe of her <a href="http://darrenandrobin.blogspot.com/2011/05/blood-sweat-and-tears.html">determination</a><br />
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You GO girl!!Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-63849350315228289352011-05-09T00:40:00.000-05:002011-05-09T00:40:52.160-05:00Happy Mother's Day!This is a post I have been struggling with all day. <br />
How do you sum up the woman who epitomizes Motherhood<br />
In just one blog post?<br />
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I attempted it once:<br />
http://jerryandjen.blogspot.com/2010/10/hand-me-down-mommy.html<br />
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But even that doesn't do justice to this wonderful woman<br />
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Who found this amazing man:<br />
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tied the knot (almost 50 years ago!):<br />
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and not only gave me life,<br />
but taught me how to live it.<br />
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Mom, I love you!<br />
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Happy Mothers Day!Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-28075520498804564692011-05-04T09:22:00.001-05:002011-05-04T12:11:28.354-05:00Called to Serve...and serve...<br />
and serve...<br />
and serve...<br />
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That about sums up my mom and dad. Here is a synopsis of their latest adventure:<br />
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</div><div style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Sure will miss you mom and dad! But I know you will do great!!</div>Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-62754844496943228742011-04-30T17:25:00.000-05:002011-04-30T20:17:01.862-05:00My new little experimentSo, in an effort to get things ready with my book and education week presentations, I am entering the 20th century and getting a web site. Along with that web site, I am starting yet another blog... dedicated to the specific topics of food, mood, and motherhood. <br />
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I haven't launched anything official yet, but here are some of the first posts...<br />
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http://foodmoodmotherhood.blogspot.com/Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-81794247933551595612011-04-14T19:43:00.000-05:002011-04-30T20:17:23.705-05:00Tender Mercies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Yes, you saw that right. <br />
A street sweeper.<br />
My Today Tender Mercy.<br />
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Let me explain...<br />
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A few days ago I was on my way home from an early morning workout, and it was still dark as I was driving up the hill to our house. Suddenly, something jumped out in front of me, and before I could even react, I felt the stomach dropping thump-bump, thump-bump. Of the tires over some poor, unsuspecting animal.<br />
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As soon as Jerry woke up, my first words were, "Honey, I hit an animal! I don't know if it was someone's sweet life-long pet cat, or some sweet baby bunnies' mother! I don't know if it died, or is now maimed for life!"<br />
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Okay... now many of you are thinking how cheesy this is, but hey, it's me - and my middle name could just have easily been 'guilty'. If there is something to feel guilty about - I will find it and relish it until a myriad of ulcers come to complete fruition :).<br />
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... and it didn't help much that a few minutes after Jerry left for work, I received this picture via text:<br />
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... ummm, not really helping, honey!<br />
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so for the next few days, every time I drove down and up the hill, I was faced with the stark reminder of my mistake. <br />
wondering if I should go out and scoop it up?<br />
should I get some bunny food and go scour the woods for hungry little baby bunnies waiting for their mom to return with breakfast??<br />
or just see it and feel guilty all over again.<br />
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... then it happened.<br />
in the afternoon, I happened to be looking out my window, and saw a street sweeper emerge on top of the hill.<br />
and just like that,<br />
It was gone. <br />
Clean.<br />
Removed forever.<br />
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Again, I know super cheesy example, but for whatever reason I felt so incredibly grateful for street sweepers.<br />
who swoop in and clean up my messes.<br />
and make my driving path whole again.<br />
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Tender Mercies come in all shapes and sizes.<br />
and today, mine came with a swooshing brush.Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-22574536045008071192011-04-07T23:13:00.000-05:002011-04-30T20:17:34.767-05:00I WANT to share pictures...Really, I do...<br />
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I mean, I took about a bazillion.<br />
And then took a few more.<br />
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And that was just of Iguasu Falls...<br />
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And each time I took my eyes off the incredibly breathtaking scenery<br />
To glance at the technologically engineered rendition of the view,<br />
I found myself extremely disappointed and frustrated.<br />
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So I finally stopped trying to capture it on film.<br />
And tried to stare as long as possible<br />
To just capture it in my mind.<br />
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And hopefully never forget how majestic it was<br />
And how incredibly small I felt<br />
And how in awe I became.<br />
And couldn't even put it into words...<br />
I would just have to look at it,<br />
and then look at my husband<br />
and pinch myself to remember that I was actually fully awake and alert<br />
And standing in this part of heaven on earth<br />
Next to my best friend in the world<br />
And life was about as complete as it could be<br />
(minus our 5 kids who happened to be a continent away at the moment...<br />
and who would have probably caused me many heart attacks<br />
as they wandered a little too far out on the many 'not quite up to U.S. codes' board walks<br />
...that went literally out to the very drop off point at the top of the waterfall<br />
Or in the boat at the bottom,<br />
where the driver drove right under the waterfall, so I was sitting literally at the exact base of the waterfall...<br />
getting my own 'little' Iguasu waterfall shower)<br />
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Yep.<br />
Breathtaking<br />
Amazing<br />
Indescribably<br />
Uncapturable<br />
Inspirational<br />
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Iguasu Falls.<br />
Worth every minute of 5 different plane rides to behold.Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-89080552315444166262011-03-18T22:22:00.001-05:002011-04-30T20:17:44.959-05:00My Grass Half Full Guy...One day, when we were walking into the Y<br />
In the frigid cold<br />
While the rest of the world was blossoming<br />
And I was cursing our tundra land still well covered in snow<br />
Ben ran ahead and turned around with a huge smile on his face,<br />
and exclaimed, "Mom, Look! Grass!!"<br />
and he was standing in the one strip in all of minnesota that actually had unearthed some real ground.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and that pretty much describes my boy - </div><div style="text-align: center;">always looking on the bright side of life</div><div style="text-align: center;">very quiet, but very positive.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know that he was sent to earth specifically for me...</div><div style="text-align: center;">to help me see the bright side of life</div><div style="text-align: center;">when I tend to get down in the dumps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDIyls_LBDegpMNc93ujP8_Q0JG5EJCJaNEFGlJjWOxF7U7vcHA9DQSuNp9S-FV5uLVz4U4ftwpOwHQhDxjvkIXVKA_Eucb61cEH8CPZllNSh1IoO5xaRcGkNtj3zKNB0H7erp-fOHEo/s1600/IMG_4776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDIyls_LBDegpMNc93ujP8_Q0JG5EJCJaNEFGlJjWOxF7U7vcHA9DQSuNp9S-FV5uLVz4U4ftwpOwHQhDxjvkIXVKA_Eucb61cEH8CPZllNSh1IoO5xaRcGkNtj3zKNB0H7erp-fOHEo/s320/IMG_4776.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Sure do love this <not little="" so=""> guy!</not></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedwJ9hAOFXo0BDnlRu90T-Ihj38-BBZdl_H9dI256AD0E0RjVtlKUxuvHdLn6suYdIReks-PweqwQ1Xz4qQZdjS6cYbgOZOMP4S0lYxoCL_ovPOWHjfup4CQ1vlqH6VoFEQn1J25vvIY/s1600/IMG_0645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedwJ9hAOFXo0BDnlRu90T-Ihj38-BBZdl_H9dI256AD0E0RjVtlKUxuvHdLn6suYdIReks-PweqwQ1Xz4qQZdjS6cYbgOZOMP4S0lYxoCL_ovPOWHjfup4CQ1vlqH6VoFEQn1J25vvIY/s320/IMG_0645.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (no, this is not trick photography, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and no, the girl next to him is not a midget... she is actually a 'normal' sized kindergartner... </div><div style="text-align: center;">he really <i>is</i> that tall.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And to celebrate his recent birthday, he got not one... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyPFPqDysvIa1FPwZYxKgYBnVSuHMSihnhVgUH337EIp2FWQxop4ApMWuir3SOceMJuHNF4CGgratHYZW7Gna1JKJFhCw5FZv1-ZbuxuMxXt2RgS4yCvX2AYbiXjSqygpSSKVfZ3a1Wc/s1600/IMG_4792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyPFPqDysvIa1FPwZYxKgYBnVSuHMSihnhVgUH337EIp2FWQxop4ApMWuir3SOceMJuHNF4CGgratHYZW7Gna1JKJFhCw5FZv1-ZbuxuMxXt2RgS4yCvX2AYbiXjSqygpSSKVfZ3a1Wc/s320/IMG_4792.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">but TWO ultra cool-super-fancy super hero cakes.</div><br />
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He requested a star wars cake...<br />
and I thought - darth vador... not happening<br />
storm trooper... not happening<br />
light saber - straight lines... I can do that :).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Happy Birthday Ben!!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(now <i>please</i> stop growing up so fast!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Especially on Saint Patrick's Day!!<br />
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As appropriate for the holiday, Ben picked one of his favorite books, Green Eggs and Ham...<br />
and following gramma missions tradition for as long as I can remember,<br />
The kids came to a breakfast of, yes, green eggs and ham :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... and this is about the only way you will see me drink a green smoothy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which is really our latest passion (dream cycle smoothy)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a bit of green food coloring :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe00rHWrKh88DnXluL8knA1eRt_mw1hfOtYuOiu2bhd3pfAnezmAt70zWRcyul5FujIRtFH7Vb9JJZDS2ozSsJ8tu2lh16OlpGqXTNx8gT7wosHxo7FIHTlZUvRgb__olSaOGbZJwa3_4/s1600/IMG_4880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe00rHWrKh88DnXluL8knA1eRt_mw1hfOtYuOiu2bhd3pfAnezmAt70zWRcyul5FujIRtFH7Vb9JJZDS2ozSsJ8tu2lh16OlpGqXTNx8gT7wosHxo7FIHTlZUvRgb__olSaOGbZJwa3_4/s320/IMG_4880.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy St. Patrick's Day!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-68084925275091167912011-03-13T11:05:00.000-05:002011-03-13T15:53:00.472-05:00What's wrong with this picture??!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPKCqf1MDJUKlLiT_9I19rUZpFUDO88vFfbmKz60kmP6FPvFh5tfhTIYAnbUnvJQh_JL_mVNFBsH85wZrjUXAClsDsRVqOtfOFGA1Pv8x5TTH39V2Ew4i_tTCxX-qsp6NmsuoDNmqocM/s1600/IMG_4857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPKCqf1MDJUKlLiT_9I19rUZpFUDO88vFfbmKz60kmP6FPvFh5tfhTIYAnbUnvJQh_JL_mVNFBsH85wZrjUXAClsDsRVqOtfOFGA1Pv8x5TTH39V2Ew4i_tTCxX-qsp6NmsuoDNmqocM/s320/IMG_4857.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><br />
In an effort to usher in spring, I broke out the eater decor... and it just seems wrong that there is a fire in the fireplace with all of the fun spring colors surrounding it. <br />
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To borrow a phrase from one of my friends here: I feel like I'm becoming the weather... bitter and cold!!<br />
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Please, <i>Please</i>... send in the heat lamps... I'm afraid I've forgotten what the color green looks like!Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-47280947471985607442011-03-06T21:58:00.001-06:002011-03-13T15:40:30.223-05:00Baby Steps...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was raised on the teachings of "food storage for a year"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seriously, I think I heard it from the womb... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not a general conference goes by </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that we don't hear something about food storage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I have found plenty of excuses in my adult life </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to not exactly heed the calling:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... I was a poor collage student</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(besides, didn't BYU have some deep reserve for students stashed away in some mountain vault anyway?? I felt pretty secure there..."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... then we were poor medical students</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and planning on moving soon anyway</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who wants to move thousands of pounds of wheat every few years??!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... then we were poor residents</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and were struggling to eat day to day, let alone plan out a year in advance</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(in my defense, I did try to store up some here and there...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">even tried to get a big chunk once with some extra income,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">to which hubby laid claim to some new dermatology books...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">... to which I replied that I wouldn't hesitate to burn as fuel for food in 'the famine')</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... then we made it to 'consultant status'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... and student loans started knocking on the doors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it has always been there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">deep in the recesses of my brain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nagging, tugging, warning:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GET THE FOOD STORAGE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I plugged in our numbers to the 'super duper food storage calculator' </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on our church's web site,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was a wee bit overwhelmed to see that we would need</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2100 pounds of wheat for our family</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2100 <b>pounds</b>??! Isn't that over a TON??!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and that was just in the wheat category.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... there are many more categories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year, I finally decided I needed to do <i>something</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> so I decided I would go for the blizzard storage...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as in: when a blizzard is forecast I don't want to have to leave my house for anything</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(since our last one was such a fiasco... see earlier blog post...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I got all excited,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">got couponing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">got a bunch of stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set up shelves to organize it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">having visions of standing back to a hallelujah chorus of angels...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">only to realize how little we really did have.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(cue music: whuaa, whuaa, whuaa)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQ7GirKtRZP1VSs1m6zESkIGCjYbpBY4HX3SwmB_LHRSTZFTvogIHVmL3Ip09anPeyU1PkuhFZKPLpWMzJrrWQW48pYjazRkcjvwJjoRbg2jacu2yAdE0efuN3ibFr6ntVK7x_JjypyM/s1600/IMG_4785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQ7GirKtRZP1VSs1m6zESkIGCjYbpBY4HX3SwmB_LHRSTZFTvogIHVmL3Ip09anPeyU1PkuhFZKPLpWMzJrrWQW48pYjazRkcjvwJjoRbg2jacu2yAdE0efuN3ibFr6ntVK7x_JjypyM/s320/IMG_4785.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Seriously, folks...</div><div style="text-align: center;">not a whole lot to speak of...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohJqhXCe9sQBsM97W94rtl1oM5ibKSjoEKWKELFK5bIHh6DJgeSwK21vTvCqk-guRIFCiWSmAdOaJFIU8__7N1ukAEzxpgAcF-WK6efa_euQffMdp9k8jpYJEhHREMWGtLkFFXYQIpZw/s1600/IMG_4803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohJqhXCe9sQBsM97W94rtl1oM5ibKSjoEKWKELFK5bIHh6DJgeSwK21vTvCqk-guRIFCiWSmAdOaJFIU8__7N1ukAEzxpgAcF-WK6efa_euQffMdp9k8jpYJEhHREMWGtLkFFXYQIpZw/s320/IMG_4803.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">... so in a vast effort to keep the enthusiasm, I told myself, "well, this is a great time for a 'before' picture!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I decided to document our climb into the food storage world,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one grain at a time...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And so begins our baby steps to food storage project...</div><div style="text-align: center;">adding in a new shelf...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili76W6PQvhH309qU4D-dz4kalaevqM8maWQyDyGMo8PFEXYSceuR_qsKXb9NeX8hkhxfxJomCSS6vloHkCTUB2dXL0eP3Gm8OD2QTBRf4ocEEB5gQ971VSqXdCn6B-EIrRXTD2u3dgA4/s1600/IMG_4801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili76W6PQvhH309qU4D-dz4kalaevqM8maWQyDyGMo8PFEXYSceuR_qsKXb9NeX8hkhxfxJomCSS6vloHkCTUB2dXL0eP3Gm8OD2QTBRf4ocEEB5gQ971VSqXdCn6B-EIrRXTD2u3dgA4/s320/IMG_4801.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And watching it grow bit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ7phffseZnaw4smHt5SHIiHmEmRPku1Bw_5lFwrXc9Fv8w_vFo_mkjfyrxzY0HRjrW77cwdS3YmU-TSpPyrHky9HzjBNQ8Qd-0wLa_-JUWhPxoVi6B3o5GyTOdHc4w_ca31GfzVm-fY/s1600/IMG_4800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ7phffseZnaw4smHt5SHIiHmEmRPku1Bw_5lFwrXc9Fv8w_vFo_mkjfyrxzY0HRjrW77cwdS3YmU-TSpPyrHky9HzjBNQ8Qd-0wLa_-JUWhPxoVi6B3o5GyTOdHc4w_ca31GfzVm-fY/s320/IMG_4800.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">even starting to fill these...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohJqhXCe9sQBsM97W94rtl1oM5ibKSjoEKWKELFK5bIHh6DJgeSwK21vTvCqk-guRIFCiWSmAdOaJFIU8__7N1ukAEzxpgAcF-WK6efa_euQffMdp9k8jpYJEhHREMWGtLkFFXYQIpZw/s1600/IMG_4803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohJqhXCe9sQBsM97W94rtl1oM5ibKSjoEKWKELFK5bIHh6DJgeSwK21vTvCqk-guRIFCiWSmAdOaJFIU8__7N1ukAEzxpgAcF-WK6efa_euQffMdp9k8jpYJEhHREMWGtLkFFXYQIpZw/s320/IMG_4803.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with these...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKyfEhchdOtU378sUvKlG7R9AH4SbxGhPqWaUK76zr-fBDZ13GBr4YmRXkunVziVERF1bpCKYjYWVyFEcq2Mk1l4NBZqP58zLEeKEd675PnsUEOe-alJd7m3jy7SGXbrVpxwVZVFMzHA/s1600/IMG_4846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKyfEhchdOtU378sUvKlG7R9AH4SbxGhPqWaUK76zr-fBDZ13GBr4YmRXkunVziVERF1bpCKYjYWVyFEcq2Mk1l4NBZqP58zLEeKEd675PnsUEOe-alJd7m3jy7SGXbrVpxwVZVFMzHA/s320/IMG_4846.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yes, that middle shelf is holding 50 pounds of black beans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... I feel a canning party coming on!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">baby steps, folks. baby steps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll get to the 2 TON mark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one grain at a time :)</div>Brewer Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444134987229121902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549183556112008435.post-50367445263599192182011-03-02T21:34:00.000-06:002011-03-13T15:39:38.726-05:00They may have the same birthday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">But that's about all they have in common...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">It has been a very interesting experience to raise twins</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Especially some as different in every aspect as our boy and girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">They have all of the classic differences:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">one completely outgoing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">one who I had to literally carry to the stage kicking and screaming for his first violin recital</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">... one who picks up on things very quickly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">... and one who needs plenty of repetition and practice to master some things</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Yep, same birthday,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Different everything else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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