tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45174166916538854872024-02-20T06:11:59.505-08:00The Muhlestein CrewMarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-17460045086454471872014-11-02T19:07:00.003-08:002014-11-02T19:07:52.752-08:00Introducing...Atlas Max Wells Muhlestein<br />
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Atlas was born about midway through the month and I am now posting it up. He has been a great baby and has already shown much difference in personality from his siblings. Lexi loves to bring him toys and Nicholas is proud to announce that he now has a brother, something Lexi has had that he didn't.<br />
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Atlas isn't a family name, but it is one that we liked. His name Max is after Maren's grandfather who recently passed away. Our interpretation is that Atlas means "carrier" and Max means highest, greatest, greatness etc. (as in "maximum") and so together and as a name means "carrier of greatness". We hope that he able to live up to his name, but if he turns out to look like this rendition of an ancient mythological Atlas, that would be pretty fancy too.<br />
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Nicholas has a fascination with weapons and is always wanting to battle. Here he is fighting his dragon.</div>
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Admittedly, pairing him with a dragon was inspired by one of my all time favorite statues, Saint George (who fought the dragon) by Donatello. Seeing the statue in real life was one of those jaw drop moments for me and I still want to go stare at it again some day. (I recognize using the Saint title does make it kind of sound like Santa Claus meets Malefecent.)</div>
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<br />Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890836287787493275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-48860725013546485832014-04-27T18:18:00.002-07:002014-04-27T18:21:23.527-07:00Slide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nicholas enjoys being outside occasionally, but Lexi thrives on the outdoors. She tries to live as much of her life in the backyard as she is able to manage. We decided that she needed a slide and after stalking KSL for a while and seeing how quickly the affordable playground equipment goes we decided to just build our own. This is phase one. I am considering adding another level/section or changing some of the bracing on it, but so far it has been fun for the kids and Lexi is able to get up and down by herself. My design philosophy was to keep it simple, so I other than the 4x4s I used the exact same length of 2x4 exclusively (a standard 92" stud cut in half.) The diagonal bar is a spare 2x4 I had in the garage. So far it is stable and I plan to stake it to the ground to make it a little less likely to tip.<br />
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Nicholas says: I really like my slide. Lexi can climb up the slide with me. My favorite part is the slide. We like that it has a bucket so you can lift stuff up.<br />
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Lexi says: I am excited to be a big sister. (We are expecting our third child in October.)<br />
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I like that I caught Nicholas in mid air.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890836287787493275noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-64355184660799327372014-04-01T13:21:00.004-07:002014-04-01T13:21:21.035-07:00April Fools<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I fed the kids chocolate pudding with crushed up Oreos on top and a gummy worm. This is their reaction. Both the kids eventually ended up loving the gummy worms, but neither of them ate the "dirt." </div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-20545949671280704512014-03-30T19:45:00.000-07:002014-03-30T19:45:18.315-07:00Little Highlights from the Week<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been really good about documenting our life in a couple of Shutterfly books, but I have been bad about keeping up with the blog. Here are a few highlights from this week. </div>
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On Thursday, we had a great time at Discovery Gateway. The kids loved the little scientist class on wind. The teacher let them throw glitter, leaves, streamers, etc. into the fan to see what would happen. They even got kites at the end of the class. After Discovery Gateway, we stopped at Costco for lunch and some shopping. Lexi refused to have her hot dog cut up and managed to eat half of it this way. </div>
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My little inventor. He made this creation out of the components of ladder ball.</div>
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We had a great trip to the zoo Saturday morning with my parents. The kids were more excited for the slide and the little boat at the zoo than the animals. Then we went to a McDonald's that had a play place. My kids stayed there for three hours playing. After this crazy day of fun, Lexi came home and put her pillow and blanket on the couch. She then proceeded to put herself down for a nap. WOW!</div>
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The best news of all is that for the next 4 weeks Joseph is on an easy rotation!! He is excited to spend some time with the family and actually got to go to church with us today.</div>
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I had a couple of slower weeks recently which gave us evenings and weekends together as a family. We decided to take advantage of a free Saturday and drove about 4 hours to Goblin Valley State Park. It is a very cool place which is a great area for small kids. The "goblins" are cool rock formations which the kids can climb on and are lots of fun. It is actually a really small area but when you get down inside the valley, it feels like it goes on forever. We were worried it was going to be freezing, but the weather was in the forties and clear and was just about perfect. We all got nice and dirty (especially Lexi) and had a great time. Making the trip much better was my brother Jordan, his wife Crystal, and their three children who caravaned with us down there. We had fun putting cousins together in different cars, listening to the Frozen soundtrack, and catching up on how life has been for them. It also made for lots of fun cousins pictures.</div>
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Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890836287787493275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-47527096725020817412013-12-29T20:40:00.000-08:002013-12-29T20:40:28.611-08:00Ten of My Favorite Memories from this December1. Nicholas told jokes for his talent at the Wells Christmas Eve Party. He did a great job wearing his Santa hat and his slinky eyes. We had practiced two jokes, but he choose to go with his own material. His jokes went something like this: "What do you get when you cross a girl, a shoe, a clock, and a piano?....A clockgoshoe!!!"<br />
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2. The kids loved dressing up like wise men during the Wells family nativity. Lexi especially loved all the sparkly things she got to wear. For the Muhlestein nativity they were very uncooperative but cute sheep.<br />
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3. We went to Frozen on Christmas Eve morning as a family. It was fabulous! The kids loved it, but Nicholas thought the Ice Monster was too scary.<br />
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4. Lexi got 4 pairs of shoes for Christmas and loved them all. Nicholas also got a pair of boots. True Texas children!<br />
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5. We made lots of Christmas cookies. Nicholas loved the dough much better than the cookies. We dropped them off at neighbors and took lots to the Christmas Eve Party. Nicholas called himself the "Cookie Dough Monster" and told me, "I just can't help it! I'm so attracted to the dough."<br />
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6. Jack, our Christmas elf, came and visited for the month of December. He stayed out of reach most of the month, but did get touched by Lexi one time and had to get magic sent from the North Pole. Nicholas really wanted her to get coal as punishment. In this picture, Nicholas is saying goodbye to Jack.<br />
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7. I was in charge of the decorations for the ward party. It was a lot of work and worry. I ended up wrapping every small box in our house and using them as centerpieces. The kids had fun unwrapping them later. Nicholas went up on stage with the Primary children to sing and ended up playing in the curtains. Got to love him anyway.<br />
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8. We ate Pat's BBQ for Christmas Eve dinner at the Muhlesteins.<br />
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9. I got a lot of emergency supplies, food storage, and laminating pouches for Christmas. Joseph got a ladder and a circular saw. Lexi got princess things, Minnie Mouse things, shoes, and a doll. Nicholas got a headlight, bike, flashlight, boots, new iPad games, and angry bird stuff.<br />
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10. Joseph is currently working the night shift so he made it to most Christmas events, but kept falling asleep. He is the best. We postponed our family Christmas until the evening because Joseph wouldn't make it home in time to open the gifts. Nicholas was okay with that because we promised him all the iPad time he wanted on Christmas morning and new games to keep him busy.<br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-87003492843394155272013-12-14T22:21:00.002-08:002013-12-14T22:21:48.522-08:00Nicholas' Prayer Tonight Included..."Please don't let Jack (our Elf on the Shelf) see us when we do naughty things. Please help Santa bring us lots of presents..."<br />
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At the end to the prayer, Joseph and I couldn't bring ourselves to say Amen. We had a little discussion about how it would be better to not do naughty things in the first place instead of trying to figure out ways that we can hide our actions from Jack.<br />
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Nicholas, being such a brilliant young man, has also been trying to use Jack to his advantage this Christmas season. I often hear him having quiet discussions with Jack about how Mom put him in time out or took away his games. He is trying to get me in trouble with Santa. In his mind, I'm definitely the one deserving coal this year.Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-84038487575086283902013-11-17T20:34:00.001-08:002013-11-17T20:34:32.175-08:00The Many Faces of Lexi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lexi's go to outfit is this purple princess dress, pink cowgirl princess hat, kitty binoculars, and purple sparkly shoes. She likes it for special events, sleeping, and just lounging around the house. The outfit isn't fully complete without each of these specific items. Sometimes wands, wings, and other things are added but the core of this ensemble are the above mentioned items.</div>
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Notice how she points her toe in the below picture to highlight her purple shoes. The purple shoes are the most valued piece of her outfit. Probably because Mom lets her wear them a lot more than the rest of her acessories. Beware if you remove these shoes not only will you upset this princess, but the smell is also pretty deadly.</div>
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Below are featured a few other combinations she tried before she settled on her current favorite.</div>
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<br />Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-53022765533352234992013-10-29T15:24:00.002-07:002013-10-29T15:24:36.628-07:00Official Stats from the DoctorsLexi<br />
Height: 34.96 inches (80th percentile)<br />
Weight 29 lbs 12.2 oz (84th percentile)<br />
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Nicholas<br />
Height: 41.73 inches (79th percentile)<br />
Weight: 43 lbs 3.4 oz (92th percentile)<br />
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Lexi got one shot and Nicholas got three today at the doctor. Lexi was great thanks to the big cup of milk I had ready to soothe her. Nicholas was too upset on the other hand to eat the candy I brought him. He cried for 20 minutes afterwards. He screamed all the way out of the building, "I don't like this place. It is no fun. Lets get out of her." He got lots of sympathetic smiles on the way out as we left. I bet a lot of people have these exact same feelings when it comes to the University Hospital. I bet many wish they could be as vocal about them as little Nicholas. Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-41690374956610932292013-10-26T06:55:00.003-07:002013-10-26T06:55:54.536-07:00Nicholas at 4<br />
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Teeth: First trip to the dentist on 10/10. He was shockingly good. One of the major reasons I took him was because of his crooked bottom teeth collect plaque and I couldn't get him to cooperate enough to keep them clean. I asked the dentist for advice on how to clean them. He took a closer look at them and the x-rays and found out they are fused together. The teeth have separate roots and came in separately but they grew together. It will be awesome to see what happens when they fall out.<br />
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Height: 41 inches<br />
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Favorite Shows: Curious George, Caillou, Magic School Bus<br />
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Favorite iPad Games: Space Angry Birds, Star Wars Angry Birds, Cordy, Where's My Water<br />
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Favorite Superhero: Iron Man<br />
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Favorite Book: Super Power Mix Up<br />
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Sleep/Nap Schedule: He definitely doesn't nap anymore and he is at a state where that is okay. He has quiet rest time while Lexi naps. It is in theory a time for him to play by himself down in his room with all his toys. He thinks that is a sentence worse than death to have to play all by himself, so he usually ends up watching a movie instead so I can have some sanity time. He goes down great around 8 or 8:30, usually with very minimal fighting. He does tend to get up in the middle of the night and want a buddy. He comes up pleading for a snuggle buddy to sleep with. He just HATES to be alone.<br />
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Favorite Activities: Driving his Power Wheels (especially if someone will be his "copilot"and let him drive them around), playing board games, playing iPad, cooking (he loves being my "little chef"'), playing superhero and saving others, playing with flashlights, and watching Papa play the Lombax game or any video game.<br />
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School: I am in a little preschool co-op with two of my neighbors. They have boys around the same age as Nicholas and we trade off whose house it is at. Nicholas loves going every Wednesday. We just do activities based on the letter of the day for the first hour and then the boys play for the second hour.<br />
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<li>Sure do.</li>
<li>I need a snuggle. (Come on Mom. Lets go snuggle.)</li>
<li>Fuge (It is a mixture of fat and huge. He will tell me he needs a fuge marshmallow.)</li>
<li>What's for dessert? (I can't convince him that he shouldn't get dessert every time he eats.) </li>
<li>I'm four. (He has been telling everyone he meets this important information!)</li>
<li>We are ______ buddies. (I have been his napping buddy, cough buddy, snuggle buddy, etc.)</li>
<li>Let me look at the constructions. (He confuses the words constructions and instructions.)</li>
<li>I just need a buddy. It just is no fun to play alone.</li>
<li>I'll be right back. Don't let Lexi take my stuff. </li>
<li>I just love being your little chef.</li>
<li>This is a catastrophe. (Learned this from Donald Duck. He usually hits his forehead with his hand when he says it.)</li>
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Height: 34 inches<br />
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Speaking: She isn't a talker. She has such an expressive face she doesn't need to be. She can say the following:<br />
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<li>Milk</li>
<li>Mic (Mickey)</li>
<li>Nee (Nicholas) It is so cute when we are out and about and can't find Nicholas. She will help me look for him and call out, "Nee. Neeeee. Neeeeee.""</li>
<li>Shoo (Shoe)</li>
<li>EEEES (Please)</li>
<li>Thaaann (Thank you)</li>
<li>Mama</li>
<li>No</li>
<li>More</li>
<li>Ball</li>
<li>Book</li>
<li>Me</li>
<li>Meow, Moo, Quack</li>
<li>Bye</li>
<li>Bee</li>
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Personality: You have never met anyone more determined than Lexi. She wants what she wants and there is no convincing her otherwise. I really have to be careful what battles to pick with her and make sure they are worth it because I will be battling her for the next hour to get something as simple as not wearing her princess dress at the table. She is sweet and usually pretty obedient. She helps clean up and is very task oriented. She has the most expressive face you have ever seen. Her little grumpy face melts your heart, and her happy face is hilarious. Her little tongue also starts a moving when she is really pleased. She is very independent and can entertain herself. She loves toys and has a hard time sharing at this stage. She is so cute and fun. She is the first to welcome you when you come home with a love. She loves people unless they are not letting her do what she wants. If that is the case, she shoos you away. She is also so sweet to comfort people with little pats when they are sad. She is usually a complete joy, but when she chooses not to be she is quite the handful.<br />
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Fashion Taste: She is such a girl. She loves shoes, dress up, dresses, and jewelry. She loves anything shiny, sparkly, frilly, and girly. She has a huge wardrobe that is so cute but she is SOOO PICKY she will only wear a few things. She refuses to wear things in her hair for longer than a few minutes. Then she will pull them out along with chunks of hair. <br />
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Favorite Food: Milk. She would just drink milk if she could. I've limited her to three cups a day. One in the morning, because she doesn't function until after her morning milk. One before naps and one before bed. (After a long day, she sometimes gets an extra when she is horrible to put down at night.) I never give it to her at meals anymore. She spends most of the meal trying to convince me otherwise. The other day, she went to Grandma's house and she found someone to keep refilling her cup. She was very happy when I came to pick her up. First thing she did was show me her new best friend. I love this stage when it is easy to buy their love.<br />
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Eating Habits: She is a battle at meal time. She refuses to sit in her high chair and wear a bib. She would rather eat something she found off the floor than something she found on her plate. She refuses to try things. She always wants to bring food to her crib to eat as she falls asleep. It's like she wants a small food storage in case I don't ever come back to get her. When she gets tired of what she is eating, she throws it or makes some sort of mess. The most successful way I can get her to eat is to put on a show and have her sit on my lap. She is good at eating vegetables when she actually agrees to eat. <br />
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Favorite Show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (She is kind of obsessed.)<br />
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Favorite Games: Playing in the bathtub, playing in the sink, playing with her new princess sit and ride bike, playing dress up, cooking in the play kitchen, building/stacking<br />
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Things She Hates: Riding in the shopping cart, sitting in her high chair, being held when she wants to not be, anyone who gets in her way of doing what she wants, things in her hair, changing out of her princess pjs, going to bed, and not being able to wear what she wants.<br />
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Sleeping: She still naps most days. She is really difficult to get down. She will not go to sleep until her demands are met, whether they be that she wears a specific pair of shoes to bed or takes a banana to bed with her. In her sleepy state, she becomes fixated on something and won't let it go. As soon as she gets it, you don't hear a peep out of her until around 2 or 3 in the morning. <br />
<br />Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-65598293262154047882013-07-15T20:25:00.001-07:002013-07-15T20:25:56.613-07:00Lexi: chasing 21 months and almost catching it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lexi is no longer a baby. She is starting to learn words at an increasing rate, and can be very proud of herself when she gets to say something she knows. This is her smile while she is saying "Moooooo." (Say Moo with this face and you might sound like she does when she says it.) It is easy to tell when she is tired or hungry, because it is about the only time that she fusses. The rest of the time she is playing, exploring, smiling, or finding ways to get into mischief. She is constantly showing new aspects of her personality such as her indifference to getting dirty but her great picky-ness about foods she will and won't try. She loves to crawl into tight spaces and is always happy to have Nicholas or other friends join her in her new found hide-outs. We feel so blessed to have our little princess as part of the family. We will be sad when the mullet goes away though since she makes it look so good.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890836287787493275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-77500371384882658912013-07-03T23:31:00.000-07:002013-07-03T23:31:44.143-07:00Maren's new cameraMaren has been wanting a camera a nice camera for sometime, and a pretty good deal on a refurbished Canon T3i showed up on slickdeals.net the other day and we decided it was time to jump on it. While it is primarily Maren's toy, of course I have spent lots of time playing with the new gadget in the family as well. Here are a couple of the early results, shrunk down significantly so you don't get the full resolution and after I have played with them briefly in Photoshop.<br />
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I really like this one. The lighting down in the trees at the park was just right to lighten his face and with no too hard of shadows except on the far side of his face. He also gave his best smile of the day for it. The trick was to get him excited about turning his hat around which he thought was a fun game. I was playing around with the aperature priority and got it to blur the background for me. The lens is just the kit 18-55mm lens, but it seems to be perfectly capable of getting some very nice basic shots.<br />
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We went to the firework show in South Salt Lake this evening, and so I tried shooting those. We got a cheap wired shutter remote on Ebay, and so this was shot with the camera on full manual in Bulb mode. I would hold the shutter button until I thought I had the right number of explosions, and then let go. I took a bunch since the camera was just on the tripod pointed at the sky and I didn't have to do anything but press the remote button, but most would get so much smoke that it really interfered with the fireworks. It was fun though to try to compose the shot just by timing the on and off of the shutter. I also like how you can see the last little sparks of a previous firework on the edges as well as the full trails of the others. No editing here except for shrinking it.<br />
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This one is mostly to show the Lexi picture smile. When we try to get her to smile, she will make this face for a split second before closing her eyes and looking away and shaking her head. I caught her in process of closing her eyes. It is funny, especially because when she isn't thinking about it, she actually has a very captivating smile, though she never will direct it toward a camera. I ran this one through Photoshop too real quick before shrinking it.<br />
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This is as close as I have come to catching her regular smile, though she still refused to look at the camera for even a split second. On this one and the first one of Nicholas I tried brightening their eyes in part since I thought they were too shaded, and in part just to practice doing it. I used the dodge tool in Photoshop and just size the brush to be the width of their iris so I can make a single C-shaped swipe around the pupil. I am reasonably pleased with the initial effort.<br />
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It has been fun having the day off from work with the family. I even the 4th off! But then I am back to the ER for the next 10 days, so I guess I had better enjoy it.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890836287787493275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-69925486330513887412013-06-26T21:01:00.002-07:002013-06-26T21:01:30.679-07:00Goodbye to Our First House!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We sold our house and survived the move back to Utah. Things are finally slowing down. We have almost got our new place furnished and functioning. We miss Texas, except for the heat. We love being back in Utah though. We have been busy enjoying the time Joseph had off. He is right now doing his first rotation in the ER as I type this. </div>
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Since being back, we have been visiting a lot of play places. We got the Pass of All Passes and have gone to Planet Play, Hollywood Connections, Seven Peaks, and the Fun Center in Orem. </div>
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We have been enjoying the mountains and hiking. Hiking is very different with two kids. It is like herding cats. Mainly we hike until we find water. Then the kids spend the next half an hour throwing rocks into the water.</div>
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We have bought a pass up at This is the Place Park. The kids love it. We ride the horses, play in the play village, ride the train, play on the boat, and finally pan for gold. Panning for gold is Lexi's favorite part.</div>
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We had a whirlwind trip back to Texas for Joseph graduation. He is now an official doctor!! </div>
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Lexi went to Nursery for the first time today. According to Joseph, she only cried for the first 5 or so minutes and then did well.</div>
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Teeth Count: 8<br />
Weight: ?? (We packed the scale already.)<br />
Height: 32 inches (Nicholas is 40 inches tall.)<br />
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<li>She tries really hard to jump. She bends her knees and throws up her arms, but she can't get off the ground. It is so cute.</li>
<li>If she is having troubles getting to sleep at night, she will still rest her head on your shoulder if you bounce her. She is definitely a toddler, but at that moment she still seems like a baby. I love those snuggle sessions.</li>
<li>She loves to color, especially if you give her a whole box of crayons to pick from. She also passionately loves markers, but has been banned from using them because she takes a bite out of the tip when your not watching. </li>
<li>She is so sweet at story time at the library. She loves to participate and do the hand actions when they sing the song,<i> If You Are Happy and You Know It</i>.</li>
<li>Her favorite foods are fruits, vegetables, and candy.</li>
<li>She loves powder sugar on strawberries. She squeals when we give it to her. We call powder sugar "kid crack." Both the kids are addicted to it.</li>
<li>She loves to go super high on the swing.</li>
<li>She is ADDICTED to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She loves her Mickey. She fusses every time she sees an iPad because she wants to watch Mickey on it. She likes most cartoons.</li>
<li>Bath time is a favorite activity. She mainly likes to fill up big cups of water and pour them on her belly.</li>
<li>She dislikes clothes, but will generally wear them. She doesn't like shoes and will only wear them if I insist.</li>
<li>She LOVES OUTSIDE. She is completely content wandering around outside and will find sticks and rocks to entertain herself.</li>
<li>She LOVES milk. Nothing cheers her up quicker than a cup of milk.</li>
<li>She loves blankets, especially her purple blanket.</li>
<li>She carries around her baby dolls. You know your baby is no longer a baby when she has one of her own. She always tries to give her doll sips of milk.</li>
<li>She is a wonderful sharer. She is willing to give Nicholas a piece of candy even before she eats one herself. </li>
<li>She is definitely a second child. She will watch and wait until a toy is free and then swoop in and get it. </li>
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<li>She is really behind on talking. My theory is that she doesn't crave human interaction as much as Nicholas did. (Of course, few kids crave as much constant attention as Nicholas.) She is perfectly content to entertain herself most of the time. She also doesn't have too much incentive to talk because she gets everything she wants because she is very clear with her pointing, signs, and grunts. Mainly she just will say the first sound of the word. She is good at understanding, so I hope hearing isn't the problem. If we tell her to point to objects in a picture, she will do it. She is great at following commands, but she is just taking her time with the talking. I'll start worrying about this more after we move:)</li>
<li>Words She Says: Mama, That, Milk, More, Quack, Bug, Spin, Bug, Ba (for blanket)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our big trip for spring break this year was to visit South Padre Island and some of the places in Joseph's mission. We rented a condo right on the beach with some of our good friends here in Texas, the Riries, and we all had a splendid time. We also visited the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, which Nicholas actually loved. The pictures aren't in any particular order, but do show most of the highlights. </div>
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This was the best picture I could get of Lexi and her hands behind the head approach to watching shows in the car.<br />
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Nicholas absolutely loved the cockpits you can climb into. He wouldn't look at the camera since he was so busy exploring his surroundings.<br />
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We asked Nicholas which his favorite plane was, and he chose this one. As a side story, the stairs on board are really steep. We always tried to have one of us go in front of him, but sometimes he would start first or we would forget. One time I was trailing him going down and he slipped. I had all of the emotions of a dad watching his son undergo what seemed to be certain serious harm as he started to slide step to step. Impressively, he was able to keep his head above his feet as he went down about 5 steep steps and ended up on the deck below on his feet. After a second to collect himself, he decided it was a really fun slide and got excited to try it again. Needless to say, he didn't get the chance to repeat that adventure.<br />
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The beach was gorgeous. It was overcast, but kept the temperature just about right.<br />
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While we were there, there hundreds of Portuguese Man-of-Wars that washed up on the beach. They did lots of combing to get rid of them, but they kept coming up. We didn't spend much time in the water because of them, but we were all happy to stay and play on the sand.<br />
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This is where Joseph lived while in Port Isabel. It looks about the same as it did then.<br />
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The original plaster cast used for the bronze Arlington Iwo Jima monument is in Harlingen. It was really fun to see it as I'd heard about it as a missionary but never got the chance to go by and see it.<br />
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The porch in the back leads into the apartment I had in Kingsville. It is also where my bike was stolen from. It would be nice to have it now, but alas, I got my just deserts for not locking it up.<br />
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The kids loved putting on the hats and sunglasses at a gift shop.<br />
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Happy on the beach.<br />
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Nicholas was too busy exploring to smile for the camera.<br />
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We had a fabulous time and Maren decided we should try to spend some time on the beach every year in the future. We would love it if we could pull that off.</div>
Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890836287787493275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-73527896141293824862013-03-31T20:21:00.001-07:002013-03-31T20:21:03.761-07:00Break Off Mormon Cemetery<p dir="ltr">Ever since I heard about the Lyman White group of Mormons who went to Texas after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith and that there was still a cemetery there, I have wanted to go see it. The day before the match I needed something to get my mind off of the match so we loaded up the car and it drove down to Central Texas to find it. I had already scouted out where it was on Google map and was able to drive right to it. While we were there a foreman for the ranch it was on came up and informed us it was on private property. He said that the 2 story house across the street is where the owners live and that we should stop and ask there next time. It is actually quite well maintained and we were told that most of the grave inside the stone wall were the former Mormons but that there were also quite a few other graves outside of the wall many of which were not marked. I have included several of the pictures that I took including the few graves that still had legible writing on them. If you are ever interested in going to see it we could give you directions and what encourage you to ask before going unlike what we did.</p>
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We are super excited and now super busy getting packed up and selling a house. If you know of a wonderful place to live, please let us know. I can't believe how fast things are moving now, because they have been moving so slow for the past few months. We can't wait to be by family again. Though we are excited, Joseph does want to make it clear that he will never cheer for Utah's sports teams. Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526438138576690628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517416691653885487.post-5634255604884847332013-03-03T20:25:00.000-08:002013-03-03T20:25:07.673-08:00PhotoshopThanks to my new computer, Joseph has been able to teach me a little photoshop so I can do some digital scrapbooking. Here are a few pages I have been working on. <div>
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