tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73130196175848508452024-03-19T09:48:19.138+01:00Welcome to the Krazy KingdomDani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2332125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-38916222658243677402024-03-02T01:07:00.001+01:002024-03-02T01:07:16.301+01:00Sorensen Christmas Party 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Immediately after Trek got put in as bishop of our ward at church, we rushed down to Salem, UT to put on the Sorensen Family Christmas Party (which I was in charge of this year). We had it at my aunt & uncles house because it's pretty much the only place that can hold the entire Sorensen clan in it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was fun. We did a fiesta dinner with cafe rio sweet pork, taco meat, & shredded chicken in all sorts of forms like tacos, burritos, bowls, salads, you name it. The toppings were great & the sauces were spectacular. It turned out to be a really delicious group meal together. . . & when I say together, I meant for all 100+ of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After dinner we did Gingerbread houses with all the kids which they loved. The adults just chatted while the kids got creative.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrgdcvvR7jveKvweVIDtGNcMfFbzOPU6TQoxn_bK3TBKnNfW3poGIlgpdJxfYN7G8cd9HNYMnZMi6rHiQy4moEk1fE8XSc5dyfXAEfnkpIn1ks2YQBTe5KfOJqDCfzKx45S4n7qxKwfSX76eg7zEkYxa2sSZ_8qfRF_SIedcoa4MXMIHd-FOUrre-w1M/s4032/IMG_5072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrgdcvvR7jveKvweVIDtGNcMfFbzOPU6TQoxn_bK3TBKnNfW3poGIlgpdJxfYN7G8cd9HNYMnZMi6rHiQy4moEk1fE8XSc5dyfXAEfnkpIn1ks2YQBTe5KfOJqDCfzKx45S4n7qxKwfSX76eg7zEkYxa2sSZ_8qfRF_SIedcoa4MXMIHd-FOUrre-w1M/s320/IMG_5072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThyphenhyphenn262HytQpHiSMvhiTUjyftKcIv2zOKTH4k8PfeX-sooY7rwtK7r5dcSxMxzdXLSz3euyjgbwT-2Xufcb_p7_L_TcKjoIq-FC4kxkeHac9XzuySvKjC4a4NfnpqxC0RlN1F3J0fWBgx_tSWOw34XD47O3TCNVMySXnaN2jIrWiqT6z_ErgelXZC9ik/s4032/IMG_5070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we played some reindeer games by scooping marshmallows with our "hooves" in 30 seconds.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-SyJOSROjXGhgorMklGGkoBwdYH-ttaSxuzJooUbJ8-1CSKYJHOx9VIESTtHamqtilikO7BsMgOMeGBP5hSONlaaerASgl6nAOUO9Wb5wd_F4mIflzb_aSbpe4gU9lOZH7up6xjJJmFyHi_MGxcN4H0XO8cGZRF5qlJrc_RfPbxJhPrt-rp1CLPPwvw/s4032/IMG_7285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-SyJOSROjXGhgorMklGGkoBwdYH-ttaSxuzJooUbJ8-1CSKYJHOx9VIESTtHamqtilikO7BsMgOMeGBP5hSONlaaerASgl6nAOUO9Wb5wd_F4mIflzb_aSbpe4gU9lOZH7up6xjJJmFyHi_MGxcN4H0XO8cGZRF5qlJrc_RfPbxJhPrt-rp1CLPPwvw/s320/IMG_7285.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was so much fun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKv75ONs8Y9myIqBL0yYUrKj7z0dufPhmpC7tpnhpNfGmDInrDH2wJrGv1Weg3YPP_4170d2_giC2GjB2NMZ9E1wFHXe9LE0KVUuvJI_3QaxLcx6v1YH1Y7Py8R6mTMcnpz8p7jlysBMOuyJufduFNXkdEKXP215L0VTenZtLLrlOJy271mqUxRJlNQ6E/s4032/IMG_5079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKv75ONs8Y9myIqBL0yYUrKj7z0dufPhmpC7tpnhpNfGmDInrDH2wJrGv1Weg3YPP_4170d2_giC2GjB2NMZ9E1wFHXe9LE0KVUuvJI_3QaxLcx6v1YH1Y7Py8R6mTMcnpz8p7jlysBMOuyJufduFNXkdEKXP215L0VTenZtLLrlOJy271mqUxRJlNQ6E/s320/IMG_5079.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxIJGYONMFTAnQVfoNfowS74oItzRTpKJQ45frQvA03nEzaWaJWHLIcs0LTXzy5wMD_bc3JRd-MOsiOd783nvAi8wBWkWGm2SsQ9IXb3HQCgd5KWhtEyLAmWl1hSeAyEr88fwxhv7lDgJP-5hf8PL1eeB5RRiSuPxqG2eWYmMT4rngwcPNigHObgwdH8/s4032/IMG_7290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxIJGYONMFTAnQVfoNfowS74oItzRTpKJQ45frQvA03nEzaWaJWHLIcs0LTXzy5wMD_bc3JRd-MOsiOd783nvAi8wBWkWGm2SsQ9IXb3HQCgd5KWhtEyLAmWl1hSeAyEr88fwxhv7lDgJP-5hf8PL1eeB5RRiSuPxqG2eWYmMT4rngwcPNigHObgwdH8/s320/IMG_7290.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;">Then we cleaned it all up & headed back home. Canyon was very proud of his gingerbread house.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi602CQiwSA_LrfHsqyPQKawa4fi1IU2cnmOUS2WPVVSqw1PHBt5ZQS-4ZTg3tU1wJ5IuhsuHDhI80oHxUfrv3aEwWsJIlQkhw6J0gK7kOLWom4gG3Z8bfJhcXdVYpz2rfvj6KHFOq2Phxy0xTyMv-WiaCassDzh9yu7dCRhnDoL6vFw06Qjo8Q7R0ltJg/s4032/IMG_5080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi602CQiwSA_LrfHsqyPQKawa4fi1IU2cnmOUS2WPVVSqw1PHBt5ZQS-4ZTg3tU1wJ5IuhsuHDhI80oHxUfrv3aEwWsJIlQkhw6J0gK7kOLWom4gG3Z8bfJhcXdVYpz2rfvj6KHFOq2Phxy0xTyMv-WiaCassDzh9yu7dCRhnDoL6vFw06Qjo8Q7R0ltJg/s320/IMG_5080.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhUj2MCQz7e_mLYlEr7bqpp6M1a_DNiW6FNu51arDkJdnWMM8WMPmJmJHteameKyL1Y03dvELOXnBFJL2jgLNUT8W6E-iEGzfs61JKMbzNojRIW6PcFlkL4eSxvv5SYAvZgTzb4k3btolb3tikhHJfI1M_b_w4aUDzfxQjbxrBg_JTRpMREo1__EJXVQ/s4032/IMG_7292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhUj2MCQz7e_mLYlEr7bqpp6M1a_DNiW6FNu51arDkJdnWMM8WMPmJmJHteameKyL1Y03dvELOXnBFJL2jgLNUT8W6E-iEGzfs61JKMbzNojRIW6PcFlkL4eSxvv5SYAvZgTzb4k3btolb3tikhHJfI1M_b_w4aUDzfxQjbxrBg_JTRpMREo1__EJXVQ/s320/IMG_7292.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know doing these parties is a ton of work (& yes I was pretty stressed out about it), but once it's done you realize how great it is to spend time with all your aunts & uncles & cousins. I love it so much.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-43880608181711407422024-02-27T16:35:00.001+01:002024-02-27T16:35:40.812+01:00Bishop Potter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In our church, we receive volunteer "callings" or "jobs" within our congregation or area that allow us to serve our communities, neighborhoods, & church members in different capacities. Over the years I've had many callings in the church . . . mostly working with the young women & teaching music to the children, but occasional new things like helping put on summer camps for the youth, teaching early morning seminary, & being over the adult women of the church. Trek has also held many callings in the church. Each calling has stretched us in ways we couldn't imagine resulting in lessons learned & talents developed that we are SO grateful for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In December, Trek got called to be the bishop of our new ward here in Utah. The Bishop is the leader of our whole congregation so it was a very humbling assignment for him. It's a difficult assignment. Nobody ever feels ready or good enough to be a bishop. It's a very busy calling & can weigh on you emotionally, but it's also a very rewarding calling where you can help those that cannot help themselves, help listen to those who need a listening ear, & serve everyone around you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a emotional roller coaster for both of us. I was nervous about how much time this calling would take from Trek's already busy schedule & Trek was worried that he wasn't good enough or that he had enough time needed to put into the calling. But with the Lord, all things are possible.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is going to be an amazing bishop. It will be a learning experience for him, but a blessing to so many.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoUCcqhGzRsHq3BIQRtEs9J6eFgEB52mhdVSYmJ2or8zDAyOUkzZY2hunDlH4vi4zvy2oOiO6ugW3KcPZY-bFaKJ1mFpBduBC85BrAnDyUUvgHkPovByJdgjrP9_6bQt_RKIlgrqCyEecovrcnX3JQBY0FkGdruXTpTch19Az1srjwn1mLzw4aO2iMQE/s4032/IMG_7009.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoUCcqhGzRsHq3BIQRtEs9J6eFgEB52mhdVSYmJ2or8zDAyOUkzZY2hunDlH4vi4zvy2oOiO6ugW3KcPZY-bFaKJ1mFpBduBC85BrAnDyUUvgHkPovByJdgjrP9_6bQt_RKIlgrqCyEecovrcnX3JQBY0FkGdruXTpTch19Az1srjwn1mLzw4aO2iMQE/s320/IMG_7009.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As bishop, Trek has 2 amazing counselors who will be supporting him & serving alongside with him. He picked 2 amazing men who I know will become wonderfully close friends to Trek. They are wonderful wonderful people & we are so excited to get to know them better through this calling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxmK8Vy1mR-GEya_HfM22y8DY4nfQ8AOpqZaYSdF3HIUyXof1nUc0Tb75N_pNs-ZYOob3xtVXIZ7nvPTUsI32F98bfv7kzZx_6YklSwYXxl8d8rfZ4kCKrDosz3vqNHnBI51WUaThmlbukMoglJdoNmabFO1jyoZURJGlZONMGwWFV7y6Fn9w8D_RH0M/s4032/IMG_5799.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxmK8Vy1mR-GEya_HfM22y8DY4nfQ8AOpqZaYSdF3HIUyXof1nUc0Tb75N_pNs-ZYOob3xtVXIZ7nvPTUsI32F98bfv7kzZx_6YklSwYXxl8d8rfZ4kCKrDosz3vqNHnBI51WUaThmlbukMoglJdoNmabFO1jyoZURJGlZONMGwWFV7y6Fn9w8D_RH0M/s320/IMG_5799.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkDDFoA_xbPWUA63SrVqyFgczOwN4p1stivdvXQyUhoYwVudfrLdMtes2VUkTHgMiDpvbSoUYeLZ7RjltSXtGp9h0KO34JksvzdsWHCVZdz5JV-UO0RVdZHq5QkPEnsMjvCVb6gyiO7PBXkamf67LAV-rdq1b-7NpXQehLNzSg4c5vIwZKKyjSlWPjEk/s4032/IMG_5066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkDDFoA_xbPWUA63SrVqyFgczOwN4p1stivdvXQyUhoYwVudfrLdMtes2VUkTHgMiDpvbSoUYeLZ7RjltSXtGp9h0KO34JksvzdsWHCVZdz5JV-UO0RVdZHq5QkPEnsMjvCVb6gyiO7PBXkamf67LAV-rdq1b-7NpXQehLNzSg4c5vIwZKKyjSlWPjEk/s320/IMG_5066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxSyr-hc9VG_fSGU8OKdp1OOPDGpHa0Nri_pFwz1SwmdEQQC_IPYV_UMmDhY1AEDGKBL_Q6Ae-DKUlRVmdx8xP4ulWRl4X2MKdCC7CPlGt-MUfIRcedF41j1PyzYxvvV5AHU9vZJqldT4TlMenHGqxCAfwdc243bZdDZZNaUdI6OeC0yDpMeLDXxAHZk/s4032/IMG_5065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxSyr-hc9VG_fSGU8OKdp1OOPDGpHa0Nri_pFwz1SwmdEQQC_IPYV_UMmDhY1AEDGKBL_Q6Ae-DKUlRVmdx8xP4ulWRl4X2MKdCC7CPlGt-MUfIRcedF41j1PyzYxvvV5AHU9vZJqldT4TlMenHGqxCAfwdc243bZdDZZNaUdI6OeC0yDpMeLDXxAHZk/s320/IMG_5065.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both my family & Trek's parents were able to come to church the day Trek was put in as Bishop & it was wonderful having them there to support him in this new calling. We love having our family so close.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6jnJKD9I9nAS__WGRtxeknCDKrEa8jFntprsWhfCDDHpwVYm7YuXJSe5OcokTrjjMk_pV_tXUFCEg-s38HWBetJHHjMEENhhfE80eW9j6xKCszdUuBP7hQsks8C0wiTzgLlQCJ98M69qr6I2hdO8y2da-hvVS8AhZ5GKT5YGC5_2iZc3peVxRyPMxVM/s4032/IMG_5064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6jnJKD9I9nAS__WGRtxeknCDKrEa8jFntprsWhfCDDHpwVYm7YuXJSe5OcokTrjjMk_pV_tXUFCEg-s38HWBetJHHjMEENhhfE80eW9j6xKCszdUuBP7hQsks8C0wiTzgLlQCJ98M69qr6I2hdO8y2da-hvVS8AhZ5GKT5YGC5_2iZc3peVxRyPMxVM/s320/IMG_5064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmDICr-BPk74AEj6mbJkNe6zimG-NmypVIRDXAuzPWv4ZynDqzuzIP5QDDrCp6Xla_Yj6fHL6WgcYQP_vmFNIckvOgs-49e7jKfsZ4ppkfdLWiGXXPk7HJXUcgpNRYAy3znFDVAcDmA9oOyKXTaL28hiFMyFeeNn_PtRCLzze-5dJBHal3gl6oC8l5fY/s4032/IMG_5063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmDICr-BPk74AEj6mbJkNe6zimG-NmypVIRDXAuzPWv4ZynDqzuzIP5QDDrCp6Xla_Yj6fHL6WgcYQP_vmFNIckvOgs-49e7jKfsZ4ppkfdLWiGXXPk7HJXUcgpNRYAy3znFDVAcDmA9oOyKXTaL28hiFMyFeeNn_PtRCLzze-5dJBHal3gl6oC8l5fY/s320/IMG_5063.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;">Our family is excited for this new adventure with all its ups & downs. We will be strong together to support one another & those of our community & neighborhood. It's such a wonderful area & we are happy to be here.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-87480169182705812102024-02-27T16:03:00.002+01:002024-02-27T16:03:33.223+01:00Laying Wreaths at the American Cemetery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After visiting the Orem Temple Open House, we dropped the boys off at the Veterans Cemetary in Bluffdale to lay Christmas wreaths on each gravestone there. Craiger's Civil Air Patrol Unit was in charge of the wreaths so it was a great service opportunity for them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobex1laecO9A4q4F-hAD-ptn-qmQi6WeIoT6ZnArijagHNSC506g4K45fcI4gUQppzohvf5rtLXWdD7G6MOKeq8Yw4cutvrvd_zmh-Wns8aDxIAcWRpAZ0TTYjSGgDILMZSnDz_5a7Fzxc16B3-58-TuEx-WvnwSu3CkSgWSzzpCcv7SPmCiyIUQd8OQ/s4032/IMG_5054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobex1laecO9A4q4F-hAD-ptn-qmQi6WeIoT6ZnArijagHNSC506g4K45fcI4gUQppzohvf5rtLXWdD7G6MOKeq8Yw4cutvrvd_zmh-Wns8aDxIAcWRpAZ0TTYjSGgDILMZSnDz_5a7Fzxc16B3-58-TuEx-WvnwSu3CkSgWSzzpCcv7SPmCiyIUQd8OQ/s320/IMG_5054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89y9pZxDEpiOCI_nXxIN26fDIbs6VTII7gYm92FK_JvMi6nHHSOdshx34fWX0-ujui43aRfClAHJ5tLuq3NAbTp-y9Mhc1c0Yw8ky0zcOVxybjlIJwYKq4SFQ69fdLINzDZFCX4MJBAFp6z0DN4m5YzGrhaW5CzeaBZldVAfLWBrs5wMmZ5xj8DksK64/s4032/IMG_5055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89y9pZxDEpiOCI_nXxIN26fDIbs6VTII7gYm92FK_JvMi6nHHSOdshx34fWX0-ujui43aRfClAHJ5tLuq3NAbTp-y9Mhc1c0Yw8ky0zcOVxybjlIJwYKq4SFQ69fdLINzDZFCX4MJBAFp6z0DN4m5YzGrhaW5CzeaBZldVAfLWBrs5wMmZ5xj8DksK64/s320/IMG_5055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEatsU9T3ZUcLITnGEG-5gmeaRtPY4-gMzCNLAzFfOCpSD5stZPs258RajTB2NvFURPoZK9Pcd6KrEOfedqk7rYn0haoLEBWlbnGdtihC1cNqn0jBC-VzI-VCbHoIq8qM25ePpPrtCM8alqM0caQa2AiBry6Ftus9fJRr8IFiVa1g_zFwXyET0H_xtmk/s4032/IMG_5056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEatsU9T3ZUcLITnGEG-5gmeaRtPY4-gMzCNLAzFfOCpSD5stZPs258RajTB2NvFURPoZK9Pcd6KrEOfedqk7rYn0haoLEBWlbnGdtihC1cNqn0jBC-VzI-VCbHoIq8qM25ePpPrtCM8alqM0caQa2AiBry6Ftus9fJRr8IFiVa1g_zFwXyET0H_xtmk/s320/IMG_5056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxV3nvWdtzEN5hox96U-8AXOKVx0M5whk4wLLgFwxhVXJYS38xvMrVy3j11LqZfpBxBaLCG2WcOxdvgMY0Oj8cPDEr0rzKifdgZvYmp_kz4SaX8kjT9ZtiY2SOlN9ojLrCoFhQBa1JUVV3_V1k5nYLgem_UO8lvkW2G5G2xUFUIlumE_vuCgXrQ2aRYU/s4032/IMG_5059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxV3nvWdtzEN5hox96U-8AXOKVx0M5whk4wLLgFwxhVXJYS38xvMrVy3j11LqZfpBxBaLCG2WcOxdvgMY0Oj8cPDEr0rzKifdgZvYmp_kz4SaX8kjT9ZtiY2SOlN9ojLrCoFhQBa1JUVV3_V1k5nYLgem_UO8lvkW2G5G2xUFUIlumE_vuCgXrQ2aRYU/s320/IMG_5059.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoUb70uHumAOjYsI_we3SH78y6lqtS-UdFErTbE-nVBChCM0WhCJ60-2Nw33cai4JJcbDCmakDFDGcSlashpksjeFda6HSyx0IXjTI9AsXWMBinfv_034K-EWe6GfSVa2dOKQNFF9k5Hphevz-qs1mtyPvHnEKiTW-ZJFP7Hbwpn2YXC0KktoJaN8Lug/s4032/IMG_5060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoUb70uHumAOjYsI_we3SH78y6lqtS-UdFErTbE-nVBChCM0WhCJ60-2Nw33cai4JJcbDCmakDFDGcSlashpksjeFda6HSyx0IXjTI9AsXWMBinfv_034K-EWe6GfSVa2dOKQNFF9k5Hphevz-qs1mtyPvHnEKiTW-ZJFP7Hbwpn2YXC0KktoJaN8Lug/s320/IMG_5060.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;">It was cold, but they had a lot of fun together for a good cause.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-65157582766429012862024-02-25T02:01:00.001+01:002024-02-25T02:01:58.767+01:00Orem Temple Open House<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On December 16th, we had an opportunity to go through the Orem temple open house as a family. I love temple open houses because anybody can go see inside the temple. You don't have to be a member of our church. They allow adults & children to go see it & it's wonderful to show the kids what we as adults have come to love & cherish. Trek & I go to the temple as often as we can & we want to share that love the temple with our kids so that someday they'll want to come closer to Jesus Christ by attending the temple regularly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />The Orem temple is across the street from where Lorien lives so she was EXTRA excited to go to the open house. This will be "her" temple while she's going to school at UVU.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7doh078hdE8Tn0ietFpLav4xQyxLKAEDEzIuIYHJ9EjI7VNBiYJzF134sk-AZvLkAUqlMMUD6nKapuE6XMOP_Q1xJ9cG8iUqcRfDz-1VxNvt8WHRPUkCzmrJsiDqYpZVo5xvYNVxLz-xbkxYJFES1YOVWZCKQbiWJRN4eKkny05lpiXUKDynjz-WxpBU/s4032/IMG_5036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7doh078hdE8Tn0ietFpLav4xQyxLKAEDEzIuIYHJ9EjI7VNBiYJzF134sk-AZvLkAUqlMMUD6nKapuE6XMOP_Q1xJ9cG8iUqcRfDz-1VxNvt8WHRPUkCzmrJsiDqYpZVo5xvYNVxLz-xbkxYJFES1YOVWZCKQbiWJRN4eKkny05lpiXUKDynjz-WxpBU/s320/IMG_5036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kRc71m7SSp62wHnMQWQ3R3DZQinCsbdeM0lz_BXsCcg5JSN7vNKkkG6dyUmusDZWAfjnad8JeEpzG-Jfjs5ey0EwJjGoNV4TKHCqcdqwuGtchUCKSMKoE0zXgXI1TeT_nUIeLagHYNBjbt2vR6b7e5eeTT9x1eyqpqlXySn6mHIKxafriICpijcbvPU/s4032/IMG_5038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kRc71m7SSp62wHnMQWQ3R3DZQinCsbdeM0lz_BXsCcg5JSN7vNKkkG6dyUmusDZWAfjnad8JeEpzG-Jfjs5ey0EwJjGoNV4TKHCqcdqwuGtchUCKSMKoE0zXgXI1TeT_nUIeLagHYNBjbt2vR6b7e5eeTT9x1eyqpqlXySn6mHIKxafriICpijcbvPU/s320/IMG_5038.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;">The temple was beautiful. Definitely worth seeing. I loved the beautiful chandeliers & the pastel colors inside.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw8s2WjmgP7VGF7Z_e9vYvlgzNPAul_qIzBJaTH-n28Xi6bLluvoOp57ZX6pPGRtjlwMmAS3mmcA2ayyWaRiTLb4E-OcYH5PiQUr91MphddGxVNx512IE9MJKM_zMEq5ILb_tY3Ygzsnag8IsN-QcwDpMxIEnYCn4C7L0g7WBdhAg4-ZcKV1MFKyXLXc/s4032/IMG_5044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw8s2WjmgP7VGF7Z_e9vYvlgzNPAul_qIzBJaTH-n28Xi6bLluvoOp57ZX6pPGRtjlwMmAS3mmcA2ayyWaRiTLb4E-OcYH5PiQUr91MphddGxVNx512IE9MJKM_zMEq5ILb_tY3Ygzsnag8IsN-QcwDpMxIEnYCn4C7L0g7WBdhAg4-ZcKV1MFKyXLXc/s320/IMG_5044.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3tU6RFWjJ2leO69fyI832GY8eKyIPMsa-GRNWpCKMNuRALWR8Vor7mXckkczKM6yQvmQYngpNiZZkv8sCLV9YyoVfS9ARPtizkL0q_Ny2K5mLN5IRv5nB4kqx7Th6pSrxSqbzJdkJUvLbMaOBcx-5j_yaBmceMwSYw2s0wMrYbeNjSb2oOuCZxLVrx8/s4032/IMG_5045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3tU6RFWjJ2leO69fyI832GY8eKyIPMsa-GRNWpCKMNuRALWR8Vor7mXckkczKM6yQvmQYngpNiZZkv8sCLV9YyoVfS9ARPtizkL0q_Ny2K5mLN5IRv5nB4kqx7Th6pSrxSqbzJdkJUvLbMaOBcx-5j_yaBmceMwSYw2s0wMrYbeNjSb2oOuCZxLVrx8/s320/IMG_5045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEdXHpabTfv6cY1FhEpgFMUjS8h_uazHgNJ9TJdWK7sJ19rnYKX0jjbrWj2ewURd_F8IpP94JIjKDxkE-rO9zUSrjqSQHGAa0w-H7fIhzAIiB1q7ni0485TVAq7o3scVy9P4nIrYKNqmJAWQmsRIEEbOzSGjCxlBcmNfBRbKhYWDgCA6cGRFovxAEW0U/s4032/IMG_5046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEdXHpabTfv6cY1FhEpgFMUjS8h_uazHgNJ9TJdWK7sJ19rnYKX0jjbrWj2ewURd_F8IpP94JIjKDxkE-rO9zUSrjqSQHGAa0w-H7fIhzAIiB1q7ni0485TVAq7o3scVy9P4nIrYKNqmJAWQmsRIEEbOzSGjCxlBcmNfBRbKhYWDgCA6cGRFovxAEW0U/s320/IMG_5046.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;">It was great because we got to share the experience with my brother's family & also with my mom & dad. My mom is unable to get out much due to her health conditions, but she was able to be there with us that day & that made it even more special.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love my family & I'm grateful families can be together forever.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZS4NgVOfsAgkpT2KdXvXBdasgXPXZNjjU4kjJAvv28r83PHX1bPpFr3zefSVK48svfPFY0Mqny03vLyawR7C4B0AgSKywlcTREy3FXa3K7B-FH46ddgGaJ8n1fIGU0JhvIKT5K6C-nZQp9Bzlj6WH_NTGwSxWKoL1l2Yvxn80rKtB9zm25o91LjNHOSw/s4032/IMG_5047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZS4NgVOfsAgkpT2KdXvXBdasgXPXZNjjU4kjJAvv28r83PHX1bPpFr3zefSVK48svfPFY0Mqny03vLyawR7C4B0AgSKywlcTREy3FXa3K7B-FH46ddgGaJ8n1fIGU0JhvIKT5K6C-nZQp9Bzlj6WH_NTGwSxWKoL1l2Yvxn80rKtB9zm25o91LjNHOSw/s320/IMG_5047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2AhweGB5b69To-gF7mn1CzOnCIv30Cn2bwfzIde5UNtbcG__FG09pH8zuyvhJxdtRybIuAldFq7EIvTHh_lyxNMiapOn4G5gGdSFJWVK0xB4-VHicZL1tmxgq0s4IF1IfQXGgW9-Up-pHDOoW3cSVhcCpBmYs4FLWM4qI8wHky2uL7703uylCPPj7To/s4032/IMG_5048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2AhweGB5b69To-gF7mn1CzOnCIv30Cn2bwfzIde5UNtbcG__FG09pH8zuyvhJxdtRybIuAldFq7EIvTHh_lyxNMiapOn4G5gGdSFJWVK0xB4-VHicZL1tmxgq0s4IF1IfQXGgW9-Up-pHDOoW3cSVhcCpBmYs4FLWM4qI8wHky2uL7703uylCPPj7To/s320/IMG_5048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75mZhJXN4hvlNDgfukTkoQxyRIHrBzgA8zBGepeDT5cOEqvMEdzVY25vadibvlyecTNE3y24KsK6jr3AP_SagHdplc60OJj8jWUvdqWAuJkN1UiF1Gyh0ZmyGzuPd0GuL6Z9y1hLHbtkzHfEm4E10Jb9t7QJrgrLFq4qv6BGrxjZvBS1WP3CYT7U-vjE/s4032/IMG_5050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75mZhJXN4hvlNDgfukTkoQxyRIHrBzgA8zBGepeDT5cOEqvMEdzVY25vadibvlyecTNE3y24KsK6jr3AP_SagHdplc60OJj8jWUvdqWAuJkN1UiF1Gyh0ZmyGzuPd0GuL6Z9y1hLHbtkzHfEm4E10Jb9t7QJrgrLFq4qv6BGrxjZvBS1WP3CYT7U-vjE/s320/IMG_5050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEs8xZkrYGdoUMk8hT5QMx_YzOEjfgdFPPupM4ibb_J5qE6zjWj8ZppHyyBeyk9C2Ro0N_Cz0JIn-7IMmNnkmjiOLVCWeYtfnX3TbM6xxJz39F-ccF6L950uenMTSakCsIZMYGm_oAZsNZ6AHv6Mf_gyE7Cz24h3Trc_RxCkvkSESeBjt1EmTM_kEzRZA/s4032/IMG_5051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEs8xZkrYGdoUMk8hT5QMx_YzOEjfgdFPPupM4ibb_J5qE6zjWj8ZppHyyBeyk9C2Ro0N_Cz0JIn-7IMmNnkmjiOLVCWeYtfnX3TbM6xxJz39F-ccF6L950uenMTSakCsIZMYGm_oAZsNZ6AHv6Mf_gyE7Cz24h3Trc_RxCkvkSESeBjt1EmTM_kEzRZA/s320/IMG_5051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrK4eiZprB1rQfrJU2veuaorkBPysfTlyhWi3eXxcIM1Xmh8rPP75Fn_TQw5NBAtjNe11P0AL4OaP2exRjL8rw48aOorPJu4BSBp9vMQdar_SbkU2YzaLD3sfSLuaxXYg15tgO5Sw3WKgtzoWyl1gpic-lhyoFS3HsjVOjh37WKiMDqV5HtTkmJQi4y0/s4032/IMG_5053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrK4eiZprB1rQfrJU2veuaorkBPysfTlyhWi3eXxcIM1Xmh8rPP75Fn_TQw5NBAtjNe11P0AL4OaP2exRjL8rw48aOorPJu4BSBp9vMQdar_SbkU2YzaLD3sfSLuaxXYg15tgO5Sw3WKgtzoWyl1gpic-lhyoFS3HsjVOjh37WKiMDqV5HtTkmJQi4y0/s320/IMG_5053.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-6615334545908072342024-02-25T01:51:00.001+01:002024-02-25T01:51:01.411+01:00Craiger's Christmas Concert 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Craiger also had a school band Christmas Concert (all of these concerts were all in the same week in December! It was a concert every night. It was craziness, but I wouldn't trade these experiences my kids are having for the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Craiger plays french horn in the advanced orchestra at the middle school. He's gotten very good over the last year & a half. I'm proud of him. French Horn / Double Horn is hard to play. He does a great job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajFneMvjb6L5enw79CIZQSEZkDNu8dz5hCJm4iphXlidNiavcWf_wpdOlEsr41XpaJm3VUY5Dxq_TVqtyIf4CLjSMQ9ZL98TTcdEsien9IB8U_1yUfuQXocEo2aXTZrtfdtRb23td_rO0VN19PtEZ3yasYdiJCPxPsZiMbWxL3QPM7RF1HyNseEZE0Wc/s4032/IMG_5026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajFneMvjb6L5enw79CIZQSEZkDNu8dz5hCJm4iphXlidNiavcWf_wpdOlEsr41XpaJm3VUY5Dxq_TVqtyIf4CLjSMQ9ZL98TTcdEsien9IB8U_1yUfuQXocEo2aXTZrtfdtRb23td_rO0VN19PtEZ3yasYdiJCPxPsZiMbWxL3QPM7RF1HyNseEZE0Wc/s320/IMG_5026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80adAGAWClCxJ_fTcNTai0Tv6RIeTU4hnF6PeLfuUay1q5ZbNa7jhiPZu1DDfWhoDiKFhk1XdP73tyfj-m9qMtFgYedqgtGtY1GvidA30aIbw5zSnKBTZBv-jQCWQjpFfZRSX-EyG3MqErrz5XSNzEhf0y6-s3WI-l_-3H2KKdZpFqwpgG5bMnlgbW4k/s3672/IMG_5029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2066" data-original-width="3672" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80adAGAWClCxJ_fTcNTai0Tv6RIeTU4hnF6PeLfuUay1q5ZbNa7jhiPZu1DDfWhoDiKFhk1XdP73tyfj-m9qMtFgYedqgtGtY1GvidA30aIbw5zSnKBTZBv-jQCWQjpFfZRSX-EyG3MqErrz5XSNzEhf0y6-s3WI-l_-3H2KKdZpFqwpgG5bMnlgbW4k/s320/IMG_5029.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;">Rhythms & Riffs:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ldhvy9Pov2I" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ldhvy9Pov2I"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arabian Dances</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sjuik8lDV-k" width="320" youtube-src-id="sjuik8lDV-k"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Angelic Celebrations</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gKtDPeHPIpA" width="320" youtube-src-id="gKtDPeHPIpA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Polar Express Medley</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RD4jlxwMvwM" width="320" youtube-src-id="RD4jlxwMvwM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great Locomotive Chase</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oaDVUxtkeiQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="oaDVUxtkeiQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm super impressed with this band. They are incredible for being middle school students. Craiger has SO MUCH FUN with the band. I'm glad he's involved. It's good for him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVS9WAfIDQQn577KZq4Yv-ildQNR9_EMWS7PD-mX9L9ApkxwRNROc-XwtRoWk9q0TqAv0Zddh91sllVHt7igLvGfsV8mNsFDGrq5pyDOrZLVHmdwHuvTyzlRto8tCsYNFVKhDVpSwzlcPj1pEsEobeQGiCRx_rsq5NLQ6sCIrtgC-xw3eDBN-WnqdFwg/s4032/IMG_5033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVS9WAfIDQQn577KZq4Yv-ildQNR9_EMWS7PD-mX9L9ApkxwRNROc-XwtRoWk9q0TqAv0Zddh91sllVHt7igLvGfsV8mNsFDGrq5pyDOrZLVHmdwHuvTyzlRto8tCsYNFVKhDVpSwzlcPj1pEsEobeQGiCRx_rsq5NLQ6sCIrtgC-xw3eDBN-WnqdFwg/s320/IMG_5033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDBqraweKULY7EsNBxz2Cj5bL7GiHIfMMZx3u2jCox8pmTdzDh9A6jSRUX6v1k1cFaOTlyJ1DCG0iyIkLL_hmk89gkzdYUnnYSqDetbz0rc2LjKd2F__7FCRsQcb1BrjI_yD-49y8L5zH1wf3jtO7KnZiIRHKJHaxto7DDR58UEMJh_JqQ9tMZO1RqAc/s4032/IMG_5034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDBqraweKULY7EsNBxz2Cj5bL7GiHIfMMZx3u2jCox8pmTdzDh9A6jSRUX6v1k1cFaOTlyJ1DCG0iyIkLL_hmk89gkzdYUnnYSqDetbz0rc2LjKd2F__7FCRsQcb1BrjI_yD-49y8L5zH1wf3jtO7KnZiIRHKJHaxto7DDR58UEMJh_JqQ9tMZO1RqAc/s320/IMG_5034.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;">We are so proud of you Craiger.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-69277099210648573112024-02-25T01:47:00.002+01:002024-02-25T01:51:10.902+01:00Canyon's Christmas Choir Concert 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Canyon had an adorable Christmas concert for his school choir. He was nervous to try choir this year, but he soon realized how much he loved it. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great job Canyon. We are so proud of you.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-90736302795564513842024-02-23T19:56:00.002+01:002024-02-23T19:56:21.629+01:00The Giving Machine - Salt Lake City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For one of our youth activities in December, we decided to take the girls up to the Salt Lake Temple area to look at Christmas lights & all the beautiful nativities from around the world, then stop by the Giving Machine at the mall there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lights were beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcjVvlnS3IH7P8zA_eujbcV0ZIKe5tQE6LK-XbtFpNIokO9P9oOvcSUDKz8agljjE6Gb4RVRU5hHQzlt-3VpFWE_coL5t-wuQX8Bw7YFWBenlzb0CcxI1qxKjdLBVmR0eKTZCW90p-rcQGo4k5HBwYNNSZ5EQjGs8j0OR5z9Y2aBkwSmZgdUyyCxwRHM/s4032/IMG_7247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcjVvlnS3IH7P8zA_eujbcV0ZIKe5tQE6LK-XbtFpNIokO9P9oOvcSUDKz8agljjE6Gb4RVRU5hHQzlt-3VpFWE_coL5t-wuQX8Bw7YFWBenlzb0CcxI1qxKjdLBVmR0eKTZCW90p-rcQGo4k5HBwYNNSZ5EQjGs8j0OR5z9Y2aBkwSmZgdUyyCxwRHM/s320/IMG_7247.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Salt Lake Temple is currently being updated so it's covered in scaffolding right now. They had to dig down & replace the foundation that was build almost 200 years ago. Now they are updating each floor to make sure it's structurally sound. It's pretty amazing that you can do that. The temple is beautiful.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1qZ_cptFWgFJzZRJ1oMthQd5XSGeeWJj0bQKFb7iiE0mvcBuqaTE0QI_E5hc-XSniN1QHO7gtIkpR3jKESnlBQmr0ppBaCYXOvsSF_h8KRvPVKY0Z-epHNo8Hvz-bWmJmQzV4zA-k4dHu_6WuWTtdi_UIsTb8E-GEpAm2ODfP_Ndh2aazzQJqfJ9cXk/s4032/IMG_7246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1qZ_cptFWgFJzZRJ1oMthQd5XSGeeWJj0bQKFb7iiE0mvcBuqaTE0QI_E5hc-XSniN1QHO7gtIkpR3jKESnlBQmr0ppBaCYXOvsSF_h8KRvPVKY0Z-epHNo8Hvz-bWmJmQzV4zA-k4dHu_6WuWTtdi_UIsTb8E-GEpAm2ODfP_Ndh2aazzQJqfJ9cXk/s320/IMG_7246.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNI-5msmb7NzWDYSbffWKDjTeWUFm4oL5Uf49y-M6TMNc6j5fEdXvv2c2TFOrHDD5Kzel9B87U5DA3q0BlXAkFsDqMeRwjHtnv1gBl_lRMWOlkIssrZ8eu5qsUzN-5VbPiCVgGRzWLFmOiAS4RDpt_cRvHPd32vRcKYprGrtEPpcf9NBNu8JfrHdTYvdI/s4032/IMG_1045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNI-5msmb7NzWDYSbffWKDjTeWUFm4oL5Uf49y-M6TMNc6j5fEdXvv2c2TFOrHDD5Kzel9B87U5DA3q0BlXAkFsDqMeRwjHtnv1gBl_lRMWOlkIssrZ8eu5qsUzN-5VbPiCVgGRzWLFmOiAS4RDpt_cRvHPd32vRcKYprGrtEPpcf9NBNu8JfrHdTYvdI/s320/IMG_1045.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The church office buildings a couple blocks from the temple, they had some amazing large nativities around that you could look at. I love nativities from around the world.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFAWMZTHekp7IaJfEyH2udRFobMN5o_In8Ocn-4q_UwYp3yPZSQgozCG2krPhMysFMQThqdzHmptddJQutzUcdfVvVDBtiwv4fLLXeJjmlwN4n1RL7xMO9_4bFuxdZVWyOQQ-L7O09XCgFA_3ZwQ94LjBl4u23pAbHc1Lh76-CjzzP8mwetpuIXwcEEA/s4032/IMG_7248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFAWMZTHekp7IaJfEyH2udRFobMN5o_In8Ocn-4q_UwYp3yPZSQgozCG2krPhMysFMQThqdzHmptddJQutzUcdfVvVDBtiwv4fLLXeJjmlwN4n1RL7xMO9_4bFuxdZVWyOQQ-L7O09XCgFA_3ZwQ94LjBl4u23pAbHc1Lh76-CjzzP8mwetpuIXwcEEA/s320/IMG_7248.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5HynDwvj3jYd_a4_8-gIoTqcvM731HDo0ZmAeJn43orgnAh4AOqOg8th45p6Hr3wRKaL7iWOzsCF4-5e-WIzpHBZLqlnoW65dtIWVTZdlI3RCfIvRzJVwS2jUueYr-75ENd4w9VAkgfWmAT5LPVlt5-ABU9-QvFLY4iVYu3Wr2KNTz6ZzUfHWeVVdIM/s4032/IMG_7249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5HynDwvj3jYd_a4_8-gIoTqcvM731HDo0ZmAeJn43orgnAh4AOqOg8th45p6Hr3wRKaL7iWOzsCF4-5e-WIzpHBZLqlnoW65dtIWVTZdlI3RCfIvRzJVwS2jUueYr-75ENd4w9VAkgfWmAT5LPVlt5-ABU9-QvFLY4iVYu3Wr2KNTz6ZzUfHWeVVdIM/s320/IMG_7249.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRKUOm48l3S1O0yiBZZj7ZW04iDnW2VlOrhEyGpOOgD47rWv0XmZQiPNEs7CVdkAchVPked6CJS6ZS_Cg3JcG_8LrKPSh-QA3bHTScyan55v2PSUjmaUDuWO-jWcO17cpcL4KWxLNrEb_P0WFlwAedDCWgEBzI0u31Elw7SuL6McbWgyyUxOWHcKKQsg/s4032/IMG_7250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRKUOm48l3S1O0yiBZZj7ZW04iDnW2VlOrhEyGpOOgD47rWv0XmZQiPNEs7CVdkAchVPked6CJS6ZS_Cg3JcG_8LrKPSh-QA3bHTScyan55v2PSUjmaUDuWO-jWcO17cpcL4KWxLNrEb_P0WFlwAedDCWgEBzI0u31Elw7SuL6McbWgyyUxOWHcKKQsg/s320/IMG_7250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJQEEBQb_6IPS6whyphenhyphenw5pxl-7T9KQsFJKfv-tozvcex0T_xpL0vQGsoLzEXUjyvtfAk56tnd-k_U_FhT0Awb-M2RsBOxTGLDtvDAOc_SEwyBQflbaPPkrUD5X6X559czD2waKYWjaDK04sIsnot30JhS0YimVtrU-0K8SBqMmUgt1NO7D78ToizTEsP68/s4032/IMG_7251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJQEEBQb_6IPS6whyphenhyphenw5pxl-7T9KQsFJKfv-tozvcex0T_xpL0vQGsoLzEXUjyvtfAk56tnd-k_U_FhT0Awb-M2RsBOxTGLDtvDAOc_SEwyBQflbaPPkrUD5X6X559czD2waKYWjaDK04sIsnot30JhS0YimVtrU-0K8SBqMmUgt1NO7D78ToizTEsP68/s320/IMG_7251.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82fG5Fd18AUZRtODz25P-maGv6r7fdc2S7IHqUrdCZBn5JTHRovmHqzJnxx-MSpFU1JUcbX00-R_aAqK7gXWk-5qvzhsDeB2oMr7UsXBeMRsrs2t-PQQCbzKAqFU_gXbgQ07Ud3ylPW4ZbQDj9NJpIujWA0cSCNKmH54JZ5lFY728X_MOpcLhxmz-ZpU/s4032/IMG_7252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82fG5Fd18AUZRtODz25P-maGv6r7fdc2S7IHqUrdCZBn5JTHRovmHqzJnxx-MSpFU1JUcbX00-R_aAqK7gXWk-5qvzhsDeB2oMr7UsXBeMRsrs2t-PQQCbzKAqFU_gXbgQ07Ud3ylPW4ZbQDj9NJpIujWA0cSCNKmH54JZ5lFY728X_MOpcLhxmz-ZpU/s320/IMG_7252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXhTJFxckackPXHTgAa666bB-FhM4V_XMPt9DXM6UgiiEfB7VBGW84787CXIS0OnoKcyAQrKyHpAoycsey4HS4JBz2wUGtnv3pLqvefCpZijdhXrV2JE5xJz4XaPR7d7ULxni0KTjjYh99WTx9dOlHgN82xshT_d_clf3jzskO9prv2q1GL5-QASryio/s4032/IMG_7253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXhTJFxckackPXHTgAa666bB-FhM4V_XMPt9DXM6UgiiEfB7VBGW84787CXIS0OnoKcyAQrKyHpAoycsey4HS4JBz2wUGtnv3pLqvefCpZijdhXrV2JE5xJz4XaPR7d7ULxni0KTjjYh99WTx9dOlHgN82xshT_d_clf3jzskO9prv2q1GL5-QASryio/s320/IMG_7253.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;">Then we ended the evening at the giving machines. I've been wanting to see one of these vending machines in person for a very long time, but have never lived close enough to one to be able to. Now that we live in Utah, we finally got to go to one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The giving machines are vending machines, but instead of paying for a bag of chips or a drink, you are buying something for someone else in the world that needs it. You can buy medical supplies, groceries for a family, chickens, a goat, school supplies & much more. The money & items bought in these vending machines go to families around the world who need it most.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0wsDVkwYJw4AZn-SSfGR6_X0oU8a9dK0f6YUzJUlt1j8yoGuTTt_xvc0KFEbeJHVRWHgOdi2leLG6qxZqNaC4aB6Hz6NdQZIXeK0sZQbHq0YGuv_X6aPuEx4AakQPveStNJ_f5xOrXtLMylS7QXSpssIZ2GQISQaI14qfWJup4kFgYoTssKxpBuA-bs/s4032/IMG_7256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0wsDVkwYJw4AZn-SSfGR6_X0oU8a9dK0f6YUzJUlt1j8yoGuTTt_xvc0KFEbeJHVRWHgOdi2leLG6qxZqNaC4aB6Hz6NdQZIXeK0sZQbHq0YGuv_X6aPuEx4AakQPveStNJ_f5xOrXtLMylS7QXSpssIZ2GQISQaI14qfWJup4kFgYoTssKxpBuA-bs/s320/IMG_7256.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZolTSnpINT_j7SoPM6Tn16C5K-_s6tTagylBEMyyYC6hzuCHLXUoa3cNbbh_mBh-Rs17nFo6R6Zkoninx1higyjZ_5h7sJ9qewbROUpQHqRZ2ixkLZOWctMgef9a3bqlHWfcq3L3IthcTEqngE_5o5qv3WhQ7IeK_WARXckvFo9C4fX1lUjsaBdPeowo/s4032/IMG_7257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZolTSnpINT_j7SoPM6Tn16C5K-_s6tTagylBEMyyYC6hzuCHLXUoa3cNbbh_mBh-Rs17nFo6R6Zkoninx1higyjZ_5h7sJ9qewbROUpQHqRZ2ixkLZOWctMgef9a3bqlHWfcq3L3IthcTEqngE_5o5qv3WhQ7IeK_WARXckvFo9C4fX1lUjsaBdPeowo/s320/IMG_7257.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought 3 chickens for a family & Taya bought some medical supplies. It felt SO good to serve someone else, especially during the Christmas season. These machines provide life sustaining things for millions of people. I think they're the greatest thing ever.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v6mBVZhnnsP394xGYLpHRM9Fdnalqg7mAYY93wkgqJp5yTGRNLGuOFghvSiG0r0nDHcMhTpOjJv3TagRjSBa4IFf4gulKct42ZPmo5WBizSy9v3Gn8eRj_nD4oNjVnDc_zxWmYIVWcLrWBQIM0n2RwyvWUwHDH85mURfJ0zeoHXvBpL5q4pchK07cRs/s4032/IMG_7259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_v6mBVZhnnsP394xGYLpHRM9Fdnalqg7mAYY93wkgqJp5yTGRNLGuOFghvSiG0r0nDHcMhTpOjJv3TagRjSBa4IFf4gulKct42ZPmo5WBizSy9v3Gn8eRj_nD4oNjVnDc_zxWmYIVWcLrWBQIM0n2RwyvWUwHDH85mURfJ0zeoHXvBpL5q4pchK07cRs/s320/IMG_7259.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuExLeqHykm1frXCNP_wf2oJTd_0rZUtPkMZTs9_k7XE_h5jVfC11vT9dVpcT0Z1tgtHPHDDI4cYJi-drb3fMkCQ3_WBwPi1774WeimLTJoFTyuEKcT2SaAipvL4mpljzMDgt7S2Iuot2q0db1pK4Oq6cu5nNUwJ-XPaNyMedaFvpqFJD51uZFucvfuA/s4032/IMG_7264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuExLeqHykm1frXCNP_wf2oJTd_0rZUtPkMZTs9_k7XE_h5jVfC11vT9dVpcT0Z1tgtHPHDDI4cYJi-drb3fMkCQ3_WBwPi1774WeimLTJoFTyuEKcT2SaAipvL4mpljzMDgt7S2Iuot2q0db1pK4Oq6cu5nNUwJ-XPaNyMedaFvpqFJD51uZFucvfuA/s320/IMG_7264.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81pOq2AptIa3FxDdPRpI6i-zny79H-VZ4U9azxOQZl7PZ5SIH9j2vO9YFtRCD9eWouwnBgZi0TwSVZQFIM4VHYLLQ37aeSaUPCMs5I0LOHAnmUaExvaesyGlR4tQiMDvmIO8pwQibTiAbmCP6sGAyucEQOzFGdna7coCnyKJvBGA_N8D8FXOjce3ltFo/s4032/IMG_7261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81pOq2AptIa3FxDdPRpI6i-zny79H-VZ4U9azxOQZl7PZ5SIH9j2vO9YFtRCD9eWouwnBgZi0TwSVZQFIM4VHYLLQ37aeSaUPCMs5I0LOHAnmUaExvaesyGlR4tQiMDvmIO8pwQibTiAbmCP6sGAyucEQOzFGdna7coCnyKJvBGA_N8D8FXOjce3ltFo/s320/IMG_7261.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><br /></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-53964014967896117302024-02-23T19:36:00.002+01:002024-02-23T19:36:54.768+01:00Cadence - Transfer #10 - 12/18/23<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Сайн байцгаана уу!</span></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">How are you all this amazing week? It's been super fun and chaotic here! So transfers happened and I stayed in Jargalant! This is the first time in 5 transfers I've stayed in my area! I honestly hope I finish my mission here but we will see... </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">My companion left and I gained two comps! First is my mission sister, Sister Narangerel (we were both trained by the same person) and I am also training our trio companion Sister Curtis. It's her second transfer in Mongolia. We are having a party here! We also still share an apartment with another companionship so there's five of us in one apartment. I don't have a bed and get half a closet but other than that we make it work pretty good!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">We stopped teaching at the cute middle school and now we teach English at a big business college. It's crazy because most of the students we teach are 2 or 3 years older than me. They also hate learning English and are only in our class because they are forced to be there, which makes their classes hard to teach. It can sometimes be discouraging but that's okay. I am thankful for the experience to teach there 3 days a week, 3 hours a day. It is so draining though haha.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">In terms of investigators, our sweet Munkh-Orgil is becoming more and more interested by the day. Although he's still in the countryside this week, he was willing to meet with us online (which used to never happen) and learned about the Spirit. He promised to pray and study the scriptures this week so he could feel it more. Our other investigator Bayrmaa has been a little ghosty lately but she was also traveling with her family so we're just letting them have some space for now. We lost the rest of our investigators so now we are on the hunt for new interested people! Our goal this transfer is to find and invite as many people and LA members to church as we can. With the elders, we are going to split up the whole ward list and divide and conquer!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Speaking of elders, Elder Tumennaimanjin is training a new Mongolian elder in the ward so we speak a lot more Mongolian this transfer. I honestly have never enjoyed speaking Mongolian as much as I do now. I just want to keep speaking it forever and I'm so happy to be in a ward with three Mongolian missionaries and a trainee because it pushes me to really communicate well and support everyone. I feel stretched and I am thankful for this opportunity. I'm also so thankful that I got to stay in this area because it's my favorite by far! Missionary work is just the best!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">I wanted to end with a great verse I found this week in the Book of Mormon. I've been working on trying to reread and finish the Book of Mormon by the end of my mission and I've been highlighting all the verses that mention our baptismal covenant. In first Nephi 14, it says:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">I love the doctrine that teaches us that through our covenants with God, we can be armed with righteousness! We learn this in the temple endowment. If we follow the teachings of the gospel and Christ's example, we will have power to do all things. This is a promise from our Father in Heaven. I love how simple and hopeful the gospel is. I hope you have a great week and enjoy the Christmas season! Merry Christmas!!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Love,</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Sister Potter</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAHVJ9udLbnz1ovelbTIGi27yZmln8LK3drqO6r8IdejGGR15TUh0YfY9O-yPd8sYajsp6NW7XiALqGcPYmcnzXIQtaFaoO0yjSCgDx2Lvp5ly3NqXpvkiWQlS4fM45Lt-PY6DGqhstTTeSkEorStKHFPm_zHm4AhGqmKQ1DBuc8_0MMAf2SzlsupBY4/s4080/20231209_222413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAHVJ9udLbnz1ovelbTIGi27yZmln8LK3drqO6r8IdejGGR15TUh0YfY9O-yPd8sYajsp6NW7XiALqGcPYmcnzXIQtaFaoO0yjSCgDx2Lvp5ly3NqXpvkiWQlS4fM45Lt-PY6DGqhstTTeSkEorStKHFPm_zHm4AhGqmKQ1DBuc8_0MMAf2SzlsupBY4/s320/20231209_222413.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">I hope everyone is having a great week! Sorry I didn't get a chance to write last week. My pdays this transfer have been by far the busiest pdays of my whole mission...so I don't get to rest much but I'm having a lot of fun with my missionary friends and catching up on souvenir shopping.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Now this past week, we had another wonderful Zone Conference! It was exactly what I needed to hear and I felt so inspired. We learned about becoming more exactly obedient and perfected in Christ. At Zone Conference, we also had another Thansgiving celebration! It was super fun! The senior couples made us homemade pies and we all got KFC. Mongolian KFC is literally the best thing ever so I had a great Thanksgiving! Now on to the rest of the week:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Tuesday:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">We had Zone Conference and then taught an insane lesson to our friend Munkh-Orgil. We've only met with him once previously because he goes to the countryside a lot but we had a new person come to our lesson as a witness. She's a cute old lady but she loves to talk so she ended up teaching our investigator the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lesson as well as stuff about the Word of Wisdom, the Priesthood, and the Law of Tithing. So that was fun...</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Wednesday:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">We just did studies, made a bunch of sugar cookies, then went address finding for a little bit. While address finding this week, we delivered the cookies and light the world cards to everyone. Then we just taught English and piano and those were by far some of my most fun classes here! We also had two referrals cancel on us today but we stayed busy with address finding to make up for it.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Thursday:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">This day was pday and it was so busy so I didn't have time to write unfortunately. We went fabric shopping at a famous market called Narantuul. A member came with us to get us some awesome discounts on fabric, and now she is making a bunch of fun deels and ties for us. We also went out to lunch with some friends and went souvenir shopping. I bought a Mongolian nativity and it's so pretty!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Friday:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to teach anyone today because they all canceled on us but we did some social media work, had interviews with President Namgur, and taught English and piano at the church again. Not many people showed up but the lessons were still fun.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Saturday:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">We had an amazing mutual activity! When we started this transfer, only 1 person would come to mutual. At this activity, 13 youth came! We took them to a trampoline park and out to lunch and it was a blast! Then we taught two amazing lessons to our two amazing progressing investigators. Both have grown their faith so much over the transfer which is so exciting!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Sunday:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">One of our investigators bore her testimony in church! The best part was that so many ward members complimented her afterwards and she felt so excited! Church was great and then afterwards we went to an LA member's house to try and teach her non member husband and inactive kids. Sadly they weren't convinced but I think they still felt the Spirit. Then we went home, did studies, and did some big planning as well.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Monday:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">We delivered more cookies to LA members and had a very confusing investigator meeting. Originally, we had planned to teach Munkh-Orgil a church lesson, and we brought a witness with us. However, he told us he wanted to pick us up and go to his house so we agreed. As he was driving us to his house, we realized he lived on a really, really steep, icy hill. So we had to drive up and back down the hill again 3 times because the car didn't have enough momentum to get over the hill. We eventually just got out of the car and walked to his house because that was easier. Then, we realized he lived with his whole family: mom, brother, sister in law, nephew's, etc...so we weren't sure if we'd be able to teach him a lesson or not. They offered us tea and other beverages we couldn't drink so it was a high stress situation because we kept offending them by turning it down. They also fed us liver dumplings and boiled sheep ribs and they weren't too bad. 2 hours later, we finally convinced them that we had to leave and our sweet investigator drove us home. So no lesson or spiritual thoughts were shared but we did build a deeper relationship with our investigator which was a plus!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">This week, I was finally able to finish the Book of Mormon for the second time on my mission. This past read, I skimmed the whole book and highlighted all of references to Jesus Christ. It is so cool to go back and see all the yellow across every page. I know that the Book of Mormon truly testifies of Jesus Christ. I know that this is His church. I love these ending verses in Moroni 10:</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">33 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">I know that through Christ's Atonement, we can be perfected in Him. I know that if we strive to love God with all our heart, might, mind, and strength, we can receive God's grace for us through Christ. My mission has been a humbling experience and one thing I've learned over and over again is that I can never be perfect...however, this perfection isn't about being perfect. It's about loving Heavenly Father and trying to be better with Christ's help every day. I have felt success on my mission knowing that simply trying and depending on my Savior is what is important. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Love,</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;">Sister Potter</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGnxPstecMd1MKfdFw-hc0dTNOoey0H6BE0P0qy4VYZEam1DTEPDA_H345lRBpGQQpSgFXLBwC2SDvOhRsdkhTwSKRag4opvwj3-LXE9ElSYh3NTUuV6H0SkQcf09huRSMwh7j_2Ul0HSZIkNFmrI4_jKt-VMBvk6UiSsUieILyr_Fm-TzJcdMqdzBJQ/s4080/20231130_141842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGnxPstecMd1MKfdFw-hc0dTNOoey0H6BE0P0qy4VYZEam1DTEPDA_H345lRBpGQQpSgFXLBwC2SDvOhRsdkhTwSKRag4opvwj3-LXE9ElSYh3NTUuV6H0SkQcf09huRSMwh7j_2Ul0HSZIkNFmrI4_jKt-VMBvk6UiSsUieILyr_Fm-TzJcdMqdzBJQ/s320/20231130_141842.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I was asked in September if I would be willing to perform in a Christmas concert with the amazing Bonner Family as a pianist. I will admit, I didn't know who the Bonner Family was or what this concert would entail, but I've accompanied many musical numbers & concerts in my years of teaching music, so I agreed thinking it would be like any other concert I've previously done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boy was I wrong. The minute I looked at the piano music I almost cried. I pride myself in being able to play most music. I've studied & practiced piano since I was 4 years old & can play most pieces required for accompaniment with a little to no practice. These particular pieces required more than just a little practice. This was going to require 40+ minutes of practice every day for 3+ months. How on earth was I going to find time to do that?!?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After about 2 weeks of TRYING to practice & totally wigging myself out thinking there was NO WAY I was going to get these songs down, I had to have a serious conversation with myself on whether this was going to be possible or not. I called the music director of the concert & told her I didn't think I'd be good enough at these songs by December, & she told me I would. She told me I would be able to do it if I put my heart into it, so I decided to trust her & do the impossible.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every single day for 3 months, I spent 40 minutes to an hour at my piano hashing out each measure of music one at a time. What seemed impossible, slowly became only slightly impossible, then possible, then decent, then pretty good, then FUN. I honestly have not had this much fun playing piano in my 42 years of life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bonner Family are gospel music singers & they put a lot of heart & soul into their music. All their songs have a jazzy blues feel (which makes it even harder to play), but once I got the notes & rhythms down, it because truly "soulful" for me. I was having an absolute blast playing these songs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our concert was December 10th & though I didn't play perfectly, I played to the absolute best of my ability & had a blast doing it. Canyon also performed in the children's choir. I'm loving that he has found a love of singing & it sharing his talents with the world too. He's adorable & I love him for trying new things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trek was able to video a few of the songs, but not all so enjoy some of the pieces from our concert. It was so much fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5DcW3IohzW3AcDeUQYtCSq773_tOifK-WZsQ3bQrvwwhVvXzDN5sHlYfaKQPIRHW_4CnTeznIBfVt_BJgbHQGFs0dJ5jGF5Y0NteckPD8PA-q9Y-xfDCka3jY14mZ1eywdfMS89ks2-Fru3DhcGTXKJ10jaXBtlldtygu7jRriZoyW9IXsqPooaUICw/s4032/IMG_5001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5DcW3IohzW3AcDeUQYtCSq773_tOifK-WZsQ3bQrvwwhVvXzDN5sHlYfaKQPIRHW_4CnTeznIBfVt_BJgbHQGFs0dJ5jGF5Y0NteckPD8PA-q9Y-xfDCka3jY14mZ1eywdfMS89ks2-Fru3DhcGTXKJ10jaXBtlldtygu7jRriZoyW9IXsqPooaUICw/s320/IMG_5001.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;">Go Tell it on the Mountain </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Dani playing piano)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8UHiV4RXdsY" width="320" youtube-src-id="8UHiV4RXdsY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When Will My Heart Arise</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Dani playing piano)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F0IFWmDKGas" width="320" youtube-src-id="F0IFWmDKGas"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Run To The Manger</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Dani singing in the choir)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5NSxAfNnnDA" width="320" youtube-src-id="5NSxAfNnnDA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary Had a Baby, Yes Lord</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Canyon singing in the children's choir)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iCehbiGoLYg" width="320" youtube-src-id="iCehbiGoLYg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Little Light of Mine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Canyon singing in the children's choir)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rIwUMyoXycI" width="320" youtube-src-id="rIwUMyoXycI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joy To The World</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Dani singing in the choir)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HfMQOs5Tbp4" width="320" youtube-src-id="HfMQOs5Tbp4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My parents & my brother's family all came out to watch me both play piano (for 4 songs) & sing in the choir as well as well as watch Canyon sing in the children's choir. Afterward we went to the park to see the Christmas lights, then back to our house for hot chocolate.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13VlyQPlt198H05QT_xJR0z6eic8CZ_Mhw1iY8vVjMTjqo2HJoSP1AJzWFim9xkMeMUdZPkw1kZEpqaEvqroz5ZCPclDsZK6YHXysUJOilSLI8bPAbuoJlWudnvkGqt0a-iDxII8b3Drtp5_UF3SO3NnY0IlNMIarFA_vTcyuc19wnGBsj3kQ7Rid33E/s4032/IMG_5005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13VlyQPlt198H05QT_xJR0z6eic8CZ_Mhw1iY8vVjMTjqo2HJoSP1AJzWFim9xkMeMUdZPkw1kZEpqaEvqroz5ZCPclDsZK6YHXysUJOilSLI8bPAbuoJlWudnvkGqt0a-iDxII8b3Drtp5_UF3SO3NnY0IlNMIarFA_vTcyuc19wnGBsj3kQ7Rid33E/s320/IMG_5005.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;">Though I was somewhat relieved to not have to practice an hour a day plus 2+ hours a week at rehearsals anymore, I'm glad I did it & I really grew as a performer which I'm grateful for.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-25178949546902699792024-02-21T21:15:00.000+01:002024-02-21T21:15:02.597+01:00Taya & Bladen's Christmas Concert 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm loving all the concerts & performances we have here in Utah. Between all 4 of my kiddos still at home, we've got 2 in band, one in orchestra, & one in choir/theater. It's been busy, but a lot of fun too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bladen's band started out the night. He was really nervous because being percussion, he has to switch out instruments for each song. This time he played the marimba, sleigh bells, & woodblocks. I could hear him in each song he played which was fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EMdgro_mfXQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="EMdgro_mfXQ"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JmguzTnnCQM" width="320" youtube-src-id="JmguzTnnCQM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OFVt0Uq54yg" width="320" youtube-src-id="OFVt0Uq54yg"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then it was Taya's turn to play with her orchestra. . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">& of course halfway through her very first song, my phone was out of "memory space" & refused to let me record & video her. I missed an entire song, but was able to delete some old videos off of my phone to allow me to take 2 videos of Somewhere in my Memory, which is a favorite Christmas song of mine, & capture the final song. I was glad I got pieces of 2 & a full song at the end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OZXZeQaVF5Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="OZXZeQaVF5Y"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mcAn3m34gI8" width="320" youtube-src-id="mcAn3m34gI8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AxuGrtygV3Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="AxuGrtygV3Q"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nv1hhtvKdCA" width="320" youtube-src-id="Nv1hhtvKdCA"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both of the kids did an amazing job. I'm always so proud of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My dad came to watch too. I absolutely love having my mom & dad close enough to be part of my kids' lives. They love to support my kids in their school activities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQt2v74jCKKPzU9IvupjinmrwknDLxn8fz6dB-JrARu6AnoSYggUJ5u6Z7P4ucRgWLDqj-RbNBLhh77cfQ8rNPpzCUaJgffa4_1POPWJ8kQSb8ndstmq0j3GtgI2M4yyPSa1FdxpWq1j8X1Q8fpRY3H5ZGNmz6yEbpLw5GVkbIsrQUl75pOesH9bgj98/s4032/IMG_7217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQt2v74jCKKPzU9IvupjinmrwknDLxn8fz6dB-JrARu6AnoSYggUJ5u6Z7P4ucRgWLDqj-RbNBLhh77cfQ8rNPpzCUaJgffa4_1POPWJ8kQSb8ndstmq0j3GtgI2M4yyPSa1FdxpWq1j8X1Q8fpRY3H5ZGNmz6yEbpLw5GVkbIsrQUl75pOesH9bgj98/s320/IMG_7217.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdixZVSHYSfef1H-g_hyl64Vn190gpFQXCQ_uSrgziu2ILtZwUzmLHi1eodb05wLkGiIPaCfR3Y5lWzcCjSKzG-Rf0MhmulmWCkYN3Vd39ytUbdR2kizhjJA_JuzZ7dhNLl_k5nyi36jziWp8-X6wUp7zkGdPI0P1akhHCRV6sppex8wPnBvm5kN0Lk8w/s4032/IMG_7221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdixZVSHYSfef1H-g_hyl64Vn190gpFQXCQ_uSrgziu2ILtZwUzmLHi1eodb05wLkGiIPaCfR3Y5lWzcCjSKzG-Rf0MhmulmWCkYN3Vd39ytUbdR2kizhjJA_JuzZ7dhNLl_k5nyi36jziWp8-X6wUp7zkGdPI0P1akhHCRV6sppex8wPnBvm5kN0Lk8w/s320/IMG_7221.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-65376212647492504942024-02-20T18:34:00.001+01:002024-02-20T18:34:29.462+01:00December Happenings 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">December flew by SO SO SO fast. It always does because it's SO busy. But we love it & we had a lot of fun things happening in December.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finally got to SHAVE OFF that mustache in December which was a highlight for me *(& for Trek. . . it was a pain to take care of.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSmFAQ_4cPEq00t_LGmSJZRs4920CZ5SM7ohKPOCKCSPbRqXvtVh3E5VS66NKvlGb-SrmDvf8hOFoyff5yIIVbyGXgPNwdB2bDgwQ3oVsUAvwVN0m546RLytvAJYTMnoNmHvRTMkq-n9IYkDhBX1XTr7BqKQYBX1cNc4vqoMj1ku4inL-jvyinIcVsaM/s4032/IMG_4960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSmFAQ_4cPEq00t_LGmSJZRs4920CZ5SM7ohKPOCKCSPbRqXvtVh3E5VS66NKvlGb-SrmDvf8hOFoyff5yIIVbyGXgPNwdB2bDgwQ3oVsUAvwVN0m546RLytvAJYTMnoNmHvRTMkq-n9IYkDhBX1XTr7BqKQYBX1cNc4vqoMj1ku4inL-jvyinIcVsaM/s320/IMG_4960.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a fun ward Christmas party & my kiddos got to talk to santa with the other youth of the ward.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Z4fMUUuvKhZ_L7xROv9R5ntLQ10m6n2KEDVMWQ1iejU2b54UT5yErwLkdohepjWN5rRikZUgKSpfi7SIkVOae2l4OQj_zetItJsI6ptiYR7SzE8Tshro4KV4x-ZFs406v_8stkoF_hNrcGMMfnMsOfC2ID6HIam5Vx1uK3-LifbWB3f0P9Rn1NByEzM/s4032/IMG_4980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Z4fMUUuvKhZ_L7xROv9R5ntLQ10m6n2KEDVMWQ1iejU2b54UT5yErwLkdohepjWN5rRikZUgKSpfi7SIkVOae2l4OQj_zetItJsI6ptiYR7SzE8Tshro4KV4x-ZFs406v_8stkoF_hNrcGMMfnMsOfC2ID6HIam5Vx1uK3-LifbWB3f0P9Rn1NByEzM/s320/IMG_4980.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKpvfUwCG_HjUsg9HVbuDHIdAyJHyu_CPSxiNs5naH40NMOeGVlRQV6oGHtCvxMiroUo93Fo39ruBxaaMfgaTzbllwYxKePl9dGbXrJsPo9nBvLJ5zAEblBWLW5dzk5wvcInhEe0kosg3eFt_hx7JrxeoYOzUk3rGwVyXQVh0UZkoeGM5pWPHCTKw7HI/s4032/IMG_4984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKpvfUwCG_HjUsg9HVbuDHIdAyJHyu_CPSxiNs5naH40NMOeGVlRQV6oGHtCvxMiroUo93Fo39ruBxaaMfgaTzbllwYxKePl9dGbXrJsPo9nBvLJ5zAEblBWLW5dzk5wvcInhEe0kosg3eFt_hx7JrxeoYOzUk3rGwVyXQVh0UZkoeGM5pWPHCTKw7HI/s320/IMG_4984.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8IMWuZe3uT-KbRP85C_xvmMFVMOBiKbU747LHKf5KS6f8F4t_QZXWJ7FdGQOQizdHVyBYqJKBtmryfDeAnF3PDFadcDTqcfSIdZ5FIacwt32Upt3hupi76BPZJBAyDxQYCU8bL_JzjhIu-zMmvnsIsT-JNAfzJKUZp7v-M4IM8Fbm1xBP7a4DMn5CmE/s4032/IMG_4992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8IMWuZe3uT-KbRP85C_xvmMFVMOBiKbU747LHKf5KS6f8F4t_QZXWJ7FdGQOQizdHVyBYqJKBtmryfDeAnF3PDFadcDTqcfSIdZ5FIacwt32Upt3hupi76BPZJBAyDxQYCU8bL_JzjhIu-zMmvnsIsT-JNAfzJKUZp7v-M4IM8Fbm1xBP7a4DMn5CmE/s320/IMG_4992.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;">Trek did a lot of mountain biking because December was unusually warm this year. Not a lot of snow & great weather for walking, running, & biking.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0h1B5c8YpEaE5rtI2NGxXYxf9N9ru6a3rIwRddVSpqUm4nZ5goQlHBLqG6G1uj070hH4eGQJbxMqS4uR40YijvYrTyXw6hnJ8yn9E4RDBHF2eZnTH_vqKSrzaKQqofU06CCu9bMycTi4u1FvQQPL5szatHCwsWgz0j-bFfxJa9IEhFTjAZ9Lw9PYPTs/s4032/IMG_5148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0h1B5c8YpEaE5rtI2NGxXYxf9N9ru6a3rIwRddVSpqUm4nZ5goQlHBLqG6G1uj070hH4eGQJbxMqS4uR40YijvYrTyXw6hnJ8yn9E4RDBHF2eZnTH_vqKSrzaKQqofU06CCu9bMycTi4u1FvQQPL5szatHCwsWgz0j-bFfxJa9IEhFTjAZ9Lw9PYPTs/s320/IMG_5148.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;">The kids spent a lot of time with cousins in December which is always a lot of fun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomdQBRTXK0UuweiynY6vQPDRbcyb_fEdQR_yQpGs77o8EFeadtr8g89aneFlMMQNJJt_K3Pggvgi-0RH1VXaaCDKJdrdfEc39piJMbeedyWi4UT7cRvLtIYEYfdjeaQiiEkWRkiKY9d7OjP5-5JiQNF_-e5YnW9L-hoQNgXYJsL7iWwhWimVd2kYjADM/s4032/IMG_7185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomdQBRTXK0UuweiynY6vQPDRbcyb_fEdQR_yQpGs77o8EFeadtr8g89aneFlMMQNJJt_K3Pggvgi-0RH1VXaaCDKJdrdfEc39piJMbeedyWi4UT7cRvLtIYEYfdjeaQiiEkWRkiKY9d7OjP5-5JiQNF_-e5YnW9L-hoQNgXYJsL7iWwhWimVd2kYjADM/s320/IMG_7185.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In keeping with German tradition. . . Sankt Nikolaus visited out house & filled our shoes with German goodies. My kids were SO happy he didn't forget us even though we moved to the states.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHl8A1DZr68rPYpwxtV5Qr6k2R74Dq8IDAVSBoIRajB9NYko5BIDu5i9U4r2C17sQfTy0qxdaBOrLc454NZniU7wHRV9SJdfy88IAgRAr63F9Kp5naUrcylN1G-CC3sVYx1mxUl9pxEUK6u0zBtLj6wfXpGv0pmYW6SN0IEBwLFRj1wHTO8GiI3BSZdY/s4032/IMG_7202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHl8A1DZr68rPYpwxtV5Qr6k2R74Dq8IDAVSBoIRajB9NYko5BIDu5i9U4r2C17sQfTy0qxdaBOrLc454NZniU7wHRV9SJdfy88IAgRAr63F9Kp5naUrcylN1G-CC3sVYx1mxUl9pxEUK6u0zBtLj6wfXpGv0pmYW6SN0IEBwLFRj1wHTO8GiI3BSZdY/s320/IMG_7202.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPDS8Es0XyMBjUeoWDfnO_mLt17NfGz88ledKKNKQE7QPa4-BTMA93CRc3imqDmMYTWJDy4xpoBDIP4nDsVtg8L4OmP-OZ_V6yivZ9v5msxQCzM2f34OKTKKmUWB_ulvV4RaIxaVclsYt_qBooWSK5B3H2JM3xZ1F5GJGZcIRCPGCau57SoTUYhL798Q/s4032/IMG_7203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPDS8Es0XyMBjUeoWDfnO_mLt17NfGz88ledKKNKQE7QPa4-BTMA93CRc3imqDmMYTWJDy4xpoBDIP4nDsVtg8L4OmP-OZ_V6yivZ9v5msxQCzM2f34OKTKKmUWB_ulvV4RaIxaVclsYt_qBooWSK5B3H2JM3xZ1F5GJGZcIRCPGCau57SoTUYhL798Q/s320/IMG_7203.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqW05C90jQEjcLAgO-6b-KNUO-l5ufmbQYEVNunp9ZOYUYKVq7F-_hNy7Rl5QG4UQK7Mhd25_1f8g0Sy8UclzmsrX7kvB_VgafneperQoK8WOp17MxQYKbYW2m0GWY_ioEhFLWmn5ZXpUPf3HVQKUK7IYPaY-v2nNEANirKWmtrDy9hTq5sQvDvkhR64/s4032/IMG_7226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqW05C90jQEjcLAgO-6b-KNUO-l5ufmbQYEVNunp9ZOYUYKVq7F-_hNy7Rl5QG4UQK7Mhd25_1f8g0Sy8UclzmsrX7kvB_VgafneperQoK8WOp17MxQYKbYW2m0GWY_ioEhFLWmn5ZXpUPf3HVQKUK7IYPaY-v2nNEANirKWmtrDy9hTq5sQvDvkhR64/s320/IMG_7226.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim11kjBc6eJJT4lmG9lx8i4GAwBMbqwAi36OrNPEybNokhE1tKEEV7mB0JKcutf5JHDp_E81Oz1_XbHGKEf8s3-Rl8aApIlys-k8HXVcWWrN5xP5P_oMWEciIJ9kvPWrdyXgpIck5UbAJc-q6cwzGwntezKw1ofVv0NlXzmnfDwu982EtLlevRaGviNTc/s4032/IMG_7229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim11kjBc6eJJT4lmG9lx8i4GAwBMbqwAi36OrNPEybNokhE1tKEEV7mB0JKcutf5JHDp_E81Oz1_XbHGKEf8s3-Rl8aApIlys-k8HXVcWWrN5xP5P_oMWEciIJ9kvPWrdyXgpIck5UbAJc-q6cwzGwntezKw1ofVv0NlXzmnfDwu982EtLlevRaGviNTc/s320/IMG_7229.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Cadence sent us some super cute pictures from her mission in Mongolia. I can't believe she comes home in March!!! It's gone by so fast.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOMSh1pyilk6SPWCuVWNeBC5XtNNCbD3JdkiVxgGyTmkCiWfvbrfHluIZaHKW72TSEKhIDFCZFMvrpQwTlKKMrZr_BvWY4VCH-uW_-9McJRp30rvNT0eS9NcRbjZvgHJiG3tDpVNn5yS8hyy9XUCm5pLaITy-bq-EhECf0_CKfmvITxLe9RLDu8ZFh0w/s1531/IMG_7230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1531" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOMSh1pyilk6SPWCuVWNeBC5XtNNCbD3JdkiVxgGyTmkCiWfvbrfHluIZaHKW72TSEKhIDFCZFMvrpQwTlKKMrZr_BvWY4VCH-uW_-9McJRp30rvNT0eS9NcRbjZvgHJiG3tDpVNn5yS8hyy9XUCm5pLaITy-bq-EhECf0_CKfmvITxLe9RLDu8ZFh0w/s320/IMG_7230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeKiPEpUlk_m7B_CQ_3Q-fQ7cezvZpJxACsY2HZqXDLhK7h2r8m7e8JUkzRRTC1CzrR8MO-4-wsuXsFqdcrKunBaCSCxF75ZmwcbEWZliCoVxuyz3bXorBkUb7gZnKnZ9OwO2GgneiCxyerSSaHciF8JgWMoG1D_2EAi-1EEX1I-KMtkjDPx4vuBmMG8/s940/IMG_7231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="940" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeKiPEpUlk_m7B_CQ_3Q-fQ7cezvZpJxACsY2HZqXDLhK7h2r8m7e8JUkzRRTC1CzrR8MO-4-wsuXsFqdcrKunBaCSCxF75ZmwcbEWZliCoVxuyz3bXorBkUb7gZnKnZ9OwO2GgneiCxyerSSaHciF8JgWMoG1D_2EAi-1EEX1I-KMtkjDPx4vuBmMG8/s320/IMG_7231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-23253512947488588372024-02-20T18:27:00.002+01:002024-02-20T18:27:27.317+01:00Snowball Express<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trek had the opportunity in December to participate in the Snowball Express put on by the Gary Sinise Foundation. Every year, they fly families of fallen military members to Florida for Christmas to enjoy the sunshine, Disney World, & more. It's a great program.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trek took his cadets & they lined the airport with servicemen & women in uniform with flags so that these deserving families could proudly walk down those hallways knowing they were loved & supported for their family's service. 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We miss Germany so much, especially during the Christmas season. Christmas markets make us feel HOME for the holidays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZPu6Pj4AGRVrg8CRBDbCW8s4h6JbdzlHOs08r-K_qc1-5uF0ucyyRz3HB5kQ4fuVHVh_An2uF9sjse9SppsQ5OXbDOv0RKG3owiZhJ2RWqnjCGyr7Q06dJ3qbet-OueBlHsPvfR0W4ry_CFhFZsUcPQ8iGZNM60Zazhp_5vKbOmJKps5-slIjnN-Xvc/s4032/IMG_4922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZPu6Pj4AGRVrg8CRBDbCW8s4h6JbdzlHOs08r-K_qc1-5uF0ucyyRz3HB5kQ4fuVHVh_An2uF9sjse9SppsQ5OXbDOv0RKG3owiZhJ2RWqnjCGyr7Q06dJ3qbet-OueBlHsPvfR0W4ry_CFhFZsUcPQ8iGZNM60Zazhp_5vKbOmJKps5-slIjnN-Xvc/s320/IMG_4922.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;">It was a cute little Christmas market. They do a really good job here. They even had the open fires where you can stand to get warm. I forgot how much I miss those little details of Europe.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwF4RpQgoQ-OVYUmQzIO0Ms8W1Nafd_PU1oOalfA0_1WFFHZf4AMzHT9HCjYx5rnxXZ8j-DYKSMGMSrVw7zsh3fml3qYiWPd6rVcd-ZlcIpxVHxtLx2Mlx17g7jEhPMuUim8NVtdErhrKufhckAlYTNjN9sieKlXdUAOcOswPBsRZOhQlodX5e_HkEHY/s4032/IMG_7176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwF4RpQgoQ-OVYUmQzIO0Ms8W1Nafd_PU1oOalfA0_1WFFHZf4AMzHT9HCjYx5rnxXZ8j-DYKSMGMSrVw7zsh3fml3qYiWPd6rVcd-ZlcIpxVHxtLx2Mlx17g7jEhPMuUim8NVtdErhrKufhckAlYTNjN9sieKlXdUAOcOswPBsRZOhQlodX5e_HkEHY/s320/IMG_7176.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYXRS13U4S9ksiX1cMKDEDN9tYpBcC_AEvu1OZoK6BlqkVhR-RAE_YE68uVPAQ-gMqVenxCQgWzvbvIMn9Mkv5mmcwkpYBbpcczODTl8tmuT00O-sj09Gc8CYmJXDkeO5SxVXytRZI8fVgeXorpN_p4Ly8Jpli5uJdRJUAtSUaCdDZYMEqlG8v-I-hAc/s4032/IMG_4924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYXRS13U4S9ksiX1cMKDEDN9tYpBcC_AEvu1OZoK6BlqkVhR-RAE_YE68uVPAQ-gMqVenxCQgWzvbvIMn9Mkv5mmcwkpYBbpcczODTl8tmuT00O-sj09Gc8CYmJXDkeO5SxVXytRZI8fVgeXorpN_p4Ly8Jpli5uJdRJUAtSUaCdDZYMEqlG8v-I-hAc/s320/IMG_4924.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;">There were lots of fun things to eat (SUPER EXPENSIVE, but fun). Taya opted for chocolate covered cheesecake. I really really wanted to get some Swiss Raclette, but they were out (because it's SO GOOD).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9QPaNjmUYNxtkoLxrpGHKPkW_Ca7a8FkgL2IemM_WK1-obbt6GS2qPPs__vZzzqm9RlusunIDq0W7uRrPnM6vj4Pa1auveAWziNj5gcGdrfCXdR83__vGdTmvW19GYIrBMb8lXsD70TLTgCTyG3vR8MK_aEchWacyBKqMBbGRPa6bZ_tTZ7qWDsfRJ4/s4032/IMG_4925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9QPaNjmUYNxtkoLxrpGHKPkW_Ca7a8FkgL2IemM_WK1-obbt6GS2qPPs__vZzzqm9RlusunIDq0W7uRrPnM6vj4Pa1auveAWziNj5gcGdrfCXdR83__vGdTmvW19GYIrBMb8lXsD70TLTgCTyG3vR8MK_aEchWacyBKqMBbGRPa6bZ_tTZ7qWDsfRJ4/s320/IMG_4925.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22ZLxrRBJxEvy6wLqf6RyGE-9Uet32RK1fNQAHrjhAZUOjDefGcZIctaV6Vti0qvCbIzT6w_XaNyZYHwjeEmaCmrj1pYnhJK8czViS9UyGIokhrXuIP1L-GdvlORSwQvZWR5E4mawm8ynF5-CM_RSYPrrG6rtLXJIF5CSL2BQYACaxpluxxDTh9JESq4/s4032/IMG_4926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We 100% will make this a family Christmas tradition from here on out.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-36764644972631050702024-02-20T18:12:00.005+01:002024-02-20T18:12:34.665+01:00Canyon's Tree Lighting Performance<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bank in town invited Canyon's school choir to come sing some songs at the city tree lighting ceremony. It was DARLING. These cute little kiddos sang 3 songs & then helped the city decorate the tree with ornaments made by every student at his school. They all did such a great job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_S1H0R-nkQnB1ZQpkd3TAHK5dDxhFPiTQP_1Tumt3qR54ROUWPd-j-2Hp03rTk7VrivuSIS-G73qHIK-Ts111pQwB-wgYalPASB1CS2qLnssh-O-ti6Qh9UOXTIW6otfa5SlZ9xfam9b-p-YvDpAxaMk6N-TGlCvNaIJNCr2bHTVlMgcaT5uVO2Pv9U/s4032/IMG_7130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_S1H0R-nkQnB1ZQpkd3TAHK5dDxhFPiTQP_1Tumt3qR54ROUWPd-j-2Hp03rTk7VrivuSIS-G73qHIK-Ts111pQwB-wgYalPASB1CS2qLnssh-O-ti6Qh9UOXTIW6otfa5SlZ9xfam9b-p-YvDpAxaMk6N-TGlCvNaIJNCr2bHTVlMgcaT5uVO2Pv9U/s320/IMG_7130.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiXubmZb4X6PH0pT280ovBL8Hsd97lywN7w4pitmzVFPVcro2ADV62XyQckPUWyZjd4yeiWlc4rKvyiK3LU7k1TuLY5BsqJeRF3Bif-9A4cR8E4ZgzPtP5iy7NIGNgXlKZ-rruSLl42Ddxqclj0eBMSfP_uFoNr_V0ch1WWHRUi_kYE-mtORXF1PoMo0/s4032/IMG_7134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiXubmZb4X6PH0pT280ovBL8Hsd97lywN7w4pitmzVFPVcro2ADV62XyQckPUWyZjd4yeiWlc4rKvyiK3LU7k1TuLY5BsqJeRF3Bif-9A4cR8E4ZgzPtP5iy7NIGNgXlKZ-rruSLl42Ddxqclj0eBMSfP_uFoNr_V0ch1WWHRUi_kYE-mtORXF1PoMo0/s320/IMG_7134.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;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_ZushPvjMc" width="320" youtube-src-id="i_ZushPvjMc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9WDUnX8C2Ho" width="320" youtube-src-id="9WDUnX8C2Ho"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DWGC5pUXp6Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="DWGC5pUXp6Q"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-63054021218867467362024-02-20T18:03:00.004+01:002024-02-20T18:42:06.448+01:00Thanksgiving Trip 2023 - San Francisco - Day 4 (& 5)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Saturday morning we all got to sleep in which was HEAVENLY! Trek & Tylee went running across the San Rafael Bridge with Nano while I got the kiddos up & ready for the day. It felt so good to sleep until we woke up instead of waking up to an alarm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUgE2FVGnn35f8Umba3gXNnr5ysg_RIL8oSrEze-1lGLkG6PqI4e4q02qlYZtlo633moA4Uipk7DClSguMyT7RfZQJKqDKL4DGco1L01zd4OUfHVcgDsi0cIhbws0eEFXNtQiyH4Zz_htPuNU0EI4PJd5SUbcbepsDqZ71PA6WnVqsL4QV7o5R6fjp7w/s4032/IMG_4894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUgE2FVGnn35f8Umba3gXNnr5ysg_RIL8oSrEze-1lGLkG6PqI4e4q02qlYZtlo633moA4Uipk7DClSguMyT7RfZQJKqDKL4DGco1L01zd4OUfHVcgDsi0cIhbws0eEFXNtQiyH4Zz_htPuNU0EI4PJd5SUbcbepsDqZ71PA6WnVqsL4QV7o5R6fjp7w/s320/IMG_4894.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFdPIB3XV-G0wNKFTuqmrDBdgNdB4FtZDLS4UE4ir9R3L1Jufvqg0VorrH1boC2UUW5UF8f3n8NF8vMpV-297VbUolkbSljKbD500LQO6UvWEt9ZjpUPxnItZ_84KOMdLyWze6wzlQbJY5Sh1o1dN13d2E2B1E5XzRwSbmIj1dfnSukvI9nLaJOG4KKs/s4032/IMG_4896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFdPIB3XV-G0wNKFTuqmrDBdgNdB4FtZDLS4UE4ir9R3L1Jufvqg0VorrH1boC2UUW5UF8f3n8NF8vMpV-297VbUolkbSljKbD500LQO6UvWEt9ZjpUPxnItZ_84KOMdLyWze6wzlQbJY5Sh1o1dN13d2E2B1E5XzRwSbmIj1dfnSukvI9nLaJOG4KKs/s320/IMG_4896.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyoy6L0b6GUcgeU8p14JE4AUv6b8cwOYU_AymkUe2Ua4WBreu2GQbiFRAC0tl9X3dsSKFJ-Od5RIaSMuHMBDDF5EOB0LmUxyWHK4fw7p73IaowzlAvsBO2sJrN4RkUctsz18UkXTOGflUpQqP298X2clFaBnzSN3xIAKWo9DaOrq3_Ymgwa2d5JL7fsI/s4032/IMG_4899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyoy6L0b6GUcgeU8p14JE4AUv6b8cwOYU_AymkUe2Ua4WBreu2GQbiFRAC0tl9X3dsSKFJ-Od5RIaSMuHMBDDF5EOB0LmUxyWHK4fw7p73IaowzlAvsBO2sJrN4RkUctsz18UkXTOGflUpQqP298X2clFaBnzSN3xIAKWo9DaOrq3_Ymgwa2d5JL7fsI/s320/IMG_4899.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;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">After they got back from their run, we ordered breakfast from a fun place called Bread & Butter, picked it up, & drove to Drew’s High School for his alumni soccer game. The current soccer team played a game against former members of the high school (basically a bunch of old people) & surprisingly the alumni team killed them! We made a picnic brunch out of the food we ordered while we watched the game. Drew played awesome. He scored 3 goals in the game. He is super fast on the field & it was awesome getting to actually be there for one of his games. Lucas came to visit us while we watched as well. It was great seeing my nephews since they were with their mom for most of the weekend. My kids LOVE Drew & Lucas because they are their age (18, 15). It was fun.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0AhMVZXesinE1Df5FkuoEWT-jcZ7E27_iyCdkM1JACbqGUwYamuqI-I88n-LxT0eOCQm2EN9UiSc0pYTEjrmppBmaS3w9ZBLVDlbRZttGDLsX8FrQVDRA3BWDZz-scQXZMqEcLn16Ye_e5kI6HDVfu4cLiNXckOyAYNAjftybyYmReiWMb82DHMeKFs/s4032/IMG_4904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0AhMVZXesinE1Df5FkuoEWT-jcZ7E27_iyCdkM1JACbqGUwYamuqI-I88n-LxT0eOCQm2EN9UiSc0pYTEjrmppBmaS3w9ZBLVDlbRZttGDLsX8FrQVDRA3BWDZz-scQXZMqEcLn16Ye_e5kI6HDVfu4cLiNXckOyAYNAjftybyYmReiWMb82DHMeKFs/s320/IMG_4904.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;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">After the game we went back to the house & packed everything up to go home. Then we drove to a mall near Tylee’s house to do a secret Santa exchange. Holy moly that mall was the scariest, saddest mall I’ve ever seen in my life. It had a Macy’s & a Kohls, but that was pretty much it. There was a gymnastic studio inside, a TINY (& very sketchy) roller skating rink, an escape room, & a PUBLIC LIBRARY (IN THE MALL!). There was a Claires & one pizza place & that was it. We laughed at how scary it was. Tylee gave each person a $20 bill to spend & then we picked each other’s names out of a hat. We got to buy a gift for the person we picked. It was SO MUCH FUN. We divided up into teams & shopped together. I shopped with Canyon. He was buying for Trek & I was buying for Taya. We found a lot of fun things in Claire’s for Taya (she loves squish mallows), & then we spent the remainder of the time in Macy’s trying to find something for Trek. Canyon finally found 2 pairs of Christmas socks & some house slippers for him. I thought it was super sweet. He did well. We met back up & drove back to the house to exchange gifts. They turned out adorable. Taya & Trek loved theirs. Opa got Lorien a really cool flashlight. Bladen got Craiger a Pokemon stuffed animal & Craiger got Canyon a big Star Wars blanket & bowser car. Taya got Tylee a beautiful sweatshirt & Trek got Opa a nativity snow globe. Tylee had Olive (which totally wasn’t fair, we all wanted Olive) & Olive had me & got me the cutest Minnie Mouse stuffed toy. Tylee got me some make up too. SO FUN. 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Oma left earlier & took Grandma K back to their house so they were excited when we finally got home. We grabbed some Taco Bell on the way & had a Taco Bell picnic in their kitchen. Their new house is SO cute. Oma has it decorated SO beautifully. You can tell they are SO proud of it. It’s absolutely perfect for them. We stayed up late & watched a Christmas movie (Klaus) together as a family, then went to bed. Trek & I were in the main bedroom (Opa & Oma refused to sleep in there) & Canyon was on the little sofa next to their bed. Taya, Bladen, & Craiger slept on camp mattresses in the kitchen & it all worked out just fine. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1__oRWoTggDtaIElFCxktjTZGHi5c-rkleqUqI5co1NUKZnaN99PxTiR4HoTkkS0HughE9Py0GF79mFuhQmxx_5sdCvKizUiPPIAtDTTkrXiOp6eJfL-aJg1rXr2Y5IfSoad31ze283pb0Q3Psx_qQiaOnr-oxrGPdXSix7nz1Occq0DahiDw189sKDE/s4032/IMG_7120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1__oRWoTggDtaIElFCxktjTZGHi5c-rkleqUqI5co1NUKZnaN99PxTiR4HoTkkS0HughE9Py0GF79mFuhQmxx_5sdCvKizUiPPIAtDTTkrXiOp6eJfL-aJg1rXr2Y5IfSoad31ze283pb0Q3Psx_qQiaOnr-oxrGPdXSix7nz1Occq0DahiDw189sKDE/s320/IMG_7120.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Lorien stayed in San Francisco with Tylee. She flew out early Sunday morning so Tylee spoiled her rotten on Saturday night with manicures & pedicures, Thai massages, a nice dinner, & Christmas shopping. She was in heaven.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Sunday morning we woke up at 5:30, ate a delicious muffin & bacon breakfast made by Oma, packed some sandwiches to eat on our 10 hour drive back to UT, then said our goodbyes. We loaded up the van & took off. It was a LONG day of driving, but we made it back safe & sound at 5:30pm. We were sad our vacation was over, but we loved every minute of it.</span></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-78466650930442874082024-02-20T17:59:00.004+01:002024-02-20T18:42:13.956+01:00Thanksgiving Trip 2023 - San Francisco - Day 3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Friday morning Trek & I woke up early, but not at 5:30! Yaya! The 2 of us were going to go pick up Lorien at the San Francisco airport an hour from Tylee’s house. She flew in at 9:30 so we left at 8:45 & let the rest of the kiddos sleep in. As we were leaving, Olive was on the couch throwing up like Phoenix had the day before. Those poor girls just couldn’t catch a break.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Lorien’s flight left an hour later than scheduled, but still arrived on time which totally made me laugh. We grabbed her from the airport around 10:10 & then we headed into the city to go ice skating. We parked in a huge parking garage & walked to Union Square where we waited for Opa, Tuhk, & the rest of my kiddos to join us for our 11:00 ice skating session.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHL0nbn4vDaS_HRzprioAPCSuchQCbaTTtZoVFEewUG9WR7-OuCU_ZklxrzbviBXDs_Jcy-CpTAA1zctu5PKn6BpNRcORE51kYzi7KPDlKLMes3_KT8VjeryCXjzbwG3Hj106y05YX3yPQRREjXcF0WoX6FTfQ4xqmn_I4HrzwMzYMmgIZawrn3bLmCs/s4032/IMG_4860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHL0nbn4vDaS_HRzprioAPCSuchQCbaTTtZoVFEewUG9WR7-OuCU_ZklxrzbviBXDs_Jcy-CpTAA1zctu5PKn6BpNRcORE51kYzi7KPDlKLMes3_KT8VjeryCXjzbwG3Hj106y05YX3yPQRREjXcF0WoX6FTfQ4xqmn_I4HrzwMzYMmgIZawrn3bLmCs/s320/IMG_4860.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;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Poor Canyon was terrified of ice skating. This was his first time & you would have thought he was skating to his death. The tears, the whaling & knashing of teeth! Poor kid. I felt so bad for him. I tried so hard to hold onto him to make him feel comfortable, but he wanted to cling to the side of the rink for dear life the entire time. I was able to get him around the rink ONE TIME & that was it. He was DONE. He hung out with Opa on the sidelines while the rest of us skated. I was terrible too, but I still loved it & had fun. By the end I could somewhat skate without holding onto anything. Bladen was like me. . .he was nervous & off balance a lot, but he did well. Trek, Lorien, Taya, & Craiger were speed demons. 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Tylee met us there with Jeff, Phoenix, & Olive who were feeling a little better. The tickets were split up into 3 different areas (buying 15 tickets is hard to get in one single row), but all 3 areas were great. Lorien & Taya were down on the first floor by the orchestra. They got to see the cast sing & dance in the aisles up close & personal. Tylee & her family were near the front of the 2nd floor & the rest of us were near the back of the 2nd floor which were amazing views of the show. I was very impressed. The show was incredible. Honestly, young simba & young nala stole the show. They were SO SO SO GOOD. The whole thing was just amazing. . . the sets & costumes were incredible. 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I don’t know why every time we go to San Francisco, we wind up in some weird political situation, but we do. It was the only way back to our van & we had to walk alongside the protest to get there so it was strange. It was a peaceful protest, but with a lot of yelling which made the kids VERY uncomfortable. But we made it safe & sound to our car. Tuhk was with us & it wasn’t until we got into the van that we realized that we didn’t have enough seats for Tuhk! We had 7 seats in the van & once we picked up Lorien, all 7 seats were filled. So we crammed him into the back with the boys & somehow made it home to Tylee’s.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Tylee & her family & Opa went to a park for a little while so instead of going straight home, we went to Tylee’s friend’s house to let Lorien visit with Grandma Kinsfather a little bit. That was SO nice. We love grandma so much & never get much time with her. 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It was a really really nice Italian restaurant & it was delicious. I got chicken Parmesan & it was incredible. The kids got sausage pasta, ravioli, cheesy spaghetti, & all sorts of things. We had calamari & all sorts of fun appetizers & just had a blast. Everything was delicious.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">After dinner we came back home & watched Christmas Every Day with the family then went to bed. It was a perfect day.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHLPCRKl7JP1jW5MlHBSiefrCgxxBBe3f_yYH5oGyuiqAURn81O1NiGaTQrDVDBbOYdC9wQQ5QJUmmHCs8BusO08BvRD29IdadmsTTphDpenqzrjvwr_pY95LffnTy7Fit8cDVJ1AM74ljKdej4dpgNJKwPufpb3AZQqqM49uOI_9Z9FFwciMmQ2BNQ4/s1024/47674994-e5a0-4d6f-86aa-b2f43802dcc8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHLPCRKl7JP1jW5MlHBSiefrCgxxBBe3f_yYH5oGyuiqAURn81O1NiGaTQrDVDBbOYdC9wQQ5QJUmmHCs8BusO08BvRD29IdadmsTTphDpenqzrjvwr_pY95LffnTy7Fit8cDVJ1AM74ljKdej4dpgNJKwPufpb3AZQqqM49uOI_9Z9FFwciMmQ2BNQ4/s320/47674994-e5a0-4d6f-86aa-b2f43802dcc8.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZU-sjNCNGmWDa5Y-93Y0oCLDM9W9Cq0eKYCwsFbz4WL3kTl7JFzEXXKhL_C-7kHyO1NySenjfaSglv5CnqOFAEacsAMTiuej9EkCE4ujn39qcIQcKXYMWUWIPF6m8fNwRXCQTQffbAnYmE9Rk1BQUrtsxXSYgdM_YtdWgLapujLgTnTLQj2oszwAwS8/s4032/IMG_7106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZU-sjNCNGmWDa5Y-93Y0oCLDM9W9Cq0eKYCwsFbz4WL3kTl7JFzEXXKhL_C-7kHyO1NySenjfaSglv5CnqOFAEacsAMTiuej9EkCE4ujn39qcIQcKXYMWUWIPF6m8fNwRXCQTQffbAnYmE9Rk1BQUrtsxXSYgdM_YtdWgLapujLgTnTLQj2oszwAwS8/s320/IMG_7106.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-9348372841774954942024-02-20T17:54:00.003+01:002024-02-20T18:42:21.860+01:00Thanksgiving Trip 2023 - San Francisco - Day 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Thanksgiving morning we woke up at the crack of dawn (hello 5:30am AGAIN!). We got the kids up & moving & got everyone in their workout/running gear. We had to leave the house by 6:45am, but everyone made it! Poor Phoenix woke up with a fever, cough, & was throwing up all night, so Jeff decided it was probably best to stay home with her while the rest of of us did the Turkey Trot.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">We drove about an hour (including over the Golden Gate Bridge) to Golden Gate Park. This Turkey Trot has been a San Francisco tradition for years so the crowd was HUGE. The only place we could find to park was on the outskirts of the actual park so we wound up walking a mile just to get to the starting line. We got our competitor bibs & watched Olive run in the Tiny Trot! She beat the turkey & the buffalo which made her super excited. She got a little stocking full of chocolate which totally made her day. Then it was time for the 5K & the 10K.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iZEFxC6v2L2D66TyjGfP4mY9f2x2Tuy299vDEUO03LoRnRZhhHFcxup7oWV3HWD3hP3sZl_11OCssMbJuKJPeXAiKy40zm-gF_wElY6pJY8xmU_76MsIFB3AuZqTUM9jlr20RD4s3tNSjM1AzLrPn2PlbLX9T0QBDnFGKC3e9T2pRoSymLzsegC0GkM/s4032/IMG_7032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iZEFxC6v2L2D66TyjGfP4mY9f2x2Tuy299vDEUO03LoRnRZhhHFcxup7oWV3HWD3hP3sZl_11OCssMbJuKJPeXAiKy40zm-gF_wElY6pJY8xmU_76MsIFB3AuZqTUM9jlr20RD4s3tNSjM1AzLrPn2PlbLX9T0QBDnFGKC3e9T2pRoSymLzsegC0GkM/s320/IMG_7032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLh7KeCmDsGrKbXemxeHpo7ptnm3AL75GnZSsBJmiFWLSeHDna6DOQm4FwmisD2Kjn8P4Ac3ToNKegS0Ab00pZlkFEJ6pc6rgOBCnjkpm-ey8Ped6dMFj-tPL4icxaQwKgoilwA2ZBCwuyzXjRyY_vGi3IcZ9XkwGz4GelwGsZ0q-hbOJMel6MfspeZ4/s4032/IMG_7036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLh7KeCmDsGrKbXemxeHpo7ptnm3AL75GnZSsBJmiFWLSeHDna6DOQm4FwmisD2Kjn8P4Ac3ToNKegS0Ab00pZlkFEJ6pc6rgOBCnjkpm-ey8Ped6dMFj-tPL4icxaQwKgoilwA2ZBCwuyzXjRyY_vGi3IcZ9XkwGz4GelwGsZ0q-hbOJMel6MfspeZ4/s320/IMG_7036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuRW8T6M9d12ySK-t75OFj2P16BsJa9VP-bAFYuLj2oAElSHax-f7P0HutsxISJDuKgq1qlKp-VLJ8cSQqcC7LStPmfZlfohkGZ2Igaiq15KY23Cwx4rSqyAmol74Xp_xgkR3Ee_JWc3dfRXC0lDTOyp4NBupAEAkE_Y7casOt30LPVb1oZynOR0noYI/s4032/IMG_7037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuRW8T6M9d12ySK-t75OFj2P16BsJa9VP-bAFYuLj2oAElSHax-f7P0HutsxISJDuKgq1qlKp-VLJ8cSQqcC7LStPmfZlfohkGZ2Igaiq15KY23Cwx4rSqyAmol74Xp_xgkR3Ee_JWc3dfRXC0lDTOyp4NBupAEAkE_Y7casOt30LPVb1oZynOR0noYI/s320/IMG_7037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggljUyu98qLUiq-XCRoSypwDekUlfFW6t70nFEMjV4e-9bIzl2bspc9skkw2G2KtSJ2mBvwIIgV0kVH57aqPNzkAAFSGN_4oyFHaGqJuucKNYpgNL_Wny1GisDHYPCnjC2nRTEku4pBQqLQ2YCtPbEGlNwJVW8g9jqXWX05-vEhTsaIeCndkoGv1NtGG4/s1600/0536a4cd-5701-4e1e-bbc3-76bf17b08c25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggljUyu98qLUiq-XCRoSypwDekUlfFW6t70nFEMjV4e-9bIzl2bspc9skkw2G2KtSJ2mBvwIIgV0kVH57aqPNzkAAFSGN_4oyFHaGqJuucKNYpgNL_Wny1GisDHYPCnjC2nRTEku4pBQqLQ2YCtPbEGlNwJVW8g9jqXWX05-vEhTsaIeCndkoGv1NtGG4/s320/0536a4cd-5701-4e1e-bbc3-76bf17b08c25.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Trek ran the 10K while the rest of us ran the 5K. Trek, being the beast that he is, ran the 10K before any of us made it past the finish line for the 5K. He ran a 7 minute mile pace the whole time & took 49th in the entire race, 12th in his age group which is pretty cool considering there were thousands of people racing. Bladen & Canyon ran pretty well ahead of Taya, Craiger, & I. I run about 2.5 miles a day, but am not fast at all. Craiger probably could have ran faster, but he was nervous to go ahead without me. Taya, who hasn’t run in ages did awesome & kept up with me the whole time. Canyon & Bladen beat us by about 5 minutes is all & we were proud overall of how we did considering we aren’t runners. It was a lot of fun. Afterward, they handed out a bunch of water, granola bars, nuts, cookies, & all sorts of yummy snacks. We enjoyed it.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRq30SXHRXodPWjZ6yNa0MTevgZPnN-X5_FmUlzBmB-6uQayJeA7NFbIEoxVLUJjTYvKzxKFPfjxexUA4nSTMJv_p026U4VfRR4KoT5_B_Gp0gv3xVsX8B3PcA6ukfw5qXkf0xB8RTeCah4E8dC3Na6kt8VEM_WHuO6pO5Zoaxd-eUdv91tR_i6jOhdU0/s4032/IMG_7038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRq30SXHRXodPWjZ6yNa0MTevgZPnN-X5_FmUlzBmB-6uQayJeA7NFbIEoxVLUJjTYvKzxKFPfjxexUA4nSTMJv_p026U4VfRR4KoT5_B_Gp0gv3xVsX8B3PcA6ukfw5qXkf0xB8RTeCah4E8dC3Na6kt8VEM_WHuO6pO5Zoaxd-eUdv91tR_i6jOhdU0/s320/IMG_7038.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu4CGCZBAbLHiNevyKp90tmIPZ1JKoDYEVi_ykKmK8P7_moJ9gyg81wlzEyVjC63ioBeta0Giub-6O27N9xAgBObfCvC3VycshXUVQrVtUpHbl-OVPxt-2MsWtLO3CZu4hqFIi_2eY0gEqQwPh66fzehovoV6zT4DaF3aD1Z0p2pcqwnCuSZikmQkTcg/s4032/IMG_7039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu4CGCZBAbLHiNevyKp90tmIPZ1JKoDYEVi_ykKmK8P7_moJ9gyg81wlzEyVjC63ioBeta0Giub-6O27N9xAgBObfCvC3VycshXUVQrVtUpHbl-OVPxt-2MsWtLO3CZu4hqFIi_2eY0gEqQwPh66fzehovoV6zT4DaF3aD1Z0p2pcqwnCuSZikmQkTcg/s320/IMG_7039.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">After the Turkey Trot, we drove back to Tylee’s house for Thanksgiving Dinner. Tylee had it catered by a super sweet girl who did an absolutely amazing job. The food looked incredible! Tylee & Trek ran another 5 miles with Nano (Tylee’s dog), while I unwrapped all the food & heated it up in the oven & on the stovetop so it would be ready when they got back from their run. We ate at about 1pm & it was as delicious as it looked. I’m not kidding when I say that was by far the BEST Thanksgiving dinner I’ve ever eaten. The turkey was tender & flavorful, the mashed potatoes were divine & the gravy was the best I’ve ever had. The stuffing had sausage meatballs & mushrooms in it which made it amazing & the sweet potatoes had marshmallows, caramel, & pecans on top. The rolls & cornbread were homemade with love & I even liked the Brussel sprouts. 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The music was fun, the characters were cute, & I absolutely loved all the hidden Disney easter eggs scattered throughout the film. The kids LOVED it. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">After the movie, we went back into the heated pool & hot tub & enjoyed relaxing to Christmas music for the evening as we enjoyed pie & pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Phoenix was feeling a lot better, so she hung out with me & made sure to do my “make up” for the evening. (I think she completely emptied Olive’s play make up kit on my face all at once. . . INCLUDING NAIL POLISH which took FOREVER to get off). I loved the bonding time with her, even if I was scrubbing my face for 30 minutes in the shower afterward. Ha ha ha.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">It was the best Thanksgiving EVER!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTXQXnh0oYLp0y6NaUW-uLUwYFu-IWtg7Gg6zNAbYNqlpJOc4pgN-6dBneDA-8LANeSwHdsWMeVVUmkovkrSAoZ00u68DVy_pD9ppR7DVa53fTFoG0K6w3_Yp9F4_GMlr5qNt2zBfmWvi3ZiNI-FjMIKgI7CbEeCbHmQmEwAZsxvRe__DjVFNamZA058/s4032/IMG_4853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTXQXnh0oYLp0y6NaUW-uLUwYFu-IWtg7Gg6zNAbYNqlpJOc4pgN-6dBneDA-8LANeSwHdsWMeVVUmkovkrSAoZ00u68DVy_pD9ppR7DVa53fTFoG0K6w3_Yp9F4_GMlr5qNt2zBfmWvi3ZiNI-FjMIKgI7CbEeCbHmQmEwAZsxvRe__DjVFNamZA058/s320/IMG_4853.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsaUJu53a9ASpszvLaUlT6dySnWpyZyL7z4Nj9iwQo0tK6Mwca_2C022kVnrulvUA6ZtjdwFAtoEuwLb2eacFhRbnhpzgpjOWGM9Og635Nsnu-mI2bAQwN_pQTAeXswFReI0MMWim4LTlsBzw9ODei2z_HJELAsMNfHKiRy8fIkp2E7YS1dRAfqc8_t0/s4032/IMG_4854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsaUJu53a9ASpszvLaUlT6dySnWpyZyL7z4Nj9iwQo0tK6Mwca_2C022kVnrulvUA6ZtjdwFAtoEuwLb2eacFhRbnhpzgpjOWGM9Og635Nsnu-mI2bAQwN_pQTAeXswFReI0MMWim4LTlsBzw9ODei2z_HJELAsMNfHKiRy8fIkp2E7YS1dRAfqc8_t0/s320/IMG_4854.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtxIWykAykF9uR9x928yrbvri5SpOy6OdWhF-DZ93d-4r8hdvv792FOgX4IsfY67GOA0LA3dwLDcKq4vrnsyL_qTHXylkgeEB_LJJxUI5hM-54eirtUAyC25Jijde6D_aMqHYMynrYDq_xZ_Fx3qQF229ZWDVDCpiKHfo610heJrR0GavRghNHx601cw/s3088/IMG_7070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtxIWykAykF9uR9x928yrbvri5SpOy6OdWhF-DZ93d-4r8hdvv792FOgX4IsfY67GOA0LA3dwLDcKq4vrnsyL_qTHXylkgeEB_LJJxUI5hM-54eirtUAyC25Jijde6D_aMqHYMynrYDq_xZ_Fx3qQF229ZWDVDCpiKHfo610heJrR0GavRghNHx601cw/s320/IMG_7070.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-88356489264059470402024-02-20T17:49:00.004+01:002024-02-20T18:42:31.579+01:00Thanksgiving Trip 2023 - San Francisco - Day 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Wednesday morning we woke up early like we usually do (around 5:30), got ready, & instead of heading to school/work, we hopped into the van & took off for San Francisco. The kids were SO excited. I had filled each of their canvas bags with road trip snacks & they were SO happy. Trek realized the night before that he had a huge thumb drive that could hold most of our DVD videos on it & that it plugged into our van’s entertainment system so our kids could pick from 100 different movies on the trip. The only problem was that if you turned off the car (when you get gas or have a bathroom/lunch break), the movie stops & you can go back to where you ended. . . you have to start all over again! Something we’ll have to look at & adjust for our next road trip.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Taya started us out on our journey. She wasn’t too happy about it at first (she HATES driving), but she drove from our house through the city & out past the Salt Lake. She drove for over an hour & we were very proud of her. She told us afterward that once you get going on the freeway, it’s not bad at all. Trek drove after her for a bit, then I took a turn while Trek took a nap. It was a LONG drive. It took over 11 hours to get there. We stopped for gas twice, once in NV & once in San Rafael (for $6.00 a gallon!!!). We got Arby’s for lunch & drove the rest of the way eating snacks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-r8dbdJmBq7pzjO_DSlZX_leBY06I7LYhpGNLFDWWh98sWyDGss16iYWKphTxTAM4o4dvsFHbxpifrd0R1TdXOtka35-LpZzpS1M1-xu7T8h7cHH6W_Q-fFhhn-mJjXJbUbjodQePmPtJnI6oQhn98UzTOQ4ikLlsyOvXuk1DVOikDaA35suW48S-bw8/s4032/IMG_4832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-r8dbdJmBq7pzjO_DSlZX_leBY06I7LYhpGNLFDWWh98sWyDGss16iYWKphTxTAM4o4dvsFHbxpifrd0R1TdXOtka35-LpZzpS1M1-xu7T8h7cHH6W_Q-fFhhn-mJjXJbUbjodQePmPtJnI6oQhn98UzTOQ4ikLlsyOvXuk1DVOikDaA35suW48S-bw8/s320/IMG_4832.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;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">We arrived around 5pm which was much earlier than we anticipated. I always forget that we gain an hour when we cross over into NV which is nice. Tylee was SO excited to see us. Opa & Oma, Grandma Kinsfather (who is 97), & Tuhk were all there at Tylee’s house. And of course we were excited to see Jeff, Olive, & Phoenix as well. It was going to be a great weekend.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxREldMud04xQrZBxDA8lqGDdvOMctqrGFr7Vh1ap3t48_PmF-rBbabSSlM8DPNBDzLmkIBwK-EEreJOhdiWHhbiT3eUWM5QNf3b1NjRj-DYZzcYdFfQ9euVA6nt3Pepk5vkcrc-cd1AyM7yt_9O7l7NxDFeRdNQiL7hyphenhyphenfh86hcUFcXf3K580-zaWkuZk/s1024/050a204a-4e3a-4d8a-84dc-9e2037702ba2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxREldMud04xQrZBxDA8lqGDdvOMctqrGFr7Vh1ap3t48_PmF-rBbabSSlM8DPNBDzLmkIBwK-EEreJOhdiWHhbiT3eUWM5QNf3b1NjRj-DYZzcYdFfQ9euVA6nt3Pepk5vkcrc-cd1AyM7yt_9O7l7NxDFeRdNQiL7hyphenhyphenfh86hcUFcXf3K580-zaWkuZk/s320/050a204a-4e3a-4d8a-84dc-9e2037702ba2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxC6THW0BPsh7gLk3aMUSJmcoBQwY3BVMbBiEV7GVq1JvVXXBwe08JjMLb4zWq27HilVE1Gr7WKdtACX4EHJwV05i-xG2lFzp0tbOTwjvYB9BVSXKNoPkUMSVL5EOw7B69eF-bP2fJS4RBGwBzkG2wemZGBUw3m24v145JYS1tksRKmFm3iNM9bL4aos/s1024/df293ca8-d19f-43fb-bc7f-839def07338a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxC6THW0BPsh7gLk3aMUSJmcoBQwY3BVMbBiEV7GVq1JvVXXBwe08JjMLb4zWq27HilVE1Gr7WKdtACX4EHJwV05i-xG2lFzp0tbOTwjvYB9BVSXKNoPkUMSVL5EOw7B69eF-bP2fJS4RBGwBzkG2wemZGBUw3m24v145JYS1tksRKmFm3iNM9bL4aos/s320/df293ca8-d19f-43fb-bc7f-839def07338a.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulbQFHVIz51bWYCbbeBYS0tgmSEZfZzFWsdgnssLg2mAna0Jx26AW_Ano9YDtKKyKCxTXYvZia-WS6K-HL9eLSMngf3tFd4Oe-HkjvLmRq2lG9nqQ8A9prgawmejxvzY4mjWzgt-AlVglf-PLsCQ8OSjs_kLFF7FXDs8n-2OqKSRKIbHsVc56z2NPm98/s1024/6abba4ba-072f-42a5-a7ef-57b654099dae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulbQFHVIz51bWYCbbeBYS0tgmSEZfZzFWsdgnssLg2mAna0Jx26AW_Ano9YDtKKyKCxTXYvZia-WS6K-HL9eLSMngf3tFd4Oe-HkjvLmRq2lG9nqQ8A9prgawmejxvzY4mjWzgt-AlVglf-PLsCQ8OSjs_kLFF7FXDs8n-2OqKSRKIbHsVc56z2NPm98/s320/6abba4ba-072f-42a5-a7ef-57b654099dae.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;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Olive insisted on a pizza & pool party for Wednesday night & my kids were all for that. They put their swim suits on & jumped into Tylee’s pool & hot tub. Utah has been SO cold lately that a 105 degree hot tub was heaven. Olive had a blast with the kids & Phoenix asked me to sit by her in the water. She held my hand the whole time. I think she was a little nervous with so many people around.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;">Tylee ordered some yummy pizza & wings & we enjoyed a night of listening to Christmas music by the outside fire pit. The kids made s’mores & continued to swim until late. Around 9, we finally got everyone inside, cleaned up, & ready for bed. Opa, Oma, Grandma, & Tuhk all stayed at Tylee’s friend’s house & we found places to sleep at Tylee’s house. Trek & I were in Lucas’ room, Craiger & Canyon were in Drew’s room (though Canyon got the bed to himself because Craiger wanted to sleep in the giant love sack), Bladen slept in the office on the couch there, & Taya slept with Olive in her bunk beds. It was super fun. Olive & Phoenix wanted to put “make up” on everybody before we went to bed. I was so happy that they were comfortable around us. We just love those girls so much.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRqiCtYdmzZOejaAcjXBwS-ZHoqJyXf_nv765HQtm9i2HDYwLY8Q-Z5hY54Mcso_aE_3SRylB8Hh6F1T8b3_m7t-UJ5ZEefep0X5lJgkEJuuB-wpMSLdUgc2iWkZZUPPZHILndgzJxOogYHPJvu67pDhI8aftWkJhldD4G8Fi7GVXwGtwYTe7uHL5s7w/s4032/IMG_7011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRqiCtYdmzZOejaAcjXBwS-ZHoqJyXf_nv765HQtm9i2HDYwLY8Q-Z5hY54Mcso_aE_3SRylB8Hh6F1T8b3_m7t-UJ5ZEefep0X5lJgkEJuuB-wpMSLdUgc2iWkZZUPPZHILndgzJxOogYHPJvu67pDhI8aftWkJhldD4G8Fi7GVXwGtwYTe7uHL5s7w/s320/IMG_7011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXtObecUoZCeICZvewzcXg8F738X0F4keUwohPQ8Aooc4HgTb3TTuPdmWV14nXcx-lrwXAa9iyLFtBdgiAXDPSXUi0Etp3DFLA1ZaHKbdu2mcQydYe3dM-D9HHsWV3wCrIv-2xQu6y7R9kENqH0u8VZwDeX31WMvlHvkQhaOAINhABIUERZXt-zFubdc/s4032/IMG_7012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXtObecUoZCeICZvewzcXg8F738X0F4keUwohPQ8Aooc4HgTb3TTuPdmWV14nXcx-lrwXAa9iyLFtBdgiAXDPSXUi0Etp3DFLA1ZaHKbdu2mcQydYe3dM-D9HHsWV3wCrIv-2xQu6y7R9kENqH0u8VZwDeX31WMvlHvkQhaOAINhABIUERZXt-zFubdc/s320/IMG_7012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsreyZl93xDAT6nzuL4XC8wHoWQJKTzl4EReJ9_v5y7vbkz3RnNTQVD3qiFUeEFebXt_eGEPujCiYhKo1nY3Thjth5-EcdSIuGBpjmr68wVNFXyP2Yma2td2avpSHdqy1JW4Sbm-pQRBjOmwEDECSQ6_kMhvQE-EXd5a8FUu23CRrEr0btMYJYuyGrqM/s4032/IMG_7013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsreyZl93xDAT6nzuL4XC8wHoWQJKTzl4EReJ9_v5y7vbkz3RnNTQVD3qiFUeEFebXt_eGEPujCiYhKo1nY3Thjth5-EcdSIuGBpjmr68wVNFXyP2Yma2td2avpSHdqy1JW4Sbm-pQRBjOmwEDECSQ6_kMhvQE-EXd5a8FUu23CRrEr0btMYJYuyGrqM/s320/IMG_7013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fCFraa8pd-38NhyjjXlvxqsTu2r_KA3E0bxV4b9jwpoQEcWGcr8cb-UQA43FXIQFmilt8y5qVZoLHctRBc09uvKAkCC8AuSFN2HYwVdNclFjKju1wWfckKPR1oemKDwtgHf2PxUzhs4K8fCzfUtGMe8Ri0D0TDKo-XjGDYvx_valomt3t1GGi5Iho0I/s4032/IMG_7015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fCFraa8pd-38NhyjjXlvxqsTu2r_KA3E0bxV4b9jwpoQEcWGcr8cb-UQA43FXIQFmilt8y5qVZoLHctRBc09uvKAkCC8AuSFN2HYwVdNclFjKju1wWfckKPR1oemKDwtgHf2PxUzhs4K8fCzfUtGMe8Ri0D0TDKo-XjGDYvx_valomt3t1GGi5Iho0I/s320/IMG_7015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-58770881463078897942024-02-19T23:25:00.003+01:002024-02-19T23:25:45.850+01:00CAP Fun<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Craiger has been having a blast with Civil Air Patrol (CAP).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In his learning modules, he's had to build several model aircraft out of foam, styrofoam, meat trays, paper, & more. He's learned how to be creative in making the planes lift & fall properly. He's learning all about aerospace & all the vocabulary that comes with it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6fUFdKNlP6KIhh4SUPTfMWrStS19MtZBaJmqOgYkeUWEt4O4V_iw_-sM8CuG9Q6gSj2IAIeShmiWWmPZzRPENUku7vIRONSxdHcphf6Qon3p5ZwhJgRJJnvxDCqGTKCAPr71EbRZbWI0mkRDcY0YLu78JNwXNbNme16uUwR_mDKMmINNRBkGOGZ9ANQ/s4032/IMG_6958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6fUFdKNlP6KIhh4SUPTfMWrStS19MtZBaJmqOgYkeUWEt4O4V_iw_-sM8CuG9Q6gSj2IAIeShmiWWmPZzRPENUku7vIRONSxdHcphf6Qon3p5ZwhJgRJJnvxDCqGTKCAPr71EbRZbWI0mkRDcY0YLu78JNwXNbNme16uUwR_mDKMmINNRBkGOGZ9ANQ/s320/IMG_6958.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgES8_Qb5QFuidf0uXIA08R0WVAkSPy_nEiNcOmlfd2lE7PAdvlT8JVBgEjjpX3jbzF0GNPJFK6aJ-y1NbXISITpt0hNOZZhRaSQzod6lYTgmz69Eo1dd_RoXGnSARJbv02NiYnDvltJvTh9Eevd_7V2bz-m1Pb-zTlOaW7bb9Vs9sHsifkwhB0UOUCVrg/s4032/IMG_6960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgES8_Qb5QFuidf0uXIA08R0WVAkSPy_nEiNcOmlfd2lE7PAdvlT8JVBgEjjpX3jbzF0GNPJFK6aJ-y1NbXISITpt0hNOZZhRaSQzod6lYTgmz69Eo1dd_RoXGnSARJbv02NiYnDvltJvTh9Eevd_7V2bz-m1Pb-zTlOaW7bb9Vs9sHsifkwhB0UOUCVrg/s320/IMG_6960.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is also now fully uniformed. 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I love it so much. I'm a proud Civil Air Patrol Mom.</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-92098422364668681132024-02-19T23:22:00.001+01:002024-02-19T23:22:16.619+01:00Craiger's Health Assignment<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Health class has always been a favorite for my kids to take. I know they all hate it, but everything you learn in health class is SUPER important.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And in every health class, there's usually a "project" involving the kids having to plan, shop, prepare, & clean up a healthy meal. I love those assignments because I love teaching my kids new kitchen skills & how to cook HARD things that taste amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Craiger opted for our teriyaki chicken salad. It's delicious. It has chicken, pasta, spinach, nuts, oranges, & more. It's got all the food groups & it tastes amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBgJv2_HJnYCJu4YQDVrk8wQNCpIA1FetJRb-DTms22H5MRTPeOcz-ZfYSWp-5yCeAPFUEJKqyEzt9bw5YI8kAsmQ7zQqBk9GXhX9_bbJgpJi6hkXhfsdl9YxRZcsqdJbKgrYVXXnZZuEK9fDOd-j_eUmlmNCl4RJ13_4UyenaKqCcBQ0A146i9Bwzw0/s4032/IMG_6988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBgJv2_HJnYCJu4YQDVrk8wQNCpIA1FetJRb-DTms22H5MRTPeOcz-ZfYSWp-5yCeAPFUEJKqyEzt9bw5YI8kAsmQ7zQqBk9GXhX9_bbJgpJi6hkXhfsdl9YxRZcsqdJbKgrYVXXnZZuEK9fDOd-j_eUmlmNCl4RJ13_4UyenaKqCcBQ0A146i9Bwzw0/s320/IMG_6988.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqssWWG3vXKnNG6ErCw7mvfPbQmlfjp444TUhLHQT5iZyAkAnIVgWlyhKNrFP8KQQUvi4ZmOVrNUDUPz2u_k7-qMth5H_qe7cBZ16J5ASLkKYJN0MbHlLuCqIT2hiLoIEa-fxB0GpPdDV5d9IfsiEDBZaU8rC3arXG5AL9OU5HezDcWeX8eXYK6f4LLt4/s4032/IMG_6990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqssWWG3vXKnNG6ErCw7mvfPbQmlfjp444TUhLHQT5iZyAkAnIVgWlyhKNrFP8KQQUvi4ZmOVrNUDUPz2u_k7-qMth5H_qe7cBZ16J5ASLkKYJN0MbHlLuCqIT2hiLoIEa-fxB0GpPdDV5d9IfsiEDBZaU8rC3arXG5AL9OU5HezDcWeX8eXYK6f4LLt4/s320/IMG_6990.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He did a great job preparing all the ingredients & made the salad delicious.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQ9Yv-jTLDREpTPMWFiKwkEh3V9kQrCloL1GBP1iIA3kwP12x035uUQBXMGth-b6-1JkaR2zqprgeMTf0O-Mp8aL_ShmxRV8HkT18k99YDC5XU1LLMuOvhBZI27caZr9g_nJe7Lw7kp2hqJRMPUM-qHn8Jb4GoqejxoP_INEJmH_bNXCF72sCcgfFrnA/s4032/IMG_6991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQ9Yv-jTLDREpTPMWFiKwkEh3V9kQrCloL1GBP1iIA3kwP12x035uUQBXMGth-b6-1JkaR2zqprgeMTf0O-Mp8aL_ShmxRV8HkT18k99YDC5XU1LLMuOvhBZI27caZr9g_nJe7Lw7kp2hqJRMPUM-qHn8Jb4GoqejxoP_INEJmH_bNXCF72sCcgfFrnA/s320/IMG_6991.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vgqTe8zKZjgfhWqXOdeRzWwAwPOpE4yP_ALeLaBZ_aNTJf70iYcPwDGS0nyqzmQbHhWDlOEHsJr6K4B3MEJu0Z-CJWFHS557F58KLQDNw14-IAbhLfIvhSWAhx6hbPlwBIPMftH4ZKMT5Gdfog7fejRVhaOOoeotu4hgaUCPOq1pQmMxjZ0UrmSH3mo/s4032/IMG_6994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vgqTe8zKZjgfhWqXOdeRzWwAwPOpE4yP_ALeLaBZ_aNTJf70iYcPwDGS0nyqzmQbHhWDlOEHsJr6K4B3MEJu0Z-CJWFHS557F58KLQDNw14-IAbhLfIvhSWAhx6hbPlwBIPMftH4ZKMT5Gdfog7fejRVhaOOoeotu4hgaUCPOq1pQmMxjZ0UrmSH3mo/s320/IMG_6994.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNn7rvli3w9-fw57xUcG0HlgfTDSyawxJHh6BtM_1KjicXz62RNRseA7kOypURVeWDukNjN8QeNnsiJ0uhnZt13zpOvJrp8b9gkHmc4KAkzwSmCRoIpoSaugZ2XpWLgO0FGRRtPozCItAhpuu7QJeGpRrSQi05KAc5ul9BSlmscd07BHjpoVqntiCpmg/s4032/IMG_6999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNn7rvli3w9-fw57xUcG0HlgfTDSyawxJHh6BtM_1KjicXz62RNRseA7kOypURVeWDukNjN8QeNnsiJ0uhnZt13zpOvJrp8b9gkHmc4KAkzwSmCRoIpoSaugZ2XpWLgO0FGRRtPozCItAhpuu7QJeGpRrSQi05KAc5ul9BSlmscd07BHjpoVqntiCpmg/s320/IMG_6999.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">H was very proud of the finished product. Yum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJagPn9sfcA5pW3jl2NVufK45dJzLeRRNmkJpxKqiMbB47-OHVOUOFoo3mYEybYOtmcfFfwUJxuaWp3YeFlLAydDZ23vBDBVP599LYTZO6MAroVye5rWSjXwtdeXmLvZsYGV1aywOzUkDF4WGtQLT3hBu_gf0S-GTC-BFZ-xy2dmdsiB7yEpM324ojiIo/s4032/IMG_7003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJagPn9sfcA5pW3jl2NVufK45dJzLeRRNmkJpxKqiMbB47-OHVOUOFoo3mYEybYOtmcfFfwUJxuaWp3YeFlLAydDZ23vBDBVP599LYTZO6MAroVye5rWSjXwtdeXmLvZsYGV1aywOzUkDF4WGtQLT3hBu_gf0S-GTC-BFZ-xy2dmdsiB7yEpM324ojiIo/s320/IMG_7003.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the best part was that he had to clean it all up afterwards as part of his homework. Double win for me! Love you Craiger. You did an awesome job.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK05mmOifbtwBjK5qLI_ZZXT2knCxcYKX14uQmbJnq8uCWPVMIUtxaju963E6949QhysMGh69yoGvVQ7Ri_3WNip4ry_iJ1rtj5W3n1xCRsWagi6k8f-mCVeho7Vj0iTrjy49j4zklooQfznkduZ05tIowZPAA_6truwFgoCEkxLcg1lkPGhRvGgneSQ/s4032/IMG_7005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK05mmOifbtwBjK5qLI_ZZXT2knCxcYKX14uQmbJnq8uCWPVMIUtxaju963E6949QhysMGh69yoGvVQ7Ri_3WNip4ry_iJ1rtj5W3n1xCRsWagi6k8f-mCVeho7Vj0iTrjy49j4zklooQfznkduZ05tIowZPAA_6truwFgoCEkxLcg1lkPGhRvGgneSQ/s320/IMG_7005.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-54504164034533520742024-02-19T23:17:00.004+01:002024-02-19T23:17:59.119+01:00Canyon's Fun Run<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In November, Canyon got to participate in a school fun run at his new school. He was SUPER excited to run as many laps as he could.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2HoXVj3JLHB3TItE4nVrJGTOQmY9dNQCRetCb4V_7dScIaMIialGhYOgZHWh1szyIIcPXyNh_wwDrqBQXDbKb6aPxKhrxP07onETdcHjHpOPczbHTCkMjPvs__nFG45uyIYHnU7KM0cQnQP8Dndazt9PoLFRB3oBonL_5KJGn14MvKZ3qs5Py856G1A/s4032/IMG_6955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2HoXVj3JLHB3TItE4nVrJGTOQmY9dNQCRetCb4V_7dScIaMIialGhYOgZHWh1szyIIcPXyNh_wwDrqBQXDbKb6aPxKhrxP07onETdcHjHpOPczbHTCkMjPvs__nFG45uyIYHnU7KM0cQnQP8Dndazt9PoLFRB3oBonL_5KJGn14MvKZ3qs5Py856G1A/s320/IMG_6955.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was super cute. They had their mascot there & everything. All the 5th graders got to run together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeVFcosRgjCiYRv78rHWLc1TbI4G569Gq2cinDWsl0xAD0-qX_pp44fuIZToezEZW18Jvh_6O7xNznJsS1KbTb-SPAzROf8XzfnvsCuNUqDlNwiICzNFAhVsc37PHdLDvyI7TPmS9hBvus8Uirsn7RK9qZ37IiVGE59ttqpZ8C78m8pAcc8GHVLSh32g/s4032/IMG_6946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeVFcosRgjCiYRv78rHWLc1TbI4G569Gq2cinDWsl0xAD0-qX_pp44fuIZToezEZW18Jvh_6O7xNznJsS1KbTb-SPAzROf8XzfnvsCuNUqDlNwiICzNFAhVsc37PHdLDvyI7TPmS9hBvus8Uirsn7RK9qZ37IiVGE59ttqpZ8C78m8pAcc8GHVLSh32g/s320/IMG_6946.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;">And Canyon got to carry the school flag for a portion of the run.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZRy_R-EKzt2dtatiY8faiw31RlS5ZTCWAG79FJdDShqnaqWjMcgaj7PQsSuiAZCZPJ4nEOKqvtn6oV5ZUQnZmXBrIy-b0vV-bEsZCroBUNfvJdWTIAyix-hIBa5VWDH_fPijJICnO6oZ76nji5Q_RjtY0-XsNbI8QuU8dBZ-SdxHccZZu7wHbEXRcLw/s4032/IMG_6952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZRy_R-EKzt2dtatiY8faiw31RlS5ZTCWAG79FJdDShqnaqWjMcgaj7PQsSuiAZCZPJ4nEOKqvtn6oV5ZUQnZmXBrIy-b0vV-bEsZCroBUNfvJdWTIAyix-hIBa5VWDH_fPijJICnO6oZ76nji5Q_RjtY0-XsNbI8QuU8dBZ-SdxHccZZu7wHbEXRcLw/s320/IMG_6952.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE__EbBr9a2U3XfuUqhdAv4VqhUhpuqVMsO50mWpzj0RDKAV8XNwICaLUqOrtQKTXDip-n5Ub1Kk00fGeNtIxfgBbuHhCUoF5oD-tdd2-y2foRqAZ8vMVnoj47q8qjjxg8oJxEkrD5TP41-jqeWq7O0Qw7POPcf86qabAGL5GgAI-HkQT1GZH6Liwjw0/s4032/IMG_6953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE__EbBr9a2U3XfuUqhdAv4VqhUhpuqVMsO50mWpzj0RDKAV8XNwICaLUqOrtQKTXDip-n5Ub1Kk00fGeNtIxfgBbuHhCUoF5oD-tdd2-y2foRqAZ8vMVnoj47q8qjjxg8oJxEkrD5TP41-jqeWq7O0Qw7POPcf86qabAGL5GgAI-HkQT1GZH6Liwjw0/s320/IMG_6953.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He had SO MUCH FUN. What a cutie pie.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQqENuT6fEhAtmiTEyL9my14spcZFzGTdpVukcVP5UyraLMftQA4TAdizG-qnbaRgq8TqlgyU4icNi_HfyYiOmhqIGHhEekbCNYI60jfasKu8OJ3novhsHTmfTWq5P9WYo0pYkQFqHpXYSC0rUPChfnkU52xMNHsNE2Xnf9-fpCkwXnnJXlCI5JHnWjQ/s4032/IMG_4829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQqENuT6fEhAtmiTEyL9my14spcZFzGTdpVukcVP5UyraLMftQA4TAdizG-qnbaRgq8TqlgyU4icNi_HfyYiOmhqIGHhEekbCNYI60jfasKu8OJ3novhsHTmfTWq5P9WYo0pYkQFqHpXYSC0rUPChfnkU52xMNHsNE2Xnf9-fpCkwXnnJXlCI5JHnWjQ/s320/IMG_4829.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-29810654811567136692024-02-16T22:43:00.004+01:002024-02-16T22:43:48.626+01:00Veterans Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Veterans Day was extra special this year. We are SO used to being around so many military members all the time that it felt weird being in a community without military. The kids' high school invited all military veterans to the school for a big breakfast with their kids which was awesome. They had amazing french toast & caramel syrup with fruit & drinks. Trek came dressed in his uniform & it was super special.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwrkoaR1Ls1yoLg776GsofVxnqwb7uD9nTP4ec9u7VfpYARyDUY-Zb7GtXF-mK6cAto9de1z09HQ0tONhnhngbc0MpjOTT3ZdA8nWi3BMySgX2_PXQ5l6Bgw6nvD44gf19P1pZyWvxmbvvyecZFdVyP2hqk7UhyQQw0ElSC5_eiyKrK3mqLUHp_MWngo/s4032/IMG_6910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwrkoaR1Ls1yoLg776GsofVxnqwb7uD9nTP4ec9u7VfpYARyDUY-Zb7GtXF-mK6cAto9de1z09HQ0tONhnhngbc0MpjOTT3ZdA8nWi3BMySgX2_PXQ5l6Bgw6nvD44gf19P1pZyWvxmbvvyecZFdVyP2hqk7UhyQQw0ElSC5_eiyKrK3mqLUHp_MWngo/s320/IMG_6910.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXSN-_2Da3_Ri7nNuBIkDrpJcJNEhkdi7H_bi4vlg0Rsu0JUPv5iR2v8HisZAXtlAoc99yJnX4jhSDSl-LBW9lAMDObfQdZZ5vmqL0Kmcdk3y1_dHTCxjnucE7xSGoP14RYo1_oy-OTp7B-E4bZP4jLALslq_4-1iTYlzlGnQMzRcGys8QXwmOSxu9Wg/s4032/IMG_6911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXSN-_2Da3_Ri7nNuBIkDrpJcJNEhkdi7H_bi4vlg0Rsu0JUPv5iR2v8HisZAXtlAoc99yJnX4jhSDSl-LBW9lAMDObfQdZZ5vmqL0Kmcdk3y1_dHTCxjnucE7xSGoP14RYo1_oy-OTp7B-E4bZP4jLALslq_4-1iTYlzlGnQMzRcGys8QXwmOSxu9Wg/s320/IMG_6911.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;">After the breakfast, we attended the high school Veterans Day celebration assembly in the gym. They had special seats for us & the whole assembly was amazing. They read Trek's name & we watched the dance team dance, the ballroom team do a jig, the cheerleaders cheer, & many other great performances. They had a keynote speaker & it was just wonderfully done. Well done Alta High School. You know how to make Veterans feel truly special.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_eGm4BUFUtm923vchM5f58rLLTqWFWAZuOOqufAJlFBVsIc04bQGSLkZ5eR21kvYnikfKglqZKUgTRe5sAk4RHH31NDwL7ngWK7q0MjN-86_5kxTM0UJ3veNkuDXJXmO0R1J13gUQHPqfz8LkrAZwR-AJUS5wVUOzpel5Kai2bOYBPbBPXPpB4YEf8Ts/s4032/IMG_4804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_eGm4BUFUtm923vchM5f58rLLTqWFWAZuOOqufAJlFBVsIc04bQGSLkZ5eR21kvYnikfKglqZKUgTRe5sAk4RHH31NDwL7ngWK7q0MjN-86_5kxTM0UJ3veNkuDXJXmO0R1J13gUQHPqfz8LkrAZwR-AJUS5wVUOzpel5Kai2bOYBPbBPXPpB4YEf8Ts/s320/IMG_4804.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB6wUejInXzKZIp2bqza7OlPiCFsfQAaTms8dfHmrolppRx_QI-cq6CiEoCWNpDMppGqyeSecuWRCUb4hwZ9gjb8Molx6OK_BVOrB7GVdyK_JWUB8N9ogph8ghHIUZBTQTK1TqUshxF6PG6BAgNQnEZg2EAC89V2cU7Rbj8w5AlCn_t_v4xtioy-P97E/s4032/IMG_4805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB6wUejInXzKZIp2bqza7OlPiCFsfQAaTms8dfHmrolppRx_QI-cq6CiEoCWNpDMppGqyeSecuWRCUb4hwZ9gjb8Molx6OK_BVOrB7GVdyK_JWUB8N9ogph8ghHIUZBTQTK1TqUshxF6PG6BAgNQnEZg2EAC89V2cU7Rbj8w5AlCn_t_v4xtioy-P97E/s320/IMG_4805.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the assembly, Trek & I hopped in the car & ran up to the University of Utah's Veterans Day Celebration. We got to watch some amazing Veterans from the state of Utah be awarded with medals of honor for the bravery they showed in all the wars over the last 100 years. These Veterans were the real deal. It was SO neat to meet them & shake their hands.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fBQOfHfLyVw2BU9DOV1WJZBIOy0wBZSTy7F0bLSu16aoPJ2MiTN9rWxCIysdcLObHPp7otENKNYPamQAkcgYn9VyC_ESMmgiFWfC-HLEH-S1NKfmHeAXIkDS6vxZle-U1zil0o4rpEmlvivHCH0aLMNwFTumKdhVkmCYTZHFxH9TtQvjO2xQgcDRZ04/s4032/IMG_4807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fBQOfHfLyVw2BU9DOV1WJZBIOy0wBZSTy7F0bLSu16aoPJ2MiTN9rWxCIysdcLObHPp7otENKNYPamQAkcgYn9VyC_ESMmgiFWfC-HLEH-S1NKfmHeAXIkDS6vxZle-U1zil0o4rpEmlvivHCH0aLMNwFTumKdhVkmCYTZHFxH9TtQvjO2xQgcDRZ04/s320/IMG_4807.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;">After the ceremony, we joined these special veterans for a banquet dinner where we got to sit at a table with one of them & hear them talk about their lives while enjoying a wonderful lunch. It was such an incredible humbling experience to listen to him talk about WWII. Such an amazing man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night, we took Taya to Leatherbys to celebrate her PASSING HER DRIVING TEST!!! We had the most amazing milkshakes ever & just enjoyed the evening.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Nur95xTpJhaMI5uHYEcK7xpGpdHVLQ3FdphTbqebVlWbgxVdEFaQB1PHGfdL7MH2vGC9b2RDKRcChTqQ_AtHkRwNV7IO_0sxv7286oX3nAA07ByQz0K9mVteH0ojQKCG_hWu8AxFJIl9xyiRY0k-LivZiB4ukexmi8pP8UBEF2WP7AE6HMYtETfLl2o/s4032/IMG_6913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Nur95xTpJhaMI5uHYEcK7xpGpdHVLQ3FdphTbqebVlWbgxVdEFaQB1PHGfdL7MH2vGC9b2RDKRcChTqQ_AtHkRwNV7IO_0sxv7286oX3nAA07ByQz0K9mVteH0ojQKCG_hWu8AxFJIl9xyiRY0k-LivZiB4ukexmi8pP8UBEF2WP7AE6HMYtETfLl2o/s320/IMG_6913.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2ba6RWIX-lLPwpMzExqPM9es8IknXC_QS8nC6ZfjupOwpiWt5-8Axl8r6yQT_z3xl92jeEhYWlsKH3nRO5ErB2_e6e-kVPDfIWpjiEt_Ce05oL_xxzcdpAh2RLeeB1USMzBxrWELkyGLAP3uKYsR5BNc4ag_sz65_Xo8OkpUhfYaZeEohx7hCC41kN8/s4032/IMG_6914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2ba6RWIX-lLPwpMzExqPM9es8IknXC_QS8nC6ZfjupOwpiWt5-8Axl8r6yQT_z3xl92jeEhYWlsKH3nRO5ErB2_e6e-kVPDfIWpjiEt_Ce05oL_xxzcdpAh2RLeeB1USMzBxrWELkyGLAP3uKYsR5BNc4ag_sz65_Xo8OkpUhfYaZeEohx7hCC41kN8/s320/IMG_6914.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6o88ZO5EUljyRXzzSTtU6dVoB80pVloNPYCayZHxqh9A5_iR5Y6wWKqgVY0puCT5mET0jzu8N76ZA7iZlJZt6UXxLo1_9hpR2HHCc4OM5uB2Q62fFULI4zGcb3RDsSynKEL4R1xMpukq9w-XiiUUgmsLJdrzBcEtAAXqkmTUieCcO0VP-15o2j0rCQ2I/s4032/IMG_6919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6o88ZO5EUljyRXzzSTtU6dVoB80pVloNPYCayZHxqh9A5_iR5Y6wWKqgVY0puCT5mET0jzu8N76ZA7iZlJZt6UXxLo1_9hpR2HHCc4OM5uB2Q62fFULI4zGcb3RDsSynKEL4R1xMpukq9w-XiiUUgmsLJdrzBcEtAAXqkmTUieCcO0VP-15o2j0rCQ2I/s320/IMG_6919.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;">It was a fantastic day!</div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-29581882832211494852024-02-16T22:37:00.003+01:002024-02-16T22:37:46.917+01:00November Happenings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">November truly flew by in an instant. There was so much going on with school, work, church, & the holidays that we blinked & it was gone. But we did have a lot of fun in November along the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a really fun date night with several couple from our neighborhood. We played board games & ate a yummy dinner together. It was a lot of fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyscxv22pnWhZaNNOXUpM6p1UHSPq-5_s30eLl2R8QtVWvG609q-TOd545xoZ2dpn9X81GHJCxtbeJHvwJqr6IBXyaprv361y52Gpa__GfCUkf7-I8G_p9TmO8j9Ss6N6GxsxLFWtD6jnbjg9Cs1HXQ9fO6TEdcbEm0azHzwwAicZbqLNkCDMv6PvCLho/s4032/IMG_1122.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyscxv22pnWhZaNNOXUpM6p1UHSPq-5_s30eLl2R8QtVWvG609q-TOd545xoZ2dpn9X81GHJCxtbeJHvwJqr6IBXyaprv361y52Gpa__GfCUkf7-I8G_p9TmO8j9Ss6N6GxsxLFWtD6jnbjg9Cs1HXQ9fO6TEdcbEm0azHzwwAicZbqLNkCDMv6PvCLho/s320/IMG_1122.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trek & I took the youth of our ward to the temple for a temple trip to do baptisms & that was a lot of fun. We got some of the boys to come this time & that made the experience more diverse & fun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yDPCA8QrAmJn1tl1rWjIE-JrKewPbxE3Gxs1sDO7iqutwc2pps71uTf5CGAVo8vN343w7Z00KC9BT2-FvziRCYvx3nNkLyKBfOsglEwyACQLn66tOO_18qfA0hYDzI452wNzCjr1Ayxc3ygBTDYmYcDR_oBsowx3ND4MPgATnyfZdDjhLPFDfJ6mN5s/s4032/IMG_4428.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yDPCA8QrAmJn1tl1rWjIE-JrKewPbxE3Gxs1sDO7iqutwc2pps71uTf5CGAVo8vN343w7Z00KC9BT2-FvziRCYvx3nNkLyKBfOsglEwyACQLn66tOO_18qfA0hYDzI452wNzCjr1Ayxc3ygBTDYmYcDR_oBsowx3ND4MPgATnyfZdDjhLPFDfJ6mN5s/s320/IMG_4428.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trek hiked up to the U (above the University of Utah). He's always finding fun hikes & trails to run & bike on. It makes him happy. And don't mind that UGLY mustache on his face. . . eeeew! "No Shave November" was in full effect for the month of November in his squadron. Everybody had mustaches growing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDOJ1YZ3-98WXxul8x9mJREIrdAJHaZiFSdPyxiJodxVOYibdagO3Z2Cw9wKoJMzQRjNxJqW_0iM4x0ZjkzCa-MVWDlB700AfgAzElBrbj71se_hUMPbFDM-t2wOmufAnX14vEP6qU28eMMSH5BZLEWjc7j5AqT2n48IJJJCSiAhWUDWmhyh4lFK-7bI/s4032/IMG_4778.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDOJ1YZ3-98WXxul8x9mJREIrdAJHaZiFSdPyxiJodxVOYibdagO3Z2Cw9wKoJMzQRjNxJqW_0iM4x0ZjkzCa-MVWDlB700AfgAzElBrbj71se_hUMPbFDM-t2wOmufAnX14vEP6qU28eMMSH5BZLEWjc7j5AqT2n48IJJJCSiAhWUDWmhyh4lFK-7bI/s320/IMG_4778.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatkYZ_MXypA_enH8x4jQoP-T0edZKSprbxVxIKKBVunq-HCQAFcGGSTea8At6sIrPAMJml7dtcRPDBb1f1ZXqj2b18k1r6Ddb1VuOF4nQlFLtX8d7A4FuBaDfVoCg8lzzhpEsjkY84UdlGqu4BX9zgLeBY-EdcbMSQRs9sKkmXBlvQvO9bbiX0tr5_Oo/s4032/IMG_4783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatkYZ_MXypA_enH8x4jQoP-T0edZKSprbxVxIKKBVunq-HCQAFcGGSTea8At6sIrPAMJml7dtcRPDBb1f1ZXqj2b18k1r6Ddb1VuOF4nQlFLtX8d7A4FuBaDfVoCg8lzzhpEsjkY84UdlGqu4BX9zgLeBY-EdcbMSQRs9sKkmXBlvQvO9bbiX0tr5_Oo/s320/IMG_4783.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPxPrMLzItwMyQlausIj6SqNuVRBJeVC3cSD3UIDlVnQdI6hyphenhyphendQTrG85h3466wbyNkCFiShJH1TP-MSGRao9znh2nYaal7QHDbp38Ery8qvRAgAhX2ZXMsc894jGSU6OZwFsQMf5jWs3PwbtFs-EOyUr4nYav-aus7Kz1za4EtHBa8ztKcXC18AGXnBw/s4032/IMG_4784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPxPrMLzItwMyQlausIj6SqNuVRBJeVC3cSD3UIDlVnQdI6hyphenhyphendQTrG85h3466wbyNkCFiShJH1TP-MSGRao9znh2nYaal7QHDbp38Ery8qvRAgAhX2ZXMsc894jGSU6OZwFsQMf5jWs3PwbtFs-EOyUr4nYav-aus7Kz1za4EtHBa8ztKcXC18AGXnBw/s320/IMG_4784.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;">I made a delicious turkey for Trek's squadron Thanksgiving dinner. We were going to San Francisco for Thanksgiving this year so I thought I might actually get out of making a turkey, but he caught me. The cadets thought it was delicious & I'm happy I got to make their Thanksgiving special for them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o8bM2yKZNLlKJEW8JkR7KVBCgEWNEIfifoegDF8tL0JH8g56jjb62OdCiJyj0AbCr-eTNovZ56oo88H_Xa11j0fUjlO8esepkltoURM7T5hOwu1b7Wk-8ioObm_PnlVaiPRejQhyphenhyphen3PJl-th7B95JIscKjQKnoR5xTf2Zc6sgjAVifCT9DjrCRWYpIpk/s4032/IMG_4822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o8bM2yKZNLlKJEW8JkR7KVBCgEWNEIfifoegDF8tL0JH8g56jjb62OdCiJyj0AbCr-eTNovZ56oo88H_Xa11j0fUjlO8esepkltoURM7T5hOwu1b7Wk-8ioObm_PnlVaiPRejQhyphenhyphen3PJl-th7B95JIscKjQKnoR5xTf2Zc6sgjAVifCT9DjrCRWYpIpk/s320/IMG_4822.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmiLgVuygV6C3OmMkTo68fUvY2ERjEiML6Q_RFfxiyl7jbljN0tXd1UkyvaboOhlFyjszRFxXQR1V0xN3KXtFtoEeL2zna98hgj2EShEX3qNS9fQWf2uemYPjY1RsYOcBLur2dXV7OMdriItO1KKuWbVi6uxAOBA5p7OpDWGDPQVI0PLrflcZGBTb-yc/s4032/IMG_4823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmiLgVuygV6C3OmMkTo68fUvY2ERjEiML6Q_RFfxiyl7jbljN0tXd1UkyvaboOhlFyjszRFxXQR1V0xN3KXtFtoEeL2zna98hgj2EShEX3qNS9fQWf2uemYPjY1RsYOcBLur2dXV7OMdriItO1KKuWbVi6uxAOBA5p7OpDWGDPQVI0PLrflcZGBTb-yc/s320/IMG_4823.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;">Trek's cadets did a fruit carving contest between the different branches of the military. Trek was assigned & pineapple that had to represent the Air Force. His pineapple jet was SO COOL.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJasUQBHLMFCJi0KDoYpd0kMl3GSeJ8yyGRRdf7ShR5OUvjMNDi-Hy_RT7n-c9EIoMX417-lLPq6fVh8VaZddUJG0hPTm7MwihS-bFEemFH9OLHmFMzy-vgqjtikR0fWNPJLWLAskzZKILjbj7kXSfpO-AqMXkviCbXVkAuDUkRlN7CQHrD5pwF7_pTg/s4032/IMG_4826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJasUQBHLMFCJi0KDoYpd0kMl3GSeJ8yyGRRdf7ShR5OUvjMNDi-Hy_RT7n-c9EIoMX417-lLPq6fVh8VaZddUJG0hPTm7MwihS-bFEemFH9OLHmFMzy-vgqjtikR0fWNPJLWLAskzZKILjbj7kXSfpO-AqMXkviCbXVkAuDUkRlN7CQHrD5pwF7_pTg/s320/IMG_4826.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again with the No Shave November Stache!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbwhV-tF8hiIlzhaUzlxsZd0X0_gQVTU_EWns5RR978WQCE-jNCYu06Bkl2giKstfqH_uPwF0WsAU1kgRWh4RHo17yfmk9M6MLbICH0-SGV1LQiAQe4Bi21pCiOVW0PJ6bHM8cIcsRhcARl4LAW77RaVIgFNou1QGoU2rNR-SqvLkl3p-i0FpV_6dOW8/s4032/IMG_4914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbwhV-tF8hiIlzhaUzlxsZd0X0_gQVTU_EWns5RR978WQCE-jNCYu06Bkl2giKstfqH_uPwF0WsAU1kgRWh4RHo17yfmk9M6MLbICH0-SGV1LQiAQe4Bi21pCiOVW0PJ6bHM8cIcsRhcARl4LAW77RaVIgFNou1QGoU2rNR-SqvLkl3p-i0FpV_6dOW8/s320/IMG_4914.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;">I got my Disney Christmas tree up in our bedroom & it was beautiful. It made me so happy every time I looked at it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-sVbTLcgiIqRWL1EYd8xhftHS46xLcIgafQ0XkM10GKlnWOf2CKH6NIlO4JdAo7aNw6Db9Z6ok-d4PwLz7oZhfxhktfX3yPGO0J0zDMLNsnB9UOzQIHOg0vpiZYv0DmzVddxs-WJPCZ1rSwWRvX_rHTNS63T6_eqLx1RR-GsToSsK7QCj6o2yZnBNj8/s4032/IMG_6893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-sVbTLcgiIqRWL1EYd8xhftHS46xLcIgafQ0XkM10GKlnWOf2CKH6NIlO4JdAo7aNw6Db9Z6ok-d4PwLz7oZhfxhktfX3yPGO0J0zDMLNsnB9UOzQIHOg0vpiZYv0DmzVddxs-WJPCZ1rSwWRvX_rHTNS63T6_eqLx1RR-GsToSsK7QCj6o2yZnBNj8/s320/IMG_6893.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also loved pulling out my nativity collection from all around the world. We love buying nativities from every new place we visit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyb2ccvToky_v5t1DMoKaSbxUW5zZgfiF2yrFgAK-Nh2e3yg6b-cAhM8mzcZMIhtwBnkn9cVgUA7Agu6xnq4VBgR7RoCuovS0KaU3rde9A5KXTlgQ10KO-oGHIU5GmMY6ve8stb7PJTiJUzvWgMtWh81S6zRNxxAdZS7IqFYSjyUef3A2u3uSVCojUAg/s4032/IMG_6945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyb2ccvToky_v5t1DMoKaSbxUW5zZgfiF2yrFgAK-Nh2e3yg6b-cAhM8mzcZMIhtwBnkn9cVgUA7Agu6xnq4VBgR7RoCuovS0KaU3rde9A5KXTlgQ10KO-oGHIU5GmMY6ve8stb7PJTiJUzvWgMtWh81S6zRNxxAdZS7IqFYSjyUef3A2u3uSVCojUAg/s320/IMG_6945.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;">After 3 years of hard work, I finally finished a needlepoint cross stitch picture for my friend Nancy for Christmas. I was very proud of it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZiwLqdqLPxZ7yJS6cwdhnPOc7X7TRxfS53FzVoukQyIxgAVgaNbXVWdeQ7WbFAabW3R7XbEZmiRG6B630FjoG0P_yqAi4S2Qlc1iXgG_tU-waKetkl3ynAvkTj-AQY9U4rUku35f_O-jXFvOCnpPJKAKCS4r-zOWMMsl6X3l94xzEpbXXe0M7QZx0UM/s4032/IMG_6973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZiwLqdqLPxZ7yJS6cwdhnPOc7X7TRxfS53FzVoukQyIxgAVgaNbXVWdeQ7WbFAabW3R7XbEZmiRG6B630FjoG0P_yqAi4S2Qlc1iXgG_tU-waKetkl3ynAvkTj-AQY9U4rUku35f_O-jXFvOCnpPJKAKCS4r-zOWMMsl6X3l94xzEpbXXe0M7QZx0UM/s320/IMG_6973.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Trek found the perfect place to set up his nutcracker collection.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinVFr6GltNW7WMovIglsqswFnW2S2Otzc2jUkPUAXn2Jsfj2_6Xh_aZimA5u0BaBNxxL8VoHz9LrlUGLh_gbSvWcVqJVI-WkbyVCI_ZiOfOQHIF-_56tmq-H1qJn95M0DKjwF617-yopBNG_9CdbsguK9nuY7cFmcThfwpSfCgG4Y2YeOu_AA3AIZ_yo/s4032/IMG_6975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinVFr6GltNW7WMovIglsqswFnW2S2Otzc2jUkPUAXn2Jsfj2_6Xh_aZimA5u0BaBNxxL8VoHz9LrlUGLh_gbSvWcVqJVI-WkbyVCI_ZiOfOQHIF-_56tmq-H1qJn95M0DKjwF617-yopBNG_9CdbsguK9nuY7cFmcThfwpSfCgG4Y2YeOu_AA3AIZ_yo/s320/IMG_6975.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kzhxmTvEp-0nM3ClhWPVnyplu8RLGANCW7_-ays5LJNJwD2upFrz4bhvGV2Uk3pqjHTvBKuiizLIuoYHWo3r4qoNJcmIZD-wtAyHtJi8BvKR76axQIKUGJXiZVtqy5lTVPQMntCUVWY_N-cUrm7ewdmc0yEN5VYOOlz59gS-6kdpkDqiY7vdrpxg4SQ/s4032/IMG_8653.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kzhxmTvEp-0nM3ClhWPVnyplu8RLGANCW7_-ays5LJNJwD2upFrz4bhvGV2Uk3pqjHTvBKuiizLIuoYHWo3r4qoNJcmIZD-wtAyHtJi8BvKR76axQIKUGJXiZVtqy5lTVPQMntCUVWY_N-cUrm7ewdmc0yEN5VYOOlz59gS-6kdpkDqiY7vdrpxg4SQ/s320/IMG_8653.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Christmas season was in full swing even in November. Utahns know how to decorate for Christmas & it was beautiful. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeWDVyeoQzxCaXq81YWTrsLleqB8eSEBU2qaa0TNG6i65icAPXZuf0inkyICbQUzMP73bf6Ptdz_uCbPWBujWEjTzz3TPIcvLA1_c8YtfPGpxOZj06dfJmfCA7UqLyhD4k482HiPnjPgjhlsxN58iW69oi3IEuj3PDGMRN3i0Svo7OCCRdBa77vNr3Cg/s4032/IMG_4921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeWDVyeoQzxCaXq81YWTrsLleqB8eSEBU2qaa0TNG6i65icAPXZuf0inkyICbQUzMP73bf6Ptdz_uCbPWBujWEjTzz3TPIcvLA1_c8YtfPGpxOZj06dfJmfCA7UqLyhD4k482HiPnjPgjhlsxN58iW69oi3IEuj3PDGMRN3i0Svo7OCCRdBa77vNr3Cg/s320/IMG_4921.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HtEnL1WCwzDvBJUn4jLYqjS7_Z3pbKN4GH4gTWfG5GEtIbb0DT-1G5Lumkyy8V-cZjzNlWcMTSwyl-0KstBfQ7rLaAcmKBgf20HA8Y0oxk6D0fDae4yrStz7FKnOYvptuFEy6SlP4G-AiQ-szwEaUPGP23jPJDdAiMzwX1EGD2mCj0nSzik3utKLtWs/s4032/IMG_4920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HtEnL1WCwzDvBJUn4jLYqjS7_Z3pbKN4GH4gTWfG5GEtIbb0DT-1G5Lumkyy8V-cZjzNlWcMTSwyl-0KstBfQ7rLaAcmKBgf20HA8Y0oxk6D0fDae4yrStz7FKnOYvptuFEy6SlP4G-AiQ-szwEaUPGP23jPJDdAiMzwX1EGD2mCj0nSzik3utKLtWs/s320/IMG_4920.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMZr_miVLM1U4sfE-PXmBdTopaGDA4km61Rey5zO1n3Ryd7kXUP85ZM_eZ5FcqEkrjEf8bR6Hh298DnHhmiK0bV0o_L9bmjjcJ8OLJuAHx179-VES1t8fkoQ9ZjDU11xFSy7bFcV4jBWVQuBWpG64wgPoK3CeWjCXP98XKDkwOgW-_NMRqfO9jMDd-Ks/s4032/IMG_7760.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMZr_miVLM1U4sfE-PXmBdTopaGDA4km61Rey5zO1n3Ryd7kXUP85ZM_eZ5FcqEkrjEf8bR6Hh298DnHhmiK0bV0o_L9bmjjcJ8OLJuAHx179-VES1t8fkoQ9ZjDU11xFSy7bFcV4jBWVQuBWpG64wgPoK3CeWjCXP98XKDkwOgW-_NMRqfO9jMDd-Ks/s320/IMG_7760.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dani Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350665163436472516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313019617584850845.post-12715191254362123792024-02-16T21:37:00.001+01:002024-02-16T21:37:01.702+01:00Movin' On Up<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Craiger joined Civil Air Patrol the very end of September, but was ready to rank up to his first official rank in November. He was SO excited. Civil Air Patrol has been SO GOOD for him. It's like a mix of boy scouts & the military. You learn about leadership, working together, aerospaces/planes/flying, & more. He's learned to march, he's learned to lead, he's learned all about lift & thrust & everything that happens when a plane is in the air. . . & he even started drone technician training for emergency services search & rescue. He's flown a glider & he's loving every minute & every opportunity CAP has given him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />To rank up you have to complete a series of things. . . a 30+ page lesson on leadership that you have to read, then study, then take a test on. . . . then do a CBT (computer based training) online which takes some significant time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then you have to complete a full aerospace lesson which consists of reading 60+ pages that require extensive learning in aerospace things & several activities that require building airplanes, gliders, lift & thrust to help the cadets learn aerospace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After you complete those, you are required to take a PT test & take part in some kind of a physical training activity whether that be basketball, soccer, or some other fun activity with the other cadets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The final things you must do is a character interview, a drill test (to make sure you are marching correctly), reciting the CAP oath, & a few other minor things. He worked hard for 2 months to accomplish this advancement in rank. 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