tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85663468525860201792024-02-19T03:31:38.975-08:00Joel & Kallikallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-16661176043263565052012-11-25T21:44:00.000-08:002012-11-25T21:44:09.422-08:00Oh little baby, you melt my heartWe have watched this video many a time over here at the Smith house....each time we do we laugh through at least 2/3rds of it, and I say "Awwwwwww!!!" at least 5 times.
This was taken a couple months back right before we put Blake to bed.
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54261114?badge=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/54261114">Blake H</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6147635">kallina smith</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-16675535297463560972012-11-24T09:08:00.003-08:002012-11-24T09:08:25.768-08:00Blake 4 months I'm not doing well at posting in order, but....at least I'm posting, ha. Just wanted to put these up. He was being such a cutie this day. It was after we gave him a little trim so his hair was quite short. It made him look so old! Love this little babe. <br />
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<br />kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-6989902546272365022012-11-24T08:45:00.002-08:002012-11-24T08:59:16.373-08:00Up the Canyon Joel and I were talking a couple weeks back about how we want to have some fun family traditions of our own each year. This was our first "New" tradition, we decided that on the day before Thanksgiving we'd go up the canyon, find some snow, drink hot chocolate, and listen to Christmas music to kind of kick off the Christmas season. It was really fun and I'm so glad we did it. It was getting a little late and dark and we were busy getting stuff ready for Thanksgiving but we packed everything in the car and headed up. It was so fun spending time with my favorite boys, hanging out, and making plans for the Christmas season. <br />
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Blake seemed to enjoy it, and stayed nice and toasty in his car seat. <br />
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Had to throw some snowballs of course! <br />
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<br />kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-53744120750748998852012-09-20T19:33:00.000-07:002012-09-20T19:33:05.877-07:00Blake's Blessing Day Sure love our baby Blake. Wish I would have gotten more pictures of his blessing day, it was filled with lots of family and food and happiness :). <br />
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<br />kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-48470383540425206582012-06-07T12:19:00.003-07:002012-06-07T13:00:58.384-07:006 weeks! Our little Blake turned 6 weeks old on Monday, I can't believe it! I have been kicking myself about not taking more pictures of him when he was first born (I was just a little bit stressed and pictures were the last thing on my mind) so I'm trying to make up for it now. Here are some fun ones we took the other evening. No time for retouching these days so these are straight out of the camera.<br />
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I had my first contraction at the very end of Stake Conference. We timed contractions for a couple hrs and kept thinking they would just stop since they weren't very regular or very long- we didn't want to get our hopes up! Well they never stopped and just kept going. My water broke at home which was nice because it took away the question of how long to wait till we went to the hospital.<br />
The contractions weren't fun, but in between I was feeling great! Joel and I were both excited and happy that this was FINALLY happening! We were totally rushing and nervous but still joking and laughing on the way to the hospital which was totally great and not how I expected. For some reason I just kept imagining the ride to the hospital would be horribly serious and stressful (well it was probably a little stressful for Joel since he was driving). <br />
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I was only at a 3 when we first got there :(</div>
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After a very LONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG labor Blake was born the next day at 10:55am!!! It was so amazing!!!! The nurses had to work on him for a while to get the fluid out of his lungs (which was so so sad, they pounded on his back for the longest time trying to get everything loosened up). They put him on my chest after they wrapped him up and he just looked up at me and stared right at my eyes for the longest time....it was amazing!!!! He was so calm and looked so sweet. It's crazy how you can instantly love someone SO much.</div>
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Oh that sweet little face!</div>
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Grandma Richelle</div>
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Grandpa Kendall</div>
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Grandpa Jeryl. We missed getting one with Grandma Jeanne :(</div>
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On our way home! We were pretty nervous to take him </div>
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So tiny!!! I can't believe how much he's grown already! </div>
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These were the last few week by week pictures we took before Blake was born. Had to blog them for posterity :). I forgot which weeks they were exactly and I think I missed a few weeks here and there. <br />
Wow, looking back at these makes me soooo thankful to have Blake outside my body instead of inside! I don't miss much about being pregnant really, I am soo thankful for the experience, but my short body seemed to have a rough time finding room for a baby. <br />
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The last one here was 3 days before Blake was born. Oh and the middle one there....yeah.....NOT photoshopped!!! I know right???? hellloooo hugeness.<br />
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Sooooo.......it's been a while......how bout we just pretend like that whole 3 month plus hiatus never happened and pick up where we left off shall we? </div>
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If you haven't heard, we're having a baby! The blog is a little late to the party considering I only have about 3 months left (crazy!). I'm still having a hard time wrapping my brain around the idea that I get to be a Mom....we had been waiting and waiting for this to happen for sooooo long that it's kind of hard for my little brain to change from the mind set of "I want a baby" to "I'm HAVING a baby!"....ahhh those are beautiful words! </div>
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This little boy Smith (we're having a boy by the way!! wooot!) has been having quite the growth spurt since Thanksgiving. I think all that turkey must have been a jump start to his system or something because I feel like we're growing so fast! </div>
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I was pretty nauseous for the first trimester but it wasn't anything that a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit from McDonalds couldn't fix. Eating one for breakfast was the only way I could be guaranteed a nausea free day, very strange especially considering how healthy I was eating before getting pregnant...all healthy eating was out the window! No green smoothies or almonds would touch my lips for the next few months....when you feel sick you do what works I guess. Most of my second trimester was awesome! I felt great, was sleeping a full 8-9 hrs a night straight through, and got my appetite back which was great. Sadly that wonderful streak only lasted a couple months and I've moved on to the "uncomfortable" phase....the baby seems to have a penchant for squeezing off an important blood vessel because sitting down longer than 10 min., and laying down on any side but my left, are no longer relaxing or comfortable.....aaahhhh the days of sleeping on my back, how I miss those.... He also seems to have Joel's appetite because my body now REQUIRES me to get up at least twice a night to eat. I have never experienced anything like it, I wake up with a pounding heart and a horrible feeling in my stomach that will <u>not</u> go away until I've had my protein fix. Caaarazy..... thank goodness there is a cure for all these maladies called childbirth :). </div>
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Despite these not so fun things, I know things could be much much worse and the fact that we get a baby at the end of all this more than makes up for any discomfort. We feel so blessed to be looking forward to our little baby arriving and are so thankful for all the prayers and fasting done by our family and friends, it really is a miracle. </div>
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The Smith family goes on a hike every Labor Day. These first ones are from that hike up Alta Ski Resort.<br />
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Over the summer we went to My Aunt Sue's Wyoming ranch and had a blast. This was the starry sky we slept under for a couple nights. Me and Kalli stayed up late and got this beauty!<br />
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We went to the SL Temple that morning to do sealings and then went to the Lion House Pantry for lunch. I don't remember what we had but do remember it was gooooood. . <br />
I did a photo shoot up Big Cottonwood Canyon that evening so we stayed up there after and ate dinner and had a fire. <br />
This cave was right above our site, it was huge inside and totally freaky! Joel went in, I did not. <br />
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First up.....this amazing photo of us. This has caused many a laughing fits at our house over the past few months. Ladies, this is what a wacky wide angle point and shoot lens will do for your ego. I look like Elf when he sits on Poppa Elf's lap. I. am. ginormous.<br />
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Yes, call me childish, weird, or down right crazy, but I cannot get enough of that beautiful white stuff!! And yes, when it snows, I <b>still get my snow clothes on</b> and go out and play in it (just ask Kalli!). Who knows, when we have kids, I just might be more excited about playing in the snow than they will be.<br />
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You might say I'm almost 30 and shouldn't be "playing" in the snow anymore. But you might just be jealous that I<b> still like to play</b> :) So let's all enjoy these SNOWY pictures together as we think about how much we LOVE winter and how it is <b>still</b> going to be around for a long, long, time!!! (Julie, maybe you shouldn't look)<br />
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If you didn't stay up late like we did, as these last few pictures show, then you might have missed the "Blizzard 2010". It came and went so fast, no one really noticed it. But for those of us who braved the storm in the middle of the night it was awesome!!<br />
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Someone's having fun!kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-87052971416093449952011-01-04T11:02:00.000-08:002011-01-07T08:36:42.825-08:00"Christmas past is past"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Just a few memories from Christmas. It goes so fast I barely remember having it! But January is here and another year begins. Now if only I can get over the flu!<br />
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It is day 5 of achy muscles, a fever, sore throat, runny nose, terrible sleep. I now know why people want to get a flu shot - they've probably had the flu in the past couple years and remember how bad it is. I hadn't had it since I was little and I'm thankful that I went as long as I did without it. <br />
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This is two straight New Year's Eve celebrations down the drain. Last year we were at the Heaps' cabin and I got the stomach flu! Not that we celebrate the holiday that much anyway, but HERE'S TO A BETTER NEW YEAR next year!! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just found these in our files and realized I never posted them! We had such an awesome trip to the Larson cabin this year. It was so gorgeous up there and it was the most relaxing trip we've had in a lonnng time.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel played Frisbee golf with Stu and Brianna and their kids and me and my mom hiked along with them for fun. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See if you can spot Joel in the above left pic. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was having fun checking out all the flora. This is a wild pea! How cute is that! There were tons of gorgeous wild flowers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was so fun being able to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa and have them all to ourselves for a couple days! Grandma even taught me some new crochet stiches.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had fun fishing and enjoying the beautiful views </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandpa and I at the Ferrin Reservoir circa 1989</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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Last year I went up about a month earlier and hiked up Brighton ski resort to get some good pictures. I thought it couldn't get any better because it was kind of snowing and foggy. But this year I think I did better. It was the perfect amount of snow (about a foot) and it was lightly snowing the whole time. I love how silent it is in the snow, especially up the canyon. I went on a walk on a pathway and didn't see anyone the whole time. I just enjoyed the pristine nature of Utah in the winter!<br />
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I'm sure this seems a little weird for some of you, but I seriously LOVE the snow! It's one of my favorite things ever. So anyway, here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip. I hope you enjoy them as much as me (I'm sure you won't!)<br />
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I told someone I was going through a quarter life crisis and they replied with something like "well yeah, if you live to be 100, which you probably won't so you're already past that". Umm thanks......After the reality of that sunk in I was fine lol.<br /><br />We went boating in the morning with Lindsay, Brian, Brayden, Camryn, and Madi. It was lots of fun!<br />It was nice and sunny. Look at those sweet cheeks!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/suncam2.png"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 700px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 520px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/suncam2.png" border="0" /></a>Brayden had fun driving the boat.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/braydendriving2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 469px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 700px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/braydendriving2.jpg" border="0" /></a>I tried wakeboarding for the first time.... yep....didn't go so well. check out my face in the second one. I was trying reeeelly hard to get up haha. (ok, for the record, I got up on my 1st try water skiing and rocked it. I also stink at snowboarding but picked up skiing really fast. I think it's the whole being propelled sideways thing that throws me off.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/ohhkalli2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 700px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 462px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/ohhkalli2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Joel on the other hand did awesome (of course, right? he's a Smith)<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/sickjump2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 700px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 507px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/sickjump2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Aww the birthday girl and her honey.<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/smiths2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 700px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 469px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/smiths2.jpg" border="0" /></a>After boating we got Cafe Rio to go and ate it at the park. Yum! We are trying to be thrifty, but since I was playing the birthday card we also got Frozen Yogurt.<br /><br />Joel already posted about the 4th, but I wanted to add these two pics that he didn't post.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/juliekidslightart.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 700px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 465px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/juliekidslightart.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0291.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 700px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 465px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0291.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpw-bV0LZEvIEsH4bvxaSbjnv-HXJI0PeylPZumbKGAVl1neNuqWeaArZB5iPFUkT8rQNP7f1CsvLfDOb19WABoN7IAfUWwrVC6GoxN_yJDoq0pE9SSpnf18-RUcoLPsx7MIDHH5uby3D/s1600/DSC_0291.jpg"><br /></a>kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-88982716271326905182010-09-11T21:28:00.000-07:002010-09-12T08:24:33.080-07:00an un-laborus weekendOh man, I have been neglecting the blog for quite some time. I'm so glad Joel keeps it up for me when I slack. I haven't been in the mood to blog lately and haven't really had the time, but tonight I have the blogging bug so I thought I'd better hurry up and post something!<br />Last weekend was A-mazing. It was so relaxing, so fun, and so nice to be able to spend so much time with our families. It was exactly what we needed!<br />Saturday we went boating with Lindsay and Brian in the morning, Joel did awesome wakeboarding and is really picking it up quickly. The weather was perfect (except for some choppy water). After boating we went to the Heaps house and had a little bar-b-q/water fun.<br /><br />Josie and Camryn had fun playing in the buckets of water.<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0100copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 522px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0100copy.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0078cam.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 522px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0078cam.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>and Hayden and Brayden liked playing with the hoses and kicking the squirting beach ball thing, and i was having so much fun snapping all these water shots. i've been wanting to take pictures in this exact same setting for quite some time (awesome back lit lighting, cute kids, water spraying, dark trees in the back) ...it was all just workin out so nicely<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0075copy-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 520px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0075copy-1.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0024copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 465px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0024copy.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>i love these two pics, can't figure out why its HUGE, i'll have to work on it tomorrow.<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0032water.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 934px; height: 700px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0032water.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>my dad and mark shot off the water rocket<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0125copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 522px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0125copy.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>my mom filled up water balloons and we all had fun playing with them, and...<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0171copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 522px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0171copy.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>launching them with the sling shot thing until Joel and Brian found out that we almost hit someones car that lived up the street....hehe.... whoops? (they were trying to launch them into the park across the walking path.)<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0181.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 465px; height: 700px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0181.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>we went in side after that haha.<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0184.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 465px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0184.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On Sunday, Joel and I had a great day at church and then decided to just chill at home. i made lasagna and then we just hung out and watched a movie, it was great!<br /><br /><br />Monday we woke up and went to breakfast at McDonalds with the Heaps and Hansens then drove over to the Smiths to get ready for the annual Labor Day Hike. It's a Smith tradition that I've been able to participate in for a few years now, we love it!<br />we went to Mary's lake this year. There was only about half of the lake left, but it was still pretty and we enjoyed our lunch at the top.<br /><br />{mad props to Joel for taking these next few pics. i like it when my man uses the camera :) }<br />look at Drew's juice box face :)<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0191copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 465px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0191copy.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>the kids had fun feeding their chips to grateful little animals<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0230copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 302px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0230copy.png" alt="" border="0" /></a> and the rest of us soaked in some rays. it was pretty "brisk" but the sun warmed us up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0188copy-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 465px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0188copy-1.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>the classic mary's lake pic. we missed Jon and Melissa and their two cute kids this year....hopefully they will be here next year (? :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0244copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 499px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0244copy.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />the rest of the day we hung out at the Smith's house. we napped and watched some football, then had a dinner out in the middle of the lawn. it totally reminded me of this picture from one of my favorite books growing up ("oh what a busy day"), all the food and people spread out along a big long table. It was awesome! but of course I didn't take any pictures......baahhh!<br />last weekend was so fun, but this weekend has been much different; work, editing, photoshoot, preparing a lesson, costco run....definitely not as fun as barbecues and hikes, but it's okay too.<br /><a href="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0247.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 465px;" src="http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg357/kallina_s/DSC_0247.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />PS!!! Joel had his first observation last week during student teaching and he totally rocked it! I'm so proud :) he is going to be an awesome teacher!<br />I totally wish I could be in one of his classes and watch him teach, I think it would be fun haha.<br />PPS bigger pics on our family page! about time!kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-7734751790031431522010-08-26T13:45:00.000-07:002010-08-27T14:50:24.403-07:00High school teacher. Who knew?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiuppfkqXTrkhk84WjQYhQbPJftXAV9ldyqFgU7ESN8dRZFF4q8FuQSlRa8BiHrAgdTQ_QUYRpwMAQPohEudtN3RTowLgAOfBSm9QqSlqhhx8HuC-J2rcL1vGQ3mTpl_SK_sL9GFfDJ4f/s1600/6159_full.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiuppfkqXTrkhk84WjQYhQbPJftXAV9ldyqFgU7ESN8dRZFF4q8FuQSlRa8BiHrAgdTQ_QUYRpwMAQPohEudtN3RTowLgAOfBSm9QqSlqhhx8HuC-J2rcL1vGQ3mTpl_SK_sL9GFfDJ4f/s400/6159_full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509824181660472370" border="0" /></a> Well I have another high school to add to my resume. First I went to Bingham, then I graduated from Riverton, now I am teaching at Alta!<br /><br />As much as my family doesn't like the idea, I am a Hawk! Actually, not officially because I'm just student teaching, and who knows where I'll be teaching after that, but I do feel a small allegiance to the East side school already. After all, I live in the Alta boundaries, I will be going to the school for the next 4 months (with an Alta parking sticker on my car), I will be teaching over 100 Alta students, getting to know them pretty well I imagine, etc.<br /><br />So yes, I have started my student teaching. I will be teaching 4 classes until December. Then I graduate!!! (from college not high school). I am really excited to teach and get to know the students in my classes. I haven't done much teaching yet because the teacher I'm working with is starting the classes and teaching the first week or so. But I have been helping out a little here and there. I'm teaching Finance, Entrepreneurship, and 2 Computer Tech classes.<br /><br />It's awesome to talk to students and help them feel comfortable in class. I love that part of teaching. I want to help students enjoy school and be comfortable there. I'm confident that as I am honest and real with them and as I show that I care about them, they will be able to trust me and allow me to help them. I think it's awesome to think about helping a lot of young people in such a difficult time in life when they have a lot of important decisions.<br /><br />One student that has been saying 'hi' to me in class and in the halls, came up to me at the end of class today and started asking me questions about a career he has been thinking about going into (He heard me mention that my brother, Jon, works for the government in DC and he had been thinking about doing that). We talked for 5 minutes or so. It made me really excited to be a good influence to students like him!<br /><br />I'm sure I will have a lot of experiences to share soon. So this is the first post of many about my teaching experience. I hope I don't make our blog too lame by talking about school all the time!<br /><br /><br /><br />I'll try to use pictures as much as I can. Like these pics that I made Kalli take of me yesterday. I just wanted a good picture that I could use for my profile pictures. I was kind of demanding of Kalli's artistic ability. I wanted a picture that was "cool, artistic, that makes me look mature, professional, and like a teacher." I think that's about what I said. I'm sure Kalli was a little bugged by me continually saying "that's not quite it", but she always does awesome. She's the best, I love you Kalli!!<br /><br />Here are some good ones:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCVKx4-EYfx0iyrGZGK0aCXd960UGCrK0HhhBqHUzSmK4UVbHK0XUudy-yn2pse7IZmdiwzsyUBeNbLY9aU8Y1fJVuIqgoybQ4vfb82NEcnhr_wej186UUsam6OAXm812CGxI6obKOTHr/s1600/DSC_0752.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCVKx4-EYfx0iyrGZGK0aCXd960UGCrK0HhhBqHUzSmK4UVbHK0XUudy-yn2pse7IZmdiwzsyUBeNbLY9aU8Y1fJVuIqgoybQ4vfb82NEcnhr_wej186UUsam6OAXm812CGxI6obKOTHr/s400/DSC_0752.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509835813634249506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUFp__yOouloAr8_eP_oe7eSO-DAkEY-sPU-DNrwiKnQhLUTp6EBMVpaO3ryRFxKwtv3VIQrA6XhM6XVnu8rBlpBI6Mahuj0R1v5i250Omn6UC-LOLgt4EmzdPWIqs56_F9GQPXtQ8nCr/s1600/DSC_0795.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUFp__yOouloAr8_eP_oe7eSO-DAkEY-sPU-DNrwiKnQhLUTp6EBMVpaO3ryRFxKwtv3VIQrA6XhM6XVnu8rBlpBI6Mahuj0R1v5i250Omn6UC-LOLgt4EmzdPWIqs56_F9GQPXtQ8nCr/s400/DSC_0795.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509835809811153378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDBr8vVt_-CH93EjYIv7RXVJRTnjWtEZNbpc54ILQM2op4dJdlb0q-akgBrWHTPKTKbSLB5oo789v0OnQS7Ziyh9tHrRQM8wxrHajZXeXHJ80JEMzZWmAbQXEHTwLqXuHrW-ABE-fIwN9/s1600/DSC_0815.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDBr8vVt_-CH93EjYIv7RXVJRTnjWtEZNbpc54ILQM2op4dJdlb0q-akgBrWHTPKTKbSLB5oo789v0OnQS7Ziyh9tHrRQM8wxrHajZXeXHJ80JEMzZWmAbQXEHTwLqXuHrW-ABE-fIwN9/s400/DSC_0815.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509835800378451762" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-51787994656185720002010-07-31T14:09:00.000-07:002010-07-31T14:59:01.984-07:004th of JulyKalli has been preparing a new post of the last few weeks, but she is really busy with photography lately, so I don't know if she'll get it posted for a while. So in the mean-time, so we at least get something new up, I'll post a few pictures from the 4th of July weekend. My family did some fun things that weekend, like camp out in tents on my parents lawn, play water games, fireworks, etc.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_EebEVdKbk5RicZsMawnfeaoaZUL8gIR_9TIIPIm-F-IWsM1aVhv_xMS1ybqksZPsUBQX1BK0_L0HShjJSg_IR9L91BuOJNK1yrpqLy6HfFEd-RnmfobeJ-WrmnhcRkqAjH7lu5NsUTF/s1600/DSC_0275.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_EebEVdKbk5RicZsMawnfeaoaZUL8gIR_9TIIPIm-F-IWsM1aVhv_xMS1ybqksZPsUBQX1BK0_L0HShjJSg_IR9L91BuOJNK1yrpqLy6HfFEd-RnmfobeJ-WrmnhcRkqAjH7lu5NsUTF/s400/DSC_0275.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188425642646290" border="0" /></a>Kalli took some awesome night shots!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4FNnD2Zzjw7Qf7QDYumZhguNPUiQKh-dUU54_UnYx83YK4mj-oXv6MLRqFDYvfB16NZRTHJJcdH3TS20Kmgm0Myd1MycAtda3z63T1Lx6jXdFnwwWHXo55cm_vTITvlnyNYzdprIkKx2/s1600/DSC_0220.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4FNnD2Zzjw7Qf7QDYumZhguNPUiQKh-dUU54_UnYx83YK4mj-oXv6MLRqFDYvfB16NZRTHJJcdH3TS20Kmgm0Myd1MycAtda3z63T1Lx6jXdFnwwWHXo55cm_vTITvlnyNYzdprIkKx2/s400/DSC_0220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188415886330754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlGftJpdvIJckGLXf5Ie8H5382Q90_V4V7vQwhffEPr4g5MRKQIXN_sbJO_Xu9j4LTxH7IJYafCQfZIiXCdOAUhVmBRmahu9qWaygYH1yN-5QGuGUps7HucIy3gMVwjMsqAUcPbJ8gurd/s1600/DSC_0289.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlGftJpdvIJckGLXf5Ie8H5382Q90_V4V7vQwhffEPr4g5MRKQIXN_sbJO_Xu9j4LTxH7IJYafCQfZIiXCdOAUhVmBRmahu9qWaygYH1yN-5QGuGUps7HucIy3gMVwjMsqAUcPbJ8gurd/s400/DSC_0289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188417462018002" border="0" /></a>Eric put himself in a ball of fire!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNBtv_TpAhx5v4SmfYzDrJPK0I0rFiV2r9IDxtuYfNn4mcjXPm2oRt4qQQxqt_TVnwLHIE7ktpYDmE9zgfZjO3qiXrmpavkPUh-tU7Fpk1JYr3FmmV4kkwjBG-DcoXrM7RoCqmyOL6C6b/s1600/DSC_0302.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNBtv_TpAhx5v4SmfYzDrJPK0I0rFiV2r9IDxtuYfNn4mcjXPm2oRt4qQQxqt_TVnwLHIE7ktpYDmE9zgfZjO3qiXrmpavkPUh-tU7Fpk1JYr3FmmV4kkwjBG-DcoXrM7RoCqmyOL6C6b/s400/DSC_0302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188411521191202" border="0" /></a>That's a beauty!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrj_KykqDPYOTjyoiK-w4jaOInzHN54cp4GlhTtoiGdRHuMw8CUreysvv0V69ScmlJuqgCoOmJVHSglX-x7QerrrEqHznJMKfP5wATI7YwgpEv0AZdDp9bK5ohK60qrTL0d4UjDm99klk4/s1600/relay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrj_KykqDPYOTjyoiK-w4jaOInzHN54cp4GlhTtoiGdRHuMw8CUreysvv0V69ScmlJuqgCoOmJVHSglX-x7QerrrEqHznJMKfP5wATI7YwgpEv0AZdDp9bK5ohK60qrTL0d4UjDm99klk4/s400/relay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188222321989346" border="0" /></a>Jeni planned some water games for Saturday. This was a fun relay race.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuSe6Ws0Thu-ZOTLrpJeG40mG6c1apwzc55B3vzlaufIrnXHrkbv8kZiht7Z0A8gOzyWC5cD-P1RaS4B06yRxXs5lNMc12GGhrdwa-YUzVsN6T08OP5DdMm5uE0OhTFvgszthqCjvJOcW/s1600/DSC_0352.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuSe6Ws0Thu-ZOTLrpJeG40mG6c1apwzc55B3vzlaufIrnXHrkbv8kZiht7Z0A8gOzyWC5cD-P1RaS4B06yRxXs5lNMc12GGhrdwa-YUzVsN6T08OP5DdMm5uE0OhTFvgszthqCjvJOcW/s400/DSC_0352.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188218124765346" border="0" /></a>The water hose limbo went from limbo...<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0-cb4mySHsGIGjB90H6hZwaINa78onS44yZ6Z9bihlK9VjMZUWRherE7t3VtrESpVRcNjzD_9PdKH2VCk9PLZ0a_gW4gNmrigXSYVQmxaN4Fe9s0Y3LR5F62su0eTADs6i1ENUIkE_r1/s1600/DSC_0351.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0-cb4mySHsGIGjB90H6hZwaINa78onS44yZ6Z9bihlK9VjMZUWRherE7t3VtrESpVRcNjzD_9PdKH2VCk9PLZ0a_gW4gNmrigXSYVQmxaN4Fe9s0Y3LR5F62su0eTADs6i1ENUIkE_r1/s400/DSC_0351.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188215895698754" border="0" /></a>To just getting wet...<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3mz2dAdHnq6t6TuRlJPdgMAWTm11SNypFTThxAtV9x4S0ROrGhCHMNnsvNPHj_1kzAAJXY6rn-uH5LcYkQAp11puzDKfmAo4d9xE6nsWxfRVOddTbrR9WJZO11UoleDHW2e4moJD-MPQ/s1600/DSC_0356.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3mz2dAdHnq6t6TuRlJPdgMAWTm11SNypFTThxAtV9x4S0ROrGhCHMNnsvNPHj_1kzAAJXY6rn-uH5LcYkQAp11puzDKfmAo4d9xE6nsWxfRVOddTbrR9WJZO11UoleDHW2e4moJD-MPQ/s400/DSC_0356.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188210350882226" border="0" /></a>To jumping over the water. That's when the "big boys" wanted to get involved.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbm1IcyouHtiSRN4joBfPO8-zezODIquUBfVIdgR-MBP5aPUtFdQ_6iJ-pAhm78ckMerwKi6D1l4HpvQKF9sO848PjJn4VjElLRkTZ07vUQpk8U_0f3tOm3yr75IFmyDrCWglxhjId_Tn/s1600/DSC_0358.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbm1IcyouHtiSRN4joBfPO8-zezODIquUBfVIdgR-MBP5aPUtFdQ_6iJ-pAhm78ckMerwKi6D1l4HpvQKF9sO848PjJn4VjElLRkTZ07vUQpk8U_0f3tOm3yr75IFmyDrCWglxhjId_Tn/s400/DSC_0358.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500188208257568258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB30W3cfNhwZP2RGR9Qu0GKw-aRtP2iZjzfaQX22rse5y9cWRXlkzEoZeMBz6V2pSmb2QiOULsZsLRRbmTp_wU6s1iFONVVsWIMzcyhZNPw7ujJRzgLF7AADRpwD09-qKsNgCCWIhjkzWt/s1600/DSC_0359.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB30W3cfNhwZP2RGR9Qu0GKw-aRtP2iZjzfaQX22rse5y9cWRXlkzEoZeMBz6V2pSmb2QiOULsZsLRRbmTp_wU6s1iFONVVsWIMzcyhZNPw7ujJRzgLF7AADRpwD09-qKsNgCCWIhjkzWt/s400/DSC_0359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500187644278390418" border="0" /></a>Jeremy put up a good fight jumping off one foot because he got about 12 stitches in his foot a week earlier.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLK1Pn8JzzzkCPpquVxTb2jo5BVpAFs0xOa4YdWkannu9gXxRURIX4H7HczJkp9JmS_7o3BO3h0OKaKFGB9omC5laXC_jN-J7C0RqyYTYrJemqusjlCtPLYTL52_F2quIuIN48-vZzQ-0/s1600/DSC_0361.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLK1Pn8JzzzkCPpquVxTb2jo5BVpAFs0xOa4YdWkannu9gXxRURIX4H7HczJkp9JmS_7o3BO3h0OKaKFGB9omC5laXC_jN-J7C0RqyYTYrJemqusjlCtPLYTL52_F2quIuIN48-vZzQ-0/s400/DSC_0361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500187641626364098" border="0" /></a>But I think Justin was the winner. He probably could've jumped over that swing set in the background if he wanted to!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjy2gy2Brg6OZmkZ3EU39ba3BU2t_ZDL1lPUllA34Hdy_bx0lfWDPMvSjvVRYeTRuzANt2BPyPFGvzhhLi5QD8CCjaW9j-tsXAvwvDo0WOXVFV2W2kBVd34UMsUwAIMTTQzN6851K5rrvz/s1600/DSC_0345.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjy2gy2Brg6OZmkZ3EU39ba3BU2t_ZDL1lPUllA34Hdy_bx0lfWDPMvSjvVRYeTRuzANt2BPyPFGvzhhLi5QD8CCjaW9j-tsXAvwvDo0WOXVFV2W2kBVd34UMsUwAIMTTQzN6851K5rrvz/s400/DSC_0345.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500187635926817746" border="0" /></a>Running through the sprinkler provides endless fun!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9-forM6heoRYMxhh8k1QsWMbOflHaxA8P_8uVilFACV7ttqlHmjH_Hsf18KDEwBtGUY2LEGTXzxfvzaQCRL5RdukzMWa8eHDD9As77exehICoNfOIAqjnHezlCv_PLrghgCfKVWvs05a/s1600/DSC_0340.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9-forM6heoRYMxhh8k1QsWMbOflHaxA8P_8uVilFACV7ttqlHmjH_Hsf18KDEwBtGUY2LEGTXzxfvzaQCRL5RdukzMWa8eHDD9As77exehICoNfOIAqjnHezlCv_PLrghgCfKVWvs05a/s400/DSC_0340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500190502070121010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bDO2Ks4zreFwTiDCtN5lsRaz-rlJ4K9hcEfkdAFhO9i4ZCd1VhQC4dkpGANlIdPTqCqNdaAifQmWdaMTjMMmahK4vO3urqm0sLpCpQxH_UybHNR6nmVkKcEFGqFEd22nId19u3ZeA1P-/s1600/DSC_0337.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bDO2Ks4zreFwTiDCtN5lsRaz-rlJ4K9hcEfkdAFhO9i4ZCd1VhQC4dkpGANlIdPTqCqNdaAifQmWdaMTjMMmahK4vO3urqm0sLpCpQxH_UybHNR6nmVkKcEFGqFEd22nId19u3ZeA1P-/s400/DSC_0337.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500187632734513314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify3Hgm2Ew540lUePJQvqs2OKjSEVoh3Rc7p6Q7Un7QnTL8ZHaqchyZBciUKkGR3k36KmIvz2H4hS9uAcBhNePa2mVF_PyPzB2l_DlWFdrc03Z0b1MB8FDRk110Dq8ZtE0pUju9Ac1aj_7/s1600/DSC_0367.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify3Hgm2Ew540lUePJQvqs2OKjSEVoh3Rc7p6Q7Un7QnTL8ZHaqchyZBciUKkGR3k36KmIvz2H4hS9uAcBhNePa2mVF_PyPzB2l_DlWFdrc03Z0b1MB8FDRk110Dq8ZtE0pUju9Ac1aj_7/s400/DSC_0367.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500187621280843010" border="0" /></a>And of course, the games ended with a water fight. I found myself being ganged-up on. All the little kids against me. I'm pretty sure I won!<br /></div>kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-42834856346175313622010-06-24T15:16:00.000-07:002010-06-24T15:40:10.185-07:00ConfessionMy family already knows that I like playing basketball on mini hoops and with a mini ball. My parents got a small indoor mini hoop one year for my little brother who was like 7 years old, but I think I played on that hoop in the family room more than anyone. I played on it through my high school years. I could hit any shot in the room :)<br /><br />Another one of my favorite things, still, is to play on the real basketball hoop at my parents' house, but I like to lower it as far as it goes (7 1/2 ft.) and have a dunk-fest by myself.<br />When my family got together this Memorial Day, Kalli had her camera and I just happened to have a mini ball available, so we took some action shots.<br /><br />I know this is lame to post pictures of myself dunking the ball, but I figured I would finally confess my childish hobby/talent.<br /><br />Kalli knows how to make anything look good and she worked her magic making the hoop actually look pretty high (it's not). However, I have to say, if I was a foot taller, I would be getting paid to do this right now!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgpZwX3a-HhyphenhyphenrdFvQP6IZnW8ty3SQxIv1Ty3oUtrlcLS9YbzVVC-tJfLpuYpKhcou5q3gwE7xgvaq0RoCUYiIwac52kYK9pxbcUM-PrKCoDsyqAywScFCECLNH0T56mHhJ0vc79r1nUzG/s1600/DSC_1664.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgpZwX3a-HhyphenhyphenrdFvQP6IZnW8ty3SQxIv1Ty3oUtrlcLS9YbzVVC-tJfLpuYpKhcou5q3gwE7xgvaq0RoCUYiIwac52kYK9pxbcUM-PrKCoDsyqAywScFCECLNH0T56mHhJ0vc79r1nUzG/s400/DSC_1664.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486472489517170178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmd3vv5-5z0pxA1b6t3SDoSjuA41NrK3zGtJCycB2v9-e2Lfd3MTkDuR4CUGfGsWBMsjbjrfRxJTR4Pa8ffYui5PE8jcOZLY5CnnPV9fvrJ737dgjHOefz3wfRcxAiMVYWLe7M64gOLtH/s1600/DSC_1665.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtonMCw-C2WsmwBPhed_0F4ASAr_XgvCWtRDci1VeddrSu2PSrdq0zvMp1fGjquQIvPoHAh7m3mIoyUKpfxNQVfB_pcedW6BxHMYpnd0SLs0bA92c9bXGDfFwUQ521tivn-OTVi8uzKhhx/s400/DSC_1676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486471908157562050" border="0" /></a>kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-9513303219328285152010-06-09T21:56:00.000-07:002010-06-10T21:52:48.810-07:00The REAL Good GreenIf anyone told me 6 months ago that I'd be mixing up vegetables and fruit in a blender and drinking it (by choice) I would NOT have believed them! Well, now I am, on an almost daily basis (and so is Joel which is pretty remarkable for him too) and I am really liking it!<br />I heard about the <a href="http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/">Green Smoothie Girl</a> from my friend <a href="http://nbennion.blogspot.com/">Natalie's</a> blog a while back. The first time I saw this lady's site I think I was up till 2am reading her posts on her blog and reading what she had to say on her website. A few weeks later I braved up and made our first green smoothie. We were pretty grossed out after my first attempt, but I'm glad I kept at it. After a few tweaks to her recipe I finally had my own version of a "green smoothie" that I liked and even craved after a while! I made my first one out of a little bit of fruit, water, and about 2 1/2 cups of packed spinach. I wasn't used to the taste or the green color so I had to ease my self into it by adding some healthy orange juice, and a few other naturally sweet things.<br />I didn't like the green color at first, but now I really like it and actually prefer my smoothies to be green (they turn a nasty brown color if you add blue or black berries)<br />I have never been one to happily eat veggetables or salads and when I do they usually aren't the dark green kind, so disguising them with fruit is perfect for me! Plus you can pack waaay more greens in than you'd eat in a salad at dinner or lunch, and it's already smooth and smashed up so your digestive system doesn't have to work as hard....it's genius I tell you!<br />I make a big blenderfull in the mornings now, half for my breakfast and I put the other half in the fridge for Joel's "pre-dinner snack". It's so nice being able to drink something yummy and easy to make and know it's so good for you. We've been trying to implement a few of the green smoothie girl's other suggestions and I've finally been realizing that what I put into my body really affects how I feel (and how I will feel down the road).<br />I've tried to make a few other different kind of smoothies, but the one that Joel and I like the most right now consists of water, orange juice, spinach, banana, frozen fruit, almonds, and a little raw honey (I'm trying to slowly get rid of the juice). I made one last week that was pretty good, it was made of almond milk, spinach, banana, organic peanut butter, and raw honey. A few weeks ago my friend <a href="http://ikfarrisfam.blogspot.com/">Kristin </a>and I spent quite a while gathering ingredients for a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRgNVtMU9aw">hot pink smoothie</a> I was so excited to try it out the next morning, but much to my disappointment neither of us could handle the taste. Both of us were gaaging it down. It was vvveeerrrry pretty though, it really was the most beautiful color of pink, the picture doesn't do it justice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXVrtIQGMUmfV9l19qwJYQ_RR1RttCm6c40r7xYvq9D6nYI06CDnmC0Sm5Qfpze3nQgFhSJNOSfwglbI0g7LvRyO8ERPhttcwWbRbmdvYgtyd3bI-74JyZ6XqWwQbsIQAQveDdPmDv9To/s1600/DSC_0111+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXVrtIQGMUmfV9l19qwJYQ_RR1RttCm6c40r7xYvq9D6nYI06CDnmC0Sm5Qfpze3nQgFhSJNOSfwglbI0g7LvRyO8ERPhttcwWbRbmdvYgtyd3bI-74JyZ6XqWwQbsIQAQveDdPmDv9To/s400/DSC_0111+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481370798198806674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxW37I1SY8kzG02q7n562TO1uVNA2rKme6guMD9KaZPC4AggqaG48InpFC6aOMXt13ct_UOb0Ld4EWckRn9xTQBQIbmAAXgl2nE6l-iO5OoueE4e3Y5ECfmUCT1-Gfk3DuBYhLgk95I9Jw/s1600/DSC_1937+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxW37I1SY8kzG02q7n562TO1uVNA2rKme6guMD9KaZPC4AggqaG48InpFC6aOMXt13ct_UOb0Ld4EWckRn9xTQBQIbmAAXgl2nE6l-iO5OoueE4e3Y5ECfmUCT1-Gfk3DuBYhLgk95I9Jw/s400/DSC_1937+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481370808781613794" border="0" /></a>This is what our "every day" smoothie looks like usually (in a frosty mug! haha yum!). Here's to health!kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-4221087238984670922010-06-03T18:16:00.000-07:002010-06-03T18:25:35.594-07:00Kind of random, but kind of funny!<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrIcfnaYkxm-FpbuawNiFhnGJzgvbDOgFYaN0b-tTNSMEVS8SqIIFlXiJVQieBMog2f0Kq-UyucWxSxb460w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Kalli and I were taking some video for fun on Memorial Day at my parents' house and I was jumping on the tramp. I guess it had been a while since I had landed on my back, because I apparently forgot how. Kalli told me to jump on my back and before thinking about it at all, I went for it and it ended up being a little awkward, as you can see in the video. It's like when a little kid tries it for the first time. We laughed about this for a long time!kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-32936213514530401932010-05-04T21:02:00.000-07:002010-05-05T23:20:22.416-07:00Fueling our inner NerdJoel heard about this website (makezine.com) on channel 11 a while back where they teach you how to make all kinds of cool/nerdy stuff. We watched a few of their "how to" videos online and made fun of how weird and nerdy they were, but after a while we were like "wow this is actually pretty sweet" and "haha....yeah, we definitely need to make that". <br />I think this magazine has officially made it onto my Christmas list. Yep, that's right.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6njFbIN_8y-sgp6LNloj0_kt0kT9lqs8ok5fz12t2YxfF7uu4Y6Ao5bgdImB64nkv0zbkCLMCPq4jm2wc-J3xIyesFBoEId6u1v7_OrsCp4KF9F8iC9fKXyYbgVg7hEjGYSk5INQE_ox/s1600/makezine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6njFbIN_8y-sgp6LNloj0_kt0kT9lqs8ok5fz12t2YxfF7uu4Y6Ao5bgdImB64nkv0zbkCLMCPq4jm2wc-J3xIyesFBoEId6u1v7_OrsCp4KF9F8iC9fKXyYbgVg7hEjGYSk5INQE_ox/s400/makezine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467640662715498866" border="0" /></a>I mean haven't you always wanted to make a <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/05/weekend_project_super_tv-b-gone.html">TV be gone! </a>or an <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/10/weekend_project_the_atlatl.html">atlatl</a>? They have some things that are a little more practical like the <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/weekend_project_macro_photography_o.html">macro lens on a budget</a>, I could reeeeally use one of those babies. <br />This one is sweeeeeeet (<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/collins_lab_notes_diy_cymatics.html">Cymatics</a>) It totally makes my inner nerd do that snort laugh thing.<br />So who wants to join our "sciencey/crafty nerd club"? I think we should make <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/10/weekend_project_evasive_beeping_thi_1.html">This</a> first hehe.kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566346852586020179.post-44080198856650853942010-04-29T11:20:00.000-07:002010-04-29T12:52:43.253-07:00Favorite Sports MemoriesI have been to some pretty awesome sporting events in my life:<br /><ul><li>BYU football team beat 5th ranked Texas A&M the first game of the year</li><li>The NBA Finals, Jazz vs. Bulls game with Nick and his brother Jeremy outside in the parking lot of the Delta Center on a huge TV with thousands of other fans (I think they lost that game - still awesome!)</li><li>A professional lacrosse game in the Denver Broncos stadium with Jeremy, Justin, and Breanne.</li><li>A few MLB (pro baseball) games including some spring training games in Arizona (my favorite place to be in the spring).</li></ul>But I think last Friday night topped them all. My Dad called me Friday morning and asked if I wanted to go to the Jazz playoff game against Denver. Of course I said yes since I haven't been to a Jazz game in like 7 years. He said they might be pretty good seats because his boss was offering them to him. He called back and said they were on the 8th row!! And they came with a VIP dinner before the game. I was pretty pumped all day waiting to go. I was just telling Kalli a couple weeks ago how much I would love to see a Jazz game from just a few rows up.<br />Well, as excited as I was to see the game, it was way more amazing than I had thought!! The whole game I was just taking it all in, hardly believing that I was there with such great seats. It was so fun to just sit there and watch, I wanted the game to last a lot longer (even though I had a headache from all the noise!). We were so close, it was like we were in the game. You don't know how big, fast, and athletic these guys are until you see them up close. It was awesome!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL40Ai5TeC2wcIGxQ8Cu47pdVZBn8xqNvF6JVOA42sRCnX8IR0FXQAUmFzDtABlUFXqwctGyYkGejGpuQ-sZ3pxoXh-K6OHbYeht5JOlHycP7eKV1gO5USkvCrayYmuOYZT8uSVGR7l-R/s1600/playoff+ticket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL40Ai5TeC2wcIGxQ8Cu47pdVZBn8xqNvF6JVOA42sRCnX8IR0FXQAUmFzDtABlUFXqwctGyYkGejGpuQ-sZ3pxoXh-K6OHbYeht5JOlHycP7eKV1gO5USkvCrayYmuOYZT8uSVGR7l-R/s400/playoff+ticket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465634326668788706" border="0" /></a>Check out that ticket! Pricey; however, I thought it would be more for those seats.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlCJA-ImAFlFuVgVvLYBTmaDsjLdFzGOMqYkzC6kEFnnfXGKtDlRGeocM5d9di_ber3Ve9bRuey5g1PunvDkL72FI8i9FK4fDYmS7UhZcq_z8ewlU6oykV8AjWbx2LBW-bYn9SH1NL_FG/s1600/P4230075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlCJA-ImAFlFuVgVvLYBTmaDsjLdFzGOMqYkzC6kEFnnfXGKtDlRGeocM5d9di_ber3Ve9bRuey5g1PunvDkL72FI8i9FK4fDYmS7UhZcq_z8ewlU6oykV8AjWbx2LBW-bYn9SH1NL_FG/s400/P4230075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465634315517096114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVqZXpqp3ke30xBOUbZpw5cpew9sMcvIhrz9_Q7oTj8VGjvCyVrb9ZsNwJUgtXpJxC42prw-IwdgdIGWaOZfZlJYGZLj4Ywd5lnj7uIeibgthaglfjzAAKQikfz2zn2PPyMDdtvGZn8x8/s1600/P4230077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVqZXpqp3ke30xBOUbZpw5cpew9sMcvIhrz9_Q7oTj8VGjvCyVrb9ZsNwJUgtXpJxC42prw-IwdgdIGWaOZfZlJYGZLj4Ywd5lnj7uIeibgthaglfjzAAKQikfz2zn2PPyMDdtvGZn8x8/s400/P4230077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465634311287683570" border="0" /></a>We had to check out the seats when we first got there. We were pretty excited about them at that point! (we watched Korver hit like 90% of his warm-up shots from all over the court)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDFnzYub-AAeQfVHabr391KvczekvYDjq4CW0GPZ-9LUd9qWkTujAZdKr3PKRxmkog_pFhqZivBv-6bI7sqc8bTZ0135TVfUYBiE-rnmwM5kC8h0pcvJPFjqfDou-K7d0ijP3KlNvfMDN/s1600/P4230079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDFnzYub-AAeQfVHabr391KvczekvYDjq4CW0GPZ-9LUd9qWkTujAZdKr3PKRxmkog_pFhqZivBv-6bI7sqc8bTZ0135TVfUYBiE-rnmwM5kC8h0pcvJPFjqfDou-K7d0ijP3KlNvfMDN/s400/P4230079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465634303506439522" border="0" /></a>We went up to the dinner buffet in a ritzy banquet room on the top floor of the Energy Solutions Arena. It was a pretty small room with an awesome view. There were about 20 other rich suckers eating some of the best food anywhere! (My Dad was pretty excited about the shrimp!) We felt a little awkward and out of place, but happy to be there none-the-less. Needless to say, we felt pretty rich that whole night.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tEVBoNAdvmCp9aBHEPRg-znpgdYEYTs2WFvWG5zmWmkHy4MYVJ1SKWOoxGUz3kuzrc1QAxSWyH55qCdOWzdsjGCA7vpoHUrCJ3-sCW6o8d-qtgaS9JM9Oh0aqsNXXnaMu_Rwv4IRiIWH/s1600/P4230082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tEVBoNAdvmCp9aBHEPRg-znpgdYEYTs2WFvWG5zmWmkHy4MYVJ1SKWOoxGUz3kuzrc1QAxSWyH55qCdOWzdsjGCA7vpoHUrCJ3-sCW6o8d-qtgaS9JM9Oh0aqsNXXnaMu_Rwv4IRiIWH/s400/P4230082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465633736788269058" border="0" /></a>Even watching them warm up was exciting.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzSIJ2p30aVXdvb8hDs-JxpQhzkFonWYaUToCHtIFJs9r2x113Vzc1ec5QFjMrMiXH129tkJHdnTm2O9yKW4Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Their layup drill was more like a dunk exhibition. I didn't get the best part of it, but for a while they were all just dunking it as hard as they could - Ronnie Price (UVU alum!!) was having his own dunk contest. He was doing some awesome stuff!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nROtJ3Tldy8NgbbavereKiKvuBXcBlXgrTVS3iVBAF-th58xDqpGFof9o0NEm8_nir2OStrdkyCqpVVpr-1ZxMSO_i10Vlr7LpRiA3gcc3UYmy_Ydnhah276hbLb33FsWYiu78npE5CS/s1600/P4230094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nROtJ3Tldy8NgbbavereKiKvuBXcBlXgrTVS3iVBAF-th58xDqpGFof9o0NEm8_nir2OStrdkyCqpVVpr-1ZxMSO_i10Vlr7LpRiA3gcc3UYmy_Ydnhah276hbLb33FsWYiu78npE5CS/s400/P4230094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465633726605497266" border="0" /></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyBHIjdDwMf9Lz84jRMhKiuUGk6sEs4e1TYfWKhdHwjjhJmRS52CYjvw63Zxvzbr2ZtdDEyYaYHpLekf6nkXg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />The noise was almost unbearable! The crowd was pretty rowdy from the start. My Dad and I were both hoarse by halftime just from trying to talk to each other. My Dad didn't say much the second half because he literally lost his voice.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyk8oLKZklfPlRlSCO2tjmOc9KZTz9SIQ0uczmwfyjdWEqmzHoLUUMi1EAFp2i2M7SrFPXKj9B-HM2_XPF2VA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />This kid was hilarious. Every time-out he would get up and dance and try to get the crowd pumped up (not that we needed to be). He looks old, but he must have been in his 20's and a little handicapped (I hope).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggN7tWxG61Br87lFL50JYwXouFyYt_bWnxHLReI7IHWqdj_eBYUL7tmPxYAmkHLaQRwKtLHIRkoAojW-ZYO8HeaKmonqc7L752VomwO3qfu9dRcO7rEECjaQDBLQuzF48ovB49CMK8RD0q/s1600/P4230102.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggN7tWxG61Br87lFL50JYwXouFyYt_bWnxHLReI7IHWqdj_eBYUL7tmPxYAmkHLaQRwKtLHIRkoAojW-ZYO8HeaKmonqc7L752VomwO3qfu9dRcO7rEECjaQDBLQuzF48ovB49CMK8RD0q/s400/P4230102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465633716258633170" border="0" /></a>The party at the end of the game! I think the only thing that would have made it a better experience is if the Nuggets would've at least put up a fight the last quarter or two.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqv5popb6Q3JMFp37_tOMXMm1zlJag9LjB7_ZNlwc8ak4ZCI5gQqgly5alYp5y8Oya4hgwHgNUvVU4m-waSPzvk_AzIEr6OaZSo_QMlkZ-28ILZ3SJttEMc2JdOzkANOp6h7mMZDkzciMs/s1600/Dad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqv5popb6Q3JMFp37_tOMXMm1zlJag9LjB7_ZNlwc8ak4ZCI5gQqgly5alYp5y8Oya4hgwHgNUvVU4m-waSPzvk_AzIEr6OaZSo_QMlkZ-28ILZ3SJttEMc2JdOzkANOp6h7mMZDkzciMs/s400/Dad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465633704317003010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xw2X8zys7M6cL-qg6h0hY6D_YlWxGOf-OjDfZkC4ZsifAv0ckYsoyT9u8U6llP-yIYSFx-hlEZuDKsz6RmLucf16DxSAtx_g3jIFWWnHXOfEJXHKUh8-VPeCV-OqOheltyOVgUiqFiZH/s1600/courtside.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xw2X8zys7M6cL-qg6h0hY6D_YlWxGOf-OjDfZkC4ZsifAv0ckYsoyT9u8U6llP-yIYSFx-hlEZuDKsz6RmLucf16DxSAtx_g3jIFWWnHXOfEJXHKUh8-VPeCV-OqOheltyOVgUiqFiZH/s400/courtside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465633715048952338" border="0" /></a>Just chillin courtside! They let the fans come down on the court after the game. We didn't really want the night to end so we took advantage.<br /><br /><br />It's going to be hard to top this one. It kind of makes me think it would be worth it to just splurge every once in a while and spend $200 a pop for that experience! (Maybe not on a teacher salary)kallinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994439394508394428noreply@blogger.com6