tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41270592182920256782024-02-19T09:56:23.980-07:00The Asay FamilyBrig, Kim, Zachary, Madeline, Natalie & BenjaminThe Asayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912704410221385361noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127059218292025678.post-66908178865059652652013-01-06T22:00:00.000-07:002013-01-07T01:21:53.715-07:00The best of 2012<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Asay Family – The Best of 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Last year we started a new tradition
where we share our “best” moments or exciting events from the previous year from
the previous year. Looking back, we all had a very busy and eventful year. Here
are some of our favorite things from 2012…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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church as a family on January 1st<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spring break trip to Florida,
visiting Disneyland, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, the beach, and
meeting Winter the Dolphin from the movie “Dolphin’s Tale”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We were evacuated from our home and
survived the Waldo Canyon Fire<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Making cookies for the police and
military guarding our neighborhood and making posters and cookies and cheering
for the firefighters as they changed shifts in the evenings<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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yellow squash EVER!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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games, gymnastics meets and dance classes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taking all the kids to several
presidential rallies for Mitt Romney<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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updating many things in our house including the wood floors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Best of Brig<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hiked Mt. Fuji in Japan with his dad
and brother<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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marathon<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Family trip to Florida<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Coached baseball<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ran his first Ragnar<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Built a retaining wall in the front
yard<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Published 3 articles<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Training session came in at 1<sup>st</sup>
place in both U.S. and Asia<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went to mainland China via the subway
from Hong Kong<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went on trips to: Korea, Japan, Hong Kong,
China, Taiwan, Netherlands, New York, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada,
Toronto, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia and Connecticut<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Best of Kim</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Organized and implemented speech and
language screening at the 4 Montessori preschools in Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went to Las Vegas with Holly – Phantom
of the Opera, shopping, pedicures, and VIP seating for the Frankie Moreno
concert<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Natalie’s wedding, beach with the siblings and cousins, talking all night with Cindy and Misty</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attempted to water ski for the 1<sup>st</sup>
time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anniversary trip to San Francisco and
had 2<sup>nd</sup> row seats for Les Miserables, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Giants, and sour dough bread and chowder at Fisherman’s Wharf.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Took Zach to his first NFL game to
watch the Broncos and Peyton Manning play at Sports Authority field.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RAGNAR – trained all summer and was
runner #11 on Team DNR in the first Colorado Ragnar- Breckenridge to Aspen!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Started Zumba - love it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learned to can pickles, applesauce
and green beans<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fulfilled lifelong dream of seeing
Lord of the Dance<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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concert<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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after moving from there 7 years ago<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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think of that was important to Brig and I and our children and leaving our home.
– Definitely not a “best of” moment but one that we will never forget…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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team - pitcher, catcher, 2nd base<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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little league team<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sand Dunes and Alligator farm – held an
alligator<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Student of the month- third year in a
row in Middle school<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Started 8<sup>th</sup> grade<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flew to Idaho by himself to go scout
camp with his friend Jack<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Took Hunter’s safety and got his
hunting license and went on his first hunting trip<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went water skiing 2 times!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First youth Conference<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deacon’s quorum president <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Achieved First and Second class in
Boy Scouts<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Paint balling and first air soft gun<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First NFL game with mom – go Broncos!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Opening day for the Rockies with Dad
( it was a sad loss)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Started Geometry as an 8<sup>th</sup>
grader<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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almost an entire week<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went to State Gymnastics and placed in all 3 events</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Moved up to the traveling team in
Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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farm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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started Middle school<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First time water skiing and stood
right up!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a 6<sup>th</sup> grader and moved up to Pre AP classes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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coaster<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Started artistic gymnastics <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and got her front splits<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> dance recital <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Got a Nintendo 3ds<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Graduated from Kindergarten<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learned to make caramel corn<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Best 6 year old birthday party<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First trip to Disney!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Trip to Sand Dunes and Alligator farm
– held and alligator<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First time water tubing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learned how to read<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learned how to ride a 2-wheel bike<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shook Mitt Romney’s hand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went horseback riding in Estes park<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rockies game with dad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seeing Santa on the Polar Express<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lost 4 more teeth and the front big
tooth finally grew in!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learned how to walk then proceeded to
learn to run<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grew lots of teeth<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First haircut – so sad but his pretty
curls were getting so long<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learned his animal sounds, car and train sounds<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learned to identify and say – nose,
head, eyes, ears, tummy and toes, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Started talking and using his
favorite phrases such as: all right, oh no, NO, doggie, NO, baby, No, bubble,
No, balloon, No, milk, No, Bapple for Apple, NO, mote for remote, NO, doggie,
NO, Daddy, NO, Mommy, NO, pancake, NO, truck, choo choo, No, thank you, peaz
for please, NO, HELP, shoes, NO, Papa, Mimi, NO and night night<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which means his blanket. Oh, and he can say
NO!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Decided that he liked swimming at the
end of the summer at Madeline’s birthday party<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Loves his doggie blanket, cars and trains!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Was amazing the entire trip to
Florida<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Went on lots of trips to Cheyenne and
Denver to see all his grandparents, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Molly Dog<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turned 5<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Almost got a deer in Ute Valley<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Trained for a marathon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Treed a squirrel<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />The Asayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912704410221385361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127059218292025678.post-43836545829817709492012-08-07T23:18:00.000-06:002012-08-07T23:25:58.258-06:00Brown water & Flood InsuranceI did not take a picture of the brown bathtub water but I should have. It is just one of the many complications after the fire. A couple weeks ago while Brig was in Hong Kong, I ran bath water for Ben and noticed that water had a brown tint to it so I called the water company and they just didn't seem to concerned. So after I noticed that the water coming out of all the faucets had the brown tint I called again and I called the line for life threatening emergencies. At the time, I felt like it was life threatening since we had all drank the water that morning. I was told how to flush out the pipes and told to clean the water heater and that a main line had broke in the burn area and they were cleaning out all the fire hydrants and that the water was still okay. So I believed them. Well the water was brown today and this time my friend gave me the phone number to call the lab at the water company. I was told the same thing about the fire hydrants and that debris is loosened when the fire hydrants are used and cleaned in the burn area but that the water is still safe to drink but that i just looks bad. The lady apologized for us having to be concerned for one more thing but she tried to assure me that the water is okay. The water is BROWN it is not okay. I was at the post office and people in line were talking about the water as we waited for our turn. It was nice to know that I was not the only one concerned but alarming to hear how many people had the same brown water. I tried to flush out the pipes again and it seems a little better tonight.<br />
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Flood is another post fire worry. Our house backs up to a canal. Our house is now in a flood zone since the burned area is not able to absorb water. We purchased our flood insurance a couple days after we returned home even before the fire was out. Now it turns out that the flood insurance does not cover everything that we thought it covered like THE BASEMENT! That is the part of the house that I am worried about. I guess the structure of the basement is covered but none of the contents are covered. It is so frustrating.<br />
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It rained several nights last week and Tuesday we got reverse 911 calls on the house phone and cell phones and an email and a text warning us of a flash flood. I do not like 911 calling the house twice in a month. I made me feel all the panic all over again. We got our Christmas and Easter boxes out of the crawlspace and other stuff that I did not think could be replaced. We brought the scrapbooks up again and had Zach move clothes, shoes and his desk drawers so they would not be ruined. This is the email that we got.<br />
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<pre>THIS IS THE COLORADO SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED, ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. THIS COULD BE A SECOND STORY IN YOUR HOME. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND FAST FLOWING WATER.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION</pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other parts of the city did flood and highway 24 had 2 mudslides but our little hill was spared. The worst part of the storm hit southeast of us so we didn't have any flooding which I am so </span></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">grateful for. I get worried every afternoon when I see the storm clouds. I am grateful for the rain but I will be so relieved in a couple weeks when monsoon</span></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">season is over. Apparently we will be in a flood zone for the next couple years.</span> </span></pre>
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</div>The Asayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912704410221385361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127059218292025678.post-7463552314258612872012-08-05T21:36:00.001-06:002012-08-05T21:49:55.845-06:00Brig's Version of the Waldo Canyon FireUp until the day of the fire the biggest thing that we had to worry about was my upcoming trip to Hong Kong and Tokyo. It was going to be a long trip and we were pretty nervous about it. Then on Saturday we were holding baseball practice for the Coronado baseball team and looked at the hill and saw a little bit of smoke in the air.<br />
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This wasn't much to see, but something said that this could be a big problem. I remember thinking that I hoped that someone would put it out pretty fast. Of course that didn't happen. We went home and a morbid curiousity took over and Kim and I drove up HWY 24 to the Waldo Canyon trail to see what we could see on the fire. It was scary how fast the fire was growing.</div>
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In just two hours the fire had grown this big. It was something that I had never seen before and I knew at that point that this one was going to be problematic. My only hope was that our beautiful city would be ok and that the things that made it so nice, Garden of the Gods, Ute Valley Park, and Pikes Peak would escape the mess unharmed. After being completely amazed by the size of the plume of smoke, we did get some delicious Taco Bell. I treated myself to a Grilled Stuffed Burrito, which I don't do very often, but felt that it was ok. Only a few short hours after this, half of the Mtn. Shadows neighborhood was evauated, ironically very few homes of this evacuation were significantly impacted by the fire. </div>
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That night we drove by the church and invited the Richards to come and stay with us until they could go home, we did leave the caveat that our home was only good until we got evacuated. We just never thought that it would be possible. The next day church was canceled, which is very rare and we were supposed to go to John's house for Adalee's baby blessing. After I went to work to grab a few things, I took a few more pictures and decided not to go. The chances of us being evacuated were really increasing. It was still amazing that the fire was growing so fast. The problem was that we were in the midst of five straight record highs for Colorado Springs, all going over 100 degrees. Since we had moved to the Springs six years ago, we had never had a day over 100 degrees. Running had become miserable. We also had basically not had rain in a month, so the conditions were just perfect for the fire. Here are the images that I took while I was at work.</div>
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I have ran up Queen's Canyon a few times, but for some reason I failed to understand just how close the fire was to the rest of Mtn. Shadows neighborhood. I thought that there would be no way that it would cross the hill in front which we called the scar. Regardless, I definitely understood just how big this fire was and that I wasn't going to Ft. Collins. The smoke literally went miles into the air. We needed some serious rain before things got out of hand.</div>
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For the next two days we just would look at the hills and see the smoke, on Monday night Kim and I drove to Peregrine subdivision and took the following pictures.</div>
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Both Kim and I were wondering why Peregrine hadn't been evacuated at this time. It just seemed liek the fire was very close. However they weren't evacuated. So the fact that they weren't evacuated made us feel like everything was going to be ok. We knew there was a fire, but it was surreal. Our beautiful city and neighborhood would not be impacted. We went home and had ice cream. I was a little annoyed that the smoke was hurting my training for a marathon. On Tuesday morning, I went running, which was not very smart, since it was already 90 and there was smoke in the air. My logic was that the smoke really didn't get bad until the afternoon.</div>
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Work on Tuesday was pretty much normal. Everyone was a little bit distracted, but we continued working, there were QREX's that needed to be shipped. I was in one meeting and we were wondering if we should push out shipments by a week or two due to being short on resources for testing. That decision was made for us shortly thereafter. One of my collegues received an evacuation notice during one of our meetings. We all wished him good luck. Soon thereafter a few more Agilent people were leaving. It was just really strange that this was real and that it was going to impact our lives. About an hour later, I saw on facebook a post from Sister Olsen that said the flames were over the hill and that they were out of there. This was the first time that I felt that we could lose our house. Alex Bailes, Joel Woodward, and I walked out to the parking lot and we took the following pictures.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I normally smile, but the homes below the smoke were where friends, co-workers, brothers and sisters, and my family live. This was not a time to smile. This was devastation about to happen. Joel insisted that I get in this picture.</td></tr>
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What was ironic about this morning is that we were having our Durango fixed for its A/C, at 2pm, I told the car dealership that I didn't need to pick up the car because we were unaffected by the fire. The images above were taken at 4pm. We were being evacuatedf and our car was stuck at the mechanics... I had to recruit Alex to bring me home. He did. He then got to ride with Natalie to Joel's house. Alex later would say that Natalie never really quit talking the whole trip. Kim called at this point and I told here I was on my way home. </div>
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Alex then brought me home and everyone, including the Richards who were still staying with us packed up and evacuated. It ended up that having the Richards with us was really lucky as they had a truck. We loaded it up. In the chaos that was happening, I left my winter running gear. Luckily our home would end up ok, because that would have been sad to lose those. After about twenty minutes, we locked up the house, it was full of smoke and left. I did have to tell Kim that we needed to go. Also a jewelry box fell out of the car and for the first time in Zach's life he heard me curse. It was only the other word for poop, so I thougth that was pretty good.</div>
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As we left all the cars were lined up from our neighborhood. I knew the fire was coming down Mtn. Shadows, but I was praying that it didn't catch in Ute Valley. If it caught in Ute Valley Park our house would be stuck between two fires and we were in trouble.</div>
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The video shows us leaving the neighborhood. As we finally turned onto Garden of the Gods, we saw the Forrest Service fire trucks heading into our neighborhood. Kim says this is what made her know for sure that things were really bad.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These were some of the real heros. It was Armageddon in our neighborhood and yet they went right there. You can't see him, but there was a policeman in the middle of the intersection directing traffic. He didn't have time to get a mask yet. That was a true hero as well. The city would later rally around them.</td></tr>
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We arrived at Joel's about an hour later. Traffic was all going away from Mtn. Shadows. I drove the Richards truck, it didn't have air conditioning. It was 100 degrees and no way to roll a window down or smoke would take over the truck. It was hot. I actually think that it got so hot the ignition on their truck started to smoke by the time we got to Joel's house. When we arrived, Joel had ordered pizza. We greatly appreciated his hospitatility. We then watched the news and read the Mtn. Shadows facebook page to learn anything that we could possibly learn. </div>
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We spent four hours in front of the tv, but then a crew from news channel five showed the following picture on the television:</div>
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You can see the church, our beautiful churc down below. It was ok. The fire came as close as Centennial, but never crossed it! Our neighborhood was ok. In this image you can actually see our house and all is good. We were very grateful to the news for showing this picture. At this point we were worried about smoke damage, but most of our worries were now focused on our friends and churchmembers. Unfortunately many of them would not be so lucky. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was one fo the hardest working men there was. He rode in the hellicopter all day, trying to do what he could to help.</td></tr>
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At about ten o'clock at night, it was very clear that Mtn. Shadows would not be ok. However, I never would have expected that over 350 homes would be destroyed in a matter of five hours. From our ward, the McCombers and Morgans would lose their homes. Many of our ward members would be impacted though.</div>
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The next day and for the next several days we went to Cheyenne. I think both Kim and I felt a great sense of loss. We would just get sad out of the blue. On Friday we came back to the Springs for Jeff Courtier's funeral. While it was sad to lose him, seeing all our friends again was a great relief.</div>
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On Saturday we came back to the Springs and were allowed back into our homes! My Mom came with us and we were amazed at how little damage was actually done to our home. We were so happy. However we got to see the first remnants of the devastation. The hill to Centennial was burned completely. We also saw numerous homes that were once there, were no longer there.</div>
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I will write in a different post about telling the firefighters thank you. I just know that Heavenly Father protected the church and our home. While many friends lost their homes, the community rallied and we are stronger because of it. It is strange to have been one of the poeple that is on the news as one of 32,000 evacuees, but it did happen. </div>The Asayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912704410221385361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127059218292025678.post-57030477523976845902012-08-04T21:13:00.000-06:002012-08-10T00:46:20.272-06:00Thank You!!!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">This is from the newspaper. This shows just how close the fire was to us. The picture looks like it was taken from the kids bus stop. The firemen who stopped this section of fire from crossing the street, saved our home.</span> </td></tr>
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There is no way that I can explain the gratitude that I feel for the firemen that saved my neighborhood and for the police and National Guard that protected the neighborhood while we were gone. <br />
The day we came home we heard reports of houses being broken into while people were evacuated. We had taken most everything that was of value to us but I was still nervous about what we were going to find (or not find) in addition to smoke damage when we came home. Luckily, our friend had kept checking on our house for us and we knew that all the neighborhoods were being guarded by the police and Colorado National Guard. We returned home and our house was fine and had not been broken into.We decided as a family that we were going to take cookies to the National Guardsmen and police that were guarding the streets around us that were still closed. Every day the kids decided on the kind of cookie to make and every night for a week we delivered cookies. It was strange to see the hummers everywhere and men standing around with guns in my neighborhood.<br />
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Every night the Guardsmen seemed surprised when we drove up with cookies but appreciative that someone thought of them. One night they were so nice and shared their gatorade with the kids. Every night we felt gratitude and humbled as they shook our hands. We were thankful for their service.<br />
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More than 1500 fire fighters from over 30 states came to fight the Waldo Canyon Fire. At 8 p.m. in the evening when the fire fighters came down off the mountain for their shift change, hundreds of people were lined up to cheer and show their thanks and gratitude. A friend from church posted on Facebook that her family had gone and cheered for the firefighters as they were switching shifts. We decided that we wanted to go the next night. We went every night the next week except for the one night that it rained (yeah for rain!)<br />
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It was an amazing and emotional experience. The kids made thank you signs and many of our friends were there with us who felt the same way we did. On the 4th, Kristi, John, Taryn, Conrad and baby Addie came down and went with us instead of going to fireworks. I was thankful for their support and for Kristi's sign that said "Firemen are smokin hot" :). We cheered, clapped, waved and yelled thank you. The firefighters waved back and many of them were filming <em>us</em> as they went by. Zach said that he was thinking about a lot of things during all of this. He said he was thinking about being evacuated and he was thinking about all his friends and people that he knew that did loose their homes as well as be grateful that our home was safe. Brig and Natalie were interviewed by the local news. Brig commented on how the sense of community that he felt there that night and Natalie said she was glad that her home didn't burn ( That was after she told the news guy that her name was Natalie and she liked to dance and she liked sports.) Zach and Maddi said that Natalie was born to be on T.V.<br />
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At one point, there was a whole bus full of firefighters and they were all hanging out the window waving back at us. Their hands, faces and clothes were covered in black. That is when the tears started to flow. These people that I did not know were fighting to save our city, our neighborhood, our homes and they were filthy and sleeping in tents at my kid's middle school. Our signs did not seem like an adequate expression of our thanks. <br />
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One particular friend that lost her home told me that on the day that she was allowed back in the neighborhood, 4 firemen were waiting for her to explain why they were not able to save her home. She was told that the temperature of the fire reached 2800 degrees and that the firemen had to retreat. They told her that they felt like every home was their own home and that they were so sorry.<br />
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In the weeks since the fire, we have seen more and more of the devastation of the fire but we have also seen more and more places that were saved. There are so many places that the fire went right up to the back door of people's homes but their homes were saved. There are places that you can see the bulldozer lines that saved an entire neighborhood. You can see burnt homes and fields within 20 feet from the kids elementary school, yet their school was saved. I can see a burnt field across the street every time I leave the house, yet my house was saved and I am so thankful.<br />
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<br />The Asayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912704410221385361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127059218292025678.post-68589511377592829142012-07-15T22:07:00.000-06:002012-08-03T23:59:24.899-06:00The Aftermath<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Today is July 15th almost 3 weeks since the horrible night. The Waldo Canyon Fire was the most destructive fire in Colorado history. The fire is 100% contained and most of the 32,000 people evacuated are back in their homes. All those except the almost 350 homes that were lost. We are home trying to get back to the same old routine except it feels like everything is different. We are different. I think about the fire, I talk about the fire and I still dream about the fire. Last night, the girls and I saw a fire truck turn into our neighborhood and my heart sank. I know the girls felt the panic too because I was trying to assure them that everything was okay. I was driving on Garden of the Gods road and a fire truck passed me going west and immediately my mind went to the night of being evacuated and I could see the endless row of fire trucks rushing by us in my mind. <br />
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Our world is different now. Every time I leave the neighborhood I see the burn line across the street that reminds me how close the fire got to us. I went to pick Zach up from a friends house the other day. The houses across the street from the friend are gone and a burned car remains in the driveway. Then we saw Zach's teacher around the corner. The remains of her house were going to be bull-dozed that day. Kristi and I went to the gas station and there was a burned car and motorcycle being towed away. There is devastation all around us so I have decided to try to point out to the kids just how much the firemen saved. There are burn lines that go right up to people's back doors but their homes were saved. There were burn spots in Ute Valley behind our neighborhood. The fire fighter that put those flames out saved our neighborhood and home. The flames across centennial road are evidence that our church was saved.<br />
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I was not sure if I should put pictures up of the destruction and I decided to add some pictures because this is our reality now. This is what our community looks like and this is what we are all dealing with. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fire fighters tore down the fences in the neighborhoods in order to prevent the fire from spreading. The day homeowners were allowed back in to see their homes they made signs with the torn down fences.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colorado Springs Tuesday, June 26, 2012</td></tr>
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I am trying to think of a title for this post but there is no way that one words can describe the events of the last few days so maybe one will come to me as I am typing. Our family left our home Tuesday in a rush of fear as flames were coming down the mountain to the northwest of our home. As I pulled out of the driveway surround by thick red and black smoke, horrific winds and ashes and embers falling and blowing everywhere, I never thought we would see our house again. <br />
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We had been watching the Waldo Canyon fire grow since Saturday. Brig and Zach came home from baseball practice around 12:30 and said that they could see smoke plumes coming from the mountain to the west of our house. Brig thought the fire was in Woodland Park so we went to go drive and see how far away this fire really was. We drove up highway 24 for a couple miles and found the fire that was NOT in woodland park. It was mch closer than we first thought. We pulled over to the side of the road and watched the fire crest and come down a hill. We had never seen anything like it. The smoke appeared to be bubbling over the top of each smoke plum below it. You could see the orange in the middle of the smoke indicating that those flames were hot and moving quickly.<br />
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We returned home all the while watching the smoke plum grow bigger and bigger. When we returned home you could see more smoke from our side of the mountain. We watched the smoke all afternoon and listened to the tv as neighborhoods started to get evacuated. I was nervous and decided to start packing. I started getting things such as pictures, baby blessing dresses and the dress I was baptised in. I got our journals, scrapbooks, passports, our marriage certificate, high school and college diplomas and birth certificates. The kids packed their favorite dolls and toys and we packed clothes and had everything piled in the living room just in case. The neighboorhood a block to the west of us was evacuated which included many of our friends and ward members. One of those families, the Richards, came and stayed with us. We all thought that evacuation was precautionay and thought they would return home the next day.<br />
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The fire continued to grow and Colorado Springs had record high tempertures of 100 or more several days in row. I do not remember it ever being that warm in the 6 1/2 years that we have lived here. I was not able to sleep. I checked the news about every 5 minutes for evacuation updates. About 1:30 in the morning All of Manitou Springs was evacuated. Yes, the whole entire city!<br />
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Sunday church was cancelled since the building was in a pre-evacuation zone. Sunday we were getting a little nervous. The smoke plum was closer and bigger but still the news was worried about Manitou Srings and Garden of the Gods. We would go drive seveal times a day to "check" on the fire. While out driving we saw a line of cars by the Richards neighborhood. They had not packed scrapbooks or anything but clothes. We pulled up to a street going into the neighborhood and the police officer said we could wait and have police escort to the house. So I went back to the house, got Hillary's photo id and then went to get in line, to wait our turn. We waited about 30 minutes and then the police officer said the fire was getting closer and they couldn't let anyone else in. So Hillary drove around the corner like she was going to turn around, but kept driving and parked at a building in our neighborhood that use to be a day care. Hillary and I climbed the fence and snuck up the road out of the view of the police officers. Our intention was to get backpacks and carry whatever we could. When we got Hillary that we should just load up the truck and drive it out. So that is what we did and drove right past newspolice officer and heade back home. That decision proved to be a blessing. The rest of the day we watched the news and continued to drive to see the location of the fire. I did not sleep much and checked the news all night long.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sun setting Monday night while driving in Peregrin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smoke was shifting North Monday night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taking a break from the news at the splash park</td></tr>
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Monday the fire seemed to have shifted and I was feeling better about things. Hillary and I took all the kids to America the Beautiful park to play in the fountain.<br />
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I also took the kids to watch the C-130s and the helicopters dropping water and flame retardant. It was an amazing sight and I felt like we were in a movie. We made it home by 4 to watch the daily 4:00 press conference which was at Coronado High School ( that is where Zach has baseball and is the High School that the kids will go to.) The Forestry Service and firefighters were stationed at the kids middle school down the street. There was a lot of smoke Monday night and Brig and I dove up in the neighborhood Peregrin to take pictures of the sunset. The sunset was amazing with all the smoke but Brig and I were wondering why that neighborhood had not been evacutated. The fire seemed to be just on the other side of the mountains. As were were leaving Peregrin, we heard on the radio that you could see flames behind Glen Erie so we drove over to Garden of the Gods. From what we could see, the flames looked like they were in Queens Canyon. If the fire crossed Queens Canyon then we thought that could be trouble. We went home to watch the news. I fell asleep watching the 24 hour coverage on the couch. I remember going up to bed about 5 am.<br />
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Tuesday the smoke was bad. I did not want the kids to go outside at all. We got an email from the bishop sayig that our church building might be used as a staging area. This bit of information gave me comfort and calmed some of my fears. I figured that they would not put the staging area in the middle of harms way and we live a block behind the church so I figured we were safe. I talked on the phone with my friend Holly, I took Maddi to gymnastics, then went to Target. On my way home from target I talked to my sister Kristi and she wanted to come down to Zach's baseball game that night and said she would take all my pictures and scrapbooks to her house just in case. I picked Maddi up from gymnastics at 3:00 and the girls and I went to KMart to get a few more tubs to pack "just in case." I saw a couple people from my neighborhood there doing the same thing, The girls and I went to watch the helicopter get water out of the Kissing Camels resevoir next to our favorite Gas Station Loaf & Jug. <br />
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We watched for a bit, took some pictures then headed home for the 4:00 news conference. On the mile drive back we noticed that the smoke was getting really think and dark. Hillary and I watched the news confernce during which they announced Mandatory evacuations for all of Mountain Shadows and Peregrine. By this point, I had decided that I was going to send the girls back to Denver with Kristi that night. I left the family room and news conference to go pack a few more things. As I started to walk around the corner Zach yelled "Mom, I can see flames!"<br />
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While we were on Mule Deer about a block from the house, my friend Laurie called. Laurie lives in the neighborhood but was out of town. She had heard that there were flames on Flag Way, which is her street and the street behind the church. That meant the fire had jumped Centennial and was now coming at us in two directions. Brig got our of Hillary's truck while we were stopped and was loading as much stuff into the front of the truck as he could to keep it out of the smoke and blowing ash. Brig checked on us in the Camry and confirmed that he had just heard the fire was on flag way too. It was about this point that my cell phone coverage went out. My brother had texted and said he could come down with a truck to move things out. I replied but he never got my text that said "It is too late, you will never make it." We could hear the sirens around us and we slowly drove out of the neighborhood. </div>
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I felt relief once we reached Centennail Road. I was not scared for our own safety once we reached that point but I was scared for my home, my neighborhood, my friends houses, the schools, the church and my beautiful and peaceful little hill that we live on. Cars were evacuating in both lanes on Centennial and firetruck after firetruck passed us on the shoulder of the road. The were racing into the horrific scene that we were desperately trying to leave. We were counting the fire trucks and they flew past us and I remember thinking it was bad because they were not normal fire trucks. They were green fire trucks. We made it down Centennial to Garden of the Gods Road where we kept watching the fire trucks fly by with lights and sirens. I think it took about an hour to make it a little over a mile. <br />
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Brig decided to go a back way to Joel's house and got us out of traffic. Joel's house is across the interstate and about 5 miles away on Purgatory Road. Hillary said, "ironic name, purgatory is what we just left." At 7:00 on June 26th, I received a text message that said, "This is the Colorado Springs Police Department with an important message. A mandatory evacuation order has been made for your residence.<br />
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Kristi met us at Joel's house and I was so happy to see her. She hugged me and I think we both felt a sense of relief to be together. We loaded stuff into her car and she left around 8:30 with the kids and took them to her house for the night. I felt like the kids needed to get out of Colorado Springs but Brig and I could not leave yet.<br />
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The news was showing our neighborhood and hill burn and our hearts were breaking. We were seeing our friends houses burn on live television and we did not want the kids to see thier own home burn or their friends. By this point, everything west of the interstate was evacuated which included about 32,000 people and we needed to know the kids were safe. The plan was that John would pick the kids up the next morning and take them to Cheyenne and Brig and I would meet them there the next day. We continued to watch the news and make phone calls to make sure that everyone had made it out safely. We went to a park by Joel's house and watched our little hill burn. It was horrible. At one point the news showed a view of the fires that had the top of the church in the frame. Joel stopped it and zoomed in and we could see that our house was okay. I should have been so relieved but I wasn't. About 1:30 in the morning a policeman friend in the neighborhood texted and said our house had survived and he went to check on Hillary's house. We were so worried for Hillary. It was wonderful to knock on the door to the bedroom that Hillary was staying in and tell her that her house had survived. It was a bittersweet moment knowing so many houses didn't make it. 346 houses didn't survive that night. Dear friends lost their homes, our children's teachers, our children's friends, our friends parents, ward members and hundreds of people in Mountain Shadows lost their homes. We are so sad for everyone and so sad for our special part of the city that we love so much!<br />
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Today Zach played his first Highschool league baseball game! He made the Coronado Freshman team (even though he is going into 8th grade) and he was soooo excited. He played a doulble header against Widefield tonight. Although they didn't win, Zach went 3 for 3 with two hits and a walk and an RBI. Zach played catcher the whole first game and 2nd base the entire 2nd game. The poor kid had a cold but fought through it. My pictures didn't turn out great so I will get more especially one of the back of his Jersey that says Cougars!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Yes, it is true. After an 11 year hiatus we went on a family camping trip to Lake Navajo. Brig and Zach have both been camping with scouts, and we have stayed in cabins but we have not gone as a family and slept in a tent since Zach was 2 years old and I was 8 months pregnant with Madeline. So, we thought we would give it a try. It turns out that a family of 6 requires a lot of stuff for only 2 days. It also turns out that we do not fit in the same tent that we took 11 years ago. We learned that we like camping with friends and we like boats. Our friends have a boat and we all tried water skiing. Madeline got up on her first try and did great. Zach got up for a little bit and then tried wake boarding. Natalie kind of wanted to try water skiing but ended up loving tubing. She had the biggest smile that I have ever seen! Brig has water skied a couple times but he learned that waving does not signal that he is done, it just means that we will all wave back at him. I was so nervous to try water skiing but I tried! We learned that sleeping with Ben in a tent is miserable but it was worth it to watch him play in the dirt :) We had a great trip and we want to go again (just as soon as we get a bigger tent and an air mattress).</span><br />
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Madeline had her 5th grade continuation on Monday. Brig's mom came down to support Madeline since Brig was out of town. It is a great day for the kids and an emotional one for the parents. All the 5th grade kids wear the tie dye shrits that they made in Art class and they sing the song "Lean On Me" with sign language, presidential awards were handed out (Madeline received the silver award for grades and test scores signed by President Obama) and the kids do the neatest thing called "My Three Words". The 5th grade kids sat in groups of three and were circled around the parents. The song "Seasons of Love" was playing which is a tear jerker song anyway. Each group has a phrase written out on poster board that they stand and hold up one word at a time. </div>
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The Lyrics to the song made me think about all Madeline has accomplished this year.</div>
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Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes<br />
Five hundred
twenty-five thousand moments so dear<br />
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six
hundred minutes<br />
How do you measure, measure a year?<br />
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In daylights, in
sunsets<br />
In midnights, in cups of coffee<br />
In inches, in miles, in laughter,
in strife<br />
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes<br />
How do
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In truths that she learned<br />
Or in times that he
cried<br />
In bridges he burned<br />
Or the way that she died<br />
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It's time now,
to sing out<br />
Though the story never ends<br />
Let's celebrate<br />
Remember a year
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Madeline's 5th grade year can be measured by: Her trip to <br />
High Trails, the Revolutionary Ball, Field Day, speaking and singing parts in the 5th grade play, being elected to student council, all A's almost every quarter, being a finalist for the science fair, having one of the top 5 posters for the saying no to tobacco campaign, almost making it to the handball tournament and qualifying for Nationals at the State Gymnastics meet, Pajama Day, class parties, Garden of the Gods, State City, and fun with good friends!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Field Day with Maddi, Marissa, Katelyn and Ben</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maddi and Marissa at 5th grade continuation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Revolutionary Ball</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dancing with Dad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 5th grade - Brittish Invasion - songs from the Beatles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Science Fair</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how Brig is smiling at Madeline. She looks so pretty!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wall of talking pictures</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering the Castle after a long wait in line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dark arts classroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Excited to see Winter the Dolphin in Tampa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zach and Maddi entertaining themselves while waiting in line to buy tickets to see winter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In front of winter's tank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dolphin Tale movie set</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding one of winter's tales</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter is behind us - poor Natlie had a headache at this point and just wanted to lay down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clothes from the movie - we thought the outfits looked a lot like Zach and Brig's regular wardrobe</td></tr>
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<br /></div>The Asayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912704410221385361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127059218292025678.post-21438526061785138382012-03-14T23:57:00.000-06:002012-06-14T00:01:12.818-06:00Pi Day 3.14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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March 14th - Today is pi day (3.14) so I made apple pie. Yesterday was Ben's 15 month Birthday already. Brig is gone for the week on the East Coast doing a press tour for his product that is being released next month called Q-Rex. At least he is in the country! It is mid-March and the weather is amazing! The kids wore shorts to school and they have played in the backyard all afternoon. Sure, it could snow tomorrow but that is why I love living in Colorado<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Madeline is such a great big sister!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natalie's shirt says, "I love being me!" That sums up Natalie right there! She lives a happy little life!</span></td></tr>
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Meanwhile, Madeline were I at the tournament. Madeline took 1st on Tumbling, 4th onTrampoline and 8th on Double Mini. Poor Maddi fell on her landing of her 2nd pass. I am so proud of Maddi not letting the fall effect her. She came back and did the best that she has ever done on Tumbling. Kristi bought the kids so they could see Maddi get her first place award. <br />
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Almost 9 hours after arriving at the gym later we finished the tournament and I learned a lot about scoring and gymnastics and Madeline mobilized in tumbling and is ready for the state tournament in April. <br />
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little Ben woke up in the middle of the night with a deep cough and was up on and off all night. I got him to sleep next to me for a while but he was breathing so heavy I just felt so bad for him. I have never had a child get croup before but I am alwasy worried about that when the babies cough. Brig came home from church and took Ben to the Dr for me before he left for the airport. Ben does not have croup but we will see how this week goes. Brig then headed out for his press tour in Boston, New York and Florida. After this trip, it will almost be time for our family trip to Florida!<br />
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Today Natalie turned 6 and enjoyed every moment of her day. We had just moved to Colorado 6 weeks before Natalie was born. Madeline was telling Natalie today that she remembers being in the car with Grandma and Granda Asay and on the way to pick Zach up from school when Brig called and said she had a little sister. She said she was so excited to have a sister. <br />
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal">We had our daily email and pictures from Brig who is now in Korea. Brig wrote:</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal">Ok, so I had a much more interesting day today. I woke up and went running by the big river that runs through Seoul. I can’t remember the name, but it was a very nice run. I felt very good about it.to see the training and the presentation at Hynix tomorrow. He also is traveling around Asia to hammer the field to sell more scopes. I was very happy to have him… <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> Nothing like spending a day with your boss. The training went very well. After that, the customer visit we were supposed to have was canceled, so I had the afternoon free.I then met with the Agilent representative and Jun Chie to go to do training of our local AE team. Yep, that is right Jun was there. He came out here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRLp1rvr6ku-BNGVXBXi4ae7Q2qSFw3Fo7mmz3T4TK6r7WTMwxwWBat0diJNEewoUNngeRAYP2swbkrtV7TmlVSYH9dQ9pGJqp4KsvlEhcahSv8xmMlje0csbJpUCkYQ-YiHHMpRG2V0/s1600/DSCF0180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRLp1rvr6ku-BNGVXBXi4ae7Q2qSFw3Fo7mmz3T4TK6r7WTMwxwWBat0diJNEewoUNngeRAYP2swbkrtV7TmlVSYH9dQ9pGJqp4KsvlEhcahSv8xmMlje0csbJpUCkYQ-YiHHMpRG2V0/s320/DSCF0180.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal">Jun (who is from Seoul), wanted to show me around. It was actually really nice of him. I have attached a picture of him and me at our lunch engagement today (the picture is not the most flattering). He then showed me around the palace and found a really neat shopping area known as Insa-dong, which is where there is a ton of antiques and gift shops. This is the street I have been looking for. I have attached pictures of unique plates that I took at one of the shops. I found this bowl, that I really liked, but it turned out that it was $1000 and I felt that was a little bit too expensive, sorry. </div><div class="ecxMsoNormal">The palace was neat and I am sure we could spend nearly an entire day together just walking around it. Jun and I also took the Seoul subway, it was in English, which made it not too terribly scary.</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal">Well tonight I have a dinner with the field, so we shall see how it goes.</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Zach and Maddi agree with me that Ben can now say night-night. We has said a couple days in a row and tonight he said it over and over as he was rubbing his eyes. Ben also says something like Gog for the dog and yells by the stairs for the basement for Zach. He will blow a kiss and puts his hand on his ear or holds a toy up to his ear and talks like he is talking on the phone. He is just so cute. I think the best part of the day was watching Zach play with Ben tonight. Ben kept reaching for Zach's hand to hold and they played and laughed for a long time. It was just the sweetest thing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are the pictures and part of the email that Brig sent today:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I met President Horner of the temple there and he showed me around. It was like my own custom tour, that was pretty cool. They have church tomorrow at 11, so I will see if I can make it. I need to check when my flight is. The session was nice as I did it in Spanish. There were quite a few people in the session, which is much better than the last time I went to the temple in Taipei. As I was leaving a bus pulled up and literally a hundred people poured into the temple. It was really neat. The temple will be packed today, which was great to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> I then got the highlight of my day which was the video call with you guys. I love you guys so much. Ben holding the PC really made my day. I just miss you guys. I actually miss holding the boy and having him grab my leg. I almost miss Natalie’s non-stop talking… <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> Again I am very sorry that she is sick and I can’t do anything to help you.</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHVu0glujLS2DzoJIz7ACmzlZjEIRV3lAlvKdjQqemGw9zjc6qni307wiR2Bf7LaCMl13J1Hn32AQTY4KOgvhPBVE5WtcN_NfqkuHfESEuZjfSC4At9SEkQzZx5Qr89OEUBGu91QY208/s1600/downsized_0224021935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHVu0glujLS2DzoJIz7ACmzlZjEIRV3lAlvKdjQqemGw9zjc6qni307wiR2Bf7LaCMl13J1Hn32AQTY4KOgvhPBVE5WtcN_NfqkuHfESEuZjfSC4At9SEkQzZx5Qr89OEUBGu91QY208/s320/downsized_0224021935.jpg" width="320" /></a>I took the pictures with my cell phone because I left my camera in Cheyenne last weekend. Not the best pictures but I loved how the kids were all gathered around to talk to Brig. The blanket in the background is from our picnic for dinner. We made pizza and the kids used cookie cutters to cut out different shaped pizza then we got to eat in the family room. We played Apples to Apples Jr. and laughed so hard that Zach's face was bright red. It was a good night.</div>The Asayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912704410221385361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127059218292025678.post-50744148959321784062012-02-23T22:37:00.002-07:002012-02-26T00:16:44.686-07:00Snow Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SPtsQGl9UV0jtRXYTQTKtaZ3c6jayUIuhmr7tsuPbV5wIlQvZSwIPZCutGzg2w9asqIk_Uy2A-2ZYi1tbO4WmHgrQ01V5Xf8eBn8DEGENnhfP_8mbJWpFXJUIV_4W-D9CosY9ZJuoUE/s1600/0223021011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SPtsQGl9UV0jtRXYTQTKtaZ3c6jayUIuhmr7tsuPbV5wIlQvZSwIPZCutGzg2w9asqIk_Uy2A-2ZYi1tbO4WmHgrQ01V5Xf8eBn8DEGENnhfP_8mbJWpFXJUIV_4W-D9CosY9ZJuoUE/s1600/0223021011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SPtsQGl9UV0jtRXYTQTKtaZ3c6jayUIuhmr7tsuPbV5wIlQvZSwIPZCutGzg2w9asqIk_Uy2A-2ZYi1tbO4WmHgrQ01V5Xf8eBn8DEGENnhfP_8mbJWpFXJUIV_4W-D9CosY9ZJuoUE/s320/0223021011.jpg" width="320" /></a>Today we only had a 2 hour delay and all the other districts around us were closed. I found Madeline outside shoveling the driveway for me which was so sweet for her to do.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> It was a nice morning cuddling with Ben and I had a chance to put my foot up because I am pretty sure that I broke my little toe AGAIN. Since this has happened before, I know that there isn't anything that I can do for the poor little toe. We also woke up to an email from Brig. He sends us a summary from his day before he goes to bed every night, He also sent some pictures that he took for Natalie and her bunny Felix that she sent with him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal">I miss you guys so much. I watched Honey I blew up the kids, because the 2 year old reminded me of Ben. It is a terrible movie, but he walked like ben walks… <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> </div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizG1nf0StTUBexctToE3i7T0jZIjGo0jT45XJU8D73S07OkI6fhMHfEfu-yXooWVQsh_MkXwcOXR32XLnEc63NqO7a-QkD5wbkTc3-y7NzCoRG6xLJKBDj-VZLp4IC_j48QUzsqNWALMk/s1600/DSCF0067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizG1nf0StTUBexctToE3i7T0jZIjGo0jT45XJU8D73S07OkI6fhMHfEfu-yXooWVQsh_MkXwcOXR32XLnEc63NqO7a-QkD5wbkTc3-y7NzCoRG6xLJKBDj-VZLp4IC_j48QUzsqNWALMk/s400/DSCF0067.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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