tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37586808126117746912024-03-05T14:37:40.330-05:00southern mamalogueMary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.comBlogger527125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-32690862039359243782013-08-29T16:41:00.000-04:002013-11-05T16:41:33.473-05:00Back To School 2013Sharpen the pencils, label the school supplies, and pack the lunch boxes! It's that time again…. back to school!!!
This year the kids are finally together. I've been looking forward to this moment for so long… watching my two little ones walk up to school hand-in-hand.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're going to the big think tank to get all cerebral!<br />
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Emma and her senior buddy<br />
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<br />Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-72379511422316542932013-07-08T11:19:00.002-04:002013-07-08T11:25:24.679-04:00The 4th of JulyWe had a wonderful 4th of July! We love our tradition of going to dinner at Hawthorne's Pizza uptown and then watching the Charlotte fireworks from the private rooftop next door. ooh la la. It's very fun and very cool.<br />
But to start the day, we had firecracker cinnamon rolls and Drew wrote a little something for his journal for Mrs. Milam about the 4th. It was pretty cute and I know he was really looking forward to the evening.<br />
We played with water balloons in the front yard between storms. Yep, unfortunately it was pretty stormy off and on all day. booooo!<br />
But we made the best of it!<br />
After some good ol' video game time (during the storms), we got ready for our evening with friends.<br />
Off to Hawthorne's and fireworks. <br />
We tried some new photography with these fireworks (since it was our 3rd firework show of the week) and I really like what we came away with. It was so fun and some of the firework photography ended up looking like a science experiment or blown glass. It was neat.<br />
Anyways, here's the day in pictures.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew's journal entry for the 4th</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma starting to chow down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Drew too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some water balloon piñata</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bam!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and now her turn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she's a little power house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and now for dodge-balloon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">aaahhhhhh!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and now some target practice...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a night with the McLarens </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and Siscoes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the "gaggle" minus one</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the gaggle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LSU firework! Geaux Tigers!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy science-experiment-looking firework picture</td></tr>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-9347161613791615962013-07-05T15:38:00.002-04:002013-07-05T15:38:44.259-04:00Anneke's Visit from The Great White North...... Ok, so it's not white right now. As a matter of fact, I think it's hotter in parts of Canada right now that it is here.<br />
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Anneke passed through with her girls on their way to Mexico. We were so excited to see her and meet her kiddos. Yes, it's been that long! I had never even met her girls yet!!! Time goes so fast.<br />
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We had a great time. We enjoyed a nice lunch at Ri Ra's and then we were off to Discovery Place in uptown. The kids had a great time playing and exploring all of the stuff they had to offer while we got to catch up. It was as though no time had passed and we picked up just like we saw each other yesterday. It was so nice.<br />
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We went to dinner at Taco Mac on Fairview Road and then it was time to tuck those girls in. They had had a long long day and were worn slap out after a day of fun fun fun!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As Colin would say, the <strike>rose between two thorns</strike> thorn between two roses.... haha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">girl power!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/embytaylor/9215012651/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="1002244_10151595060833283_580534041_n by Emby Taylor Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="1002244_10151595060833283_580534041_n" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3834/9215012651_4c95613b3f_z.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and we have lift-off!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/embytaylor/9215012925/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="1044077_10151595061428283_1152816686_n by Emby Taylor Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="1044077_10151595061428283_1152816686_n" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7368/9215012925_fbda21c649_z.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pulling herself up... learning about the power of a pulley</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/embytaylor/9217787792/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="1010309_10151595066263283_2097412683_n by Emby Taylor Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="1010309_10151595066263283_2097412683_n" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/9217787792_ee45a02aa9_z.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But the power of delegating is better!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weeeee!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weeee!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">intrigued is good</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georgette of the Jungle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hangin' with the jellyfish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting his courage up to touch something creepy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">her courage is always on-hand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and there we have it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they loved it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/embytaylor/9212138352/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Water balloons-29 by Emby Taylor Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="Water balloons-29" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/9212138352_8da8eb905a_z.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but Daddy, I want to be IN the fountain!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">you want to see IN the fountain.... I'll show you IN the fountain!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/embytaylor/9212136506/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Water balloons-30 by Emby Taylor Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="Water balloons-30" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/9212136506_3e143ec850_z.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">checking out the sky scrapers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">girlfriends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The walk to the restaurant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from the patio of the restaurant </td></tr>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-68708665171328218152013-07-02T12:52:00.000-04:002013-07-04T12:57:50.516-04:00The Super MoonThe weekend of the super moon, we were shooting a wedding. The reception was at a country club, so we snuck the bride and groom along with their wedding party out to take advantage of it. <br />
Meanwhile, our kiddos were at their friends' house watching the super moon. We were sent pictures and I think they really loved it because they talked so much about it the next day. <br />
That next day was the peak of the super moon and Colin went out and got some pictures of it. It was pretty neat because the pictures went viral on Facebook. Apparently, when we hashtagged it, a Facebook page picked it up and shared it. Once that happened, it flew all over Facebook and was shared on so many different pages we could no longer keep up.<br />
Fun stuff for this geeky couple :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room pizza picnic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with "Uncle Mike"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In awe of the super moon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "babies" looking at the super moon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">slumber party movie time!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday night's super moon</td></tr>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-69371422779344616692013-07-01T09:33:00.000-04:002013-07-01T21:33:51.956-04:00Work + Play = Vacay<br />We had a beach wedding to photograph a few weeks ago and we made a nice little vacation with Nana and Papa out of it. We had a great time! We got all of the work (if you call it that... I think it's way too much fun to call work, but technically....) out of the way on the first two nights and we had the rest of the time to play play play.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew loved running from the waves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool Drew</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome Emma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Emma skipping on the beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nana and Papa enjoyed time with the kids, and some time relaxing on the beach too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love these moments</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids sang "together forever" over and over again as they went around the lazy river...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...until they slipped and let go. But they were reunited quickly. whew~!</td></tr>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-46945676163923241312013-06-19T22:45:00.001-04:002013-06-19T22:47:05.744-04:00The Fast and The FabulousSo this post is obviously months overdue according to the winter coat in the pictures... but better late than never, right!? <br />
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We went to the Speedway Club for dinner one night... sometime... not even sure when this was anymore, but I remember we had a great time.<br />
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We took Drew and Emma and had a nice formal family dinner. Those are always entertaining ;)<br />
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Anyways, the maitre d' took us down to the viewing area to watch some of the drivers testing their cars for next season.<br />
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After watching for a while, we headed back up to the dining room and had a wonderful meal and a wonderful time. The kids were very well behaved and minded their manners. I was quite pleased with them. </div>
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As for Colin and I... well, that's a different story. Haha... just kidding.<br />
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Btw... don't I have a couple of handsome men in my life!!!!</div>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-51737529134845645592013-06-18T21:36:00.001-04:002013-06-18T21:55:39.742-04:00Good Luck, Senior Buddy!!!!School is out and the first few weeks of summer have been fun! The other day, Drew took Sam, his senior buddy from school, out to lunch to congratulate him on his graduation, acceptance to Johns Hopkins University, and to tell him he wished him the best of luck at college. <br />
Ok, so maybe our idea of Drew "taking someone out to lunch" is we'll-meet-you-there-and-we'll-sit-at-another-table-out-of-sight-from-y'all-so-you-can-have-a-private-lunch-while-not-having-to-worry-about-the-possible-responsibilities-of-taking-a-little-boy-out (i.e. going to the bathroom or cleaning up spilled chocolate milk). <br />
But anyways, Drew was proud to take Sam out to lunch.<br />
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It's been a great year with Sam and he's made Drew so happy and feel so comfortable and special at Cannon. We're so glad that we were able to have him as Drew's Senior Buddy!<br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-48319230835876313742013-02-19T09:22:00.001-05:002013-02-19T09:30:32.017-05:00It's Time To Catch UpI feel horrible that I haven't posted in so long.<br />
It's proposal season and we've been incredibly busy with Emby Taylor Photography. It's so much fun, but it's busy. 2013 is shaping up to be a great year for us and we are already booking into 2014 too. <br />
Sometimes I have to pinch myself, I think I have one of the most glamorous careers ever. The wedding photographer! Wow!<br />
I am really looking forward to sharing images from all of the wedding's that we will be photographing. We start out in May and keep a steady flow of some really beautiful weddings from there.<br />
Before I go, I'll post a couple of pics of the kids riding their bikes that they got for Christmas. As you can see, Emma is full force ahead as usual. Drew is, as usual, more focused on the details and technique and of course determined to win a non-existant race. :)<br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-18816597138803524342012-12-20T20:50:00.001-05:002012-12-20T20:54:19.326-05:00Fa La La La La La La La LaThe halls have been decked, gifts have been wrapped, parcels have been sent, Santa has been visited, and cookies have been baked. Now it's time to sit back and enjoy the holidays. Snuggling up with my hubby with a fire crackling away in the fireplace is the perfect night for me. The kids are cuddled together watching a movie (The Empire Strikes Back since that's the "Christmas Star Wars" according to Drew. Apparently Ton Tons and the frozen planet, Hoth is all it takes to be "Christmas-ie") <br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-87809934047124435812012-12-18T20:58:00.000-05:002012-12-20T21:10:26.147-05:00... And So They Were NamedThis evening Emma got a bit of a sweet tooth. We have Hershey Kisses in the house because we have been making these cute little snowmen to give as gifts with hot chocolate:<br />
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So she came to me and asked me for "some of those kissy lips chocolate." I knew exactly what she was talking about....<br />
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...and so they've been renamed: Kissy Lips ChocolateMary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-78616876844761637892012-09-26T17:33:00.002-04:002012-09-26T17:33:47.140-04:00She Now Knows She's A Real, True PrincessThe other day while we were out, a lady at the store overheard Emma talking about princesses. She stopped and looked at Emma and said, "do you know how you know if you're a real princess?"<br />
Emma just looked at her with those big hazel eyes and shook her head in wonderment. <br />
The lady said to her, "if you have a blue line inside of your wrist, then you are a true princess."<br />
Emma looked, and sure enough... there it was! Her blue line!!!<br />
She gasped in disbelief! It couldn't have been any cuter.<br />
She looked at the inside of her wrist for the rest of the day and told everyone we met that she was a real true princess. <br />
After we got back into the car, I would look in the rearview mirror at her and she studied her princess wrist the whole way home!<br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-38110989040815498002012-09-20T16:40:00.003-04:002012-09-20T16:51:20.238-04:00To The Love Of My Life... Happy Ninth Anniversary!We are no longer newlyweds. We haven't been for 3 years now according to the traditional anniversary rules. We are well into our "truly devoted years." <br />
Truly and hopelessly devoted. <br />
Now I'm picturing a very Olivia-Newton-John-moment. You know, love letters and reflections of Danny Zuko in the kiddie pool.<br />
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Ha!<br />
But really, I truly am hopelessly devoted. I was the first day I met you and I am even more so now, after 9 years of marriage and two babies.<br />
I'm the luckiest girl in world. I've got it all.... a handsome, funny, smart, hot husband who loves me with all of his heart and shows me so every day.<br />
Colin, I love you with all of my everything!<br />
Happy anniversary!<br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-64271317668829121662012-09-20T15:54:00.002-04:002012-09-20T15:54:32.557-04:00Emma's First Day Of SchoolI can't describe the feeling of dropping off Emma in the mornings now. I feel pretty lonely and empty at first. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to have a little time to myself for the first time in 5 years, but it's hard to get used to.<br />
Emma is loving her school and her teacher absolutely adores her. It makes me so happy when I pick her up the afternoon and ask her teacher how Emma's day was and her reply is, "Great as always. She's easy peasy!" <br />
I know I know!!! For those of you that know her... I said that her teacher says she's "easy peasy!"<br />
I knew it was going to be like that though. She's so full of spunk, but I've always thought it was in the best of ways. She's that girl that NO ONE is ever going mess with, but everyone loves. She's easy going, yet no nonsense. I love it!<br />
And now her teacher has confirmed that it's not just my bias opinion, she really is like that!<br />
Anyways, here are a few pictures of her first day of school.<br />
We dropped Drew off at school and took her to Starbucks to spend her last hour of pre-pre-school with her.<br />
It was a lovely morning and we just soaked it up!<br />
When it was time for us to go, we forwent the car line and walked her in (Mom <i>had</i> to bring her camera of course). <br />
Notice that there is not one shot of her face.<br />
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She never looked back.<br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-55307725629078124352012-09-13T18:28:00.000-04:002012-09-13T18:28:36.259-04:00Preparing For The Teddy Bear PicnicCannon's Jr. K is having a Teddy Bear Picnic later this month and the children are preparing their performance for the picnic (how cute is that!?!)<br />
Drew's music teacher emailed us a recording of the class singing their Teddy Bear Song.<br />
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Drew did a little performance of his own that I filmed along with some pictures that I took of him in his room with his teddy bear. <br />
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I now pack two lunches so it's important to keep things stocked up and easily accessible.
I do this by portioning everything out as soon as we get home from the grocery.
I get rid of all of the bulky boxes that clutter up the pantry (b/c I don't have loads of room in there) and I create a <a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-yweave-small-storage-baskets-set-of-4/-/A-13946473">snack basket. </a><br />
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As you can tell, Drew was with me at <a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-small-tote-green-set-of-4/-/A-13834365">Target</a> and was allowed to pick out the color scheme that we would use in the pantry, hence the green. I love the plastic baskets because they are so easy to clean if they get crummy.<br />
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The pantry is organized, food is portioned, and I make as much as I can ahead of time. <br />
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One of my favorite go-to's <a href="http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2010/07/23/recipe-whole-wheat-waffles/">is this waffle recipe</a>. I can make a ton of them ahead of time and freeze them. Then I have the convenience of frozen waffles without feeling guilty about buying frozen foods for my kids. I really love <a href="http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/">100 Days of Real Food</a>. I use a recipe from this site at least once a day!Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-47375279722368094362012-08-29T21:14:00.000-04:002012-09-17T18:16:33.621-04:00Getting Back Into RoutineWe are snapped right back into our routines now and we've come up with a system that really works for us. First, we have a great bedtime routine and morning routine that I swiped right off of "I Heart Organization." <br />
It works perfectly for us and the kids are getting pretty good at moving through the routine without me having to tell them what's next. <br />
I love that they are now involved with getting their clothes ready for the next day. This, I have found, is teaching a very valuable lesson on preparation and looking ahead to the next day. <br />
We have a drawer in his bedside table that is dedicated to their "up on deck" clothing. We keep tomorrow's clothes in it so that in the morning we are not scrambling in different drawers to get everything we need. It is all together ready for even the sleepiest of eyes. I also put clothes that are needed for tomorrow's activities in there. So if we have his soccer practice or her ballet class, those clothes are in there as well.<br />
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The morning routine saves us a bundle of time as well. The kids know what is expected and we are out the door with plenty of time to spare. <br />
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Emma and I continue our routine by going over to the Y after we drop Drew off. I run for almost an hour and she visits her friends in the Playhouse. It works great for us.<br />
Then it is either time to drop her off at school, time for ballet, or time to go home and have some mommy/daughter time together.<br />
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It works like a charm! I love being back in the routine of things!
Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-71781415954680770442012-08-23T18:02:00.000-04:002012-09-17T18:02:46.346-04:00Back To School InterviewDrew was "interviewed" at his back-to-school dinner and here is what the man in the spotlight had to say:<br />
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Our little guy is off to school! Today was his first day at "the big school."<br />
I am so happy for him, but I am so nervous too! <br />
We began the festivities last night by preparing a Back To School Dinner of grilled cheese and alphabet spaghettios, our new tradition.<br />
We celebrated the beginning of a new year and all of the exciting things to come!<br />
I found a lot of the back to school dinner table ideas on <a href="http://pinterest.com/embytaylor/kidderooskers/">Pinterest</a> and from my friend Sarah.<br />
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Grilled cheese and alphabet spaghettios for our traditional back to school dinner<br />
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A special dessert for my little smartie too!<br />
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This little stow-away joined us for dinner. He'll be tagging along with Drew on his backpack everyday.<br />
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It's here. Drew's first day<br />
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Ready to go in the building!<br />
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Mommy and Daddy aren't the only one's who are going to miss him!<br />
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This one is heartbreaking. Our little princess is really missing her best buddy!<br />
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This is the song that came on the radio as we left the school. How appropriate.<br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-3936437528823362182012-08-19T17:16:00.000-04:002012-08-28T17:16:37.336-04:00Emma's New DoEmma's first hair cut was everything I hoped it would be. We found a great place that specializes in kids hair in Birkdale Village. It was great and they knew exactly how to handle everyone. From feeling like a princess while looking in her mirror to blowing bubbles right there at the station, Emma never even had a chance to stress about getter her lovely locks lopped!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little bit shabby</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things are getting serious as we approach the first clip</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There it goes!!!! While Emma looks at herself in the mirror</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew is so proud of her and so encouraging! He was using his LeapPad to document Emma's first haircut. He recorded the first clipping. How cute is that!?! I did not prompt him in any way to do that which made it that much sweeter!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's take a break for some bubbles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finishing off the sides</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma's enjoying a cartoon while having her hair cut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And now for the braids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew kept himself pretty busy after he was finished making his "documentary"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy loved her braids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking at her new hair for the first time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She loves it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So pretty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a princess!!!</td></tr>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-42008916393348519882012-08-14T15:44:00.000-04:002012-08-28T15:54:54.235-04:00Miscellaneous From ArizonaHere are just random pictures from our trip that don't necessarily fit into any particular category, but are still the little things that made one great trip!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strike a pose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tlaquepaque Chapel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids were tuckered out after all of our fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was my view walking in the resort to the pool <3 td="td"></3></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleepy girl and Lizzie the Lizard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was my view when I left the resort to run. I had an 8 mile training run while I was there. The view sure made 8 miles fly by.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rushing water was a rare sight in the desert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My loves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch with Ms. Emma while Drew was on his "date" with Nana and Papa (Emma had her "date" earlier in the week)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cuties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tlaquepaque at night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pool time!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jumping down by the creek. (you could see Johnny Depp's house from here!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little desert girl...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's all smiles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That rushing water again... quite the attraction. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying goodbye to Nana at the Phoenix airport...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Papa too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My babies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My loves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nana and Papa time!</td></tr>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-66825668807590699622012-08-14T07:34:00.000-04:002012-08-28T15:11:54.542-04:00Get Your Kicks On Route 66When we visited Flagstaff (we'll forget the drive to Flagstaff... Nana was not a fan of winding around a mountain with no shoulder.... it was a little un-nerving), we had to stop for lunch at the Galaxy Diner on Route 66!
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-3592233568321306432012-08-13T14:43:00.000-04:002012-08-28T15:16:50.812-04:00Jerome, AZ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Jerome is a very cool. I was a mining town on the top of a mountain and once became a ghost town. It is seeing quite the revival now though.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from up the mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even the cars were cool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What was left of this facade was neat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from a wine room (Drew is drinking Gatorade just to clarify)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy looking super cool in front of the wooden door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view from the top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whatever we were looking at, it doesn't appear as though we liked it very much...haha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just thought that was so interesting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful girl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cute couple</td></tr>
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-14361381843373624112012-08-12T09:04:00.000-04:002012-08-13T00:28:52.754-04:00Our Boy Is 5!!!!!Our little man is 5. So hard to believe. There are so many little things that I love about that little boy, some he's had since he was an infant, some are popping up here and there.<br />
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<li>my little guy rubs his eyes when he wakes up in the morning like something you see in cartoons</li>
<li>he sits on his knees in the chair at the table</li>
<li>he's the biggest cuddle bug I know</li>
<li>he laughs the same exact way he did when he was a baby</li>
<li>he loves high-fives</li>
<li>he's a wiz at any piece of technology</li>
<li>he's a great big brother (most of the time) </li>
<li>he loves to tell you things in his matter-of-fact voice</li>
<li>he loves to act out any story he's just seen or read</li>
<li>he loves to make us proud</li>
<li>he's one of he best things that has ever happened to me</li>
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He turned 5 while we were out in the desert and we celebrated him whole-heartedly</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We started the morning with a little golf. Daddy taught Drew and he took to it like a fish to water!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hole in One!!!!!!!!!!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it was time for some oversized chess</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then off for lunch and a birthday sundae</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with the whole family<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course Emma had her celebratory sundae too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then off for some shopping at the toy store. The toy store was in this beautiful plaza, Tlaquepaque.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it was off to the airport's Mesa Grill for dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner with the 5 year old</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nana and Emma at dinner, both wearing Lilly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our view from the dinner table</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nana and Papa stopping to pose for a picture of our other view from the table</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After dinner we went to the lookout to catch the sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think the kids were trying to look at the moon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They found some cool rocks while we were there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it was home to celebrate. Daddy made some balloon animals to make things festive</td></tr>
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Papa giving Drew the little wooden car that he made for him</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Drew got to blow out the candles here in Arizona<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/embytaylor/7634030430/" title="IMG_3441 by Emby Taylor Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_3441" height="298" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7269/7634030430_e885b7f053_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
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And of course Emma wasn't left out!</div>
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Happy birthday, Drew!!!!<br />
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Mary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141904404798908765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758680812611774691.post-58545140289891790162012-08-10T14:41:00.001-04:002012-08-10T14:41:28.219-04:00Arizona Wine.... Who Knew!?!We really enjoyed some nice Arizona wines while we were out in the desert. You would never guess that you could spend a day out visiting wineries in Arizona.<br />
We enjoyed touring, learning about Arizona wineries, and just sitting and talking/visiting in general. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We started at Javelina Leap where there was a rooster in the vineyard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course Bashful Bunny and Lizzie Lizard came with us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/embytaylor/7641854510/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_5014 by Emby Taylor Photography, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5014" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7641854510_d345ae9d7e_b.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a great idea to make a little children's area at the Oak Creek Winery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice view to watch a thunderstorm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved sitting and chatting on the back patio with the storms in the background</td></tr>
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