tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602580192755025392024-02-18T18:09:47.782-08:00Our Crazy Life“God is the gardener here. He knows what he wants you to be.”Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-14725033164051540422013-08-31T22:20:00.004-07:002013-08-31T22:20:47.858-07:00Yummy Bread and Quilting.. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've been really horrible about blogging! When I actually have something to blog about I Facebook it and then forget to write more later.. it's how my journal is too so I just am bad, but want to do better about it!</div>
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A little while ago I was thinking about how nice it would be to make my own bread instead of paying so much for the kind that I really like, but I needed to find a recipe first and wasn't horribly motivated to find one. However while I was browsing Pinterest one night I found a recipe for honey oat bread... the kind I buy! It looks so good! So I pinned it with the plan to make it.. like all things on Pinterest that get lost and never made. This time though I decided I was going to do it! So today I printed the recipe and made it.. Oh my goodness!! So so good! I had my parents and sister over to have some as soon as it came out of the oven and it was amazing! It's been too long since I've had fresh from the oven bread! (recipe link is in caption of photo)</div>
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While at the Kinsman Family reunion this summer (yet another thing I failed to blog about) one of my Aunts suggested we make family quilts. She would send the first patch and we choose a material to go with it and cut it into 8 1/2X8 1/2 inch patches and mail the patches out and keep one for ourselves. The deadline is in January to send out the patches and then we put together our quilts however we want. At the next family reunion we will get together and help those who need help putting together their quilts and then show each other our quilts and see how everyone decided to put theirs together. All different quilts, but from the same patches :) I'm pretty excited for this quilt! These are the patches I've received so far, the material I picked is on the bottom far left. Tonight I cut out the patches and packaged them, all ready to send out on Tuesday!<br />
I'm also really excited that my mom found me a sewing machine for pretty cheap at a garage sale!! :) Now to practice because it's been way too long since I've sewn. Here's hoping it goes well!<br />
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Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-50857420910463026652013-05-14T16:08:00.001-07:002013-05-14T16:08:47.449-07:00North Carolina Trip May 2013!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I just got back from NC a few days ago and I had a BLAST!!! :) It was great seeing the guys again and meeting one of their girlfriends. I spent the majority of my time there with the 2 of them and we had a great time! We went and spent one day in Wilmington, NC and at first just walked around. We found this reptile house by the water and decided to go in and check it out.. and we made it in time for feeding of the snakes.. Yay!!... not lol. Chris and Katie were stoked for the feeding time, I did better with it after the first snake, I think mainly because I was on the second floor, not right there. </div>
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Right in the entry way they had these birds (there were 4 or 5 of them) not in cages, just sitting on these structures right in the middle of the entrance. They are beautiful! I was shocked to see them free! :)<br />
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This snake kept following me the whole time I was right there, he would follow me and just stare at me. Kind of freaky, but he was fed later and didn't follow me after that! To feed them these guys would set up a fence around the display and then lift up the glass and feed certain snakes right in front of us. One of them, I can't remember the name, but they said it was one of their most poisonous snakes and that that kind of snake had actually killed the curator of one of the reptile places once.. kind of freaky! Anyway, that was the first snake they fed, and I couldn't watch, the more they talked about it the more it freaked me out, almost bit the guy feeding it. They waited for a little bit after that before feeding the next one and he was pretty shaken. When they fed the king cobra they actually asked everyone to be quiet and hold still because that one really freaked them out to feed, and the king cobra wasn't even interested in the food at first, it just kept heading for the guys feeding it until they started frantically getting it to eat the food they had for it. They shut the glass as soon as it had the food. Really can't blame them! I really hope those guys get paid well! <br />
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Another day that I was there Chris, Katie and I headed off to Asheville, NC to the Biltmore Estates. It was absolutely amazing!! So worth it to go. Next time I definitely want to spend more time there though! We took a tour of the mansion (self guided) and it took almost 2 hours, I wish we could have taken pictures of the inside! We also took a tour of the winery and ate dinner there before having to leave because Chris had work and early PT the next day. It rained the whole time we were there, which maybe was a good thing or else we wouldn't have left ;).<br />
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I definitely want to see the gardens next time I go instead of just driving by them. I also want to spend some time in the village and see other parts of the estate that I missed. I loved it there! :) Hopefully I will be able to go again! I told the guys though that it's their turn now to visit me! Chris will hopefully be able to visit over Memorial weekend. We're still waiting to find out if his leave has been approved. Fingers crossed!!Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-18121566149814872972013-03-04T15:32:00.001-08:002013-03-04T15:32:42.446-08:00Robotics State Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Tayler and Sydney's team went to State for their robotics competition. They did an awesome job! Made it to semi finals, won an award, and came in 3rd for the Inspire Award which if they had won they would have gone to World. They did a great job and their robot was working amazing! </div>
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<br />Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-9048640892435634292013-02-27T21:59:00.004-08:002013-02-27T21:59:59.473-08:00What I've been working on<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have started working out again. It's been way too long since I have and I decided to get my butt into gear. I decided I needed to workout with someone who would make me workout. Well that person is Jillian Michaels. That woman scares me!! I've been working out to her 90 day body revolution. I haven't been doing her meal plan (it's a lot of fish, I can't eat that much seafood!) but I have been trying to eat healthier and smaller portions. She is kicking me into gear that is for sure! It's been great so far. I'm on week 3 and feeling it! I feel so much better and I have actually been sleeping at night! I haven't had a sleepless night since I started this workout! Can't wait to see how the rest of the workout goes and how much it helps me :)</div>
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<br />Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-38855436505495151642013-02-22T22:35:00.002-08:002013-02-22T22:35:55.271-08:00Busy BusyI was just talking to my mom about all my plans up to September.. Wow!! I'm going to be really busy this year, but I am so excited!! :) Lots of posts to come! Hopefully lots of hikes, I know there will be lots of trips, and a few events. The beginning of which will be...<br />
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Regional Conference in Tacoma for Gold Star Wives. A day of meetings, but otherwise a good weekend to spend with other widows in my area from WWII to now. I always learn so much from these women! This year I get to go up to Tacoma instead of just to Portland. I won't be making National Conference in Colorado this year, but next year I know it will be in Tacoma or Portland which will be a lot easier! Especially if next year is anything near as busy as now.</div>
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I just finished the "Tiger's Curse" series recently. (Tiger's Curse, Tiger's Quest, Tiger's Voyage, Tiger's Destiny) I loved them! They were an easy read, but at the same time I learned a lot about Indian and Chinese culture and religion. These books are based in Oregon, India and various countries around it. They are in libraries and they sell them at Deseret Book (so they are also a clean read).<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Passion. Fate. Loyalty.<br /><br />Would you risk it all to change your destiny?</i><br /><br />The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that’s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.<br /><br /><i>Tiger’s Curse</i> is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more.<br /> </span></div>
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Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-3432349688084788892012-12-04T17:55:00.001-08:002012-12-04T17:55:17.782-08:00Exhausted I just got back from Dallas, TX tonight and I am absolutely head to toe, mentally and emotionally exhausted!! It was a great weekend and a lot of fun, but it was so bittersweets. Snowball Express is an amazing organization for the children of our fallen troops since 9/11 ages 5-18.. so you can see why it was so exhausting. The families, volunteers, and companies who donate are absolutely amazing. There were a couple thousand people there. I definitely want to volunteer again next year! As crazy of a weekend as it was it was amazing, and I was able to meet and spend a lot of time with some amazing people and children.<br />
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Today some plans fell through and I had been talking to a friend last night about needing to see these gorgeous falls again since it's been too long for it only being an hour away from me, so today I took Tayler and Emma and we headed off to brave the cold and the wind and see the falls :)<br />
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Mt Hood looking gorgeous today on our way to the falls<br />
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The bottom of the top waterfall<br />
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It was a beautiful and full day :) Now to start packing tomorrow for Dallas, TX!Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-83601516199280424412012-11-12T18:44:00.002-08:002012-11-12T18:44:43.376-08:00Veterans Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This weekend has become a busy one for me. This and memorial weekend just used to be a time when I took off with friends and enjoyed the sales and the nice long weekend. Now it's full of events with veterans and in cemeteries. This weekend has been set aside to thank those who have served and are still serving in the military, especially if you don't every other day of the year.<br />
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Saturday night I went to a ceremony in Portland at Skyline Memorial for their POW/MIA ceremony with the moving Vietnam Memorial Wall. This is the last year it will be in Oregon because they are retiring the moving wall. It was very impressive and the ceremony very moving. (the closeups on the wall have a film over them, that's the condensation from the fog, it was 30 degrees)<br />
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Me with some of the Korean War veterans that I met. 3 marines and 1 corpsman (the corpsman is the one with the giant smile and the rope around his arm). They had some amazing stories and they were all talking to me about Ryley. They had all been at his funeral. It sounds like they go to as many funerals as they can for those who die in combat from Oregon.<br />
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At the ceremony they had all of us in attendance hold candles the whole time.<br />
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They had a table set up on stage with 5 empty seats, 5 hats, 5 upside down glasses etc for the men and women who are no longer with us and those who have not been found from the 5 different branches of the United States Military. They also unfolded an American flag, sounded the 21 gun salute, played taps, and refolded the flag and presented it to a widow that I know. They also presented her with the folded MIA/POW flag and some other documents. It was a very moving ceremony and I'm glad I was able to be there with her and some of the other widows in the area.<br />
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Sunday Ryley's family, some of his friends, and some family friends went to the Elks Lodge for their Veterans day ceremony. While there they presented Ryley's mom with their Elks Medal of Valor. It was very moving as were their speeches addressed to those Veterans still alive and in attendance.<br />
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All in all it was a very moving and powerful Veterans weekend. Remember to thank those men and women in the military for their service and not just on Veterans day.Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-16277679392526219062012-11-05T13:58:00.001-08:002012-11-05T13:58:54.185-08:00Fallen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've seen these books everywhere and was really curious about them, but hesitant to read them until I heard from someone how they liked the books. Well that happened this summer. My cousin was reading them and told me they were really good. So far I've only finished the first book, but I enjoyed it! </div>
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There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.</div>
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Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.</div>
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Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.</div>
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Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fallen </em>is a page turning thriller and the ultimate love story.</div>
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“Sexy and fascinating and scary…I loved love loved it!” -P.C. Cast, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New York Times </em>bestselling author of the House of Night Series (from Lauren Kate's website)</div>
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I just started the second book, Torment, the other night. Can't wait to see how this one and the other 2 books go! :)Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-66304330848949608762012-11-03T14:21:00.000-07:002012-11-03T14:21:00.009-07:00HAWAII!!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So as most of you already know I just got back from Hawaii!!! :) I was on Oahu staying at the Hale Koa right off the beach in Waikiki. I had so much fun! I started dating Alex and he flew me out there to spend some time together and to show me around where he's living. We drove around a lot, he wanted to take me hiking as well as the driving to different view points, but the hikes he wanted to take me on were overcast the whole time I was there so the view would have been clouds and rain lol.</div>
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Up at the Pali lookout. the picture above is a view of where he's stationed out by the ocean<br />
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Flat root tree. It was pretty cool to see<br />
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At a botanical garden he wanted to show me that had a beautiful waterfall as well.<br />
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First time feeling the Pacific in Hawaii lol<br />
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At the Dole Plantation there were these really weird trees with multi colored bark. I called a lot of the trees and plants fake or Dr. Seuss plants. Alex had a great time teasing me about it<br />
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Pearls I got from the plantation. I got the first one on sale and the second 2 I actually got for free (but I also put it on jewelry and that wasn't free)<br />
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Alex's pineapple soft serve with pineapple chunks and my pineapple float (pineapple soft serve in pineapple juice). So delicious, but way too sweet for me.. I couldn't eat very much of it it was so sweet.<br />
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Pineapple!!<br />
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Another beach spot we stopped at to take pictures<br />
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We even made it to the Laie temple! Absolutely beautiful!!<br />
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Alex and I at the Marine Corps/Navy birthday ball.. outside in Hawaii.. It was extremely hot!! I felt really bad for everyone in uniform that were wiping their foreheads they were so hot, luckily we had a table in the covered area with fans and not out under a canopy. We had fun!<br />
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We ended up meeting up with one of Ryley's friends and her daughter at the zoo. That orangutan was just sitting there playing in the sheet and playing with the grass.<br />
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Big tortoises and bigger tortoises <br />
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They were huge!!<br />
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Weird looking crocodile. His nose was very long and skinny.. more than normal<br />
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The hippos thought it was feeding time, and it wasn't. They were just cleaning where they normally feed them from. They kept leaning back with their mouths open the whole time we were looking at them, which was a while before we even figured out they weren't going to be feeding them any time soon darn it.<br />
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Ceiling at one of the entrances of the Navy Exchange in Pearl Harbor. It's all painted and the sting ray is painted on a sun roof of sorts. It was pretty cool to see!<br />
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Rainbow while leaving the exchange<br />
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Temple at night when we went to pick up another friend of mine to go out and eat dinner at this hole in the wall curry place. The curry was SO GOOD!!!!! After we ate and were just sitting talking she got a text from her land lord asking where she was and to hurry home because a tsunami warning was in effect.<br />
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The lines at the gas stations were crazy long, and the sirens were very freaky sounding. I was just a little scared to death that something was going to happen besides everyone telling me they happened all the time and there was never any damage done.<br />
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We couldn't make it back into Waikiki, they had it evacuated and wouldn't let anyone in, so we ended up going up to Tripler (the Army hospital) and waiting in the parking lot. We were there until 2 in the morning before we got the all clear to head back down. The biggest wave from the tsunami was only 3.5 feet... the surfers who didn't evacuate and were just sitting in the ocean waiting for the wave were even disappointed.<br />
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At the Peal Harbor memorial<br />
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On the boat heading out to the USS Arizona memorial after watching a video with lots of live footage from the attack that I had never seen.. the atmosphere out there was incredibly strong, and heartbreaking</div>
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The men who served on the USS Arizona and lived, but wanted to be buried with their shipmates and were. They cremate them and have a funeral service out at the memorial and a diver takes the urn to a drop spot in one of the hulls..<br />
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We took a submarine tour off the beach of Waikiki<br />
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They have these artificial reefs in the water to attract more fish and plant life in the ocean. Waikiki is a man made beach and the sand choked out all the natural reefs so this is an effort to bring it back..<br />
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Some fish that swam really close to my window<br />
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A sample of how thick the glass is.<br />
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They took us down over 100ft, so everything was in shades of blue and green<br />
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At the beginning of the luau at the Hale Koa. The guy (Cousin Jerry) climbed to the top of one of the coconut trees<br />
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The food was amazing!!! Fried rice, fried banana, fish, pork, beef, chicken and some really good sweet potato.<br />
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The men and women dancers were really good! I loved it it was so much fun!<br />
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The fire dancers at the end were great too, and they were only 12 and 13. It was really impressive :)<br />
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I had so much fun in Hawaii and can't wait to go back for another visit!!</div>
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We've survived so far!! I need to stay on top of this thing on this trip lol. After our family reunion in Idaho we headed of on our cross country trip. We decided to stop at the Hoover Dam along the way.<br />
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Then we drove the rest of the night and stayed at a hotel in the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon was amazing!! I loved it!<br />
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Then leaving the Grand Canyon we stopped to eat and ended up in Cameron, AZ at the trading post. There was a lot going on!<br />
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The ceiling in the restaurant was pretty cool<br />
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The food tasted really good! I loved the Navajo taco! Then we drove to Cortez, CO for the night.<br />
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Today we went to Mesa Verde and it was quite the experience! We climbed ladders and some interesting steps to get to the dwellings and to get out<br />
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We had a good time, and had to drink a lot of water!! Tomorrow we head out for Texas!<br />
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Ryley's elementary school decided to put up a memorial for Ryley in front of the building back in August, but decided not to overwhelm us and wait to do the ceremony till now. They have this beautiful plaque in the ground already, and will plant the tree after the summer.<br />
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The 4th graders performed a few songs for us and wrote cards to us and to Ryley. At the end they gave Susan and me these flowers. It was great to see how much they really paid attention to their teachers teaching them about memorial day and Ryley's sacrifice and what it means to them. They made us all a little teary eyed.<br />
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It was a very moving ceremony and couple of days. At the ceremony they had speakers including a friend of the men who died to give a speech about their friends, we listened to the different prayers (for marines and corpsmen), listened to the final role call, taps and amazing grace on the bag pipes. An artist does portraits of the troops in all branches who have died, all 8 of these were paid for by a veteran who we didn't get to meet because he wasn't able to make it. At a dinner after the ceremony we were presented with the portraits as well as meeting the men on the committee of the Purple Heart Foundation (I do believe is what it's called? correct me if I'm wrong) and were presented with Purple Heart coins with our loved ones names, date, and location of death. Today I got the portrait of Ryley from the FRO for 1/6 and it made my day :) Now I need to decide where to hang it up!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98sSm7Zz_J0uF50mbZc_9Y9xexzlIp-8Lm6sTDCJbXZmV0bTa3rdNe8JQSH_Mbs2tbvrzjms1xIB_aTXYAu6_oXJgdYMNMWkw96hSvWdYx8gU4W1b7fNNVwGaQfkurWleQNpPmVj5dU2I/s1600/IMG_5619.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98sSm7Zz_J0uF50mbZc_9Y9xexzlIp-8Lm6sTDCJbXZmV0bTa3rdNe8JQSH_Mbs2tbvrzjms1xIB_aTXYAu6_oXJgdYMNMWkw96hSvWdYx8gU4W1b7fNNVwGaQfkurWleQNpPmVj5dU2I/s320/IMG_5619.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722117533704138578" /></a><div><br /></div>Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-48390847898567477182011-10-18T10:31:00.001-07:002011-10-18T10:33:35.093-07:00Congrats Wyatt and Noelle!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAM225zykCMX0nhJb7Ybl38bz0aJqY0aef049mViv1WXD43p3da-sdlwW-gXLSoN8UUjaZVirDo7QZ8GOWXAMfS3eSh5h6239evhdhJeOHrXmDti70VxFBn4rgRH1CnT6j9pPMFVSjcP-/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664886537706564514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAM225zykCMX0nhJb7Ybl38bz0aJqY0aef049mViv1WXD43p3da-sdlwW-gXLSoN8UUjaZVirDo7QZ8GOWXAMfS3eSh5h6239evhdhJeOHrXmDti70VxFBn4rgRH1CnT6j9pPMFVSjcP-/s320/021.JPG" /></a> Wyatt and Noelle tied the knot! :) Welcome to the family Noelle!<br /><br /><div></div>Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-37086155570813868292011-09-11T20:08:00.000-07:002011-09-11T20:12:29.571-07:00We remember..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZaFLkzSTLESfP2HH-U40tll9Px-0JX-vY5K_yBKxXEpa6htQdTNn5Tdxvs-jCA55DZGrtvrnMDrKupThqDlJy2lwWsp-aNrC1DC7HC5AdBRSHP4eLTIWLpTmQyKhq8FkMRWF9tdGmm3C/s1600/298283_10150281253755914_566575913_7916375_332191619_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651305089180104642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZaFLkzSTLESfP2HH-U40tll9Px-0JX-vY5K_yBKxXEpa6htQdTNn5Tdxvs-jCA55DZGrtvrnMDrKupThqDlJy2lwWsp-aNrC1DC7HC5AdBRSHP4eLTIWLpTmQyKhq8FkMRWF9tdGmm3C/s320/298283_10150281253755914_566575913_7916375_332191619_n.jpg" /></a> Today for 9/11 we lit candles in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">remembrance</span> of those who gave their life on that horrible day and for everyone who has given their life for this great country. Also today happens to be the one month marker for the day that Ryley died so the white candle on the left is for him. Ryley I miss you like crazy and I love you with all my heart! I'm so proud of you! Thank you for continuing to be my hero, watching over me and comforting me constantly..Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-69936396197531164212011-09-08T22:19:00.000-07:002011-09-08T22:55:48.088-07:00Homesick...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNY57AuOsNBSpSa7nvJRTkrMwSnMa6FWDs7_Y_i8hhrg4gyPkHcqtAJySDlHoufZudYIOL3S5TR4ddFdQkVEOkCO3yD-P-CjFF8v37TVlqZSp7cKdfTUB3evZIKSGdOQXRVfFCrQpYblEi/s1600/Photo07080833.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650226055091638226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNY57AuOsNBSpSa7nvJRTkrMwSnMa6FWDs7_Y_i8hhrg4gyPkHcqtAJySDlHoufZudYIOL3S5TR4ddFdQkVEOkCO3yD-P-CjFF8v37TVlqZSp7cKdfTUB3evZIKSGdOQXRVfFCrQpYblEi/s320/Photo07080833.jpg" /></a> One morning at breakfast before deployment...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFTdd2unJbfjjh-gHMR1b7ZFyGYRbZODo1HFpkmnsJ51T7du6bFH8qtO40wlTwHJsjTE6jwb5wHbEYYvhfKEevJr9v0V9TGv2D6U-Q7goxo1ArvV7706x2xAcOLEb5vUqzeO7cdEWB2wU/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650226053903661922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFTdd2unJbfjjh-gHMR1b7ZFyGYRbZODo1HFpkmnsJ51T7du6bFH8qtO40wlTwHJsjTE6jwb5wHbEYYvhfKEevJr9v0V9TGv2D6U-Q7goxo1ArvV7706x2xAcOLEb5vUqzeO7cdEWB2wU/s320/018.JPG" /></a>Packing... Gosh I love that face... He always loved when I said gosh..... he said it always made him smile... that wonderful amazing smile I miss so much.. the one I heard on his face and saw all the time..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnmIw_tHTF49_a2oT_lNuSCGl6Bzddi8o09BAn3OxWm7M7p4-MJoi8XcpwA6dG6AJ6R8TYFIxoFNq20vHqnuuWJaqh2_g63YYyLhGsF0008ifW7MoS3xBnzc9MLBK4CsqVK7I6xgoIHOA/s1600/0312111724.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650226049980860402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnmIw_tHTF49_a2oT_lNuSCGl6Bzddi8o09BAn3OxWm7M7p4-MJoi8XcpwA6dG6AJ6R8TYFIxoFNq20vHqnuuWJaqh2_g63YYyLhGsF0008ifW7MoS3xBnzc9MLBK4CsqVK7I6xgoIHOA/s320/0312111724.jpg" /></a><br />On a train in Chicago after getting married...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JNR8srJoubsLOM9TS-w2baEYt1GD6LH8dmPQfoEjon-NyyJO0jXYjNvgB7wcYfTM3fZfkp53woKdeH8YHFfeemS3_10SfmYtDkCI5k1lobexQFT6ibmrr65Qw9-Tb-dIArUvj1D6RDxs/s1600/Ryley.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650226049241438322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JNR8srJoubsLOM9TS-w2baEYt1GD6LH8dmPQfoEjon-NyyJO0jXYjNvgB7wcYfTM3fZfkp53woKdeH8YHFfeemS3_10SfmYtDkCI5k1lobexQFT6ibmrr65Qw9-Tb-dIArUvj1D6RDxs/s320/Ryley.jpg" /></a> A picture he sent me while he was still on his way to Afghanistan.. He loved sending me random pictures and stealing my phone when I wasn't in the room and taking pictures of himself...</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /><iframe height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g3k1rJOQPdY" frameborder="0" width="420"></iframe>Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-27938177148813674132011-09-02T19:56:00.001-07:002011-09-02T20:03:59.937-07:00What to say...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4Dv7LCrqFRg1TrQqXSDPQ0i4VFdu1ZUCBBnRTCqXTIbYVOAnV_kHd-6CcAhIGOfd9q5uH0tofRj2H1ekmHU2PffQcwIRlR4xCH7kLzDNXbPkMJ0GMPSUeNs2MikpgbKvge1nYOvXaIxL/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647962613851685090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4Dv7LCrqFRg1TrQqXSDPQ0i4VFdu1ZUCBBnRTCqXTIbYVOAnV_kHd-6CcAhIGOfd9q5uH0tofRj2H1ekmHU2PffQcwIRlR4xCH7kLzDNXbPkMJ0GMPSUeNs2MikpgbKvge1nYOvXaIxL/s320/030.JPG" /></a> Ryley Gallinger-Long July 4, 1992-August 11,2011..... I decided to make my blog public again.. I can't run from this forever, it's my life now and I need to be open and honest and my life is now very out in the open and I need to embrace it more than hide from it... I never wanted this, but life rarely works out the way we want it too. I miss my best friend, the love of my life, and I can't wait for the day that we can pick up where we left off...
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<br />Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-10874668896319820992011-08-10T09:53:00.000-07:002011-08-10T12:09:02.278-07:00I'm slow, but SC trip pictures!!So last month I was able to go to Surfside and Myrtle Beach with my family in Maryland! It was so great being able to spend that week with them! I had a great time! Thank you all again for taking me!!
<br />I didn't take a lot of pictures, but luckily my grandparents and aunts did so their blogs are a little better than mine lol.
<br />Here are some pictures of our first beach trip, one of many trips to the beach :) The water was so nice! Our group had tons of very colorful umbrellas (which made it very easy to remember where we were when coming out of the water).
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGRy8Vw0Xlfr7VHL38ZAnfCpTqvVune3S01NmYe8gd5-9OHYeS_vQRAYcia2cwxExRY0jacaBBHt5NCeGoZddYDI7WgipQXQqZob7i2KWIUdAC8uaWOO9t1LOind9xl0MnRmQ_SIyRgnB/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639297593105906818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGRy8Vw0Xlfr7VHL38ZAnfCpTqvVune3S01NmYe8gd5-9OHYeS_vQRAYcia2cwxExRY0jacaBBHt5NCeGoZddYDI7WgipQXQqZob7i2KWIUdAC8uaWOO9t1LOind9xl0MnRmQ_SIyRgnB/s320/003.JPG" /></a> Down the beach from us..
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKcPVn9zOUOruC2031gjKkrLxy_8H4284Bz1BWDPVjfMUuvT0-HmIb-_7dF90S-vx8CmcKI1OoL7aRTnDMq5HYzCMLtv1Eh8JNw-P3VLXkd2SHIPbEs9qXeRMY3K4B8AqfOM3-P-qNfIy/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639297587696358194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKcPVn9zOUOruC2031gjKkrLxy_8H4284Bz1BWDPVjfMUuvT0-HmIb-_7dF90S-vx8CmcKI1OoL7aRTnDMq5HYzCMLtv1Eh8JNw-P3VLXkd2SHIPbEs9qXeRMY3K4B8AqfOM3-P-qNfIy/s320/004.JPG" /></a> There were a lot of fishers down on the pier all throughout the day. Some people were catching sharks!
<br />One of the days that we were down there we decided to see some of the different attractions. My Aunt Trudy and Uncle Steve went with their kids to see alligators and snakes, and the rest of us went to the Brookgreen Gardens. It was a really hot day, but the gardens were so pretty! There was a lot of art and poetry mixed in with all the plants and beautiful landscapes. These aren't in any particular order, I had a hard time choosing which pictures to post from the gardens..
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47C2ZbOd1cxfNfayQfx0HAwSA68TMBPvbrXE68DbrXi9ao7TC7nN3B3Taa3EfOFJMkb5dg6CdJCaiiPpFcOFDyfyuhxpj_cksqtrMYKMkvnurVK_fFQGSJMbzb6Ymx_xKdrELrHG5n95V/s1600/068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639295337801962306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47C2ZbOd1cxfNfayQfx0HAwSA68TMBPvbrXE68DbrXi9ao7TC7nN3B3Taa3EfOFJMkb5dg6CdJCaiiPpFcOFDyfyuhxpj_cksqtrMYKMkvnurVK_fFQGSJMbzb6Ymx_xKdrELrHG5n95V/s320/068.JPG" /></a> This sculpure of the pegasus is the biggest sculpure they have there..
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_APi-FK-Hd_oUQRk0y1wGajAJil9ngs9i3oQO97AZaHaHCgulHCK6PrOcGK_QFhXqQC-WJntEzj-9waSZR9rHUMGlsARZQJ3k9rIP0o8CY5LxM148ZQXL3IY9GqABNB9LLtq40L-z81y/s1600/116.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639295332242004194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_APi-FK-Hd_oUQRk0y1wGajAJil9ngs9i3oQO97AZaHaHCgulHCK6PrOcGK_QFhXqQC-WJntEzj-9waSZR9rHUMGlsARZQJ3k9rIP0o8CY5LxM148ZQXL3IY9GqABNB9LLtq40L-z81y/s320/116.JPG" /></a> Cool palm tree bark. This palm tree is actually SC's state tree..
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNcntR5E2iimD7Yxvx9bM1qRSVy0847p-zuvuJ5nHnseiqqt-OS2B0BIDjxPYQDIGAByXUv35Xuywe7S65NzPNcearz-ak-iT4ihZVeVtO4bN_zm4hs6jeolaif-tQfIC-d-b06HzB6nq/s1600/077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639290684122895330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNcntR5E2iimD7Yxvx9bM1qRSVy0847p-zuvuJ5nHnseiqqt-OS2B0BIDjxPYQDIGAByXUv35Xuywe7S65NzPNcearz-ak-iT4ihZVeVtO4bN_zm4hs6jeolaif-tQfIC-d-b06HzB6nq/s320/077.JPG" /></a> The muses..
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYvEmgLwKNq8IU3FmfOil-MdU5vx8FoFL-H2RMKpi6kjtfpurpoUTrvxiEW4Pi_BreDA4XoknVbuxg1oHaSPpa4yrxL-QuGrbSYer3CRl2j6D5Zan1R9S1iRz-fycUHSf9q5CGVBCowMo/s1600/075.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639290678636422258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYvEmgLwKNq8IU3FmfOil-MdU5vx8FoFL-H2RMKpi6kjtfpurpoUTrvxiEW4Pi_BreDA4XoknVbuxg1oHaSPpa4yrxL-QuGrbSYer3CRl2j6D5Zan1R9S1iRz-fycUHSf9q5CGVBCowMo/s320/075.JPG" /></a> another pond I can't remember which sculpture this one is..
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<br />An outside sculpture gallery of sorts...
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy-YLJd6_eEBzVw4Y2Avz0m6piKAwhosZr9Sf_uxin0_g1pAs6r1wkeWZTeQUa2JR6PKv_9wFAYewEsFij9NGKg5ms4LMDFRKKfnZ6OKbI-2jUMIQq-3-hNEKFBCbXJXlwYllpPrQEq5E/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639285473013187490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy-YLJd6_eEBzVw4Y2Avz0m6piKAwhosZr9Sf_uxin0_g1pAs6r1wkeWZTeQUa2JR6PKv_9wFAYewEsFij9NGKg5ms4LMDFRKKfnZ6OKbI-2jUMIQq-3-hNEKFBCbXJXlwYllpPrQEq5E/s320/008.JPG" /></a> Spanish moss..
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTY4Jf8HvnBN3gUQZJsx70wmPRSv_gOQ7sQm70vdddCGg6GoC2pzELbt-Fw2ZYvGdhEMPCOK9rZaKND604hYpGifw3t7Uw8K-d2-3iqfDDhQqY8hhyphenhyphenlR8JNji_eZhyphenhyphenw1gYxzdabI0SC2a/s1600/108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639278012271697586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTY4Jf8HvnBN3gUQZJsx70wmPRSv_gOQ7sQm70vdddCGg6GoC2pzELbt-Fw2ZYvGdhEMPCOK9rZaKND604hYpGifw3t7Uw8K-d2-3iqfDDhQqY8hhyphenhyphenlR8JNji_eZhyphenhyphenw1gYxzdabI0SC2a/s320/108.JPG" /></a>These little guys were all over the place, my uncle Lincoln picked this one up and when he went to put it back down it really did not want to leave his hand lol
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWrc-euRQHdmasWJHVi8-VXUcAUtYoed5GB1UF6J7WgGsW2wwGNuczxgpzhG10TFJLs2SMEJm4Jf_owEX4mLhFiSVvd0ICTSDET1vN4phIvEzxeqIAoufvjCHMLEFTyX2ZI_lGx43SZE3/s1600/135.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639278002914319058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWrc-euRQHdmasWJHVi8-VXUcAUtYoed5GB1UF6J7WgGsW2wwGNuczxgpzhG10TFJLs2SMEJm4Jf_owEX4mLhFiSVvd0ICTSDET1vN4phIvEzxeqIAoufvjCHMLEFTyX2ZI_lGx43SZE3/s320/135.JPG" /></a> Big nasty spiders that were everywhere when we got to the zoo part of the gardens!
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<br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639276452809100498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzheM31WPW8qti6y_8wJt25DjPr-BudH98y6IuYohyVNzq_Sb1Vcwsc1UCvknrMuXrmtL8BoZuoYBAoa7JzWvywgYO0WH77Xza_ojFsYP10Ubprjm4AO0YvaUqhUOcRIfU-ryhgvOvoSS/s320/158.JPG" /> Native birds in the swampy area..
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<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639276469894016354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPPJioHeJsqXqlwfvqzik0NWmZZe3zkgbVxBL4-zF-KRgnCji8lCrd-M1yRv2RM1eSN7xygRnRyFM-wMgZWnupLq2UNoe3-yBKQacZMcyympRO6v7KObSbE_wgw3zXKSePJ_41O3hLKAB/s320/175.JPG" />Tree climbing red foxes! I guess the native fox to SC is the gray fox and when the English first came here they were really excited to start up their fox hunts till they found out the gray fox climbed trees. So they imported the red fox for funner sport, but to their dissapointment the red fox started to learn to climb trees too lol
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<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639276457721151938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgSC0I4Q9fhaBpKrl7ESXdh9FM547vlv3HdwsJYA3s6RUSVHnwjNiPBd_xfhjtiASuuDlx3rcbPNYxJlMN8AG_dabOdaIwC9RbP7o3G7pbjdpOM9QwQ5jcCplAzhtWx8z9ohacTzI1Y7d/s320/163.JPG" />Otters going after the fish being thrown in by the guide
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<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639276464962779042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJi2U_1HvJnX_CaoYe2t2AWmTqAuxZqXDRFnQg7FgoklzeXnTU_okSiCRINHWvQd2hQ13d_rn_t5_6nXLimM33ZpWCaWh9HbcKfxKq7kJqk-nM9_0E7F1D0rtf5ogr-3LqW9XCG5MFwX3N/s320/166.JPG" />Big ole alligator that has been in the park since it was first established.. She didn't feed this one, it's against state law for anyone other than zoo keepers to feed alligators because they don't like the alligators associating food with people, and they had a problem with civilians feeding them as well. So our guide said that he knows it's feeding time when he hears the golf cart of the zoo keeper. He swam right up to us! Luckily there was a fence and we didn't see any more alligators through the rest of the park! lol
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<br /><p>We ended our trip at the gardens with the butterfly house, it was kind of hard to get good pictures of some of them but they were beautiful!! By the end it was getting ready to rain so it was cooler and we were able to take our time to enjoy the butterflies.</p>
<br /><p>We went mini golfing, spent lots of time on the beach, spent some time in the lazy river at the resort we were staying in, played lots of games, and had a great time during that week in SC!! :) </p>Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-54495904911098270462011-07-16T08:29:00.000-07:002011-07-16T09:03:37.180-07:00Ryley's LeaveRyley was home for almost 2 weeks before leaving and it was great! We got him all moved into the apartment (and with all of his stuff tons of sand). He was so happy to be home! He was eating real food, driving his Jeep, and he had me and his family and friends all here for him. He wasn't too happy to be leaving. The day after he got here he just had to take the top off of his Jeep and we went driving, the top was down the majority of the time he was home.<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629973437621376754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvuZnVAbx7-uoFv4eaJVxIaPSvDzGTI60_XdtJPsZ3F0Lo_wKQFChfpIS15bgtZBQ95wlyq-LGvhms6UrDl3vh6jQqaVm3ftI7aCrdxi3Jo6EQakuN6-dSKSpjxH8bcdIzGJCcdKUMfep/s320/277472_10150220922455914_566575913_7317349_3400220_o.jpg" /> Wyatt is totally into all of Ryley's medical stuff, which Ryley was super excited to show us all. We had his med bag out for most of the night and he did some fun demonstrations with the tourniquets. :) It was fun for me and Susan, but Wyatt was in a lot of pain when Ryley was putting all of his weight on his inner thigh and shoulder. There Wyatt is with the tourniquets and Ryley either just got done checking for a pulse, is about to, or is just poking Wyatts arm because Wyatt says it was tingly and numb. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629976951779492370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCCmwHqO0kcaZzgQHSyzZUpMV_vHMxHFjREp5TRVcgcbCwEIus1HV5qsN2a8rrApU_zZt4k_ExzRllHriPFGlLadfbP7ELqTgCjqwgQuTL1pdurrBM9bfPMPwp0QnsbOWQxHgjWS1b6f2/s320/002.JPG" />Both Wyatt and Susan were here for the twins birthday. :) I made them German Chocolate cake and much to their dismay put candles on it as well.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629973424435421938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCkVYVDrkLRMYIz2eILaVHdz7Gqgfnf7m8dV329IBCs-TNx0ga_j1Y1emHC5T8OguyThDvQHWOQa7OxVr7pwj7toRnjp2UBPGH9s58xi0rX1ngPPKv-YCgiaMterUMH3t0jNZXZJrJkA9/s320/012.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629973428202310882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9M5xaS_xd81GkVyyo-tgEQdwI0U_dYfrN6Scev6lewhEjUCt6hUQsPvdZ587nC350_z0CTn4pc28zXdE0zHVlE2JuoKcVtmSqD6uBvpmlSU5mwuG1dKNP9d109g6fRV3wrZBA1fXb0pHH/s320/013.JPG" />Wyatt was supposed to be flying out that night, but his flight was canceled (luckily for him he had applied for his leave and it had been approved or they wouldn't have worked with him on being a day late).<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629973435304570002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ds3DVsL8tMqkqrBkDHZ-eSi1_9jMYPacvxDRsMSu_ddQy9mKMzwV_Tg2VBo5ujZciUynm7buTaauknerLJMB4reIlUX_OZsTapOHAfrXUY1PqMCuNKgF4DmdIhMO3lQTvcxo2fq0n07q/s320/014.JPG" />We went out to eat a couple of times while he was home too. His favorite so far is Texas Roadhouse. We went there once with his mom and Wyatt and the second time we went with his buddy Bullis.<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629973439379673202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOEOnTYPrS6CvxBOqU5piTwS0o9AqXKpgs50RdN0BriIDNxqya2G3ZXO8RWSSYvTYzF9lqpN5C2sygIEhsfJwwEd_-MKJErQgkoiiDyuO7j8jTCzdvrpbxgp8WbnKOMIq0S4avD5Jzj90/s320/272475_10150227195860914_566575913_7387363_3896588_o.jpg" /> Then it was time to say goodbye. It was not a fun day at all! Tried to put on a good face (which at the beginning was easy). We were on base all day getting ready for them to leave.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629974479522241714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_SYXDREt8Ne1DmZS5BTgi1WTIGy9Hci2w8-6_E5lbBg6yWTvJgssDhqta93FYZU8tb9hmfUe_cyQtDWFZ8PH9Xye72AAUOIl726vWIlr7RrFTFLYX8NkqE3VrNMfE4r2x6Sfbd1hcmD8/s320/272526_10150230095390914_566575913_7421276_5304156_o.jpg" /><br />Ryley and his buddy Bullis.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629974473954133234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBMMv0YZA_WI_8gZrSr1mMRKDLztan6a9IO_T9BN2CRjMJ4Pak_4DPsp0UWlemXe4eTz_1BCS0N2oR55B-TnOWxnKwerSgAu1G2PLLCFAhce2l_z7PNENIdaeLhK0Azr_3ff-BMOOMWP5/s320/280111_10150230172140914_566575913_7421571_7852551_o.jpg" /><br />Saying goodbye...<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629974481259625922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydPMJDN3iOsP8ZJU1_rTu58WflqwZzIbJi2TcdXwzP5LYm9L7IL2K0znygdH3ejW4dDuI7jXbr3bmamjlfPnjQaAWUsS-axKkUmXSSo8Fu7RqER6MDraGuzdmxF_mUmHILKplkcEtc_wC/s320/266532_10150230333100914_566575913_7422792_2969937_o.jpg" /></div></div></div><br />Not a fun day... I'm ready for him to come home already! I do have to say though that not being used to having him around normally has made it a little easier because sadly I'm used to this. The week and a half that he was home was great and I'm so happy I was able to spend so much time with him before he left! I'm also really happy that his brother and mom were able to make it as well! It all went really well!Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-56488895161262752472011-06-19T11:58:00.000-07:002011-06-19T12:15:32.925-07:00My first half a weekI'm finally in North Carolina!! :) It has been such a crazy week since I landed and I am so happy that things are slowly getting better!<br /><br />I hit kind of a rough patch after I signed the lease for the apartment and got the Jeep on Wednesday. I kept killing the Jeep, my apartment had furniture in it and was filthy, I was exhausted, and after the humiliation of having to have my neighbors push me into my parking spot and then drive around with me and show me the stuff close by I broke down... on the phone with a couple of people... and finally made a bed out of the couch and crashed.<br /><br />Thursday I called the office of the apartment and complained. 5 minutes after I called a whole work team came in and cleaned out all the furniture and I started showing them what was wrong... They moved me into the apartment next door (cause they had a few hours of a work list in front of them) and cleaned the place really well! They cleaned the mess in the kitchen including the mold in the cuboards and on the closet doors, the bathroom, the windows (and replaced a blind), re-shampooed the carpets, etc. After they left I bought a bed and ventured out to Walmart for food and did not kill my Jeep (OH HAPPY DAY!!).<br /><br />Friday I looked around for other furniture. I'm going to have to wait till Ryley comes home for that, the Jeep is too small to transport anything so I think I'm going to try to talk one of his friends into helping us out. This is also the day that the glass from the light fell right after I shut the door and had luckily moved out of the way.. so the apartment office got another call and they came out and fixed it. Ryley was also able to call me (they were on base for a couple of hours) so I was able to vent to him for a little bit and tell him that things were starting to go better and it was SO nice being able to talk to him!!!<br /><br />Yesterday I just took it easy. I drove around a bit to find the church and in the process found out how to get to the bases main gate and a lot of other stores. Then I just came home and was lazy, it was really nice. :)<br /><br />Today I had church and I really like the ward! If Ryley isn't here by Thursday I will be going to the Military Wifes Support Group (something I was strongly encouraged to do) and I'm getting really excited to meet more people here! :)<br />Hopefully the pallet with the rest of our stuff gets here tomorrow so that it can feel a little more like our home now than just some weird new temporary place.Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-13676822731308660732011-06-14T09:05:00.001-07:002011-06-14T09:13:22.128-07:001 day!!!!!!!!!!I fly out tomorrow!! :D So crazy!! I have butterflies going crazy in my stomach, I'm so nervous and excited!! This morning Delta Airlines are having problems with their website, SUCH A PAIN!! So unless it's back up and allowing me to check-in for my flight there will probably be a lot of people getting their passes at the kiosk (when I called the woman told me I wasn't the only one who had been calling in with the website not loading when we click to check-in online ugh!!). Good thing I'm going there an hour early! We leave for the airport at 4 and my flight leaves at 6:20, I have an hour and 15 minute lay over in Atlanta, and then I land in Jacksonville at 4:25. It's going to be a LONG day....Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-60852976374597915542011-06-11T22:13:00.000-07:002011-06-11T22:23:25.515-07:005 Days!!5 Days till I leave (well almost 4 this is kind of a late post)!!! :)<br /><br />Today I sold my car!! OH HAPPY DAY!!! :D It feels so weird though not to have it any more.. but in a couple of days I'll have something else to drive, but until then I can't just hop into my car and go whenever I want to. So weird, but so nice not to have to stress anymore about selling it!<br /><br />Ryley called today as well!! He thought he was going to need to get his wisdom teeth pulled, and I spent some time talking him into it being ok and really not that hard (if his wimpy wife can do it he definitely can!). Then he had to go for a little bit to see what really is going on and it turns out he has Tonsillitis. He was pretty relieved that he just needs to take some pills instead of facing a fun day with the dentist. :) Other than that and not liking how hot it gets in the desert he's doing really well! He can't wait to be home and hopefully see Wyatt for their birthday. :)Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-67545725322980228832011-06-09T18:59:00.000-07:002011-06-09T19:04:22.617-07:006 Days!!6 days till moving day!! :) Sent off all of our stuff today!! Also because of the moving day coming up so fast I had to mark down the price of my car to $750. I'm crossing my fingers that it sells while I'm still here or very shortly after I leave!!<br />Ryley is still having fun out in the desert. We had a few days of being able to talk and now we're on 3 more days of no contact. He'll be able to talk to me the day before I leave, and then a couple days after I get there. The excited and nervous feelings are getting more intense the closer I get to leaving! It's coming up so fast!! :)Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360258019275502539.post-19555535550724284872011-06-06T18:07:00.001-07:002011-06-06T18:13:18.731-07:009 days9 more days till I move! I'm getting really excited!! :) And hopefully Ryley will be there shortly after me!!<br />Ryley was able to call me last night and he has been really liking his desert training. His group has been very highly complimented for how well they have been doing. He's also really happy that he is getting to know his marines well enough to tell just a slight change in their mood. We probably won't have anymore contact again for another 8 or 9 days. They just went back to base for showers (which he was very happy about!) and prep for another week of training last night so he had a little time to call.Hope & Ryleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224556948763861828noreply@blogger.com0