tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29288530699999093242024-03-13T16:27:16.301-06:00Cheryl in Albu-qrazyIt's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.
—P. DiddyCheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-6935619906194943202019-03-21T18:44:00.002-06:002021-06-22T23:23:55.241-06:00VERY MERRYTIME CRUISE Disney Fantasy Stateroom <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We sailed on the Disney Fantasy for Christmas (2018). This was my fourth Disney Cruise but first one over Christmas. I planned out some items to decorate two staterooms and was able to fit it ALL in one carry on suitcase!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2 mini nativity sets</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">USB LED lights for 2 staterooms</span></li>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-89851260352523603222018-04-04T16:11:00.002-06:002022-04-22T12:38:48.171-06:00BRACES TO INVISALIGN: An orthodontist's wife's journey towards her best SMILE<h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I never had braces as a child and married a man who was heading off to dental school for four years with a two year stint to follow for his master's degree in orthodontics so <b>I needed to represent the brand</b>. You can kind of see what I mean by looking at the following picture of me with my future husband and his cousin. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had lots of crowding. So much so that my canine didn't have room to descend which caused a </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">snaggle tooth look </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on the upper right side of my smile. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note that I also wasn't biting down correctly due to the malocclusion (i.e. irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dental students and their wives could be treated for free at his dental school's orthodontic program, back in the day, so I made my way down to the school to get bracketed up! I had to have 4 bicuspids pulled due to my age, and the overcrowding. See how excited I looked as a 24-year-old in braces? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The orthodontic resident treating my case was about to graduate so we stopped treatment before I was actually finished. My husband put braces back on me for a short time after he graduated from orthodontic school, gave me a Hawley retainer for my upper teeth, and placed a permanent retainer on my lower arch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hate to admit it but I was "that patient" who stopped wearing their removable retainer after a few years of nightly wear. Luckily for me, the lower retainer, in conjunction with some random small spaces between a few of my teeth, kept my teeth fairly stable. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Years later, I watched my orthodontist hubby create the most beautiful, full arch smiles. I mean...he took our daughter Brooke from this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted a fuller smile like the ones on many of his patients and would randomly ask him about tweaking my teeth. I mean, my husband is a highly respected orthodontist who gets rave reviews from former patients. But although most kids love the prestige of wearing braces and changing colors with their elastics, I wasn't sure I wanted to be a 50+ year old back in metal brackets. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My husband is one of the most technologically-minded orthodontists and is always game to try out products that can make the orthodontics a better experience for his patients. He is super smart, graduating at the top of his class, and is a well-known lecturer and blogger about orthodontics. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He, in fact, has one of the most read orthodontic blogs now on the Internet:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gregjorgensen.com/blog/" target="_blank"><b>The Jorgensen Orthodontics Blog</b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I mention his expertise because he was one of the first orthodontists to try clear aligner therapy, typically known as </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Invisalign</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, back when it first came out. By the year 2001, 75% of orthodontists were trained in the <i>Invisalign</i> system and most HATED IT! Orthodontists, who get two years of specialized training after 3-4 years of dental school, just didn't get as good of results as they did using traditional braces. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over time, <i>Invisalign</i> improved. They started instructing orthodontists to add "attachments" to the teeth, which are tooth colored bumps. Attachments are like <i>handles</i> for the orthodontist to use in conjunction with the plastic, to move the teeth. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is a blog post that explains the "why" you need attachments much better than I could:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.gregjorgensen.com/blog/2018/03/why-do-i-need-attachments-glued-to-my-teeth-for-invisalign/" target="_blank">Why Do I Need Attachments Glued to My Teeth for Invisalign?</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those without that extra two years of orthodontic school generally just put attachments where the computer software tells them to which can be VERY BAD. <b>Clear aligners are just tools to straighten the teeth. </b>An orthodontic specialist is fully trained in using all kinds of tools to give you a beautiful smile. My husband has had to take over MANY clear aligner cases from dentists who don't understand the mechanics of the bite in order to straighten teeth (you don't become anywhere near proficient in orthodontics during dental school). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Do it yourself" aligner companies can be even worse than going to someone who didn't specialize in orthodontics after dental school. There has been case after case of people ending up worse off going this route because they wanted to save a few bucks. Some can't bite down normally and others have actually lost teeth! Mail order braces companies have you sign waivers saying you will go to your general dentist to check on the health of your teeth and will then have you make your own model up to mail in. As of today, they don't take an x-ray to check root health before sending you aligners. This is NOT GOOD. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you choose to go that route, really do your research and don't trust the individual companies social media pages for such info! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the changes <i>Invisalign</i> has made to their product and software, my husband has been able to use their tool to give his patients more choices when straightening their teeth. He has more confidence in what he can do with clear aligner therapy with such advances which is why I have asked him for a smile tune up using <i>Invisalign</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NEXT UP: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Why Go to an Orthodontist for Such an Easy Case?"</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have rarely seen <b>Jiminy Cricket</b> in the parks so we made sure to get our picture with him. Here are two pictures we took with Jiminy Cricket. The first one was a normal photo. :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This next photo was what <b>Jiminy</b> came up with when we asked him<b> </b>for his favorite pose:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We took a <i>Magic Shot </i>picture at EPCOT a few years ago where <b>Stitch </b>exploded through the concrete while we pointed at him. We always joke about that photo so when I saw that we could get a picture with Stitch, I asked if we could recreate that photo. This is how that one turned out: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>NOTE: Stitch was doing lots of crazy things during his meet and greet. Be open to coming up with a creative photo when you get the chance.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have gotten many pictures with </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Minnie</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> over the years, but couldn't resist getting pictures with her throughout the cruise because of her various outfit changes that you typically don't see in the theme parks. Here is one of her favorite poses:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was the first Disney Cruise I have been on where Marvel characters were scheduled for photo opps. Captain America, Thor, and Spiderman were on our sailing. Here we are saluting the addition of these super heroes with <b>Captain America</b>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brent didn't hear the "fold your arms and look confident" pose instruction from <b>Merida </b>lol. It's still a fun photo:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But even better was <b>Merida's</b> individual picture with Brooke where they are both "shooting for their own hands..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were on a Norway/Iceland Fjords Cruise that had a "Freeze the Night" party in place of "Pirate Night." This meant that <b>Anna and Elsa</b> were scheduled for photos one of the days of our cruise. We decided to <i>Disneybound</i><b> </b>like our favorite <i>Frozen</i> characters...I was Anna and Brooke was Elsa. Anna and Elsa suggested a girls pic and helped us pose like them while holding our hands. Here is that picture:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We asked for one more fun pose with Brent (who was supposed to be <i>Kristoff</i> but refused to wear the gray beanie and burgundy belt we got him lol). Oh well...We still got a unique picture doing the <i>Sven: </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We hope you get inspired to take more creative photos on your next <i>Disney Cruise</i> after seeing what we were able to do. We would love to see what YOU came up with so leave us a comment below with links to your FUN Disney photos. </span></div>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-20271060641549705272015-10-10T23:00:00.000-06:002019-07-08T15:45:29.512-06:00Simple Trick to Getting FUN Disney Character Photos<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My daughter Brooke and I have been <b>Disney Fans</b>
since she was a toddler. We have made many trips to Disney parks and
have been on two Disney Cruises. We like to capture happy moments by
photographing our time there like many of you do. We have taken our
share of bad photos. Some are too dark, some shadowy, and others are
just plain boring. A few of the pictures I'll be showing in this blog
post were taken by Photopass Photographers, but the majority were taken
with my iPhone. After many years of taking "okay" pictures, my daughter
came up with a simple, yet ingenuous idea to get <b>FUN Disney Character Photos</b>.<br /><br /> Let me start by showing you a photo of a group of us taken this year at <i>Disney California Adventure</i> with <b>Jake the Pirate</b>:</span><br />
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We always start off by taking the normal picture where we all stand
with the character and smile. But as I mentioned, my daughter Brooke
came up with an idea to get FUN photos so after we take a traditional
photo, we ask characters to "share their favorite pose" with us for a
second photo. Characters usually come up with something way more
interesting than just standing in front of the camera saying "cheese."
This was Jake's favorite pose:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkut8K6TFx3YruKTGQawwge-ocizNn3FJAzWZYeO3zCs6pzdWfGayF24_uN7DuyT8mZNZcpTJWlaUNsXiyF4RhX6EaGhyD8P3gnjQoDAfQqnGo1BYM2WxVKFaK7pRQkHX-j9XzuuE1TzLr/s1600/Disneyland+60th+%252827+of+92%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkut8K6TFx3YruKTGQawwge-ocizNn3FJAzWZYeO3zCs6pzdWfGayF24_uN7DuyT8mZNZcpTJWlaUNsXiyF4RhX6EaGhyD8P3gnjQoDAfQqnGo1BYM2WxVKFaK7pRQkHX-j9XzuuE1TzLr/s640/Disneyland+60th+%252827+of+92%2529.jpg" /></a><br /> </span><br />
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how simple that was? It only took another 30 seconds or so and we now
have two photos to choose from. Here are some other pictures we got by
using our trick.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This picture was also taken at <i>Disney California Adventure</i> with the adorable <b>Doc McStuffin</b>. Little Ava didn't quite understand what Doc was going for, but Brooke and Malia were on point with their posing. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtONJVnLVRfZqgcpNVxSTQZAHqwF3A5NsknpxBW0q3LXGxPzy3iFaG4WcKkHvolAPTVNBjM8nhPESItVaiU_KO-ZtzgHGV54h7MYk_4fXM6aHt1ZimFuKUYz2UmwplV4fQfJ-YQIIBzx31/s1600/Disneyland+August+2015+%252811+of+135%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtONJVnLVRfZqgcpNVxSTQZAHqwF3A5NsknpxBW0q3LXGxPzy3iFaG4WcKkHvolAPTVNBjM8nhPESItVaiU_KO-ZtzgHGV54h7MYk_4fXM6aHt1ZimFuKUYz2UmwplV4fQfJ-YQIIBzx31/s640/Disneyland+August+2015+%252811+of+135%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />My absolute FAVORITE character photo was taken the day after the 24 hour event that launched <i>Disneyland's Diamond Celebration</i>. We were in <i>Tomorrowland </i>and saw<b> Mickey and Minnie</b>
walking by in their 60th Diamond Anniversary outfits. We quickly
followed them to their picture taking spot. We took a traditional
picture first and then Brooke asked Minnie for her "favorite pose."
Minnie proceeded to pantomime us blowing kisses towards Mickey and then
THIS happened: <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNayXzIWAqUXT_qoVZQK5UvNTpv30RhA57SYfHwaQOPKeLBRUiqqMNHug7Yntj-41_4GQOhSsE_KAdysH2V6vzpoTLYwGp8iKHSrhaNH2dc-ofnscNJz4W1jHkND7a7EwyU1ZKrd1iGigW/s1600/Disneyland+60th+%252859+of+92%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNayXzIWAqUXT_qoVZQK5UvNTpv30RhA57SYfHwaQOPKeLBRUiqqMNHug7Yntj-41_4GQOhSsE_KAdysH2V6vzpoTLYwGp8iKHSrhaNH2dc-ofnscNJz4W1jHkND7a7EwyU1ZKrd1iGigW/s640/Disneyland+60th+%252859+of+92%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
This was not a professional picture. We took it with my iPhone. Again,
asking characters to be creative can turn boring pictures into super
cool shots. <br /><br /> The next two pictures were taken with <b>Pluto</b>. In the first photo, Pluto posed each of us before crouching down front. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4aYxih2lmfgM2EZSf4KL4Et82wuTusl0MobWk8xmRg3hcY_OnCfNL7mNphRj_Ko1f1x0cJZN5zRyW8mU6Ceinryr8XAvZy3W8IfqvLWVSkDSdWGbbHyf8tdcTWDsrCb8_y9cTxor_noF/s1600/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252818+of+38%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4aYxih2lmfgM2EZSf4KL4Et82wuTusl0MobWk8xmRg3hcY_OnCfNL7mNphRj_Ko1f1x0cJZN5zRyW8mU6Ceinryr8XAvZy3W8IfqvLWVSkDSdWGbbHyf8tdcTWDsrCb8_y9cTxor_noF/s640/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252818+of+38%2529.jpg" /> </a> <br /><br />In
the second photo he motioned for us to "gently" grab his ears. Yes, the
picture is kind of silly, but it's one of our favorites.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY02U9IB_KunjzKeWlkF98Pb9R3nBZ4G8pxpjzo-i6dfrmp8TDECsHzQIcgryc7Ob5IrrVf8wWIdnso95mwJt2nTbDYZ2j_96mjueE7SGR8r1tB_3vdxq3shm-bVsO6vqvCysO1CmmJUF/s1600/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252819+of+38%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY02U9IB_KunjzKeWlkF98Pb9R3nBZ4G8pxpjzo-i6dfrmp8TDECsHzQIcgryc7Ob5IrrVf8wWIdnso95mwJt2nTbDYZ2j_96mjueE7SGR8r1tB_3vdxq3shm-bVsO6vqvCysO1CmmJUF/s640/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252819+of+38%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Here's another pic posing with a DOG: Dug from UP!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone knows that <b>Tinkerbell </b>can be tempermental. So wouldn't you know that her favorite pose would be of the group doing her signature <i>pout</i>. Now granted, some may have done it better than others, but you get the idea. <br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9UBBjbtbB296YgvFLKrHUiOjn7-MxlU69S8vkisO6vpskr57VJ1DP8H2Tafgw5paMQCEjOe1J-UCQDTFd3f1cqcBoM-1Jfw6-CNM3p4F0eQszyCp7Gv3eBcyfwXm3NmlZCxA8iGPN7Vb/s1600/Disneyland+December+2014+Photopass+edited+%252822+of+27%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9UBBjbtbB296YgvFLKrHUiOjn7-MxlU69S8vkisO6vpskr57VJ1DP8H2Tafgw5paMQCEjOe1J-UCQDTFd3f1cqcBoM-1Jfw6-CNM3p4F0eQszyCp7Gv3eBcyfwXm3NmlZCxA8iGPN7Vb/s640/Disneyland+December+2014+Photopass+edited+%252822+of+27%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />How adorable is this photo of my daughter Brooke and <b>Winnie the Pooh</b>? It's simply Pooh and Brooke pondering in <i>"Pooh's Thotful Spot"</i>...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG8glZEXALnb8rJhN4OE2E9DxsxeoxQCyL4dwV5xtm1Mz0Sb0HIxEiEypd7LTqTNaTvgSqP2dm9_MrstCuUwYIDkiPIt9hUVDuSTNNv8RaByFw3iC0a0ta9B77WYleeVVQQ4KBPddv2Vg/s1600/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252832+of+38%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG8glZEXALnb8rJhN4OE2E9DxsxeoxQCyL4dwV5xtm1Mz0Sb0HIxEiEypd7LTqTNaTvgSqP2dm9_MrstCuUwYIDkiPIt9hUVDuSTNNv8RaByFw3iC0a0ta9B77WYleeVVQQ4KBPddv2Vg/s640/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252832+of+38%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> And this sweet picture of my mother, who had just told <b>Eeyore </b>that he was her "favorite." Eeyore motioned for her to give him a kiss and then he held his ears out to the sides.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UpreIlmzmljA1OQcQdBbyoWCW5KPA8eVc9p9lOTFxxSZ1bN7uVx3NnI90-RZJsgC3KI5pBjP-WrTaJkNEiZyuZfAQIJ1g434fs-12unrPNJxZy8QLRV21m0p1Y_54zcy5h9i1ydnscyP/s1600/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252829+of+38%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UpreIlmzmljA1OQcQdBbyoWCW5KPA8eVc9p9lOTFxxSZ1bN7uVx3NnI90-RZJsgC3KI5pBjP-WrTaJkNEiZyuZfAQIJ1g434fs-12unrPNJxZy8QLRV21m0p1Y_54zcy5h9i1ydnscyP/s640/Disneyland+April+2015+with+Mom+and+Pam+%252829+of+38%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
Character dining photos can be tricky. The lighting is usually pretty
bad and the interactions take place somewhat quickly between bites of
your meal. We aren't always successful, but we usually ask characters to
not pose with their backs to windows. Dining areas tend to be cramped
but we do the best we can to get a decent photo. This gem came from a
random interaction with <b>Captain Hook</b> as we were leaving the <i>Minnie and Friends Character Breakfast</i>. This is what we "got" when we asked the Captain to inspire our posing:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMB8jKLdjDf6tLsV-Ndb3EfCjnW8NnMJLv1wbxHCnJqiES9Wn_NYHrf9kaRzibNmLdGiBDNsIZZwtOupcXs36tZPl4GKH6aqlxdnuMoPJzHZfkWICtctPJ0qnQxyRGBX9M0st7KEm7ITWl/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%25281+of+131%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMB8jKLdjDf6tLsV-Ndb3EfCjnW8NnMJLv1wbxHCnJqiES9Wn_NYHrf9kaRzibNmLdGiBDNsIZZwtOupcXs36tZPl4GKH6aqlxdnuMoPJzHZfkWICtctPJ0qnQxyRGBX9M0st7KEm7ITWl/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%25281+of+131%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
Yep...he tried to block our faces but we were smart and bent down under
his arms lol. He then stopped his shenanigans and motioned for us to do
the mustache twirl (NOTE: My son Brent and Daughter Brooke followed his
lead; I didn't get the memo to do the one-handed twirl...neither did
Brooke's roommate Ellen...but oh well, it's still a fun picture). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSFwJr1qD-Zif39paTzZD3sHK_vewAcd1ASRWHkJhIFW-cWQHUyZ5lOrhBIU01A4EMN6EvI0JkNfcFHA5x3robXG0TTjbBzFrn3QH10-Lzq1GU0rHJhrH1qwkNcdAaLfVYF2QDuWvXcxO/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%25286+of+131%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSFwJr1qD-Zif39paTzZD3sHK_vewAcd1ASRWHkJhIFW-cWQHUyZ5lOrhBIU01A4EMN6EvI0JkNfcFHA5x3robXG0TTjbBzFrn3QH10-Lzq1GU0rHJhrH1qwkNcdAaLfVYF2QDuWvXcxO/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%25286+of+131%2529.jpg" /></a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also saw the <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chip and Dale</span></b>, Goofy's son <b>Max</b>, and <b>Minnie </b>herself at the <i>Minnie and Friends Character Breakfast</i>: <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62WAbeRCHiwQOdRTvkUKy8chgth3GnCA5hn-kQx8McEZumoIS2Iupht8uuULvbuUj0xETQfKYARJeN3pYpM_CF2ytIB9BJssybF2oUxVwAB-31OWaIuRaUlOo3iH1NThz7etog0xpKL5A/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%2528108+of+131%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62WAbeRCHiwQOdRTvkUKy8chgth3GnCA5hn-kQx8McEZumoIS2Iupht8uuULvbuUj0xETQfKYARJeN3pYpM_CF2ytIB9BJssybF2oUxVwAB-31OWaIuRaUlOo3iH1NThz7etog0xpKL5A/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%2528108+of+131%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlFy38-R8CK8bj8OTIfBgu95u4PC7vMrlbpMCwdug0mrETNzoiDY-BFZiDMf7RFPAI0MPVtEdRbBCQGlOzmyN-QiyVPJCBPRnKzGzCUfxCH3rGY_yhih5qcTsC3Nl-hD7SeLh4Q_WKndb/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%2528102+of+131%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlFy38-R8CK8bj8OTIfBgu95u4PC7vMrlbpMCwdug0mrETNzoiDY-BFZiDMf7RFPAI0MPVtEdRbBCQGlOzmyN-QiyVPJCBPRnKzGzCUfxCH3rGY_yhih5qcTsC3Nl-hD7SeLh4Q_WKndb/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%2528102+of+131%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr4GMO96ZhbhF73UW7yHfdKQrj2OvQWcsKhUhGEseWNBSttQYoTKdseUmD3oSFVS_a8hCOVk3oaaW-GECfdRioRrWUYjJQUY9qDK1u2UTblgtuLrsqFppdYNo55auwpxGrZm22HTFmKm5/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%252898+of+131%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr4GMO96ZhbhF73UW7yHfdKQrj2OvQWcsKhUhGEseWNBSttQYoTKdseUmD3oSFVS_a8hCOVk3oaaW-GECfdRioRrWUYjJQUY9qDK1u2UTblgtuLrsqFppdYNo55auwpxGrZm22HTFmKm5/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+%252898+of+131%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Have you seen enough? Or do you want a few more examples? You do? Well here you go... <br /><br />The next photo was taken at <i>Animal Kingdom </i>in <i>Walt Disney World</i>. We accidentally ran into <b>Tarzan</b> near the <i>"Tree of Life."</i>
Brooke got a traditionally-posed photo with Tarzan first and then asked
for his input on the second picture. Tarzan proceeded to instruct
Brooke to crouch down and then he took a whiff of her hair and said: "<span style="font-family: inherit;">Your hair is yellow like bananas but you don't smell like banan<span style="font-family: inherit;">a<span style="font-family: inherit;">s.</span></span></span>" <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Tarzan</i> <i>funny guy</i></span><i>:</i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfqvpv-438tREgVRI8HmO2yiOhHVhebpzXHN7EtJOgN1iRgeAwZbsKSGalX9kG4Foji8EtQ5DZ2bPvjToexRRribKwmcxLDtNLF-8RXHZSVc8FH_fbDAngoe_15a0QYmb4AdcfciGitDs/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%252847+of+52%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfqvpv-438tREgVRI8HmO2yiOhHVhebpzXHN7EtJOgN1iRgeAwZbsKSGalX9kG4Foji8EtQ5DZ2bPvjToexRRribKwmcxLDtNLF-8RXHZSVc8FH_fbDAngoe_15a0QYmb4AdcfciGitDs/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%252847+of+52%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIZC62qGpkHt6h3Tp4cz68bIK-BHH7M8p0n7XgStrL1THiN98m2aN1GxWTjjGMlXwQngGDVduP9J8k-1dsqfssPQUBmeUTOLTYYIPKemcuzxTMZb5p9qFBJRGNLanU9jXQoNIZpvm6STz/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%252848+of+52%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIZC62qGpkHt6h3Tp4cz68bIK-BHH7M8p0n7XgStrL1THiN98m2aN1GxWTjjGMlXwQngGDVduP9J8k-1dsqfssPQUBmeUTOLTYYIPKemcuzxTMZb5p9qFBJRGNLanU9jXQoNIZpvm6STz/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%252848+of+52%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> I'll finish this post with three more examples from a trip we took to <i>Walt Disney World</i>. This photo was also taken in the <i>Animal Kingdom</i>. We asked <b>Louie </b>for
his favorite pose. I gotta admire the ape for being able to stand with
one foot up and his arms in the air...because it wasn't easy for us to
do as you can see.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFTrEPTqiq7hK8TB5Buu0LGes8tGhl2C2AAWnhAO95PSRb0bW3b6oN59UD-_tCKKy1qj1Eh5fiBiom2HN146RR7i8PpujK9g7d83CtTBnELGDabQUW-i0KZOr6T8tB5ddKkX-CmBk1trN/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%252843+of+52%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFTrEPTqiq7hK8TB5Buu0LGes8tGhl2C2AAWnhAO95PSRb0bW3b6oN59UD-_tCKKy1qj1Eh5fiBiom2HN146RR7i8PpujK9g7d83CtTBnELGDabQUW-i0KZOr6T8tB5ddKkX-CmBk1trN/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%252843+of+52%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Brooke's ONE REQUEST was to get a picture with <b>Gaston</b>.
She likes pompous, windbags for some reason ;) Well, you know what kind
of poses Gaston likes? Pretty much any pose that shows off his muscles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincWd2_XvmKJmD8eNtte_JQxKP8XGH_GYbw8cil-iQF4DWZ5U5gyL7RlsQEAYRnCIqHB9PeQreQOEv6JHyt0ICH1NOl7GfxtyqU3D9YX_6v3OlGmCD_DO7b9yzuztRlVrZfDkDcfyJmabe/s1600/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%25287+of+52%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincWd2_XvmKJmD8eNtte_JQxKP8XGH_GYbw8cil-iQF4DWZ5U5gyL7RlsQEAYRnCIqHB9PeQreQOEv6JHyt0ICH1NOl7GfxtyqU3D9YX_6v3OlGmCD_DO7b9yzuztRlVrZfDkDcfyJmabe/s640/Disneyland+July+4%252C+2015+FB+Britney+popcorn+%25287+of+52%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> The last example is of Brooke and <b>Aurora aka Sleeping Beauty</b>. Her favorite pose? <span style="font-family: inherit;">Ge<span style="font-family: inherit;">sturing<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>sleep<span style="font-family: inherit;">ing</span> in a very <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">princess<span style="font-family: inherit;">y </span></span></i>way. </span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">by Cheryl Jorgensen</span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>BRIEF DESCRIPTION/PURPOSE:</b><br />
By coloring large letters that spell FRIENDS, you will show how
friends, whether they are good or bad can easily rub off on you. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pencil for each student and a </span>piece of paper with the word FRIENDS on it in bubble letters
for each student <i>OR</i></span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chalk</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<span style="background: white;"></span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and Chalkboard</span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Print PDF of "<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B87WNwAfJsLZVFoyUm04YW5udlk/view" target="_blank">Choose Your Friends Wisely</a>" handouts (make sure to choose "Actual Size" under Page Sizing & Handling); Cut into 10 handouts; NOTE: For personal use only</span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Attach to 2" x 3-1/2" adhesive magnets</span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Print copies of "<a href="https://www.lds.org/new-era/2004/08/the-sign-on-the-wall?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Sign on the Wall</a>"</span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Print quotes for Reader #1 and #2 </span></li>
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Before class print out the word FRIENDS in large bubble letters, about two
inches high. </span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">During class, give each student a sheet of paper with FRIENDS
printed on it and a pencil. </span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell them to use the pencil to color in all the
letters completely and very dark with the pencil. This may take a few minutes. </span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">After they are finished, you will have them rub their fingers over the letters
to see that the graphite from the word friends has rubbed off on them.</span></li>
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You may also have someone write the word "Friends" on the chalkboard
and then have them rub the letters instead of using a pencil and paper.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: orange; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Teacher Read:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"The
friends you choose in life can have a big impact on the way you act. Friends
can influence what type of clothes you wear, the type of music you listen to,
what you believe, the words you use when you speak, the way you treat others,
and the list goes on and on. In other words, friends can rub off on you."</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pass out 3x5 Cards and ask class members to think about friends they’ve had in
their lives. Have them write down one trait they admired in one of their
friends and one trait they did not like in a friend.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I would like us to read a short story from the <i>New Era</i> Magazine that
inspired this lesson (Pass copies of the story, “<a href="https://www.lds.org/new-era/2004/08/the-sign-on-the-wall?lang=eng"><span style="color: blue;">The Sign on the Wall</span></a>,” around and have class
members read a paragraph at a time). </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reader #1</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
There is a temptation for girls to reach out to the first available friend,
settling instead of choosing. Ezra Taft Benson said, <br /><br /><i>"Have good associates
or don’t associate at all. Be careful in the selection of your friends. If in
the presence of certain persons you are lifted to nobler heights, you are in
good company. But if your friends or associates encourage base thoughts, then
you had best leave them.”</i> <br />
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(Ezra Taft Benson, God, Family, Country: Our Three Great Loyalties, Salt Lake
City: Deseret Book Co., 1974, p. 241.) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Encourage
girls to wait for the right friends. This does not mean they can't have friends
who are members of a different religion; it just means that their friends
should honor their standards. It also does not mean they have to wait for a
perfect friend, only that they need to wait for one who will help them to be
the best they can be.<span style="background: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Advice on the Selection of Friends: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the scriptures, we find numerous examples where our Heavenly Father has
mentioned traits found in good, and bad friends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>Proverbs 12:26--A righteous man is cautious in friendship,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</i><br />
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<b><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">People You Don't Want As Friends</span></i></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>
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<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gossips - Proverbs 20:19 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Short-tempered - Proverbs 22:24-25 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Those who drink - Proverbs 23:20-21 <i>Do not join those who
drink wine</i> </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The rebellious - Proverbs 24:21-22 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Liars, those untrustworthy, and those inconsiderate -
Proverbs 25:18-20 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As Paul said, <i>the wrong kind of friends can be a corrupting
influence</i> (1 Corinthians 15:33). </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Kind of Friends You Want</span></i></b></div>
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<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Those who display wisdom - Proverbs 13:20 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Those who are loyal - Proverbs 18:24 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Those who give counsel - Proverbs 27:9 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Those who are not afraid to wound you - Proverbs 27:6 </span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Discuss what people wrote on their 3x5 cards and ask: </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><br />
<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What are some positive ways that your friends have rubbed off
on you?</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reader #2 </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"Friends" from <i><a href="https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/ForTheStrengthOfYouth-eng.pdf?lang=eng"><span style="color: blue;">For the Strength of Youth</span></a>, page 12</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Choose your friends carefully. They will greatly influence
how you think and act, and even help determine the person you will become.
Choose friends who share your values so you can strengthen and encourage each
other in living high standards. A true friend will encourage you to be your
best self.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To have good friends, be a good friend yourself. Show
interest in others and let them know you care about them. Treat everyone with
kindness and respect. Go out of your way to be a friend to those who are shy or
do not feel included.</span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bear Testimony of the need to have good friends in our lives.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hand out Magnets to Class Members</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><br />
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-38750769499914230912013-06-10T13:40:00.002-06:002013-06-12T11:41:50.677-06:00New Jorgensen Family Pictures<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Up on a roof :)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YAYYYY! We finally got some new family pictures that surpass our old ones. I used one for the header of our page. Although I am a <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">BYU</span></b> fan as an alumnu (Go Cougars!), I also gotta rep the hometown team...hence, our family in our<b> <span style="color: red;">University of New Mexico</span></b> Lobo shirts. We are doing the "Everyone's a Lobo...woof...woof...woof" hand gesture in case you were wondering. Special thanks to Bri Saban for the super fun photo shoot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a few other pictures from the photo shoot:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Waiting in line to order our pizza and getting some business done on their phones. Multitasking at it's best ;)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At one of our family's favorite places...<i>Saggios Restaurant</i>!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I LOVE this picture of Brent and Brooke :)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another favorite picture of us at <i>Frontier Restaurant </i>(across the street from Saggio's). Greg insisted on getting a few of their famous sweet rolls.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The girls...in specs... :)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The boys :)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look closely...yep...it's our picture in a puddle ;)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Family fun :)</span></h3>
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Brooke shaking hands with Superintendent Winston Brooks after receiving her diploma. Fun fact, the last person in the receiving line is Breaking Bad actor Steven Michael Quezada who played Hank's DEA partner Steven Gomez. He was recently elected to our school board.</span></h3>
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The Senior Class and Student Body Officers with the school officials on the stage after the ceremony. (l-r: Kristine Meurer, Sheehan Gonzales, David Knowlin, Gage Madrid, Parker Moses, Winston Brooks, Makenzie Hamilton, Valerie Atencio, Brooke, Lucas Strickland, Lance Carlton, Kathy Korte, Steven Quezada, and Shelly Green).</span></h3>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-85312444530014270882013-02-01T23:30:00.000-07:002015-10-11T14:09:28.433-06:00Brooke asks Adam to Winter Ball<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Volcano Vista High School's Winter Ball</b> is "girl's choice" so I helped Brooke come up with a way to ask her date to the dance. He is a <i>fitness buff</i> so we looked for sporty stuff to give him. The items in order were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <b>2 lb. weight </b>with a tag that said: "I couldn't <i>weight </i>any longer..." </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <b>jump rope</b> and a tag that said: "I would <i>jump </i>for joy..." </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <b>yoga strap</b> with a tag that said: "If <i>yoga </i>to..."</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <b>weighted ball </b>and the final tag that said: "Winter <i>Ball </i>with me"</span></li>
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<br />Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-28314971885518847682012-12-22T02:23:00.000-07:002012-12-25T14:01:27.299-07:00Life is BIGGER Than a Christmas Card :)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Brooke</b> took it upon herself to design our 2012 Christmas card. While trying to come up with something more creative than our typical card, she came across a picture I took during Thanksgiving of Brooke with her brothers Brian and Brent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We often go to movies and sometimes need to convince Brian that it won't be the type of movie that is promoted with one of <i>those </i>movie posters of characters standing back-to-back with a WHITE background. One character usually looks annoyed or inept; the other a smile or smirk. <br /><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooke did a really good job making our Christmas Card in a <b>movie poster format. </b>She added Greg and I as <i>Siskel and Ebert</i> giving our <b>thumbs up</b>. So here it is...our 2012 Christmas card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6848718/5-types-of-romantic-comedy-movie-posters" target="_blank">5 Types of Romantic Comedy Movie Posters</a></span></div>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-38241331616948881112012-12-14T16:19:00.000-07:002013-06-10T16:43:04.966-06:00Greg's Office Christmas Party--We went BOWLING<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By purchasing gift certificates for Greg at <em>Ten Pins and More</em> bowling alley in Rio Rancho, they started his LATEST obsession. Because of this, he planned his office's party at the bowling alley. He also gave them their gifts (money) inside bowling pin drink bottles. Here are a few pictures from this event:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>We went to Greg's office to help him TAPE money together to put inside the bowling pin cups.</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took us FOREVER to tape money for each of his employees!</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooke's buddy Parker helped us tape.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I tied the bows on the bowling pin drink bottles and we put the money rolls inside.</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy and Morgan with their "money-filled bowling pin cup" gifts :)</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>His staff members got him some delicious treats!</strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>They also got him a gift certificate for a web site where he could create a personalized BOWLING SHIRT!</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Steve from <em>Ten Pins and More </em>presented Greg with a bowling pin. </strong></span></td></tr>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-31378608802700676092012-02-12T01:57:00.000-07:002012-02-12T01:57:13.861-07:00Dr. Greg Jorgensen's 3D X-Ray Machine :)<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Dr. J. recently invested in an i-CAT 3D x-ray machine in his orthodontic office. It has been AMAZING to see what was never possible to see before when diagnosing his cases. Here is Brooke getting her 3D x-rays taken by Janice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For more information on what he can do with this new technology, go to the following link: <a href="http://www.gregjorgensen.com/i-cat.php">http://www.gregjorgensen.com/i-cat.php</a></span></div>
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</tbody></table>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-13717389141277823462011-12-13T08:52:00.012-07:002015-10-11T14:09:46.601-06:00"Rolling in the Dough" Gift Idea<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;">My husband wanted me to come up with an idea on how to present Christmas gift money to his staff members (13 of them) and wanted a theme. He had already ordered a plate of homemade cinnamon rolls for each person so I thought...How about we get a bunch of rolling pins and tape money to them and make a tag that said: <br /><b><br /><i>"We hope this Christmas finds you ROLLING IN THE DOUGH."</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here is how we put the rolling pins together...</span></div>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;">One $20 bill couldn't go completely around the rolling pin so I
staggered the money like so (you could use $1 or $5 bills if you want to
give less money).</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>It's important to tape <i>money to money</i> to it's easier to remove. Taping money to the rolling pin was hard to take off and caused the money to tear easily. </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>We placed five rows of money up and down the rolling pin with a tiny bit of overlap. You can put your money stacks down in front of the rolling pin to get an idea of how much overlap you will need. You can do this by yourself but it is much easier with two people.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>After arranging the money on the rolling pin, I wrapped it in clear cellophane and tied each side with a ribbon.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I had Brooke make up a tag to tie on the other side. I used a larger than standard hole punch due to the thickness of my ribbon. </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Katrina one more time with Connie, Lynnette, and Darlene :)</b></span></td></tr>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-73151889369535462952010-09-11T20:00:00.061-06:002021-07-08T14:26:17.630-06:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><b style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uEtkjr0O3IOv5KA4fVU3EzpHZQzFsllMkeHn0xJNpJi5UaWz0YzYmnQG3p_R7yIXu8681EfKmY-h0I8_bDiimlwffcp9nQLF3g2VGAYuOfXxgZDqQoVzhkFnHyt8piKwqToY_ePDhEaI/s1000/Driving.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uEtkjr0O3IOv5KA4fVU3EzpHZQzFsllMkeHn0xJNpJi5UaWz0YzYmnQG3p_R7yIXu8681EfKmY-h0I8_bDiimlwffcp9nQLF3g2VGAYuOfXxgZDqQoVzhkFnHyt8piKwqToY_ePDhEaI/w640-h426/Driving.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Brooke's 15th "Flavor Tripping" Birthday Bash</span></b></b></div></b></b></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I bought some "Miracle Berry" tablets for Brooke's birthday party. The tablets are made out of what is called "Miracle Fruit." The "miracle," is its marvelous ability to transform sour and acidic tastes into sweet tastes. Items the kids tried were:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lemons, limes, grapefruit, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, pineapple, sour patch candy, salt & vinegar chips, pickles, peppers (they felt like the heat was enhanced in a bad way lol), and tabasco sauce. I also had a supply of <i>Tums</i> should they need some. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The fruit originates from West Africa. The pulp of the fruit which contains a glycoprotein is called Miraculin. A glycoprotein consists of 191 amino acids and some carbohydrate chains. Because glycoproteins are sensitive to heat, miraculin loses its taste modifying properties when heated over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. When the Miraculin protein is combined with acids it stimulates the sensation of sweetness in the tongue. Then, when sour or acidic foods are eaten it sends a message to the brain that the food is sweet tasting. This sensation can last thirty minutes and up to two hours, depending how long you leave the pulp in your mouth. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Julian was crazy and ate like 6 really hot peppers. The Miracle Berry didn't have that much effect on peppers but did on the other stuff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiuKCZrKEA">Brooke's "Flavor Tripping" Birthday Party</a> (check out the video to see how the kids liked some of the food after sucking on a miracle berry).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEKfakn72ff4XUuonxwlYdcV6pTj4spOYcSZzCfGSsc6hHPu_LZXI6pH36d5_fB9rmXxBZ76Ul7OMu_aZnFFbzw4-WB2U2U0LVc6mk72h4oj1kky49acg0G-n8LiDWnSs6XZTjyrAmv30/s1000/Cupcake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEKfakn72ff4XUuonxwlYdcV6pTj4spOYcSZzCfGSsc6hHPu_LZXI6pH36d5_fB9rmXxBZ76Ul7OMu_aZnFFbzw4-WB2U2U0LVc6mk72h4oj1kky49acg0G-n8LiDWnSs6XZTjyrAmv30/w480-h640/Cupcake.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Brooke :) </i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpRfTPVYXrkp-UHyJ3pYdh2cuZB8NiZ8KHwIxSrxSSPGZfaFkmvBbUzIWMl9gu5d6tmgovrryjcx-rnt5gxNCCzj-IRDP245Gj11jBic2ZWT87Vu_EtW0LF87b8CIrTYO2WqRh2khIBtM/s1000/Birthday+gifts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpRfTPVYXrkp-UHyJ3pYdh2cuZB8NiZ8KHwIxSrxSSPGZfaFkmvBbUzIWMl9gu5d6tmgovrryjcx-rnt5gxNCCzj-IRDP245Gj11jBic2ZWT87Vu_EtW0LF87b8CIrTYO2WqRh2khIBtM/w640-h480/Birthday+gifts.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Happy 15th Birthday Brooke!<br /></i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><i><br /></i></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsUEqMSkxbvdPZ28oVXthPIKbA7NAkdY_4ifxKGN5lpDcZ430gZ7fxxXn7yXgCDUOG98t0asrDGEygNpW_NvV6CvW51p1ti8-25S5jSzIE5go7mDBG4MveSFb4KbLRdIC6G2kRk9wYGhZ/s1000/Red+Bull+Car.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsUEqMSkxbvdPZ28oVXthPIKbA7NAkdY_4ifxKGN5lpDcZ430gZ7fxxXn7yXgCDUOG98t0asrDGEygNpW_NvV6CvW51p1ti8-25S5jSzIE5go7mDBG4MveSFb4KbLRdIC6G2kRk9wYGhZ/w640-h480/Red+Bull+Car.jpg" width="640" /></i></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Gabby and Brooke with the Red Bull Car. </i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJ6sDz9_gIsingT18MRk2Jao_aseUuJaDP2mRBwL0nREo4EmahEWBhyxR7iKy-JOALEHjQsG9hPNDtOg4l-rZ4Ugjrs0IGwyzgpWa0R92jJPDfK5HqCKScImBS6991WLCZW3ycRk_-BZH/s1000/Red+Bull+Girls.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJ6sDz9_gIsingT18MRk2Jao_aseUuJaDP2mRBwL0nREo4EmahEWBhyxR7iKy-JOALEHjQsG9hPNDtOg4l-rZ4Ugjrs0IGwyzgpWa0R92jJPDfK5HqCKScImBS6991WLCZW3ycRk_-BZH/w480-h640/Red+Bull+Girls.jpg" width="480" /></i></b></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>The Red Bull Girls came to wish Brooke a "happy birthday." Marquette on the far left went to high school with Brent.</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprNZg1gQD5lCf269uUMbVheTXJhdHiiWz0C4TZWIZHqae412om3vhooAhCXQWeL6_dFrpW-gc4SkDhaJDTCDX4xLevz611TNDfznxL_hAzUhONnv_rGL_lmr9ZhbnCZjsFRkzSrmtPdD4/s1000/With+Girls.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprNZg1gQD5lCf269uUMbVheTXJhdHiiWz0C4TZWIZHqae412om3vhooAhCXQWeL6_dFrpW-gc4SkDhaJDTCDX4xLevz611TNDfznxL_hAzUhONnv_rGL_lmr9ZhbnCZjsFRkzSrmtPdD4/w640-h480/With+Girls.jpg" width="640" /></i></b></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Brooke and some of her besties. </i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOP0vqCFa-w3H0nOd0TA02w25OhbXXhcGGZhStteY0Gt_kus9RqcTiUb4f8vunsFog8mIoljpZgXbtqpOSzyVN5drDvt8eCCQI8kR0R4U0nacOuqrtyXq-pW7B8LB_oeauLRLMzrvdQL8/s1000/With+Guys.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOP0vqCFa-w3H0nOd0TA02w25OhbXXhcGGZhStteY0Gt_kus9RqcTiUb4f8vunsFog8mIoljpZgXbtqpOSzyVN5drDvt8eCCQI8kR0R4U0nacOuqrtyXq-pW7B8LB_oeauLRLMzrvdQL8/w640-h480/With+Guys.jpg" width="640" /></i></b></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>With some of the guys. </i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-6755952762450710472010-05-23T08:03:00.010-06:002015-10-11T14:00:36.158-06:00Brent's Life as a Missionary is Featured in the Faribault Newspaper<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span class="page_title" style="font-weight: bold;">Driving a different road</span></span> <br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Faribault News</span><br />James Warden<br /><span class="article_date">Posted: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:15 pm</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaW5VXuPhF9eAVnkR1tfvd53lEKrnvSQ9uAIgWLza9ev8jLYYpYlnfDkR6voMALpLyan7vhwoIre_zQXge4zyXaiX-xcFRAXipL1jwFYxEV2IgPMLX0h8UTjuKeECbnT4h7jVDR3bBKasa/s1600/Brent+and+Jarman+walking.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474468005008417298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaW5VXuPhF9eAVnkR1tfvd53lEKrnvSQ9uAIgWLza9ev8jLYYpYlnfDkR6voMALpLyan7vhwoIre_zQXge4zyXaiX-xcFRAXipL1jwFYxEV2IgPMLX0h8UTjuKeECbnT4h7jVDR3bBKasa/s400/Brent+and+Jarman+walking.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 265px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Elders Daryl Jarman (left) and Brent Jorgensen stroll through Cannon River Trailer Park on Thursday while speaking to residents about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (James Warden/Daily News)</span> </div>
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Mormon missionaries can, in fact, drive.<br />
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Of course, passersby who don’t belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints most often see them strolling along Faribault’s sidewalks or pedaling their bikes. But they’re allowed to drive a limited number of miles on church business.<br />
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This particular Thursday, elders Brent Jorgensen and Daryl Jarman are driving a silver Chevy Malibu to share their message at Cannon River Trailer Park.<br />
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“The drive is kind of boring because we can’t listen to music — well, except church music and I don’t have any right now,” Jorgensen apologizes.<br />
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Missionaries like Jorgensen and Jarman walk a path that runs somewhere between the arcane rituals that the conspiracy-prone imagine and the everyday lives of those they seek to convert.<br />
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They favor North Face jackets and an Oakley backpack but carry scriptures and the Book of Mormon inside that backpack. They’re up-to-date on local happenings like few others their age but will only call Faribault home for a few months. They occasionally travel in a Chevy Malibu but keep a bike rack on hand because they can only use it so much.<br />
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This is life for the missionaries who chose to spend two years of their young lives driving people to Christ.<br />
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Today’s trip may be a few brief miles, but the missionaries’ journey started in 2009 when they traveled to Utah for two months of training. By chance, they sat next to each other on the plane even though Jarman comes from Blackfoot, Idaho, and Jorgensen hails from Albuquerque, N.M.<br />
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Their lives were little different from most American youth before that point. Although Jorgensen never drank or smoke, he hung out with his friends just like any other teen. He played wide receiver for his high school’s football team. Of the 100 people on the team, there were just three Mormons.<br />
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“Back in Albuquerque, the church isn’t too, too strong,” he says.<br />
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Jarman, 20, worked on a farm and as a life guard between high school and the start of his mission. Jorgensen, 19, attended Brigham Young University. When they finish their two-year mission, Jorgensen wants to be an orthodontist and Jarman wants to be a family doctor.<br />
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Yet during their mission they will be part of more than 50,000 LDS missionaries active around the world. They stand out in their slacks, white shirts and ties and — yes — their habit of walking or biking from place to place.<br />
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And while the myths of cabalistic practices are imagined, the structure that sets their lives apart is real. Their regimented days are planned to the half hour — beginning promptly at 6:30 a.m. and ending just as promptly at 10:30 p.m.<br />
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They can’t watch TV or movies. They can’t listen to music. They can’t play video games. They can’t read fiction.<br />
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Jarman and Jorgensen won’t see their families during the entire mission, either. They can only phone them on Christmas and Mother’s Day, and they can only e-mail once a week.<br />
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But they take these differences in stride — as if they were a pair of college students leaving home for the semester.<br />
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“The way I look at it, I have two years of my life to make Minnesota a better place,” Jorgensen says. “Whether that’s by hope and faith or by raking someone’s lawn and carrying their laundry upstairs if they’re old, that’s what I’ll do.”<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P8llpBFFhBWkxSu7APciYxSctnEoKBNiS4o46qz5CkYJefh_T9obesa-HDm69rqqugcu_Vm-QaVoaN2uSJfIgLJghqv7ExrouNtttAhkG2jMFh0CRdPv7o0Gj3qvQfNS7cniMbWXRlwB/s1600/Brent+knocking+on+door.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474467241020485234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P8llpBFFhBWkxSu7APciYxSctnEoKBNiS4o46qz5CkYJefh_T9obesa-HDm69rqqugcu_Vm-QaVoaN2uSJfIgLJghqv7ExrouNtttAhkG2jMFh0CRdPv7o0Gj3qvQfNS7cniMbWXRlwB/s400/Brent+knocking+on+door.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 265px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a>Once the missionaries park their Malibu, they head to a mobile home where two women and a man, all Hispanic, sit at a patio table.<br />
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“Hola,” Jorgensen says, and begins speaking to the group in Spanish.<br />
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The LDS Church assigned Jorgensen and Jarman to learn Spanish in a process that sounds random to an unbeliever. The only language-related question on the missionary application was how well do you think you could learn a language. The person making the assignments prayed and, just like that, decided that they would learn Spanish and go to Minnesota.<br />
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Although Jorgensen studied the language two years in high school, he didn’t learn much. Jarman never took language classes.<br />
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Now they are two of just four Spanish-speaking LDS missionaries in the outstate — meaning they cover a swathe of territory ranging from Northfield to Owatonna and from Waseca to Kenyon.<br />
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They’re near fluent, though. The people at the patio table grin at Jorgensen and tell him how they moved here from Monterrey, Mexico, 10 years ago.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhpQ3Uv4m_iwPUYec4HbpZziH1X0QWclokNZhV8bgKyh0LoIxHSOUp56zuQJvUslg6_Ik6bnA4odypjZiyhNyvdFVOWuUJNI7IbqT83ymhAcv-CnGWYr3itcs0u7TXOK5QE1uXyodBRAQ/s1600/Brent+greeting+someone.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474467485074707362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhpQ3Uv4m_iwPUYec4HbpZziH1X0QWclokNZhV8bgKyh0LoIxHSOUp56zuQJvUslg6_Ik6bnA4odypjZiyhNyvdFVOWuUJNI7IbqT83ymhAcv-CnGWYr3itcs0u7TXOK5QE1uXyodBRAQ/s400/Brent+greeting+someone.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 265px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a>The missionaries make small talk for a few minutes before Jorgensen launches into his pitch: “I’d like to share a message of how Christ can help families. It’s hard times, and sometimes we need that extra help.”<br />
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Jorgensen and Jarman confess that they were nervous when they first started. They still get nervous occasionally.<br />
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Yet they’ve internalized their belief that God called a prophet in the 1800s — just as in biblical times — to lead humanity back to the truth. They spend hours each day studying scripture, reading devotions and preparing lessons.<br />
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Each knows the church’s teachings well. In their church just before they went to the trailer park, the missionaries explained how the bread and water of the LDS sacrament are just symbols, not the actual body and blood. Baptism, on the other hand, is not just a rite of passage. It’s for the remission of sins.<br />
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But the missionaries aren’t seminarians discussing how many angels could dance on the head of pin — or some of the more controversial ideas of the LDS church. They’ve distilled the teachings into easily understandable points about family, peace and happiness. When they’re invited into a home, they open up with prayer and then use Rubik’s Cubes, stacked cups and other paraphernalia as extended metaphors to make the ideas even clearer.<br />
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“A lot of people can take our message and complicate it a ton,” Jorgensen said.<br />
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Whatever nerves they once had, they make a point to speak with everyone they meet (although they don’t proselytize to children, in deference to their parents). Tank-topped man playing with a little girl on a swing set? Check. Three dirt-stained teens working beneath a Ford pickup? Check. Woman putting hydrogen peroxide on a hurt toe? Check, check and check.<br />
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“We believe we have a unique message,” Jorgensen says. “We don’t believe any of this is new stuff. We just believe it is restored.”<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIQvHndTRbLhi_nuxPKQ1fGmRHF-5JnI_CtVw-NeLAHns3mU2T_TqetCz_iyR7PZZJh_WeofK9oGcQ6oy09K5mDq_wEnLq0GU1wjs0572hezx6vT026BhxhiX0gHL2TT9aLjDgduSsx-k/s1600/Brent's+tag.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474467840062672930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIQvHndTRbLhi_nuxPKQ1fGmRHF-5JnI_CtVw-NeLAHns3mU2T_TqetCz_iyR7PZZJh_WeofK9oGcQ6oy09K5mDq_wEnLq0GU1wjs0572hezx6vT026BhxhiX0gHL2TT9aLjDgduSsx-k/s400/Brent's+tag.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 265px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a>The group at the patio table are friendly enough during Jorgensen’s evangelizing. They chime in with an “Amen” as he talks to them about the good works God can do in their lives. “Dios,” after all, means God whether you’re Mormon or Catholic.<br />
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As he will at each home, Jorgensen eventually notes that the group is busy at the moment, pulls out a hand-sized, spiral-bound planner and asks if he can speak with them in greater detail sometime.<br />
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They offer up a date later in the week, Jorgensen gives them some Spanish-language cards and then the missionaries say their good-byes. The entire visit took maybe five or 10 minutes, and Jarman and Jorgensen agree that it went really well.<br />
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Not every visit goes this way.<br />
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Some people listen politely but aren’t interested in hearing any more. Others all but flee when the missionaries approach. About once a month, they encounter someone full of fire and brimstone.<br />
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“Usually rejection is more, ‘OK, we’re Catholics. We’re good,’” Jarman says.<br />
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Even with those who do make an appointment, only about one out of 10 will be home when the missionaries return.<br />
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“You work hard all day. Sometimes you get back and realize nothing happened,” Jorgensen says.<br />
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Constant rejection has made them adept at knowing what works best and whom they are most likely to win over. The Hispanic population’s large portion of Catholics can more easily be won over because they already have a practicing belief in God — unlike many other Americans.<br />
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However, the missionaries rarely speak with Faribault’s Somali community: “Usually other Christians will listen the most. Muslims are pretty set in their way. Plus, there’s a language barrier there. We speak zero Somali,” Jorgensen explains.<br />
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When asked where it’s hardest to share their message, both he and Jorgensen simultaneously answer, “Northfield.” In a city with the motto “cows, colleges and contentment,” there isn’t as much of the restlessness that leads people to God.<br />
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The church’s own regimen poses one of the biggest obstacles for the two missionaries, they say. LDS Sundays are a three-hour commitment. In Faribault, English speakers get together at 10 a.m. for the church’s sacrament meeting. At 11 a.m., the youth and adults separate for their respective classes. Adults have separate classes for English and Spanish speakers, but the children are all together. Then the men and women split for their classes at noon. At 1 p.m., the English speakers go home, but the Spanish speakers stay for their sacrament meeting.<br />
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It’s a good chunk of a family’s weekend.<br />
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But after much trial and error — and footwork — the missionaries do reach some people — usually, “people who have trials,” Jarman says. “People who lead a perfect life really don’t want change.”<br />
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The trailer park is fertile ground for trials. Someone shot a 17-year-old girl the weekend before this visit, with glass from a car window hitting her 18-month-old daughter. Siding is decaying on many of the homes. Grass overruns many lots. It’s poor.<br />
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Of course, the missionaries have trials of their own. People stare while they’re walking down the street. Others mock them or shout at them.<br />
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“There’s just, like, random people yelling at you, telling us we’re going to hell. People throw things at us from their car while we’re riding our bikes. Pretty much every time you go out, something crazy is going to happen,” Jorgensen says. “There are a lot of hard times. It’s not just rainbows and butterflies.”<br />
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Yet the missionaries keep going — partly through prayer, partly because of the universally understood desire not to let their families down. But also because of the feeling they get when they see the church’s message brings peace and joy into their lives.<br />
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“Once you have one of those cool experiences — when you have one of those experiences, it just mountains over those crappy experiences,” Jorgensen says.<br />
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Jorgensen and Jarman are back in the still-quiet Malibu heading toward their church. They spent a little over an hour speaking with people and knocking on doors. They didn’t win any converts. Then again, no one hurled abuse on them either.<br />
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Tonight they’ll eat at a fellow church member’s home, prepare for the next day and then slip into bed. The ride the following day may be smooth or it may be bumpy, but the missionaries have faith that they’ll be able to endure any obstacles along the way.<br />
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“This isn’t our work. It’s his,” Jarman says. “If we ask, he can help us through anything.”<br />
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And whatever happens, they’ll keep driving on.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MISSIONARY</span><br />
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6:30 a.m.: Wake up<br />
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6:30 a.m. — 7:30 a.m.: Exercise and shower<br />
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7:30 a.m. — 8 a.m.: Breakfast<br />
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8 a.m. — 9 a.m.: Personal study (Reading scripture and devotions alone)<br />
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9 a.m. — 10 a.m.: Companionship study (Talking with each other about what they learned during personal study and planning lessons for that day)<br />
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10 a.m. — 11 a.m.: Language study<br />
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11 a.m. — 9:30 p.m.: Work. Ideally, this is filled with teaching lessons in homes. Usually these contacts are referred by LDS members. The missionaries do about 25 lessons a week, sometimes in the jails. If they’re not teaching any lessons, they’ll find a charitable activity or go door-to-door meeting people. Lunch and dinner usually come from fellow church members who volunteered to feed them.<br />
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9:30 p.m. — 10 p.m.: Plan for the next day.<br />
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10: p.m. — 10:30 p.m.: Unwind, write in their journal.<br />
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10:30 p.m.: Lights out.<br />
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— Staff writer James Warden may be reached at 333-3127.Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-15799007476999599792010-05-15T21:47:00.000-06:002015-10-11T14:10:42.187-06:00Brooke Gets Her Varsity Letter in Track<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxqio7K6iGEfF2tF39DjWwLpC7_KhH2wZtos_as8_zen9PIms3bL0gvMERk-UIMrFLjxyPjJ5eZgNm1YQ2-AwaanUQss4RMqACfJEpZIvOpMPgU4LSLXqLfS4F_w_KcZ7Ghb6yWrFf0HU/s1600/VVHS+Track+Banquet+Freshman+Year.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472452560564097410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxqio7K6iGEfF2tF39DjWwLpC7_KhH2wZtos_as8_zen9PIms3bL0gvMERk-UIMrFLjxyPjJ5eZgNm1YQ2-AwaanUQss4RMqACfJEpZIvOpMPgU4LSLXqLfS4F_w_KcZ7Ghb6yWrFf0HU/s400/VVHS+Track+Banquet+Freshman+Year.jpg" /></a><strong><em> Brooke lettered as a freshman in Track & Field.<br /></em></strong><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472452330888173442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9H2uVdhuFWT2rFmtavtmFOJ6Gje8neEXgzvIkHxuGqfi80i5Z6oSVbUlFRDI159dK5xqDefl0f3pm-ht-l7UntGzZVgqBteycdNbOeJjen-xFhInuTfB2Ee4cyVd0GLzhtxvY7dUDMrje/s400/VVHS+Track+Banquet+Freshman+Year-0632.jpg" /></div><div align="center"><strong><em>The banquet was held at "ITZ."</em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKAa_GSAwUv3XSHUQc_Jzhacw-000HhLer6F26ABB-sONLd0-LzBKHJnl-YspCTRRSPP1yrJ5y6FyqT7BtnjTZ8WnETgZcm4UhGtiYSfqdFLXd5llCBEmp-Yk49QPXGM4dyYyjwCHNnMV/s1600/VVHS+Track+Banquet+Freshman+Year-0634.jpg"><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472452343323381698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKAa_GSAwUv3XSHUQc_Jzhacw-000HhLer6F26ABB-sONLd0-LzBKHJnl-YspCTRRSPP1yrJ5y6FyqT7BtnjTZ8WnETgZcm4UhGtiYSfqdFLXd5llCBEmp-Yk49QPXGM4dyYyjwCHNnMV/s400/VVHS+Track+Banquet+Freshman+Year-0634.jpg" /></a><strong><em> More of the Varsity and JV Track Girls.<br /></em></strong><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472452337201924066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_rO17Fh6Hc9Is4_EWX9iPTA-zJR6q3gfRJQUP-M-uU4_qIcN85g3I9KkU7DGKJWqz7fkHB-2PdlRf5mHt2n5Wk3Q3UVzUJWdVUMrK0WcUGDLvaE_i690TDbfeG3fjX2yMivEv4HsEgUZ/s400/VVHS+Track+Banquet+Freshman+Year-0633.jpg" /> <em><strong>The rest of the girls.</strong></em> </div>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-59745656006127382082010-04-17T23:30:00.000-06:002015-10-11T14:10:42.228-06:00NM Blaze Volleyball Team Takes 2nd in the Moriarty TourneyAfter a LONG day at the Academy Harper's Invitational on Friday (April 16), Brooke had to switch to volleyball mode for her last club volleyball tournament.<br /><br />We had to make an hour's drive to Estancia (17 miles from Moriarty) to the gym where our 15s <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Mexico Blaze Volleyball Team</span> would play their games.<br /><br />The girls started off with a bit of a snafu when the head judge threatened to disqualify them for wearing different colored ZEBRA spandex (the girls thought it would be cute since they all had different colored zebra spandex). The issue was that the spandex all had to match or the team could not advance to the GOLD bracket in the tournament. Brooke and some of the other girls were smart enough to also throw their black and their red spandex into their gym bags..<span style="font-style: italic;">.just in case</span> :) A few of the girls had to scramble and ask around to see if any friends on other teams brought extra black spandex. One of our moms headed over to the dollar store and found some black shorts that passed for black spandex...WHEW!<br /><br />Our girls played game after game in pool play. They only lost 1 game out of the 6 but ended up winning all their matches due to beating a team by more points. This qualified them for the GOLD bracket for tournament play (there were 2 brackets: a Gold and a Silver). They faced many great teams including "Fusion" from Los Alamos who had a girl well over 6 feet tall in my estimation. They lost the first game but then came roaring back to win the 2nd game and then the tiebreaker 3rd game.<br /><br />Another team they faced was an undefeated (and very spirited) 16s team from Ruidoso, NM named "Chaos." The girls on Chaos had amazing camaraderie which enabled them to take a quick lead. Our girls were hot and tired and were down their two tallest players (who were both hitters) as they had other commitments that day. Throughout the tournament, we only had one substitute. We as parents knew we had to pump our girls up so we started cheering and chanting which seemed to freak out the other team. Our girls responded and ended up beating these older girls two games straight!<br /><br />Tired, and emotionally drained, our girls made it to the championship round to face a well-rested team from Albuquerque (ARVC 1). ARVC was entered into a smaller group for pool play and seemed to be watching more than playing. They had several amazing hitters on their team who took the steam out of our team's quest for first place.<br /><br />I am very proud of this group of girls who put a little volleyball club together this year. Brooke and best friend Candace enjoyed getting to know freshman girls from another Albuquerque High School, Sandia High School. We love our team and our coaches: Catherine Hanna, with assistants Madi and Leandra. Congratulations on a great club season girls!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6QVIs31QnCbgMrbd9HUH7vkX1kO84gz73Xrd_Zw2xRMKlJDR_LIELQNs4ahtPej6YQn7qnjYpzE_y3T3BWz9THzQIMORvjKZwfzFgatQr_BDMNXrnaZOHreWXsb-sYfUCf_EBtAUVsm8/s1600/Moriarty+Volleyball-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6QVIs31QnCbgMrbd9HUH7vkX1kO84gz73Xrd_Zw2xRMKlJDR_LIELQNs4ahtPej6YQn7qnjYpzE_y3T3BWz9THzQIMORvjKZwfzFgatQr_BDMNXrnaZOHreWXsb-sYfUCf_EBtAUVsm8/s400/Moriarty+Volleyball-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461614732210150146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Top left to right: Marissa, Sara, Coach Cat, Candace, Jessica. Bottom left to right: Brooke, Dani, and Gabby (missing were Kelsey, Anna, and assistant coaches Leandra and Madi who had their senior prom that day).</span><br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Hfeiwmw4innEWSkQ83t4QMcV4uGLTzROFWTk_Hjy7CFSQr5Uv-B6fCIMKX3qwnaBIH_FHvvF0aQmLXBvuIA1T7qVJ5P0fCiPrJ3hXEGLTpqICQCBPn5HKpEwzGCNpVsmSvFE1-d-rsFj/s1600/Moriarty+Volleyball-10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Hfeiwmw4innEWSkQ83t4QMcV4uGLTzROFWTk_Hjy7CFSQr5Uv-B6fCIMKX3qwnaBIH_FHvvF0aQmLXBvuIA1T7qVJ5P0fCiPrJ3hXEGLTpqICQCBPn5HKpEwzGCNpVsmSvFE1-d-rsFj/s400/Moriarty+Volleyball-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461614735130315170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Brooke and Candace with one of their best friends, Harleigh, who was on the ARVC 15 1s.</span></div>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-12577050884971053672010-04-10T23:00:00.000-06:002015-10-11T14:10:42.181-06:00Brooke's FIRST Varsity Track MeetGreg and I traveled almost 3 hours to Ruidoso, NM to watch <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brooke</span>, who is a freshman at Volcano Vista High School, <span style="font-weight: bold;">compete in her first varsity track meet</span>. She was entered in 4 events: 4x100 relay (her team got 2nd place with a time of 53.56--not bad for a team of three freshmen and one sophomore!), the triple jump, long jump, and open 100m. She did well enough to score 4 points (and is just 1 point away from a varsity letter). Greg took some great pictures at the meet:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCq0h-X7XJD7vAu0jpc8gMOO99ZMACMwXv3E2tUFMSUCE0Lr_m-hQD9mhMa_Qh1D6LzqWuulshsFCOqF44e34NG71PftwCLAhr90tqZ0_yI-1qvW061_xlxU_uNwgVvotfEAHsX7swg8n/s1600/Ruidoso+Varsity+Track-46.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461606097978777634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCq0h-X7XJD7vAu0jpc8gMOO99ZMACMwXv3E2tUFMSUCE0Lr_m-hQD9mhMa_Qh1D6LzqWuulshsFCOqF44e34NG71PftwCLAhr90tqZ0_yI-1qvW061_xlxU_uNwgVvotfEAHsX7swg8n/s400/Ruidoso+Varsity+Track-46.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Brooke running the 100m. She got 9th place (out of 28 sprinters) with a time of 14.33 seconds.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6RObEQO_R06KW0S2YmPCATWAkryP4yxr5Y5MTJB9pxx0RikmLJYMH0_65L32j6EEpv2AFodM-wkWG3CztFo5kJCs1SOS9dMARUO98tGbcXon0Mm2syVie6-2LWeK1pqPcjRtwiX5kess/s1600/Ruidoso+Varsity+Track-13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461606088386075682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6RObEQO_R06KW0S2YmPCATWAkryP4yxr5Y5MTJB9pxx0RikmLJYMH0_65L32j6EEpv2AFodM-wkWG3CztFo5kJCs1SOS9dMARUO98tGbcXon0Mm2syVie6-2LWeK1pqPcjRtwiX5kess/s400/Ruidoso+Varsity+Track-13.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">She came in 5th place in the triple jump.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym-Uqjnd3XRoqlK4U-oRu2IMYoZs36HVh3OT5Vo-I62a2cZNGR5nA7L5UP5BvTAso-LXmivKNRhWnz11Yzndyw94ZP4sWwESGuMu3CxKxHD_-GcT31TMkg3i5y6ZVo5GAw8zoZ-ZSB69D/s1600/Ruidoso+Varsity+Track-9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461606091186287746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym-Uqjnd3XRoqlK4U-oRu2IMYoZs36HVh3OT5Vo-I62a2cZNGR5nA7L5UP5BvTAso-LXmivKNRhWnz11Yzndyw94ZP4sWwESGuMu3CxKxHD_-GcT31TMkg3i5y6ZVo5GAw8zoZ-ZSB69D/s400/Ruidoso+Varsity+Track-9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">She was 8th out of 17 varsity long jumpers (14'10").</span></div>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-7854366040250821052010-03-01T22:44:00.000-07:002015-10-11T14:10:42.248-06:00New Mexico Blaze Volleyball at Crossroads<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1zpjSGnz9bA2fBAPq4mN9hypZ-WSljT9SOOd31n9N3umPr_lJltLbemw8nlEpNjOdK30h8gXZMi4ZDHtBl_Nd0_a4pMMJ92VyW0ft2iNlPsbgWzs1p7kL1XDFwI4layOJhsNJA0g44_x/s1600-h/Crossroads-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1zpjSGnz9bA2fBAPq4mN9hypZ-WSljT9SOOd31n9N3umPr_lJltLbemw8nlEpNjOdK30h8gXZMi4ZDHtBl_Nd0_a4pMMJ92VyW0ft2iNlPsbgWzs1p7kL1XDFwI4layOJhsNJA0g44_x/s400/Crossroads-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446367200681533970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Brooke's team after winning their games.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Here's a short video of Brooke's volleyball team (New Mexico Blaze) before one of their games at the Crossroads Volleyball Tournament in Denver, CO.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YD5ZL5S-668&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YD5ZL5S-668&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-81395883538057120902010-02-14T14:49:00.002-07:002015-10-11T14:10:42.255-06:00Haha...Brooke's Britney Spears ImitationWhen I saw one of the pictures I took of Brooke at a volleyball tournament, it reminded me of one I had seen of Britney Spears. What do you think? hahahahahaha<br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Brooke got the same dress for Winter Ball that Avril Lavigne wore. I only had one picture of Brooke by herself (wish I could of had her take a picture straight on) LOL...</span><span style="font-size: 180%;"><br /></span></div>
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Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-33891851779029704142009-12-08T19:13:00.002-07:002015-10-11T14:10:42.200-06:00Krispy Kreme is Back in Albuquerque!!!This song seemed so appropriate after our visit to Krispy Kreme at their reopening (all the Albuquerque stores closed about 3 1/2 years ago due to bankruptcy)...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f70Boal00F0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f70Boal00F0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-44052136573176842162009-11-27T19:26:00.002-07:002015-10-11T14:10:42.207-06:00Thanksgiving in Salt Lake CityWe went to Salt Lake City for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanksgiving</span> to see Brian and Elise. We attended the <span style="font-style: italic;">Imperial Buffet</span> at the Grand America Hotel. Our niece Andrea joined us. Mike and Timi drove up to Salt Lake that night and went to see "Christmas Carol" in 3D with us. The Pauling girls (Anna, Emma, and Bette) came to breakfast with us Friday morning. We had a great time seeing everyone!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogV8bKEzS5cgnXQZDMvQxO6qqeyqLCsuzAHRi4dFSLQQb_bpsL4cNxKmlWcRUUfnpyaC_QJd-gv3HhZx6qePyt35GBRyTOm7Nl4yVKjtsBeQAPCUrrBh6FBDr-asKX1yQ_k7pvwnRiEmI/s1600-h/Brian+and+Elise.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413062794393472370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogV8bKEzS5cgnXQZDMvQxO6qqeyqLCsuzAHRi4dFSLQQb_bpsL4cNxKmlWcRUUfnpyaC_QJd-gv3HhZx6qePyt35GBRyTOm7Nl4yVKjtsBeQAPCUrrBh6FBDr-asKX1yQ_k7pvwnRiEmI/s400/Brian+and+Elise.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian and Elise.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyubPOiuxtIXY2S520-Xg0XVeYa0cSfAgYd1BziImtjoStT3RD8zINBTPx2q8Vn2dPG-3HUzvhbsnJKl0FwNT0xNzzDRdxe_X__g-HkmcnYTN0a5DrFZnjHCPwTYt6sJVUiNjbeE3uyUEa/s1600-h/Cheryl+%26+Greg-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413057696878552194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyubPOiuxtIXY2S520-Xg0XVeYa0cSfAgYd1BziImtjoStT3RD8zINBTPx2q8Vn2dPG-3HUzvhbsnJKl0FwNT0xNzzDRdxe_X__g-HkmcnYTN0a5DrFZnjHCPwTYt6sJVUiNjbeE3uyUEa/s400/Cheryl+%26+Greg-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Me and Greg.<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAidcMqUlkJXYRxcJf4aBEqzt8xN3irVFbd1lU2sOJ-OWWKgl_kUR5evf5ed_jsRT7J9268Lkrk8XQUwXz16PGGFOuiW1IgY17YWw2B7ehQ4a3KlAcWXFpaDnbjG1NSntkqdU4qrFcB4MP/s1600-h/Salad.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413059346158431522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAidcMqUlkJXYRxcJf4aBEqzt8xN3irVFbd1lU2sOJ-OWWKgl_kUR5evf5ed_jsRT7J9268Lkrk8XQUwXz16PGGFOuiW1IgY17YWw2B7ehQ4a3KlAcWXFpaDnbjG1NSntkqdU4qrFcB4MP/s400/Salad.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Brooke and Andrea get some salad.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf1UFTCEAiETZTXEsLV0cj2-I4EHvMW1De6gX6lC5-ZEUsIKn8JxeAK0tXYq4t9xqKXCoTjOucoOpdyAuK9kV-J0c_8EwRsMWgxncLoF8xUgtcnaa9kx1wUgisDoxORaRoAJuk6T_38Fz/s1600-h/Carving+station.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413059331224593362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf1UFTCEAiETZTXEsLV0cj2-I4EHvMW1De6gX6lC5-ZEUsIKn8JxeAK0tXYq4t9xqKXCoTjOucoOpdyAuK9kV-J0c_8EwRsMWgxncLoF8xUgtcnaa9kx1wUgisDoxORaRoAJuk6T_38Fz/s400/Carving+station.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Elise at the meat carving station.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7nTsYOthqHfJiVnHdspI9oKzExN8xYz4ilA4VQUbTwvMLWyw1ULUWsIn8qxFriVpscNHhND4u6yb4pFK1zLrU7eecw0ZyLCGdh62ckvDJNHc3XmKgDUbrrq2rD3kOvQtz2GcUvOPseI2/s1600-h/Kids'+Buffet-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413057709805440770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7nTsYOthqHfJiVnHdspI9oKzExN8xYz4ilA4VQUbTwvMLWyw1ULUWsIn8qxFriVpscNHhND4u6yb4pFK1zLrU7eecw0ZyLCGdh62ckvDJNHc3XmKgDUbrrq2rD3kOvQtz2GcUvOPseI2/s400/Kids'+Buffet-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Brooke at the kids' buffet table. There was tons of candy, caramel apples, mac and cheese, chicken fingers, and other kid-friendly food items.</span> </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQZzs9Oc6qWDj4yHmpXX4RNj5Gq9huw6VUvqneI2cftuUc1lQJmFsjLxUnG8VUUi49RgI5_G17vMDnLVqq8oeak5gkdv_g1OADN_LOiErdP3Ljnc3VyjSO__9VMCfXEQ-JRjPlx19HZfU/s1600-h/Andrea+%26+Brooke+Imperial+Buffet-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413057679018193250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQZzs9Oc6qWDj4yHmpXX4RNj5Gq9huw6VUvqneI2cftuUc1lQJmFsjLxUnG8VUUi49RgI5_G17vMDnLVqq8oeak5gkdv_g1OADN_LOiErdP3Ljnc3VyjSO__9VMCfXEQ-JRjPlx19HZfU/s400/Andrea+%26+Brooke+Imperial+Buffet-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Panecotta!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ItJThBrf07vAicsLHtZgMYAWlBE4AVP-D7KAg9Y_dg-UPv80fBWqUpsrY9btVS13XIeb6yGnRWGM5F2dc_RIFCAxg6LKV_jsUqN3EaOVuK2TejZD1QXXjY_35E8ZovSw9IK6GW9ggD8T/s1600-h/Jumping+pose.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413059622939536322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ItJThBrf07vAicsLHtZgMYAWlBE4AVP-D7KAg9Y_dg-UPv80fBWqUpsrY9btVS13XIeb6yGnRWGM5F2dc_RIFCAxg6LKV_jsUqN3EaOVuK2TejZD1QXXjY_35E8ZovSw9IK6GW9ggD8T/s400/Jumping+pose.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Brooke and her traditional jumping pose in the Grand America bathroom.</span> </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI4BM9Ts_RZjvKaRs0Jq9IQ9DeDhujVaFMoN3sVnJ6KQTePQgj2s58Hi-XTd7mJsWsactJtlZx5WGA6z27rbTDpLyP5LnC42UTxfNx-_fYsZDsW-nTySEsn9G5Rb29S8pRqvUONNdAnKj/s1600-h/Timi+Brooke+Elise-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413058398089572962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI4BM9Ts_RZjvKaRs0Jq9IQ9DeDhujVaFMoN3sVnJ6KQTePQgj2s58Hi-XTd7mJsWsactJtlZx5WGA6z27rbTDpLyP5LnC42UTxfNx-_fYsZDsW-nTySEsn9G5Rb29S8pRqvUONNdAnKj/s400/Timi+Brooke+Elise-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Timi and Brooke brought a piece of chicken quesadilla to Elise :-)</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2savIDnE-oPNCn_1lvkCKVMnUqi9DpSvwU0yEXwtWW5YtCcftPKmlLLAv9m6pG4O83hXli-VhkfIpu4PZmVjvzsaROCU3CGkLac3s1yvdCVcV88pRooa-WPIdlYrYonktN3iSFvHSsYwZ/s1600-h/With+Paulings-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413058412425548034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2savIDnE-oPNCn_1lvkCKVMnUqi9DpSvwU0yEXwtWW5YtCcftPKmlLLAv9m6pG4O83hXli-VhkfIpu4PZmVjvzsaROCU3CGkLac3s1yvdCVcV88pRooa-WPIdlYrYonktN3iSFvHSsYwZ/s400/With+Paulings-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Emma, Anna, and Bette Pauling came to Salt Lake City to go to breakfast with us.</span></div>
Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-55048409142075048262009-10-31T22:54:00.003-06:002015-10-11T14:10:42.214-06:00Halloween 2009<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofkDx_7ol-0EBjNd8hJnF7QOGmyNfIxZNNGEo9L7zq9o5h4EBzu98m0_Nk3Gwj07cdx1ErIVhPXbxkn_NXKhBLhj-8gnwijY8kgiT0uinasm7Y2auPw_f_NH1PQ1kU36CX15SLCmYcHi4/s1600-h/Halloween+09-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofkDx_7ol-0EBjNd8hJnF7QOGmyNfIxZNNGEo9L7zq9o5h4EBzu98m0_Nk3Gwj07cdx1ErIVhPXbxkn_NXKhBLhj-8gnwijY8kgiT0uinasm7Y2auPw_f_NH1PQ1kU36CX15SLCmYcHi4/s400/Halloween+09-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413065382122868466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Candace pulled a "gun" on Brooke to get some candy ;-)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOL_sCtt5Vyi_XcOeA9oj1A8CmCGaUFP0IHigZH6tI7K3KS623bcyzscBWjN0_-J94HR9svu3dsZTUH7RExuMv4-mvo5_mIkW9TVu629IqxKvz26IgaehScSrbSmZQR4TbJkQfGdEA1KH/s1600-h/Halloween+09-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOL_sCtt5Vyi_XcOeA9oj1A8CmCGaUFP0IHigZH6tI7K3KS623bcyzscBWjN0_-J94HR9svu3dsZTUH7RExuMv4-mvo5_mIkW9TVu629IqxKvz26IgaehScSrbSmZQR4TbJkQfGdEA1KH/s400/Halloween+09-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413065374477616162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Brooke got a "knife" in retaliation LOL.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YM9mQ1VRV6cd2bgx07-bhvH_D8h7Xj03yNVcjDHyRt0RerbCneE1XwrDihjpgp7urXW1vXwRO6GmY9a-6JQLVtLPUsUdjBKG1czYyygtpmWN71YREeXi6TIVWyGV8NVk209CjxPEkrJ1/s1600-h/Halloween+09-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YM9mQ1VRV6cd2bgx07-bhvH_D8h7Xj03yNVcjDHyRt0RerbCneE1XwrDihjpgp7urXW1vXwRO6GmY9a-6JQLVtLPUsUdjBKG1czYyygtpmWN71YREeXi6TIVWyGV8NVk209CjxPEkrJ1/s400/Halloween+09-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413065366375612802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Getting the pumpkin ready for Greg to carve.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhV5XcCzezR9vr1DaSBvgKyrch-thCqfniZ2ZYxnnCiVdCYGFtdc9PYTsgrxwtRcfxvJ5hayQyqCcCFX0Khg-wSPNFQeQrkpYwmDI9aRvgkxvhyXlQe97tYQ1cIol-5oSuxwEiiT1Y-Dk/s1600-h/Iowa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhV5XcCzezR9vr1DaSBvgKyrch-thCqfniZ2ZYxnnCiVdCYGFtdc9PYTsgrxwtRcfxvJ5hayQyqCcCFX0Khg-wSPNFQeQrkpYwmDI9aRvgkxvhyXlQe97tYQ1cIol-5oSuxwEiiT1Y-Dk/s400/Iowa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413065361807418850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Greg with our Iowa Hawkeyes jack-o-lantern.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8mlfMmpuzXLGH28UI93l-XmlSaTgBYmiyNnw42_Ox0DbxLubkn5tXsTZYdITTjEYU3T2-Ze_LB32qucNW5KOP9Jkf-kekceMch7gI2cigDEBM6pzBy2dzEY3bc6PAYj5wn9ZDVel9Zt4/s1600-h/Halloween+09-35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8mlfMmpuzXLGH28UI93l-XmlSaTgBYmiyNnw42_Ox0DbxLubkn5tXsTZYdITTjEYU3T2-Ze_LB32qucNW5KOP9Jkf-kekceMch7gI2cigDEBM6pzBy2dzEY3bc6PAYj5wn9ZDVel9Zt4/s400/Halloween+09-35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413065357435355778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Candace the cowgirl, Brooke the baseball player, Kelsey the cute nerd, and Kayleen the bull fighter :-)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0c74xNiGCbe_oHmzeIBM4bn_QOP-T3t39G4OWyQy76xpq2BzvbQD8bkJdKZIB5EXm5ghcBj-fV5OQs9xQXt2KNdwzh7irsZbB1qpk2nZVs_4gqyQWkEPpqwHIbyIUA846yg1pIUcXxLD/s1600-h/Brent+halloween+card.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0c74xNiGCbe_oHmzeIBM4bn_QOP-T3t39G4OWyQy76xpq2BzvbQD8bkJdKZIB5EXm5ghcBj-fV5OQs9xQXt2KNdwzh7irsZbB1qpk2nZVs_4gqyQWkEPpqwHIbyIUA846yg1pIUcXxLD/s400/Brent+halloween+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413066129626111330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elder Taylor Nickel (Mario) and Elder Brent Jorgensen (Luigi) with their missionary Halloween card.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV78TKVjxb1q9OlwL_qCONwi3iVbNGHHHj4OOuFJu4G8zy3OtEqQQ2vKQucsDDVLqLvHU-I3-r3u2yDsoXSMO7pWLdUlLA0hcg2h1Q2YrjcyqfyM2M-xcChRhI50L07yscTpR9FC5gXcfz/s1600-h/Brian+and+Elise+Halloween.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV78TKVjxb1q9OlwL_qCONwi3iVbNGHHHj4OOuFJu4G8zy3OtEqQQ2vKQucsDDVLqLvHU-I3-r3u2yDsoXSMO7pWLdUlLA0hcg2h1Q2YrjcyqfyM2M-xcChRhI50L07yscTpR9FC5gXcfz/s400/Brian+and+Elise+Halloween.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413066135068581794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian as infomercial king "Billy Mays" and Elise as internet sensation "play him off Keyboard Cat."<br /></span></span></div>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-62558320320443358422009-09-26T23:48:00.000-06:002015-10-11T14:10:42.235-06:002009 Homecoming!Brooke went with some of her best friends to homecoming as they are freshman and too young to date. Candace's mom, Bernice, and I took them to dinner and then we worked the coat check for the first few hours of the dance. Here are a few pictures from their evening...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZLt5ojPE_E0n_m7a3iDB7InvI04RN8f3sF4qHFW2oV_J34HKumG-qbveQnKiaXWLfPUPrWWLT_BRBgIWolhIrpnOMVcdCeeyKfAt9Jh9Ai4sp3qmpAre-GAkIc8H5YrF_7ScDAjL80yz/s1600-h/Yanni's+800-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389146762565270386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZLt5ojPE_E0n_m7a3iDB7InvI04RN8f3sF4qHFW2oV_J34HKumG-qbveQnKiaXWLfPUPrWWLT_BRBgIWolhIrpnOMVcdCeeyKfAt9Jh9Ai4sp3qmpAre-GAkIc8H5YrF_7ScDAjL80yz/s400/Yanni's+800-1.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a><strong><em>Here they are arriving at Yanni's for dinner. </em></strong></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TjleuP1sma60eEO43aqextIHS2qD8Sr_9bjCH8dnBcUqr7_lepnokrp4h7l9GbVr11q0ZaSY-yPzSRZqNzqqVKOIBtPmwPwIeGij7RohP-KkXfY6wHe6LMCI_2oD8oJrABVAMURlGrDk/s1600-h/Yanni's+800-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389146755141790194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TjleuP1sma60eEO43aqextIHS2qD8Sr_9bjCH8dnBcUqr7_lepnokrp4h7l9GbVr11q0ZaSY-yPzSRZqNzqqVKOIBtPmwPwIeGij7RohP-KkXfY6wHe6LMCI_2oD8oJrABVAMURlGrDk/s400/Yanni's+800-2.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a> <strong><em>A toast to friendship :-)</em></strong></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayqZce8ey2qvLxJsahPGxao5D6MNrsmh0MxmcoEzs0_-cdW-sNJLnjMUNjIwj2U2qhidClUTUasIdMcF6KNQP24NM5zA9Odd41MUhv7Yvg1nzBR-pZqOlSQrlQQeXZzSZpp80Wqv_VHqq/s1600-h/Red+wall+800-10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389146751466910290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayqZce8ey2qvLxJsahPGxao5D6MNrsmh0MxmcoEzs0_-cdW-sNJLnjMUNjIwj2U2qhidClUTUasIdMcF6KNQP24NM5zA9Odd41MUhv7Yvg1nzBR-pZqOlSQrlQQeXZzSZpp80Wqv_VHqq/s400/Red+wall+800-10.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a><strong><em>Candace, Kelsey, Brooke, Makenzie, and Kayleen had me take a few pics of them on Central. </em></strong></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WTa29c0GzdT90Kq3KW-Nu7kiSCD5rZTUi4PtlCfkaWaSKoGX0AWpSsxlQBgiFLlb1d_ueonwh9tgbKNvBDhhOvEFhIdS9_0Uw0mvqCNWg2xcdmN3orOIuPle9o8nUdGATZsZ9CPbUhy-/s1600-h/Shoes+800-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389146741993280738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WTa29c0GzdT90Kq3KW-Nu7kiSCD5rZTUi4PtlCfkaWaSKoGX0AWpSsxlQBgiFLlb1d_ueonwh9tgbKNvBDhhOvEFhIdS9_0Uw0mvqCNWg2xcdmN3orOIuPle9o8nUdGATZsZ9CPbUhy-/s400/Shoes+800-1.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a><strong><em> Shoe shot.</em></strong></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56OD72SWD-dGGs1G2EUnXyUCxtLeNH-ijYGQyi8X4vAMJICWcKQq2A94U9I65Jmdw4RnUHhzvjFibe1JcgB1dkBKFski9p2inGWsrRXiwTRPRnfZWmnIZT0An3gXR0Di9qgy6W7V1bNkY/s1600-h/Laughing+800-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389146738191877106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56OD72SWD-dGGs1G2EUnXyUCxtLeNH-ijYGQyi8X4vAMJICWcKQq2A94U9I65Jmdw4RnUHhzvjFibe1JcgB1dkBKFski9p2inGWsrRXiwTRPRnfZWmnIZT0An3gXR0Di9qgy6W7V1bNkY/s400/Laughing+800-1.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a> <strong><em>Say something funny Candace...</em></strong></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GFhyphenhyphenVFaffBN6V_FlswVUqAhVnh9-Qy5A09lNe91uEZ3jtBCjeXOqtdFBuG3TkfLEjk2HqWT3p_0z9dJjJdJ6RVQL6fT_K7g7qs7nBpM7LW_wZkQnm3H828HKnjKxcn4vLahU1eZakJ4U/s1600-h/After+dance+800-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389146418469504418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GFhyphenhyphenVFaffBN6V_FlswVUqAhVnh9-Qy5A09lNe91uEZ3jtBCjeXOqtdFBuG3TkfLEjk2HqWT3p_0z9dJjJdJ6RVQL6fT_K7g7qs7nBpM7LW_wZkQnm3H828HKnjKxcn4vLahU1eZakJ4U/s400/After+dance+800-1.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a> <strong><em>With some of their friends after the dance.</em></strong><br /><br /><br /></p>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928853069999909324.post-66239001156369519752009-09-24T09:35:00.004-06:002015-10-11T14:10:42.242-06:00Superhero/Villain Day for Homecoming WeekBrooke liked this shirt she got a few weeks ago with a broken heart so we decided that she would be a villainess for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Superhero/Villain Day</span> named: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Heartbreaker</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Here's the story behind her villainess...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Brooke Jorgensen has been unlucky at love despite trying to be the best girlfriend she can be. Her one true love broke up with her in a jealous rage despite her being true and faithful. She decides that she is tired of being "nice" and thinks that if she cannot have her one true love, no one else should be able to have a true love...and that is why she is now known as "The Heartbreaker.</span><span style="font-style: italic;">"<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdFXLIB5xDuHpTWzUk4yHJr-G792FzYiSF5o_NGZr9mZZByxS_CUd5zFFNzKOoMw-8Tc7e2bQVz4f6W21uSekRRgC6SxmwStCVjdj27NWC0SbdbH7EuON41yawb5k9-8YM2LU-Gvy8P3V/s1600-h/Heartbreaker-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdFXLIB5xDuHpTWzUk4yHJr-G792FzYiSF5o_NGZr9mZZByxS_CUd5zFFNzKOoMw-8Tc7e2bQVz4f6W21uSekRRgC6SxmwStCVjdj27NWC0SbdbH7EuON41yawb5k9-8YM2LU-Gvy8P3V/s400/Heartbreaker-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385054675990281922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Here's the front of her costume.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEMUMizxyuIVvBIuKu8QRpaobeUZ0DB2sjn9aqLO0AU-69zvRhcroWrTQ-EphiQF4NLs5wzCZt9DBvgUO1mCDtls-bgtJ3tJAhEeB4E0H4AxhEg0VUxECY2pP7CBMCmOgcIJh3TOhVhil/s1600-h/Heartbreaker-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEMUMizxyuIVvBIuKu8QRpaobeUZ0DB2sjn9aqLO0AU-69zvRhcroWrTQ-EphiQF4NLs5wzCZt9DBvgUO1mCDtls-bgtJ3tJAhEeB4E0H4AxhEg0VUxECY2pP7CBMCmOgcIJh3TOhVhil/s400/Heartbreaker-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385054673300837362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Here's the back of her cape. Special thanks to Cindy Webb for sewing the cape :-)</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Cheryl J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599118013647702noreply@blogger.com3