tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83606463973427591342024-02-18T20:47:25.304-05:00The Salty BreezeThe Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-72377722354430688182015-11-29T21:29:00.000-05:002015-11-29T21:29:01.931-05:00Time for Christmas Decorating!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello, lovely readers! It is our tradition to decorate the hose for Christmas as soon as we can after Thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But first,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> . . . we have to take down the fall decorations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Chrissa, Elizabeth! I brought in all the Christmas decor!" Georgia announced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You buried Sugar!" I helped my puppy climb out from under the garland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wow, Georgia. You got everything except the kitchen sink!" Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Close." Georgia corrected. "I brought everything except the Christmas tree. Dad said he would bring it out of the garage."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother sighed. "I wish we bought real trees."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"But Mom, why slaughter an innocent tree when a fake one does the job just as well?" Chrissa asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'll buy you a pine candle." I offered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thank you, Elizabeth." she smiled. "Why don't you help me decorate the kitchen?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'd love to!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mother and I brought the decorations into the kitchen, and started setting them up. Across the hall, Father had just brought the tree in with Chrissa's help. The three of them rearranged the living room to fit the tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia walked in. "Can we borrow the broom? The floor under the couch was dusty, and Chrissa said she'd sweep it up."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I handed the broom to her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thanks!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We could hear the swish and sweep of the broom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Careful!" Georgia sneezed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Elizabeth," Mother said, "would you please go turn on some Christmas music?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That's a wonderful idea! What shall I put in?" I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"How about that Michel W. Smith album - Strings of Christmas?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia overheared our conversation. "I love that one! Turn it up louder, please!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Of course Miss Violinist would love it." Chrissa said. "I wanted something I could sing along to."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You'll live." Georgia replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Dad, can you help me get the lights on?" Chrissa asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm going to plug them in, and then I will." Father said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "I just love bright colors." Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh!" Georgia exclaimed. "It's Joy to the World! I'm playing that one this year at my Christmas recital."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"No wonder it sound so familiar." Chrissa said. She winked a Georgia. "It's not like I've heard you practicing it all the time."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia laughed, her eyes twinkling just as much as the lights as she got out the tinsel. "I'm sorry, Chrissa. I just love that song."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mother doesn't need my help in the kitchen anymore, so may I assist you three?" I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You can help us decorate the tree." Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yea, we're just about to put the tinsel." Georgia added, handing me the bundle of white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Working together, we wound the tinsel around the tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Time for the ornaments!" Georgia announced. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "How many do you think I can hold in my hand at once?" Chrissa picked up bulbs and hung them on her fingers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Four?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nope - seven!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Impressive."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Last one!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Make sure you space them evenly." Georgia said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Of course." I agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Let's unplug the lights while we put on the last set of ornaments." Chrissa said. "That way, we can have a final dramatic finish."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "We're almost done." I hung another snowflake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yep." Chrissa agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'll go plug in the lights for your dramatic effect." Georgia said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "It looks fabulous!" Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Quite so." I agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I just love decorating for Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's our Nativity scene. You mustn't forget what Christmas is all about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I admired Mother's work in the kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right down to the little bows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hi all! My sisters and I were in Michigan two weeks ago for fall break. We were all so glad for a break from school (we started on August 3!) and had a great time with our grandparents. Dad and Elizabeth pretty much lived in the library, Georgia and Mom watched Pride and Prejudice (the 6 hour BBC version), and I hung out with Grandma and Grandpa. My uncle, aunt and cousins (Victoria, McKenna, and Kit) flew up for the second weekend, and on Saturday my grandparents took us to the Toledo Zoo. They have membership there, so Elizabeth, Georgia, McKenna, and I got in for free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> At a pumpkin farm that we visit every year, they have this lovely pumpkin carriage. Sadly this one doesn't have Cinderella inside. :^)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we were waiting to get in the zoo, we noticed that the zoo was having what they called "Little Boo" where, for a price, you could go trick-or-treating in the zoo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once we got in, our first stop was the "Arctic Encounter".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I wonder how many girls there are dressed up as Elsa or Anna." McKenna pondered as two sisters dressed up as the queen and princess passed us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Let's keep track."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chrissa, I really think you should take off that cape." Georgia gazed disapprovingly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"But it's awesome!" I replied. "Besides, I've seen lots of costumes around."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On children."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elizabeth, watching us carefully, changed the subject. "Look! There's a seal now."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Aw! It's so cute!" McKenna exclaimed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I can't wait to see the otters." I sighed. Last year, when we visited, we had lots of fun watching the otters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Me too!" Georgia agreed. "Seals and otters are so cute."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Look, girls, that polar bear is right next to the glass!" Grandma said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Cool!" I said. "I want to see the gray wolves now." We all walked over, but we didn't see any of the wolves. Maybe they taking an afternoon nap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Africa exhibit was closed for upgrades, so we stared walking to the bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm really excited to see the new aquarium." Elizabeth commented. "It sounds fascinating."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We are too." Grandpa agreed. "Your Grandma and I haven't been to the zoo since it opened."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I watched the cars pass underneath us as we crossed the bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oo! Penguins!" Georgia pointed to an enclosure next to the aquarium. "Let's go take a look."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Two more Elsas and an Anna." McKenna ticked off on her fingers. "That brings us up to 6 Anna costumes, and 9 Elsa ones."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's strange how popular Frozen still is, you know?" I said. "It came out in 2013!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I love seeing all the cute costumes." Elizabeth smiled. "I wish I had a Belle gown like that little girl's."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm happy with my cape." I twirled on the concrete outside the aquarium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Shall we go in?" Grandma asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We oo-ed and ah-ed over all the aquatic creatures. I thought these jellyfish looked like underwater moons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to admit, the Toledo zoo's aquarium was really cool! They had all kinds of different animals, fish, and plants. The building was a lot bigger than I expected, and was happy to have benches to sit on. ;^)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chrissa! Look at these, um. interesting fish!" McKenna called.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh! Well, this is a very <i>interesting</i> fish." I said. "He doesn't look very happy, does he?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Indeed not." Elizabeth agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the aquarium, we walked on the "Tembo Trail".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We're almost to the otters!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"YAY!!!" I dragged everyone along with me. "Hurry!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We're coming, Chrissa!" Elizabeth laughed. "Goodness!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone said something about a hippo, so I paused for a moment to snap a picture before racing on to see those otters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"They're so cute!" I was following the otter's every move with the camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Whew! It doesn't smell to good in here."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Way to ruin the moment, Georgia!" I said, not looking up from the camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I just love otters." I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I never would have guessed, Chrissa."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Look!" I exclaimed, camera firing rapidly. "It's eating a pumpkin! That's so cute!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Do you think otters like pumpkin pie?" Grandma asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Probably not." Elizabeth said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On the contrary, my dear, <i>I</i> think they would." I retorted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"With their adorable paws, of course!" I stated, placing my hands on my hips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Was it something I said?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From there, we saw elephants, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> . . . and tigers. Georgia said she liked his coat. I said I liked his smile. We all laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all, we had a great visit to Michigan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you could travel anywhere (for free!), where would you go?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello, lovely readers! A week before last Saturday, Mother and I visited South Park City in Fairplay, Colorado. Father, Georgia and Chrissa went hiking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">South Park City is a restored 1880's mining town. Seven of it's thirty-five buildings are original to the site, while the others were moved from other old mining towns in the surrounding area. Leon H. Snyder, the man who first had the idea, thought that if all the historic mining buildings were moved into one spot, they could be better protected against fire and vandalism. Also, the public could better enjoy the rich history. After two summers of hard work, over 40,000 donations of period-correct items, South Park City opened to the public in 1959, precisely 100 years after the first gold find in Tarryall Creek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were sad to miss the Annual Living History Celebration, which occurred this weekend. But now we're back in hot, sticky Florida.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the tour guide map, there are 42 stops. Let's get started, shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Remember - the text is below the picture it applies to, and not all 42 stops have their own picture.*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#1. The Father Dyer Memorial Chapel. (You can see Fairplay on the other side of the fence).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Father John Dyer was a Methodist circuit rider, so he preached wherever he could find an audience. To compensate for his low pay as a minister, he as worked as a mail carrier. He was called "The Snowshoe Itinerant", for in Colorado, snow is ever-present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#2 is a smokehouse, where they smoked meat to preserve it for the long winter months. <i>~Building Original To Site~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#3. South Park Brewery. Where beer used to be produced. Now, in the basement there is a cool collection of arrowheads from the Ute Native Americans, some mini mining dioramas, and a educational video about the history of South Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upstairs, they show what looks like a very fancy house, with some posed mannequins, old dollhouses, and beautiful china.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#4. Rache's Place, a saloon. Slightly disturbing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#5. Pioneer Home. This house was furnished with items from actually South Park pioneer families. Do you see that bedspread? It was hand-crocheted!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here you can see some of the china dishware in the house's dinning room. <i>~Building Original To Site~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#6. Summer Saloon. Two saloons in one town! <i>~BOTS~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#7. Garo Cabin. This building was resorted to hold all the equipment a pioneer woman would need to clean and fix her family's wardrobe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#8. Park City Court House. This was originally in the mining town Buckskin Joe, which used to be the county seat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#9. Assay Office. Where a miner could find out the value and grade of his silver or gold ore. That was fun to look around in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#10. Alma Queen "Mine". This reconstruction of hard rock mine was lovely and safe because it was only around twelve feet deep. You then turned right and went up a few stairs to walk back out into sunshine. This picture was taken at the top of the stairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#11. Head House. This small "locker room" was were miners could dry off their wet clothes in between shifts. It was also there to discourage stealing from the mine, as an overseer would stand in close watch as the miners changed from mining into street clothes. If a miner was caught trying to slip a gold nugget from his pocket to street clothes, he would immediately loose his job and the other mines in the area would be advised not to give him a job. It wasn't really worth the risk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#12. Gallows Frame. This is where a bucket could be lowered down into the mine to be loaded with ore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#13. Mining Mill. Where the gold was extracted form the ore by use of a crushing mill, stamp mill, and other equipment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#14. Burro Room. The burro, or mule, was vital to miners bringing heavy materials over the mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#15. Transportation Shed. This is where early vehicles were kept. In this picture, you can see a sled that used to go dashing through the snow . . . <i>~BOTS~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#16. Wagon Barn. Where a rare Abbot-Dawning & Co. Mud Wagon and a camp wagon (think early RV) are displayed. <i>~BOTS~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#17. South Park City Depot. A train station that holds artifacts from the three railroads that served South Park City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#18. Narrow Gauge Train. This locomotive is a basic model of the trains used by Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#19. Trapper's Cabin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#20. Caboose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the caboose, we took a break for lunch. We had our tickets stamped so we could come back in afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we came back in, we walked all the way back up main street to start on the other side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#21. Rost Barn. This was a small barn where cows were kept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#22. Homestead. This reminded me of the Little House series. It was what a early pioneer family would have lived in, and had only two rooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#23. Star Livery. Another small barn, but instead of cows this housed horses and rigs. You could either board a horse here or rent one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#24. Stage Barn. A large barn where stage teams were cared for while their owners ate at the Stage Coach Inn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#25. Stage Coach Inn. Travelers could enjoy a hot meal and warm bed as a intermission to a long journey west.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#26. Hoffman Bros. Blacksmith Shop. In mining towns, blacksmiths were vital. They were the only ones who could make and fix mining equipment. Some mines employed their own blacksmiths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#27. Diorama Building. This building held mining dioramas created by Hank Gentsch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#28. School House. This cheery red building used to sit in Garo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#29. Morgue and Carpenter Shop. The town carpenter's primary work was coffins, as mining took lives as well as the fact that children would often die young back then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#30. Sumner Collection. A vast variety of items from Native American to Victorian times, collected by Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Sumner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#31. Barbershop. Where miners had their hair cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#32. Dentist Office. Victorian age decorating and utensils. Slightly frightening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#33. Covered Well. A luxury to have near one's home or business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#34. Ranger Station. Moved from some isolated area. Early Forest Rangers were self-sufficient and rugged men.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#35. Mayer Home. This house was owned by Colonel Frank Mayer, a author, Civil War soldier, and buffalo hunter. One of the rooms held his guns, and two elk heads were mounted on the kitchen walls. <i>~BOTS~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#36. Doctor's Office. Here you can see the traveling doctor's kit - that huge saw was used for amputation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#37. South Park Sentinel. Similar to many found in early mining towns, the newspaper office was fully functional.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlT575fqa2epGHukXZQIhThhRrEt4ZpTVHDozuV2Cs6RdNDkhkZmDV3KyuTf-fHTZjuBAbrT9EPka3SevODbmBal9QcejACn-E0jHKb7KQMkyQLHsGcRWua9dL3FhSn3Lxsb_X90K3svr/s1600/TS0-1765.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlT575fqa2epGHukXZQIhThhRrEt4ZpTVHDozuV2Cs6RdNDkhkZmDV3KyuTf-fHTZjuBAbrT9EPka3SevODbmBal9QcejACn-E0jHKb7KQMkyQLHsGcRWua9dL3FhSn3Lxsb_X90K3svr/s640/TS0-1765.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#38. Simpkin's General Store. Any need or whim of the 19th century community could be met in this two-story general store. I wouldn't mind shopping there myself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#39. Old Lodge Hall. A Masonic lodge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#40. Bank of Alma. This bank was the scene of a dramatic holdup in 1935, and contains many of the same features it did then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#41. J.A. Merriam Drug Store. This was like a combined ice cream parlor and CVS (or Wallgreens, if you prefer). They even sold a product called "cureall", which was claimed to be able to cure any disease.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#42. Company Store. The end of the tour, of course, held a gift shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had so much fun exploring this old mining town!</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-3676983907569301612015-08-02T20:46:00.004-04:002015-08-02T20:46:57.998-04:00Our Pen Pals Made a Blog!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi all! We've mentioned Melodie, Lexi, and possibly their sister Morgan, who are some of our pen pals. They comment on our blog quite often (thank you for that!). Anyway, they started a blog called The Tennessee Girls. Here's the link: <a href="http://thetngirlsdollblog.blogspot.com/">http://thetngirlsdollblog.blogspot.com</a>. We'd love if you'd check it out!</span></div>
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P.S. Elizabeth doesn't want me to give any spoilers, but she has an awesome post planned that she'll put up in a few days.The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-29382015916442872522015-07-17T22:21:00.001-04:002015-07-17T22:21:40.227-04:00Up Old Fall River Road in RMNP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hello, lovely readers! Last Sunday, after church in Estes Park, we drove into Rocky Mountain National Park for the afternoon, Since Old Fall River Road was open, we drove up to the Alpine Visitor's Center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Along the road, one can stop at different scenic spots to enjoy the view: or in this case a waterfall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Come on, slowpokes!" Chrissa raced down the path.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Honestly, Chrissa," I smiled, "we are coming. You needn't be rude about it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"And, I am not a slowpoke." Georgia tilted her chin upwards. "<i>I</i> just don't want to run around like a crazy dog."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Why, Georgia, since when was I a crazy dog?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ever since you were a puppy." Georgia whispered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I heard that!" Chrissa turned around and kept walking, backwards. "I am so . . . honored."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ugh!" Georgia said good-naturally. "You're about to trip." she added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Chrissa whirled around and jumped on the rock. "Here we are!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hmm." I muttered. "1/1250th of a second or 1/15th?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, I was trying to decide what shutter speed to use for the waterfall." I explained. "At 1/15th of a second, the water would look silky, but I think there's already to much light for that. 1/1250th, on the other hand, would freeze the motion. I shall go with 1/1250th."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's the picture. I experimented with a slow shutter speed too, but the picture was overexposed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We walked back to the car and continued to drive up the road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It was a beautiful day to be in the park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Some little mountain flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We saw this cute little Marmot on the road. It's always fun to see wildlife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's Old Fall River Road. It's a gorgeous drive. We rolled down our windows and let the mountain air blow in our hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As the "river" part of the name suggests, we enjoyed listening to the rushing water for parts of the ride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We stopped to eat lunch at a picnic spot. We had packed a loaf of french bread, cheese, grapes, cherries, peanut butter, jelly, and crackers. It was delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As we neared the Alpine Visitor's Center, my mom spotted a few elk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Trail Ridge Store and Cafe was named for the paved road that leads to it. We drove up Trail Ridge Road the first Sunday that we were here, and it was snowing! In June, no less. Every Sunday since we arrived, we drove up into the Park. It's been so fun, but this Sunday will be our last time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After looking in the gift shop for a little while (and buying some postcards for our pen pals) our parents offered that we could drive down the other side of Trail Ridge Road, that we had not yet seen. My sisters and I all agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here was the view from one of the scenic overpasses. I thoroughly enjoy being in Colorado and the mountains. In our family, we joke that the highest place in Florida is Mount Trash-more, the landfill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At Milner Pass, we got to see the continental divide. I was on Atlantic Ocean drainage, Chrissa in the middle, and Georgia on Pacific Ocean drainage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We walked down to Lake Poudre, but didn't go all the way down, for it was rather muddy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lake was quite beautiful, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all,we had a wonderful day in Rocky Mountain National Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hi all! Life has been a little cray-cray lately, so I am glad to be able to post again. We are now in Colorado (and have been so since June 5). This walk actually happened a couple weeks ago while we were still in Nebraska, but you can enjoy it all the same!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After a yummy picnic dinner (that included the watermelon you see here), Nana, Papa, Mom, and Dad talked while my sisters and I walked around the park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Georgia took the lead as we enjoyed the setting sun and soft light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Along the path, we found some beautiful purple flowers. They smelled like rain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Come on, it would be fun!" I tried to convince my reluctant sisters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't you think we're a little old for tag?" Georgia said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I don't know, Chrissa." Elizabeth sighed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You know you want to! Please?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, very well."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yay!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Look out behind you, Chrissa!" Georgia warned as Elizabeth reached out to tag me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Georgia!" Elizabeth laughed as I bounded away. "I almost had her!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Now where did she go?" Elizabeth said. Little did she know I had climbed the tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I laughed quietly - or so I thought! Elizabeth squeezed my foot and smiled. "You're It!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After we finished our game, we walked over to a petite, pretty plot of daises.</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-19985533632137073522015-06-03T11:31:00.001-04:002015-06-03T11:31:36.659-04:00Liberty and Chrissa's Frozen Birthday Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello, lovely readers! We have had such a wonderful time with our cousins, I didn't want to take a break to post. Marie-Grace, Jewel and Liberty left two days ago, sadly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But Liberty and Chrissa's joint birthday was lots of fun! Chrissa invited our cousins Victoria, McKenna, and Kit, while Liberty invited her friends Addy, Jubilee, and Sarah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since Chrissa's birthday, as you know, was May 14th and Liberty's birthday is June 11th, the two of them wanted to have a party while we were together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the guests were asked to come dressed as their favorite Frozen character. When we had all assembled, proper introductions followed for those of us who didn't know each other. We also tried to guess who was which character.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Are you dressed as Elsa?" Georgia asked Jewel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes, I am. Are you Anna?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes! How did you guess?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Your two braids speak for themselves." Jewel replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I turned to Marie-Grace. "What character are you?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm just one of the ladies from the coronation scene." Marie explained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Really?" Victoria asked. "So am I!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Good to see you again, Kit!" Jubilee said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's interesting to make your acquaintance at this gathering." Kit replied while raising her eyebrows and winking at her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I like your nose, Kit." Chrissa commented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thank you. I made the whole costume myself in my sleep."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">McKenna, who overheard, coughed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kit grinned. "McKenna may have helped a little." Then she leaned over to Chrissa and whispered, "Or maybe not at all."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Uh, can Chrissa and I open presents now?" Liberty requested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That sounds fine to me." Chrissa agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Please, open the gifts from us first, Chrissa." Marie-Grace said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sounds good!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Frozen headphones? Awesome!" Chrissa exclaimed. "And what's this?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's a game I made." Jewel said. "On each of the cards is a little story, and each player is dealt three cards. The rest of the cards are left in a stack. On your turn, you either draw a new card and discard one you don't want or you trade with another player. The goal is to be the first player to have a coherent story."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Cool! Could we play it after we finish with the gifts?" Chrissa asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A chorus of "Sure!" and "That sounds fun!" came from the guests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thank you, Gardeners!" Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're welcome." Marie-Grace, Jewel, and Liberty replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Libby, will you please open the gift from us next?" Georgia offered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Okay!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Is this what I think it is?" Liberty said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"If you think that it's an Olaf shirt, then you're right!" Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yay! Now I can match you, Rissa!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Isn't it great? Elizabeth made it!" Chrissa replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thanks Edwards!" Liberty said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're welcome." Georgia, Chrissa and I replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Here - this is from Addy, Sarah and I." Jubilee said to my sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What a fabulous snowman bucket!" Chrissa said happily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I know it's not Olaf, but -" Addy began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's wonderful!" Chrissa assured her. "We can use it to vote for costume contest winner."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There's a contest?!" Kit exclaimed. "Things just got way more interesting."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yea, I forgot to tell you." Chrissa said. "Okay, so for each character we will have a winner. So there will be a winner in the Elsa category, the Olaf category, the Anna category, and so on. Everyone gets to vote once in each category."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When are we going to vote?" Sarah asked with her lovely British accent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"After the game."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all played Jewel's story game, and then had a snack of sandwiches and blizzard punch. While we were eating the guests voted for the costume contest winners. Then we all went outside to the photo both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First we took a group picture. From left to right: (back row) Jewel, me, Victoria, Liberty, Chrissa, Kit, Jubilee, (front row) Sarah, McKenna, Georgia, Addy, and Marie-Grace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you see the baby that Addy is holding? That's her new little sister, Emily. She was sleeping most of the party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jewel, Sarah and I were dressed as Elsa. I was "Colonial" Elsa and Sarah was "Modern" Elsa. Jewel won (the winner is always in the center).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victoria, Addy, and Marie-Grace were Coronation guests, Addy being the winner in this category.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jubilee, Kit, and Chrissa were dressed as Olaf. Kit won.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia and McKenna were Anna, and Georgia came out victorious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since Liberty was the only one dressed as Sven, she won that character.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sarah,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me, Elizabeth,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jewel,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Addy (and Emily!),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marie-Grace,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victoria,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kit,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrissa,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liberty,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jubilee,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, McKenna.</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-84151326380967398952015-05-23T18:35:00.003-04:002015-05-23T18:35:45.956-04:00Hello, Nebraska!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! Last Thursday my sisters and I flew to Nebraska! We are staying in my awesome Nana and Poppa's house for now, but on Monday we going to drive (or more accurately, my parents are going to drive) down to our cousin's house. I am way excited to see Jewel (and Libby and Marie, too)!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's all for now. Elizabeth will be posting soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_1403670051"></span><span id="goog_1403670052"></span>P.S. Shout out to our cousins for posting about our coming! (<a href="http://sandhilladventuresadollblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/welcome.html">http://sandhilladventuresadollblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/welcome.html</a>)</span>The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-5675259685277103432015-05-15T13:29:00.005-04:002015-05-16T18:25:44.099-04:00Happy Birthday to Yours Truly!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hi all! Yesterday was my birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Happy Birthday, Chrissa!" my sisters greeted me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Happy Birthday, dear." Mom said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Thanks!" I replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "What gift do you want to open?" Georgia said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Actually, we're going to have breakfast first." Mom reminded her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mom made blueberry muffins with the blueberries that we picked last month (I'm surprised we still had some left).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Here, open this one." Elizabeth suggested, handing me a wrapped gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Okay!" I ripped though the paper. "Oh, these are really cute!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inside were a cute, magenta shirt and striped shorts. I've noticed that if I get clothing for my birthday, I usually open it before I get dressed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got dressed, and asked Elizabeth to do my hair. Both my sisters still had schoolwork, but thankfully Mom let me take the day off. After lunch, the doorbell rang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Victoria? McKenna? Kit?" I heard Georgia ask. "What are you all doing here?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"SURPRISE!!!" Kit yelled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Happy Birthday, Chrissa!" Victoria greeted me as I came downstairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes, Happy Birthday." McKenna said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thanks!" I said. "I'm so glad you came over. I know it's a long drive here from your house."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, I burned our house down." Kit said nonchalantly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You did <i>what</i>?" Georgia looked alarmed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I burned it down, so we're moving in with you peeps."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She's joking." McKenna assured us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I am not! Look, I'll show you a picture on my new iPhone." Kit said, pulling out a iPhone 6.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Where did that come from?" I questioned my unpredictable cousin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're cute, Chrissa." she replied, standing on our couch and patting my head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You are ridiculous." I said, poking her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victoria turned to Elizabeth. "Did the package arrive in time?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elizabeth nodded. "That's why we weren't expecting you. The gift is upstairs on the table."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Let's go up to the kitchen so Chrissa can open the rest of her gifts." Georgia suggested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all crowded into the kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oo, I wonder what's in here." I opened a gift bag. It was a jar of strawberry jelly! "Thanks, Mom!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're welcome, Chrissa."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just then, the doorbell rang again. "I'll get it!" Georgia said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She came back in, looking puzzled. Georgia whispered something in Elizabeth's ear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elizabeth smiled. "I forgot we never introduced you to Holly."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But Holly wasn't the only one at the door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holly was followed by three other girls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hello, Chrissa! Oh! Is today your birthday?" She spotted the pile of gifts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes, it is."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, happy birthday then! I just wanted to introduce you to my friends. Are we interrupting? We could come back later."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"No, I'd love for you all to join the party!" I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wonderful! Now, let me do some introductions."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gesturing to the taller girl behind her, Holly said "This is my roommate, Cerise - I think I told you about her already."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm Apple." said the blond girl. "I'm also one of Holly's roommates."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"And I'm Poppy." the third girl said, scratching the back of her head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She's my sister." Holly added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Everybody go around the circle and say you name." I said to my cousins and sisters. "I'm Chrissa."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm Georgia." my sister said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm Elizabeth."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm Victoria."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I am the fabulous Kit-doodles."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"And I'm McKenna."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wow! I didn't know you had so many sisters!" Holly said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Actually, Victoria, McKenna and Kit are our cousins." Georgia explained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, that makes more sense."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Let's go back into the living room." Elizabeth said. "There are more places to sit."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">McKenna and Elizabeth sat on chairs they brought in from the kitchen. Kit, Georgia and I sat on the couch. Holly, Apple and Poppy sat on the coffee table, and Victoria and Cerise stood against the wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hmm, which one should I open?" I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Open the gift from us!" Kit insisted. "It's the one with the purple balloon."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"How nice of you to remember that purple is my fave color." I said as I opened the gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"If I had know it was your birthday I would have brought you a gift." Holly said thoughtfully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That's totally fine." I assured her. "Don't worry about it!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Do you like the socks?" Kit asked. They had given me two pairs - one rainbow, and one that looks like soccer balls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yea, they're really fun! Thanks cousins!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're welcome."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Here, open this one from me next." Georgia said, handing me a wrapped box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tore the paper off to reveal a pair of green sandals. "Thanks, Georgia."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're welcome! I think they match the outfit you're wearing right now."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Select your next victim." Kit said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That's rather morbid, Kit." Victoria said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'll open this one next." I picked up a tissue paper wrapped present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oo, a snow globe from New Orleans!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Do you like it?" Mom asked. "Dad got that for you when he was there."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's really fun! Thanks, Mom and Dad."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're welcome."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I know you'll love this one." Elizabeth said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An OLAF dress!?" I squealed. "This is AWESOME!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mother bought the fabric, and I made it." Elizabeth said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thank you so much! I just LOVE it!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the little gold box was a cute puppy necklace from my Nana, and in the last big box was a fun rainbow blanket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here you can see the shoes from Georgia, the globe from New Orleans, the socks from my cousins, the <i>amaze</i> Olaf dress, and the rainbow blanket under it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Let's all sing happy birthday!" Holly said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia looked at Elizabeth. "Are you ready?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My eldest sister nodded. "Chrissa, we decided that we wanted to do something different and re-wrote the classic 'Happy Birthday' song just for you."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw0PKMD3gGyjnrsohmttIS2mRB9nD9IRENClA5H-mkfq0ZH4zIMSg5OL22iTl0sFZeQwxK0O9OENPU2fJD5yx2jnneL-uLNLepb9BiI0v4BUgfNx-jrWjZtnxKOhqGzHUFaSxbpsrWB4i/s1600/TS0-1688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw0PKMD3gGyjnrsohmttIS2mRB9nD9IRENClA5H-mkfq0ZH4zIMSg5OL22iTl0sFZeQwxK0O9OENPU2fJD5yx2jnneL-uLNLepb9BiI0v4BUgfNx-jrWjZtnxKOhqGzHUFaSxbpsrWB4i/s640/TS0-1688.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia pulled out her violin. "We'll teach all of you the words so you can sing along. It goes like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Happy Birthday, Chrissa,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You know we all love ya</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We enjoy your sense of humor,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Happy Birthday forever!</i>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All my friends sang along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who do you like to spend your birthday with?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hello lovely readers! If you missed the first part, read this post (<a href="http://thesaltysadollblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/odd-happenings.html">Odd Happenings</a>) before continuing. Otherwise it will seem like a Jeopardy game - hearing the answer and trying to guess the question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Wednesdays are Georgia's violin lesson, so she was heading out the door, but stopped to ask me something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Elizabeth?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Can you make sure Chrissa doesn't eat all the Sun Chips while I'm gone? I'm trying to make them last all week."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I smiled. "Of course."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thanks!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I was enjoying some tea in my Yellowstone mug from last summer when I heard the front door slam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hey Elizabeth!" Chrissa called up the stairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Come down here - there's someone I want you to meet. She's the girl I was talking about a few Fridays ago. Remember?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Er, I think so." I said. "I'm coming."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Who is this?" I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Hello! I'm Holly O'Hair." The girl said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Elizabeth, this is Holly." Chrissa introduced. "Holly, this is my sister Elizabeth."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nice to meet you." I said, reaching down to shake her hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nice to meet you too!" Holly smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Might I ask you a question?" I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Go ahead."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Are you dressed up like Anna from Frozen?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes!" Holly replied. "I really love the movie and since I'm a ginger I was like 'I could dress up as Anna!' so I looked around for something good to use as an outfit, but then I ran into the real Disney Anna doll and she let me borrow her skirt, hat and cape and of course I just had to try it on and then I saw Chrissa walking Chocolate Chip so I ran outside to talk with her and then she was like 'Would you like to meet my sisters' and I said yes, I would so I walked back with her and here I am!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I see."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Did I talk to much? I'm sorry if I did. Cerise says that I do, but I'm really trying to work on it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I don't think you did." Chrissa assured her. "But who's Cerise?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She's my roommate and - oh! That reminds me it's my turn to make dinner! I need to go!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Goodbye!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Bye! Come and visit us again!" Chrissa said as Holly walked out our door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrissa and I sat down on the couch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She seems nice." I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yea. Maybe I should invite her and Cerise to my birthday party." Chrissa replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You don't even know Cerise yet."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"So? If she has Holly for a roommate she's got to be nice."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You don't know that ..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just then Georgia walked in the door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Did I miss something?" Georgia asked suspiciously, raising an eyebrow at Chrissa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrissa and I turned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There's something I need to explain ..." Chrissa started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wait! Did you eat the Sun Chips?" Georgia asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrissa smiled maliciously. "I didn't know we had Sun Chips. But I would be happy to fix that!" Chrissa raced up the stairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chrissa!!" Georgia yelled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can just feel the sisterly love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you think of Holly?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi all! Yesterday, Mom took Georgia and I strawberry picking! Elizabeth would have come, but she had schoolwork to do. Blea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you didn't know it already, I just LOVE strawberries, so I was super excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We grabbed a carton and headed out to the fields.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Oo, this one looks good!" I said, grabbing another strawberry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Georgia had carrying duty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Aren't strawberries just delicious looking?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "This little flower is pretty." Georgia commented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "I like looking at the strawberries better." I said. "Maybe that flower will become a strawberry! Though pollination and bees and stuff."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hmm . . . I guess it's possible." Georgia replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Actually, we were kind of late in the strawberry season, so there weren't as many as if we went in, say, February.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But that doesn't mean there weren't some beauties!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you can tell by the bright, harsh sunlight, the day was super hot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Alright, girls, let's go pick some blueberries now." Mom said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Huh?" I said. "I thought we were here to pick strawberries."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Weren't you paying any attention in the car?" Georgia questioned me. "Strawberries aren't the only fruit around."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's the best one!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sure, sure." Georgia may have rolled her eyes like a annoying older sister, but I'm hoping for the best. "Let's go."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> However, it was nice and shady.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And blueberries are pretty. Not as nice as strawberries, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Let's pick some blueberries." Georgia said, handing me the carton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "This one looks good." my sister said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Look at all those yummy berries!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever been berry picking?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. For those of you who are curious, Elizabeth will update soon! She has lots of schoolwork and is trying get it all. Homeschooling isn't all fun and games.</span>The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-15052033842312093882015-04-10T21:35:00.002-04:002015-04-10T21:35:49.714-04:00Odd Happenings . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This afternoon, after I had finished with school, I sat down to read a book that my friend had recommended and lent to me. I finished it before dinner, and enjoyed the book. I was inspired to do a little writing of my own - a blog post. What to write, though, seemed more difficult to choose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Isn't Sugar so cute? Anyway, I didn't, at the time, have a good reason to do a blog post (other than that I wanted to). Nothing particularly strange had happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Elizabeth! Elizabeth!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought it must be dinner time, but before I got off the couch Chrissa ran into the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Elizabeth, I need to talk to you." she said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"About what?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"About ... well, I'll just have to explain it. So, like three minutes ago I was coming down the stairway, and there was a knock on the door, so I opened the door, and there was this girl who only came up to my elbow, but she looked like a high schooler! And was like, super thin too."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This description didn't seem to be that strange to me. "That's not altogether uncommon, Chrissa. Why was she knocking on the door?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Chrissa scratched the back of her neck. "She's our new neighbor, I guess."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "What did she say?" I asked, even more confused. "Didn't she say something?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Um, yea, but I don't think I really understood what she was talking about. She was nice and kind of bubbly (if you know what I mean), but she said something about living on a bookshelf temporarily, and something about being a doll? I really didn't get it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While she was talking, something fell out of her back pocket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What's that?" I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrissa had the strangest look on her face. "I don't know ..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh - I just realized that I don't have any more time to write! We take turns on the computer, and I need to get off.</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-52909127690051890062015-03-18T17:55:00.004-04:002015-04-13T20:11:35.475-04:00Our Second Blog Anniversary!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi all! It's hard to believe that we've been blogging for two years! I mean, this is our 197th post! It's been lots of fun so far. Travels and tutorials, friends and fun times, it has been great. But our blog couldn't be what it is without you, the readers!</span></div>
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<br />The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-31940260892307691552015-03-10T16:34:00.001-04:002015-03-10T16:34:19.122-04:00By the Pool - a Photo Shoot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hello! Today, you have the honor of reading a post written by me - Georgia! Elizabeth and Chrissa said they didn't mind if I did a post on their blog, so here I am. Since I'm not much of a writer, you'll mostly just enjoy the pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Last week, my parents went on a cruise to the Virgin Islands for their wedding anniversary, so my sisters and I stayed with our grandparents. Their condo has a pool, as you can see, so I went down to use it, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> . . . wearing my new swimsuit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> You might be asking, Why weren't you swimming? The truth is, it was a lot colder than I thought, so about the farthest I got was my ankles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, Elizabeth and Chrissa usually end with a question. Well, here's one for you:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hello, lovely readers! A few weeks ago, we were in Daytona Beach (as Chrissa mentioned in her last post) and I took many pictures on the beach. I picked some of my favorites to share with you, as I know that many people are experiencing snow. </span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-80255007859137224052015-01-24T15:59:00.004-05:002015-02-09T19:54:44.008-05:00At the Neighborhood Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hi all! Things have been pretty busy at our house (with school and everything), so I'm happy to be able to post again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> No, this picture is not from the park (thank you for asking). We were staying in a hotel right on Daytona beach and Elizabeth got up early ever morning to enjoy the sunrise. This was one of my favorites that she took.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, since Georgia was at a volleyball game and my other sister was reading, I decided to walk down to our neighborhood park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I tried to do some stuff on the bars, but it was so windy that it wasn't much fun. Then, I remembered that a new area had been set up with rocks and a mini waterfall. The good thing was, it had a little barrier against the wind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, this is cold!" I said. sticking my feet in the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Hmm, maybe it's not <i>that</i> bad ..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Luckily for me, no one else was there, so I could be as weird and loud as I wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "The cold never bothered me anyway!" I sang after my feet had gotten used to the water. That wasn't completely true, but I couldn't resist the chance to quote Frozen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I hope Georgia doesn't mind I borrowed her headband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here you can see a better picture of the water and rocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I had loads of fun outside, but was happy to grab a towel and blanket when I got home.</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-31341039249669532672014-12-30T17:45:00.002-05:002014-12-31T15:49:10.971-05:00The Sea and the Sand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hello, lovely readers! My family and I have been spending several enjoyable days with our grandparents at their Cocoa Beach condo. Since it's only a three minute drive to the beach from their house, we all piled into the car yesterday evening. Mother, Father, Grandma and Grandpa all went for a walk, while Georgia, Chrissa and I wondered around the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's so beautiful." Chrissa commented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Definitely</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">." Georgia agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I love the smell of the salty breeze blowing off the ocean." I said, breathing deeply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You just said our blog name!" Chrissa laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia and I joined her. "That I did."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> You can tell where the seagulls have been!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The sound of the breaking waves is so peaceful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So often beach pictures show crystal-clear water and bright blue sky, but I think that that's not the only beautiful view of this creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Were did Chrissa go?" Georgia asked, turning to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I think she ran down to the water." I replied, scanning the waves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There she is!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Chrissa had been running, laughing and jumping. Shen now was panting,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ... and letting the waves wash over her feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As if in an unspoken agreement had passed between us, Georgia and I simultaneously raced down to the wet sand where Chrissa stood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Just then, Mother called to us that it was time to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ... then departed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That's kind of a strange question to ask in December, I know. ;^)</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-59235632507322535092014-12-27T14:51:00.002-05:002014-12-27T14:51:19.359-05:00Merry (semi-late) Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi all! I hope you had a very merry Christmas! I know my sisters and I did. Our cousins, the Brooks, and our grandparents drove down to our house to celebrate with us. It was very cozy in our living room. ;^)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Guess what? Georgia and I got a Wii, two controllers, and Wii Sports Resort (a game)! We are having lots of fun making Miis, and even convinced Elizabeth to play with us a few times. In the <i>lovely</i> picture of our TV you can see the Mii I made, playing Frisbee Dog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh. Georgia says to tell you that other than the Wii, she only got clothes, which doesn't surprise me.</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-70022598137864953852014-12-23T12:37:00.001-05:002014-12-23T12:51:47.163-05:00A Visit to American Girl Store Orlando!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hello, lovely readers! Last Thursday, we drove down to the Orlando American Girl Store and meet up with our cousins: Victoria, McKenna and Kit Brooks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"IT'S THOSE PEOPLE!" Kit yelled when Mother dropped us off in front of the store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Kit-a-doodles!" Chrissa said happily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chris!" Kit replied, squeezing my youngest sister in a hug.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Good to see you again, Victoria." I smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Same to you, Elizabeth."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is so exciting!" Georgia and McKenna squealed in unison. They looked at each other, and laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then Mother and Aunt Martha walked over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all the "hellos" and hugs were finished, Mother said, "Let's go inside, girls!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first thing we saw when we walked in the door was all the historical displays. It was interesting to see the changes on account of BeForever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's two of the holiday dresses. On the left is the Ruby Red Ballgown, priced at $50 (which is rather expensive, in my opinion), and the Happy Holiday Dress is on the right. It was out of stock at the time, as you can see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Most of my dresses are from American Girl, but it's still funny to see another girl wearing the same dress as me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Ah, Samantha's Winter Coat - this is one of my favorites. It's not especially practical in Florida, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Kaya has the coolest tent!" Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I bet if Elsa build a tent, her's would be cool too." McKenna joked. "Get it? <i>Cool</i>?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "I wonder if any of those gifts actually have anything in them?" Georgia asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, they do." Kit replied confidently. "Boxes!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hi all! We just got back with an awesome few days with our Orlando cousins Victoria, McKenna, and Kit (which included a visit to the new American Girl Store! Elizabeth will be posting about that soon). So, we FINALLY got around to decorating our tree! It had been up for awhile, but it had stayed empty - until now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Look! I'm a Christmas tree!" I said, holding a few ornaments while wearing the tree skirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chrissa, you are ridiculous!" Georgia laughed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I think we need to start with the lights." Elizabeth said, still smiling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm ready for them!" I said dramatically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Not on you, goofball." Georgia said. "Take off the tree skirt and put it where it belongs."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Okay, okay."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Then it was time for the bulbs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Since there are twelve snowflake ornaments, we each can hang four." Elizabeth handed Georgia and I four each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "I think we're done!" Georgia said, brushing glitter off her hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yep! It looks pretty good." I agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While my sisters and I were working on the tree, Mom decorated the rest of the house. The kitchen looks pretty good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello, lovely readers! Yesterday, we flew home from Nebraska, ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... but I wanted to share with you how one of our last days with our cousins passed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, they showed us their newly-decorated Christmas tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nice decorations!" Chrissa commented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thanks!" Libby replied. "It was fun having Jewel decorate with us."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh! Where are my manners?" Marie-Grace exclaimed. "Jewel, these are our cousins: Elizabeth, Georgia, and Chrissa. Cousins, this is Jewel, our foster sister."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Pleased to meet you!" Jewel smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Same to you!" Georgia said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the time, I would think of a foster girl as being quiet and subdued. Jewel was the opposite: bubbly and always laughing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's such a beautiful day - we should go outside." I offered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That sounds like a lovely idea!" Marie-Grace agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hey -" Liberty said, "let's go to the creek."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I don't think we've ever been down there with you." Georgia said thoughtfully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, enough talk already! Let's GO!" Chrissa said as she and Libby pushed the rest of us out the door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Let us go, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Let us go!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Can't hold us back anymore!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Let us go,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Let us go:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Run outside and slam the door!"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrissa and Libby sang in unison.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't really slam the door!" Aunt Clare yelled behind us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're right, Elizabeth; it is a gorgeous day." Jewel said, breathing in the cool air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"So - where to next?" Georgia asked Liberty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But Chrissa was distracting Libby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oo, Libby, let's climb this tree!" my youngest sister exclaimed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sure, why not?" she agreed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, up they climbed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Um, Chrissa?" Georgia said. "We were kind of planning to go to the creek, you know ..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yea, yea, yea, we're coming." Chrissa muttered as she and her cousin swung down and joined us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day seemed to be trying to decide if it was fall or winter: the wind crept under our coats, some of the water froze over, but the ground was covered in a thick blanket of orange leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They sky was lightly dusted with cirrus clouds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jewel, Georgia, Marie-Grace and I carefully proceeded through the underbrush, but Rissa and Libby recklessly raced ahead. When we found them, the two girls had plopped down by the creek-bank. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I think is the the prettiest part of the creek." I smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That used to be a beaver dam," Liberty explained to us, "but the farmer who owns this land didn't like beavers, so he cut out parts."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That's kind of sad - for the beavers, at least." Chrissa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yes, but the little waterfall is nice." Jewel added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all stood/sat quietly, enjoying the sound of running water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Liberty, you said earlier that there was a bridge farther down. Could we go there?" Georgia asked hopefully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sure! But the bridge is kind of thin and it has only one railing, just waning ya." Libby said. "Follow me!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all conversed separately on our way. Georgia seemed to be bonding with Jewel, which was nice. I'm close to Marie, and Chrissa is "Best Fruzzies" with Liberty, but in the past Georgia didn't really have anyone. I overheard Jewel asking Georgia to be her pen pal, too. They both love acting, so the two of them tried to convince us to do a play. I don't think the rest of us are quite sold on it, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the view off the strong, but thin, bridge. After crossing it, we walked back to their house, where lunch awaited!</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-36055677116145530832014-11-26T16:08:00.004-05:002014-11-26T16:09:00.930-05:00Wish - A Photo Shoot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hi all! Guess what - we're in Nebraska! I wanted to write up a post like, the day we flew in, but unfortunately we lost our camera's SD (memory) card! All of you who deal with cameras know how important SD cards are. Thankfully, McKenna, who's family is staying at my Nana and Papa's house too, had an extra one we could borrow for a few pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it was so cloudy and cold, I enjoyed a warm cup of apple juice on the bay window, wishing for snow. I'd finished it by the time Elizabeth took these pictures.</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-6826789773552978032014-11-08T15:21:00.001-05:002014-11-08T15:21:07.217-05:00My Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello, lovely readers! November 5, last Wednesday, was my birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I woke up, I was surprised to not to see Chrissa and Georgia in bed. Normally, I'm the first one up. Then I remembered: today was my birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!" Georgia said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mom and I made you cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning." she gestured to the yummy bread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, thank -"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Happy B-day, Elizabeth!" Chrissa shouted, throwing her arms around me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thank you!" I said, laughing. "But you don't need to yell."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Let's eat, girls. Your dad needs to get to work." Mother said, guiding us into the dinning room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After that delicious food, Mother said I could open one of my gifts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Which should I open?" I wondered out loud.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Why not that big white one in the back?" Mother offered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oo, you're going to like this!" Chrissa rubbed her hand together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, how pretty!" I said, lifting a sweater out of the box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chrissa and I knew that you wanted a gold sweater to go with your new skirt." Georgia said. "So we told Mom, and well - here it is!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Now I want to get dressed, and then I'll do some school-" I started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"WHAT?!" Chrissa interrupted for the second time. "Why on earth would you want to do school on your birthday?! You don't even have to!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Side note: we are home-schooled, so if we want to have a day, like a birthday, off, we can just work ahead.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Well," I replied, "I was going to work on my Globe model, which fun to do. I don't know about the other subjects, though."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You did work ahead, Elizabeth." Mother commented. "So I think there's no reason for you to work on your birthday."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you like my new sweater?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I <i>did</i> work on my project until lunch, which was at twelve o'clock and fun and fancy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following that, Chrissa wanted my to open her gift, so I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, my grandparents called to wish my happy birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I opened a gift bag to find ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Nook?" I asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't you like it?" Georgia said. "Considering how much you read, Mom and Dad thought you'd like it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Like it?" I laughed. "I love it! Thank you so much. Mother! And Father, even though he isn't here."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I quickly started downloading some books. and happily read all afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After dinner, I finished opening all my gifts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When ever I pulled up Google Chrome that day, the search engine wished my happy birthday! It was very nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh - an update on the Doll Wardrobe Contest. I did not win, which was not too surprising. Here is a link to their post of the winners: <a href="http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/10/summer-2014-fdc-winners.html">http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/10/summer-2014-fdc-winners.html</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What's your favorite way to celebrate?</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-50759064331934429902014-11-01T09:49:00.002-04:002014-11-01T09:49:45.933-04:00Happy Halloween!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hello, lovely readers! It's hard to believe it's November already - October flew by so fast! Anyway, here are some pictures of our Halloween costumes. If you follow me on Google Plus, you would have seen Chrissa's already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Chrissa is a "Fashion Disaster". I think she did this on purpose, just to annoy Georgia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Speaking of Georgia, she was "Little Blue Riding Hood" because, as she says, "Red is <i>so</i> last season!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was less specific than my two sisters. When people asked, I said that "I am a Renaissance girl." I talked in a British accent the whole night - it was so much fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just wanted to let you all know that my sisters and I agree on the fact that the only thing we tolerate (and like) about Halloween are the costumes (Chrissa said to add the candy also). None of us like all the gore and celebration of death that it seems to glorify. Some people do, but we are not included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is your favorite part of October - the cool weather, the beautiful colors, or maybe even fall break?</span></div>
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The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360646397342759134.post-85099159577413670562014-10-18T10:50:00.002-04:002014-10-20T18:31:30.492-04:00To the Toledo Zoo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hi all! Yesterday afternoon, we - oh, wait a minute. I need to update you all first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Last Wednesday, we flew to Michigan! Our cousins, the Brooks, came in on Thursday. It's kind of cozy in our grandparents house with all of us here, but it's fun staying with our cousins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are here because of my parent's work, and since my sisters and I are all home-schooled, we got to come along. Our grandparents live pretty close to the Michigan/Ohio border, so this afternoon they drove Elizabeth, Georgia, McKenna, and I down to the Toledo Zoo! (Kit and Victoria didn't want to.) Our first stop was "Arctic Encounter".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm afraid these polar bears are not very polite." Elizabeth commented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What? Why?" I asked, confused.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Because that one is sticking it's tongue out at you." she replied, gesturing to the bear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">McKenna, Georgia and I both giggled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Silly bear."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After that, we walked over to the gray wolf area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Are these really gray wolves?" I asked, peering at them. "They really look more white."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"They do have <i>some</i> gray on them." Georgia commented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Perhaps it is the lighting." Elizabeth offered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Or maybe it's a disguise!" McKenna suggested with a laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After watching the wild wolves wander, we moved on to "Africa!".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was kind of funny seeing the fall leaves and colors mixed with the zebras and wildebeests, among other animals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Look!" Elizabeth pointed to the far corner. "Giraffes!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"O-o" Georgia and I said in unison.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There's like, five of them!" Georgia said excitedly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wow." McKenna added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From there, you had to walk over a bridge to get to the other half of the zoo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we started heading in that direction, ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... and enjoying the fall colors (which could not be seen in Florida, that's for sure!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From there, we wandered over to the Reptile House. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's one of three remaining buildings from the zoo was first built, and I think it looks like something out of a movie. Do you think so?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think this is one of my favorite pictures from our visit, besides the otters. The way this green snake hung was so strange! They also had this huge gator (it was like, 16 feet long or something!). But it stayed under the water, so unfortunately we couldn't take a good picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We exited the hot Reptile House, and walked over to the otter/hippopotamus area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Come over here!" Georgia called. "These otters are adorable!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, they <i>are</i> so cute!" I smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"If you put your hand right by the glass," Elizabeth said, "they will swim right up by it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just then, McKenna's cell phone rang. "Excuse me."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could only here traces of the conversation (I wan't snooping, honest), but what I did hear was very interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"... yes, we were just looking at the otters, - no, I will not get you one as a pet! They belong to the zoo... I have not ridden any hippos and do not plan on it ... I know <i>you</i> would ..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we had oh-ed and ah-ed over the otters, our grandparents called us over to the hippo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Girls, it just yawned!" Grandma said. "It has some large teeth."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chomp, chomp, chomp!" said our grandpa, make us laugh. At this point the hippo turned it's back on us, and my sisters and I agreed that it was not a nice picture. He-he. McKenna hung up, and walked over to us, looking thoroughly shocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Even though she's my sister, she always is surprising me."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From there, we moved on to the elephant trail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the elephants, a semi-baby, was very playful. He (or she, I don't know which) was fun to watch. As we were heading to another section, the zoo made an announcement on the loudspeaker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Toledo Zoo is closing in 30 minutes. I repeat: the zoo is closing in 30 minutes. Please make your way to the exit gates."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we turned around and walked towards the bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Georgia, please stop flipping your hair in my face!" I said, brushing her dark curls out of my face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's not me - it's the wind!" Georgia told me. "There isn't much I can do about it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This was very fun, Grandma and Grandpa. Thank you!" Elizabeth said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Yea, thank you!" I echoed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thanks!" Georgia added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Thank you!" McKenna said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You are welcome, girls." Grandma said, giving all of us hugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We're so glad you are here with us." Grandpa said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had such a fun time with my sisters, cousin and grandparents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever visited a zoo?</span></div>
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<b>October 20th update:</b> McKenna did a post about her trip with us! Here's the url: <a href="http://thebrooksadventuresdollblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-zoo.html">http://thebrooksadventuresdollblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-zoo.html</a>The Edwards girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930595171591579755noreply@blogger.com16