tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14840613340322113602024-03-09T11:34:01.168-08:00Purple Chocolat HomeStyling Your Food, Styling Your Home, Styling Your LifeJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10074013194838958441noreply@blogger.comBlogger97913tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484061334032211360.post-14304148436871170712024-03-01T03:30:00.000-08:002024-03-01T03:30:00.135-08:00Tales of the Traveling Totes #38 and A Giveaway<center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGQ1LefddWreFz9XP-v9t9_7lhCfXWv_4_o36pDGyEQC5u-AfP2SHNzv91r_Zqa74xgqlB59pEyRRIevXUJlfNleuiG8wg7qj92dt360M5AQexoPEoJKHPHE3rohecZQBuZPXhSA0FKA_lmV97J3K9s-GGOztGUROhgiAfeY_GN7rfhmjcMbUX5jXr64_/s4032/IMG_0811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGQ1LefddWreFz9XP-v9t9_7lhCfXWv_4_o36pDGyEQC5u-AfP2SHNzv91r_Zqa74xgqlB59pEyRRIevXUJlfNleuiG8wg7qj92dt360M5AQexoPEoJKHPHE3rohecZQBuZPXhSA0FKA_lmV97J3K9s-GGOztGUROhgiAfeY_GN7rfhmjcMbUX5jXr64_/w640-h480/IMG_0811.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Welcome to our 38th edition </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>of Tales of The Traveling Tote, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>where our MacKenzie-Childs </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>totes take you to all kinds of </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>places and on all kinds of adventures.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We spent most of January and </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>most of February in Cabo, again, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>so Miss Petit Four, who stays </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>down in Cabo, and I will bring </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>you along with us, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvW84jluKab1hizPfLT8RTg3tFfowxzBsUSxOjq2v5dnBRKdHjonsHIyo2g_D9pZVEbNSjsW22-xG2o7OQ1M7Lip0JZxJeBA6CFoGk5oGzgSPfOEjpdDOdime9u0EprUwQvE-D1FN-E1XmbZSeaGass73WjizBr5vRB0eUYW_iecH1frf6wAb2PblWWSd/s4032/IMG_0068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvW84jluKab1hizPfLT8RTg3tFfowxzBsUSxOjq2v5dnBRKdHjonsHIyo2g_D9pZVEbNSjsW22-xG2o7OQ1M7Lip0JZxJeBA6CFoGk5oGzgSPfOEjpdDOdime9u0EprUwQvE-D1FN-E1XmbZSeaGass73WjizBr5vRB0eUYW_iecH1frf6wAb2PblWWSd/w640-h480/IMG_0068.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Where the weather is amazing </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>this time of year and the sunrises </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and sunsets are spectacular. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R6uYrMkuxZOcfTRCt6BuUJVyg0kim1BrLozgVzJsFKLEwlXMMIYJzEPEZDkW8S1FObj4XvRE1OgdQPjTm7OHGPmGbLcv6y4WvQqxmE_4cVZtksxZnT6VRMnFqEYhGJmgEe9cheLtjcNCesrLK7Uc4RgWX3scEeePLm2kZ3d1wsdsdyrEKKA4MZB2ovVT/s4032/IMG_0618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R6uYrMkuxZOcfTRCt6BuUJVyg0kim1BrLozgVzJsFKLEwlXMMIYJzEPEZDkW8S1FObj4XvRE1OgdQPjTm7OHGPmGbLcv6y4WvQqxmE_4cVZtksxZnT6VRMnFqEYhGJmgEe9cheLtjcNCesrLK7Uc4RgWX3scEeePLm2kZ3d1wsdsdyrEKKA4MZB2ovVT/w480-h640/IMG_0618.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Miss Petit Four and I did a little</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>refreshing of our flowers in </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the kitchen as they had yellowed </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>with time. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We spent New Years by ourselves </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>as we watched fireworks from </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>all sides coming from resorts </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and private homes. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQF2Z8TMwkACQWuj8nQ4Jr4iBAqiqxtWCrKUaRCiZYVZfjXUaCxC2M3zvMxNdMKA29pI_z5AuiZfyG5CzVV5FEKTLb6Mh9GsSwpvTjILGFG78ubpH7Sd9RUaN7xpuHd2GZnc1Y3Qj80YudGBC_g7uaqZqBAiuuOtY2jLhc8dQreXopqBQ05BmWMgMOjE6X/s3009/IMG_0589%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2726" data-original-width="3009" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQF2Z8TMwkACQWuj8nQ4Jr4iBAqiqxtWCrKUaRCiZYVZfjXUaCxC2M3zvMxNdMKA29pI_z5AuiZfyG5CzVV5FEKTLb6Mh9GsSwpvTjILGFG78ubpH7Sd9RUaN7xpuHd2GZnc1Y3Qj80YudGBC_g7uaqZqBAiuuOtY2jLhc8dQreXopqBQ05BmWMgMOjE6X/w640-h580/IMG_0589%202.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We enjoyed a lot of good food </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>together like this shrimp molcajete,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>from one of our favorite Mexican </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>restaurants, Guacamayas,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>before our guests arrived. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLx2dUDcey4cODupOO2tWvE6C1gCrr-HPSzaRk_vTrv-bpdYeDYCXiXKFDVhscQ8hYbASQ8zEkVxklIxVYZEhgm1D_rFMSBU9iuXIp5JzUy0pDx6zahg91MDf24iSHNBjXqM_82d_mN3md3HLKZMv2vsAXVOmceqJTYJiEz_6Hp04Sb_N4tZeKI6omYf1/s4032/IMG_0079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLx2dUDcey4cODupOO2tWvE6C1gCrr-HPSzaRk_vTrv-bpdYeDYCXiXKFDVhscQ8hYbASQ8zEkVxklIxVYZEhgm1D_rFMSBU9iuXIp5JzUy0pDx6zahg91MDf24iSHNBjXqM_82d_mN3md3HLKZMv2vsAXVOmceqJTYJiEz_6Hp04Sb_N4tZeKI6omYf1/w640-h480/IMG_0079.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We entertained three separate </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>groups, the first one was our </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>oldest daughter and her family </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and one of her brother in law's </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>family. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAftI3uuMW93-VnT1g6Lmy67oRuu2eguxtrbKuVV8JVG0t031ne44nNZ4qtm2S6u5JwdG9MexigZs75CiXSaYRD2e7ImDaahFootD9pd9xHc6vKapoHBWpD6YM-Ql95S1c7L7NMYWd_Gu4hhs4e_oqiz6wGLHntc3mVw09gRDvO1n5LTIpND6q2LvITOT9/s4032/IMG_0223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAftI3uuMW93-VnT1g6Lmy67oRuu2eguxtrbKuVV8JVG0t031ne44nNZ4qtm2S6u5JwdG9MexigZs75CiXSaYRD2e7ImDaahFootD9pd9xHc6vKapoHBWpD6YM-Ql95S1c7L7NMYWd_Gu4hhs4e_oqiz6wGLHntc3mVw09gRDvO1n5LTIpND6q2LvITOT9/w480-h640/IMG_0223.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>With this many teenage mouths </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>to feed I made three batches of </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>ice cream a day to treat them. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This was a chocolate Oreo. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I brought down an ice cream </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>machine in my biggest suitcase </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and it gets used and used. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whynter-ICM-220CGY-Cream-Maker-Champagne/dp/B084P4BRYM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2ZZGF1TZO52D7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6z_0EcL3FpdTLhkVNJB-_zj_NPUvVGD6InLti4PI5I6dYTw-EmaQ7dxrVqvxaQgjCWJuY8iNBK0nXJ2jUf1U01CjSmnDzysdWuydq4fflvvlYzo3G14WegTd_fxur0GieKQMy7RA7TozJ2wNSCpmtFt9DQiCeB028qciA6X7JtqXiStaga2FSbg6BlS-P_P98R7VDWZOelyHl3ALVhAuqTWfYART3iMf7wMoaBzITZg.sWGd7QngDftZjFHZBhOrAdUpht6k8ymi6cGTurw2vWg&dib_tag=se&keywords=whynter+ice+cream+maker&qid=1709161994&sprefix=whynter%2Caps%2C285&sr=8-1-spons&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.c3015c4a-46bb-44b9-81a4-dc28e6d374b3&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1">Click here</a> to see the ice cream </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>machine I am in love with.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We have one at home and in </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Cabo and at Lake Powell. They </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>have more than paid for themselves. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0nTg9PsUnYISN-gDQaaEgEeDtTcquKe8HXitSJ-dIxuYVnxTYLK_gHSS3ra7BwyocRfnNW71obi4j6tmZueFhDJNfxdVIMH75X7duI3t3nRbZHXW_HFhJMA-vwcciEowR6aZymefjPOlMpllVPCBp0vm40zmUbTcrPF5BvMm6Io6sdhwBxd3L2F_7xLH/s800/IMG_9791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0nTg9PsUnYISN-gDQaaEgEeDtTcquKe8HXitSJ-dIxuYVnxTYLK_gHSS3ra7BwyocRfnNW71obi4j6tmZueFhDJNfxdVIMH75X7duI3t3nRbZHXW_HFhJMA-vwcciEowR6aZymefjPOlMpllVPCBp0vm40zmUbTcrPF5BvMm6Io6sdhwBxd3L2F_7xLH/w480-h640/IMG_9791.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>One of our grandsons caught this </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>big Dorado. He brought the meat </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>home and we made fish tacos and </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>fish in a lemon sauce. It was fun </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>to see the kids want to eat it. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We were able to freeze the rest </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and bring it home for him. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmAjwUh-SAcrdLOKERo_bGq0MmHw2aiJ6TrpUkrZ_WrcEvleMY8iUGNTdVBpZgIV86Mfm-7OIFL30ijeqVtWngsSDFK7pzNEmNICcoCexeyNNlXRJraqkO3wGqCSAGFsbTfvS89b4Ldw9s0aylfw2Ma0QsdhzkKKCdyk7iX43ugs8C6FBLVdglRSaYgHk/s4032/IMG_9972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmAjwUh-SAcrdLOKERo_bGq0MmHw2aiJ6TrpUkrZ_WrcEvleMY8iUGNTdVBpZgIV86Mfm-7OIFL30ijeqVtWngsSDFK7pzNEmNICcoCexeyNNlXRJraqkO3wGqCSAGFsbTfvS89b4Ldw9s0aylfw2Ma0QsdhzkKKCdyk7iX43ugs8C6FBLVdglRSaYgHk/w480-h640/IMG_9972.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><center><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></center><span style="font-size: large;"><i>They spent most of the day in </i></span></center><center><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the pool and a lot of time at </i></span></center><center><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the swim up bar. </i></span></center><center><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRhGISlfN83e7mmG5ApT30kIsOn8C2MpUoP2hw_psyxO5nNqKDWicvJf9nicYdYqhdc_6jx6m_Nd2b9B3vjxy2OhwsNfVf0C2ZPvgPx5LHRQEQB1Spv4v_nzHFTJSIiTenHi-bTgj4yC1lRrD4cZ3v0mjS2tWudc8KSpVtDwVC77KCUujzgXBZkAXzlbP/s1936/IMG_0190%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRhGISlfN83e7mmG5ApT30kIsOn8C2MpUoP2hw_psyxO5nNqKDWicvJf9nicYdYqhdc_6jx6m_Nd2b9B3vjxy2OhwsNfVf0C2ZPvgPx5LHRQEQB1Spv4v_nzHFTJSIiTenHi-bTgj4yC1lRrD4cZ3v0mjS2tWudc8KSpVtDwVC77KCUujzgXBZkAXzlbP/w640-h640/IMG_0190%202.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We celebrated my birthday at </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Montage Resort at Marea </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>with a cold seafood tower and </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the best lobster I have ever had. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G2j-GZhmVynZev-vPFaugYsJpEvKZuf13dx93B-wlVwRWjxyuiJ32_cPqVZCQtcC-LIga7P8QN5ukXFkSzeH3KMMKDJnrlVF0hS8S-s_8mGY7_lJCPB8K94fbmmw8N2HWCodvZ-ZrSu2R4C-Y3EM7ziYoghyphenhyphenK0bV9TPRfGKZitGm9PdCZ31bZfuSm2zy/s4032/IMG_0277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G2j-GZhmVynZev-vPFaugYsJpEvKZuf13dx93B-wlVwRWjxyuiJ32_cPqVZCQtcC-LIga7P8QN5ukXFkSzeH3KMMKDJnrlVF0hS8S-s_8mGY7_lJCPB8K94fbmmw8N2HWCodvZ-ZrSu2R4C-Y3EM7ziYoghyphenhyphenK0bV9TPRfGKZitGm9PdCZ31bZfuSm2zy/w480-h640/IMG_0277.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Our next group of friends </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>arrived a few days after my birthday </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and we were off to breakfast at </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>one of our favorite places, The Office. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qOQFJm33yusWjZ-8g142_d-0KEaJVUwsCyW1qIQ-uiHg4vEVqbAXHC-pacghXZoh6GI6uNnFHymGE_lSZRmwYCvCm0_wnIt1VOWjL1FG7TXzthwby12yuPwMemGWaEFUmo9ynn8D6Chmi5oKX8ZTv0qVtR8RHVT3qUD-hJ-uqXDE25lPfJJrOs22SdBH/s4032/IMG_0226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qOQFJm33yusWjZ-8g142_d-0KEaJVUwsCyW1qIQ-uiHg4vEVqbAXHC-pacghXZoh6GI6uNnFHymGE_lSZRmwYCvCm0_wnIt1VOWjL1FG7TXzthwby12yuPwMemGWaEFUmo9ynn8D6Chmi5oKX8ZTv0qVtR8RHVT3qUD-hJ-uqXDE25lPfJJrOs22SdBH/w480-h640/IMG_0226.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Office is where you can </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>take your shoes off and run </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>your toes through the sand. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Miss Petit Four got to come </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>along, carrying my beach </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>necessities. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAOQ1uXJnA2AuhiXm598om05W6LJuYAZjJ-Wk4FsfYe3MLBSI6lLPqMocwru3Pj5R1aL1ggWsfaTghJhCYDwLqSaDmYHGRxdeZOpvUotqz-93F02pLHQ3x4RwJpoDW65R_bf0IrQ_YTxrgIc-kgp_EbKRWw0f5BV-3D4hhQTqdOqGU7SGNjNu1EJG5cUY/s2768/IMG_0254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2768" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAOQ1uXJnA2AuhiXm598om05W6LJuYAZjJ-Wk4FsfYe3MLBSI6lLPqMocwru3Pj5R1aL1ggWsfaTghJhCYDwLqSaDmYHGRxdeZOpvUotqz-93F02pLHQ3x4RwJpoDW65R_bf0IrQ_YTxrgIc-kgp_EbKRWw0f5BV-3D4hhQTqdOqGU7SGNjNu1EJG5cUY/w458-h640/IMG_0254.jpg" width="458" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>She also got to come onboard </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>while I played photographer </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>for one of the couples that </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>wanted to parasail. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMBtfz8j7bvLsZT5CXZ1Pyf9oHjLvINfA97Ow7tcIZ0EnzA4OwBj5SPCJ6l8XsvvgKhWTelwKhdEirgSLQghWulIGq-6IXD5-M00aus0X5UCcILOk4U_mTtJ6I2QmlVQDmmZuQ4JJCCzMqEBmli7xxK0xDYy2im9eKyRQWp33DB8u7-8oeVjIeis_AmoC/s4032/IMG_0282.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMBtfz8j7bvLsZT5CXZ1Pyf9oHjLvINfA97Ow7tcIZ0EnzA4OwBj5SPCJ6l8XsvvgKhWTelwKhdEirgSLQghWulIGq-6IXD5-M00aus0X5UCcILOk4U_mTtJ6I2QmlVQDmmZuQ4JJCCzMqEBmli7xxK0xDYy2im9eKyRQWp33DB8u7-8oeVjIeis_AmoC/w480-h640/IMG_0282.JPEG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We had dolphins swimming </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>in the pool, </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4b0V0jYleqdnQHUNRrkaka1JJB1LVagCLGuZ8NRVqaXwU-P03AAUMhV8IjduxPAPIRaSotDzBeZZc8LL61SVMOOPN_WVCZhGlfm5DXec1UeDiDp8d0r8A5gNQuZwT7sIGSbdhoQOAZp4M9Uww1ehALQCI9egfwp8_8L_QorAKw6k48ymXkeAV0XDfqWz/s4032/IMG_0337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4b0V0jYleqdnQHUNRrkaka1JJB1LVagCLGuZ8NRVqaXwU-P03AAUMhV8IjduxPAPIRaSotDzBeZZc8LL61SVMOOPN_WVCZhGlfm5DXec1UeDiDp8d0r8A5gNQuZwT7sIGSbdhoQOAZp4M9Uww1ehALQCI9egfwp8_8L_QorAKw6k48ymXkeAV0XDfqWz/w640-h480/IMG_0337.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and whales breaching! </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>These guys are a lot of fun! </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NCLVIKoU4QvGY7tcx6Zd6jLThEpU-vbjR2E9krtAhSs56p-F1CqTXmyTD3VHAu70VDb4tt6Ikl2XQvm5cBWgr147F97_pbrQI4ARKffBObRGCi0o-IWm6uQpTmHw2YXtprWUugaahBVe_5lw_sseEfeH-iQAkA1jUF2NWiyboVNVp9f_kQv82n3W97R2/s4032/IMG_0309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NCLVIKoU4QvGY7tcx6Zd6jLThEpU-vbjR2E9krtAhSs56p-F1CqTXmyTD3VHAu70VDb4tt6Ikl2XQvm5cBWgr147F97_pbrQI4ARKffBObRGCi0o-IWm6uQpTmHw2YXtprWUugaahBVe_5lw_sseEfeH-iQAkA1jUF2NWiyboVNVp9f_kQv82n3W97R2/w480-h640/IMG_0309.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Why not celebrate all month </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>when you are born in January?!!</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9lkf3vxzYg-mKkT8qz6bF9_jCuJ4gCuE5iqHWJM8XP1xLHbLuROrNy1BapENH5sVas6Q9DR5Ee0Ysq2qHXNlS55SiXy1NFJy__suo7VvllzyfI7FG9ddS9fjW71jy-2-8p1Sk7as3DRghshWSoV_2d0wD1uQ-xp9fruDY0jIUXj9vqSaIq1krHHgrPyO/s4032/IMG_0313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9lkf3vxzYg-mKkT8qz6bF9_jCuJ4gCuE5iqHWJM8XP1xLHbLuROrNy1BapENH5sVas6Q9DR5Ee0Ysq2qHXNlS55SiXy1NFJy__suo7VvllzyfI7FG9ddS9fjW71jy-2-8p1Sk7as3DRghshWSoV_2d0wD1uQ-xp9fruDY0jIUXj9vqSaIq1krHHgrPyO/w640-h480/IMG_0313.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Our architect and his wife arrived </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the next week on her birthday. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We celebrated by going to a couple </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>of her favorite restaurants for two </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>days and also going to the spa </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>at Villa La Estancia resort.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5i3yIAX2qmWj0q8wtnoB0igvuq6rOe7tx2Ds9j1bNgSYiYo9Ge95gIw9V4bPUN6lt0jhjRy2MWn5lRu2zl0F99G_0fu636998PVknpohjI-IcOlxm9SXEc-hcyodVPgIwdBBHl3zbWl_PfbWVpgVwG1fRQVefUM2Db1fSqMJMuSJZFYuI0tco7gqAJT6/s1936/IMG_0656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5i3yIAX2qmWj0q8wtnoB0igvuq6rOe7tx2Ds9j1bNgSYiYo9Ge95gIw9V4bPUN6lt0jhjRy2MWn5lRu2zl0F99G_0fu636998PVknpohjI-IcOlxm9SXEc-hcyodVPgIwdBBHl3zbWl_PfbWVpgVwG1fRQVefUM2Db1fSqMJMuSJZFYuI0tco7gqAJT6/w640-h640/IMG_0656.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lucky Miss Petit Four got to come </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>along too. Even though it wasn't </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>our architect's birthday, we gifted </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>him some lobster sandals, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>since he loves lobster as much </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>as we do. His wife, the birthday </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>girl, doesn't like seafood at all. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaEId3Vm0JcMUC8aZQOOWYWXSI2ZMR01yJr4j9gtsrF9PGkuQBAHqts-avV38uS2Mb_XBpjs2X1YyXt6ElaFKk6WoF5pGf_MdS6SNlVeJ0TsKaTLFGdFKEcdGFgnB7XOI-cntEZU4xFSgzhgBm7lYv2awYp_GEyfrnTf7ZgzInMoXAasBgSMeOo51Vzu3/s4032/IMG_0663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaEId3Vm0JcMUC8aZQOOWYWXSI2ZMR01yJr4j9gtsrF9PGkuQBAHqts-avV38uS2Mb_XBpjs2X1YyXt6ElaFKk6WoF5pGf_MdS6SNlVeJ0TsKaTLFGdFKEcdGFgnB7XOI-cntEZU4xFSgzhgBm7lYv2awYp_GEyfrnTf7ZgzInMoXAasBgSMeOo51Vzu3/w480-h640/IMG_0663.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Happy Valentine's Day and hubby </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>gifted all of the rest of the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>incoming guests with heart shaped </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>sunglasses and chocolates.</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9jJEW7KKXs8D1EVLcUFukAiU2ZTK6HVNoKr0HJl0t42O5J91bUu2W-c4YD4OmkAnYP_FMz_SRLE0wgOWcrhoPLE0JVREbb-KHuqSTEL1bcZhk3gQGy76tED-a7ST1G2wN2GAENMzdljd_DC123Sb5RZHIkGYjIrtxsoByVgSfN7Pl4r6TsGllf6i6c_m/s1600/IMG_0668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9jJEW7KKXs8D1EVLcUFukAiU2ZTK6HVNoKr0HJl0t42O5J91bUu2W-c4YD4OmkAnYP_FMz_SRLE0wgOWcrhoPLE0JVREbb-KHuqSTEL1bcZhk3gQGy76tED-a7ST1G2wN2GAENMzdljd_DC123Sb5RZHIkGYjIrtxsoByVgSfN7Pl4r6TsGllf6i6c_m/w640-h480/IMG_0668.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We ate Valentine's Dinner at </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>one of our favorite Italian </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>restaurants in Cabo, La Dolce. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcQRTmGyU_PgKfFSXrzHAVT5alL0M2TAJiAaN1ilG4tJEhPF4H8HDil0Q60x59UfmnaW1JiK9qXvc4rCMSlg7lDJGZFB0C2vwNTu_ty8suhTf5uHMzoB9wylfQ5qFoYHu-E-GomrXGqk-FG4gT8V7YuQ8q8xjR1Bm0y_V8PyqpCV5rqq1hkb3dkAkAaNY/s3451/IMG_0696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="3451" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcQRTmGyU_PgKfFSXrzHAVT5alL0M2TAJiAaN1ilG4tJEhPF4H8HDil0Q60x59UfmnaW1JiK9qXvc4rCMSlg7lDJGZFB0C2vwNTu_ty8suhTf5uHMzoB9wylfQ5qFoYHu-E-GomrXGqk-FG4gT8V7YuQ8q8xjR1Bm0y_V8PyqpCV5rqq1hkb3dkAkAaNY/w640-h440/IMG_0696.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The women held their roses </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>from hubby and wore the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>pajamas I had gifted them </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>at Christmas. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQXxBcZ3y72b2h6fGI33EKSMXT_2MeNXmiCP7MyRDgqGOIm124amfBLcfxvn5022PbsptP8QcwSMQg1DTU15zvSi5A2_WuOZkZlHeKMOoW8OIqHjCxUpETPIiepAka9l2ULHl1IHenTAu4rZEF1X3JqgTaCvOWjOuGZXFOqkVPq9wR1MCZ02aVr9UwLPM/s1606/IMG_1049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQXxBcZ3y72b2h6fGI33EKSMXT_2MeNXmiCP7MyRDgqGOIm124amfBLcfxvn5022PbsptP8QcwSMQg1DTU15zvSi5A2_WuOZkZlHeKMOoW8OIqHjCxUpETPIiepAka9l2ULHl1IHenTAu4rZEF1X3JqgTaCvOWjOuGZXFOqkVPq9wR1MCZ02aVr9UwLPM/w514-h640/IMG_1049.jpg" width="514" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Meanwhile back in Utah, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>our oldest granddaughter </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>opened her mission call for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>our church, The Church of Jesus </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Christ of Latter-Day Saints. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>She is leaving in June for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lima, Peru! She will serve for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>18 months and will pay her own </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>way. She is posing here with </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>her siblings and parents. They </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>were the family that were our first </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>group of guests here in January. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUPNDGMFCkb13Q8IlauKqgMEeLJuJivtRAIsFfOSyhGsKeTkYkghE1an7nXRslR9nA_wEMdiVANp3BDsVpONHvooXbD9nOX_Pt5MRbWX-Jun0l-3cF7W0R5GCVy61dntxhZG0ub4pRWBw55zFHO9N07MJRc-2q96bgGCtT_l8Fz4MyuQ6ghAKc9jUr4Hh/s2856/IMG_8053.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2856" data-original-width="2142" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUPNDGMFCkb13Q8IlauKqgMEeLJuJivtRAIsFfOSyhGsKeTkYkghE1an7nXRslR9nA_wEMdiVANp3BDsVpONHvooXbD9nOX_Pt5MRbWX-Jun0l-3cF7W0R5GCVy61dntxhZG0ub4pRWBw55zFHO9N07MJRc-2q96bgGCtT_l8Fz4MyuQ6ghAKc9jUr4Hh/w480-h640/IMG_8053.JPEG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Our last couple joined us on </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>two days later. They are the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>couple on the left. We attended </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Church on Sunday and experimented </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>with Google Translate. I took 7 years </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>of Spanish, but have forgotten so </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>much over the years. I can speak </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>enough to get us around, but </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>listening to talks at church is a </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>little harder. We had great success </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>with Google Translate.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsZfXAWAqM6tiQwFjB7uvHe2HB0b7HyVnVasL64CUTJOMPtyHa_A6pzJb_aWW8gu8-fk_5qwSIM686wWHXrUOX6xKtCai2S6Uaf6wx-7fGEbDUFIC5-EK05QbZ9QANqUoIEdmIOxtBZBSDiGxMCSSK5ORKSc26tY2x3kEL2B66iKzjnPlJsXwPVbvS3AE/s4096/IMG_6534.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsZfXAWAqM6tiQwFjB7uvHe2HB0b7HyVnVasL64CUTJOMPtyHa_A6pzJb_aWW8gu8-fk_5qwSIM686wWHXrUOX6xKtCai2S6Uaf6wx-7fGEbDUFIC5-EK05QbZ9QANqUoIEdmIOxtBZBSDiGxMCSSK5ORKSc26tY2x3kEL2B66iKzjnPlJsXwPVbvS3AE/w640-h480/IMG_6534.JPEG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We had fun every morning </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>walking through the neighborhood, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>which is all hills. One morning I </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>even took them downtown, which </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>is downhill all the way, but then </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>uphill going back. They all made it!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr3gJI6gfU4OIagNYWB_poC9kNJpVECgxhSchGVA7sJNSR9GjFmxWNQRjERZe3uQslxPjltbwiGhBelZAWj3_dDiSdojjePafykspUJ3qrUG-BeckS4iawz6yNl7a5nteA5U-os-HH4Fy5SlL6tCHOoT_NKKAYGcTzGSPJPl1xv2fsvSqakBU2s_Kxamo/s1464/IMG_1050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr3gJI6gfU4OIagNYWB_poC9kNJpVECgxhSchGVA7sJNSR9GjFmxWNQRjERZe3uQslxPjltbwiGhBelZAWj3_dDiSdojjePafykspUJ3qrUG-BeckS4iawz6yNl7a5nteA5U-os-HH4Fy5SlL6tCHOoT_NKKAYGcTzGSPJPl1xv2fsvSqakBU2s_Kxamo/w564-h640/IMG_1050.jpg" width="564" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Half of us went up to </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Los Cerritos surf beach </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>one day, and then while </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the most avid boogie boarders </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>stayed at the beach, we went </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>on to Todos Santos to the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>famed </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hotel California.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_WCRargL4YYw9DZ_XTqWP0pRNbA90GHDCwhJdeMbmbEeShKUlq-aqZstPAY4OxXWPQXagp_2UW9d8RgOqOJNO8Aw57IsHmuoFFCGhgVIZydHJ8lwp_vMZXvVzdpnnfN6J36mS22m77hUx0JQOGz3V4BEKOgvPRfHBNDz5MgvQ2FbSzLmYat4kayMSVHC/s4032/IMG_0792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_WCRargL4YYw9DZ_XTqWP0pRNbA90GHDCwhJdeMbmbEeShKUlq-aqZstPAY4OxXWPQXagp_2UW9d8RgOqOJNO8Aw57IsHmuoFFCGhgVIZydHJ8lwp_vMZXvVzdpnnfN6J36mS22m77hUx0JQOGz3V4BEKOgvPRfHBNDz5MgvQ2FbSzLmYat4kayMSVHC/w480-h640/IMG_0792.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljOApkxX_-AaJscSRu00x-CqLQSiMdegsZa1hzZdriy_359DmsI-C1ywDmTqv8GB2lK50KEP5aKAxlRTehUepagoqoAh8DGODR4teDfhkfJSwtH9ztCEbuMQacwJqtPKzjWU7jqZLkE90nIOQ_O980bsApDQ2sIMKfr76YQJjT5BFbQbExO5Wk5swQI4O/s4032/IMG_0802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljOApkxX_-AaJscSRu00x-CqLQSiMdegsZa1hzZdriy_359DmsI-C1ywDmTqv8GB2lK50KEP5aKAxlRTehUepagoqoAh8DGODR4teDfhkfJSwtH9ztCEbuMQacwJqtPKzjWU7jqZLkE90nIOQ_O980bsApDQ2sIMKfr76YQJjT5BFbQbExO5Wk5swQI4O/w480-h640/IMG_0802.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>It is a beautiful restaurant, and </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>not associated with the famous </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>song, but worth the drive </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>for these massive nachos.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVXiiqWCRT7nWYzjvLox0SQkJvoI60ZpARTHEmIYA8s74t9Fz4TaFKMcx2Y-ltK_sAxf1KBDmAUS0Ly5EjXRtprHCZTAJn6eDfYFkbmeQ0OnQw7OCE8zyI_YxeHW-DCCF6zHGfYOoqMftZRRRDaVZWLaXTIXJioUNmMY7gLNQgNjpOSWGRWR3BZM6ZjeV/s800/IMG_3287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVXiiqWCRT7nWYzjvLox0SQkJvoI60ZpARTHEmIYA8s74t9Fz4TaFKMcx2Y-ltK_sAxf1KBDmAUS0Ly5EjXRtprHCZTAJn6eDfYFkbmeQ0OnQw7OCE8zyI_YxeHW-DCCF6zHGfYOoqMftZRRRDaVZWLaXTIXJioUNmMY7gLNQgNjpOSWGRWR3BZM6ZjeV/w640-h480/IMG_3287.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We always have to take our </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>iconic photo in the pool </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>with the ocean behind.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Although we entertained </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>three groups and had a lot of </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>fun, January and February </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>had five funerals of close </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>friends and family. We were </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>able to attend most of them. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Our hearts were heavy for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>those who lost their loved ones. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>So glad Miss Petit Four and I </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>could entertain you too. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We always have lots of fun </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>visitors for our </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tales of the Traveling Tote </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>posts. Now for our giveaway: </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Please visit <a href="http://mountainbreaths.com">Debbie </a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and leave a comment </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>to win this To Go Tote - </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>how cute is this? </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQl7cGU5oN2e5uHIU0OwIzYqeoxlnSJqY0Z8XGRnNt6LEpUwhwOGQuE1TY0kExZgy0KUky_o1vgHC1mAoX64-1Uc-50qpm_k28vDSS-nC7ffuG_kWyzmvNQqfzp4NjiHhwwC1c-2dNnN1tf9ZzOASyrRhFuOg5qtb3sMIR6Q_T_EtuKp3_96shiVlbF6Xf/s1290/IMG_1052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1290" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQl7cGU5oN2e5uHIU0OwIzYqeoxlnSJqY0Z8XGRnNt6LEpUwhwOGQuE1TY0kExZgy0KUky_o1vgHC1mAoX64-1Uc-50qpm_k28vDSS-nC7ffuG_kWyzmvNQqfzp4NjiHhwwC1c-2dNnN1tf9ZzOASyrRhFuOg5qtb3sMIR6Q_T_EtuKp3_96shiVlbF6Xf/w400-h399/IMG_1052.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And then visit our other </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Travelers to see where </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>they have been off to this </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>quarter.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Debbie</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Aurora</i> @ <a href="http://www.mountainbreaths.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s1" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e70010; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Mountain Breaths</span></a> </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Emily</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Courtney Childs</i>@ <a href="http://www.thefrenchhutch.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s2" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e60010; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">The French Hutch</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s3" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fb0007; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> </b></span><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Patti</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Kenzie</i> <span class="s3" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fb0007; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">@</span> <a href="http://ppandorasbox.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s3" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fb0007; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Pandora's Box</span></a> </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Jenna</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Coquille</i> @<a href="https://thepaintedapron.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s2" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e60010; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">The Painted Apron</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Linda P</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Lola</i> @<a href="http://www.lifeandlinda.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s3" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fb0007; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> Life and Linda</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Rita</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Luna C </i>@ <a href="http://wvpanoply.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s1" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e70010; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Madi K</i> @ <span class="s2" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e60010; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://purplechocolathome.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Purple Chocolat Home</a> (you are here)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Ricki Jill </b>and Countess De Monet @ <span class="s2" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e60010; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ricki-treleaven.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">The Sketchy Reader</a></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><center><br /></center><center><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2BFOK_pLrNM/V41kByItuKI/AAAAAAAAi5Y/P1xewY8K4OMXOzguvB08IFaMrvsGeFFbQCLcB/s1600/signature_2%25281%2529.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="93" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2BFOK_pLrNM/V41kByItuKI/AAAAAAAAi5Y/P1xewY8K4OMXOzguvB08IFaMrvsGeFFbQCLcB/s200/signature_2%25281%2529.gif" width="200" /></a></center>Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10074013194838958441noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484061334032211360.post-13147613635582966502024-02-28T13:54:00.000-08:002024-02-28T13:54:44.632-08:00Galentine's Party with the Craft Group<center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9-wy0tL6cVxDxQBSrd0jzES7-BCCuT7XSa6AXatc8iE3GKbrT_yJkIp9gjZDI5WqrEOdds3zbIVYiQoG3cviMxjDJjc3dnIBCL_C_XxUwM1zaBYqON-Je0ZT-HtA9GHmcpHI5nh8TCStr9uslJZEjvI_CYQ9lzfGAYJZ2lsHsEK-GHBYsfBmHhWe6k6H/s2830/IMG_0577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="2830" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9-wy0tL6cVxDxQBSrd0jzES7-BCCuT7XSa6AXatc8iE3GKbrT_yJkIp9gjZDI5WqrEOdds3zbIVYiQoG3cviMxjDJjc3dnIBCL_C_XxUwM1zaBYqON-Je0ZT-HtA9GHmcpHI5nh8TCStr9uslJZEjvI_CYQ9lzfGAYJZ2lsHsEK-GHBYsfBmHhWe6k6H/w640-h594/IMG_0577.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I know I am a little late posting </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>this, but I wanted to get it done </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>before the pictures got lost in my </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>busy life.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Our Craft Group had a Galentine's </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>party this year. We started with this </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>fabulous charcuterie heart box </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>made by our hostess Laura. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3U0R_-exRSNFSbBuVwF28dR8BC0bDiMgQm9zRNxyiWCDw48Onr8LbBJ_48vvAklre-LhF0HabCvSMZCV9STrKjCBN9iWwNDMbnFv5sDyriaSTp9TqOk4M9O0Eokkj9wklukIvmI9WBcQCCzzrFcynlsv_K8-lMy0kYjykhmvmNlFVTHDvmVl_IsWuZeWz/s2990/IMG_0561%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2176" data-original-width="2990" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3U0R_-exRSNFSbBuVwF28dR8BC0bDiMgQm9zRNxyiWCDw48Onr8LbBJ_48vvAklre-LhF0HabCvSMZCV9STrKjCBN9iWwNDMbnFv5sDyriaSTp9TqOk4M9O0Eokkj9wklukIvmI9WBcQCCzzrFcynlsv_K8-lMy0kYjykhmvmNlFVTHDvmVl_IsWuZeWz/w640-h466/IMG_0561%202.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The beautiful boxes were all laid out </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>on a side table. We took them into the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>living room and munched and talked.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I have to admit by the time we finished </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>our boxes, we were stuffed and we </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>still had dinner!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>You can see there is a full meal </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>in the heart shaped box consisting </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>of cheeses, crackers, fruit salsa, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>a chopped salad, a petit four, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>nuts and a chocolate. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EEMO49jBw6-7uFmQ0-Wy7rtGJLS8HmScZStWczUAXpksVG4SYzxzPLwMgQOXky_huxqP-LT88fJRjALL9l6UQcMd6t0cTbAMyDn5V_BUxGiba6spOYNr2URwfVmxt1_iHJXKrbZxhWeL0yKU0AetDLmPpfkeu1YTQOP2LXAIMigDh3Yt3m6srrGGroj9/s3039/IMG_0578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="3039" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EEMO49jBw6-7uFmQ0-Wy7rtGJLS8HmScZStWczUAXpksVG4SYzxzPLwMgQOXky_huxqP-LT88fJRjALL9l6UQcMd6t0cTbAMyDn5V_BUxGiba6spOYNr2URwfVmxt1_iHJXKrbZxhWeL0yKU0AetDLmPpfkeu1YTQOP2LXAIMigDh3Yt3m6srrGGroj9/w640-h522/IMG_0578.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Because we were too full to eat </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>anything more, we moved on to </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>our Favorite Things baskets. Some </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>contained books, and some Valentine's </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>things, and some had date items. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>They were all beautifully done. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIs0I0fywEt9XDW75Y8MnrU5mstX1TPWV331qk9XyCKACJYbcLaT8LoTaQQeFcwcgv7ynuAfIesEaFt5AxVzKVfZumJQhy98MpvHjF93u7YTbzEAjhtJs-h-2Asno2PPzU8Us0v27oWs2Z-ePIg5PFS37RYkW2zSujHCJjfczqwQ6LDu9xJv1kL8W8ebbi/s4032/IMG_0554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIs0I0fywEt9XDW75Y8MnrU5mstX1TPWV331qk9XyCKACJYbcLaT8LoTaQQeFcwcgv7ynuAfIesEaFt5AxVzKVfZumJQhy98MpvHjF93u7YTbzEAjhtJs-h-2Asno2PPzU8Us0v27oWs2Z-ePIg5PFS37RYkW2zSujHCJjfczqwQ6LDu9xJv1kL8W8ebbi/w480-h640/IMG_0554.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The table was set with </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>a Valentine's theme with</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>chocolates on each plate and </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>fresh flowers in the center.</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC-WnZMVvNAk35G0ldnhhLXde6PB-HcuPCY-QQzHgINpYoqQPEPwN4F7dSzERNWf51fVKfAyQwSZ-jOFOx76UoNeKt6Z1khSnsUE_dY1WZelotpq2aFy4-4V8EGKJ29YnHErakX5D_sGGKBcRZl-KgIFuhTNmAxemGPtRCejxSAusOx90T6JBqbW8okZy/s4032/IMG_0562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC-WnZMVvNAk35G0ldnhhLXde6PB-HcuPCY-QQzHgINpYoqQPEPwN4F7dSzERNWf51fVKfAyQwSZ-jOFOx76UoNeKt6Z1khSnsUE_dY1WZelotpq2aFy4-4V8EGKJ29YnHErakX5D_sGGKBcRZl-KgIFuhTNmAxemGPtRCejxSAusOx90T6JBqbW8okZy/w480-h640/IMG_0562.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Our lovely hostess, Laura, had </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>prepared a gift bag for each of us.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Earlier she had asked us for the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>name of a boy we liked in </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>grade school. Inside our gift bags </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>were hand written notes from our </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>crushes! What a fun idea. Mine said, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Jackie I like you. Meet me at recess!" </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What a clever and fun idea. She also </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>wrote a Valentine to each of us from </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>herself, a beautiful note to keep telling </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>us what she admired about us. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>There was also a pretty hanky, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>candy and treats. It felt very </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>special.</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kb04qyIpTSyMNJLrGE30AEoyp4xQDVgBCqz3yfYz_hnOTF0cT0WzYJy7UJNgqP_EBAKv_vL7h5nIRCmnLE4xUnLCfUzaV6wVUqe7YCwVOPli2IBlIRITVPAW3Q0wYkhkQlm2HvjaGDKBwNURx7PhFR5nETVBmprxL9S6pm7RJvMEuKyY5PP1VTcMhVEM/s4032/IMG_0573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kb04qyIpTSyMNJLrGE30AEoyp4xQDVgBCqz3yfYz_hnOTF0cT0WzYJy7UJNgqP_EBAKv_vL7h5nIRCmnLE4xUnLCfUzaV6wVUqe7YCwVOPli2IBlIRITVPAW3Q0wYkhkQlm2HvjaGDKBwNURx7PhFR5nETVBmprxL9S6pm7RJvMEuKyY5PP1VTcMhVEM/w480-h640/IMG_0573.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ribbons were hanging from the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>chandelier and six pots of </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>fresh flowers were lined up </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>down the table. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpBzTpoX_S63Vo4TEmIGVi0ZDv0VXVvIb8ySMIP8ZxzTtt7bDS-lfSildUgek5_ZHBW5K8w_-mc9vk8epQ5n8G9lXXDxGV5ITyoxDr8c3KjODF3W2mO0RcaCD_voKhyphenhyphena0HRqoEOp9ZTBEYlrwc4-2j2PvH1t5JC39VDuJ6ZprYFRu3wc6wxsvojzon8Or/s4032/IMG_0574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpBzTpoX_S63Vo4TEmIGVi0ZDv0VXVvIb8ySMIP8ZxzTtt7bDS-lfSildUgek5_ZHBW5K8w_-mc9vk8epQ5n8G9lXXDxGV5ITyoxDr8c3KjODF3W2mO0RcaCD_voKhyphenhyphena0HRqoEOp9ZTBEYlrwc4-2j2PvH1t5JC39VDuJ6ZprYFRu3wc6wxsvojzon8Or/w480-h640/IMG_0574.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We each got a See's Chocolates </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Heart Shaped Truffle. I just </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>loved that ruffled white plate.</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPPzP7GZ-0jILoXAySMA0lKA_wTZKddfOg7KpL0y_i_FE2Xhm-006lhQRRWx7m14LG0kFDH-01lSTdRMQR1m7BHCedMm2q8K9dKARYIU42KyUtIBYMQXZEmO2uSaZXinp6wYYYA6O2VX7rpTPJyX6suJe_c1327MYgplGYeGrzSF2NOCFjhzrlHPToHtd/s2982/IMG_0576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="2982" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPPzP7GZ-0jILoXAySMA0lKA_wTZKddfOg7KpL0y_i_FE2Xhm-006lhQRRWx7m14LG0kFDH-01lSTdRMQR1m7BHCedMm2q8K9dKARYIU42KyUtIBYMQXZEmO2uSaZXinp6wYYYA6O2VX7rpTPJyX6suJe_c1327MYgplGYeGrzSF2NOCFjhzrlHPToHtd/w640-h506/IMG_0576.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A second theme of strawberries </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>was featured and Amy made </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>these beautiful strawberry shaped </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>macarons.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jcNTA6lr8ywqAkocO_gCFiopSsNTSh1KroRAE3QSvnq5l5y5eTg4DapFe3l6jMX_CXEC5lLcTCfMAOZ47Srv2fdja-aWxScx1-vsonBRdyYU7Npv1iyErRptPD0YsaDtD4_Orbw6bhkGRaebBsgxFAKcU-5dZX9DvRLsSngQTqrbC-vwWPIEg3GPJuzz/s4032/IMG_0555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jcNTA6lr8ywqAkocO_gCFiopSsNTSh1KroRAE3QSvnq5l5y5eTg4DapFe3l6jMX_CXEC5lLcTCfMAOZ47Srv2fdja-aWxScx1-vsonBRdyYU7Npv1iyErRptPD0YsaDtD4_Orbw6bhkGRaebBsgxFAKcU-5dZX9DvRLsSngQTqrbC-vwWPIEg3GPJuzz/w480-h640/IMG_0555.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Here is our lovely hostess Laura.</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNuNrTf1TIXv7YaoicvnwGSYb1QBA4nfLg3vWCkaeG8EPP-vUHSQgF3x03_Gfpq2ofnkLsn1sWizSextry01XIrbidpXE9yaj2o1upqX-DpXXsBsI_SeaG8z0PAZiPLbOraZ53q4jri1I4nlM5P9z3BVku6R39EajOPPEfPC1QC8V8X7xmgjlNZ1EEJYk/s4032/IMG_0568.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNuNrTf1TIXv7YaoicvnwGSYb1QBA4nfLg3vWCkaeG8EPP-vUHSQgF3x03_Gfpq2ofnkLsn1sWizSextry01XIrbidpXE9yaj2o1upqX-DpXXsBsI_SeaG8z0PAZiPLbOraZ53q4jri1I4nlM5P9z3BVku6R39EajOPPEfPC1QC8V8X7xmgjlNZ1EEJYk/w640-h480/IMG_0568.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>She is holding the chocolate </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>dipped strawberries I made </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>for the party. Our husbands </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>call us the "Overachievers", </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>so I knew the strawberries had </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>to be special. Some were painted </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>gold and some were covered in </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>pink sparkle. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Even though we didn't do a craft, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(seems to be the way this group </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>is going), we had a wonderful </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>time and still didn't get home </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>until 11:00!! </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>So fun to share food and fun with </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>fabulous friends. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> I will be posting this with </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net">Tablescapes Thursday</a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2BFOK_pLrNM/V41kByItuKI/AAAAAAAAi5Y/P1xewY8K4OMXOzguvB08IFaMrvsGeFFbQCLcB/s1600/signature_2%25281%2529.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="93" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2BFOK_pLrNM/V41kByItuKI/AAAAAAAAi5Y/P1xewY8K4OMXOzguvB08IFaMrvsGeFFbQCLcB/s200/signature_2%25281%2529.gif" width="200" /></a></center>Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10074013194838958441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484061334032211360.post-49808003208413149012023-12-01T03:30:00.000-08:002023-12-01T03:30:00.142-08:00Tales of the Traveling Tote #37 and a Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRL7CG8vrXZVcOXLhuEfTtWnuriJGgqIUUidtqZm-QgExQlYLtDwWzPGFhap4G6Ca4VeuQ-7Z50Tm1Pg-qmmARpx9Q7D8WLWyDyUu3zt3zRhJtd_6HeumvZNHAqhdEWoynRSFvqZiTiajoWmm5f3-xjVd2f4oiw8ErwKR-hNRXy8DbHAPMJ9c1DSX6bIs6/s839/IMG_9308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="839" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRL7CG8vrXZVcOXLhuEfTtWnuriJGgqIUUidtqZm-QgExQlYLtDwWzPGFhap4G6Ca4VeuQ-7Z50Tm1Pg-qmmARpx9Q7D8WLWyDyUu3zt3zRhJtd_6HeumvZNHAqhdEWoynRSFvqZiTiajoWmm5f3-xjVd2f4oiw8ErwKR-hNRXy8DbHAPMJ9c1DSX6bIs6/w640-h456/IMG_9308.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Here it is already December 1st, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and Miss Madi K and I want to </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>welcome you to our </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tales of the Traveling Tote </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and tell you where we </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>have been off to. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLlzOd0e9ei9vIQdOeJEBaPokUljuUkJzuiGHv_bcRz7Ngjh0cDbQRMDFQglaTDI0m2xo4kBrka3OxDhuTE3_p09eGWcgUbxerLzoirkzhHsXiIVD9BWqa_d7tMsj2QPToteLOwNXx1C3TEuDxe5jpfWNfQBbhnOJOuuKevk2HOA48lQYjDlvxWE1QaoG/s4032/IMG_7050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLlzOd0e9ei9vIQdOeJEBaPokUljuUkJzuiGHv_bcRz7Ngjh0cDbQRMDFQglaTDI0m2xo4kBrka3OxDhuTE3_p09eGWcgUbxerLzoirkzhHsXiIVD9BWqa_d7tMsj2QPToteLOwNXx1C3TEuDxe5jpfWNfQBbhnOJOuuKevk2HOA48lQYjDlvxWE1QaoG/w480-h640/IMG_7050.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We are finishing building a </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>new home and didn't think </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>we could get away, but </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> surprisingly, we </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>were able to travel to a few </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>places. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DOAgLZuNqpqJgadufyJMP_USr1lU0HuE6YKV28xraiAUyfAWt9K19wExn57UdrIETfbhI4HvtvsebAkthttAIO4MMNdTuKneLj2gOY5z5Vb0xaWxvylqXTJ1vnn0DgJ0cBPVZNfXxVZOO87o-3mIAE2OUYnQ7TE93gT20zRs-VE_mpEjypx0ai7xMYTC/s4030/IMG_7987%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="4030" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DOAgLZuNqpqJgadufyJMP_USr1lU0HuE6YKV28xraiAUyfAWt9K19wExn57UdrIETfbhI4HvtvsebAkthttAIO4MMNdTuKneLj2gOY5z5Vb0xaWxvylqXTJ1vnn0DgJ0cBPVZNfXxVZOO87o-3mIAE2OUYnQ7TE93gT20zRs-VE_mpEjypx0ai7xMYTC/w640-h368/IMG_7987%203.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We were so busy with the house </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>we forgot that our friends had </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>invited us to St. George for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>a Gentri Christmas concert </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>at Tuacahn. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tuacahn is an outdoor theater </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and it was a lovely settting </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and it started the Christmas </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>season out. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jclyvYqa9K6gt0DEVNBjwHZG5gfzDlp72DMsmrbCvpoU3uSDVjgygHPzKgHFGVEblM2_vNnoGUGb1yZutN8kACkm3N9-X5hf4s0PXrxbwtYy7uZzC3kY8019d7FxqFmh1c8O85iGxCMuqqx8mXTJNn3l40utBS06dvanyMc0S4AypCqpVWa0fv3nIJAN/s914/IMG_8971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="914" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jclyvYqa9K6gt0DEVNBjwHZG5gfzDlp72DMsmrbCvpoU3uSDVjgygHPzKgHFGVEblM2_vNnoGUGb1yZutN8kACkm3N9-X5hf4s0PXrxbwtYy7uZzC3kY8019d7FxqFmh1c8O85iGxCMuqqx8mXTJNn3l40utBS06dvanyMc0S4AypCqpVWa0fv3nIJAN/w640-h496/IMG_8971.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Check out Gentri's Christmas </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>albums. They are a trio that </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>met while performing in </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Les Miserables in Salt Lake </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>City. Their harmony is wonderful </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and you may remember that </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>we traveled with them on </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>a Mediterranean Cruise in </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>May. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJJfMub7Hz4pupjVCTnMDwC2fXBH4wz9LI2l1yqzU69Sq0GxSFHsnDMsp3UbkQRAgzrWwiVdsjbdRv6NJsrS4XGGRkO6nLm87jxwCmlZP9TU_YoJ25E89OLY22U5w_xl2U-O4CcutNEA5Qv89KGbIDttsjxecvY_C1px_vt1HYMgNmKQz2aqIDLEqyrH8/s4032/IMG_8985.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJJfMub7Hz4pupjVCTnMDwC2fXBH4wz9LI2l1yqzU69Sq0GxSFHsnDMsp3UbkQRAgzrWwiVdsjbdRv6NJsrS4XGGRkO6nLm87jxwCmlZP9TU_YoJ25E89OLY22U5w_xl2U-O4CcutNEA5Qv89KGbIDttsjxecvY_C1px_vt1HYMgNmKQz2aqIDLEqyrH8/w640-h480/IMG_8985.JPG" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>So much wonderful food </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>in St. George. We always </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>have to stop at Tifani's for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>crepes. This is a Cinnabon </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>crepe with sugared pecans. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Yum!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxOv5fl5Yas-I40pTfl9ZtBvmyWtnQ8XOQRFu5jItMTKqaoq1OvRnTXRlbFSoHs47lJj5cLoPmtBIEOZCoSftTMkQXQXdGGJ4Y1_yteMg-25ceeWHHKNcuqGl2k6kwncN58JaH-RQ4Qh-y1qAFD4_vymwUcwFZUtTchzyOhYsdtKndTADWsUxtHQ53W44/s4032/IMG_9035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxOv5fl5Yas-I40pTfl9ZtBvmyWtnQ8XOQRFu5jItMTKqaoq1OvRnTXRlbFSoHs47lJj5cLoPmtBIEOZCoSftTMkQXQXdGGJ4Y1_yteMg-25ceeWHHKNcuqGl2k6kwncN58JaH-RQ4Qh-y1qAFD4_vymwUcwFZUtTchzyOhYsdtKndTADWsUxtHQ53W44/w480-h640/IMG_9035.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We were home just for a </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>couple of days when we </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>headed to Cabo for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thanksgiving. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>It is the year for the kids </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>to be with the in-laws, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>so it was just the two of us. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAmYl-WYH8Axc0umWdYTuCj8MKKbFHXq9160mcViL5qC-yh8sI2s3V7wDR4wp0_u1blWs1OnmTC5S4QG0zbdZ1QqNrA69scm-eneSoH7hzL5YPntcQwFtmXvYwwSRYAEyBcSsYc4m2y9mzR45Jpd53Kuqc8Yy2EOiVEspXnxrkB83u0g0VpkIJ_ceVGo_/s4032/IMG_9084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAmYl-WYH8Axc0umWdYTuCj8MKKbFHXq9160mcViL5qC-yh8sI2s3V7wDR4wp0_u1blWs1OnmTC5S4QG0zbdZ1QqNrA69scm-eneSoH7hzL5YPntcQwFtmXvYwwSRYAEyBcSsYc4m2y9mzR45Jpd53Kuqc8Yy2EOiVEspXnxrkB83u0g0VpkIJ_ceVGo_/w480-h640/IMG_9084.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I made this Thanksgiving </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>floral arrangement using </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>just some wild flowers </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>growing out on the cliffs. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdROHuNpT2iR5J_71mwb5roL6bIgRxhuHIyC3VsuBohbE53T51F-7mOofAtLpmHWR8XKBx74li2p7Ho9Hanqxg42zyYutySh9XZUaiY18PVYqsqkPmCDW_uRcqVIRIJClmpdJORzUHUKn8i_H1ikXPYLaR3UivwH9Qi1u7sM8a-A7XxKDIBnVbt74MWVM/s4032/IMG_4312%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdROHuNpT2iR5J_71mwb5roL6bIgRxhuHIyC3VsuBohbE53T51F-7mOofAtLpmHWR8XKBx74li2p7Ho9Hanqxg42zyYutySh9XZUaiY18PVYqsqkPmCDW_uRcqVIRIJClmpdJORzUHUKn8i_H1ikXPYLaR3UivwH9Qi1u7sM8a-A7XxKDIBnVbt74MWVM/w480-h640/IMG_4312%202.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>While we basked in the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>sun, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0lqeMSBCRsIj6pyXunr_FxCQicLgJRPdFpCKyYA525aTK6r-MV9D8k3Gs0D45mzKGocMfjLjCGrH6wgQo0ewaaUQeNbsTWC0JPll_pENIBN608MCuf8hoYY0N4dh0Lg__tTlTwjYNOnDEV-_NFxT-Ih9nBd1sspjz1UH0xy7iD1i9JHv6P04zcp3eog8/s2896/IMG_6173%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1865" data-original-width="2896" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0lqeMSBCRsIj6pyXunr_FxCQicLgJRPdFpCKyYA525aTK6r-MV9D8k3Gs0D45mzKGocMfjLjCGrH6wgQo0ewaaUQeNbsTWC0JPll_pENIBN608MCuf8hoYY0N4dh0Lg__tTlTwjYNOnDEV-_NFxT-Ih9nBd1sspjz1UH0xy7iD1i9JHv6P04zcp3eog8/w640-h412/IMG_6173%204.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the new house got its </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>first snow storm.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGGNK2W5X2W1BcuGI_ODgmRbwDVbtH6eeY4oInkieS9H6xUQbLCzG5o9JcuW1OuJxN-0_21ucrPreH6MEfCfOOg83UmKonV6XIUFYgkuwgIt5_eKIiApN1ztH1KBARwekcuEgn98I32sjV2uDi8XVtTB14ngMWqiAzeljpBRcWwvKm8_O3uyUFlQwm_Gn/s4032/IMG_8263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGGNK2W5X2W1BcuGI_ODgmRbwDVbtH6eeY4oInkieS9H6xUQbLCzG5o9JcuW1OuJxN-0_21ucrPreH6MEfCfOOg83UmKonV6XIUFYgkuwgIt5_eKIiApN1ztH1KBARwekcuEgn98I32sjV2uDi8XVtTB14ngMWqiAzeljpBRcWwvKm8_O3uyUFlQwm_Gn/w480-h640/IMG_8263.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We enjoyed eating at </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>one of our favorites </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>in Cabo, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tres Sirenas. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I just love their presentation!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Those flowers surrounding </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the delicious coconut shrimp </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>just make it magical. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXHLodIx64PtepZFhAWOCnzBDD3BZoyBxaw3Li9a_I0tU7e26ZGW0wGLZPvyIhkNO1-3mgrxaPQfOwc9rZeJEXfsMUHp5A1isu01AzfL8rk3Ig9bQzs8xkMay3pugdLQTpfORLBFQlL9a7C4zdmGvHgFj6vc1MlBQoJsdPp8h6Y_GP4NfNfYlovSHtjsJ/s4032/IMG_8270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXHLodIx64PtepZFhAWOCnzBDD3BZoyBxaw3Li9a_I0tU7e26ZGW0wGLZPvyIhkNO1-3mgrxaPQfOwc9rZeJEXfsMUHp5A1isu01AzfL8rk3Ig9bQzs8xkMay3pugdLQTpfORLBFQlL9a7C4zdmGvHgFj6vc1MlBQoJsdPp8h6Y_GP4NfNfYlovSHtjsJ/w480-h640/IMG_8270.jpg" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We tried the three sorbets </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>for dessert. The presentation </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>on this was amazing too. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmI4ipFhhpgnBg3WxQ8wHhJdut8gWLa1j9lHnJHpzY69UEsuMuJOAY6EtheueweA-SZQ4HnubvOO3Dlht7EvkYm6m10tX2MAGl1XaEc3xU8BfAsYdRrWLt2-7VNRToCoMMGJ5fMKs5rJ8-YO6yf13SZcQLZoDpCNLRKKNI6RQPrvi8MHfCr68cc6Llai9/s4032/IMG_9306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmI4ipFhhpgnBg3WxQ8wHhJdut8gWLa1j9lHnJHpzY69UEsuMuJOAY6EtheueweA-SZQ4HnubvOO3Dlht7EvkYm6m10tX2MAGl1XaEc3xU8BfAsYdRrWLt2-7VNRToCoMMGJ5fMKs5rJ8-YO6yf13SZcQLZoDpCNLRKKNI6RQPrvi8MHfCr68cc6Llai9/w480-h640/IMG_9306.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Then when we got home </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>we had a couple of fun </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>shopping expeditions </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>to get ready for Christmas. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We are hoping to get into </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>our new home next week! </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSljJLMMlAB3aLX2ALiyJJj1YewZ1_u7hHkRJ4jHK7CUffT9HAWL_CdHazoXerLH1zBfIx3VRLwZ0Z2BczKeT1w_eNNe3_laNr94KqtX5s7WnTZvsbay6mtcbJjhek12hoFClnsiiffG2XkGHeHHd3bmcbIAdhd64s046FeTzgV3G0LqQCY9VYXuXahBUA/s4032/IMG_9300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSljJLMMlAB3aLX2ALiyJJj1YewZ1_u7hHkRJ4jHK7CUffT9HAWL_CdHazoXerLH1zBfIx3VRLwZ0Z2BczKeT1w_eNNe3_laNr94KqtX5s7WnTZvsbay6mtcbJjhek12hoFClnsiiffG2XkGHeHHd3bmcbIAdhd64s046FeTzgV3G0LqQCY9VYXuXahBUA/w480-h640/IMG_9300.JPG" width="480" /></i></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>It is always fun shopping </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>with the littles! She was </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>totally entranced with </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>one of our favorite </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>boutiques, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Busy Biddy.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for traveling along with </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Miss Madi K and I. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Join in on the giveaway!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Visit </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Bookish Dilettane's </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>blog and leave a comment </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>for this fun giveaway.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NMkfy3vpz75e480Z6-rQJQcbuuVLFbjfSZi7Av_AWfOjq72HF7EWborWlVZmJlkbjCIjkU_CQHU8OhKN8n_6Nl25VbPtD_qoB7tX4UGkkLi2h3YzE5eLlp3R1J1RELoqqQS1fBg361NnMfqA3N4qc6x3Z-sripAt45PZDt2rxm3g16c0X_Maw4pX3vAl/s320/ttt%20dec'23.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="320" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NMkfy3vpz75e480Z6-rQJQcbuuVLFbjfSZi7Av_AWfOjq72HF7EWborWlVZmJlkbjCIjkU_CQHU8OhKN8n_6Nl25VbPtD_qoB7tX4UGkkLi2h3YzE5eLlp3R1J1RELoqqQS1fBg361NnMfqA3N4qc6x3Z-sripAt45PZDt2rxm3g16c0X_Maw4pX3vAl/w640-h386/ttt%20dec'23.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Then go see where our other </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>TTT members have been off to.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Emily</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Courtney Childs</i>@ <a href="http://www.thefrenchhutch.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s2" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e60010; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">The French Hutch</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s3" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fb0007; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> </b></span><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Patti</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Jenna</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Coquille</i> @<a href="https://thepaintedapron.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s2" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e60010; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">The Painted Apron</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Linda P</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Lola</i> @<a href="http://www.lifeandlinda.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="s3" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fb0007; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"> Life and Linda</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Rita</b> with <i style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Luna C </i>@ <a href="http://wvpanoply.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e95c87; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor none medium; padding: 0px; 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