tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79896768546565006282026-10-17T16:54:33.595-07:00A mother of boys works from son up 'til son down.Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.comBlogger848125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-75727651707200729832018-07-27T19:10:00.001-07:002018-07-27T19:10:28.168-07:00Well. Suffice it to say, much has happened in the last year and a half. I loved blogging. You know what killed it for me? Picasa albums going away. So annoying. I can't get pics from my phone into blog posts. So what's the point honestly?<br /> <br /> Ok, updates.<br /> <br /> We are still living in New Hampshire. It's been 5.5 years. That's no joke for us.<br /> <br /> Henry is 12, headed into middle school in the fall. It's crazy.<br /> <br /> Spencer will be 11 on Friday, a week from today.<br /> <br /> Oliver is 9, headed into 4th grade.<br /> <br /> Ezra is 7, going into second grade.<br /> <br /> Miriam is 5, will be 6 on in August 14.<br /> <br /> Freddy is 3 and literally potty trained himself two weeks ago.<br /> <br /> Beatrice is 17 months&nbsp; and slays us with her cuteness.<br /> <br /> I'm still writing. Derek is still a therapist.<br /> <br /> (This is Pulitzer Prize winning stuff here...)<br /> <br /> There is of course so much more, the day in and out...But that is boring.<br /> <br /> Mostly, I had to write to just prove I'm still here.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jLfR44MThhqln1htZufzg1FVdQBydcO7sS_cCtgKuvRpiBKeCXt_6LCzoG9a0BGzm-zXnMJbsCHOV-CnMweUfsJAtDnpJCZzDgwhmeWTyu-8D9tLQ3IYAHjeBxAs4P2YdbB2laswYUc/s1600/IMG_20171206_145953156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jLfR44MThhqln1htZufzg1FVdQBydcO7sS_cCtgKuvRpiBKeCXt_6LCzoG9a0BGzm-zXnMJbsCHOV-CnMweUfsJAtDnpJCZzDgwhmeWTyu-8D9tLQ3IYAHjeBxAs4P2YdbB2laswYUc/s320/IMG_20171206_145953156.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-73155794791108075432017-03-14T19:48:00.000-07:002017-03-15T07:48:06.714-07:00We had an eventful Saturday.<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> Beatrice has been having trouble gaining weight, spitting up SO DANG MUCH, and just generally being grumpy about eating. So, just like we did when Freddy was a wee two week old, we decided to fix her tongue and lip ties. It was a fairly traumatic experience when we did it with Freddy. He had to have it done twice, once with an ENT and then again with a dentist two weeks later. When he was two weeks, we had the first done. We thought Miss Beatrice would be better off getting it done ASAP just like with him.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Our dear friend is also our dentist, and has the laser, the expertise and experience to do it, and we trust him implicitly. So, on a Saturday, he kindly offered to come in and take care of her quickly so we didn't have to wait for an available appointment.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I was dreading it a bit just because it had been traumatic to do it twice with Freddy. Basically, I knew it was for the best long-term for feeding, speech, etc to do it and do it quickly, but I was just not wanting to do it.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Nonetheless, I marched her and myself in there, and the deed was done. It was quick, she had numbing medication so it didn't hurt, she was just way grumpy about having her mouth messed with.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Five minutes in and out, and we were on our way home. She fell asleep and snoozed. We stopped at the store so Derek could run in for... I can't remember. Anyway, she woke up and wanted to nurse since the meds had worn off. I pulled her out of her seat and noticed she was...pale. Oliver commented that she looked kind of gray. I had to agree. It was weird. But she was acting basically normal otherwise. So we nursed, put her back in her seat and headed home.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> She was still not looking great when we got home. I decided to call the ped nurses line to just ask if a weird color was a normal side effect of a simple procedure. The nurse was stumped, and so was the second nurse I called after that.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Neither suggested we take her in. One did say that if she was still gray in the morning, take her in.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> At that point, Derek and I saw that she was getting worse, not better. I felt like an idiot. This had NOT happened with Fred. The color changing from gray to purple was scary, but the nurses had both seemed unconcerned. So we decided to go to urgent care. "Better safe than sorry" Derek assured me. I was worried, but didn't want them to just roll their eyes at a seven-time mom overreacting.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> By the time we got there, though she'd gone from purple to blue. BLUE, My two week old baby was BLUE.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I'm so grateful there was no wait. They took one look at her and called an ambulance.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I explained, while we waited the agonizing minutes for them to arrive, what had happened. The doctor called the pediatric ER and explained what had happened. The on call doc had it diagnosed before we had even arrived:&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Methemoglobinema.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Huh?&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I had literally never heard of it at all. AT ALL.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Basically, she had reacted to the numbing medication(s) that had been used. It was causing her body to not oxygenate properly. The hemoglobin can carry the oxygen but can't deliver it. Her levels were just rising and rising, which is why she got more and more blue over the two hours.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The ambulance ride was fast. Normally it takes a half hour to get to the hospital. It took half that. Lights, sirens, the whole shebang. I was super impressed with the EMT who managed to get an IV in my baby's tiny veins whilst hurtling down the highway. Amazing.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> At the ER, the doctors and nurses went right to work. Oxygen flowing, blood drawn (her blood was dark orange, like the color of iodine), all the things. I stood by her, sang to her, kissed her little head, and just held whatever parts of her I could get.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The doctors had never seen methemoglobinema. EVER. They were all on their phones GOOGLING it, but they just kept working. When labs came back, her levels of methemoglobin were sky high, so she was treated via IV with a medication called Methylene blue. It's literally bright blue. Derek, who had taken all the other kids home, had grabbed a neighbor to babysit and arrived right about then.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> We were told that the nature of the condition and the use of the medications meant she'd need to be admitted. Unfortunately, the hospital didn't have a PICU so we had to transfer. Once the meds were fully in, and her oxygen levels had risen, she and I got to ride in another ambulance down to Boston childrens.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> No one there had ever heard of methemoglobinema either, except for the toxicologist.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Her O2 sats stayed brilliantly at 100 on oxygen, so we moved her to room air, and go to our room, and she just stayed steady. All,night.long. She was amazing, She screamed at everyone who touched her, but we all didn't care because she was doing so dang well. She nursed and slept, and nursed and slept, and her vitals never waivered. I nodded off a couple times, but mostly just stared at her. Because it's the PICU we had "one to one" care, so our nurse only had Beatrice as her patient. She tried to get me to sleep explaining that "I get paid to watch her!" but no. After the day we'd had... no. It wasn't going to happen.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Sunday morning, she was visited by... 8? doctors, more nurses, everyone wanted to hear the story of the crazy acquired methemoglobinema from lidocaine. More labs showed that her levels of methemoglobin which had been at 30 (WAY TOO HIGH) Saturday afternoon were now 1.5. She was going to be fine! A million years later, Derek came to rescue us, and we were on our way home.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Monday, life resumed as normal. And let me tell you, all day, as I did mundane, normal things, I was overwhelmed with gratitude to our Father for the priviledge of having a regular day, with all of my children. It could have been so different. If we'd waited...&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Derek asked our nurse the question I had been too afraid to ask: Would this have resolved on it's own if we hadn't brought her in?&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The nurse was very blunt. No. Her levels were too high.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> If they hadn't put the pieces together as quickly as they had. If it hadn't been a Saturday... if those particular doctors hadn't been working when/where they did. If the pharmacy hadn't stocked a totally random medication that no one ever used...&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Our lives get to go on without heartbreak, without grief because all the pieces that came together protected &nbsp;our tiny daughter.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I can not stop praising God for the gift of HER, of geting to keep her when so many things could have made that not the case.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> So, now, life is normal. She can't ever use any sort of topical or injected numbing in the -caine family, or even over the counter versions (think orajel) or herbal rememdies like teething tablets. And her peditrician might want to do enzyme testing later when she's bigger since this is directly related to an enzyme deficiency. Some tiny babies do have the deficiency but it resolves later, which is what we think happened. Beatrice just happened to be one of the ones who lacked the proper enzymes to break down the numbing meds and just happened to have those exact meds administered before it resolved itself.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Luck of the draw? Maybe we should have waited? Or would it have happened no matter when we did it? Two weeks later? A month? We make the best choices we can with what we know.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> It comforts me a little knowing that no one had ever seen it, and that it IS rare. We couldn't have known.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> But still.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I'm just plain grateful.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOmf18QnDki8KDCjd0D9Hr3oycebQdlGGWBeDyrFbSRTXSG9Atlxiq23nUOg2s41TlkUMXiIT1IP6w8tv5X5eMLQu6ZIAQ_YYO_73-7s7SJIRY3pXMYsMjqWjRE0HRa6Wgm05FaDcdB4E/s1600/IMG_3523.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOmf18QnDki8KDCjd0D9Hr3oycebQdlGGWBeDyrFbSRTXSG9Atlxiq23nUOg2s41TlkUMXiIT1IP6w8tv5X5eMLQu6ZIAQ_YYO_73-7s7SJIRY3pXMYsMjqWjRE0HRa6Wgm05FaDcdB4E/s320/IMG_3523.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> <div> This is when she started to look "off". Normally she's quite pink/red. It got much, much worse.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2g-L48H_0YexlU1FIy_QGhaLqA1aLEQS7ZqU25bcYyClG5N6Nzx0b9-y2pLV9Y3SBOft2i2iV_HCqfOP_gSDPyQcQogWSjC0322yTNA5oapxIEzjstzkAkKJzuGXvLOTYXAarMxhRf0NC/s1600/IMG_3524.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2g-L48H_0YexlU1FIy_QGhaLqA1aLEQS7ZqU25bcYyClG5N6Nzx0b9-y2pLV9Y3SBOft2i2iV_HCqfOP_gSDPyQcQogWSjC0322yTNA5oapxIEzjstzkAkKJzuGXvLOTYXAarMxhRf0NC/s320/IMG_3524.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> <div> Going for ride number 2 in the ambulance. It was 12 degrees, so the towel on her head was warmed to keep her body temp up. By this point, the cynotic blue was faded. She was already so much better.&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI-iVbjpKeLqzF2iidP5Vg8CGZuw6S81zpxjiTKz0QN2cTDl13skthS9-fW9naTSg3Xrh4sMm1PoEohz2hAnfUQXIDqLNvd4BKk3Bzs4zx9Vk1Rt4GhfnpEbJ1YMHd9gsLYuKUWlyN1D4/s1600/IMG_3528.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI-iVbjpKeLqzF2iidP5Vg8CGZuw6S81zpxjiTKz0QN2cTDl13skthS9-fW9naTSg3Xrh4sMm1PoEohz2hAnfUQXIDqLNvd4BKk3Bzs4zx9Vk1Rt4GhfnpEbJ1YMHd9gsLYuKUWlyN1D4/s320/IMG_3528.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Off oxygen and doing great on room air!&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W_wZt7k6KaFwurrT7BEkkpUA-J5qQ8kRUASHgqJJUDzgbOBGRRt8TQ2LwyF1vkyS0lAxCNmJy4MhyphenhyphenXXrvy2eHzEssu0tJzZr3OTdGuQkYQH7jjlKntbOfHV8aydPPQEgfTleO9nXHrwj/s1600/Mom+and+Bea.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W_wZt7k6KaFwurrT7BEkkpUA-J5qQ8kRUASHgqJJUDzgbOBGRRt8TQ2LwyF1vkyS0lAxCNmJy4MhyphenhyphenXXrvy2eHzEssu0tJzZr3OTdGuQkYQH7jjlKntbOfHV8aydPPQEgfTleO9nXHrwj/s320/Mom+and+Bea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Dressed and ready to GO HOME!&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-1508487107823245612016-10-31T18:03:00.003-07:002016-10-31T18:07:38.065-07:00Happy Halloween! We tricked and treated until babies were crying. It was cold. Only two kids went missing, but never fear, we found them. We are blessed to live in a town that I know if I lose kids, I know I'll find them at the library. It's the best.&nbsp;Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-74673998660349280722016-08-31T12:21:00.001-07:002016-08-31T12:21:53.836-07:00Well.<br /> <br /> Hi.<br /> <br /> I miss you blogging world. Are you even still a thing?<br /> <br /> I have been so dang caught up with working from home that everything has sort of evaporated into the netherworld.<br /> <br /> But. It's quiet right now. (Well, quiet is relative, I mean, there are six children here still) So I thought I'd catch up.<br /> <br /> We have a had a low-key summer. No big trips, no huge outtings, nothing like that at all. Just a few perfect beach days. A few park trips. A lake trip, some birthdays, some work-at-home days when the kids ask, "Are you going ANYWHERE today?", lots of karate classes, and just summer.<br /> <br /> Somehow, summer is perfect. I'm lamenting let it go as we head into school on Tuesday. It's still warm out, but the light is shifting. It's autumn light. I love fall, but oh winter. I'm pretending you aren't a thing.<br /> <br /> I haven't much to say about summer. I have lots to say about summer. It was magic. It was mundane. It was busy, it was lazy. I think my kids will be the ones without much to report come the first day of school. Yet it was agood time. It was all I could hope for.<br /> <br /> I'm going to miss my babies when they traipse off to school. 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I've opened my own Lularoe business back in January. It is taking up a ton of my time, and Derek's to be honest. But we are having a ton of fun. It's busy, and tiring, and nerve-wracking, and ALL THE THINGS, but we're making it. I'm determined to make it happen, big time.<br /> <br /> It's exciting for 2016. It's going to be an epic year.<br /> <br /> I'm selling mostly online these days, but would love to crack into the local market! I'm working hard, Derek is working hard, and I'm certain my house has never been messier. But I love it. It's fun, good work! I'm learning to do things I was afraid to do before. Like stand in FRONT of the camera, or care about my appearance in any way shape or form.<br /><br /> Yes, this whole silly thing is helping me conquer fears. It's a good thing. A busy thing, but a good one!<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsuE07o0cVxjCF2fe2WhEPOmkCI01zSyKdU7wQHtRV7N_wjWH0OUEqDcad1qFbhkoa5rPZOjDU4m_wbfDutkNoMl1XJkNrhyphenhyphenqMEvsbjQdoHoww0axtiz2jwsXofQHEToTuUj2zV6pLvLi/s1600/Green+edited+nicole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsuE07o0cVxjCF2fe2WhEPOmkCI01zSyKdU7wQHtRV7N_wjWH0OUEqDcad1qFbhkoa5rPZOjDU4m_wbfDutkNoMl1XJkNrhyphenhyphenqMEvsbjQdoHoww0axtiz2jwsXofQHEToTuUj2zV6pLvLi/s320/Green+edited+nicole.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-90829247856047813612016-03-17T23:01:00.000-07:002016-03-31T23:01:53.479-07:00Frederick George is ONE! I can hardly believe it. He has grown so much and so fast. He is the CRAZIEST baby, into everything, eating everything he shouldn't, not sleeping enough, nursing fanatic. I adore him. Oh so very very much.<br /> <br /> Poor boy, his birthday was shortchanged due to rehearsals for our stake Easter Musical, but we did manage a cake and some presents and a rendition of "Happy Birthday" that made him cry.<br /> <br /> We love him so. 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text-align: center;"> <br />We had a lovely, quiet Christmas. We did just a few presents, preferring this year instead to "gift" the kids with a mini-vacation, which we'll take over New Years. We had our good friends, the Semeraus over for dinner, and ate tamales and empanadas until we were full to bursting. Then we ate cheesecake. Gluttons, I tell you. But oh my, it was so good. Derek and I cooked all day, and it was worth it. However, there is a reason we only do it once a year.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Merry Christmas everyone. Hope your day was wonderful!&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-35036900211942412702015-12-05T06:54:00.000-08:002016-01-17T06:55:07.536-08:00<img height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexsOiXIbrsRjeKn-VuEFGqM_ZkZrShUQxx1bmFTyc4jKGdnT47P9u6a0AgUZ9cjXHBFfPhMgfarHD-LEPzSYbACYEoPeTASlz2VPt627LoOZYpOFmzyb_EJPW_LYXIKvhgCoVfPxR2ztK/s720-Ic42/IMG_1155.JPG" width="400" /><br /> <br /> This cute tough boy turned five today. His golden birthday! Five on the fifth. Oh Ezra, we love you so.<br /> For his birthday we tried to go bowling, but they had "league" night, so we played at the arcade instead, and Oliver won the jackpot in tickets and we ended up with over 1000 tickets. We had a blast.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0w-C2mJrIt_4RjtyFYNTKW56nRvEtowBJEZqLA29bX11021HgVUdWfgT8R7W7d_wacUGM7k9W0BDZoZ_A8hQOG62mF9NiHL3KTzCMx2ZzHojsPs0W5PKXNnVUCa7-moUSn-vuVOaCfs3/s1600/20151204_180405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0w-C2mJrIt_4RjtyFYNTKW56nRvEtowBJEZqLA29bX11021HgVUdWfgT8R7W7d_wacUGM7k9W0BDZoZ_A8hQOG62mF9NiHL3KTzCMx2ZzHojsPs0W5PKXNnVUCa7-moUSn-vuVOaCfs3/s400/20151204_180405.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithY8FzQxnwSxtQTvmPoOYQuJduT6Qit0U_XjgRAzpZ2l_EXzckXKKsuG0eiNBsYYsqSIAYtxlshfuOJgmSp_k7q9DhMmCI3AZqmUHMwNm8OT5-RrvnmG846QqhKiUdGjbumIkKerVv3Gb/s1600/20151204_180407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithY8FzQxnwSxtQTvmPoOYQuJduT6Qit0U_XjgRAzpZ2l_EXzckXKKsuG0eiNBsYYsqSIAYtxlshfuOJgmSp_k7q9DhMmCI3AZqmUHMwNm8OT5-RrvnmG846QqhKiUdGjbumIkKerVv3Gb/s400/20151204_180407.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkK4m9_EIQq1nWAE03TyeOF-WB1XAM0wrqI_PAt2DyF_40HJqwic1Ct4qCIS6c9-qJfRJf7jEE62JIYDHeUrktemubCKcJDuFh8sUk5ecsXVLW2gp8SfaS-1hJuf3tC6aZOobGoyZaW56w/s1600/20151204_151425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkK4m9_EIQq1nWAE03TyeOF-WB1XAM0wrqI_PAt2DyF_40HJqwic1Ct4qCIS6c9-qJfRJf7jEE62JIYDHeUrktemubCKcJDuFh8sUk5ecsXVLW2gp8SfaS-1hJuf3tC6aZOobGoyZaW56w/s400/20151204_151425.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8qIPxZtWKREuqCYDHz9nT7v9CZMGuto3qc64h8QUM61K4CqWijY0UEifPrlX-TlQQmFkkh3sptvBl_sMAXZSuJ9czWL67JqTKbLpC_7CwXdLFJ6T7UpeA8oM7KGgDNtwZvhLdwLeGoJP/s1600/20151204_193828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8qIPxZtWKREuqCYDHz9nT7v9CZMGuto3qc64h8QUM61K4CqWijY0UEifPrlX-TlQQmFkkh3sptvBl_sMAXZSuJ9czWL67JqTKbLpC_7CwXdLFJ6T7UpeA8oM7KGgDNtwZvhLdwLeGoJP/s400/20151204_193828.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> <br /> At five years old, Ezra:<br /> weighs only 39 pounds. I feed him I swear!<br /> loves super heros and costumes.<br /> is becoming a picky eater.<br /> so loving and sweet, a good big brother.<br /> can have quite the temper.<br /> is just a joy.<br /> <br /> Happy Golden Birthday Ezra!<br /> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-61978841499153042412015-11-10T12:55:00.003-08:002015-11-10T12:55:31.022-08:00It's a rule and a tradition. Tom Turkey makes his debut early in November to help us remember all our blessings. Since Oliver was a wee thing, we've done it, and it's a joy for everyone. We are incapable as you all know of looking normal in pictures. SIGH.<br /> <br /> 2015:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kNGVjOri7IbT-uLkg_EoEELbaBqdJVJUjClqjjueMTf36k5WS26lSsoh9nNWw6nRWlA_Wk9niKnY5PdalbHvI3_vpSYzOzg8O5ly1BaFCp8epY3RqJU6NXqPX0UdXQ_IAfJnOj_UevS9/s1600/IMG_0544-ANIMATION.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kNGVjOri7IbT-uLkg_EoEELbaBqdJVJUjClqjjueMTf36k5WS26lSsoh9nNWw6nRWlA_Wk9niKnY5PdalbHvI3_vpSYzOzg8O5ly1BaFCp8epY3RqJU6NXqPX0UdXQ_IAfJnOj_UevS9/s320/IMG_0544-ANIMATION.gif" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy6mC40EixQ2XsgPjqT9JXjhKqiW0Oc6hDSznEN1naGWIXqPza1sxgndLVUcPjl2YN6ab3bh2Q0piUejwgkzZrzDOQq9YXPDZ79LixZcPsbnsYLKhB0Qx9ax7qDP353__ryoqhpz97Wil/s1600/IMG_0553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy6mC40EixQ2XsgPjqT9JXjhKqiW0Oc6hDSznEN1naGWIXqPza1sxgndLVUcPjl2YN6ab3bh2Q0piUejwgkzZrzDOQq9YXPDZ79LixZcPsbnsYLKhB0Qx9ax7qDP353__ryoqhpz97Wil/s400/IMG_0553.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> For growth purposes, I give you 2014:<br /> <img height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ96XRPajzrUimuDkpkv0ij-0jebd1-6GjBj-1LlR56NHQMC-gsW4g6fwqpGzwxZyNy2s_SR-oC6xOw6v4IXO9RdXA03Vdfq0JPW_l58wxozrPdS_CFz51peVXrWkWeuVGW_nBEo1wFQNU/s400/tom+turkey+2+2014.jpg" width="400" /><br /> <br /> 2013:<br /> <img height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9w098oDJu1EfnsGo8Nikd7PKrLWs9xP9ZrJJOOTKJ8Tk9t-F7e-qfi4M3loI2km6my-8r9XHcjKXLSLvQIJLOuWWITnYvWeGIrLbrieAbH038uxOFO8hF0Ym2CAtOez2qgpTzWRjYuxbG/s400/Tom+turkey+2013.jpg" width="400" /><br /> <br /> 2012:<br /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG9I9mq8xPShxH-M2REqVH4vGWWSqJUNsbsQ2P3TbcMof76xnfA6uVBFV5GWpVZqEjFjCS1oIy-VLW9ErVVoljkjXxgxdVvxh1YjxvFO2SsCcjAz-acR-UPMewk9eS9xPaOOtXR-4GbR0/s400/tom+turkey+2012.jpg" /><br /> <br /> 2011:<br /> <br /> <img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYsy28SvavwgY6_S53CSO695ILeWoGgOtOjJKmLiOxS4zGqXs_hGWB2kAC3UQ-CHLIpTUXnPox3eMlRpLextSMv4Y6tIfDft4pOjKGvhsbB8bZoj6b8sDqeszYyObtZGjZpKm7syHAo8H/s400/IMG_20111107_181331.jpg" width="300" /><br /> <br /> 2010:<br /> <img height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKajNOoDvAjbVJPt7lZyW1nMrY4_Z8METu6xZFlV225XHoBIn1CGakRuRcvG_ge4rohPN9Za1WE1ZVE39EYUQgpOs5PjM_yFwo5P1sgb7IPkkeWPr1QZN5Ha687HmvuEQpj4FttQGg15Ex/s400/003.JPG" width="400" /><br /> <br /> 2009:<br /> <br /> <img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8rzphejmL1TUUDFwPLDSSiH-KZ259NaA0cwWtGe5jfOeUwYPdtEBgfnyDxtFIM3a9hXCq41L7aD-uPHWf-GIbySnhiaxvrwhKJZC69Iczbzj30pbx4eYzWZv4c3p-xL2ppzsKLEbuurX/s400/100_2303.JPG" width="300" /><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-37762097820104883572015-11-10T09:30:00.002-08:002015-11-10T09:30:51.251-08:00Our baby boy is ten. I am not sure how this happens, other than that time flies when you're having fun. Henry is now a double-digit-midget.<br /> <br /> It is a pleasure being Henry's mom. He is a good, kind person. He wants to do what's right, and is harder on himself than anyone else is. I get on his case about stuff, but it's all minor in comparison to the GOOD that he is.<br /> <br /> Derek surprised him at school with yummy sandwiches and treats. Henry LOVED it. It was fun thing for those boys of mine. Then Texas Roadhouse which is always a fun chaotic adventure. And finally, the whole cake/ice cream/presents thing. He was gifted a camera from his grandparents, which was much wanted and appreciated and some other fun things. Then tonight, a movie with Dad, Spencer and Oliver, then his favorite activity, using his birthday gift card from his OTHER grandparents. (Many pokemon cards are in my future. SIGH.)<br /> <br /> We're grateful to be Henry's family, thankful he was willing to come and be first, and blaze this trail of unknown for his siblings. He complains a lot about his brothers, but I know in the end, he has their backs. Happy Birthday Henry! We love you!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EGLiiLB_i6_W4jswHhTJJipHxRPOu_1Bjh7nwUC2DmbjQuqUdpit0EajzlOv0y3uAUjAmtnWTz-ax3_k2hn4es0dcjsk12fDlK646QUXyknKcxxqr0DTK5EPE205uAl1AM4j74ws-s6b/s1600/Henry+animation.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EGLiiLB_i6_W4jswHhTJJipHxRPOu_1Bjh7nwUC2DmbjQuqUdpit0EajzlOv0y3uAUjAmtnWTz-ax3_k2hn4es0dcjsk12fDlK646QUXyknKcxxqr0DTK5EPE205uAl1AM4j74ws-s6b/s320/Henry+animation.gif" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-51284789397697707392015-10-31T21:30:00.000-07:002015-11-10T04:52:43.862-08:00Halloween lasted a full three days here. We are all very very tired, and over-sugared. It was a great time really, but tiring.<br /> <br /> We started our celebrations with story time for the littles with church trunk or treat. It was a carnival first and then the candy. Too much fun was had. Oh my goodness it was so fun for our little people to party with their friends.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBl_nEGe2dioyACKT5N6fTviVLETx4sMqKmU-fVRdpU4DS7oyHbbd33Px60kMW65pIAO7i3mArJBpUGINdAd2L83ZWV_kbHJYWOaC0JywtywFExJzka3IquTfHpKg3-sFl3nR-6zMpoOxe/s1600/IMG_0454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBl_nEGe2dioyACKT5N6fTviVLETx4sMqKmU-fVRdpU4DS7oyHbbd33Px60kMW65pIAO7i3mArJBpUGINdAd2L83ZWV_kbHJYWOaC0JywtywFExJzka3IquTfHpKg3-sFl3nR-6zMpoOxe/s400/IMG_0454.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7csFcCrpRWuztP7jMO3lFa-7eRm2ylmTTqzQuFgvDScH3uCM1_9HwAmjAq2AJtvFGN7V3-WmfElYSdAkPdG3OFW0yRtcKyMm8bQ61IYBN3l0NEeb2Bddh0pFFUXFBPTh2sHXhNRGDiAn/s1600/IMG_0450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7csFcCrpRWuztP7jMO3lFa-7eRm2ylmTTqzQuFgvDScH3uCM1_9HwAmjAq2AJtvFGN7V3-WmfElYSdAkPdG3OFW0yRtcKyMm8bQ61IYBN3l0NEeb2Bddh0pFFUXFBPTh2sHXhNRGDiAn/s400/IMG_0450.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkTmgWbR2aP8LBhIJh50EiPweURs9YOd9ronQaNrIXnkFgfGWFNBd0ct5fQbDN0X8CrPSOd4J_uHMGSOgafBg9W6MRqIx-SOGtLthhDAWvAC_PvhgwAezggp59CgLqY360HhMfHfZOJ35/s1600/IMG_0442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkTmgWbR2aP8LBhIJh50EiPweURs9YOd9ronQaNrIXnkFgfGWFNBd0ct5fQbDN0X8CrPSOd4J_uHMGSOgafBg9W6MRqIx-SOGtLthhDAWvAC_PvhgwAezggp59CgLqY360HhMfHfZOJ35/s400/IMG_0442.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVL7C6yKYbll2_6pLuY91X6s7skpaQ6mwVpE5I-O5ko5DjtBBjQIExejKA8CVthWZLhzmlejDbSTOZw0YOAGv5IMA16DmhwEjMaLS4MTamiRPSXtiGQt8O18ydLTJME9wjT6RgAvvi8eX/s1600/IMG_0437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVL7C6yKYbll2_6pLuY91X6s7skpaQ6mwVpE5I-O5ko5DjtBBjQIExejKA8CVthWZLhzmlejDbSTOZw0YOAGv5IMA16DmhwEjMaLS4MTamiRPSXtiGQt8O18ydLTJME9wjT6RgAvvi8eX/s400/IMG_0437.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVZngEpSnQYvrtSjPsDDqwpFkr2EOKgfHCgNwp1OwOAY7jHHF1NzQJtM1RPLS0x-DFTpCC6AW-MGouja0QgPG3nOj2VHtKcdhQiel5JuZKyKXpOkFHH4Q-JwjMpm7qKNo33BoyKMxrBTM/s1600/IMG_0431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVZngEpSnQYvrtSjPsDDqwpFkr2EOKgfHCgNwp1OwOAY7jHHF1NzQJtM1RPLS0x-DFTpCC6AW-MGouja0QgPG3nOj2VHtKcdhQiel5JuZKyKXpOkFHH4Q-JwjMpm7qKNo33BoyKMxrBTM/s400/IMG_0431.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhug39bmLg7YxJ0x8nq1YXI3Vth0umwC0P1lhwmLcLy2NemM0KpC89KKt-fx44RO_DGgKDRBLh5WKgf28vo0_1oLNgL6lYJCE_hqtatifzskc9ZAbQRlEJDBjZAwDZUVVJQ-8PIM2aeBepp/s1600/IMG_0438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhug39bmLg7YxJ0x8nq1YXI3Vth0umwC0P1lhwmLcLy2NemM0KpC89KKt-fx44RO_DGgKDRBLh5WKgf28vo0_1oLNgL6lYJCE_hqtatifzskc9ZAbQRlEJDBjZAwDZUVVJQ-8PIM2aeBepp/s400/IMG_0438.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxtuqVEmnGV_WvvrWTaeQ_R8ZnxrRbg2YftmM6nV7JMyXFvuFtQ2yrIkexz_6djAzw1lO1CuAUB9o8mbcOzWNjUTJ1_E-jc-20QBoSlNWZekGaICETgQWC7-1D7ht4j-cyLAmD06_ez5X/s1600/IMG_0434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxtuqVEmnGV_WvvrWTaeQ_R8ZnxrRbg2YftmM6nV7JMyXFvuFtQ2yrIkexz_6djAzw1lO1CuAUB9o8mbcOzWNjUTJ1_E-jc-20QBoSlNWZekGaICETgQWC7-1D7ht4j-cyLAmD06_ez5X/s400/IMG_0434.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> You may note that we had TWO Harry Potters. Spencer was supposed to instead be a gold power ranger (which is also what Ezra was), but the night before the party, he confessed that he REALLY wanted to be Harry Potter (this of course infuriated Henry, but whatevs), so we through a costume together. It worked.<br /> <br /> Friday was school parties and a parade. 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Our town does a fantastic job making Halloween amazing. We all donate candy to the town, and then it is distributed to the houses in the Historic district. The whole town trick or treats there. The homes are decorated to the teeth. It's just such fun.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsntgoVZnqjoAXMkzJf3TvSAxgWR2l59oWTONV37kPP1UuvzM_GTkKvQf3IG1qr8FgJ7dLImZGFGRHReKJXS9Vvlvd4HyUssk20w5YODev0tF1jx_IBRx2yJb3kqJJq3xrU1OQr0O91Rh/s1600/IMG_0538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsntgoVZnqjoAXMkzJf3TvSAxgWR2l59oWTONV37kPP1UuvzM_GTkKvQf3IG1qr8FgJ7dLImZGFGRHReKJXS9Vvlvd4HyUssk20w5YODev0tF1jx_IBRx2yJb3kqJJq3xrU1OQr0O91Rh/s400/IMG_0538.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I'm learning the ways of my new camera. It's a lot of buttons and knobs and new-fangledness.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyUo08Azxr0SIk0E8lFuD_PGaO7vV51rzq7l5SIavu9xPXo8LB65uljy6QmF-Bna2s6rxvy6z5mLBH0WsWK9OocypOe5xA6ea8IPSrC4-BhSLdDy_Nk2SYmSMJtnAzTtvFDPThjuBLHtK/s1600/IMG_0536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyUo08Azxr0SIk0E8lFuD_PGaO7vV51rzq7l5SIavu9xPXo8LB65uljy6QmF-Bna2s6rxvy6z5mLBH0WsWK9OocypOe5xA6ea8IPSrC4-BhSLdDy_Nk2SYmSMJtnAzTtvFDPThjuBLHtK/s320/IMG_0536.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Halloween, Over and OUT.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-75860290830141200252015-10-18T17:31:00.001-07:002015-10-18T17:35:37.523-07:00<p dir="ltr">We had a beautiful weekend. Thursday night my parents showed up, Friday my sister Erin and her little guy Levi came, and then we went adventuring. We drove to Vermont where the Ben and Jerry's factory resides. </p> <p dir="ltr">Bonus points: We ate ice cream for dinner in 40 degrees. Outside. </p> <p dir="ltr">Saturday was the baptism. We're glad Spencer decided to get baptized. It was a good morning! </p> <p dir="ltr">Saturday afternoon we went to Manchester in search of Nana, my mom's mom, who had somehow ended up in New Hampshire with her sister, brother-in-law and her friend, from Texas. They had come up from Virginia to leaf-peep and antique. Nana didn't realize how ridiculously close we are, so it was delightful to find her at an antique store. </p> <p dir="ltr">Extra bonus points: no child of mine broke&nbsp; anything at the very crowded antique store. Be proud. </p> <p dir="ltr">We had our primary program today, and it was awesome to have my kids' grandparents here to see. </p> <p dir="ltr">Bonus points: I'm the primary music leader. I didn't cry until the very last song. Go me. </p> <p dir="ltr">Then we "bent" the Sabbath to have lunch with our favorite leaf-peepers/antiquers before dropping my folks off at the airport. It was so fun. </p> <p dir="ltr">1,000 extra bonus points: We visited the neatest little aviation museum by the airport. It had flight simulators and and actual cockpit. Very much a highlight. </p> <p dir="ltr">The weekend was so fun, so busy, and really beautiful. I'm glad we got to be together and celebrate Spencer's baptism, and time together. 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It seems the trend these days is to not limit screen time for children. "Let them learn to moderate themselves," is the newest parenting battle cry. </p> <p dir="ltr">Sure. Yeah. Ok. </p> <p dir="ltr">Look, I get the <i>idea</i> behind not limiting screens as equaling that they learn to limit themselves. I see the really good <i>intentions</i> behind this plan. </p> <p dir="ltr">But it's absolute bull crap. Utter and complete horse hockey. </p> <p dir="ltr">Let's be real here. I use my phone a lot. Some for funsies, some for worksies. A lot. I have to, as a 32 year old ADULT, make a conscious effort to not peak at my notifications every five minutes. </p> <p dir="ltr">It's just too easy. </p> <p dir="ltr">Also, as a human who has reached full cognitive development, I'm expected to be capable of lots of self-control. Because...adult.</p> <p dir="ltr">My children on the other hand? </p> <p dir="ltr">Well. They moderate nothing. </p> <p dir="ltr">Nothing. They'll happily eat junk non-stop. They'll wear a shirt for days if I don't intervene. They'll screen time until their eyeballs fall out and roll across the floor. </p> <p dir="ltr">As parents we have a sacred responsibly to prepare these folks for life beyond elementary school. </p> <p dir="ltr">To prepare them we're teaching them moderation through SETTING LIMITS. </p> <p dir="ltr">No. You can not have candy. Here is a carrot stick. </p> <p dir="ltr">No. You may not punch your brother when you are angry. Use words. </p> <p dir="ltr">No. You may not sneak your tablet and play Minecraft in bed until 10pm. You are now grounded from your tablet for a week. </p> <p dir="ltr">Allowing children free reign of ANYTHING teaches them not to moderate, but to over-indulge. </p> <p dir="ltr">Instead, I'm teaching them to set proper limits by setting those limits <i>for </i><i>them</i> until they gain proper cognitive ability to choose moderation themselves. </p> <p dir="ltr">Left to their own devices (ha I'm so punny) they don't quit. They just stay glued. For.hours. </p> <p dir="ltr">So heck yes I'll limit their screen to time, candy intake and general tendency to be gluttonous and slothful. It's my job to teach them what it feels like to constrain one's self. It's my job to help them recognize when enough is enough. </p> <p dir="ltr"> This way when they are 32, they can moderate themselves. Because their parents taught them HOW rather than just expecting that through some sort of miraculous conversion, they'll figure it out on their own.</p> <p dir="ltr">I know limiting screens can be a battle. It's easier just to let them. Oh yes. I get it. By standing firm, we are showing our children how to use technology responsibly. Through our own example of putting the devices aside they learn to do as we DO as much as what we say. </p> <p dir="ltr">We need more interaction, more playing outside and more moderation. </p> <p dir="ltr">And less Mine Craft. Much less of that. <br> </p> Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-50180142642104692512015-09-15T17:38:00.001-07:002015-09-15T17:38:05.381-07:00<p dir="ltr">Sometimes you get THREE days into a new school year when you suddenly realize that you've made a terrible mistake. </p> <p dir="ltr">Then you send out panicked texts to your husband, shoot off some emails, and three days later, you drop your three oldest kids of at your local elementary school. </p> <p dir="ltr">Sometimes. </p> <p dir="ltr">I had been trying SO hard to make home schooling work. I completely changed our curriculum, made it all new and interesting. </p> <p dir="ltr">I'd had niggling doubts for months. I just dismissed those doubts and pushed forward. I pushed. Much pushing. </p> <p dir="ltr">But, Heavenly Father is wise. He knows I need very clear signs in order to not be stubborn. </p> <p dir="ltr">So, He sent it, the sign I needed. </p> <p dir="ltr">In the form of a soul-crushing revelation: I.can.not.do.this. </p> <p dir="ltr">The baby was screaming, the school aged ones were arguing, the littles were begging for attention. Chaos. And I'm only one tiny person. <br> <br> I know when I'm beat. And home schooling three at once with three others had me beat. </p> <p dir="ltr">I quit. Right then. I was done. I kindly, gently let the kids know. Spencer cried. A lot. Henry was pretty sad, and Oliver, in true Oliver form, was thrilled.</p> <p dir="ltr">Today was their first day. They came home happy. I guess that's a good start! </p> <p dir="ltr">I'm not eternally linked to public school or home school. I always said I'd do what was best, even if that meant school. For now, that means school. </p> <p dir="ltr">I thought I'd be heartbroken. I'm definitely sad. I love home school. But mostly, I'm relieved. It's going to be fine. </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkcUGWjvZRqaHFPckl6mX-0UG2IYELjBfDrs7oSz2K9eUdSy1VfH7xrylI4s9HiJzMNowQz072x5YokpUCPAlkHP3wuanNvtWJbP753rqxsGpmLs6Rl1svjoE-aub95roc2oazHaED3gG/s1600/20150915_102617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkcUGWjvZRqaHFPckl6mX-0UG2IYELjBfDrs7oSz2K9eUdSy1VfH7xrylI4s9HiJzMNowQz072x5YokpUCPAlkHP3wuanNvtWJbP753rqxsGpmLs6Rl1svjoE-aub95roc2oazHaED3gG/s640/20150915_102617.jpg"> </a> </div>Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-89448826722002708542015-09-13T17:14:00.001-07:002015-09-13T17:21:35.812-07:00<p dir="ltr">There is a great debate among my siblings and parents: to pet or not to pet. </p> <p dir="ltr">Well. We here on Hagey hill obviously lean on the "keeping pets" side of things. </p> <p dir="ltr">The general feeling of the anti-pet crowd is that pets are merely cute balls of future heartbreak.</p> <p dir="ltr">Oh. Oh yes. </p> <p dir="ltr">See, six years ago when we saw that silly, funny looking, overweight guy at the Pet Smart adoption day, I agreed to bring him home.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Jonah's story tugged at my heart. Two years he'd been waiting for a rescue, at nearly five years old, no one had ever even expressed interest in him.</p> <p dir="ltr">I brought him home, but vowed to never love him.</p> <p dir="ltr">Fond of him. Sure. I could do that.</p> <p dir="ltr">But somewhere along the way, we got to know each other, and he was just the happiest guy. He literally smiled! It looked a bit scary, but he would grin. He was smart, and fat and an absolute pansy about the cold. </p> <p dir="ltr">About a year ago we found a lump on his face. Cancer. </p> <p dir="ltr">Being ten years old, the surgery costly, and far from a cure, the vet didn't suggest treating it. </p> <p dir="ltr">Blessedly, until yesterday, he never really acted sick. He slowed, and struggled sometimes, but over all,&nbsp; Jonah kept smiling</p> <p dir="ltr">Jonah died today. </p><p dir="ltr">We all cried for our friend. I told the kids through our tears, "It's good to be sad. It means we loved him."</p> <p dir="ltr">It turns out, we loved him quite a lot. Somewhere, along the way, like an arranged marriage, we learned to love him. </p> <p dir="ltr">Yes, pets are heartbreak in a fuzzy package.</p> <p dir="ltr">And I wouldn't change a thing. </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwE4YKSv5t1iPx5NVvq4-fEY4j96-bKBe9PmbF75_qKdfO0w5idqZzsw1cj33YILUkgQrNe_mYUb8L3what8sohqhhGB0_ltzdzY4hzNIKeqU85OrIyBXZuzlImXKnJg58qPxEENN07Pd/s1600/2015-09-13%25252020.03.31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwE4YKSv5t1iPx5NVvq4-fEY4j96-bKBe9PmbF75_qKdfO0w5idqZzsw1cj33YILUkgQrNe_mYUb8L3what8sohqhhGB0_ltzdzY4hzNIKeqU85OrIyBXZuzlImXKnJg58qPxEENN07Pd/s640/2015-09-13%25252020.03.31.png"> </a> </div>Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-8274398355343140332015-09-10T19:44:00.002-07:002015-09-10T19:47:48.305-07:00The light is changing.<br /> <br /> I don't mean that the days are growing shorter, but of course that's true too.<br /> <br /> No.<br /> <br /> I mean that as the world starts to tilt and let the southern hemispheres have their days in the sun, our world here is changing. The hazy, glittering light of spring gave way first to robust gold of summer. And now? Creamy ambers filter through the tree leaves that are losing the fight.<br /> <br /> Summer is over. Despite what the calendar claims, our summer, our golden summer has come to an end.<br /> <br /> I am sad, I'm practically in mourning.<br /> <br /> Sweetest summer, you were impossibly short.<br /> <br /> I am proud though that we LOVED summer with the love that only those who have long winters can love summer.<br /> <br /> We played. Every chance we got, we chose to ignore our responsiblities and play.<br /> <br /> And play.<br /> <br /> And play.<br /> <br /> The lake knew us by names. <br /> <br /> The ocean became our friend.<br /> <br /> The trees welcomed us.<br /> <br /> Winter is still a ways off, blessedly. Autumn is full of its own magic, for which I am grateful. There is beauty and joy to look forward to. Apples to pick, a visit from my parents, a baptism for my sweet boy, my favorite Holidays approach, more birthdays (Henry is approaching TEN!!).<br /> <br /> Yes, I can appreciate the fall with all the happiness of my heart, whilst forcing thoughts of ice and cold out as much as possible. I try anyway.<br /> <br /> But my dear friend, summer, the whole of you should be written SUMMER because to us, you were EVERYTHING.<br /> <br /> We hit the lake one last time today. I know we won't make it back. Rain was forecasted, and it was only abot 75 degrees. That mattered not at all.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150910_120304.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150910_120304.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150910_120304.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> We went.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150910_120701.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150910_120701.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150910_120701.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> We played.<br /> <br /> We rejoiced.<br /> <br /> And now, we kiss summer goodbye. Oh my how we will miss you SUMMER.<br /> <br /> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-49460589508794248272015-09-09T18:01:00.001-07:002015-09-09T18:08:43.538-07:00Well, we did Texas this last week. It was an AMAZING time. We hadn't been to San Antonio in several years, so we were all beside ourselves with excitement.<br /> <br /> Traveling with six kids...<br /> <br /> Well, we are finally *knock on wood* not horfing every time we leave the house.<br /> <br /> That's a good thing.<br /> <br /> Let's all do a celebratory "hallelejuah!"<br /> <br /> Go ahead. I'll wait.<br /> <br /> Thanks!<br /> <br /> Texas was hot.<br /> <br /> I will spare you the foul language used to describe the heat of Texas in early September, but just know that sweating is a lifestyle in Texas.<br /> <br /> A LIFESTYLE.<br /> <br /> We played with Grandpa and Grammy and Cory (Derek's brother) all week. Todd, Derek's other brother made limited appearances as well.<br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150903_115300.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150903_115300.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150903_115300.jpg" height="400" width="299" /></a><br /> <br /> <i>Uncle Cory took no time stealing Miriam's heart. She had him wrapped around her finger within five minutes.&nbsp;</i><br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150906_121048.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150906_121048.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150906_121048.jpg" height="400" width="299" /></a><br /> <i>One of my kids captured this picture of my inlaws doing church work. Because they are good, righteous, loving, giving people. They are such good examples to me.&nbsp;</i><br /> <br /> &nbsp;We hit awesome places like the Fort Sam Houston Quardrangle. Tame deer, hilariously hungry poultry, hot hot hot, and a super cool museum for the win!<br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150904_124257.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150904_124257.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150904_124257.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> <br /> <br /> <i>Ten pound bag of feed: GONE.</i><br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150904_123157.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150904_123157.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150904_123157.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <i>These girls were so sweet!</i><br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150904_124251.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150904_124251.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150904_124251.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> Sea World was hot. But not terribly busy. AND, because it was like 50th birthday or something, their "surprise squad" awarded us at random with the ENTIRE day for our ENTIRE group of 11, all we could eat and drink arm bands at any of their park restuarants. This MADE the day. Instead of baking nonstop in the heat, we were able to frequently sit down and cool off, eat, drink, and be air conditioned. It was the best.<br /> <br /> Oh, the rides were fun too. But we really didn't make it on many between walking everywhere, shows, and well... you know... food.<a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150907_164254.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150907_164254.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150907_164254.jpg" height="360" width="640" /></a><br /> <i>The whackos all in one place. Except my father in law, who was the photag. We are a rag tag bunch, no question.</i><br /> <br /> The shows were awesome, so fun and educational.<br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150907_144109.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150907_144109.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150907_144109.jpg" height="360" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> <i>We really learned a lot!</i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150907_120719.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150907_120719.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150907_120719.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150907_120725.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150907_120725.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150907_120725.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <i>This baby... he is my heart.&nbsp;</i><br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150907_133517.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150907_133517.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150907_133517.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br /> On our last day we visited Landa Park in New Braunfels which was gorgeous, and the water cold and welcome.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150908_145109.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150908_145109.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150908_145109.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150908_145124.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150908_145124.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150908_145124.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150908_145048.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150908_145048.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150908_145048.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> <br /> It was so great to be with family, to visit, to reconnect, and play.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150908_200617.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150908_200617.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150908_200617.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br /> Now we're home, and well. Traveling with six kids...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150909_083801.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150909_083801.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150909_083801.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> H<i>ey Fred, that's ONE way to eat peanuts.&nbsp;</i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150909_140829.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150909_140829.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150909_140829.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <i>Oh my funny, cute Oliver!</i><br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150909_140843.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150909_140843.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150909_140843.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <i>Waiting for our van at the airport (driven bravely by my dear friend), we got a little goofy.&nbsp;</i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150909_153631.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150909_153631.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150909_153631.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a><br /> <br /> <i><br /></i> <i><br /></i> <i>A LOT goofy.</i><br /> <i>&nbsp;</i><a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/morgs2204/media/20150909_153635.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 20150909_153635.jpg" border="0" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/morgs2204/20150909_153635.jpg" height="640" width="479" /></a> <br /> I'm not sure I've ever been more tired than I am at this very moment.<br /> <br /> <br /> Honest.<br /> <br /> The kids were fantastic the entire week, with all the running around we did, the travel, the lack of sleep, really their were dream kids! Frederick wins for "best baby." He was a dream.<br /> <br /> We are blessed. It was a visit well-worth making.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-90327382908843992722015-08-27T19:03:00.001-07:002015-08-27T19:03:14.659-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKLyPP7cmTleRnaSWqMFIvvmPOFF-twuR4vfCTF_SpYmvfq7yNZ_mH4AfXJc4_cPwVLrDIsBRhrLHxhozOpRPaBuV0b9plcAzqVLPdX1McKmiOnafT2h-0j77ZuT6kdDMHNM4FwQhnHzd/s1600/homeschool+day+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKLyPP7cmTleRnaSWqMFIvvmPOFF-twuR4vfCTF_SpYmvfq7yNZ_mH4AfXJc4_cPwVLrDIsBRhrLHxhozOpRPaBuV0b9plcAzqVLPdX1McKmiOnafT2h-0j77ZuT6kdDMHNM4FwQhnHzd/s640/homeschool+day+1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i>I barely had time to get a picture. None of Henry. Sigh.&nbsp;</i></div> <br /> It'll be hit or miss for the next couple of weeks while we get going, then go out of town, then come back into it all. But we started school today.<br /> <br /> Henry, 4th, Spencer 3rd, Oliver 1st, and Ezra who is still four declaring that he is in Kindergarten. Fine. Kindergarten.<br /> <br /> We're trying a lot of new things this year. New math curriculum, new reading/writing, new units, new subjects, new everything. It's ALLLLL new.<br /> <br /> I'm trying to just do what I know is best for my family, you know? And every day, it's like I have to make that decision again.<br /> <br /> And every morning, I have to decide to get up and do it.<br /> <br /> It's hard.<br /> <br /> I don't wish it was different, because I know this is so good, for so many reasons.<br /> <br /> But today, when the baby was hysterical because I was merely HOLDING him, but not PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM, and Miriam needed potty help, and Ezra was mad because... I don't know, and the boys were fighting about I don't know what...<br /> <br /> I was overwhelmed.<br /> <br /> I love homeschooling. I love what it offers us in flexibilty, in different learning styles, in time together, I really really do.<br /> <br /> There is always that doubt, that niggling question, "Am I doing the right thing?" It's like I can't ever just go forward with confidence. I always feel like I'm just not sure.<br /> <br /> Regardless of my worries, the boy just jumped right in, the new things merely new and fun, not big and scary like I see them.<br /> <br /> So I'm grateful.<br /> <br /> It's going to be an adventure; different than ever before. I'm excited for the new things we'll see and do.<br /> <br /> I need to chill. They are happy. They are learning. It's really all going very well.<br /> <br /> I mean, all one day of it so far.<br /> <br /> Happy first day! Only 179 to go.Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-3420653567533335822015-08-21T19:01:00.000-07:002015-08-21T19:14:49.972-07:00Oh my goodness, I'm tired.<br /> <br /> But our little quick trip to New York City was just so wonderful that I have to blog it right now.<br /> <br /> Also because I'm waiting up for my NINE YEAR OLD to come home from a birthday party. WHAT? He's a party animal.<br /> <br /> Derek had a work meeting with the NY office of his company, so we tagged along.<br /> <br /> First off, I absolutely MUST announce that NO ONE VOMITED.<br /> <br /> I know.<br /> <br /> I KNOW!<br /> <br /> Anyway, the drive down was easy, we hit our hotel late afternoon in Brooklyn, bypassing a huge accident, and really no traffic. I mean, almost none, it's still New York.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/f-5-ONS7-kaQSYagSKrWyIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjne7VgF-wO55Ioxnn7pm8BxxLh8dhkqRkxzr3CVn7xb_NR-a-1FDvlv6RiJ8BpZmaaUZhyphenhyphen8CwS8bto6YK-H9MppAY_Vp5r67x-Hl5BUyLinRkNfdGYpvDYOUvl86TTvJ_CXeFaVXWPtLOp/s800-Ic42/20150819_153514.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FqZiooLsNQWRYTCgs2LkQIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkvu5T_AOJ1kW03foJSJBlMXRj0Mw4XF4Gc9LJmiwVShsl1q1K6yaF3vuUSeSXMXDk4axofg51XlIMMo7PabHY3vIhSP4iEd3VBe60_oZrp781-lRuXfkRTJK5OWUl3HpcBaWIvGluxTV/s800-Ic42/20150819_153557.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i><br /></i> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Roof top of our hotel.</i></div> <br /> We got right n the subway to Times Square. Go big or go home right?<br /> <br /> Can I sidenote here for a moment?<br /> <br /> WTH NYC? Only a tiny fraction of subway stations have elevators. This is a huge pain the bum when you have a stroller. PAIN IN THE BUM.<br /> <br /> Blah.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/f-6K_UkSlgQIT3UA51pEZosCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdLQVGPNMZce_XM8lEVNlnwJdVI7XomHTBV5rF64rVDjk3ZNl114XPYw2boeaXo24k7htFz4CRLM5IxPADBkM3sekU4Yq-9SX-LBmv16LHEJe2QsAMqSwDSdOzONAgHa7YqgwASS2mpv2/s800-Ic42/20150819_202408.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i><br /></i> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Miriam colored herself with blue markers. Because she got bored.&nbsp;</i></div> <br /> Anyway, it was SOOOO humid and hot. And the stores in Times Square need to learn how to appropriately air condition, because Toys R Us was RIDICULOUSLY hot. Like so hot that it was hard to enjoy their super cool store.<br /> <br /> At one point, the Freddy-meister needed nursing. Bless the sweet Toys R Us employee who noticed me in desperate need of a quiet corner and showed me the mothers lounge. It was like this empty, quiet oasis in the CRAZY (oh it was SO crazy) heart of New York. We were able to just breathe. A lovely break.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jGGoTLmglhT7kSlJVmSaCIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcm9d3LRkPCg_x46O2yRV2p-gXb2lNOteuqVROzDub58r0bcZT3-Fp124sbmgvxSPHY_zk6DxU7o7XknuOPFBESlZaHznVqnISIgM9_VMrZ9cXDb4HDvl_t5I6W6Q4KTloSrPjVRIem62/s800-Ic42/20150819_173246.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i><br /></i> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Hanging out in the mothers room at Toys R Us.</i></div> <br /> <br /> Oh did I mention that Wednesday was my birthday?<br /> <br /> We finally decided that dinner was in order. Spencer was full-on melting down at this point. It was hot, crowded, and everyone was starving.<br /> <br /> So, we stumbled upon (purposefully thanks to GPS) a fantastic pizza joint. It like amazing. They were super crowded, but the owner (I'm assuming) didn't even flinch at our large party. They welcomed us like family. And the lasagna pizza???? TO DIE FOR. We were all well fed and watered. It was wonderful.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Rhzjs3eBVDW_alhaCUkUSIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKlCtrbbSaXxwkD4CsGKPd6ZMUFhfJGUVUrwnXdEIULP7VtD0nsU15EyfcuDXQ7HmeeyoMisHFrOKGPFgATkfuGywhU8HWMMtLSFtgc053fpx7ik377g8seffg8X6XhtZWjAIj4_9xZGE/s800-Ic42/20150819_191024.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i><br /></i> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Birthday dinner!</i></div> <br /> We subwayed and hiked back to the hotel way too late, &nbsp;but it was so good.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ugCMlh_FwJNFGMIrHcl6aIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7KHovaUpNCERj4tiq6xJ3rNqLZ8hSDgbsL6s8IeyYhX1Lq7xVWC5S0sbHuTcJL1DI93Eveat9zQtRFoB3QmdGCZBSFfLmR0m4DmEBd3z7WQGNxxFPd9d9NizPbJUiHlKNRYuVQQdV4Y1/s800-Ic42/20150819_200552.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OvWujMz4jtmH8GYzCq_Nn4sCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVs_jFj6JYP4zCfVZqnjkh4JXjkD6LijCcxfbvWe9AhygHdFBpFpDO4OUvSPfVrTAKb7WFGrGNG2yhXmAEO9dhvLp_A_VhAbLnXixtoMx_dT7oJANs15W34WFKCS3k4v8lm6xKD26ZZtTu/s800-Ic42/20150819_201526.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lx_-ROplaBmzodw7wHPkTosCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVc_g8_ckgRj-3x-H-TDIMTc_hIMPRUAsZoGVnGjMpOpSTO-EWerDk7dgf0wY34m0LNBdTvfTRXvLBx3w3yHzc0FL1i5GpdQTTLj35ar8l70uo0qatflICiIu0IvGGhyuvFYqOwW9XKCx/s800-Ic42/20150819_202411.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/q9pdDTWBBjXi6NEtxrZUTosCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5igow42OAEt0iWnYZx3Tb4GZLCJk3fzt7FwAWuFjaWp2fO4YvS9Au3ACdZ04u8RsxH5dmRL7XV7Drhcq5ekDKvk-J6zDl55OD53M-XintG6rZGW8X0Y9V-L7V1YnTseRRIfbL_q6VC8GC/s800-Ic42/20150819_202416.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/73UYg2cSJPM33zP4E-iQNIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVvKmbbPklxcaaY72LFeoDzykQPZzMPPrUuAPFMHEknsTdHQ_tuckF_Spbe9sNUqnAtRylSYxnDy_8lfu7U7N5w05SzkVbCROdZW83hMp4GZBM5AdPm6ELPUL1TXF6nQnIyrw5cNyynYK/s800-Ic42/20150819_202418.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9BGttCZtKpWPb_EOX8xG1IsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5STHetWKtgxxf1XcrvrE0Eju59wBcUoDkBVjCaQLFMYwAz5w13onyyWg9erzRXgJ0DVW5UREw3kFpMDHKT_W_O9VZMG_Q09YoK-QMQTcTH_Eh7slYEobtD5YoS5tn-wjyG9NXv-HowspS/s800-Ic42/20150819_202421.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><br /> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OgDTqM-3whDAm4yaNh1QJIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEuNaaJsqAEiYTeJ0QZFpPlJB3yRxci7h3dT7okdoI_FSK5-4KMpgfm1YrWNghyphenhyphen7IBa79vas-hd_Agrhe1Hoam-aTsw4IDO5wc4y-nVGvGQUCyHhisC2iRPmKRJAEfMs_Imm5YrWJVUJ9/s800-Ic42/20150820_101836.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i><br /></i> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Subway shenanagins!</i></div> <i><br /></i> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Day two was just... fantastic. Poor Derek hurt his foot at one point and was limping badly, but that man was not going to let a silly thing like pain and anguish slow him down.<br /> <br /> First, we are LDS afterall, so we went in search of the temple. The temple shares a building with the church building for several wards. Derek's work friend lives next door and took us on his roof, 37 floors up. We got to see the city from the most amazing angle.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nygF99iG4GuBrzZDgMqRHosCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlhVKpEx11vc9s88w5mAuPaak491dTNT9lRsLJqwUeOz_MjBarz-TfuEMEv6jE19AHbzZC36bdHz1rR8BqX2_u9tx21_8zFhyphenhyphenbKUfu0BXxfSBA3-CCjQCISIkwCRWnqCyEaeXn08hy1Xo/s800-Ic42/20150820_111022.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MURApD3ODe6ZD2VfG4D0e4sCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBo3vK5jR65yiRjRtimbyrSdiFn_CziSYw88tJmG1fM6oJYjJWyVuyKqT9Ii9ME0GQ6BqNFUqY0MUKRsdrbqfQg5FKJ5Eg4lpvbEcx65iurcHXlB4zqQ0xd6VLIEfuP4OUWhK1iIiAFS5K/s800-Ic42/20150820_111052.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> After that we hit Central Park to have a picnic. Derek saw Hank Azaria! &nbsp;ETA: Derek says Hank gave him a nod, thus acknowledging Derek's existence. This is a big deal<br /> <br /> (I saw his back half after he walked by). We ate and played and had some ice cream.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ddc3u_0dBHzKk32ntGBfKosCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFM8djlULFtsY6aaqy2j7jIVQgH9zjELZmjsCQIaOjxZoqeGzY3LBnMDDojOEFxlc-LIyEAsv4IxQJnATzHehrquoYvt1AueEXnmvvZn2p0frv2hHs_onoDz3Zs_3GNshq0urNUjdX9vt/s800-Ic42/20150820_115152.jpg" width="800" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sxGrowj4FN5l_3w74MKtWYsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYtFR4HOde49X6ZZsTjO4DJ3AOaEghyNl62PyZ0ttSr0ZX9Mby215tlIiDoYpGR_bprw-u5pLegKdmbechFX5qQPI-0Yq3zHO-6svm-VrlZO0oiwyX6Beg3Wqt6m-P5VYJrcLHN9A7nIe/s800-Ic42/20150820_120110.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Picnic! Derek has a love/hate relationship with the fact that people can get ahold of him all the time because of smart phones.&nbsp;</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DjzAJeTxvpxdJuaZWSrh9osCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDJnEhyDRNHgZw-a_0M6nYbxi8psnXTVIbIvmmh9AjaQAb5Hl-TTmkb3GfVeghLTSUZZ5zajo_s9s0p7B7k7hhaRylM9YNi9_44GJalOTG8BkZpFy-QACDrbV3xSF2X17YH5xDgWyLSM-/s800-Ic42/20150820_140736.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>This baby is a dream. He was SO good the whole time.&nbsp;</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> Then we hit the Met.<br /> <br /> The Met!<br /> <br /> The Met!<br /> <br /> My kids were pretty toasted by this time. But dang it, they have an Arms and Armor wing. Worth.it.<br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mp2F4JtC9CbIprXtFW28tIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8td_pEcOjzF5MxHhRKLr5xI7GIE0N_5vrbb_hb9Oc-g4BOp0eA71yNlka90a0pOyKh-B5qW2K4vdpBZ_PU1YwxG8uB5GE3EMjNdS6V_hn9aqzp9drH3IzjxGm4IOth9DsadfBzI0-XIKK/s800-Ic42/20150820_153251.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Exhausted but still kicking.&nbsp;</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HpOZK2wmSc7apTMqkw4QOIsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWdZ1yf0auGzasdf6BZPJcKV0IMJKytcEZaMkka-vUFV-vDI_kJfeDzDs1fjnN7VEnX3Fo-nRsgf3E_YwPtR3XepD1xnIdzxYx-DyAUAeR8atNoABWBDhhboJkZD-yN0txaDnOAFz0KTT/s800-Ic42/20150820_162405.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Guns!&nbsp;</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6cNAgxs4oRjCSKXRVNJPoYsCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zhNnd8PF-In_tMPX1RdaQOowLbPKJBPYo3cPrzb9AupzV8bg-2pNEwj2CDHJuPNcHcs39-O0keIsmw87TkseOPiDgCq6wrOdqAWMUodOXmcYREAvLIyRZ0-uLBVp3GUNKla7TvVn5Bvc/s800-Ic42/20150820_162414.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Museum selfie</i></div> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ktV9cNWnY0iaMI7bipfMcosCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihVsomBDOxaxRTK4ALIOCrRGcGuzm5MwkGVTcABbYMQk9NSdbaqbHI6RrcReW7uqeAQU9NlDbq4b3VBLCWfpRNiVSo2obDWygby8gfbinwEINHpK41WN-qYMp4973oMpPfCBNiyK5pX7_/s800-Ic42/20150820_163208.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Henry the VIII's custom armor. He was a large man.&nbsp;</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <table style="width: auto;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/M9zH1bLzObz3GkVHkFVfo4sCcUSoNIVncAJ0l1dRfsg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLj_lbY4_wNcq0OCspeFFuUkS9PrZ2DwvU1_ujRX6b9B4Dc3LvXS2zjil9WbApg98F5pPwpZ2g80yAKubqXtW269k6vVQZwVtzID21BHOws3F-5Pcc5bki9lQx4qcsCQVCTGH1SOxerCDi/s800-Ic42/20150820_163459.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116387585831971834889/NYCAugust2015?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite">NYC August 2015</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>These knights were SO cool. Spencer took this picture.&nbsp;</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> We stayed until we absolutely had to leave. We headed to Derek's meeting, which involved more pizza, and eventually we fell into our beds in Brooklyn grateful for a fabulous day. The heat and humidity plus my poor husband's foot were cause for difficulties, but all in all, a great day.<br /> <br /> Today, it was a long, long, long drive. Conneticut is the worst. What is up with Conneticut? It took forever to get through that silly tiny state! Now we're home. And why does the house that I cleaned before we left smell weird??? WHY????<br /> <br />Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-25922624052130785012015-08-16T18:42:00.001-07:002015-08-16T18:50:10.215-07:00<p dir="ltr">Shannon Hale wrote to describe the connection of mother to daughter that a girl-child is, "cut and sewn from her own soul."</p> <p dir="ltr">Oh oh yes. </p> <p dir="ltr">My boys, they are my heart beat. </p> <p dir="ltr">And my girl, she is my soul. </p> <p dir="ltr">Three years ago, my soul was born again: in my little bedroom, surrounded by the beating of my heart. </p> <p dir="ltr">Miriam came, and she is magic.</p> <p dir="ltr">Now she is three. She loves babies, music, drawing, reading, dirt, candy, her brothers, her daddy, the animals, the trampoline, and me. She does love me a bit too. </p> <p dir="ltr">My little soul-sister,&nbsp; how grateful I am for her. Her gentle spirit is a contrast to the man-cubs who dominant the joint. But she holds her own, with her fire and her opinions. Her brothers who we could not do without, love her fiercely. They are learning priceless life lessons about how to treat a lady. I love how they love her. </p> <p dir="ltr">My Miriam is three. </p> <p dir="ltr">My dream girl. I'll eat you up I love you so. </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd4rWuS2PG_oM4aKMQ-sGdxIKMaIjaHGX7i5jKZH95ukp3Z1PqPYjrcRE4fAQb1WiUoQvsiOaS5QfhXnTLKVN1aZJN0cPH3fOPQkLwy-w-7TzxebzKLUIEigSL2BjS68E5cpAiXNb2ieG/s1600/20150814_193045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd4rWuS2PG_oM4aKMQ-sGdxIKMaIjaHGX7i5jKZH95ukp3Z1PqPYjrcRE4fAQb1WiUoQvsiOaS5QfhXnTLKVN1aZJN0cPH3fOPQkLwy-w-7TzxebzKLUIEigSL2BjS68E5cpAiXNb2ieG/s640/20150814_193045.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6aPBhu5XewEcaWsAnhHVMgg8yfQRfWqQzMDhrKL7ufJGWh9pNAdjN_fR2EeAjsT8xejdVyxH8G0ORyGvHSgTEZyFJ_nudJbKeGD1HTFvaPcciSC6tj3eloe-wIoAuKLZldbQ0spqdlwM/s1600/20150814_191032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6aPBhu5XewEcaWsAnhHVMgg8yfQRfWqQzMDhrKL7ufJGWh9pNAdjN_fR2EeAjsT8xejdVyxH8G0ORyGvHSgTEZyFJ_nudJbKeGD1HTFvaPcciSC6tj3eloe-wIoAuKLZldbQ0spqdlwM/s640/20150814_191032.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_eGyrDWQYvjY2Z_B3Zg5-kfoJMiV_QlMHhrC6NXVaoySVwAekGbxcnHP-Zh3PXqG4XxFPR8NPoCp4Q-S6uTxT8fQfuxucCIoLNZZP0fkjdzgF3c-ZxXtuBX7K0f0puf4fAVYCuEW0310/s1600/20150814_190721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_eGyrDWQYvjY2Z_B3Zg5-kfoJMiV_QlMHhrC6NXVaoySVwAekGbxcnHP-Zh3PXqG4XxFPR8NPoCp4Q-S6uTxT8fQfuxucCIoLNZZP0fkjdzgF3c-ZxXtuBX7K0f0puf4fAVYCuEW0310/s640/20150814_190721.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBLvQ0KUJy6kMBDV_8IhrdmlB0HGtwxHxr9fpzQX8eGzpsSy0BgYl2fkYBzZxMseOWEnSZCoRU2m3yJv3UasixE5E5_OFxO8sQEGTvYMgqoZShixW-c53Syemq2ZGgLxV_17KaRXzz_qD/s1600/20150814_190748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBLvQ0KUJy6kMBDV_8IhrdmlB0HGtwxHxr9fpzQX8eGzpsSy0BgYl2fkYBzZxMseOWEnSZCoRU2m3yJv3UasixE5E5_OFxO8sQEGTvYMgqoZShixW-c53Syemq2ZGgLxV_17KaRXzz_qD/s640/20150814_190748.jpg"> </a> </div>Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-61317682088468708292015-08-03T17:44:00.001-07:002015-08-03T17:49:58.700-07:00<p dir="ltr">Oh Spencer.&nbsp; How have eight years already come and gone? Just a moment ago, I was saying "hello", I'm nearly certain.</p> <p dir="ltr">Now you are tall and handsome. You are imaginative and smart. Still you remain an early riser (oh so very early), and move at your own pace. Rushing you never ever works. Ever. It's always your schedule. And usually that's ok. </p> <p dir="ltr">You learned to ride a bike this summer. After trying for two summers, this year was different. You just *knew* how. Same with swimming. One day, you just went. </p> <p dir="ltr">I'm learning to trust your instincts. </p> <p dir="ltr">You never needed to learn how. You just know. </p> <p dir="ltr">I love you dear boy. You're a joy. Yes, you've got a temper, but you're learning not to let it control you. You're learning all the time. </p> <p dir="ltr">Happy Birthday, babe.<br> </p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">(His requests, strawberry cake with lime frosting and blueberries on top, homemade lemon/lime/orange ice cream and Chuck E. Cheese's. Weird kid.)</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAT1G1YD0C77lQYdlICXDvqk8k2x9-GZfyqd4ymWM6KGQ_zjmbfH8M6_KU4QeFlq-CrD1xAKulL_il45u6tkSXCidE4JGIwbXz0vnyZTpC9tglYJjfcKtMT6J6idoYjexXrDvd2NDbLCwg/s1600/20150803_191349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAT1G1YD0C77lQYdlICXDvqk8k2x9-GZfyqd4ymWM6KGQ_zjmbfH8M6_KU4QeFlq-CrD1xAKulL_il45u6tkSXCidE4JGIwbXz0vnyZTpC9tglYJjfcKtMT6J6idoYjexXrDvd2NDbLCwg/s640/20150803_191349.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRNdE8_0Ob24w_p1Qx65UIIy311O47ib6za-ZjWy9KG6gx43_Q6mhV-KSDuc8lSLQ_YgHynMPvZkHNrWVZGFLLsbE6aaE6lup8bJFwMM6eDxdGW1BvgZo3tLF0C5MthOBwbqUF6dLXnGt/s1600/20150803_191359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRNdE8_0Ob24w_p1Qx65UIIy311O47ib6za-ZjWy9KG6gx43_Q6mhV-KSDuc8lSLQ_YgHynMPvZkHNrWVZGFLLsbE6aaE6lup8bJFwMM6eDxdGW1BvgZo3tLF0C5MthOBwbqUF6dLXnGt/s640/20150803_191359.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtWqY1rRoKlZ3HJ5VnYqpv5zLWspx6SxP3DIypjlMmOO-Mrue6cebab2MQ2jrFUbRZokRKC-eAPtHyMNU2jwdlVghrmQNeSCMmsNWy___w3V-VJ4loAMX0WhGton8iXElqdEYN96DQPKr/s1600/20150803_181937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtWqY1rRoKlZ3HJ5VnYqpv5zLWspx6SxP3DIypjlMmOO-Mrue6cebab2MQ2jrFUbRZokRKC-eAPtHyMNU2jwdlVghrmQNeSCMmsNWy___w3V-VJ4loAMX0WhGton8iXElqdEYN96DQPKr/s640/20150803_181937.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxSKtZHa56wzWugbt-aY1QfBeSAUuZWrwD-ZdiVuoBGNXJWq-bWo6KuqveSjJKvpJT9yBGzTdbUVktP69UdbzPMxrLIAIdWXVjPivXGAN4YUAQ8lm8v3AqWFOfczmYJ4RSCXP2P_84EFs/s1600/20150803_084119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxSKtZHa56wzWugbt-aY1QfBeSAUuZWrwD-ZdiVuoBGNXJWq-bWo6KuqveSjJKvpJT9yBGzTdbUVktP69UdbzPMxrLIAIdWXVjPivXGAN4YUAQ8lm8v3AqWFOfczmYJ4RSCXP2P_84EFs/s640/20150803_084119.jpg"> </a> </div>Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-29751107004490495642015-07-31T18:02:00.001-07:002015-07-31T18:11:08.534-07:00<p dir="ltr">Oh gosh. I swore as the snow began to finally melt that never even once when summer finally began would I complain of the heat. I was dedicated instead to simply squeezing the juice out of summer in every way possible. </p> <p dir="ltr">See, living here means that you accept the tundra frozen, covered in snow for months on end. </p> <p dir="ltr">The payout is so so good though. Summer. </p> <p dir="ltr">Oh summer. </p> <p dir="ltr">You are so very good. </p> <p dir="ltr">It's almost worth the disgusting-ness of the never-ending winter for summer. </p> <p dir="ltr">Sweet, sacred summer. </p> <p dir="ltr">We're living it up. Today was the chilly ocean water that captivated us. "Soak it in kids," I urged. "Soon it'll be too cold."</p> <p dir="ltr">They swam, jumped, dug, ran, boogie-boarded... Oh heaven. </p> <p dir="ltr">Miriam was even enthralled. "The ocean got me, Mama," she cried in delight. </p> <p dir="ltr">It got me too, Baby Girl. Me too. </p> <p dir="ltr">August begins tomorrow. And August begins our push towards the end of the year. From here on out, it's go go go. </p> <p dir="ltr">No, summer isn't over yet, and we plan to love it still, but now we shift. We shift into birthday/school/holiday mode. </p> <p dir="ltr">Here we go!&nbsp; </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6Y2MWPmUFzCf0c5vxF2AKUkJrVL1TLT4tTVCaPhCTTWarpP1V2FYHj8lTfU8nQzeOmgLfDjcxtlQC6-OoC_HJyEx2NlBUygQfhZxsFHn08QHAHNJMFmAGSr9ZMGErNH3_qN-76XCsiq8/s1600/20150731_161535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6Y2MWPmUFzCf0c5vxF2AKUkJrVL1TLT4tTVCaPhCTTWarpP1V2FYHj8lTfU8nQzeOmgLfDjcxtlQC6-OoC_HJyEx2NlBUygQfhZxsFHn08QHAHNJMFmAGSr9ZMGErNH3_qN-76XCsiq8/s640/20150731_161535.jpg"> </a> </div>Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-7775586391701654202015-07-27T17:41:00.001-07:002015-07-27T17:41:20.003-07:00Until last Friday, we as a clan, had never done any kind of "amusement park" for LOTS of reasons.<br /> 1. Expense<br /> 2. Lines<br /> 3. Propensity towards motion sickness<br /> 4. Tiny kids<br /> <br /> But our dear friends (who up and moved away) gifted us a wad of tickets to New Hampshire's one and only Storyland, we decided, what the heck! Let's throw caution to the wind, pack some puke sacks and motion sick meds and go!<br /> <br /> And go we did.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7MmTbI5Ky26dLA1DIq6x-RTUdJQOFY7BwC7ykkKVywtnRcrebGJQoxF0zqqe8Jd3ZKKMiVrHjVxzFawOkW4xz0aJqTIFuL5kOKikf3KpvbNsn7qtjBFa0_bfBnLLNGT8anBXPJKlZkEK/s1600/storyland+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7MmTbI5Ky26dLA1DIq6x-RTUdJQOFY7BwC7ykkKVywtnRcrebGJQoxF0zqqe8Jd3ZKKMiVrHjVxzFawOkW4xz0aJqTIFuL5kOKikf3KpvbNsn7qtjBFa0_bfBnLLNGT8anBXPJKlZkEK/s640/storyland+10.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i>And we're off!</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> It was nearly three hours from the house, so that of course meant that we had to stop three time for various reasons.<br /> <br /> Once we got there, it was of course raining. This meant that there were less people hanging around. SCORE.<br /> <br /> Off we went.<br /> <br /> Okay, so total honestly time: I was a little creeped out upon entering Ye Olde Storyland. The front of the park is like... well, you know in scary movies when bad things happen at creepy amusement parks?<br /> <br /> That.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZe-NAN0e4fagmNVshUwYcNkQWF1u6OA-7nd5-xQeUbvRHzopRvi71YXKjDkqbriMCYLT-g_MoGYOxqk4Vzo4FUBtz3oR2C4Z6nuSL1Z4W3yPcQLV7mWRi86314_f8LcjkU4oMvJUDQpQ/s1600/storyland+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZe-NAN0e4fagmNVshUwYcNkQWF1u6OA-7nd5-xQeUbvRHzopRvi71YXKjDkqbriMCYLT-g_MoGYOxqk4Vzo4FUBtz3oR2C4Z6nuSL1Z4W3yPcQLV7mWRi86314_f8LcjkU4oMvJUDQpQ/s640/storyland+5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i>Riding inside a creepy pumpkin carriage.&nbsp;</i></div> <br /> But onward we pushed, and quickly discovered that there were LESS creepy parts of the park, with LOTS of fun things to do.<br /> <br /> Phew. Relief.<br /> <br /> So many rides were ridden. Because I was the designated baby-holder, I rode very few rides, and the ones I did ride made my bones ache. I'm OLD, okay? I get it.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvgcH7j184GuNlcOs04foSxsDz-faMe1tHIzxuUmFzWsh809h4hgJzbZBfWceOupAaDcju2oT1S41KzFI6Ta6QuLXKnziNDpD8NgAphGBRfvoa04V0feUmIkYVgMz_sih13ep4EIdmHnx/s1600/storyland+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvgcH7j184GuNlcOs04foSxsDz-faMe1tHIzxuUmFzWsh809h4hgJzbZBfWceOupAaDcju2oT1S41KzFI6Ta6QuLXKnziNDpD8NgAphGBRfvoa04V0feUmIkYVgMz_sih13ep4EIdmHnx/s640/storyland+2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29cOIzlfzoR-1CHzoKizXwo5bmrWRktfzpoG-GEZXSZwsLhPvOkPo2HWb6VzxgAP4mJ5OxAUx4B7sD4w8u92HFrK5HbsK30TOrbI4ZgNpgr_Xw2f6QzDKVjKF3AkkLIKnLHNhWL90gj4B/s1600/storyland+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29cOIzlfzoR-1CHzoKizXwo5bmrWRktfzpoG-GEZXSZwsLhPvOkPo2HWb6VzxgAP4mJ5OxAUx4B7sD4w8u92HFrK5HbsK30TOrbI4ZgNpgr_Xw2f6QzDKVjKF3AkkLIKnLHNhWL90gj4B/s640/storyland+1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLi48cc7b6AkoeQV1H0FReoM3ktaks7DmIPpO4q1ztSifi1afL1aXi3uDur9Qk8D6hsAoMNRD5nl6QcYRXAZic4rEnY5PQWibr9WVvAZXqYUv1yziA2cJz0WtgyWppZZhWCUHqdpdcMH5/s1600/storyland+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLi48cc7b6AkoeQV1H0FReoM3ktaks7DmIPpO4q1ztSifi1afL1aXi3uDur9Qk8D6hsAoMNRD5nl6QcYRXAZic4rEnY5PQWibr9WVvAZXqYUv1yziA2cJz0WtgyWppZZhWCUHqdpdcMH5/s640/storyland+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXxA3SR-0Az8V8LM6tg-em0kkqFZpA82jCT6O5yTVP_kgUIalhkd59ykIIJT-ncKE5gkzCr8gt6NtH86ZDwguxnU6lYS7dhujelPF4G-2dTzIQ4QV0OKmx9xaDfWf283H01lKT-qIbWnr/s1600/storyland+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXxA3SR-0Az8V8LM6tg-em0kkqFZpA82jCT6O5yTVP_kgUIalhkd59ykIIJT-ncKE5gkzCr8gt6NtH86ZDwguxnU6lYS7dhujelPF4G-2dTzIQ4QV0OKmx9xaDfWf283H01lKT-qIbWnr/s640/storyland+7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpSlzjrbfiTzDg2tqbohbDFGeQ0U3743K5lYpzSToWUHJJzL9vVBLVXm8K60IkFVvMvTY73elwzvSrnCOBkS7UcaHNjaNByvoijdVbewJUZk86JNzsp_izrmMwN4W2aDO0glldz-NmEQM/s1600/storyland+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpSlzjrbfiTzDg2tqbohbDFGeQ0U3743K5lYpzSToWUHJJzL9vVBLVXm8K60IkFVvMvTY73elwzvSrnCOBkS7UcaHNjaNByvoijdVbewJUZk86JNzsp_izrmMwN4W2aDO0glldz-NmEQM/s640/storyland+4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> Derek was amazing though, and rode and rode and rode. His motion sick meds worked, as did everyone else's and NO ONE THREW UP.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj706ild2TTx9MJ8BIuSVbKtC_njlLpOcb6HETycFwQE6KkpmBloIGOIx9SZRZZnG0EKf2GR1Zxft6xSUL68ABblX54OEmIFmmba9EnJe2kIgW4g4T8hbb22vGUfs_ksaogQPcwKgTz_O-s/s1600/storyland+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj706ild2TTx9MJ8BIuSVbKtC_njlLpOcb6HETycFwQE6KkpmBloIGOIx9SZRZZnG0EKf2GR1Zxft6xSUL68ABblX54OEmIFmmba9EnJe2kIgW4g4T8hbb22vGUfs_ksaogQPcwKgTz_O-s/s640/storyland+8.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i>Derek is the best dad.</i></div> <br /> <br /> Hang on. What???<br /> <br /> I'll say it again.<br /> <br /> NO ONE THREW UP.<br /> <br /> ALL FOOD THAT WAS CONSUMED STAYED INSIDE VARIOUS BODIES.<br /> <br /> Amazing.<br /> <br /> We played the day away. Lines were blessedly minimal. Rain fell, and fun was had by all.<br /> Then we went and found dinner at a fabulous and inexplicably empty southern BBQ restauarant then wended our way home. Frederick was D-O-N-E by about an hour from our house. Too bad so sad little dude, we kept on keeping on.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzWUFtiudJUsXcMivPFiIL8imWXCubmvlqb3eTFJfNRNTzqIvw8ll5Cf1eZZADtKnd-sJxaOrm6eYcpew7PtJ0MVF79RHVG5RM21mZA9ZemE2mXH4WEsJSRwhZgQ0T-H0AGp39yX1Fi04/s1600/storyland+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzWUFtiudJUsXcMivPFiIL8imWXCubmvlqb3eTFJfNRNTzqIvw8ll5Cf1eZZADtKnd-sJxaOrm6eYcpew7PtJ0MVF79RHVG5RM21mZA9ZemE2mXH4WEsJSRwhZgQ0T-H0AGp39yX1Fi04/s640/storyland+9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtZgW7tH18WA2JmJnwd8prpVfWZ-Ut6wQVCEWqE-Ok2AjfuJbMLArJR6uVr77H9XZf1mN-lMR2bUr_gO0o7vxZppuaN3uLE25whyByOP0lkosI6FUMHjdKEx3fOmcrNUmeIPIgh2a3Uvd/s1600/storyland+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtZgW7tH18WA2JmJnwd8prpVfWZ-Ut6wQVCEWqE-Ok2AjfuJbMLArJR6uVr77H9XZf1mN-lMR2bUr_gO0o7vxZppuaN3uLE25whyByOP0lkosI6FUMHjdKEx3fOmcrNUmeIPIgh2a3Uvd/s640/storyland+3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> Saturday was spent in the post-fun-grumpy-hangover, but really, it was worth it. We really did have a great time.<br /> <br /> I'm not signing up for a yearly pass or anything, but we did have fun.Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-21411701093297886552015-06-28T17:07:00.001-07:002015-06-28T17:11:41.917-07:00<p dir="ltr">Twelve years. We have been shared a name for a dozen years. </p> <p dir="ltr">We've had half a dozen children in those years. </p> <p dir="ltr">We've grown and changed. We've never waivered though. Never. </p> <p dir="ltr">We're a team. We're partners and best friends. </p> <p dir="ltr">Never could I have planned our days and years. And I'm glad. I'm glad for the surprises. I'm glad to keep learning. </p> <p dir="ltr">Happy Anniversary to us.</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUq7zmrnayoUc3ASbw2Dy61NxbSI69Kg3CsTCpVby5lekZdtPjWh7nKggqzzi8C6BshyphenhyphenM9mfhEhKtLbE2ZsFeCtS-SsiYcEP2SJwiSDWESEMX1LFl4bu4sGsUNzm3M_k-_SmE2j8I7dSA/s1600/IMG_20150628_193108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUq7zmrnayoUc3ASbw2Dy61NxbSI69Kg3CsTCpVby5lekZdtPjWh7nKggqzzi8C6BshyphenhyphenM9mfhEhKtLbE2ZsFeCtS-SsiYcEP2SJwiSDWESEMX1LFl4bu4sGsUNzm3M_k-_SmE2j8I7dSA/s640/IMG_20150628_193108.jpg"> </a> </div>Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989676854656500628.post-57931278067154534822015-06-24T19:52:00.001-07:002015-06-24T19:53:39.698-07:00<p dir="ltr">I sat everyone down. I said, "Now listen. Mommy is going to trim Miriam's hair. I am the ONLY one who is EVER allowed to cut ANYONE'S hair ever. For any reason. Do you understand?"</p> <p dir="ltr">Enthusiastic, "Yes, Mom!" 's met my ears.</p> <p dir="ltr">"If you find scissors in the yard are you to cut anyone's hair at all?" </p> <p dir="ltr">"No, Mom!" </p> <p dir="ltr">I continued, "If you think, 'wouldn't it be fun to cut someone's hair' because you are bored, do you do it?!" </p> <p dir="ltr">A resounding, "no!" came in reply. </p> <p dir="ltr">"Miriam, do you cut your OWN hair EVER?" </p> <p dir="ltr">"No, Mama!" She chirped. </p> <p dir="ltr">"Who can cut hair in this family?" I drilled. </p> <p dir="ltr">"Just Mom!" They chanted. </p> <p dir="ltr">Still disconcerted, I quickly did the deed. I gave my baby girl her first hair cut; just a trim to get rid of the mullet. </p> <p dir="ltr">But now, I'm nervous and jumpy around scissors left laying around. I don't THINK they missed the point of our little discussion, but heck if I know. </p> <p dir="ltr">Hopefully, no one gets balded any time soon. <br> </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUd2_Bzh46fNcpiBmIAhK6ZnuYvjeS3ZcIRlC9_CbWzPxciJ9ENAhButmvMx4DHJRJPxr8EiXzGtAFxnkc9uHG-egOkiLPDUi58h6vI7ulQH9xFDRxScmds3N9-YRJo4l18JQbodFOw_b9/s1600/20150617_172439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUd2_Bzh46fNcpiBmIAhK6ZnuYvjeS3ZcIRlC9_CbWzPxciJ9ENAhButmvMx4DHJRJPxr8EiXzGtAFxnkc9uHG-egOkiLPDUi58h6vI7ulQH9xFDRxScmds3N9-YRJo4l18JQbodFOw_b9/s640/20150617_172439.jpg"> </a> </div>Morgan Hageyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04477753070828406848noreply@blogger.com1