tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71222732769977161392024-02-20T09:30:16.195-08:00The Mahkorn FamilyScott, Brittany, Owen, Emme & KyraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-90200519271341236652012-12-05T12:19:00.002-08:002012-12-05T12:22:15.400-08:00Kyra says "MORE!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, Kyra's vocabulary is getting bigger and bigger. She can say momma, dada, bubba (Owen), hi, that, more. She can also say 2 words together (but only "Hi Dada!" or "Hi Bubba!") she also tries to say "I love you" and "Thank you"...just baby babble mostly, but she copies the vowel sounds the same way every time we tell her to say it. She also will point at all the Christmas lights and the wreath on our front door and say "Ohhhh, Ohhh!!" So cute! She is getting so big so quickly, can't believe she will be 1 in just a month. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-35798613407908514872012-12-04T20:03:00.002-08:002012-12-04T20:03:47.086-08:00Kyra doesn't want to perform!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know how hard it is to get kids to perform on cue? Well here is another example of just that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-18431242018133262222012-12-04T19:47:00.001-08:002012-12-04T19:47:58.668-08:00Nothing like sneaking garbage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While uploading that last video, Kyra decided to tip over the garbage can and help herself to a bag of old raisins that I had just thrown away this afternoon. Thanks Mom for making this lovely choking hazard available for my consumption!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-17014507435386530412012-12-04T19:23:00.002-08:002012-12-04T19:23:39.569-08:00Kyra Kate is walking!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here it is Mom!! That video of Kyra you so wanted to see. Not the best quality, but it will have to do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-78524524712510543162012-03-19T15:24:00.000-07:002012-03-19T15:24:48.998-07:00Owen Lost His First Tooth!Owen has been wanting to lose a tooth for quite a while now. So many of his friends at school and church have been losing teeth and at 7 years old he felt he was old enough to lose one. Well...a couple weeks ago he came home and told us a tooth was lose! He was thrilled!<br />
So for the last couple weeks he has been playing with that tooth trying to make it more and more loose. We had a look in his mouth the other day and noticed that Owen is a shark. Yes, a shark. The new tooth coming in is not under the baby tooth but <i>behind</i> that tooth. Just how sharks have teeth that grow in rows! After having our friend Kaulana (who is a dentist) look at it, we decided that that baby tooth needed to be pulled to make room for the new tooth to move up.<br />
After a few days of being scared to pull it, today was the day!! I tied some dental floss to the bathroom door, hooked the other end around his tooth and that little tooth came right out! I didn't even slam the door shut!<br />
Now we have a cute little boy with a cute little gap! Oh, and tooth number two is loose now too!!<br />
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It was a <i>very</i> windy day so we didn't take many pictures outside like we usually do. (I'm just glad it wasn't raining...or hailing, like it was the night before.) Here a couple pictures of our great day!<br />
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Below is a link to his first play as QB, he made a pass that was run in for a touchdown! ... Maybe one day, when he is a successful QB in the NFL, ESPN will show this! (We really aren't planning on him becoming a famous quarterback---just fun to joke about!)<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJj-Sq30xw&feature=youtube_gdata_player" target="_blank">Owen's First QB Pass</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-33770294400654544892012-02-06T13:24:00.000-08:002012-02-06T13:46:03.515-08:00Kyra KateHmm...it's been a while and a lot has happened since I last posted but I will try and catch up in the next couple weeks. The biggest thing to happen to our little family is our new baby girl!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUzffQlnNT9dwFqyofZDm8c6rqC6qo_8ve_07ysDJbVSAm_JPz4toAddleMT8FXdiCH0IYp3ennCTkXMGZqLXqc98wuKE7QllHqmu1KolVtBRWxdW-sCm0Jj8jSQV0HctEPkxtUszbg8J/s1600/SORT+207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUzffQlnNT9dwFqyofZDm8c6rqC6qo_8ve_07ysDJbVSAm_JPz4toAddleMT8FXdiCH0IYp3ennCTkXMGZqLXqc98wuKE7QllHqmu1KolVtBRWxdW-sCm0Jj8jSQV0HctEPkxtUszbg8J/s320/SORT+207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Kyra Kate Mahkorn was born on January 12th at 1:50pm. She weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces (biggest baby by almost half a pound!) and was 20.5 inches long. She looks so much like the other 2 kids, especially Emme, but with dark hair. Maybe we will have a red haired kid after all!!<br />
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Owen and Emme love her to pieces and we are so happy to have another little baby in our family.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-18687500774096492712011-09-13T14:50:00.000-07:002012-02-06T13:48:05.571-08:00First Day of First Grade!!<div style="text-align: center;">Our little Owen started first grade this year; I guess that doesn't make him so little anymore! I can't believe how quickly time flies! I think it was just yesterday that I was taking his first day of kindergarten pictures and just last week that I remember bringing him home from the hospital...</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Well, no more nostalgia! Here he is being silly before we walked to school.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More silly faces from Owen---I couldn't get him to make a normal face all day!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">That night we went out to dinner, our first day of school tradition. That way he can tell Scott (he has already told me) about his teacher, his classroom and his friends. Going out to eat makes it seem special instead of just repeating the same things he already told to me. Owen loves to eat and eat and eat; and he can never seem to make up his mind what he wants. Solution?? Eat at Souplantation! Then he can get what he wants, as much as he wants, and still have an ice cream cone at the end of it all.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a silly one of Emme---why not!??! Everyone else got a silly face picture. (Oh, and she is wearing her new "first day of school" outfit. Couldn't have her feeling left out, right?)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ice cream cones he loves. Had to do something funny here too!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-3545429242002952722011-09-01T11:45:00.000-07:002011-09-01T11:45:18.682-07:00El Matador<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Ahhh...one of our last adventures of the summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-6_jJT3W6TxGeTOs_nWVV8ag8nUdy_F2JUgb9Wqp0wFB0DCmO-H9e7LdAMCz47y0sOzPqnbeVmq64yyEOYm3ZkeF8kkfn3Q9I7DOneUj_NG3K62Ak2qcCq9UoU8MB_KyC4lMggRKtAy7/s1600/089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-6_jJT3W6TxGeTOs_nWVV8ag8nUdy_F2JUgb9Wqp0wFB0DCmO-H9e7LdAMCz47y0sOzPqnbeVmq64yyEOYm3ZkeF8kkfn3Q9I7DOneUj_NG3K62Ak2qcCq9UoU8MB_KyC4lMggRKtAy7/s320/089.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We asked Owen what kind of adventure he wanted to do (beach, mountains, museum, etc.) and he voted for another beach exploration. On this little adventure we found one of the most <i>beautiful</i> beaches in Southern California---El Matador State Beach! On our way up there (it is just north of Malibu before you enter Ventura County) we stopped in Malibu for lunch at a local cafe sorry I can't remember the name of the cafe but the burrito I had was awesome!) and grabbed some drinks to take to the beach. I did a little research on El Matador before we went there and I was a little concerned about how we would get down to the beach...everything on Yelp stated that you have to walk down a really steep path, then some stairs, more steep path and then more steep stairs. Reviews all said to not carry too much stuff down, since you have to carry it out all back out, etc., etc., etc...but you know what?!??! It wasn't that bad at all! If little 2 1/2 year old, 23 pound Emme can walk down <i>and</i> back up the path on her own, then all those people online are wimps! After spending all afternoon at the beach we drove back home through Malibu, stopping to get ice cream at another local little place (where Scott found one of his favorite childhood ice cream flavors). Another fun day---next time we go to this beach we want to take some friends with us too---no point in finding something amazing if you don't share it with others, right??<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott and Owen exploring.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emme loved digging in the sand!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you tell how HUGE this rock is? Owen is so little standing right next to it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owen destroying one of his beach castles (Emme called them "temples" not "castles")</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-50754098787009274442011-08-08T13:00:00.000-07:002011-08-08T13:00:52.927-07:00Our family is growing...I know I haven't posted in a couple months and so much has happened since then! I haven't taken pictures of everything, but here are a few of the going-ons around here lately!<br />
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Oh, and I guess I should mention that we are having another baby! Baby is due January 19th (I am a little over 16 weeks right now---almost halfway!) and the kids are both pretty excited. However, one of them will be a little disappointed seeing as Owen wants a brother and Emme wants a sister (but I think she would be happy with a brother too. She just likes babies.). We will be finding out in a few weeks and we'll let everyone know then!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-696319618496854432011-08-08T12:42:00.000-07:002011-08-08T12:42:18.917-07:00Another day at the beachI love living in SoCal! We have the beach just 15 minutes away (it's actually less then 5 miles, but with traffic it takes a little while to get there!) and we try to go there as often as we can. The kids love the sand and the waves, catching sand crabs and collecting shells. And Owen has gotten braver and has even let Scott take him out on a bodyboard lately. (We tried to get him to take surf lessons instead of swim lessons this summer but he said he wasn't ready for that yet. Maybe next year.) Here's some pictures from one of our most recent trips.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting out is the hardest part for Owen. I think he needs to grow a little!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...the end result!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-62020669968726762702011-08-08T12:29:00.000-07:002011-08-10T10:33:07.425-07:00Swim ClassesBoth the kids have been swim class this summer. Owen is on his 3rd year of classes and is <i>sooo </i>much better than even just last summer. This was Emme's first time and she started talking about swim class a month before we even started; she was so excited to take classes like her brother! Emme, however, is not old enough to take classes on her own yet, so I got to join her in the Parent and Me swim class. Scott and I are thrilled that our kids love the water and are so comfortable around it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jumping in!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emme swimming underwater from her teacher to me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing daddy how much she loves swimming!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-77834943655891815742011-08-08T12:22:00.000-07:002011-08-08T12:22:40.116-07:00FlipsOwen and Emme LOVE to do flips on the couch. Scott and I are always telling them to stop flipping and jumping on the couch, but they just don't want to listen. I think we need a big backyard so we can buy a giant trampoline for them. Maybe then my couches won't be falling apart!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emme still needs to work on her technique...she kind of dives in stead of flipping.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-26480733358404109652011-08-08T12:15:00.000-07:002011-08-10T10:32:16.251-07:00Fishing!Back in July we went with our friends Jeramie and Valerie Alba and their kids Jacob and Tyler to Mt. Baldy Trout Farms. Our boys really wanted to go fishing and this place doesn't require a fishing license. We let all 4 kids catch their own fish (which took about 3 minutes combined!) then walked across the road to this awesome creek where we went swimming and had a picnic lunch.<br />
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The next day we went to the Alba's house for fish tacos! We had a great time and we'll have to take the kids fishing again---maybe <i>real</i> fishing next time. You know, try and teach the kids some patience! (Owen commented on the way home how he thought fishing would be harder! Ha ha!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owen and Tyler scouting out the fish pond.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owen's first catch!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So proud of his fish.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course once she saw Owen do it, Emme had to have a turn too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She wanted to hug her fish but was a little scared of how wiggly it was. I think she thought she would get to keep it as a pet, not eat it in tacos the next day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where we played in the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emme testing out the water.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-73085700978614476742011-06-02T09:54:00.000-07:002011-06-02T09:54:03.674-07:00Armed Forces DayEvery year around Memorial Day the city of Torrance hosts an Armed Forces Day Parade that Owen <i>LOVES!! </i>The night before the parade you can walk around and meet the soldiers, see tanks and helicopters, watch bomb disabling robots and see real (but not active) missiles. Lots of pretty cool stuff.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owen and Tennyson in the helicopter.</td></tr>
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On the way down to San Diego we passed Camp Pendleton and Owen was so thrilled to see military tanks driving on the side of the freeway. Then 5 minutes later 2 fighter jets flew right overhead.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once we got to Sea World the kids were so thrilled!!! We did everything you can possibly do; went to all the aquariums and tidepools, saw the Sea Lion show, Shamu show, and the Dolphin show (that also had some cool birds). We walked through every exhibit and rode rides at Bay of Play. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The most amazing thing was our tour with Dana. We got a feed and pet a 3500 pound Walrus named Obie. He is too large and blind to be out in the front, so not many people even get to see him. Then we saw where they keep the polar bears at night; did you know that the same people who build prisons build polar bear enclosures? They are so huge and can be so dangerous that they don't take any risks! Then we got to meet Nanuk and Ferdinand, 2 awesome Beluga Whales. Nanuk did not want to come over but we got to pet Ferdinand, even Emme! How many 2 and 6 year olds get to do that?!?! They feel kind of like hard boiled eggs. Squishy, slippery and really cold. It was so great and I hope that Owen doesn't ever forget the once in a lifetime experience he got to have. ( I am sure that Emme will forget, but that's what pictures are for! There are couple of videos as well, but Blogger isn't letting me put them on right now.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the way home from our fun-filled and exhausting day, we stopped at the San Diego temple. Such a beautiful temple! It looks like a princess castle and the kids both thought it was so pretty. I love being able to take my kids to the temples that we live by--Scott and I both want them to know how important temples are and we like to expose them to as many as possible! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helping Emme pet Ferdinand. Such an awesome animal!!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Such an amazing day. I am so happy to have my wonderful family and I love spending time with them...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-33188593566265687082011-05-05T11:29:00.000-07:002011-05-05T11:32:57.242-07:00Getty Villa<div style="text-align: center;">On Monday my sister Kylee, Emme and I took a little trip out to Malibu to visit the Getty Villa. Kylee had to visit a museum for one of her classes and the Villa is one that I have wanted to go to for a long time. So we tagged along.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This place is so beautiful!!! The whole museum is focused on ancient Greece and Rome. The architecture, the gardens, the endless statues, coinage, jewelry and furniture. They even have a couple statues there from Pompeii! Everything was so amazing; it almost makes me wish I had lived back then. Well, only if I could have been in one of the wealthy families of course. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the pieces uncovered in Pompeii. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarcophagus. Amazing detail on this one--told the story of Achilles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at how much detail!! This little cameo piece is about the size a thumbnail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You know how Olympic champions get to wear those beautiful wreaths on their head? This is where that comes from! At the ceremony they would wear actual laurel wreaths but this one, made from real gold, was probably presented to the family of an athlete at their death.</td></tr>
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We let Owen skip school on Friday (yes, we are those parents. Sometimes spending the day with your family is important too! And what fun memories he'll have off those occasional days playing hooky with his family!) and we drove down to Newport Coast.<br />
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There is a great state park there called Crystal Cove that we decided to explore. We had so much fun!<br />
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We climbed all over the rocks and looked at crabs, fishes, anemones, pelicans and tons of other wildlife! We swam in the waves, built a teepee out of driftwood for the kids to dry off in then had lunch at Wahoo's. We walked the beach a little more and saw dolphins surfing, a whale spouting, wild rabbits, lizards and a flock of quail. On our way home we stopped at the Newport Temple and let the kids walk around. What a great day! The kids didn't want to go home and honestly, neither did we. We are really loving these little adventures we have been doing---I hope this is something we will always do with our kids... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Owen's hermit crabs!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The teepee-and yes, Emme is in her underwear!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wahoo's!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look in the center, you can see one of the dolphins! They were out in the line-up with the surfers.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>It was sooo cute-the little building itself was not so impressive but we took a tour and the kids got to hold or touch almost everything! They got to touch sharks, rays, hermit crabs, sea cucumbers, sand dollars and sea urchins. There were also flounder, giant black sea bass, sardines and crabs to see. We will definitely be coming back here again!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122273276997716139.post-25930883416315448952011-04-04T14:24:00.000-07:002011-04-04T14:24:48.810-07:00Saying Goodbye to Our FriendsThis last weekend some of our best friends moved out of state. We are so sad to have them leave but they are going on to bigger and better things (Mike is starting his residency this summer--yeah! No more school!). After walking home from school, both my kids sat down on the front steps and cried--so sad!! It seemed like a good excuse to watch some cartoons and have root beer floats. Before the tears started, we did get some cute pictures though!<br />
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Good luck Mike, Jessica, Peyton and Brady!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brady was pretty upset at this point---he didn't want to smile or look at the camera. And Owen is forcing Emme to look at me! They all look a little goofy here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a cute one of Owen--just because!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owen made a dinner plate with corn, spaghetti squash, broccoli, asparagus and steak. All foods he likes believe it or not! </td></tr>
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We had a great time shaking cans and letting them explode...and his project won first place for the kindergarten projects! He got to have his project displayed at the district science fair where he also received a trophy. We had a great time working on his project and he is excited to do the science fair every year now.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished project! </td></tr>
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