tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73855103355908442652024-02-19T04:25:54.095+00:00to the 4th floorour life in the citytothe4thfloorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069266756557346718noreply@blogger.comBlogger694125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385510335590844265.post-24439025609332298652016-07-22T21:27:00.000+01:002016-08-05T23:30:09.333+01:00{Seattle/Canada} Flashback: Day 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I could not, would not, leave Canada without going on the Westcoaster slide. I was determined. Today was our last day and the only thing holding us back from getting in the car and heading back to Seattle was the slide. The sun was shining this morning but as 10 o'clock approached, so did the rain sprinkles. Long story short, we ended up waiting a couple of hours and did a little begging to make it happen! Finally, and luckily, we got to go on! </div>
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Darren and Cara couldn't go on with us which was so lame but the rest of us went as single riders. With all that time waiting for the ride to open I took the time to prep the girls on how to use the slide. I basically said, just push the lever all the way down! It's way more fun that way. I told Marisa if you do feel like it is too fast just pull the lever slightly up. haha</div>
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Natalie went first...</div>
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That thumbs up meant she kept the lever down the entire time! Good girl!!</div>
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Tim went next. Then Marisa...</div>
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(I had to trim the video in order to upload so what you don't hear in the beginning is baby Cara cheering on saying, "Piiiizzzaa!" meaning "Marisa". It is pretty cute.)</div>
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Luckily the staff let the people behind her go again. But hey, she did it! I'm so proud of her for giving things a try still. That is all I ask!</div>
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I went flying down last.</div>
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It was finally time to say good-bye to such a fun family vacation. It was seriously so much fun.</div>
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Cara only took one nap the entire week which was fabulous. But she has never gone without a nap before! I couldn't believe she hung in there. Have we finally arrived? Sure enough though, all 4 kids fell asleep in the car before even getting to Vancouver. The youngest two were out for a long time!</div>
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We did make a quick stop to see the Vancouver temple. Stopping to physically let the kids touch the temple is the best kind of stops in my opinion. A great reminder that no matter where we are in the world we can find peace.</div>
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Our ragamuffins! haha</div>
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We arrived in time to Seattle for Darren to throw up in the Chick-fil-a parking lot where we were eating for dinner along with a proper Seattle greeting of rain. Not to mention the huge amount of water spilled on the tables by my kids. Yeah, it was special. Needless to say, I was more than ready to crash in our hotel and just chill!</div>
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In true parenting life experiences the hard moments are always quickly forgotten by the few happy moments like these...</div>
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I just love traveling with my crew!!</div>
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With rain in the forecast I was pretty nervous that our Family Adventure Zone fun day in the Upper Village would be ruined. With high hopes we went right over first thing anyways. And who knew that such beauty could be found in just a short walk??</div>
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Mini golf was the first thing ready for us. With the two littles in tow we loosely followed the rules of the game. We were trying to quickly hit our ball into the hole before one of the littles ones could grab it and throw it far into another putting green. And if Darren wanted to cheat by placing the ball right by the hole, then so be it! Mini golf with kids goes right next to sweeping while kids eat dinner. Pointless.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">It did sprinkle a bit during our game and it down poured as soon as we were done. We did luck out there!</span></div>
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And here is the pass up by Marisa! Oh, Natalie!!</div>
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Next up, working our way through all the activities, was the ropes course. Natalie was all about this one. In fact, this was her favorite activity. Tied to a harness you zig zag your way through tricky ropes. It was interesting and a little challenging in some areas!
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Remember my cautious, afraid of heights girl? She bravely gave it a shot and did it!</div>
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So the last thing to do was to try the batting cage. It was cute to see the girls giving it a try. They both hit the ball a few times so we will call that an all around success!</div>
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On our way to the <a href="http://www.whistlercandyshop.com/" target="_blank">Great Glass Elevator Candy Shop</a> Darren insisted he didn't want candy but ice cream from <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/cows-whistler-whistler" target="_blank">Cow's</a> instead. I don't blame him it is pretty good stuff. But let's be real, he totally wanted candy once we got to the sweet shop too. Oh, well.</div>
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This picture below is complete nostalgia for me. I have so many pictures of our older girls walking seemingly alone on the streets of Europe eating ice-cream in complete peace. I LIVE for these moments with my kids. New country, new food experiences. JOY!</div>
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The sweet shop was another take back moment for me of bringing my older girls to pick their favorite sweets at our favorite shop in London. This store had American, Canadian, <i>and</i> European sweets. I grabbed a few new Canadian chocolates to try, and of course, I bought the European Kinder eggs!! I mean, that is a big, DUH! The kids grabbed a whole bag of other random candy too I don't recall at the moment. It was awesome!</div>
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Conveniently, there is the funnest kids park right outside the shop as well as an outdoor amphitheater called the Whistler Olympic Plaza with a huge grassy area. Perfect for the kids to let loose even more.</div>
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Whistler Village is so charming and clean and loads of fun for the whole family. We must have walked up and down the village numerous times just to enjoy the ambiance of it all. Except for Cara who refused to be in the stroller, refused to walk, refused to be carried by dad at times. but then would cry if Darren got on the stroller, or cry if we left her behind walking, or cry if we put her on Tim's shoulders...and that my friends is the vicious cycle of the baby in our family!</div>
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I was so excited for this portion of the trip! A new country checked off our bucket list with all new adventures! First on the itinerary, The Whistler Village Gondola to Whistler Mountain which was adjacent to the Westin. Perfect! </div>
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Marisa was all sorts of crazy nervous for the ride. She is afraid of heights and naturally afraid of anything too risky, even the slightest. Even with my reassurance that the entire ride is completely enclosed she still nervously walked into the lift to quickly seat herself and beg for everyone to hurry in and not the rock the lift! haha I shouldn't laugh, but it is cute.</div>
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Slowly but surely we made the climb up with snow beginning to make its appearance. My kids were mesmerized by the white stuff!</div>
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Once you exit the gondola ride at the very top you are greeted with more snow and cooler temps than below. Nothing a sweatshirt couldn't handle though this time of year. Plus, a beautiful semi circle of Canadian flags blowing in the wind with incredible mountains behind it stood right outside the doors. Oh, Canada!</div>
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With every excited step we took we inhaled and filled our lungs with fresh mountain Canadian air along with indulging our eyes on the breathtaking views all around us. I'm a sucker for all things water but the mountains sure do a lot of good for the soul too. Watching a helicopter land and take off right in front of us made for a memorable time for the kids happily playing in the hardish snow a bit.</div>
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Also at the top, right outside the cafe/restaurant area, is the iconic statue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuksuk" target="_blank">Inukshuk</a>, created for Whistler as a symbol of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It was incredible!</div>
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Once the kids got their wiggles out we approached the much anticipated <a href="https://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/discover/360-experience" target="_blank">Peak 2 Peak Gondola</a> ride. (Recommendation: I ordered my tickets 5 days out for a discounted price.) The ride holds the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest and highest lift in the world, connecting the peaks of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. (Another recommendation: We did not wait for the glass bottom gondola as it was a smaller gondola, longer line, packed with people per gondola, and we wanted our own gondola. And to be honest, the glass bottom is wrapped around with a railing so it seemed like you couldn't even get a good view anyway. The true view is around you!)</div>
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On Blackcomb mountain there was more snow and another cafe/restaurant that looked pretty good. We wanted to eat down in the village so we took another short little time for Natalie to build her mini snowman before heading back.</div>
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The cooler morning the next day provided the perfect opportunity to play badminton, ping-pong, and putting golf balls. According to Marisa, badminton was her most favorite activity of the week. As for Natalie, well, she stomped off crying in complete aggravation because for once, her big sister was grasping the game better than her! It's tough being the competitive, athletic one!</div>
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Natalie did eventually calm down and came back for another try. Happier this time. ;)</div>
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Sun's out now! Repeat on water play time!</div>
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Our neighbors must have thought us crazy as we started the fire before it was even relatively cool outside. Or even the evening! We were craving s'mores from the day before, ok?! Cara and Darren preferred the popsicles. Still a win-win!</div>
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Tonight the kids explored the high tide more fervently. Dares were even administered to each other and I loved listening to their back and forth banter. Sibling competitiveness is always good. ;)</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The kids even dared Tim to jump off the bridge right there in the near distance into the freezing water during the highest tide! We all ran over to the side and huddled on a floating board to watch him in action. Great entertainment as he succeeded the jump!</span></div>
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I was laying inside with Cara asleep in the other room while Tim was outside with the older kids. Tim was going to set off fireworks.</div>
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All of a sudden I hear, "KA-BOOM, <b><i><u><span style="font-size: large;">BOOM</span></u></i></b>!"</div>
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Natalie and Tim were nervously laughing walking toward the cabin and Darren was flat out nervous and scared. It was the loudest firework I have ever heard. </div>
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I guess that is what happens when you set off the firework labeled: </div>
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<br />tothe4thfloorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069266756557346718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385510335590844265.post-76076306858625481242016-07-18T20:22:00.000+01:002016-08-05T23:28:23.924+01:00{Seattle/Canada} Flashback: Day 1I've traveled with young kids on planes countless of times and have traveled with young kids to places most people don't dare to. I'd like to consider myself a professional. No shame here. BUT I feel so out of practice lately after not doing it as frequently, especially since I haven't done it with ALL 4 of my kids yet! It's about time! I kept giving myself the pep talk in my room the night before our trip, tilting my head from side to side, "I can do this. I got this." haha<br />
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With only 4 carry ons for our family of six for a week (I told you I was a professional) we started this trip wonderfully! The kids were great on the short flight. Except for our rookie mistake by letting the two older girls sit together behind us. (Trust me that changed on the way home.)<br />
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Even with the fact that we still had to pick up our rental car once we arrived to the airport and drive a little over an hour to where our cabin was located the kids were <i>still</i> great. Cara was the one I was most worried about during this trip and she surprised us all by being the only one to happily stay awake the entire time until we got home to put them in bed which ended up being close to midnight! All the other kids zonked out in the car and were walking zombies trying to get them to walk into the house.<br />
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After a night's rest we woke up excitedly the next day with the soft sun shining in the room to a beautiful morning with the most beautiful scenery...<br />
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Located right on the Puget Sound, Tim's boss at work so graciously offered her cabin to us for a few days. It was the most perfect getaway and visit to the PNW. It is so beautiful here!! </div>
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With so much to do but no idea where to start we thought we would immediately take advantage of the low tides and explore.</div>
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Over the course of the whole day the water would completely empty twice in the inlet! It was so neat to witness. While walking down the dry inlet we discovered a bridge with a set of swings and enough seashells and rocks waiting to be discovered by my curious kids.</div>
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Sand dollars were the most treasured items to be on the look out for according to the kids. Rare enough yet frequent enough to collect quite a few when on a dedicated search for them.</div>
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Now with the high tide in the evening it made for a perfect time to sit along the shore, listen to the water, and listen to my kids running and still exploring in the distance. Can I paint a prettier picture? Summer is off to a great start I might add! Can't help but smile.<br />
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Throughout this semi wrap around porch you can find several small collections of the girls findings earlier in the day. Mind you this is only day 1!</div>
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To celebrate the man who made this all possible, we circled around the campfire to end this Father's Day with good ol' s'mores!</div>
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Happy Father's Day Tim! Thanks for the man you are. A man with truly a heart of gold. We love you!</div>
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Another great school year in the books!</div>
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Marisa especially lucked out this year as she had her two very best friends in her class with her. I just love where we live and the quality of friendships she has made. What a blessing.</div>
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This year our 10th anniversary happened to fall at the same time as our adult only family trip that we had planned with Tim's parents, and his sisters, and their spouses many months ago. It's a good thing I love them so much! It was such a blast. The last time we did this was in 2008 in the Bahamas. It has been too long!</div>
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In true Hart style we packed our days and we made sure to not miss out on any precious time. Even so, Tim booked our tickets for red-eye flight so we wouldn't waste too much day time traveling. Gah! It was brutal. I hate red-eyes. And to make matters worse, Tim got scheduled last minute to be in NYC for work, SO, that left me to do the red-eye alone until we met at JFK for our layover to St. Thomas. Tim made it up to me by giving me his upgraded seat in first class. :) I had a really tasty healthy breakfast which helped so much with the lack of sleep and motion sickness I get when traveling a lot.</div>
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It was quite the trek. It's a good thing that our condo had this view every morning! I quickly forgot about the long trek.</div>
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It was so humid in the Virgin Islands that every time I walked outside it felt like I had to work hard to just breathe. Iguanas lived all over the resort. We easily counted almost 20 just all hanging out on the side of a hill. Right outside our room there would always be an iguana hanging out in the branches. It was unreal! </div>
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We arrived late afternoon so we spent most of the evening just walking around, exploring our surroundings, and all the amenities. So much to do so little time!</div>
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The next morning we left straight away by taxi to Cruz Bay to begin our hike. I for sure complained about the hike.</div>
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It was a great beach to chill, snorkel a bit, and wait until the last sister and brother-in-law to arrive back in Cruz Bay! But with a little more time to kill we headed over to Honeymoon Bay beach to check out the sight.</div>
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We ate dinner at <a href="http://www.joesrumhut.com/" target="_blank">Joe's Rum Hut</a> for 2 dinners in a row so far and we recommend it! Tim ordered the Ahi Tuna Burger which was a family fav.</div>
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On Sunday, we took it easy with sleeping in a bit (or at least for me), some going on a short hike, grilling a big dinner and hanging out on the beach. I thought these pictures were sweet of Tim and his family. Family is so great and I married into a good one!</div>
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Now that my youngest has come of age I am finding I want to sneak away and tag along on Tim's work trips any chance I can get. And I couldn't pass up this one! MIAMI!!!<br />
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Especially since we left in the evening on Mother's Day, I don't know a better way to continue one of the best days of the year for a few more days!<br />
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I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL until I moved my 9th grade year to Atlanta. Sadly, I haven't been back since so this was a great opportunity to go back to my roots and share my memories and a bit of the Southern Florida culture with my husband.<br />
The culture of Miami is very different from the OC. You can not only see color in Miami, you can feel it. The people, the language, the music....it all reaches down to your soul and you just feel alive!<br />
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Firstly, priority #1: Cuban Food crawl.<br />
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I plan my daily itineraries, when traveling, around local cuisines. I LIVE for it! Near our hotel we found this restaurant called <a href="http://5411empanadas.com/" target="_blank">5411 Empanadas</a>. You guys, SO good.<br />
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We ordered: <i>{Beef, Malbec Beef, Chorizo, Black bean and egg, Sweet Corn, Bacon, dates, and goat cheese, Chorizo and patatas bravas empanadas with a side of chimichurri sauce.}</i><br />
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Even when sitting inside this restaurant on the street corner I couldn't help but smile. Listening to people, I should say listening to everyone, speak Spanish, the beautiful Spanish I grew up learning and listening to was so comfortable and refreshing to me. I've lived in so many places that I call home, Georgia, California, London, but this....this felt so good. Kind of like a reminder, of who I really am. What made me...well... me!</div>
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After completely satisfying our stomachs we headed straight to South Beach where the beach and people were beautiful!</div>
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After covering my husband's eyes a few times we headed to dinner close by for some more Cuban food. One of the best ambiance moments we had in Miami happened the first night at <a href="http://www.havana1957.com/" target="_blank">Havana 1957</a>.</div>
We sat outside under the falling Miami sun while the familiar sounds of Cuban music had my body immediately surrendering freely to its beats. I genetically can't help myself!<br />
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Tim and I both ordered the house special at Havana: Chicken, rice, black beans (amazing), sweet plantains (so good), yuca fritas...</div>
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I ate so, so much and I was so, so full but I really wanted to try their Tres Leches for dessert. I was going to make sure I forced room in my stomach! I grew up eating all sorts of recipes of Tres Leches so this was going to be the ultimate test. I believe I melted into my seat after every.single.bite. Even looking at this picture right now has my mouth desperately searching for a bit of a taste again.</div>
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On our last night here we ate at another popular Cuban restaurant called <a href="http://www.versaillescuban.com/" target="_blank">Versailles</a> in Little Havana. It was definitely good food as well, but I have to say that Havana stills wins all around. The location, the ambiance, AND the food was just top notch there. </div>
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After that we just went a little further down in Little Havana to get some ice-cream at <a href="http://www.azucaricecream.com/" target="_blank">Azucar Ice-cream Company</a>. I ordered the Abuela Maria: vanilla, guava, cream cheese, and Maria cookies with guava sauce drizzled on top. <i>So, so GOOD.</i></div>
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All this in addition to sleeping in, working out, reading, and just flat out doing nothing was the best R&R I needed. </div>
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"Twist and pull!" is the reminder that my oldest child gave her younger siblings as we headed out to the strawberry fields this morning.</div>
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Ironically, just the other day when I had already noted on my calendar to take the kids to pick their own strawberries, Marisa randomly asked, "When are we going to go pick strawberries again like we did last year? That was fun." Perfect timing!</div>
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The gray clouds, light wind, and the sun peeping out every once in awhile still made for what is looking like another memorable family tradition. Luckily, <a href="http://www.southcoastfarms.com/" target="_blank">South Coast Farms</a>, a local farm fav, is close to us to easily make this a yummy yearly trip.</div>
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Marisa told me that her favorite thing was that when she twisted and pulled the strawberries off the vine that it would make a kind of popping sound. And I would have to agree! Fresh, delicious strawberries never sounded better!</div>
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Natalie was proud to show off the tiniest little strawberry she found. And she is also recounting the many ways we can use all the strawberries we pick, like, strawberry cupcakes, strawberry drink, strawberry smoothies, strawberry frosting...</div>
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Cara was surprisingly indifferent to the whole experience. I don't think she liked the uneven ground she had to trek through or the fact that she was mostly likely cold. Poor parenting on bringing her a sweater. Sorry baby. </div>
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With good team effort we collected 12 pounds of strawberries! When we got home we made an assembly line of cutting and storing the strawberries in gallon sized ziplock bags. I have a feeling it isn't going to last too long.</div>
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Darren and Cara both hated "Pirates of the Carribean" and cried in the dips every time but they both loved "It's a Small World" and "Storybook Land Canal Boats" with "Buzz Lightyear" as Darren's absolute favorite. Clearly, I need to toughen my kids up. With my pass coming to an end I thought I would show our Disney year in review!<br />
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tothe4thfloorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069266756557346718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385510335590844265.post-87077258444719141142016-02-07T20:51:00.000+00:002016-03-25T04:58:45.613+00:00Feelin' 22...<div style="text-align: center;">
well...more like 32, but who is really counting? Bring on another year!</div>
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tothe4thfloorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069266756557346718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385510335590844265.post-11760274654974873812016-01-25T19:39:00.000+00:002016-03-25T05:23:16.677+00:0018 month checkFiercely independent. Curious. Best facial expressions. Always happy. Loves her puppy, baby doll, and blankie.<br />
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{weight: 23 lbs 1 ounce 57 percentile</div>
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tothe4thfloorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069266756557346718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385510335590844265.post-52465337314395560512016-01-02T20:50:00.000+00:002016-03-24T21:50:13.123+00:00Happy 34th!It is true. Life gets sweeter over time and growing older with my love is just too fun! We celebrated Tim's birthday this year in true California style for my true California boy. Breakfast at Ruby's on Huntington Pier and shopping at the one and only store he will shop at only once a year. Truly!<br />
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We continued to celebrate throughout the day some more for dinner at an Argentine restaurant called, <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/villa-roma-laguna-hills-3" target="_blank">Villa Roma</a>. There is a restaurant side to the place and a more casual cafe/store on the other side. We ate in the cafe part where it felt more authentic being surrounded by Argentines and genuine products from Argentina. (Tim lived in Argentina for 2 years and has many fond memories of the people and food there. This wasn't our first time here but it had been awhile.)<br />
Tim ordered the popular Argentine "Vacio" dish while the rest of us had empanadas and pizza. And we had to try the popular pastry called, "Facturas". We ate it as a dessert although it is typically a breakfast pastry, but whatev! It was good!<br />
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The temple was brilliantly white shining under the Mexican sun. The architecture was GORGEOUS. Beautiful. Stunning, really. And I can only imagine just how beautiful it must be on the inside!<br />
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We packed a lunch that we ate as we sat and let the kids run around and explore the beauty around them. We spent a good couple hours doing the simplest yet fun activity as a family.<br />
Once it was time to go we made sure to turn off the tv in the car just as we did while entering Mexico so our kids can look out the window, observe, and explore the new surroundings. Tim and I find it very important for our kids to see and learn just how different we live than most of the world. Especially third world countries as Mexico. We always take special care whenever we travel with our littles to leave an open discussion with any questions they may have. I can't recommend doing this with your kids enough! There is so much good to learn from the world. And we love the conversations we end up having with our kids.<br />
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While waiting in the long line of cars to cross the border there were vendors walking in between all the cars selling all sorts of items from fireworks, to hats, to toys, to popcorn, to ice-cream, but what caught our eye the most was the churros....<br />
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It was waaayyy good. Just 5 bucks for 3 rather large bags, I might add. We couldn't even finish them all.<br />
Tim tried to get a LA Dodgers poncho, but the vendor wanted more than we were willing to pay. ;) Bargaining is always such a good time in Mexico. haha<br />
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<br />tothe4thfloorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069266756557346718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385510335590844265.post-42416116802455895062015-12-28T22:49:00.000+00:002016-04-02T19:48:49.003+01:00A desert ChristmasWhile on a hike with Tim around the local area behind the house I decided to take advantage of the desert scenery on Christmas morning to snap a few pictures of the absolute loves of my life. <div>
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The desert is quite pretty in the winter months. Unusual and even colorful plant life can be found up and around the hills. When I mentioned this to Tim during our hike he sarcastically said, "Who are you??" I have never been one to comment on the beauty of nature. Or hike.</div>
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Only Tim would think to climb a cactus. I guess it helped in showing just how massive the cactus are right in the backyard hills. Like I said, it was quite pretty though!</div>
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Trains, cars, and garbage trucks. Need I say more? May Darren never get old enough to stop loving these things. Waiting until Darren's birthday to surprise him with almost 50 different trains, multiple tracks, and an awesome train table has been torture for me!</div>
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All day we kept asking Darren, "Who's birthday is it?!" in which he would excitedly reply, "Me!" But when it came time to truly put all attention on him I got such a kick to see him have these embarrassment giggles!</div>
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Oh my sweet boy, happiest of birthdays to you! XOXOXO</div>
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second to this of course...</div>
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"Mom, is this white stuff snow or something?" -Marisa, while looking out the car window.</div>
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I didn't get to hit all of the places I had listed to eat at (yes, I have lists of must eats in major cities and countries around the world, don't you??) but we were able to fit in one restaurant called, Pizzeria Limone, which I recommend. Unique, fantastic, true Italian thin crusted pizza. Your welcome.</div>
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She almost scored in the last few seconds of her last game and that doesn't include the multiple of other times she almost scored every game. She is incredibly fast and could out run just about any girl on the field. She probably had the most blocks I have ever seen from a young girl and if it wasn't for her we would have lost big time in each game. Natalie's coach said that she could play any position on the team and excel in it.<br />
Tim and I are thrilled for her to explore this new talent! What a FUN year!<br />
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Darren started out excitedly nervous. He eagerly wanted to feed and hold the guinea pigs yet displayed immediate caution if they got too close. It didn't take long for him to completely be at ease with the animals though. Cara on the other hand...well...she wasn't shy about voicing her need for personal space.<br />
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{The only time she was happy to see them, but notice she kept her distance at arm's length!}</div>
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tothe4thfloorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069266756557346718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385510335590844265.post-26709844996417973702015-09-13T21:30:00.000+01:002015-11-08T05:30:20.727+00:00{Cancun} Flashback: Day 3 & 4<span style="text-align: center;">The rest of our time in Mexico was 100% spent relaxing, lounging, napping, eating, floating, swimming, reading, and sipping on virgin drinks. ;) Life with four kids and their demanding schedules leaves us with little time to ourselves. A mental break was definitely in order for the both of us. </span><br />
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Whoop, whoop! Go Blue Dolphins! Go #7!!</div>
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{Natalie's mini fan on the sidelines!}</div>
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