tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40533212906702415022024-03-13T12:35:19.218-06:00Sincerely, LoriLori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comBlogger481125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-76623272419642637212015-07-23T17:56:00.000-06:002015-07-24T17:56:13.671-06:00KITTENS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We made two cute little
friends today. They are small and furry and rambunctious and so fun to
play with. They just happen to be my friend, Cindy's adorable kittens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We
headed over to her house this morning to play with the little fur
balls. Kittens are one of my favorite things. I thought you two would be
in heaven playing with them too but I think you mistook these precious
little kittens to be ferocious, man-eating Sharks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Every time the kittens jumped or swatted or even moved you two jumped out of your skin and squealed. </span></span></div>
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still Brooklyn would scream and jump and Molly would pout that they
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It took you both a while to relax and just play. I finally had to fight you both off for a turn to snuggle them. </span></span></div>
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time we will go over in the afternoon when they are worn out and sleepy
so they can nap in our laps. That is my favorite part about kittens.
The lap naps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's too bad kittens don't stay kittens forever or I would go get a few of our own! Until then we will just play with Cindy's kittens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, mom</span></span>Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-1852826697421244692015-07-12T23:00:00.000-06:002015-07-24T17:41:06.182-06:00YOUR OWN SPECIAL FATHER'S DAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's Father's Day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Not
the real Father's Day. That was weeks ago. But your own special
Father's Day. We decided to postpone celebrating until we were home and
could do it properly. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The girls and I woke up
early and made you some pancakes and bacon. We snuck into your room
thinking you were probably awake and announced loudly "happy Father's
Day!!!" You weren't awake before but you were now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The
girls gave you breakfast and the cards they made you. Molly informed
you that her card read "Daddy is a stinker butt" haha. She's a keeper. </span></span></div>
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attempted to eat your breakfast in bed. Every year you are always up
before the breakfast makes it to you in bed so this could have been the
first time you attempted the whole breakfast in bed thing. You weren't a
fan and soon we were all sitting at the kitchen table eating together. </span></span></div>
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we surprised you with the mini fridge that you helped pick out at the
store. It was stuffed full of your favorite drinks and ice cream bars. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After that it was all business. Finish our primary lessons, showers, get ready, and head off to church. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After
church we headed over to Kelly's to keep him company while his family
is out of town. You and him cooked steaks for dinner and we got home
late. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was sort of an uneventful Father's
Day. Not the kind that truly celebrates the father you are. You deserve
to be fussed over all day long but you have always been a no-fuss type
of guy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I truly appreciate you. You are a
great dad and our girls are lucky. I need to say it more often, I know.
But I am so glad to be raising our beautiful girls with such an amazing
man. Thank you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Love you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You know, the weekend where I leave the girls in your capable hands and hit the road with my girl friends for a couple days. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So,
Friday afternoon I kissed you all goodbye and hopped in Cindy's car and
off we went. But not far. Just to west side of Tucson to a nice place
called Starr Pass. It's pretty much a nice hotel with a ton of
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girls were lounging in some inner tubes floating around and around the
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employee had a stack of hula hoops and some mad hula hooping skills. We
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the hot tub before it closed for the night. When we got there we were
putting our stuff out on the lounge chairs when we got a glimpse of
something over the short wall that lead to the golf course. There we saw
a large pack of havalenas. There had to be about 20 of them. And then
they kept coming. Big ones followed by little baby ones. It was so
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another group of ladies came by and joined us. They ended being one of
my favorite parts of the whole trip. They were out on their own girls
trip for one of their birthdays and they were a hoot. We found out that
we were all religious and at one point a couple of them serenaded us
with their beautiful voices. We serenaded them with our not-so-amazing
voices and belted out a good rendition of "Happy Birthday". We stayed
and chatted and laughed with them till we were kicked out of the hot
tub. I wish you were there to meet these ladies. You would have gotten a
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Back in our rooms were
jumped on the beds and showered and painted nails and talked into the
night about anything and everything. When our eyelids drooped and
chatter slowed we made our way to bed and quickly fell asleep.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I
woke up earlier then I hoped. Around 7:20. I guess having kids wake up
before 6:30 every morning puts a damper on your thoughts of sleeping in.
Luckily Jenn was also plagued by her own early risers so we snuck out
of our room and explored the hotel shops and breakfast menus and even
inquired about a couples massage. The soonest appointment was hours away
so we settled for an all you can eat breakfast buffet at the restaurant
where the other girls joined us. </span></span></div>
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stuffed myself with perfectly cooked bacon, pastries, fruit, French
toast, and a bite of my very first eggs Benedict, we headed back
upstairs to pack our stuff and slip back into our swimsuits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We ended up at the Cheesecakd Factory and filled up on appetizers and cheesecake. After that we finished off the weekend with Pitch Perfect 2 and a bucket of popcorn at the theater.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And that concluded my getaway weekend. It was such a nice retreat. A needed recharge to my batteries. Thanks for that and taking good care of our girls while I was gone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori</span></span></div>
Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-58772589694358824732015-04-05T21:34:00.000-06:002015-04-14T21:42:17.620-06:00EASTER SUNDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Girls,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's Easter! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And a very special Easter it is. It's also Sunday conference AND Christina and Reed are here!</span></div>
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started the day off with finding you girls finding your Easter baskets
and then checking out your haul: sunglasses, bows, and lots of candy. </span></div>
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dad, Christina, and I then started on breakfast. Golden rod. An Easter
tradition. It took me forever to get the sauce thick and by the time it
was ready we all plopped down in front of the tv to watch conference
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Conference was amazing. So many
good talks were given. I am always left with this huge desire to be a
better person and to draw closer to my Heavenly Father. </span></div>
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that it was lunch time and then time to make a massive amount of rolls,
which of course I messed up too and had to re make some dough. It's a
good thing your aunt Christina was there to help me. </span></div>
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four we headed to the Gardners for Easter dinner with friends.
Christina and reed stayed home because reed was feeling pretty crappy.
Dang allergies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">There you two ran around with
your friends while the adults ate and talked. We had an Easter lesson
about Christ and the resurrection and then we ate cake and ice cream for
camdens birthday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And that was Our Easter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you both. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, mom </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You woke up early today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The clock still read 5 something. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I knew by the way Molly was complaining that Brooklyn wasn't sharing the lion that there was no getting you two back to sleep. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I'm
sure it's cause your dad is out of town. You guys were probably worried
that I didn't set my alarm and Brooklyn would be late for school. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Soon
you guys were in my bed. I looked at your bed head and your still
sleepy, puffy eyes and your ruffled pajamas and I wanted to remember you like
that forever. Still so small and innocent. Not a care in the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I
grabbed my camera and snapped some pictures in the early morning light.
Your hair, your hands, you two cuddling. It makes me feel like I can
keep you little. At least for a little while. At least in my pictures.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then the cuddling turned to fighting so that was that. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you both. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, mom</span></span></div>
Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-69967154629976387082015-03-29T13:30:00.000-06:002015-04-13T21:34:01.103-06:00ROADHOUSE CINEMAS<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Last night we headed into Tucson with the Gardners and the Batemans for a triple
date to Roadhouse Cinemas: a movie theatre with recliner seats where
they serve you dinner while your movie plays. It makes regular movie
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Anyways,
we showed up thirty minutes early to look through the menu and order our
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Right
before our feature show started, our food arrived. We sat back, watched
our movie, and ate our dinner. Your burger was one of the best I've
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will say, nothing beats watching a movie cuddled up next to you on our mattress that we
pulled into the living room, but this comes in as a close second. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you, Kurt. Thanks for the date. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></div>
Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-70689936779578823762015-03-28T11:30:00.000-06:002015-04-13T21:22:30.104-06:00WARD EASTER EGG HUNT<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Brooklyn and Molly,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This morning our Easter celebrations began with our ward Easter egg hunt.</span></div>
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and dad went to her age groups section except the older kids invaded it
and Brooklyn only got four eggs. Molly was nice enough to share two of
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori</span>Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-28138056822734117692015-03-17T23:31:00.000-06:002015-04-12T23:36:26.398-06:00MEXICO: DAY FOUR<div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Kurt,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was st. Patrick's day. </span><br />
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People celebrate St. Patrick's day In Mexico? They must because the
trap you and Brooklyn set last night had fallen and there was candy all
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sat and talked, we played in the sand, you and I chased each other
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sand and the ocean felt on our toes. We could feel the weight of real
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one last group photo we jumped in our cars and made our way towards the
border. USA here we come. Except we had an emergency bathroom break in
Mexico's border town and we witnessed some guy get frisked by two
Mexican cops with giant guns not three feet in front of our car. </span></div>
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I had to sum up our Mexico trip in one word it would be carefree. We
spent four days without time or obligations or routines. We sat on the
beach all day and explored when we were bored and went to town when we
were hungry. The company was amazing and the good times rolled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Thanks for taking us! I love you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Waking up on our third day in
Mexico and we had already developed a lack of concern for time. We
rolled out of bed. It was light outside so it must have been later than
the day before. </span></div>
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loaded up our cars. We were having breakfast in town today. Mckinzie
and Clair knew of a good place. They accepted our mob of people
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The kids sat at a table off to the
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tears. But the food came soon enough and it was delicious. The kids had
ginormous stacks of pancakes and you had some sort of eggs with sauce I
had the chorizo eggs. They were so good. We also had chocolate milk
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how that was the best two hours of their life's. Nothing like a four
wheeler and some wide open hills to make a man happy. I'm sure your
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boys were long gone. Going on a man walk, is what I was told. It must
have been quite the male bonding experience cause you were gone for
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and cookies and stayed up late playing and laughing and poking fun not
wanting to turn in on our last night in Mexico. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And that concluded our final full day in Mexico. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was still dark outside
when Molly woke up crying because she was in an unfamiliar place. It
wasn't long before all four of us were wide awake but we didn't want to
roam around the house waking everyone else up so we donned our jackets
and flip flops, grabbed the Hawkins, and headed out to the beach to
watch the sun rise. </span><br />
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we watched the sky slowly fade from dark to light, mixed with pinks and
oranges. We didn't stay too long and ended up sitting on the balcony to
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next few hours were spent digging in the sand for seashells and live
sand dollars, paddle boarding, taking failed group jumping photos,
practicing handstands and cartwheels, playing 500 with the frisbee,
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Around one we started trickling back toward the house for Nutella and jam sandwiches. </span></div>
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We found that if we braved sticking our fingers under a rock and
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the crowds and headed to the heart of Rocky point where the streets were
lined with shops and people and you have to pay some sweet lady who
doesn't speak a lick of English to use the bathroom. I lost count of
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should have known better when we walked in and everyone spoke good
English and the menu was in English too. The food wasn't that great but
we were entertained by the dancers and drummers and the pina coladas
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then it was getting dark. On our way back to the cars we had to push our
way through the crowds of spring breakers dancing and blasting their
music, local cops lined the sidewalks watching, one being handed a wad
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found a churro stand and we were all throwing our money at them trying
to get our hands on the amazing, authentic churros. They were heavenly
and the cinnamon sugar blended in with the sand on the floors of our
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">5:15 came early but the sooner we packed up and hit the road, the sooner we would be on a beach in Mexico. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sketchy
Mexican border towns. Anyone we talked to said this is where we hold
our breath. Once we hit open roads we would be good to go. Honestly, we
didn't have a problem. We just drove past all the people standing in
the road trying to wash our car or ask for change.</span></div>
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Point, Mexico. We unpacked and then headed to town for some authentic Mexican
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taco place and fueled up on fish, shrimp, and chicken tacos topped with
pico de gallo, cole slaw, and hot sauce. Mexican sodas and horchata
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our swimsuits and then we hit the beach with the kids where there was hardly
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were all high on the saltwater air. We spent our hours sitting with our
toes in the sand or wading in the cool water. The kids ran around, free
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hunger set in again we loaded up our circus and drove into town to the
famous Lucas' Chicken Shack where we sat at a long, heavy wood table
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ordered our chicken, beans, and rice and laughed and talked and felt as
carefree as we could possibly feel. The kids sat sleepily on the other end
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the food came we all fell immediately in love. It was one of the most
delicious meals we have ever had. Who would have thought that a simple
chicken shack in the heart of Rocky point, Mexico would serve you one of
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Kurt,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Today was warm enough that you and Molly
busted out the swim suits, water guns, and beach toys and ended up in a full out water fight outside. And a little inside too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Brooklyn joined
you when she got home from school and by the time I dragged everyone
inside you were all soaking wet sporting some nice tan lines. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I really can't believe that it is warm enough in March to play in the water for hours in our backyard. But I'm glad it is. The girls are happiest when they can play in the water.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Thanks for being a fun dad. I love you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></span></div>
Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-68509473612337361302015-03-07T22:32:00.000-07:002015-03-10T22:32:13.767-06:00PASSPORTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Kurt, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Today I am feeling super grown
up and fancy. Not the dress-up-and-go-to-a-nice-dinner kind of fancy,
but the wanna-fly-somewhere-exotic-</span></span><wbr></wbr><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">completely-on-a-whim kind of fancy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Not because we would actually do that but because we CAN do that. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Yup. We are fully gown adults with our very own passports. That's right. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Now
to start planning lots of trips all over the world. We have ten years
before these babies expire. First up: Mexico! Then I'm thinking an
exotic island somewhere.... </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Kurt,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Driving down a long road, you in the drivers seat, my feet on the dash, music blaring or us talking about nothing and everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's one of my favorite things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sometimes we go on a date, the two of us, and just drive. And talk. Plan for the future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When we get silly we will blare some music and sing at the top of our lungs. When the girls are with us we will all play air guitar or drums and dance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It isn't all the time. Sometimes car rides are filled with screaming children or tired parents. Sometimes we are in a hurry or hungry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">But the good car rides are oh, so good. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />Sincerely, Lori</span>Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-76860960043280374692015-03-02T22:17:00.000-07:002015-03-10T22:19:08.015-06:00DISNEYLAND: DAY ONE<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The weather called for rain. Lots and lots of rain. So we stopped by target to gear up with some ponchos and plastic bags. </span></span></div>
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we parked our car we hopped on the shuttle that took us to the front
steps of the happiest place on earth. As the girls stood in line, they
still couldn't see enough to know how amazing the next few days were
going to be. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When we entered the park we
bought autograph books and made our way down Main Street toward the
castle. Brooklyn's eyes were dancing around. Trying to take it all in and
asking to do everything and go everywhere. Patience, young one. It will
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The rain fell harder and the rides were closing left
and right. We finally found the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride. The
line was longer but it was completely covered. By the time that ride was
over so was the rain. One hour of rain to discourage crowds? Yes,
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expensive pizza and then Brooklyn and Kurt hit Space Mountain. She came
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Not too much though cause she was easily persuaded to accompany me on
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rides and more characters. Some newborn ducks following their mom down
Main Street. Some nothing-to-write-home-about stuffed pretzels and a
delicious Rice Krispie treat. Then it was time for the parade. </span></span></div>
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fell fast sleep in the stroller and then again in Kurt's arms where she
slept through the show. Brooklyn loved the show and kept asking me if things were real or fake. She would say "Is that dragon real? I think it's real. Do you think it's real?" When the show was over we made our way back down Main Street and toward the shuttle. Both
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eating a hotdog at a baseball game, nothing makes me feel more American
than a carnival. Are carnivals even an American thing? I'm not sure. But
there is something about spending a small fortune on deep fried, heart
stopping, delicious food and then riding around in circles until the sun
is long gone and you are sick that feels American to me.</span></span></div>
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was already piping hot so we found some shade and watched as tow guys
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I have been waiting for all day. I was sure Brooklyn would be in
heaven. Turns out, Ferris wheels might be scary. Brooklyn held on for
her life and screamed things like "Why isn't there a seatbelt?! I don't
like that's there isn't a seatbelt!!"</span></span></div>
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morning we all set out for the Gold Days Parade. Our girls sat on the
curb and you, the Hawkins, and I camped out on the bed of Doug's truck.
We all ate doughnuts and messed around till the parade began where we
saw our fair share of horses and supported the local high schools bbq
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valentines lady doorbell ditched us enough candy and goodies to spoil us
rotten, we followed Doug and Annette over to see several model homes in
a new development. The homes where amazing, upgraded with every hoo hah
and doo dad you could imagine and decorated to the nines. We were all
very envious and I was already planning all the things I would do when
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girls at home with Annette and took Kinzie and Clair over to the
carnival. We walked around and I ate deep fried Oreos and Kinzie snacked
on chocolate covered strawberries. You and Clair tested your strength
at the High Striker where you hit the bell twice and won us both
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in the shop and when the rest of us made our way to bed we ended up
sitting in the dark, whispering like school kids and playing jokes on
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sacrament meeting and then hung out. Annette made her famous homemade
pizza and we all ate till we were too stuffed to move. After that we
cleaned up, packed up, and said out sad goodbyes and till-next-times and
we hit the road. Back to normal life. </span></span></div>
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weekend was one of those that makes you feel invincible. Like you can
stop time and live in a state of bliss forever. It was sad to see it end
but it was one for the books. One we will look back on from time to
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you, Kurt. So much. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span></span>Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-31935949476076467062015-02-09T21:45:00.000-07:002015-03-10T21:49:01.502-06:00MONDAY MORNINGS<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Brooklyn,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Monday mornings are kind of special
for us. I get to come to your school and help out in your classroom. I
always knock on your classroom door and you come running to let me in
and give me a huge hug.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">As I help out around
the classroom or in the aids room you come up every now and then and
give me more hugs. I love seeing you in your classroom. Learning and
growing and interacting. I always feel proud that you are mine. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Every
once in a while I stay for lunch. I sit with you and all the other
kindergarteners. I help open snack packs and lids and juices. I talk
with your friends and everyone wants to sit by us. We are the cool
kids. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When I leave to go home you always ask
me to stay and sometimes you hug me and cry. It makes me sad that I have
to leave you when you are sad but I am happy that you love me enough
that you want to be with me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When I leave I always wait around a corner or by the outside fence to make sure your are happily playing again. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love our Monday mornings. No matter how short or unimportant they may seem. They are ours.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you Brooklyn. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, mom </span></span></div>
Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-23197699992275545042015-02-03T22:58:00.000-07:002015-02-11T23:16:35.454-07:00FOOD TRUCK TUESDAY<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Kurt,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Food truck Tuesday: where a bunch of local
food trucks come to the clubhouse the first Tuesday of every month. It's amazing and
we like to go and partake of the goodness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Gourmet Grilled Panini's won us over pretty quickly. The short lines were a major plus. The girls tried real hard to convince us that it was cool to order ice cream and smoothies for dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All the tables set up were packed so we took our dinner to the back of the car. There we sat with our grilled cheese on a warm winter night. It was kind of awesome. Not even Molly refusing to eat and throwing a fit when we told her she couldn't have ice cream could ruin the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's kind of too bad that Food Truck Tuesday is only a once a month thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">What is it about food truck food?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Well, I love you. More than I love food truck food. And that's saying something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Dad,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Every once in a while I'll be in town and we will have a little spare time on our hands so you and I will do something I have grown to love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You will pull out your penny and nickel collections, and the piles of change you have accumulated, and you and I will spend a couple hours going through the coins, checking dates, and trying to fill the holes in your books. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I have come to think of those times as pretty special, something just for you and me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Well, I was home from church sick and got to looking at the jar of coins my girls have been saving for Disneyland and decided I should go through them to see if I could fill a few holes in your collection.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I texted you for pictures of your books and, what do ya know, you were home sick too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All day long we sent texts back and forth. Me, with pictures of old coins or coins that were missing from your collection. You, cheering me on or letting me know how much each coin was worth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was a good day and if we have to live hundreds and hundreds of miles away, then this was almost as good as sitting on your bed and looking through coins together.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you, dad.</span></span><br />
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Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-22511083688971389242015-01-23T21:36:00.000-07:002015-02-01T21:45:50.993-07:00FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear little family,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Family movie night. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Something that has quickly turned into one of my most favorite things.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sometimes
we get fancy and drag a mattress out to the living room to cuddle up on
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Most times we pop popcorn but tonight
we heated up leftovers and ate in front of the tv while we watched How
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Soon we were all curled up
next to each other. Brooklyn on one side of me telling me I was her
favorite mom and Molly on the other holding my hand. And when I cried
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">While the credits rolled and the music played we wrestled and tickled and danced.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Perfection. Two hours of complete perfection. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori </span></span><br />
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Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-66071120547548139562015-01-22T21:38:00.000-07:002015-02-01T22:35:22.413-07:00SUPER HERO MOVIE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Brooklyn,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For days you have been going on and on about the day you get to watch a super hero movie at your school. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Well, today was that day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So
at 4:45 we grabbed a blanket and headed over to your school where I
gave you and your sister each a dollar for some popcorn and we cuddled
up on our blanket on the cafeteria floor and watched Mr. Incredible and
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dinner that were moving across the country the very next day, but we did
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And the best part was when my legs fell asleep under the weight of both my girls cuddled up on my lap. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, mom</span></span><br />
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Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-86808613832286389942014-11-25T22:55:00.000-07:002015-02-11T22:19:39.369-07:00KURT'S BIRTHDAY<br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Kurt,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Happy Birthday!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To celebrate the day you were born we woke up and the girls helped you open your presents. And by helped, I mean they mostly just opened your presents for you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then you played your new game, madden, on your new tv and ate breakfast, which mostly comprised of bacon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For dinner we dined out with some friends. Something super fancy. In-n-Out. Yum.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For dessert we picked up a bunch of chocolate lava cakes from Dominos. Double yum.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I just hope you enjoyed your special day. I am grateful that you were born. You are an amazing, smart, hard-working man and on November 25, 1985 the world became a better place. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you so much. Happy birthday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori</span></span>Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-57071685118418758672014-11-19T23:29:00.001-07:002014-11-19T23:29:12.576-07:00SWIMMING IN NOVEMBER<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Kurt,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You took the day off today. You did so because you were misinformed and thought that Brooklyn's Kindergarten musical was today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Fine. I was the one that misinformed you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Anyways, since you had an evening off we decided to do something fun. We asked Brooklyn what we should do. Her answer was quite predictable. She wanted to go swimming.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Now swimming in late November can be a little cold, even in Arizona. So, we settled on the next best thing: hot tubbing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And a little swimming... you decided to offer Brooklyn a dollar to jump in the adjacent swimming pool. She walked around the pool looking for the best place to enter the frigid water and then just jumped. You had to run her back to the hot tub after cause she was freezing cold. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then it became a game. You jumped several times. Brooklyn, Molly, and I jumped together, much to Molly's dismay. The poor girl didn't know what she was getting herself into.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then we just hung out and played around. It was fun and scratched the Brooklyn's swimming itch. Now she will either be good until next summer or she will want to do this every day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My guess is it'll be the latter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Anyways, I love you. Thanks for being a fun dad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, Lori</span></span><br />
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Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-57183354205662038802014-11-18T22:32:00.000-07:002014-11-19T22:32:37.391-07:00POTTY TRAINING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Molly,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You did it!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After
weeks of touch and go potty training and days of no diaper and you
holding it for impossible lengths of time till you had a diaper for nap
or bed time, you did it. You peed in the toilet. </span></div>
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were sitting at dinner and all of a sudden you got that look in your
eye and said "I go potty." This happens 20 times a day without you
actually peeing at all, so your dad and I just kinda rolled our eyes and said
"okay, go pee in the toilet."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">As soon as you
were gone your dad asked me if I thought you would actually go one of
these times. I laughed and said "maybe when she's twenty." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Next
thing we know you are yelling from the bathroom "I pee! I pee in the
potty!" This was new. Usually you just sit there and say "I'm done!" And
I tell you that you can get up and then you wipe and flush and wash
your hands, for no good reason, because you didn't really go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">But this time I could sense the
difference in your voice. I ran in the bathroom and sure enough, you
peed! I yelled and screamed and did a happy dance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Brooklyn
and your dad ran in wondering what the deal was. They didn't believe
you actually did it. But soon we were all whooping and hollering with
joy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then you got a check mark on your potty chart and some candy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And
now I sit here and laugh at how such a silly thing like peeing in the
toilet can make me so proud and happy. But it does. It really does. Motherhood is crazy like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Good job, Molly. I love you. And here's to this not being a fluke thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, mom</span></div>
Lori Killianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00752555854607838884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053321290670241502.post-57884990404418125542014-11-18T22:01:00.000-07:002014-11-19T22:09:09.961-07:00REID PARK ZOO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dear Molly,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This morning we set off to the zoo with our friends, Tara and Sophie.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You love animals. You can play the whole "What does a snake say? What does an elephant say? What does a fox say?" game all day long. So, a trip to the zoo for you is like a trip to the candy store for most little kids.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Reid Park Zoo is a small zoo. Perfect size, really, for a couple of two year olds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We got there early enough that the animals were active and some were finishing up there breakfast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The monkeys were whooping loudly and swinging from vines and poles. The otters were swimming and diving. The bear was moving from food pile to food pile eating just the carrots. The tortoises and the giraffes were snacking. The elephants and the flamingos were fighting playfully.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And the whole time you insisted on riding in a little umbrella stroller. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You did get out a few times. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You watched the monkeys.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You chased the peacocks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You played the drums.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You danced on the stage.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You got soaking wet in the frog fountain.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And on the way home you and Sophie held hands.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was such a fun little morning. I'm glad you have such a cute little friend you can play with.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sincerely, mom </span></span><br />
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