tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21984917705300759142024-03-14T08:25:34.539-04:00Cutting CirclesCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-48296560633473133732012-06-28T00:04:00.000-04:002012-06-28T00:04:54.214-04:00Running - Just Keepin It Real<div style="text-align: center;">
I had the great idea to run a 5K.</div>
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Those of you who know me can pick your jaws up off the floor...</div>
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thankyouverymuch.</div>
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I've been needing to do "something".</div>
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I never gained the Freshman 15,</div>
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but I got the I-stopped-nursing-my-second-child-and-didn't-stop-eating-everything-in-sight-15.</div>
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So tonight was the night.</div>
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I got my Couch to 5K app all ready on my iPhone,</div>
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put on my who knows how old sneakers because I never need actual athletic shoes for anything,</div>
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found my 15 year old sports bra,</div>
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and took off.</div>
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And the verdict is in...I still don't like running.</div>
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Am I seriously the only person on the planet who does not get energy from exercising?!</div>
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All I want to do is sit on the couch with my eyes closed...</div>
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not even sleep...</div>
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just sit...doing nothing.</div>
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Sleeping would actually be more productive...</div>
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but no...too tired for sleeping.</div>
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I've never liked running.</div>
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There's been a few times in my life that I've run.</div>
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Like in high school when they made me run the mile in gym class and my friend and I protested and walked half of it and finished in like 16 minutes.</div>
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No regrets.</div>
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And there was that semester in college when I would go to the fitness center on campus every day with my friend and run on a treadmill while watching reruns of Saved By The Bell.</div>
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There was that super cute guy that was there every day at the same time...</div>
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that was slightly motivating.</div>
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Again no regrets ;-)</div>
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So how do I motivate myself to get out there again?!</div>
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Like for real...me no likey.</div>
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But I want the end result and I'm assuming that if I stick with it then it will get less horrible.</div>
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This is where my hubby would point out that I am a negative person and then I would say</div>
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"nuh uh...I'm just keepin it real"</div>
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(with my best thug face)</div>
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But for reals people...how do I get back out there?</div>
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Yo quiero advice :-)</div>
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On an unrelated note...</div>
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this is a pic of my cute babies at the beach :-)</div>
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<br /></div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-68527605403226679532012-03-08T15:12:00.000-05:002012-03-08T15:12:36.619-05:00Embrace the Camera - First Haircut!<div align="center">Anna made it to almost 4 before her first haircut ever!</div><div align="center">It's been a long time coming though.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Crazy to think that all that hair on the bottom has been there since the day she was born (in theory).</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">She felt like such a big girl!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzZuc3vqvDoZafj9Hp7fBLBHR34w1uWQ7FQvkWR1AR6Loqm9HtFSCzZdGgnDeA_aUt6ch7QNyA82VD_hyZmIcq7MjQutU_FsuWmX087jl_kHyDm4qpQ1uRsXTIh-6SGBz49Ujs8D4JfI/s1600/haircut2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzZuc3vqvDoZafj9Hp7fBLBHR34w1uWQ7FQvkWR1AR6Loqm9HtFSCzZdGgnDeA_aUt6ch7QNyA82VD_hyZmIcq7MjQutU_FsuWmX087jl_kHyDm4qpQ1uRsXTIh-6SGBz49Ujs8D4JfI/s400/haircut2.JPG" width="400" yda="true" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">And she was so excited with the results!</div><div align="center">So was I!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxbRJP4hqF0qxSPU9oZsbm6InLc8ej2yFlqGCNhexOuMPye771FG7Ut35UOVkqN4Qi_vkKlN-Wq5HyHgz2BG_uzOxVXzc_c7-RHz2G3aZl7plRlrcn5eVx_tmUAEhZL2Q8RnMD_sZLB8/s1600/haircut3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxbRJP4hqF0qxSPU9oZsbm6InLc8ej2yFlqGCNhexOuMPye771FG7Ut35UOVkqN4Qi_vkKlN-Wq5HyHgz2BG_uzOxVXzc_c7-RHz2G3aZl7plRlrcn5eVx_tmUAEhZL2Q8RnMD_sZLB8/s400/haircut3.JPG" width="400" yda="true" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Mommy got her haircut too :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49M3RF6R43d9QtlUzCfN7hyphenhyphenKBHvWdvId8y6tjF0__GWWrGIWo5k_Bhpjuhz7cf_D7UYPuQuv5M3HBArVEh4qAl9g1rhzbi1uwSiCk-HM6vEYy9bxSncWIgHgCsy2JRRz60VDMu_5p_gk/s1600/haircut4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49M3RF6R43d9QtlUzCfN7hyphenhyphenKBHvWdvId8y6tjF0__GWWrGIWo5k_Bhpjuhz7cf_D7UYPuQuv5M3HBArVEh4qAl9g1rhzbi1uwSiCk-HM6vEYy9bxSncWIgHgCsy2JRRz60VDMu_5p_gk/s400/haircut4.JPG" width="400" yda="true" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I can't believe my baby is turning 4 on Sunday!</div><div align="center">We're celebrating with a ballerina birthday party.</div><div align="center">I'll just say there's been a lot of tulle in the house lately ;-)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Hoping to share some of the party details here next week.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Embracing the Camera with Emily</div><div align="center"></div><center><a href="http://www.andersonfamilycrew.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i54.tinypic.com/15yi6ad.jpg" /></a></center>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-79578378503355718662012-03-03T02:25:00.000-05:002012-03-03T02:25:41.804-05:00Jumping Across Europe<div align="center">We had an amazing trip to Spain and Italy!</div><div align="center">Spain was warm and sunny and gorgeous.</div><div align="center">Italy was butt freezing cold.</div><div align="center">Like for real.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We jumped our way across Europe...</div><div align="center">and had a marvelous time!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Seville Cathedral</div><div align="center">Seville, Spain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LU79zzbJ2CESMA_UtoBVEFkCKwePSeob5s607Ip1EB-juMUBwFIa_dyTDLhnaYMfeCUXPMPbjzaQi1Gxhi4ZUyP71q9kwv0a3AyPYzsKoffxXNvxwizqMjb6lZKD8Q3unEm_ZILwhLA/s1600/Sevilla+Jump.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LU79zzbJ2CESMA_UtoBVEFkCKwePSeob5s607Ip1EB-juMUBwFIa_dyTDLhnaYMfeCUXPMPbjzaQi1Gxhi4ZUyP71q9kwv0a3AyPYzsKoffxXNvxwizqMjb6lZKD8Q3unEm_ZILwhLA/s1600/Sevilla+Jump.JPG" uda="true" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">A Picture for Anna</div><div align="center">Frigiliana, Spain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNWuFQ4E1aW8vtPWclpG8e3nB_6R3Z8aXjT_nNE5-N2FIbNv1gp2pkDUYrwPfjbA5tMes08xWxYU2ACBQEXlHlQ4VEYYnng0vWsVlQKmR5AXTovsR-U0AMdrmKOQZRdku1nu47unuOGA/s1600/IMG_6065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNWuFQ4E1aW8vtPWclpG8e3nB_6R3Z8aXjT_nNE5-N2FIbNv1gp2pkDUYrwPfjbA5tMes08xWxYU2ACBQEXlHlQ4VEYYnng0vWsVlQKmR5AXTovsR-U0AMdrmKOQZRdku1nu47unuOGA/s640/IMG_6065.JPG" uda="true" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">THE Leaning Tower of Pisa</div><div align="center">Pisa, Italy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXv2gLN3spA7UTFy0zzUIgslidYzn_G4BEu55cpoGcvpmWKlLTi8ctdCcghFfmRkTRRWieNYdUKfHtbWRbEeSput_GYajpmTJnBr0qztW9WhoFuoOF6Zqr8fIFHyX9KpNy4Q_LgNAkrY/s1600/IMG_6502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXv2gLN3spA7UTFy0zzUIgslidYzn_G4BEu55cpoGcvpmWKlLTi8ctdCcghFfmRkTRRWieNYdUKfHtbWRbEeSput_GYajpmTJnBr0qztW9WhoFuoOF6Zqr8fIFHyX9KpNy4Q_LgNAkrY/s640/IMG_6502.JPG" uda="true" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">St. Mark's Square</div><div align="center">Venice, Italy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5LJWUU3DQhK4mlUcvo4UKJsZlzhBVW3pKv_Cnt2q2VWhzizII_exWnY2Defkj19vTDc5H5Wj-p-50tnH3VTsn5E8UHLrSM6bGwEN_cY9OfCJwfLWdgc3anIdl7yVlscoCuxVr8bcba0/s1600/IMG_6720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5LJWUU3DQhK4mlUcvo4UKJsZlzhBVW3pKv_Cnt2q2VWhzizII_exWnY2Defkj19vTDc5H5Wj-p-50tnH3VTsn5E8UHLrSM6bGwEN_cY9OfCJwfLWdgc3anIdl7yVlscoCuxVr8bcba0/s640/IMG_6720.JPG" uda="true" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Colosseum</div><div align="center">Rome, Italy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83Up6v7DtLNtBuY5aJbUV5JvB1Q9ATt2Nh3IkR2QNJOrEgZya7GjRCexOj1WfHc_qekwFQcrXxEKTRF5zTUcN0QdXKuF1Bh4Wzhu89i29d1Z3D4fGuzYeKBcpVjxzQ8qRtrB_LZn7Q_4/s1600/IMG_6804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83Up6v7DtLNtBuY5aJbUV5JvB1Q9ATt2Nh3IkR2QNJOrEgZya7GjRCexOj1WfHc_qekwFQcrXxEKTRF5zTUcN0QdXKuF1Bh4Wzhu89i29d1Z3D4fGuzYeKBcpVjxzQ8qRtrB_LZn7Q_4/s640/IMG_6804.JPG" uda="true" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">St. Peter's Basilica</div><div align="center">Vatican City</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh936j1Se8aHmkmuxK5JJsApxAVPWtOs5Qzm8ZAjHlHHXeegWgUo_HXfOa_xxMAulCMZtcbgzWLvgBpCBoQpGrfQBaibiIQRB_eFEqfvnZH5Lk89ZySUMPpeQ2-xG6RMMhZXk0V0Xo1-00/s1600/IMG_7120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh936j1Se8aHmkmuxK5JJsApxAVPWtOs5Qzm8ZAjHlHHXeegWgUo_HXfOa_xxMAulCMZtcbgzWLvgBpCBoQpGrfQBaibiIQRB_eFEqfvnZH5Lk89ZySUMPpeQ2-xG6RMMhZXk0V0Xo1-00/s640/IMG_7120.JPG" uda="true" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Pantheon in the Snow</div><div align="center">Rome, Italy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2QB-pDBKU2UwSV52SE-7UD6fh6fh-MQAFDyfXVm2gtVieFZeEkgI6Eab4Dp9mmGgfO3yVd1NsJMT9lB6oG4eNYodscaDc6fw1tVxqz83x6dgbT1KIakL8jb5Ksb9UeCwV9KY5cfdvAo/s1600/IMG_6895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2QB-pDBKU2UwSV52SE-7UD6fh6fh-MQAFDyfXVm2gtVieFZeEkgI6Eab4Dp9mmGgfO3yVd1NsJMT9lB6oG4eNYodscaDc6fw1tVxqz83x6dgbT1KIakL8jb5Ksb9UeCwV9KY5cfdvAo/s640/IMG_6895.JPG" uda="true" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-56122686774966985382012-01-30T10:40:00.000-05:002012-01-30T10:40:16.957-05:00Best.Picture.Ever!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Get ready for the best.picture.EVER!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">We were told to jump like ninjas.</div><div align="center">Steve decided making the ninja sound would help him.</div><div align="center">Apparently, I was playing the part of a terrified ninja.</div><div align="center">Let's zoom in once more.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">best.picture.ever</div><div align="center">El Fin</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-79983314489562641792012-01-30T06:24:00.000-05:002012-01-30T06:24:23.945-05:00Checking Things Off My Travel To-Do List!<div align="center">I've been busy checking things off <a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2012/01/spain-and-italy-to-dos.html" target="_blank">my list</a>!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here is the view from our hotel room balcony in Nerja, Spain.</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disclaimer: This is after traveling over night and not showering or brushing my teeth or changing my clothes. :-)</td></tr>
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</div><div align="center">And...I've done my share of sampling the local Sangria. Yummo!</div><div align="center"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where we had lunch the other day. Ri-dic-u-lous. I know.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="center">And I plan on getting my paella on today for lunch!</div><div align="center">And so far the conference is going great!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Hope to update again soon!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Adios!</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-67782913599917537142012-01-25T02:21:00.000-05:002012-01-25T02:21:05.803-05:00Spain and Italy To-Do's<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you don't know...we're headed to Spain today!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Read about it at the bottom of this <a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentines-cards.html" target="_blank">post</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to share a few of my to-do's...or must-do's while we're in Europe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Most of the time we are in Spain we will be working at a conference.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Busy Busy</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I think some of the only things we will see is this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This is Nerja, Spain...the city the conference is in.<br />
Our hotel is right on the sea.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/181973641163159937/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/31595634855373874_sGRPbNYi_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: center;"><br />
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And I am most definitely sampling some of this stuff<br />
...the real authentic kind...<br />
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<span style="color: black;">We have one free day where we might see this...</span></div><div style="color: #76838b;"><span style="color: black;">The Rock of Gibraltar</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Or this...</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Sevilla, Spain</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But when the conference is over we are headed to Italy for vacation!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Here is my must-see/do while in Italy!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><em>in no particular order</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">#1 - I AM doing this. And I AM making everyone with me do this too!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">It's a non-negotiable.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">#2 - You can thank my Art History class in college for the next 3 must-sees.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This one is David and he's in Florence.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">#3 - The Pieta in the Vatican in Rome.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">#4 - Ya...I might cry. The Sistine Chapel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">#5 - Yes, I will be serenaded in one of these.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">If they actually serenade you in real life...</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">maybe that's just in the movies.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Boy will my hubby be embarrassed if I have to do the serenading.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I can do a mean version of "That's Amore"...you know...</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie...that's amore."</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">#6 - The Colosseum - Rome</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">There's more...but I think this post is long enough already!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Can't wait to share with you all about my travels!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Hasta luego!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Ciao!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-73987216369664454622012-01-23T23:07:00.000-05:002012-01-23T23:07:13.979-05:00Valentine's Cards!<div align="center">So happy to have Anna's Valentine's cards done before we leave on our trip Wednesday.</div><div align="center"><em>More on that later.</em></div><div align="center">I had lots of Pinterest inspiration for these...and I love how they came out.</div><div align="center">I love the square retro feel and almost 3D effect of the picture.</div><div align="center">And I especially love the cute little girl in the pic!</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center">I used picnik.com to edit the photo with the wording and hearts.</div><div align="center">And I also used Instagram to edit the coloring.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Hubby and I won't be here to celebrate Valentine's Day with our littles.</div><div align="center">We will be in Europe!</div><div align="center"><em>Wha?</em></div><div align="center">Yes...Europe.</div><div align="center">Spain and Italy to be exact.</div><div align="center">We are helping with a conference in Spain for about 10 days.</div><div align="center">Then we are off to play in Italy for another 10 days or so.</div><div align="center">We have some friends that live in Italy and we figured...the time is now!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I'm pretty excited.</div><div align="center">Ok...I'm freaking excited.</div><div align="center">I'm hoping to post the things I'm looking forward to seeing the most in Italy.</div><div align="center">And then I hope I actually get to see them!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">My in-laws will be holding down the fort with our littles.</div><div align="center">We have great families who love spending time with our kiddos so we can travel the globe.</div><div align="center"><em>Literally.</em></div><div align="center">I don't expect opportunities to come up like this all the time...</div><div align="center">so we're trying to take advantage while we can!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Buenos Noches Amigas.</div><div align="center">Hasta Luego.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em>sidenote:</em></div><div align="center"><em>I like speaking my "broken-I learned in 4 years of spanish class in high school-I can only speak in present tense" Spanish around my hubby.</em></div><div align="center"><em>He doesn't know what I'm saying most of the time.</em></div><div align="center"><em>I find that amusing.</em></div><div align="center"><em>El Fin.</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-41593597618425771202012-01-19T21:40:00.002-05:002012-01-19T21:47:04.027-05:00Embrace the Camera-Baby Love<center>I was trying to get Ellie to give her baby kisses at the same time as me.<br />
She had a different plan...look at the camera and smile :-)<br />
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That works too :-)<br />
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Linking up with Emily at<br />
<a href="http://www.andersonfamilycrew.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i54.tinypic.com/15yi6ad.jpg" /></a><br />
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BTW...trying to do this post from the BlogPress app on my phone. Not as easy as I was hoping :-( Any advice in that area is welcome!</center>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-53979859126171649632012-01-16T22:23:00.000-05:002012-01-16T22:23:07.573-05:00Oatmeal and Headbands...of course<div align="center">My girls have a ton of headbands.</div><div align="center">They have been living in a gallon size ziploc baggie.</div><div align="center"><em>Real classy...I know.</em></div><div align="center">I finally got fed up with the lack of headband organization and went to my go-to site for ideas of all kinds...</div><div align="center"><em>Pinterest!</em></div><div align="center">I searched for "headband organization."</div><div align="center"><em>BAM! Done.</em></div><div align="center">In about 3 seconds, I had my idea.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The next day I bought my box of oatmeal and completed the project in like 10 minutes.</div><div align="center">Now THAT is my kind of project!</div><div align="center"><br />
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I actually need to make another one.<br />
It's practically overflowing!<br />
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</div><div align="center">Here's the Pin on Pinterest that inspired me.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/181973641163167160/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/3799980905196827_eV0BnRG2_c.jpg" width="427" /></a></div></div><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Source: <a href="http://makeitmyown.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-18-im-thankful-with-lyssa-beth.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">makeitmyown.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/cheryl_bratton/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Cheryl</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">I didn't have a cute candle stand like they did.</div><div align="center">But I'll keep my eyes open when I'm at thrift stores and add it later if I feel like it.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What have you Pinterest'd lately?</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-24214233943382268902012-01-08T00:35:00.003-05:002012-01-08T15:45:16.330-05:00Confession Time<center>I have a confession to make.<br />
The only reason I'm outing myself like this is because I know there's some other momma out there that will relate to me.<br />
I've read so many blogs about amazing Advent calendar ideas.<br />
I think <a href="http://toothgirl.blogspot.com/2011/12/24-days-of-christmas.html?m=1" target="_blank">this one</a> is my favorite.<br />
Doing fun activities every day leading up to Christmas.<br />
And not stressing over it.<br />
Just making it fun and meaningful.<br />
My goal is to do something like that next year.<br />
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And here comes my horrible confession.<br />
It comes in the form of a picture.</center><center> </center><br />
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<center>Yup. That's my Advent calendar from this year.<br />
Pretty much the worst Advent calendar mom in America.<br />
It wasn't bad enough that I bought it from the One Spot at Target...meaning $1.<br />
I only got Anna to glue on 2 pathetic looking cotton balls on it.<br />
In my defense, we left our house on the 21st and just returned this week.<br />
Ok that's not much of a defense.<br />
Nevermind ;-)<br />
I'm making a New Year's declaration (because I like that word better than resolution) right here and right now.<br />
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AS LONG AS MY LIFE IS NOT TOTALLY CRAZY IN DECEMBER, I WILL DO A SUPER FUN AWESOME ADVENT CALENDAR FOR MY CHILDREN!<br />
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Did you see that "out" I gave myself?<br />
I don't like to fail ;-)<br />
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Ok momma's...who had an advent calendar fail this year??<br />
Don't leave me hanging out here all by myself!</center>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-71959798899832901302011-12-21T07:00:00.000-05:002011-12-21T07:00:04.502-05:00Fireplace Completion!<div align="center">I have a completed fireplace!!!</div><div align="center">Yes, it took us 3 months to finish the mantel.</div><div align="center">We like deadlines...and I was all "I AM having a decorated mantel for Christmas."</div><div align="center">So hubby got er dun.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">You can see the progression of our fireplace project in these posts...</div><div align="center"><a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2011/08/to-paint-or-not-to-paint.html" target="_blank">To Paint or Not to Paint...</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2011/09/fireplace-progress.html" target="_blank">Fireplace Progress</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2011/09/fireplace-progress-2.html" target="_blank">Fireplace Progress #2</a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2011/09/fireplace-mantel.html" target="_blank">Fireplace Mantel</a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We debated on what to do with the mantel.</div><div align="center">We ended up sanding down the weird piece of wood we had and staining it a dark brown.</div><div align="center">And by "we" I mean "hubby"...with my design direction of course ;-)</div><div align="center">And I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here's the final reveal.</div><div align="center">We'll make it a Christmas reveal.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Christmas Fireplace 2010</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpMBqqMbp-HcWhl-I3tgua4bSkGASzSWKl-cBM8z9sMgVvApd5qE_LPMuNBDCpl7X8DYalvZd5Fz4X-zDS9iZWgFnKRg7_75PiMaGu48zSiTIY2rJMLR9LFHUwPdW4VnVCmJNkfHnxto/s1600/IMG_1660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpMBqqMbp-HcWhl-I3tgua4bSkGASzSWKl-cBM8z9sMgVvApd5qE_LPMuNBDCpl7X8DYalvZd5Fz4X-zDS9iZWgFnKRg7_75PiMaGu48zSiTIY2rJMLR9LFHUwPdW4VnVCmJNkfHnxto/s640/IMG_1660.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center">Christmas Fireplace 2011</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ta7gEZEqdTX2IQejD6mq8SNZsJU949sgRgiN2kIZAmbvLckNN558zXPplbb0FEuZ40URM_A0so3IZOZeJOO7UKtP-USw3bZgGmHAGdeMYmI231TWPE4aHdhrKcZw40yMPfqMUT0rEvo/s1600/IMG_5109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ta7gEZEqdTX2IQejD6mq8SNZsJU949sgRgiN2kIZAmbvLckNN558zXPplbb0FEuZ40URM_A0so3IZOZeJOO7UKtP-USw3bZgGmHAGdeMYmI231TWPE4aHdhrKcZw40yMPfqMUT0rEvo/s640/IMG_5109.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">What do you think???</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here's some other views...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2a1ISr6NHtom2kCOLe47drWVy3A8aiNEySdMFimp8clGhZe_F9mTVFLRQQbFzPZn1XmnkqFYDnS3TWwOcZ8VqBAOqmPW_nSBNraFVa6zrQldbaMgYz2d8jg6dToxU1LQlFhA8D5EL7E4/s1600/IMG_5111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2a1ISr6NHtom2kCOLe47drWVy3A8aiNEySdMFimp8clGhZe_F9mTVFLRQQbFzPZn1XmnkqFYDnS3TWwOcZ8VqBAOqmPW_nSBNraFVa6zrQldbaMgYz2d8jg6dToxU1LQlFhA8D5EL7E4/s640/IMG_5111.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center">At lunch one day, she asked me for more cheese.</div><div align="center">"mo. cheese. pease."</div><div align="center">So I got her some.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Well...she decided she didn't want to eat it.</div><div align="center">In this house, if you ask for more of something, you are expected to eat it.</div><div align="center">Or at least eat SOME of it.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">To help her along in this lesson I placed an animal cracker on the table.</div><div align="center">And a tiny piece of the cheese she was refusing to eat.</div><div align="center">Thus began the epic battle of...</div><div align="center">EAT CHEESE...GET CRACKER</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here is a pictorial view of this training session :-)</div><div align="center">(please excuse the crumbs on the table - she's a messy eater)</div><div align="center"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center">"I want that Mommy"</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"What? I can't have that?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I have to eat that first?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She ate the cheese! (after about 5-10 minutes of whining and crying and sitting quietly and contemplating) And is enjoying her animal cracker!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Whew...that was a lot of work."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"But so worth it!"</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"></div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-55676335832896774062011-12-09T07:00:00.001-05:002011-12-09T07:00:08.604-05:00Reindeer Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQP2Rf2Mm8cmtdKfNcIavPE7QoZGNnDI4LTMbrwhcYWujmFNICo673q697hUcb57uwYJft-8B9jDANXylHPhbHcDZsFywXQ2Gt7Io5oolSXOaLH4kFxAp3ru3KujkkeLmutuAzsZ8N8I/s1600/IMG_4412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQP2Rf2Mm8cmtdKfNcIavPE7QoZGNnDI4LTMbrwhcYWujmFNICo673q697hUcb57uwYJft-8B9jDANXylHPhbHcDZsFywXQ2Gt7Io5oolSXOaLH4kFxAp3ru3KujkkeLmutuAzsZ8N8I/s400/IMG_4412.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I made these cuties for a cookie exchange today at my playgroup.</div><div align="center">I know all the mommy's will be fighting over them ;-)</div><div align="center">Actually...I think they might be pretty popular with the kiddos too.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I got inspired from Pinterest.</div><div align="center">It should be called Inspirest...Inspiredest...Inspirethee...Inspiroroni...</div><div align="center">well...maybe it shouldn't be called that.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The original blog post can be found here at <a href="http://buddingbaketress.blogspot.com/2010/12/peanut-butter-reindeer-cookies.html" target="_blank">Bakergirl</a>.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here are some tips in case you want to make these yourself.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">* I used the premade dough roll and I aint ashamed to admit it! There is therefore no condemnation when it comes to saving time during the holiday season. Can I get an Amen?!</div><div align="center">* The pretzels are Keebler's Right Bites fudge pretzels. They come in a box with six snack packs.</div><div align="center">* I bought one box of the good pretzels and then bought a bag of non-chocolate coated pretzels for the rest of the batch I made...to save moolah :-)</div><div align="center">* I could not find mini M&M's to save my life at Target. So I went with plan B. Chocolate chips point down for the eyes and red cinnamon candy balls for the nose (they were in the baking aisle).</div><div align="center">* The regular pretzels didn't stick so well in the cookie. So I used my newly acquired icing piping bag and little round tip from my cake decorating class (a future post waiting to happen) to pipe a small line of icing on the cookie then jabbed the pretzel on top.</div><div align="center">* Follow the 1 inch ball guideline! I didn't follow that rule with my first batch and they all came out too big. The smaller the cuter they are!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Be sure to send me a pic of your reindeer if you make some!</div><div align="center">And I will feature you on my oh so popular blog! ;-)</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-10397816832811747212011-12-08T07:13:00.000-05:002011-12-08T07:13:00.825-05:00Embrace the Camera - Lights Lights Everywhere!<div align="center">I've been too busy living life to document it.<br />
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This is a busy season...right?<br />
How is it going to be Christmas in 2 1/2 weeks?<br />
cra...zi...ness<br />
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This past weekend we got to go to Disney!<br />
We have a wonderful friend who hooked us up ;-)<br />
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The funnest part was seeing the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights at Hollywood Studios.<br />
I've never seen so many Christmas lights all in one condensed space.<br />
And...it was all synced with music.<br />
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Anna wanted to take our picture.<br />
She said "ok...now stick your tongue out."<br />
I listened...and hubby didn't :-)<br />
(sorry for the blurriness...she's only 3 you know)<br />
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And here's another one from Anna :-)<br />
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Here's a little glimpse of how amazing it was.<br />
But...I mean...it's Disney...do you really expect anything less?<br />
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-Linking up with Emily today-<br />
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</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-38074182324228588232011-11-23T07:00:00.002-05:002011-11-23T09:30:00.427-05:00One More from Thailand...<div align="center">First of all...</div><div align="center">I would like to blame jet lag on my lack of posting.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I usually write my posts at night and schedule them to appear in the morning.</div><div align="center">But when you fall asleep on the couch every night shortly after putting the kids to bed...</div><div align="center">wake up in the middle of the night fully clothed with your contacts still in and all the lights on...</div><div align="center">stumble to the bathroom to get ready for bed...</div><div align="center">and then lay awake in bed for an hour, because your body is like "ummm...didn't we just do this?"</div><div align="center">then you don't get a lot of posts written :-(</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I had one more Thailand post I wanted to share with you all.</div><div align="center">But before that...</div><div align="center">my friend started a blog</div><div align="center">and thought it would be hilarious to post a video</div><div align="center">of my hubby trying to feed me a food that terrified me - remember <a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2011/11/thailand-food-that-terrified-me.html" target="_blank">that post</a>?</div><div align="center">I did not know she was recording me...so that is the real Cheryl right there lol...</div><div align="center">check it out here - <a href="http://abcsandfrozenpeas.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/foods-that-terrified-me-thai-edition/" target="_blank">ABCs and Frozen Peas</a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">And now on to the last (I think) Thailand post...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong>Thai Modes of Transportation</strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">This is a tuk tuk.</div><div align="center">It's one of the most famous modes of transportation in Thailand.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">This is Steve and I riding in a fancy tuk tuk.</div><div align="center">Our hotel had one that would drive you down to the skytrain station for free.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Speaking of the Skytrain...</div><div align="center">it is an elevated train like a monorail...but not really</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is me on my hot pink Thai phone trying to navigate the Skytrain map.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">One mode of transportation we did not participate in was what I like to call a truck bus...</div><div style="text-align: center;">very unique.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There were about 200 gazillion (I counted) mopeds everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And apparently they have no rules.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They just zig zag through traffic...</div><div style="text-align: center;">somtimes going the wrong way on the street...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and push their way to the front...</div><div style="text-align: center;">like this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">We took cabs a lot.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">So thankful English is pretty well known in Bangkok!</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Made getting around in the cabs so much easier.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Here we are trying to tell a cab where we need to go...</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">And the most fascinating of all modes of transpor-tay-shee-owns</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">THE THAILAND CARTSCELATOR!</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Seriously...fascinating.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-33541592948052960572011-11-17T07:08:00.000-05:002011-11-17T07:08:00.412-05:00Embrace the Camera - Thailand Style<div align="center">Even while in Thailand, I was able to Embrace the Camera with my kids!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We Skyped with them almost every day.</div><div align="center">The time change (12 hours) made it difficult...</div><div align="center">but we would try to catch them while they were eating breakfast...</div><div align="center">or right before they went to bed.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">This is me and Ellie on a Skype call :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjWqrVc8Vkii8zABn_fKhG5O3ykSoRShQFdjIp_Qnmq6RqHs8LbT2VZWIzkhWI12rt0egO3rfYYoFbUfro9MsZfzLUTc-xrnD623vDklWd-VsGNBOqxGzLFhCKGlQaYCHBqI3mX30r3Y/s1600/IMG_3006-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjWqrVc8Vkii8zABn_fKhG5O3ykSoRShQFdjIp_Qnmq6RqHs8LbT2VZWIzkhWI12rt0egO3rfYYoFbUfro9MsZfzLUTc-xrnD623vDklWd-VsGNBOqxGzLFhCKGlQaYCHBqI3mX30r3Y/s640/IMG_3006-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">And that is how you Skype with an 18 month old.</div><div align="center">Make funny faces and tell her that you love her :-)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I was SO thankful for technology while we were half way around the world...</div><div align="center">LITERALLY!</div><div align="center"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my babies on another Skype call</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were on the search for free wifi every where.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to stay connected for my own sanity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My kids were like a billion miles away and I HAD to be within an email away from them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't stand the thought of not being able to know how they were doing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are taking advantage of free wifi at a Starbuck's at a mall.</td></tr>
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</div><div align="center">This is me Skyping on my iPhone in a coffee shop in another mall.</div><div align="center">Did I mention there were a lot of malls in Bangkok??</div><div align="center">Steve had to shoosh me a few times...</div><div align="center">I had my earbuds in and was probably making silly noises a little too loud ;-)</div><div align="center">But I didn't care!</div><div align="center">I was talking to my babies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfp3wi_pzlDaJzD0iDi7eXtTf5pFPG90ZtkQg1cRfB_GwebSebonyFYWM1Yz1a-9aoayJ9O7Koc5l9I7vukhwApMQRH9HIjM5FAGSIdZ5dyCX1PBisD6xWJawDLWqe_XpLTwYqhd_O7I/s1600/IMG_3245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfp3wi_pzlDaJzD0iDi7eXtTf5pFPG90ZtkQg1cRfB_GwebSebonyFYWM1Yz1a-9aoayJ9O7Koc5l9I7vukhwApMQRH9HIjM5FAGSIdZ5dyCX1PBisD6xWJawDLWqe_XpLTwYqhd_O7I/s640/IMG_3245.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I can't even imagine what it was like being in foreign countries years ago away from your family.</div><div align="center">before internet... </div><div align="center">before email...</div><div align="center">before Skype...</div><div align="center">When all you could do was make a super expensive phone call or write a letter.</div><div align="center">Wow.</div><div align="center">Thankful for technology.</div><div align="center">And now I'm thinking of Napoleon Dynamite :-)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Joining Emily with ETC</div><div align="center"></div><center><a href="http://www.andersonfamilycrew.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i54.tinypic.com/15yi6ad.jpg" /></a></center>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-74540063427397860362011-11-15T08:07:00.000-05:002011-11-15T08:07:12.187-05:00Thailand - Food That Terrified Me!<div align="center">Let me first preface this post by saying...</div><div align="center">I am a somewhat picky eater.</div><div align="center">I would like to consider myself a Recovering Picky Eater.</div><div align="center">I was way worse when I was younger.</div><div align="center">I've gotten to the point now where I just don't like the taste of some things.</div><div align="center">I'm sorry...but yogurt looks great...smells great...but tastes like sawdust.</div><div align="center">EVERY TIME!</div><div align="center">Same with pop tarts, tomatoes, pickles, mushrooms, flaky pastries, broccoli, and any tea...expecially chai...</div><div align="center">oh my gosh chai tea makes me gag just thinking about it.</div><div align="center">And I've tried...promise.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So...with that being said...here are some pics of Food That Terrified Me!</div><div align="center">It was actually my friend Andi's idea.</div><div align="center">Every day I kept pointing things out to her and say "That terrifies me!"</div><div align="center">And she was like "this sounds like a blog post."</div><div align="center">And I was like "that's a genius idea."</div><div align="center">There would be a dozen more pics if she had given me the idea sooner in the trip ;-)</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">This first pic is a fruit.</div><div align="center">No idea what kind.</div><div align="center">It was red on the outside and a scary gooey with black seeds on the inside.</div><div align="center">A pack of herding rhinos couldn't make me eat this. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unidentified Fruit</td></tr>
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<div align="center">This next one just does not come through in a pic like it should.</div><div align="center">It had a gelatinny (I just made that word BTW) larva coccoon texture.</div><div align="center">I've decided the only thing gelatin I want to eat is Jell-O, thank you very much.</div><div align="center">And there was a LOT of gelatinny food choices in Thailand.</div><div align="center"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sago Dumpling with Minced Pork and Peanut</td></tr>
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</div><div align="center">These next 2 were in a food display case at a food court in a mall.</div><div align="center">No further scary explanation needed.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">squid on a stick</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seaweed flavored Lays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No Thank You. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seaweed flavored Lays potato chips</td></tr>
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<div align="center">Now I love corn.</div><div align="center">Especially on salad.</div><div align="center">But with my ice cream...</div><div align="center">Not so much.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KFC Dessert</td></tr>
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<div align="center">This next item was meant to be an ice cream topping.</div><div align="center">It was black, gelatinny, slimey looking, in black sauce.</div><div align="center">Sends shivers down my spine ;-)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unidentified Black Gelatinny Stuff in Black Sauce</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And just so you don't think I hated all the food in Thailand...</div><div style="text-align: center;">here are a few yummy pictures!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a yummy fruit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was hot pink and bumpy on the outside and white with black seeds on the inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a little harder than a kiwi texture-wise.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon Fruit</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Diet Coke...or what they call Coke Light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It tasted different.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Different sweetener...but I got use to it and enjoyed it just the same.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is me eating yummy Pad Thai!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will say that as much as I enjoy Pad Thai...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't need to eat it any time soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm good for a while :-)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yummy Pad Thai</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you enjoyed seeing some scary and yummy foreign foods!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Feel free to take a guess at what the unidentified items are!</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-73685524468908726742011-11-14T10:04:00.000-05:002011-11-14T10:04:51.237-05:00Thailand...Where to Begin...<div align="center"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hubby and I on the streets of Bangkok</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <div align="center">We're back!</div><div align="center">I thought I might blog while in Thailand...but obviously that didn't happen.</div><div align="center">We were too busy at the conference.</div><div align="center">And it didn't help that jet lag was zonking me out around dinner time every day.</div><div align="center">BTW...jet lag is some serious stuff!</div><div align="center">There's a 12 hour time difference between here and there and my body knew it!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Tomorrow is the first day of real life again.</div><div align="center">My family went home today and Steve goes back to the office tomorrow.</div><div align="center">I will be in charge of the kids all day and I'm praying I stay AWAKE!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I'm not really sure what to share about the trip with you all.</div><div align="center">There's so much.</div><div align="center">But I don't want to bore you.</div><div align="center">Maybe I'll do a couple posts about things I learned or found out about the country.</div><div align="center">How's that sound?</div><div align="center"><em>That sounds wonderful Cheryl. You always have such great ideas ;-)</em></div><div align="center">You're so kind.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here we go!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Most people in Thailand know some English.</div><div align="center">We were SO grateful for that!...</div><div align="center"><em>considering I only knew how to say "thank you" and "hello" in Thai</em></div><div align="center"><em>that can only get you so far in a foreign country</em></div><div align="center">I did not meet one person who knew no English...taxi drivers, waitresses, shop owners.</div><div align="center">BUT...their English not always so good ;-)</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stationary display in a store</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Food and Drik? And I'm not sure I want to try some Steak Coffee.</td></tr>
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</div><div align="center">Bangkokians</div><div align="center">(I think that's what they would call themselves if they had to choose)</div><div align="center">LOVE them a good mall!</div><div align="center">My goodness they have many massively big malls in the city.</div><div align="center">And there are street vendors EVERYWHERE!</div><div align="center">shopping shopping and more shopping</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an IT Mall. 5 floors of ONLY electronics and IT related products!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my hubby taking a picture of himself as happy as can be in the IT Mall ;-) Love ya, Honey!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night Street Market outside a train station - I bought a necklace for less than 2 bucks here :-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seacon Square - next door to our hotel - 5 full floors of shopping shopping shopping</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">street vendors lined the streets with these green tarps</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terminal 21 - 6 floors of shopping heaven - themed to be an airport - each floor was a different destination (San Francisco, Istanbul, etc.)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="center">And those are only the ones I took pictures in!</div><div align="center">There were many more!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned tomorrow for "Food that terrified me!"</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-58416955181849277742011-10-28T07:00:00.003-04:002011-10-28T07:00:03.685-04:00Travel Apps - Thailand<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is this not the busiest time of year?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Goodness gracious.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If it isn't a Fall Festival...it's an oppurtunity for my girls to wear their costumes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And you know I'm going to show those off as much as I can!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And did I mention that Hubby and I are <a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2011/10/thailand.html">going to Thailand</a> on Saturday?!<br />
As in...tomorrow!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Umm..ya.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We're kinda busy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was worried that our trip might get cancelled.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is flooding in Bangkok right now with more on its way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The leaders of the conference we're helping to run have been in prayer about it...a lot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As of this moment...we're still going.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The area our hotel is in and the airport are still bone dry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hoping it stays that way for the next couple weeks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So you might be seeing some blog posts from Thailand next week!</div><div style="text-align: center;">ooo getting all International on ya!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With that being said.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to share a travel app tip.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My hubby tracked down one really cool one that I'm sure we'll use in Thailand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Tourism Authority of Thailand developed this one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Makes me think that a lot of other countries and cities may have similar apps.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Make sure to research that before your next trip.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There might be a really useful app just waiting for you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Speak Thai</strong></div> <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">It translates over 2500 words and speaks in Thai for you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now when I need to go potty...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just find "Where are the restrooms?"</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the app will ask for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">phew...that's a relief (horrible pun intended) :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm off to finish packing and prepare myself to leave my babies for 2 whole weeks.<br />
{sigh}<br />
I mean...I'm not one of those moms that misses their kids when they're sleeping<br />
or anything crazy like that ;-)<br />
I'll be ok.<br />
But I'm pretty sure I will miss them while I'm half way around the world.<br />
Yikes!<br />
{deep breath}<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">At a garage sale a couple weeks ago...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I opened a box to find some painted wooden turkey parts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A head and five feathers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I instantly knew what it was for and confirmed with the lady selling it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I got it for around $1</div><div style="text-align: center;">(it was bundled with other things...so it's hard to say exactly)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bottom line...it was CHEAP!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We decorated our pumpkin in like 2 minutes :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">With no mess...I might add!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We'll probably carve one next year...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but for this super busy month...</div><div style="text-align: center;">it made my life so much easier!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">***Embracing the Camera with Emily***</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-20585716091276310282011-10-25T07:00:00.001-04:002011-10-25T07:00:09.107-04:00My Prima Ballerinas<div align="center">Last weekend we took our girls to Sea World</div><div align="center">(with free tickets woohoo!)</div><div align="center">to enjoy <a href="http://seaworldspooktacular.com/">Halloween Spooktacular</a>!<br />
They got to trick or treat and show off their costumes and see some animals.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here's a few highlight pics.</div><div align="center">If you want to see more...you can view my FB album <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150509689092995.465690.500022994&type=1&l=9817d7aadd">here</a>.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Our skinny little preschool ballerina...</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">And Chris Farley in a ballerina costume :-)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div align="center">Our chubby ballerina just can't put down the candy lol</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a very fun day!</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking forward to the girls wearing their costumes 3 or 4 more times!</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love getting more use out of them!</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's put a couple more !!! of these in here!!!</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">!</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-18915159799205208532011-10-21T07:00:00.000-04:002011-10-21T07:00:18.473-04:00Giddy Up...It's Friday!<div align="center">Thank you nice lady for giving Anna this horsey for free at a garage sale!</div><div align="center">And when I saw they had a mini one too!</div><div align="center">I was like shut up! </div><div align="center">Yes...I must MUST pay .25 so my girls can have matching horseys!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Happy Friday!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">We had a little fun with my phone :-)</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">She is at a ridiculously cute age!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em>BTW</em></div><div align="center"><em>I couldn't figure out how to make my pictures look like a photo strip</em></div><div align="center"><em>then I found this website </em><a href="http://bighugelabs.com/photobooth.php"><em>Big Huge Labs</em></a></div><div align="center"><em>I know nothing about it except I used it to make the cute photo strip above</em></div><div align="center"><em>but I thought someone else out there might want to know where to make one too</em></div><div align="center"><em>So there you go!</em></div><div align="center"><em>Photobooth strip away!</em></div><div align="center"><em>hmm...that can be taken out of context lol</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Embracing the Camera...Join us!</div><div align="center"></div><center><a href="http://www.andersonfamilycrew.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i54.tinypic.com/15yi6ad.jpg" /></a></center>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-91006585042866031612011-10-19T07:00:00.018-04:002011-10-19T07:00:11.145-04:00Silhouette Necklace<div align="center">About a month ago I <a href="http://thebrattonbunch.blogspot.com/2011/09/im-getting-craft-itch.html">posted</a> about some craft projects I was "itching" to do.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Well...</div><div align="center">I made the necklace!</div><div align="center">And I bought the paint for the pumpkin...so that almost counts ;-)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The playgroup I'm a part of tries to have a Mom's Night Out once a month.</div><div align="center">Last month we did a craft night and all made silhouette necklaces using this <a href="http://lifeasathrifter.blogspot.com/2011/07/silhouette-necklace.html">tutorial</a>.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">WARNING: cutting out the tiny silhouettes is crazy hard...BUT doable.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made the Ellie one and then gave up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought "I'll get hubby to cut out Anna for me."</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, he gave it a try.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Handed me his finished product and said "I don't know if this looks like Anna or not."</div><div style="text-align: center;">I laughed and said "It looks like a muppet."</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I got er dun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's my Ellie on the left and Anna on the right.<br />
I think it actually looks like them...right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC95rUQc8AETg234SM2v7GOVyI9S24FUiME2JYlAt5KcyfC-ZYpUKAIN4xZvlS9P8hNeFmxtAqpsKyWGZbcI2tY3Op17gq8wDgn22IivXGnuNFMwEIpK2f_wwSTUQkGP5qpfAQZdgZaE/s1600/IMG_3468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC95rUQc8AETg234SM2v7GOVyI9S24FUiME2JYlAt5KcyfC-ZYpUKAIN4xZvlS9P8hNeFmxtAqpsKyWGZbcI2tY3Op17gq8wDgn22IivXGnuNFMwEIpK2f_wwSTUQkGP5qpfAQZdgZaE/s400/IMG_3468.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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And here it is making its debut at the Fall Festival at our work. We were on a hay ride :-)</div> <br />
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Wish I had taken a pic of everyone else's necklaces at our Mom's Night Out!<br />
I was too busy trying to stop myself from cursing at the tiny scissors ;-)</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198491770530075914.post-43261149031728365782011-10-18T07:00:00.001-04:002011-10-18T07:00:01.164-04:00Thailand!<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you know that the hubby and I are going to Thailand in less than 2 weeks?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know...crazy...right?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The last time I traveled internationally</div><div style="text-align: center;">(<em>except the Caribbean and Mexico and Canada...but those don't really count</em>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was 13 and a freshman in high school.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That was quite a <strong>LONG</strong> time ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">You might be wondering...where exactly is Thailand?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's the question I asked myself when I heard we'd be going there lol</div><div style="text-align: center;">So...I googled it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and BTW...it's a 26 hour travel day to get there</div><div style="text-align: center;">...yes...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>26 hours of planes and airports</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<em>deep breath</em>]</div><div style="text-align: center;">so if you have any great book suggestions...I'm wide open!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We will be going to Bangkok, which is the capital. Map from <a href="http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/th.htm">here</a>.</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">My hubby and I will be helping run a conference there.</div><div style="text-align: center;">People will be coming from all over the world to talk about Internet Ministry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">More info on that <a href="http://eepurl.com/gmuk1">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was no way we were traveling</div><div style="text-align: center;">literally half way around the world</div><div style="text-align: center;">without checking out the country a little.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So we're staying a few days after the conference ends to experience Bangkok.<br />
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[<em>in case you were wondering...</em><br />
<em>my fam is coming to Orlando to watch the kids for us...</em><br />
<em>26 hours on planes with a 3 year old and 18 month old...</em><br />
<em>and trying to navigate a foreign country with little ones...</em><br />
<em>NO THANK YOU ;-)</em><br />
<em>...at least not this time</em>]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a little taste of what I hope we get to see.<br />
It seems like such a neat mix of old and new.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/340236502/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="700" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/340236502_jwFSxRVX_c.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div align="center"><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div align="center" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-align: center;">Source: <a href="http://asian-images.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Bangkok-Images/G0000N2hjmRDoaHU/I0000cMEnHtIOhe4" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">asian-images.photoshelter.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/cheryl_bratton/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Cheryl</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/340153629/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/340153629_ixMKqitW_c.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.bes-travel.com/bangkok-pattaya-img-2.htm" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">bes-travel.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/cheryl_bratton/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Cheryl</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a><br />
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Have you ever been to Bangkok? If so, have any tips for us??</div>Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565567988711620524noreply@blogger.com2