tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393889552643158722024-03-04T20:02:19.168-08:00The best story in the whole worldsharcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051244422998000398noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539388955264315872.post-30577057305290089052013-04-02T12:20:00.002-07:002013-04-02T12:20:39.808-07:00So I didn't get into Teach For America. That had kind of been my dream for the last year and it was going to be my life for the next 2 years. I made it all the way to the final interview and felt like it went well. Now I'm overwhelmed and discouraged. I have a baby on the way in May and I don't have a job. It's too late to apply for grad school this year so I have to wait until next year. I'm working part-time at a RTC in Spanish fork and part-time substitute teaching, but both pay really low wages and I'm in debt. I'm trying to look for new jobs, but you can't do much with a BA in Psychology. I'm so desperate I've been entering into sweepstakes hoping that I can win some money, but I know those get rich quick schemes never work out. I really just need to find a good job and soon before the baby is born. At least I have <a href="http://www.byuhitlist.com/" target="_blank">byuhitlist</a>. I've won a few small prizes already which really help brighten my day when I'm discouraged. Hope I can win a grand prize soon.sharcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051244422998000398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539388955264315872.post-81374664491049964342012-03-15T12:41:00.014-07:002012-03-15T20:26:15.034-07:00I threw my wife a Harry Potter party<div style="text-align: left;">Sharlie Erb is a huge Harry Potter fan, to say the least. She has read the whole series several times, and Lindsey and her have been collecting them from every country they go to. Now they have Harry Potter books in English (american), English (Britain), Italian, Thai (I think), and many more. Anyway, I figured it was about time for her to have an HP party, so we set out back in January to throw the party of the year. First, we collected ideas from pinterest and got some HP do-it-yourself ideas. Then we made some invitations (as you saw on my previous post) and sent them out. Here is how it went:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvs8JEig__ujItbEufhHbIN_WHnlL9Vxq13poPVrNYzdtjJz1XBnClvHEBzJiHDx-pfrSm6Ua7PoLlUp7JvoimLizaTv6TKHRXkz1z3Cb9antrr6fP77b3WJ6D99HLNQHdkdhPJff3HI/s1600/P1090373.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvs8JEig__ujItbEufhHbIN_WHnlL9Vxq13poPVrNYzdtjJz1XBnClvHEBzJiHDx-pfrSm6Ua7PoLlUp7JvoimLizaTv6TKHRXkz1z3Cb9antrr6fP77b3WJ6D99HLNQHdkdhPJff3HI/s320/P1090373.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720212524313508450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here in the owlery the invitations are ready to be sent out via owl post.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwJoMj8avE3K9o9qLVo-z1md_njLk3YhEaXyh8v60TWip-AB-i6fJ7l63ZtHmG-OmTnNl91xbj5J8p-3M2sXguL5fSaryC6qBBuFiS34BEaN7b9O5SExejZH6iKoIUgQdqfm9wuK79Ow/s1600/P1090376.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwJoMj8avE3K9o9qLVo-z1md_njLk3YhEaXyh8v60TWip-AB-i6fJ7l63ZtHmG-OmTnNl91xbj5J8p-3M2sXguL5fSaryC6qBBuFiS34BEaN7b9O5SExejZH6iKoIUgQdqfm9wuK79Ow/s320/P1090376.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720212528252617842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSr44uk86aCKNHuLFQSwqxj14WsDXQk4927JN6Ts2e-rCnox1jLN5RAvHbI1uvZBuclBZWeS9j9UE0pofG2uBrW2ArDdCx-xReD2zHMoGNixzFDnZYMrjK_AoYLF5Vt5cG5-5DIMVVo8/s1600/P1090380.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSr44uk86aCKNHuLFQSwqxj14WsDXQk4927JN6Ts2e-rCnox1jLN5RAvHbI1uvZBuclBZWeS9j9UE0pofG2uBrW2ArDdCx-xReD2zHMoGNixzFDnZYMrjK_AoYLF5Vt5cG5-5DIMVVo8/s320/P1090380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720212536659914994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o3EOnYhJW3ki_BXCeJBBtvl5GnMbZ3HkAaOPGo2Y_qzpChbhgsdZd_mpmUbnifcTxmrN3tojol52klQh4QVnnOdnWUuGSs-ACeI22YsS2drPmeG3k-uFIntvbci9Mzv8DZCGkV62z_M/s1600/P1090381.JPG" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o3EOnYhJW3ki_BXCeJBBtvl5GnMbZ3HkAaOPGo2Y_qzpChbhgsdZd_mpmUbnifcTxmrN3tojol52klQh4QVnnOdnWUuGSs-ACeI22YsS2drPmeG3k-uFIntvbci9Mzv8DZCGkV62z_M/s320/P1090381.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720212549441927762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;">After the owls were sent out we began making the props and decorations. There were a lot of time consuming and ambitious projects we set out to make and even though it was a lot of work and kind of stressful it was worth it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCL6csAIe6oQNrHSywthYpGBNtbO-Kppe1uO1C1c_yLGOSjAobE-ze6VveB4l-0OZ4-hJl-miXdBwaUQMrdBqj-qC2awnx_huzuUE1QOYSsrPFHRP1LBCZksdfFQ9F8CJn98VE-ZJ_O3k/s1600/P1090407.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCL6csAIe6oQNrHSywthYpGBNtbO-Kppe1uO1C1c_yLGOSjAobE-ze6VveB4l-0OZ4-hJl-miXdBwaUQMrdBqj-qC2awnx_huzuUE1QOYSsrPFHRP1LBCZksdfFQ9F8CJn98VE-ZJ_O3k/s320/P1090407.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720212556565301922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">to make the sorting hat we had to use an old witch's hat as a base, and then make a cone out of fabric, spray it with fabric stiffener, and hang it up to dry so it could take shape.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOy0H11znSvG8lEE2Upna2oGWIMz1G2NsNh_UV3eciNBw5On91_Alkjw8twbpQLD8hJXl2qrnmx2LmVFGfjC-YzlRYOW8GY4EjnvcPjeb-rPUMS1fg-YKDqBMaGe9-1HrfKkmDhQPtEc/s1600/P1090412.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOy0H11znSvG8lEE2Upna2oGWIMz1G2NsNh_UV3eciNBw5On91_Alkjw8twbpQLD8hJXl2qrnmx2LmVFGfjC-YzlRYOW8GY4EjnvcPjeb-rPUMS1fg-YKDqBMaGe9-1HrfKkmDhQPtEc/s320/P1090412.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720213331558912306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next, I had to add fabric strips that had been soaked in fabric stiffener, and try to shape the hat to look wrinkly.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjFv7STA3p9g95oF8AqiSdk7Imzfwfdy0WWvTtPA4BO6JBqxIGJD87oJzSdpR7WXcBlj9tfAOrsdp_XqnmtKzj6zwdH7TZYCGDLI7eDUPgzlpGWRQzzOwOxmMuW-LVi6Hk0vcxg0WABE/s1600/P1090415.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjFv7STA3p9g95oF8AqiSdk7Imzfwfdy0WWvTtPA4BO6JBqxIGJD87oJzSdpR7WXcBlj9tfAOrsdp_XqnmtKzj6zwdH7TZYCGDLI7eDUPgzlpGWRQzzOwOxmMuW-LVi6Hk0vcxg0WABE/s320/P1090415.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720213357053588578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The hardest part was making the face. After that was over, we left it out to dry for a night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjKVstBpbSdnSQMkELyXhbrlkyKdkhxpd5mJG9ObNpXyOxYXLBe41BdgPcY6pwTNlvka3XRb2zeBP6rgH7t5mvhR1VvE6GtJdAO_iSCEsxAOp1Pk9hyS__lxBj9X5izeiOG_whLSDzOo/s1600/P1090418.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjKVstBpbSdnSQMkELyXhbrlkyKdkhxpd5mJG9ObNpXyOxYXLBe41BdgPcY6pwTNlvka3XRb2zeBP6rgH7t5mvhR1VvE6GtJdAO_iSCEsxAOp1Pk9hyS__lxBj9X5izeiOG_whLSDzOo/s320/P1090418.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720213366510314802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last step was painting it. I added some black to the mouth, eyes, and some wrinkles to make them stand out.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8j6cnwnA3Gxq2qflDP7Agtk93MsyVtVz-eJfcABJqiO18oXE0L1yM7p8qp1snJ5u7oK7Z7ZAjO-b5uzY20A30wpWdQypNUOz-qyfrB7QWsGNF7L-a8NXaRkOffktp1bN46szYfYwxx4/s1600/IMG_6231.jpg" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8j6cnwnA3Gxq2qflDP7Agtk93MsyVtVz-eJfcABJqiO18oXE0L1yM7p8qp1snJ5u7oK7Z7ZAjO-b5uzY20A30wpWdQypNUOz-qyfrB7QWsGNF7L-a8NXaRkOffktp1bN46szYfYwxx4/s320/IMG_6231.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720213370736939650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >This is the final product at the party.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >Next, we started working on the games/activities for the party. The plan was to first sort the guests into houses, and then play games and award teams to the houses. For our scoreboard we drew the house crests on a big white board...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorA1Hzu7oKpLBIvRS1rVpE1rCwStjv0l97z49cglllXa-V-bITn4NejrT8e09pBcePO3OP3Ul7dts_lKVy_mrf0GyZla8A6bR8L0f-ctfxMrv1bVnagNYgKh03vJeBNpIRM-OqFWwOMo/s1600/0221121951.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorA1Hzu7oKpLBIvRS1rVpE1rCwStjv0l97z49cglllXa-V-bITn4NejrT8e09pBcePO3OP3Ul7dts_lKVy_mrf0GyZla8A6bR8L0f-ctfxMrv1bVnagNYgKh03vJeBNpIRM-OqFWwOMo/s320/0221121951.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720213376728464738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">rough draft</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6cKxPZq2RkU41QAuAD8Mpc9xJozwI7X21FdHV2NyJvs0jFB7QiZSbUBdTEpW2GXrMc-L89g1yFv0q3kk4ktNZmtcBbnt1M-aXACCARGE67TaIzCUDQQguU6lBCYSQFmHdBO-yq5K0Ek/s1600/P1090421.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6cKxPZq2RkU41QAuAD8Mpc9xJozwI7X21FdHV2NyJvs0jFB7QiZSbUBdTEpW2GXrMc-L89g1yFv0q3kk4ktNZmtcBbnt1M-aXACCARGE67TaIzCUDQQguU6lBCYSQFmHdBO-yq5K0Ek/s320/P1090421.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720214410889482338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReuecJcmE53vv1Yadc11vz4IM4rRW0iQ6loDV-JgfbtFD1dD_r_sJd7x6pPNcbgEEbp9Wap_ke1Vr0stS1-Ld72n8twXItvbWlk05deU5ppktP-DPmL467L6ZEV8IxueW8FGGD7UtOSc/s1600/IMG_6237.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReuecJcmE53vv1Yadc11vz4IM4rRW0iQ6loDV-JgfbtFD1dD_r_sJd7x6pPNcbgEEbp9Wap_ke1Vr0stS1-Ld72n8twXItvbWlk05deU5ppktP-DPmL467L6ZEV8IxueW8FGGD7UtOSc/s320/IMG_6237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720214420657629586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>We teamed up Gryffindor and Hufflepuff against Slytherin and Ravenclaw.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We invented a taboo/trivia game that we decided to call Quidoovia (quidditch taboo/trivia). And in order to give the teams chances to score other points we made some horcruxes and deathly hallows to hide around the house for people to find.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGDExWddmtXb-XcZ6MCE1j40JfGM5T6RitJ9ZITNItFAT37ID_s4z-87UgVZxA8svzu-BFhiXU0pqSqwCUKOPoGKafYCfN4AKLJvBunxajkO45og3xxVPipK4YaohVzy4Dci77F22y3k/s1600/0218121619a.jpg" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGDExWddmtXb-XcZ6MCE1j40JfGM5T6RitJ9ZITNItFAT37ID_s4z-87UgVZxA8svzu-BFhiXU0pqSqwCUKOPoGKafYCfN4AKLJvBunxajkO45og3xxVPipK4YaohVzy4Dci77F22y3k/s320/0218121619a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720214430945621058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3MBuorVcMsOGp_ia1pJXEW91Nk5rfIJHtzG1V5hSO-FUfEKyvWrpCpXpI-vIHtuMMqUFxv3iLloHQcjGS01ajHkI_5PCe9Kjs7eDBVhy2Vigb9EjzYpQa6n68qcsNifwA5krhuZGxAQ/s1600/0226121930.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3MBuorVcMsOGp_ia1pJXEW91Nk5rfIJHtzG1V5hSO-FUfEKyvWrpCpXpI-vIHtuMMqUFxv3iLloHQcjGS01ajHkI_5PCe9Kjs7eDBVhy2Vigb9EjzYpQa6n68qcsNifwA5krhuZGxAQ/s320/0226121930.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720214439659983570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >Another idea we had/stole was to make a moving portrait booth. Sharlie's Dad made the frame and then we made a video on imovie after the party.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9hahsOnxJvECoiXGzlYrMT2DzBJLLy4KukOewxaX3Jn9sfE7pTSkWoUE2MxR6MRdynjrk6e8O2YwtCWoha2VgU5SoJlD11-UGfDuJ4G5lHJMfs5QuCM-hrmcdjJX7l0QyxoU9ESYdT4/s1600/P1090426.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9hahsOnxJvECoiXGzlYrMT2DzBJLLy4KukOewxaX3Jn9sfE7pTSkWoUE2MxR6MRdynjrk6e8O2YwtCWoha2VgU5SoJlD11-UGfDuJ4G5lHJMfs5QuCM-hrmcdjJX7l0QyxoU9ESYdT4/s320/P1090426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720214445272993154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtDgQGhOUuo-YT1Y0g7bTLit5BmVLeV9dmtNVW5ew-2x4p-6MiGlFJzcak5tDkIgErDy2Ab5BC1rk5k_DGdEsDXI0-QQtYBDht70ig69YrjrdMvgEXRZyejrrckyLbFAjkn2vDiqcDJQ/s1600/IMG_6230.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtDgQGhOUuo-YT1Y0g7bTLit5BmVLeV9dmtNVW5ew-2x4p-6MiGlFJzcak5tDkIgErDy2Ab5BC1rk5k_DGdEsDXI0-QQtYBDht70ig69YrjrdMvgEXRZyejrrckyLbFAjkn2vDiqcDJQ/s320/IMG_6230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720215059005715282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>This is the video:</div><div><br /></div><span ><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ghWKG5coZDk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></span><div><span ><br /></span><div><span >A few other decorations we made were the goblet of fire (for submitting votes for best costume), the ministry of magic entrance, mad-eye moody's trunk, Olivander's wand shop, Honeydukes, and platform 9 3/4.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1uw2d-LigQyqSEGAt9xRmKl7rlsteEy9iuUxXqRVMDLfPVeQ8xgZqzV4QaluFB4IMjZ43wkJM5nX1zYy7OyinKvbNCzjPp3onoqwDv4yTcpCHe_hfnTrYQumr6FrTawU0GcTcV2Qn2c/s1600/IMG_6244.jpg" style="text-align: left; 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font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpy-yYKClS8kZwrqJNpdr47iPjsHJ16stRwTgEon6p0xJ34S8kFgY8CX6oDbDKBPymFQ_0XksGTWMnqJQ3XSBi-8gCJIbHjaHT_FNLdFPEQi6dbrA0GEqmGovGZkJ6GQZ4hEsbLhjTu8/s320/IMG_6229.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720215092774732338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>These are the treats we served at Honeydukes. We had our guests each bring a dish. They all did a superb job. These are some of them:</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJjZOJiC2NHaaY86VD372SjP_G3pY12ato-YIK5WT5qBpxiDrl1BcUELBuHwkJ5NVVyoQNu3T1DC7Ez6kwHhpkfdEAV2fgyKTzphbNjDpzZF2-6-DGAzEkgd5n-QFjraubx51_lVe-II/s1600/IMG_6280.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJjZOJiC2NHaaY86VD372SjP_G3pY12ato-YIK5WT5qBpxiDrl1BcUELBuHwkJ5NVVyoQNu3T1DC7Ez6kwHhpkfdEAV2fgyKTzphbNjDpzZF2-6-DGAzEkgd5n-QFjraubx51_lVe-II/s320/IMG_6280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720216920653534626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_idgTg1X_DV-IwmJrS0SWr2AG0cJIjBVwSJEsCPZjBtAPA5DFbQF1pj43UM1sehKzzgKyame-fexHnbn0WzwHYXxyfFzIXsJW7SFcQlx22OKT_A7PzyEdzrEJhlxna9AG12_Z43uYqGw/s1600/IMG_6275.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_idgTg1X_DV-IwmJrS0SWr2AG0cJIjBVwSJEsCPZjBtAPA5DFbQF1pj43UM1sehKzzgKyame-fexHnbn0WzwHYXxyfFzIXsJW7SFcQlx22OKT_A7PzyEdzrEJhlxna9AG12_Z43uYqGw/s320/IMG_6275.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720216913630774002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qOICXd74NMq_lsX6qIKzgdoXKY2v-B4rKzcp3djCV_erTqewJ-Rf_J1sSch-j1wAGP8tUIYhoe7hyphenhyphenbppRDgzDgXNrjFm0cJw8diKYHTXDAZPls-gTzjIwZ9EQmEHNS6Emd-wu2gz048/s1600/IMG_6276.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qOICXd74NMq_lsX6qIKzgdoXKY2v-B4rKzcp3djCV_erTqewJ-Rf_J1sSch-j1wAGP8tUIYhoe7hyphenhyphenbppRDgzDgXNrjFm0cJw8diKYHTXDAZPls-gTzjIwZ9EQmEHNS6Emd-wu2gz048/s320/IMG_6276.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720216904475334610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3SJGocKN9aCuHWeTvYB0Gbis7kFezlFD1u9P_HGlIz0zUGKDLFeGz9eZ73A-uKZjjaco5mx_yNZYQanffJycMcbWTdmVAzxgH-utOzvRE5BGTaJs2qfhVob-rFjxmNyc2PGoK4sXdkw/s1600/IMG_6262.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3SJGocKN9aCuHWeTvYB0Gbis7kFezlFD1u9P_HGlIz0zUGKDLFeGz9eZ73A-uKZjjaco5mx_yNZYQanffJycMcbWTdmVAzxgH-utOzvRE5BGTaJs2qfhVob-rFjxmNyc2PGoK4sXdkw/s320/IMG_6262.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720216171187432722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Sharlie and I also spent a good deal of time researching a good butterbeer recipe. This one is the one that they supposedly use at Harry Potter world. It was super rich (like, I could only handle a couple of sips). It's basically carmel and cream soda. mmmmm...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbKbu8O0iNlDKkBhrZqR4Ba3LAk7LTS6O6pHdAm-fobE36UiNTylPLH__bVK3VT5yNJ7ZYka9y-VqAuj7DkBEBJ4Kzwhr8VE9NNmkbNHoN7e0MfM5nHARt6NRfxyLDs4-WcW5hTjB0CE/s1600/IMG_6263.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbKbu8O0iNlDKkBhrZqR4Ba3LAk7LTS6O6pHdAm-fobE36UiNTylPLH__bVK3VT5yNJ7ZYka9y-VqAuj7DkBEBJ4Kzwhr8VE9NNmkbNHoN7e0MfM5nHARt6NRfxyLDs4-WcW5hTjB0CE/s320/IMG_6263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720216176344830226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;">So, now imagine, if you can, the scene. First our guests walked in through the brick wall at platform 9 3/4 to the sight of Professors Dumbledore and McGonogal, followed by a stop at the moving portraits photobooth. Then, after stopping at Honeydukes and mingling for a while, the Sorting began.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1tfkM9Lj4V9BM9kww2y2tq0knsaJH7Bks_Ry1hyqcJxE_hlUP9_sCMIWoFdtiOCFwKRWJA5eBntxcwMR3QrsVjWRUfFAwbHr8rQFYdhjBaH5h95XvDOd5028vWpJdttrdS9DqguO05Q/s1600/IMG_6257.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1tfkM9Lj4V9BM9kww2y2tq0knsaJH7Bks_Ry1hyqcJxE_hlUP9_sCMIWoFdtiOCFwKRWJA5eBntxcwMR3QrsVjWRUfFAwbHr8rQFYdhjBaH5h95XvDOd5028vWpJdttrdS9DqguO05Q/s320/IMG_6257.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720216924741415954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam3sCNx1KK_SQLwpT-G6_O_urtaI-GtQZKEhmLZlrZSuffnoBYjNmfq-MtiVDFaoxx6fGs6XDDgUbImNm9KSimC6DXGOtzaOQAeu3r8hFdGBPo0YJLx9EH1kQFUiXH6cpKWYFMkPqGro/s1600/IMG_6251.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam3sCNx1KK_SQLwpT-G6_O_urtaI-GtQZKEhmLZlrZSuffnoBYjNmfq-MtiVDFaoxx6fGs6XDDgUbImNm9KSimC6DXGOtzaOQAeu3r8hFdGBPo0YJLx9EH1kQFUiXH6cpKWYFMkPqGro/s320/IMG_6251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720217643363489282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpwrDwGOVZzH41x3p_zTHIG1O_hj6PMai3EvyRqMTlHFOpVU6UvCKYWVmQG1NJlAfwKRvyQ8NxhwXvZNkk7UlH9P9OhNwJk_TkY_WZ9XsmiTOsqPDBPSJPZZtuTgW9ct4XHSI7vpE_ig/s1600/IMG_6248.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpwrDwGOVZzH41x3p_zTHIG1O_hj6PMai3EvyRqMTlHFOpVU6UvCKYWVmQG1NJlAfwKRvyQ8NxhwXvZNkk7UlH9P9OhNwJk_TkY_WZ9XsmiTOsqPDBPSJPZZtuTgW9ct4XHSI7vpE_ig/s320/IMG_6248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720220370545602242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The sorting was complicated. First I wanted to try putting a baby monitor in the hat, but that didn't work out. So instead, we set up two laptops and speakers. Every time someone sat below the hat, I could see them from the other room and I would play a clip of the sorting hat saying a house name. We tried to sort the teams as evenly as possible, but I think the teams ended up a little unbalanced. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After the sorting, we gave each person a name tag, and then we started our quidoovia game.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9LUga9PFnRJbJiVv3-VwUZbZnFSznKD6gMtbl5UjN3r8H-ctDpOoyKZ_sLV56zcur1XV824yKp7XK7lAJJMtXLr1VU_RNJYJEq2_xVaKx7hOTMIkTB2EE07vrjni5FbtW4iGOKoMmFw/s1600/0315121419.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9LUga9PFnRJbJiVv3-VwUZbZnFSznKD6gMtbl5UjN3r8H-ctDpOoyKZ_sLV56zcur1XV824yKp7XK7lAJJMtXLr1VU_RNJYJEq2_xVaKx7hOTMIkTB2EE07vrjni5FbtW4iGOKoMmFw/s320/0315121419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720221913262838978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam3sCNx1KK_SQLwpT-G6_O_urtaI-GtQZKEhmLZlrZSuffnoBYjNmfq-MtiVDFaoxx6fGs6XDDgUbImNm9KSimC6DXGOtzaOQAeu3r8hFdGBPo0YJLx9EH1kQFUiXH6cpKWYFMkPqGro/s1600/IMG_6251.JPG" style="text-align: left; "></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFM_5QxaMi8hkJYAR-eKN5Xd_qQVNaFfoEaWYIetPDWfRUidvuTt7gPd3hyH6xYpaKt92GRX_UDGq1r4p2-O2VbaHoQ1Qw56fsdZwHHAqA3N-wRt5z7W8btjH8TIebbKzqgUXIokiw4Dg/s1600/IMG_6252.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFM_5QxaMi8hkJYAR-eKN5Xd_qQVNaFfoEaWYIetPDWfRUidvuTt7gPd3hyH6xYpaKt92GRX_UDGq1r4p2-O2VbaHoQ1Qw56fsdZwHHAqA3N-wRt5z7W8btjH8TIebbKzqgUXIokiw4Dg/s320/IMG_6252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720220376269121250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOo6jtmJP27k7ne6DhhF4ibMrNYVX8ry1keupdDyksHiROl7QY4_1pcm28MTrW-2seBmrMaW4K5dJLftg2zt-pOA13u4DmaoVv4G9UC7lPFE63s6BiRZCsyT4Lag9iZOZAA5TcuOBEZ8w/s1600/0315121417.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOo6jtmJP27k7ne6DhhF4ibMrNYVX8ry1keupdDyksHiROl7QY4_1pcm28MTrW-2seBmrMaW4K5dJLftg2zt-pOA13u4DmaoVv4G9UC7lPFE63s6BiRZCsyT4Lag9iZOZAA5TcuOBEZ8w/s320/0315121417.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720221904030292178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>These are the HP taboo cards we made.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We hid snitches (golden golf balls) throughout the house and sent people out from each team who knew the least about HP to find them (they were seekers). Then, anyone who was able to successfully get there team to guess 3 taboo cards in 30 seconds "shot a quaffle through the other teams hoop". It was the other team's keeper's job to block the shot. The keepers were the most knowledgeable and to block the shot they had to answer a hard trivia question. We also had beaters who would bludgeon the players who said the taboo words. I admit it might have been a little complicated, but hey, quidditch is a complicated game all on its own.</div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8j6cnwnA3Gxq2qflDP7Agtk93MsyVtVz-eJfcABJqiO18oXE0L1yM7p8qp1snJ5u7oK7Z7ZAjO-b5uzY20A30wpWdQypNUOz-qyfrB7QWsGNF7L-a8NXaRkOffktp1bN46szYfYwxx4/s1600/IMG_6231.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMX8o3yBceWT5qRSgrUpfGWGVQkCrX8rJuuS6KxIgq4E3f89qB_G090BwkPZ0LBsmUCrue_L5f8ySSdqLCCKx7R17smw6Q4pWZJX3HI5LEI2hX85_KQCUV7f2n38_y7kqrLYfIHb43xQ/s1600/IMG_6255.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMX8o3yBceWT5qRSgrUpfGWGVQkCrX8rJuuS6KxIgq4E3f89qB_G090BwkPZ0LBsmUCrue_L5f8ySSdqLCCKx7R17smw6Q4pWZJX3HI5LEI2hX85_KQCUV7f2n38_y7kqrLYfIHb43xQ/s320/IMG_6255.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720220388048541970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;">At the end, the losing team was able to challenge the winning team to a duel, which required each team to go head-to-head answering a really hard trivia question. Each team had to elect a 1st and 2nd to answer the question and they were aloud to use the book. In the above picture Mandy and Natalie faced up against Jon and Katelyn.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Afterwards, we had a sorting hat cake courtesy of Emily Watkins, and Sharlie opened her HP themed presents.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK7tWJ50dpjNw4KV6tjYMIxbWywZkCxk-K-q3_SR6oxBTHvLi9ifBRYWW4XROA0D8c79_glfHrR0gljnVX0O93QTg5cWFrq1sSKm1RWMwhndn6BaitHPMtLdNHB8y7OHiCYpAi1WjUGk/s1600/IMG_6264.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK7tWJ50dpjNw4KV6tjYMIxbWywZkCxk-K-q3_SR6oxBTHvLi9ifBRYWW4XROA0D8c79_glfHrR0gljnVX0O93QTg5cWFrq1sSKm1RWMwhndn6BaitHPMtLdNHB8y7OHiCYpAi1WjUGk/s320/IMG_6264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720216930736711650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqwTzx10GmJL_t_LyfSm5TCn_pbqK0D_KYpXsqvpe4PqBf56SgRNgyRIZpqBdoVUjDHy0F8_DDaqeqkGimbO25UDXPtCIkFWCQrFujBHNZEuVjXzCVwiA-QhcwW-pAeU1EB2d0dn-I3Y/s1600/IMG_6268.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqwTzx10GmJL_t_LyfSm5TCn_pbqK0D_KYpXsqvpe4PqBf56SgRNgyRIZpqBdoVUjDHy0F8_DDaqeqkGimbO25UDXPtCIkFWCQrFujBHNZEuVjXzCVwiA-QhcwW-pAeU1EB2d0dn-I3Y/s320/IMG_6268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720217606982759250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq3OV_8p27XIUzcWPMeyCGA-QOFfdmz0G6RiXfcAa_xpv_lVO9CzHPTDxAX78JgBp3mmHpmtYktTSuH5JsYDwZ33F37Bfnf54slJu4iUOhYgQqm_CzfySp1cM8HXT_rUUfRju-4qORw8/s1600/P1090461.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq3OV_8p27XIUzcWPMeyCGA-QOFfdmz0G6RiXfcAa_xpv_lVO9CzHPTDxAX78JgBp3mmHpmtYktTSuH5JsYDwZ33F37Bfnf54slJu4iUOhYgQqm_CzfySp1cM8HXT_rUUfRju-4qORw8/s320/P1090461.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720217633882891922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>She got the 8-film box set of the HP movies</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U-ig60-nX1R3XuddKN0fKZqXMoxe2eVzhg34pRac83dNU3HtVG0K9e304kVOCeqgECUAqCI5zsWYek_D5wYOTn3NY_v1V_a5ykei_BF-nw1F1r-fgZtMrvDHsT274RGPxBWsLN5B2oo/s1600/P1090456.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U-ig60-nX1R3XuddKN0fKZqXMoxe2eVzhg34pRac83dNU3HtVG0K9e304kVOCeqgECUAqCI5zsWYek_D5wYOTn3NY_v1V_a5ykei_BF-nw1F1r-fgZtMrvDHsT274RGPxBWsLN5B2oo/s320/P1090456.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720217617722079394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and she got a horcrux necklace.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was really fun. Good food. 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Snape) won best costume along with Elizabeth (Pro. Trelawney)</div><br style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ91IxgKZKrO226AkAbCa1YMW0j8WSB6H4s9WBWbaHzLz67OG7ZqUwEN7ttXc9Sg9-C5nf9112TPz0lDkpETtRmOe5G2DnLEUztM1rRUMkgpbiYINleUyTAv1D5makuF40fZdrniAhbwM/s1600/IMG_6285.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ91IxgKZKrO226AkAbCa1YMW0j8WSB6H4s9WBWbaHzLz67OG7ZqUwEN7ttXc9Sg9-C5nf9112TPz0lDkpETtRmOe5G2DnLEUztM1rRUMkgpbiYINleUyTAv1D5makuF40fZdrniAhbwM/s320/IMG_6285.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720218364605031906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you enjoyed seeing our Harry Potter party post. It will probably be a while until we get around to posting again. See you then.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Sharcore</div></div></div>sharcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051244422998000398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539388955264315872.post-9733001309600719312012-02-12T17:00:00.000-08:002012-02-12T18:32:06.980-08:00Puppies and Parties<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1ktsNtCeu3KFdySwF6VY8CXQXqFUPEqYFPq9srDa0638i_heqqKb-FyZVpFh05X-TNjloIk1ibkKkKJ12iMDqn8x4EotpmQhmavTyjvlfFyRvsUdA9mYvKJQ_ZwsbijlRCh5qf0dGmU/s1600/P1090375.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" text-align: left; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;" >I write blogs about as well as I write in my journal. Have you ever written in your journal, "I am going to write in my journal every day from now on" and then the next entry is dated two months later? That's usually what happens to me. Anyway, a lot has </span><span style=" text-align: left; font-family:Georgia, serif;" >happened</span><span style=" text-align: left; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;" > since our first post. We finished fall semester and now we're well into winter semester, which is our last!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style=" ;font-size:16px;" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style=" ;font-size:16px;" >I guess the biggest news is that we got a puppy "for Christmas" (we actually got her a couple of months before Christmas). Her name is Scout, like Scout Finch from <i>to kill a mockingbird. </i>She was really cute when we first got her</span></span></div><div><span><span style=" ;font-size:16px;" ><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZltxcNoPtsrJSGvT5aCzTVKw7iPI4ELMLXiy-BHOMx-70oSNftlNM0tkMx7AAqSRda8SdjcjxeQHTi-KT3QKj6FlA758EDh6lqHdLueG8INC5cVv9C7LLuj6uqB2k3vau1B3jeAEs4iM/s1600/1321671706312.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZltxcNoPtsrJSGvT5aCzTVKw7iPI4ELMLXiy-BHOMx-70oSNftlNM0tkMx7AAqSRda8SdjcjxeQHTi-KT3QKj6FlA758EDh6lqHdLueG8INC5cVv9C7LLuj6uqB2k3vau1B3jeAEs4iM/s320/1321671706312.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708424527926672370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nloor8Mhmyd7cZKY45NjE404qpTcJDVujY7VDPYFgS6iilhY1gvaJpDXxnnEMVXDoNF3yDk_BnXPQz8plah5jCh_ahiVBMXHC0JnLuj55qUy1AUKCaG8CdrHVZszLNdgQdgSkSpVxgc/s1600/IMG_4842.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nloor8Mhmyd7cZKY45NjE404qpTcJDVujY7VDPYFgS6iilhY1gvaJpDXxnnEMVXDoNF3yDk_BnXPQz8plah5jCh_ahiVBMXHC0JnLuj55qUy1AUKCaG8CdrHVZszLNdgQdgSkSpVxgc/s320/IMG_4842.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708424525789083266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PAq8pd7SZN_OSh3AbMfVb7PwaWi7lPL9MsbS_wDQkyfLVzqC7dF5OStFw0q4Qzdf-cdthyphenhyphenzhYnnVe8HF_ss6tyy0NFKasdTRZYyLl4z5iY29lPXuRQmfTgo6ftR4_1j1v-E0ypmFXKY/s1600/IMG_20111022_170117.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PAq8pd7SZN_OSh3AbMfVb7PwaWi7lPL9MsbS_wDQkyfLVzqC7dF5OStFw0q4Qzdf-cdthyphenhyphenzhYnnVe8HF_ss6tyy0NFKasdTRZYyLl4z5iY29lPXuRQmfTgo6ftR4_1j1v-E0ypmFXKY/s320/IMG_20111022_170117.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708424171216897906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " border="0" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><u><br /></u></span></div>We thought a puppy would be cute and cuddly (and she was for about a week), but actually puppies are a huge pain in the butt. Potty training took a few months, but we finally got her to ring a bell every time she wants to go outside/go to the bathroom. That wasn't the worst part though. The worst part is that she bites everything.</div><div><span><span style=" ;font-size:16px;" ><br /></span></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pQn3h-niTKtptoouUjEsdMCHF5C8K_t6DqiwDe68olKqU-m8wnPUTTZpFzUIpoG2Ck4-jKxlQlCxNCGPEE-X4G7YF_rK-M1nXX6RAneym0RY6pmXy_IuG-QNTbi6HqF5SmIxWguWJak/s1600/1230111617a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pQn3h-niTKtptoouUjEsdMCHF5C8K_t6DqiwDe68olKqU-m8wnPUTTZpFzUIpoG2Ck4-jKxlQlCxNCGPEE-X4G7YF_rK-M1nXX6RAneym0RY6pmXy_IuG-QNTbi6HqF5SmIxWguWJak/s320/1230111617a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708425209342415026" border="0" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>She attacks the cats</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgqg7CAJBSwuqJETY955LtT7yC4DD41ZL8FOn2c-tKHU0p5ppp-bFatIdYrSQ38lA2fcKKrZpkBUje88d9gAIxHjBT6wrUsAyfbX4JyJG1SRR6QrxiYxavTfRSq8-5qybxCNJ3T9CyBc/s1600/1119110017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgqg7CAJBSwuqJETY955LtT7yC4DD41ZL8FOn2c-tKHU0p5ppp-bFatIdYrSQ38lA2fcKKrZpkBUje88d9gAIxHjBT6wrUsAyfbX4JyJG1SRR6QrxiYxavTfRSq8-5qybxCNJ3T9CyBc/s320/1119110017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708425200717537698" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She digs holes (in blankets-weird)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNDJhgo1NYltY1j9BH-0gxFhhx72fYRXzWaMJ7x_zzo5oninrYjA05-WVcCp4YW4z59tdYJWH_O3hQWnclFZO4degn5NDAijVHGnTpbwUAygKjYIU2vtcRcrdZouO5XKOsFaaYmJx5pg/s1600/IMG_4866.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNDJhgo1NYltY1j9BH-0gxFhhx72fYRXzWaMJ7x_zzo5oninrYjA05-WVcCp4YW4z59tdYJWH_O3hQWnclFZO4degn5NDAijVHGnTpbwUAygKjYIU2vtcRcrdZouO5XKOsFaaYmJx5pg/s320/IMG_4866.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708425197288364818" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwZnyokATeklTWvM3VqKPpfot6EJVuhoW1EgZQRhgW57eMQjzR1DG8SRd4x2TioPt4kmpT9uBigaFzORSQTl0ToFFkSSeu0eQ07D_tfN14_LQO4ap4_X3b1IVmFX4rf-Q_HWclVVj5p8/s1600/1230111617.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwZnyokATeklTWvM3VqKPpfot6EJVuhoW1EgZQRhgW57eMQjzR1DG8SRd4x2TioPt4kmpT9uBigaFzORSQTl0ToFFkSSeu0eQ07D_tfN14_LQO4ap4_X3b1IVmFX4rf-Q_HWclVVj5p8/s320/1230111617.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708425188284277570" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>She finds trash under the house and tries to bring it inside</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">We constantly have to keep our eyes on her and tell her "no" every time she is bad, but it is getting better. We took her to obedience school at Petsmart and now she somewhat listens to us. Here are some other pictures of her (she's a little bigger now).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYTGLJC7-wMUsYB3MC21RdmSMM7vooKUrD3Y8J6bc7z273X3ETVweaRh5owjRNgxFjB6UYQIw-ASI3Z6OBRsJJ5bb6dPdXkC_R54KEqquJ2n-KPfmJf4GthPsNEcfokYCHoOCwoRtP7Y/s1600/0103121401.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYTGLJC7-wMUsYB3MC21RdmSMM7vooKUrD3Y8J6bc7z273X3ETVweaRh5owjRNgxFjB6UYQIw-ASI3Z6OBRsJJ5bb6dPdXkC_R54KEqquJ2n-KPfmJf4GthPsNEcfokYCHoOCwoRtP7Y/s320/0103121401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708428552891479010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Action shots</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQMDP46uR9L90vwCfLkUQd9HrddSDPkbs_7F8CP3CUzTnubTzYEFGt14Kfwopz313l_5KDNtswuyYCfswG9wUGpH9miRJ9wdcDDeyPfsgIOi5Sbtq6wGJ-VqG7tgwMCXJWq2TslwsONM/s1600/0103121402.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQMDP46uR9L90vwCfLkUQd9HrddSDPkbs_7F8CP3CUzTnubTzYEFGt14Kfwopz313l_5KDNtswuyYCfswG9wUGpH9miRJ9wdcDDeyPfsgIOi5Sbtq6wGJ-VqG7tgwMCXJWq2TslwsONM/s320/0103121402.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708428537006872610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlozGZ0-ADCztKvhpUnXg-A6ZCJh7K4RSZTsnUhhwCwBUAGH-9jTXfmvfp9epwu2Ijarz16ZxQl6g9RPwQYKLxU0E5Wns6HfjxbLAkHWVaPPOAzXyfxDyMlMpbn_cKXs6EEKey488kfs/s1600/0124120851b.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlozGZ0-ADCztKvhpUnXg-A6ZCJh7K4RSZTsnUhhwCwBUAGH-9jTXfmvfp9epwu2Ijarz16ZxQl6g9RPwQYKLxU0E5Wns6HfjxbLAkHWVaPPOAzXyfxDyMlMpbn_cKXs6EEKey488kfs/s320/0124120851b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708428516335669074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">seeing snow for the first time</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbu7pIQG9v4rYWiYWzA8OZmeUJnP5NmBI8OBq4LG0SW3EbpQ9_B3aEuYk3NKrrtl1il_pWtWqZ6zR1VH3IOomVWzEnL3WMWrfNi_Yt1lBqAYPFV7xZL5E6uBNRQL_PhOVbYBGcLejNZE/s1600/1123111639.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbu7pIQG9v4rYWiYWzA8OZmeUJnP5NmBI8OBq4LG0SW3EbpQ9_B3aEuYk3NKrrtl1il_pWtWqZ6zR1VH3IOomVWzEnL3WMWrfNi_Yt1lBqAYPFV7xZL5E6uBNRQL_PhOVbYBGcLejNZE/s320/1123111639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708428532847950946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmBH6_hh_G90BtB8AnRUgu4Gd3VcGrKCCXmlM3qbi0TfHTMUPwQ7ypHT1hpdytnQMDL24207UAXvT9lxL4UZpBEJiF1FA7gmufDRJfDJPiSkJVEBghDudh7NC-SY4FdQfNu-tp4PPbyY/s1600/IMG_20111213_141129.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmBH6_hh_G90BtB8AnRUgu4Gd3VcGrKCCXmlM3qbi0TfHTMUPwQ7ypHT1hpdytnQMDL24207UAXvT9lxL4UZpBEJiF1FA7gmufDRJfDJPiSkJVEBghDudh7NC-SY4FdQfNu-tp4PPbyY/s320/IMG_20111213_141129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708428523423806994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sleeping in our arms</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We still love her even though she's a pain. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Besides that, since our last post we also had a Halloween party at our house. It was really fun. Thanks to pinterest, planning parties is a lot easier than it used to be. We pretty much got all of our ideas from there. We had lots of spider webs, bats on the wall, halloween themed food, and a homemade murder mystery game. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQlXgILfv6DRMvXulI7sAKG63As17KmApKlUEOHK2uENSxQ-Ci3VHYWd0Ek93yN_OltqbrTXppGuB6NcU6wNq1j6dF0xuOnKEntdv3R5oWRXlBiztjtJGHIzDSffpI-5dWXaBTlISFmI/s1600/IMG_4833.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQlXgILfv6DRMvXulI7sAKG63As17KmApKlUEOHK2uENSxQ-Ci3VHYWd0Ek93yN_OltqbrTXppGuB6NcU6wNq1j6dF0xuOnKEntdv3R5oWRXlBiztjtJGHIzDSffpI-5dWXaBTlISFmI/s320/IMG_4833.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708431568340385714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEBDJCxtpQIWyrHJVYyfwguLQz26RNr7p6iYzFOvXJJgPrsbdFRl0cusFwhvmc0smfgEYjTJ80uOe7-n2C7TZ96wPgkEIbkKTzz6Nrp3HYHv6A9gQQFDZg6lOcOiDbWIY2YtEJgZwqJE/s1600/P1090359.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEBDJCxtpQIWyrHJVYyfwguLQz26RNr7p6iYzFOvXJJgPrsbdFRl0cusFwhvmc0smfgEYjTJ80uOe7-n2C7TZ96wPgkEIbkKTzz6Nrp3HYHv6A9gQQFDZg6lOcOiDbWIY2YtEJgZwqJE/s320/P1090359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708436044181237266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mummy jars and candles</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSQQCs0NILolitiftYVpBG2dTU2r3abp-mWHdMhLW1c0QZ-Py6Bh1K1MNO_mo7jr6RFttrxXgLUU4vI_DXO_ZNEKj2XJDz5tQZ9x5dLNslz5j77u0LPIE3zOpMKTz3jaiZZSalVIs89o/s1600/IMG_4853.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSQQCs0NILolitiftYVpBG2dTU2r3abp-mWHdMhLW1c0QZ-Py6Bh1K1MNO_mo7jr6RFttrxXgLUU4vI_DXO_ZNEKj2XJDz5tQZ9x5dLNslz5j77u0LPIE3zOpMKTz3jaiZZSalVIs89o/s320/IMG_4853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708433490561189186" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bats and Spider webs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0-uthjKeMqvj_mq7IktP2geyWJrZzzdg-QWAQqK80s279z1PDH7eN4mAjKDIQSCBjp7dYJ_ARp-4244AouDcE7g5fqW8RSP0CcEVzGnYUAlurgoN9sQtAyCTR0fhgmRNDzGULQ-JW54/s1600/1016111654.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0-uthjKeMqvj_mq7IktP2geyWJrZzzdg-QWAQqK80s279z1PDH7eN4mAjKDIQSCBjp7dYJ_ARp-4244AouDcE7g5fqW8RSP0CcEVzGnYUAlurgoN9sQtAyCTR0fhgmRNDzGULQ-JW54/s320/1016111654.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708431548439089890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiIwyQSWpSPPaaaVl2fbq5Xt86MDlcyDecdrP96DH0GL9MnsAbi8yje4QzEZ31-Nqf_7bODi2kbE2bUePCXWCGubUzri4-zUhprjqRfOhMAxbIU27i3S-j6Ju3TWGv_EU5P4JlCyGbR4/s1600/1029112147.jpg" style="text-align: left; 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The best part was seeing our friends and their cool costumes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rhjs1EgQccSCH7kvu0-fWW05cNjvzbKQiF2LEc-cOq6OqDETdCNebggXLNH-gSoCBGgo5_igX0qs-V93nW9SAkEjIOQfwKswFxRPFaPY9EHa_6iY9JKXa52xUk4NtmSTDkQ8K_UgfYY/s1600/IMG_4847.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rhjs1EgQccSCH7kvu0-fWW05cNjvzbKQiF2LEc-cOq6OqDETdCNebggXLNH-gSoCBGgo5_igX0qs-V93nW9SAkEjIOQfwKswFxRPFaPY9EHa_6iY9JKXa52xUk4NtmSTDkQ8K_UgfYY/s320/IMG_4847.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708433507146946754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t8xP-GcU2vho2alQyhR_oJFWfJgWdUZBu6nRctReerpT95zEjBtYZxlQSyqZMB_3-iYq92JN9YuJNyf1P3q4e-V_J77GKx9_Trd7mhOC3Kx9wTdFb_oe1UfTwe95Vg9PUCJVn0XDYy8/s1600/IMG_4846.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t8xP-GcU2vho2alQyhR_oJFWfJgWdUZBu6nRctReerpT95zEjBtYZxlQSyqZMB_3-iYq92JN9YuJNyf1P3q4e-V_J77GKx9_Trd7mhOC3Kx9wTdFb_oe1UfTwe95Vg9PUCJVn0XDYy8/s320/IMG_4846.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708433502637316338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZJe4GpeLM2A69k_uwISd5haEcKjXqWBQT5h5kXp2De9JuWBWt-t6ucOMGo4z1O3Wx7caYn0fXpSiCcdy-b0i3NDH-C0Z9QzxEnOviKEVl9RQsywpEnbVZdmFPMKCIXSCBo7ipoK1kuY/s1600/IMG_4851.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZJe4GpeLM2A69k_uwISd5haEcKjXqWBQT5h5kXp2De9JuWBWt-t6ucOMGo4z1O3Wx7caYn0fXpSiCcdy-b0i3NDH-C0Z9QzxEnOviKEVl9RQsywpEnbVZdmFPMKCIXSCBo7ipoK1kuY/s320/IMG_4851.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708433522974771810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnd_w81ZzcYjXrs8BM6cFVKzZbr-72iqcVFmMsaanjloucvygR2fGeMk5oU4fZMoO4aMADj3VJAIXdT396VbR_hsxDThFf_6g1Kf1Tj0ZQ2oQyxmmU0wsf3CzeaqiD9EQYi076Zyo_a5Y/s1600/IMG_4850.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnd_w81ZzcYjXrs8BM6cFVKzZbr-72iqcVFmMsaanjloucvygR2fGeMk5oU4fZMoO4aMADj3VJAIXdT396VbR_hsxDThFf_6g1Kf1Tj0ZQ2oQyxmmU0wsf3CzeaqiD9EQYi076Zyo_a5Y/s320/IMG_4850.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434993433089474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6CENUcluTDPP5DbyNPSMvjDTOWS2YxDfTi-RlXLx-yaWT8c_O9R-8pIbKARMP5xKhMSAFtOeLaGhBtHHDqtgsoDn6AndVloGqupMR5ni4eBcAWkOQ932SypIDiMlR-OBJ2gWcx32FvU/s1600/IMG_4852.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6CENUcluTDPP5DbyNPSMvjDTOWS2YxDfTi-RlXLx-yaWT8c_O9R-8pIbKARMP5xKhMSAFtOeLaGhBtHHDqtgsoDn6AndVloGqupMR5ni4eBcAWkOQ932SypIDiMlR-OBJ2gWcx32FvU/s320/IMG_4852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434128050974818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohixkyp_6BEQflCPoGsEvU2Hg6lN9H6gZkZnFfDYD-ZyFRQIVd6IrB0wWRFGypbvK5fGpSbV7DwS2lQI9FhVnjE6BYY8pA2s6jNfX6Zp_yKfrTaQjTPa824WlEGSb0WBExBU5aYAJkcI/s1600/IMG_4857.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohixkyp_6BEQflCPoGsEvU2Hg6lN9H6gZkZnFfDYD-ZyFRQIVd6IrB0wWRFGypbvK5fGpSbV7DwS2lQI9FhVnjE6BYY8pA2s6jNfX6Zp_yKfrTaQjTPa824WlEGSb0WBExBU5aYAJkcI/s320/IMG_4857.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434090077768386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">My brother Jared and I wrote the murder mystery. We had never done anything like it before and it turned out pretty good. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_abyHimu1qEixM3cqQ9g_KDwHOGsf20-YA5KCawygiM4wkdjH9axbNZB9c47OuJukTFpb4C0R7nrznrj_NsLJ4y5WgTFKoYoKVNZh_5pUNsU1SxbBAuQxrHQqA5qHoT9dTVTvnoHwgk/s1600/IMG_4860.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_abyHimu1qEixM3cqQ9g_KDwHOGsf20-YA5KCawygiM4wkdjH9axbNZB9c47OuJukTFpb4C0R7nrznrj_NsLJ4y5WgTFKoYoKVNZh_5pUNsU1SxbBAuQxrHQqA5qHoT9dTVTvnoHwgk/s320/IMG_4860.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434108188756546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidBZNy6NqzsD00tXsTsX5c6ooplnIKLEPgmvgbgu766QtWsxqIoEszxI9bypgr49M8GPNgF0oOyIT5f_43JaQ3VfsRGOklYZswwMAotlTBp1u0rYYjlM-5eC2yt_FleqfbTBsstBjuN0/s1600/IMG_4863.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidBZNy6NqzsD00tXsTsX5c6ooplnIKLEPgmvgbgu766QtWsxqIoEszxI9bypgr49M8GPNgF0oOyIT5f_43JaQ3VfsRGOklYZswwMAotlTBp1u0rYYjlM-5eC2yt_FleqfbTBsstBjuN0/s320/IMG_4863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434096310704594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">We had to split up and search the house for clues (follow a web of yarn).</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_KXPY9dwv3TiclGdh36iRv-mzPMXBQQ3QuQurdhjrkGc5EXWxgVQ62dA004VzsV5ogy8sn23VPE3VvuhluyvjP3jrbwaRV5cJEt00snDL7NUFXhnJ8UalafhLHaW-M6tDyK_7ISiRXo/s1600/P1090361.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_KXPY9dwv3TiclGdh36iRv-mzPMXBQQ3QuQurdhjrkGc5EXWxgVQ62dA004VzsV5ogy8sn23VPE3VvuhluyvjP3jrbwaRV5cJEt00snDL7NUFXhnJ8UalafhLHaW-M6tDyK_7ISiRXo/s320/P1090361.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708435456680242866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4C3_-X2cTpE6L4TWNbKoV5KbBH-Y7kP9KqZ5EdA_aDH_CPWHyMk8p-f-PNKY9ehMU2ji0C758_pBGHtQJMWyY2K0R2HpboBTWIJspMU1P0saDqrBN-keUZDdqJfykCgU014grpevzrQ/s1600/P1090362.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4C3_-X2cTpE6L4TWNbKoV5KbBH-Y7kP9KqZ5EdA_aDH_CPWHyMk8p-f-PNKY9ehMU2ji0C758_pBGHtQJMWyY2K0R2HpboBTWIJspMU1P0saDqrBN-keUZDdqJfykCgU014grpevzrQ/s320/P1090362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434995443148626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk81ZObUgFGc7SRgMd9NbCCFLFZTTpDtppzBlFAQOq8s5glZTtqfnIzeDv_F2MwAhDiTuOaeESzohIviyELJHKR0yI2MLohx9kqJr33TwZ4HRuQ00Pzf4mBpiIxQrnfynFGFMBOADC5w/s1600/P1090347.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk81ZObUgFGc7SRgMd9NbCCFLFZTTpDtppzBlFAQOq8s5glZTtqfnIzeDv_F2MwAhDiTuOaeESzohIviyELJHKR0yI2MLohx9kqJr33TwZ4HRuQ00Pzf4mBpiIxQrnfynFGFMBOADC5w/s320/P1090347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434970671675026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWpHn1bTpRSv1Hx9EKaRxA4AkImnhzkCWxX7TCM08YxCZH7c3a2ty-fO3Eyo23hQUBuxSNmgkHRBih_01yhjGKDV1PDn40zF5yV5NB8NLESt4r126HpkKtVVR7zPblyxBTZHmEHRN4H8/s1600/P1090343.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWpHn1bTpRSv1Hx9EKaRxA4AkImnhzkCWxX7TCM08YxCZH7c3a2ty-fO3Eyo23hQUBuxSNmgkHRBih_01yhjGKDV1PDn40zF5yV5NB8NLESt4r126HpkKtVVR7zPblyxBTZHmEHRN4H8/s320/P1090343.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434964767857170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Prizes were hershey's bats and mummies that Sharlie made.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rjWl0AaUb-GJ6Kp5y36Ac4zXcYQv_ERdpTWgGgZXeAOuwTOO2r3KIhehuBOHw-23_qg2MefUfvHAAIRq0YCo8jADA9f8GMEUOFVp00qh5QrD3YL6XqvqbzvOHUYhr-CL0siQCSMraa8/s1600/IMG_20111031_112540.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rjWl0AaUb-GJ6Kp5y36Ac4zXcYQv_ERdpTWgGgZXeAOuwTOO2r3KIhehuBOHw-23_qg2MefUfvHAAIRq0YCo8jADA9f8GMEUOFVp00qh5QrD3YL6XqvqbzvOHUYhr-CL0siQCSMraa8/s320/IMG_20111031_112540.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708435445879799266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div><div><span style="text-align: left; ">It was a good learning experience. It was our first party, and now we know how much planning has to go into it. Our next big party will be Sharlie's 24th birthday. We are doing a Harry Potter themed party. Here's a sneak peak at the invitations we made:</span></div><div><span style="text-align: left; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYof8ramSArHyitjgJwQ5vG_4QNpYIKfvONsw5JPgXmhmLjF0AaluSZS6-3k6egtKQ_1_z8hxaqmWUSK6YfI4AwSyz_pvTLzAUYZmV-rulKkp6JHT0GScDpjfU5rLDtKiM2fhM9z9Ee8/s1600/P1090369.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYof8ramSArHyitjgJwQ5vG_4QNpYIKfvONsw5JPgXmhmLjF0AaluSZS6-3k6egtKQ_1_z8hxaqmWUSK6YfI4AwSyz_pvTLzAUYZmV-rulKkp6JHT0GScDpjfU5rLDtKiM2fhM9z9Ee8/s320/P1090369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708439773099060610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YP0v4E3yPaltuCyGZ-bdXftX5ALUCvY_biz9voLptE3eq3fX4z4dvLphqEUnWSHeEoP55BgOKxjIfhzH4wyZT8L7q2qf_8ZFkf_pQNOV5gkYMCjkHG1wP-S9BH1I0oV4VDJ5MIrNcl0/s1600/P1090371.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YP0v4E3yPaltuCyGZ-bdXftX5ALUCvY_biz9voLptE3eq3fX4z4dvLphqEUnWSHeEoP55BgOKxjIfhzH4wyZT8L7q2qf_8ZFkf_pQNOV5gkYMCjkHG1wP-S9BH1I0oV4VDJ5MIrNcl0/s320/P1090371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708439776321167426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutds_s_K3wCPTvzswzFpNc-kuzhtwXMftJVbwc-yPuPP1waAzbfvCJ7sWu46bcGuLX5XEuKAnCcZabOYSd45gae7_un6dQnRicFWsv_zzUsQ_Aut-adtmLskkVOtJ5tr3c8SVW4sh0Ic/s1600/P1090372.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutds_s_K3wCPTvzswzFpNc-kuzhtwXMftJVbwc-yPuPP1waAzbfvCJ7sWu46bcGuLX5XEuKAnCcZabOYSd45gae7_un6dQnRicFWsv_zzUsQ_Aut-adtmLskkVOtJ5tr3c8SVW4sh0Ic/s320/P1090372.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708439793208361986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFTvn8NuR_KUK7WcFVz01VGyv9WUdU323PSfI6l-bhZNJF0521MilhjJtDGeQewUtM2_2gWZgGHMSlzCRRuFiQ2-Sot7gChGC_bpBHIEIlmeI0n3rxuvVNZtwl9GeiY2jzeN7UG9RKbM/s1600/P1090373.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFTvn8NuR_KUK7WcFVz01VGyv9WUdU323PSfI6l-bhZNJF0521MilhjJtDGeQewUtM2_2gWZgGHMSlzCRRuFiQ2-Sot7gChGC_bpBHIEIlmeI0n3rxuvVNZtwl9GeiY2jzeN7UG9RKbM/s320/P1090373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708439799197054082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1ktsNtCeu3KFdySwF6VY8CXQXqFUPEqYFPq9srDa0638i_heqqKb-FyZVpFh05X-TNjloIk1ibkKkKJ12iMDqn8x4EotpmQhmavTyjvlfFyRvsUdA9mYvKJQ_ZwsbijlRCh5qf0dGmU/s1600/P1090375.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1ktsNtCeu3KFdySwF6VY8CXQXqFUPEqYFPq9srDa0638i_heqqKb-FyZVpFh05X-TNjloIk1ibkKkKJ12iMDqn8x4EotpmQhmavTyjvlfFyRvsUdA9mYvKJQ_ZwsbijlRCh5qf0dGmU/s320/P1090375.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708439810296279906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">That's right, we sent the invitations out via owl post. Hopefully, we will post again soon, so you can see pics from the party. </div></div></div></div></div>sharcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051244422998000398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539388955264315872.post-64804496396853074982011-09-05T15:38:00.000-07:002012-02-10T12:54:57.951-08:00First Blog!<div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So Sharlie's been saying the last couple of months that we should do a blog, but we have been so busy that we never really got around to it. AND now all of our married friends are starting to get married blogs. So even though it looks like we are only starting this blog to fit in with everyone else, we actually have just been procrastinating for a long time :)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now that I've cleared that up, I guess I should explain the title of our blog. We were trying to think of something we both love, and the movie </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the brothers bloom</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> came to mind. At the end there is a touching scene where Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz are in a beautiful field and she tells him "There's no such thing as an unwritten life. Just a badly written one. You know what we're gonna do? We're gonna live like we're telling the best story in the whole world." So Sharlie and I are going to live our lives (and write this blog) like we're telling the best story in the whole world. It's kind of cheesy, right? But sometimes a little cheese is just what you need (especially when you have box of ritz crackers. mmmm...)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">So as for the latest happenings in our life, Sharlie and I just started our first week of school. It's our last year here at BYU. We are both graduating in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">April! We love it, but school can be pretty tough sometimes. Sharlie is taking evening classes and I am taking day classes, so we hardly ever see each other. And seeing as that we are newlyweds, we are very poor. We are both looking for jobs right now. Fortunately, we are staying with Sharlie's parents for now, which helps us out financially. We owe them big time. I am sure this will come back to haunt us when they can no longer take care of themselves and they need someone to take care of them. (Just kidding Mom and Dad. We are going to love taking care of you when you are old. Just as long as we don't have to change your diapers.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">We have only been married for 8 1/2 months, but we have done a lot. In fact, it's too much to catch you up on all of it right now. But let me just tell you a little bit about our summer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOtrSFGgjS8JWWi3fH-7-MV78RxplHp0OpeQ9YvPFHlxqNd2N7v-cMkNqZAAvjUp1AtsDjUGh9C7XYkJE985AhaFRR4S9eGkekVM0SpN-177vEIqr_KNcOYtjkMXiO_w4y5D4Jg8oxrg/s320/weston%2527s+grad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649009204792517874" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 191px; " /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 28px; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">First, I went to West Virginia to go to my older brother's graduation from med school</span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi808XguwrsL25byMYlaVb2lyRqpX4o3V6Ih2E3KnIK0YaF60_mcf2o1hI8yLixT0-98J4jsyqNdLshZeFaleEFLmbahEtnpqLE23mrDU0aGIMjc1OpYVhbZ36C4Mec0jBIlcG6QYHpGr4/s320/gre+vocab.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649009212454313906" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">then I took the GRE (this is the stack of vocab I had to learn)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0FvHBliAY2iv4HEY8lqTGyLZ3YqWc_rhLtkN_d7lBpwhTk0in65LDp4s9bJ3NuAPNEchEQypJek32GN9K13uxKn9ro9JFZw_sK559F4rezCOFCgRj2xtBm78nS9GFVFudWdTNaPwurY/s1600/orrock2011" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0FvHBliAY2iv4HEY8lqTGyLZ3YqWc_rhLtkN_d7lBpwhTk0in65LDp4s9bJ3NuAPNEchEQypJek32GN9K13uxKn9ro9JFZw_sK559F4rezCOFCgRj2xtBm78nS9GFVFudWdTNaPwurY/s320/orrock2011" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649009219337786370" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; ">then we went to a big Orrock family reunion (I don't have any good pictures of us from this. sorry.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNyUQWIcArvQorS21xqNz8BIvCfJFhh6mrtFw6ilgwgaGaxdcOcQ1YPZEbtnQ1tix6bA1jzxEpjZJUrYm61f8qjcbVxHNsPNLmKk6azVm1cAutzYWyGD8nThhqO9fVqkWdIh_Fy4uCW8/s1600/sharcore+at+hp.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNyUQWIcArvQorS21xqNz8BIvCfJFhh6mrtFw6ilgwgaGaxdcOcQ1YPZEbtnQ1tix6bA1jzxEpjZJUrYm61f8qjcbVxHNsPNLmKk6azVm1cAutzYWyGD8nThhqO9fVqkWdIh_Fy4uCW8/s320/sharcore+at+hp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649009219659015058" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; ">then we went to the Harry Potter premier (that's right, we dressed up!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3GDpGr_7lKE5BI9boPl71hnJPnyOIruePatFy_dxYggNHeD4zCtio1UYhqwBmjCehzN-9EsM-W4zhb555m9CejpBOXUbOZ9mcf3Z4OjJDOWsQ8D64i8c9ubeR2T_ScmjqIPPtpfzpKw/s1600/Voldy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3GDpGr_7lKE5BI9boPl71hnJPnyOIruePatFy_dxYggNHeD4zCtio1UYhqwBmjCehzN-9EsM-W4zhb555m9CejpBOXUbOZ9mcf3Z4OjJDOWsQ8D64i8c9ubeR2T_ScmjqIPPtpfzpKw/s320/Voldy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649009441403564930" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; ">And we defeated Voldemort.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jIyU5VZO5wCvD2ay2WoGSjAxPEnuoqxtnCCsozYXEa2kGM6hkG4_-q_s2xYmvQEcnW1CoyBRD8aiyNW-yI98D3EgsS7GMufyOaIzdSRp6mA4vYxCJeNUQmPKx9effH3VWvOt4-Y4oKk/s1600/jarom%2527s+wedding.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jIyU5VZO5wCvD2ay2WoGSjAxPEnuoqxtnCCsozYXEa2kGM6hkG4_-q_s2xYmvQEcnW1CoyBRD8aiyNW-yI98D3EgsS7GMufyOaIzdSRp6mA4vYxCJeNUQmPKx9effH3VWvOt4-Y4oKk/s320/jarom%2527s+wedding.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649009445231897426" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; ">then I was a best man at my best friend's wedding (I’m the tall white one)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWD16CGqbDxAoCp-oYPeMDCuRf4NTu3YgdYXdukQ1PuspnUEiiRMTONPuFeZ_0pprGOGtHP9L3ogYNWfFAgqsVu813O7jloxSS-xmiIkzbdINEzKZ7VKFcllgstOYR4YULf4QzTNMTU0/s1600/katelyn%2527s+wedding.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWD16CGqbDxAoCp-oYPeMDCuRf4NTu3YgdYXdukQ1PuspnUEiiRMTONPuFeZ_0pprGOGtHP9L3ogYNWfFAgqsVu813O7jloxSS-xmiIkzbdINEzKZ7VKFcllgstOYR4YULf4QzTNMTU0/s320/katelyn%2527s+wedding.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649009451328766226" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; ">and then the next weekend we went up to Oregon to go to Sharlie's best friend's wedding.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 24px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; ">Yeah. All in all, it was a pretty good summer (except for the GRE). But this is about all the blogging I can handle in one sitting. We did a lot more in the last 9 months, and we’ll just have to catch you up on it some other time. Come back often to see how we're doing.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); line-height: 28px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">-The Erbs</span></div>sharcorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051244422998000398noreply@blogger.com0