Sunday, March 24, 2013

::the nunnel--photo version::

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Sometimes the biggest challenge to me of posting on the blog is figuring out what the heck to say. have pictures galore, but the writing part sometimes just stumps me. Even though it's not REAL writing. And sometimes when I get done with a post I just feel like I blabbed out the most inane stuff ever on every photo. But then sometimes I go and read back and I've actually written funny stuff. Oh well. Anyway, I'm having a hard time thinking of what to say about these hiking pictures except that it was fun to go and find the tunnel, besides the part where I was worried that some boy or another was going to tumble off the edge of something.
They didn't though, thank goodness.
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Climbing up.
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He, of course, insisted on doing it all himself. But he only got to do a little bit himself, since I'd prefer to keep him around. Max, however did it all himself, and fast.
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Teeny boy, big nunnel. This was really more like two huge rocks that had fallen down into each other. Not so much a true tunnel. And boy did the wind whistle through there. It was a cool place.
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The bold adventurers!
And when you popped out the other side, this was the view:
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And this, a boy trying his best to fall off the edge. Really he didn't make me too nervous though.
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When we hiked to the right after the tunnel there were a bunch of little slit canyons in the side of the rock which Max really liked.
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And then we went back.
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Yes, they're cute. And then I made them pose for some pictures--the best part of any outing.
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And that's the end! See we got through it, hopefully with a minimum on inanity and a lot of photos.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

::little guy::


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I came out of my room the other morning and Sandy was already in his high chair eating breakfast. He looked up and said "Hi Mom! Have good sleep?" It doesn't get much cuter than that. I've never had a two year old ask me how I slept before.
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He likes to pretend like he's sleeping. Then he whispers "wake me up."
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Then he does.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

::looking back::

Today two years ago:
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Today three years ago:
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Today four years ago:
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Today five years ago: (check out those adorable curls!!)
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Today 9(?!!?) years ago:
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Looking back sure gives some perspective. I just feel so lucky that we have such great photos and such easy access to them. It helps my bad memory so much to have those visual cues. Anyway, it's just fun to see the big boys so little.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

::mazzels pt 2::

Second round of the pretzel font dialogues. This was today.
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Yesterday he says to me, "I could for sure do your name. I could do Dad's and Sandy's too." We'll see what he pulls off before we run out of pretzels.

Monday, March 18, 2013

::mazzles::

Max's teacher just emailed me the following photo: photo Yes, he's a cutie! And aren't smart phones the coolest things? And what kind of a cool teacher sends out pictures like that?

Sunday, March 17, 2013

::a moab video::


We went to Moab this weekend to do a little running with my dad and brother. Kris did a little mountain biking too. We also got to do a bit of off-roading and hiking with the boys. We got back just a little bit ago and I scrapped together this little video for the boys to enjoy tomorrow. And since I've been so busy and such a terrible blog poster I thought I'd take advantage of the video and post it here so the fam can see it. And maybe I'll get some pictures up soon too--I hope so anyway!

The Nunnel from Ginna Hendricks on Vimeo.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

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There are different ways of seeing piles and messes like this. Sometimes I can get discouraged and overwhelmed. Sometimes it feels like no matter how many times things get put away, they will get taken back out again twice as often
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Sometimes at the end of the day it's just all a little too much!
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But when I start to feel that way, I remember the little faces and the little fingers that got all these special toys out. I think about how quickly they grow and how swiftly the days and weeks fly by. I think about little boys with little cars.
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I'm just so glad my guys live in my house. I'd take a house covered with toys anytime if my guys come along with it.
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I guess it all just depends on how we think about things. If only things were always this clear.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

::running sand::

Our Sandy loves to run.
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It's one of his most favorite activities.
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"Me wun???!" he says, and then takes off--so fast I can't even get him in focus.
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Go Sandy Candy!
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I wish I loved to run that much. And that it made me as happy as it makes my kiddo.
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Cute kiddo.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

::before & afters::


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Our Sandy has needed a haircut for quite a while. He got a pretty bad one a while back--uneven, and yucky. His earcovers remained and all else was quite shorn.
So I've been very hesitant to take him back someplace for another trim. I've been trimming him up myself. Theoretically that could be good if a mom actually had any idea what she was doing when wielding scissors and comb.
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It was this area right at the back of his head that was always the worst. When he slept he rubbed his head around and it got all nappy and tangled and stuck up funny. So I trimmed it more that once. The first couple of times it went well enough, but the last time I think I got overconfident and it really did not go well at all. It kind of looked like an angry animal had gnawed on the back of his head. OK--maybe not quite THAT bad. But I was embarrassed. We lived with it like that for a while and then finally took him to somebody real with a pair of clippers who took care of things.
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And afters:
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I could not get this silly child to hold still this afternoon. He was busy busy.
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His hair is a little bit shorter than I was hoping for. It's cute though. I just don't like how old it makes him look. Where's my teeny baby?!?
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Alright, that's all the blogging time I have for tonight. I'll try to carve some more out later. I miss posting!
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