tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333547472024-02-27T21:48:29.454-08:00through the looking glass: bryan and emily wheelerEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038392634452906280noreply@blogger.comBlogger1522125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-20732179563328695152023-05-14T20:40:00.000-07:002023-05-14T20:40:04.493-07:00golden hour<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_l7pjjUFjY4qC_28veZRxek0C1JEB6TJ8JQe7yDqy8BWnatrp8kDKruoATnfbi9IKkjKM4UEo-inRRIF6gufYTv_ZEr9ul7Z9W5zPk3nKJTSgHCtAnS5KPqhlz-Ano8KOCnv6C7RJ3SSx6fby72WACwZkA4YwaUBfCt3nQMdTyJBueg9Fw/s5568/DSC_0581.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_l7pjjUFjY4qC_28veZRxek0C1JEB6TJ8JQe7yDqy8BWnatrp8kDKruoATnfbi9IKkjKM4UEo-inRRIF6gufYTv_ZEr9ul7Z9W5zPk3nKJTSgHCtAnS5KPqhlz-Ano8KOCnv6C7RJ3SSx6fby72WACwZkA4YwaUBfCt3nQMdTyJBueg9Fw/w2048-h2048/DSC_0581.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(which shows just how far behind i am in updating the blog.)</p><p>we'll be a baker's dozen next year, with another young baby due in december, and summer and afton have all their fingers and toes crossed for *maybe* another little girl to join them in the mix. </p><p>lucky number thirteen!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-mEmRhI0iCJeKFg9KYCFJLoc7bMkjlS0eUJoYjGCLd-dq6l8ydZb1JlR88E0zIVKsI1Vk0kpqIOuBZ0-7uYaA2c4s4gsZL_ZOc-HoneJ8CwTbmtZcu2snZL0pReARsbgqb4PlZEiXqr6TiMzzJCfNMOGgE4LbjGePGOTJsKHIzCdaRs2Bg/s4556/DSC_4887-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3556" data-original-width="4556" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-mEmRhI0iCJeKFg9KYCFJLoc7bMkjlS0eUJoYjGCLd-dq6l8ydZb1JlR88E0zIVKsI1Vk0kpqIOuBZ0-7uYaA2c4s4gsZL_ZOc-HoneJ8CwTbmtZcu2snZL0pReARsbgqb4PlZEiXqr6TiMzzJCfNMOGgE4LbjGePGOTJsKHIzCdaRs2Bg/w2048-h2048/DSC_4887-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-1081460643527265222022-09-07T16:55:00.005-07:002022-09-07T21:21:54.161-07:00new beginnings<p>it's a big year for the wheeler kids. and also for the wheeler mom: four kids in four schools is an automatic BINGO! sooo.... #carefullyconsideringhowtospendmyprizemoney</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">books, books, learning, learning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the first day of school is forever one of my favorite days of the year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-42238515213166598042022-07-31T22:27:00.004-07:002022-08-01T19:35:33.052-07:00nine and thirty<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnojzq6ntT-vcmR-1dPH9uPXreCKLun1omP6QdV_ajRrn29Rr7Mlo6HHEI9FbAHixjJLbLsVXhOCy6KETrDRJQX9pwHdDr6AIboWYVNX7VTAx3Brwwl54dp37dj2OFYD_hi9oxxF4LCmv11-dHPTwGoe8xt4PmGJgkzpfzAhE3f68tMaPTsQ/s5362/DSC_3468.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5362" data-original-width="3712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnojzq6ntT-vcmR-1dPH9uPXreCKLun1omP6QdV_ajRrn29Rr7Mlo6HHEI9FbAHixjJLbLsVXhOCy6KETrDRJQX9pwHdDr6AIboWYVNX7VTAx3Brwwl54dp37dj2OFYD_hi9oxxF4LCmv11-dHPTwGoe8xt4PmGJgkzpfzAhE3f68tMaPTsQ/w2048-h2048/DSC_3468.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><br />ten years ago, on my <a href="http://wheelerwonderland.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-birthday-to-me.html" target="_blank">twenty-ninth birthday</a>, i posited that i had eaten over one hundred and fifty gallons of ice cream in my twenties. now, i unfortunately can't say that i've eaten quite that much ice cream in my thirties (RIP twenty-year-old metabolism), but what i can say is that there is not another person in the whole wide world who has consumed more guittard extra dark chocolate chips than i have.<p></p><div>i said what i said.</div><div><br /></div><div>cheers to thirty-nine! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-11754108756171338862022-07-13T13:26:00.008-07:002022-07-13T15:48:31.308-07:00thirteen<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VjZOTo4PdlNzXpY3upxth7Z1O0F3GT-dupvR9HoKV_QiT6B6V_wbaQuKgqou37ERsbW2zAsJckqIgqe1CLV-vaNmUtX_oKJQv41HtlG0Ng6s1y47SZHhS98xUtHLIffx1d6u8kKNpt4KaC9jS1YCYpxuoxosvF9bHvnDjStJb0vvDxHEQA/s4729/DSC_3033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4729" data-original-width="3712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VjZOTo4PdlNzXpY3upxth7Z1O0F3GT-dupvR9HoKV_QiT6B6V_wbaQuKgqou37ERsbW2zAsJckqIgqe1CLV-vaNmUtX_oKJQv41HtlG0Ng6s1y47SZHhS98xUtHLIffx1d6u8kKNpt4KaC9jS1YCYpxuoxosvF9bHvnDjStJb0vvDxHEQA/h2048-w2048/DSC_3033.jpg" width="502" /></a></p>or the one where afton grows up.<p></p><div>my artist. my imaginator. who has never met a tree she didn't want to climb or a cat she didn't want to take home immediately. who loves things to be soft and squishy and sparkly and pastel. so smart and so funny. clever. watchful. quiet. sneaky. stubborn.</div><div><br /></div><div>coming out of her shell and into her self. a talented musician who hates practicing but has perfect pitch and an amazing ability to replicate almost any sound she's heard. she has a gift with languages (right now she's learning japanese and french) and is a natural orator and storyteller. she loves the beach and the pool and sugar and candy and pasta and animals, animals, animals, and kawaii, and learning new tricks on her penny board. </div><div><br /></div><div>she hates hiking and even made up a song about it for her dad. because she loves her dad.</div><div><br /></div><div>thirteen, wafty bay! live life as big and as beautiful as those big, beautiful brown eyes. and all that sparkle you love so much? it's in you, too. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-26256746813790549252022-07-09T10:34:00.001-07:002022-07-13T13:36:43.484-07:00blink and you'll miss it<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQncSO5uxBzIJ5DxtByDLXFmmkYynnHcrOJv7ZULdyJSUvYh9oH9zJS4EEZh1rnruheit4OSyqdrHclKUI7QIS7TcA1LkdL-nY8-leYSGOn2MALlVvbViUhr-oYrRkLQoPVfF-QWycWkFUAxnizE7ypfuHTz-qCw2CDiFLbz1G4HsfmmPAQ/s1536/IMG_6190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-8548812480794766982022-07-05T14:17:00.002-07:002022-07-05T14:17:55.088-07:00last day of school<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was almost the end of june, but these kids made it to the last day of school. a cloudy, wet and rainy celebration like only the pacific northwest can put on. but still: WELCOME SUMMER!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQjNvG8JBl6Jap0Kuea8TUrQLlqaZVvw1HtuSbiNUH_o73e8eRE7VpSVcoUuttXH3MJgJj_yyUNIz4TWSb64YBczOD3Jwz48pfDCr9wDXPGQdw77gql6MoFLNaIKUOsNcY3IseMzeqZwb-hj8wNsllwFt1oJakPY6QdvmN1PKWfPfl4vJww/s5233/DSC_1733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they brought it up because it's one of the sounds by which they identify me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">by which they know i'm there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's a sound of their childhood. of their home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">of their mother.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to the keepers of the sounds. <br />of the sights and the smells and the feelings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(and to the listeners, too.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5135" data-original-width="3712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HmhPlTHJN153YF-rNrFz3rbQy1p743hFRdkloxHYVk41WPaiK4QD8H95UUWrflocVPNSk4whnjMbfwmCwv9irFmifIxcaguC_LHzcemkqnrADVmtNwNW5hVMavCmLGX715i3iIfcZzpoiAKJQvUqfenWxAA1kgVLw_b3N_hRluNADk1eVw/w2048-h2048/DSC_0020.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">caleb celebrated the big one-oh by enjoying over-the-top milkshakes in the desert (and a diamondacks game later that evening). his dad took him to an arcade to live his best life playing hours of video games and laser tag with his sibs and opa d. enormous monkie kid lego sets and advance copies (all they way from the uk) of the new minecraft zombie books were waiting for him at home, and a special collector's edition of fortnite monopoly showed up at the house in scottsdale. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was a great day to turn ten.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">first things first, caleb loves fortnite. now, i don't know a lot about video games since my glory years yonder--may they rest in peace--but apparently in video games these days, basically, you use real money to buy fake stuff (outfits, maybe?), and it turns out, said fake stuff is very, very important to the emotional well-being of those who love these video games. so bryan came up with this ingenious idea (now stay with me here) that our kids would not be allowed to use real money (USD) to purchase fake money (v-bucks) to buy fake stuff in fortnite, but instead, they have to earn <i>fake </i>money (dad-bucks or d-bucks) in real life by accomplishing real goals, and then exchange the fake money (d-bucks) for real money (USD) to buy other fake money (v-bucks) to use in fake life (fortnite). trust me, it works. and bryan is killing it on the exchange rate arbitrage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">all this is to say that caleb is an ever-motivated goal-crushing machine. (dallin, on the other hand, gets distracted by a lot of side quests...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">caleb's most recent sphere of goal-crushing domination is solving speed cubes. after reaching his initial goal of learning to solve one in the first place, he upgraded to a magnetic cube and slashed his solve time in half. he's currently learning a new algorithmic strategy to solve it even faster AND has taught afton how to solve it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">caleb still loves hot food and hates going to bed. he's very much socially fueled and is the most extroverted person in the family (edging out bryan and summer, who are hard to beat). being bored is his absolute kryptonite. he's very particular about his hair and his shoes. he loves cats and kiwi birds. is confident. capable. quiet. constantly soaking everything in. caleb loves to be on time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">he is eager to make his way in the world, and i love discovering the vastness of his capabilities. caleb is our heavy weight: tall, sturdy, stoic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">happy, happy birthday, bobby! may ten treat you right. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and on! on to victory! on to victory royale!</div><br /><p></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-41457541121853375572022-04-20T09:14:00.003-07:002022-04-20T10:11:59.914-07:00somebunny grows up<p>summer picked out her favorite yellow sweater to wear for her "probably final" easter egg hunt. </p><p>when i saw her, i thought to myself: she totally wore that same shade of yellow on her first easter egg hunt. of course, it's the age of the internet, so not having to wonder for long, i checked the blog to confirm that <a href="http://wheelerwonderland.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-hunt.html" target="_blank">yes, she did indeed</a> wear that same shade of yellow on her very first easter egg hunt.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">“you know what's weird? day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon...everything's different.”<br />--bill watterson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkph8ceXyYUrl2JPRF_mtmcSC7YQdS6H82zAUj8PSyY_sInMGLOMCJhssMgjHsd2KD1QYdPn3NDzcthxMhRbVX11rISPCxsr9ZFfpot2ir_w_YLaF9Pg7DK-Ix6nrAqOvTIcniNC5yA4b4q3vlw3QMaiIoh-Hr7Mcky3xMr9cBDfUMNKmpg/s1536/IMG_5810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkph8ceXyYUrl2JPRF_mtmcSC7YQdS6H82zAUj8PSyY_sInMGLOMCJhssMgjHsd2KD1QYdPn3NDzcthxMhRbVX11rISPCxsr9ZFfpot2ir_w_YLaF9Pg7DK-Ix6nrAqOvTIcniNC5yA4b4q3vlw3QMaiIoh-Hr7Mcky3xMr9cBDfUMNKmpg/w2048-h2048/IMG_5810.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-51824701454705939582022-04-20T08:01:00.003-07:002022-04-21T16:45:34.917-07:00egg hunt duvall: back in the rabbit<p>after missing one of our favorite community activities the past two years, the wheelers were pumped to join their neighbors for the annual easter egg hunt once again. summer tried to convince me that maybe she was too old this year, but i got out my big, sad, mama eyes and pleaded with her for just one more year.</p><p>i need pictures! pastels! monogrammed baskets! and maybe some inkling of knowledge in the back of my mind that this, <i>this</i> might be the last year my babies do the duvall egg hunt all together. a mama needs those kinds of things, you know.</p><p>plus, the chocolate. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">scottsdale, az</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">as a special addition to our anniversary celebration this year, we spent part of the afternoon visiting the living room (grandma anna's!) and sitting on the couch where bryan proposed on thanksgiving day in 2003. bryan and i reenacted said proposal (and acceptance!) for our four loving children, who were thoroughly unimpressed with how it all went down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i love you much(most beautiful darling)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />more than anyone on the earth and i </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">like you better than everything in the sky</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">--e.e. cummings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUagBnXiLwsudtnhR0yO_cN8G4ZRrukpHaZsLb8Ok7bmqfu2Hkd0b31F27Z_R8xrdQcCR1B4YjlbpptMfGxSw5Ua-Zs8FxZO2XP0j_88I0XQya505NPzw5u3FC4c87a3VdW62hCQpT5fmJqk1HJMP72A0AMu3EZLzTrrEBAd10aU4thSNgKw/s2048/DSC_9577-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1445" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUagBnXiLwsudtnhR0yO_cN8G4ZRrukpHaZsLb8Ok7bmqfu2Hkd0b31F27Z_R8xrdQcCR1B4YjlbpptMfGxSw5Ua-Zs8FxZO2XP0j_88I0XQya505NPzw5u3FC4c87a3VdW62hCQpT5fmJqk1HJMP72A0AMu3EZLzTrrEBAd10aU4thSNgKw/w2048-h2048/DSC_9577-2.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><p></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-45697547660969085012022-04-17T14:48:00.001-07:002022-04-17T14:59:42.013-07:00through Him that loved us<p>"Jesus specializes in the seemingly impossible. He came here to make the impossible possible, the irredeemable redeemable, to heal the unhealable, to right the unrightable, to promise the unpromisable.</p><p>'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? …</p><p>Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (Romans 8:35, 37)'" <br /><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/24kearon?lang=eng" target="_blank">Elder Patrick Kearon</a></p><p>Happy, happy Easter, friends. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe630PKXUYABJjyAEKc-1S70JPjM_30KT7QmdGteaZ5M27NfeF53YBwkyZVa_iexHaRYkyi2y5kxkbxJA9UEZWKCCRjytzNUdguhwrn3Wc6hABVmtEpPU2Av2fc2USAkx0BgPpkZgdfyAhEpnTGIstogvRuynHxePNlXp5CpcHh3s8iOwzvA/s2048/DSC_9309-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1934" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe630PKXUYABJjyAEKc-1S70JPjM_30KT7QmdGteaZ5M27NfeF53YBwkyZVa_iexHaRYkyi2y5kxkbxJA9UEZWKCCRjytzNUdguhwrn3Wc6hABVmtEpPU2Av2fc2USAkx0BgPpkZgdfyAhEpnTGIstogvRuynHxePNlXp5CpcHh3s8iOwzvA/w2048-h2048/DSC_9309-2.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-21792264379334858012022-04-01T12:01:00.003-07:002022-04-01T12:03:47.238-07:00finish line<p>caleb and dallin got to race in their first activity days pinewood derby last tuesday. </p><p>they each asked a sister to help execute their artistic visions for the detailed paintwork on their cars after designing, cutting, and weighting the cars themselves. dad added his special pinewood derby secret sauce, and they were off to the races. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiP-AsEGJ_qRhO_2YlEdzo5FF0onDHHyMyPf4lMyxg1ojBlSHlKFbXHpx-oc2W7-US57eiZGQvixeY_meVjXaqpDG0_hCl0kt4QUYAEqfPdezM6VMlKkdwxY7_C5MGeqwVU4ZjbPnwz9ltObRNtxWoLBjgCbZumOjbV19v-_jmwxmDq219qQ/s2048/DSC_9028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiP-AsEGJ_qRhO_2YlEdzo5FF0onDHHyMyPf4lMyxg1ojBlSHlKFbXHpx-oc2W7-US57eiZGQvixeY_meVjXaqpDG0_hCl0kt4QUYAEqfPdezM6VMlKkdwxY7_C5MGeqwVU4ZjbPnwz9ltObRNtxWoLBjgCbZumOjbV19v-_jmwxmDq219qQ/w2048-h2048/DSC_9028.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-43731965176571047352022-03-18T09:31:00.000-07:002022-03-18T09:31:28.141-07:00the luckiest<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSDx69nXxTCOakr9nYIRqfcZyn2fGedfFAnMMUFfTHGUoe7uURG0fy48D4dtBfn85byxykllu-hWizH3qDNIxn4gRw1WnjNRQWvwamx_kOVah83gXksKSdFzJVmpViwJyBXXzZzp-WRx7ahW4JTTH0paIamHmcs1ymFB1Kr2GhELjm0OfYtQ=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1555" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSDx69nXxTCOakr9nYIRqfcZyn2fGedfFAnMMUFfTHGUoe7uURG0fy48D4dtBfn85byxykllu-hWizH3qDNIxn4gRw1WnjNRQWvwamx_kOVah83gXksKSdFzJVmpViwJyBXXzZzp-WRx7ahW4JTTH0paIamHmcs1ymFB1Kr2GhELjm0OfYtQ=w2048-h2048" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-16392724406923575932022-03-17T14:49:00.021-07:002022-03-21T23:21:09.855-07:00and then he was eight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYIp3_4DNgAjOpLr5F4czIaeoO1Q0SCPV5AjGZhcTcW_UpAnYm5Q_wWUeS0eYy1ZhS75HuyRWCUcPkCpDiMI-fJBLcEgOae6q4TZwMhZN23w5ZwwA-5vetdoBC2IGx4qRmzJGPe-Cdv-L3WbfRmSx5Ie_oKysIWhYXSjk9HtrEfRSgEAzLWw=s2100" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYIp3_4DNgAjOpLr5F4czIaeoO1Q0SCPV5AjGZhcTcW_UpAnYm5Q_wWUeS0eYy1ZhS75HuyRWCUcPkCpDiMI-fJBLcEgOae6q4TZwMhZN23w5ZwwA-5vetdoBC2IGx4qRmzJGPe-Cdv-L3WbfRmSx5Ie_oKysIWhYXSjk9HtrEfRSgEAzLWw=w2048-h2048" width="458" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">dallin very much wanted to be baptized right on the day he turned eight, and so he was. to celebrate, he served everyone mama's homemade cinnamon rolls and enjoyed sharing the day with his classmate, clementine. more pics on his baptism to come.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BUT FIRST! DALLIN!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">dallin, brah, is 110% whatever dallin is. you have got to watch this kid open a present or enjoy a surprise because you will feel like a ROCKSTAR. his facial expressions, his gasps and inflections, the world's most giantest, beaming grin, praise, adoration, trivial facts no one asked for, it's all there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i mention trivial facts no one asked for because dallin is just chock full of trivial facts no one asked for and will waste ZERO opportunities to dispense of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">like, what year steamboat willy came out. or the name of the japanese company that makes the best rubik's (speed) cubes. maybe how many digits have been discovered of pi. or where the world's most deadly spider lives. dallin has actually dropped some knowledge on me a time or two. there have even been a few instances where i've argued with him about the factual plausibility of a piece of trivia only to discover, when he hauls over some giant random encyclopedia to show me, that he's right (greatest number of children delivered by a single woman comes to mind here). if he has read it, he knows it, and he'll be sure to tell YOU about it, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's not all good news though: we have had to ask dallin to stop reading nutrition labels. (filed away under "weird rules i never thought i'd have to make up for my children.") but take this as fair warning: you do NOT want to engage him in a discussion on nutrition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">dallin is all facts and black and white thinking. intense and heightened emotional responses (a favorite family story about dallin involves his arm falling asleep for the first time, which honestly, if you didn't know what was happening, may, indeed, be pretty alarming) or spacing out completely. he loves snuggling and soft things and chocolate and utter silence. a skilled reader, pianist, artist, and king mathematician. his handwriting could use a fair amount of work, though. as could his refusal to read works of fiction on principle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">dallin is here to educate and entertain and definitely thinks he can beat caleb in a wrestling match (spoiler alert: he definitely cannot). he's doted on by his big sisters--especially summer--and he brawls constantly with his brother (they don't really need a reason, but a current favorite is because dallin is never READY in FORTNITE with his WEAPONS!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you are our cherry on top, dally woo! keep on learning, keep on growing, keep that prodigious energy, maybe cultivate, like, a wee little bit of flexible thinking and start eating more vegetables (and by "more vegetables," i mean, like, <i>any </i>vegetables--any vegetables at all), and then i can't wait to see what you'll do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">happy birthday, buddy!</div><p></p>Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829829446784643688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33354747.post-9926786168283254592021-12-20T10:33:00.001-08:002021-12-20T10:33:11.172-08:00christmas red<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilDzT5OazODe-cQpyntXu0aL83DNu63LQg5kCJt00g_zbTwFroqUcLb_hD4UmGcAgXiqg53miKgyQ-6bQlbaZ0J3h4ruveVOA51VK0fEMfIPd0WPuyL-CxkPPE1pBhIY6B6_xphVq4wESZXcRct1zmJYAgPXA44pt6JkaP5MkBnQwmOspPZw=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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