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For anyone who knows my brother, or who's nosy (OK, interested), here's a link to the official wedding pictures. We're not in many of them, but you might spot Travis, who was part of the wedding party, in a few. I was busy chasing FFM around a lot of the night...
http://www.willoart.com/quentinkaren/
Friday, November 14, 2008
Winter and Fall
Yesterday, FFM learned all about fall...
and made sure to point out all the planes that passed overhead.
This morning we all woke up to winter! Good thing I had a snowsuit ready to go and Eric got rid of all the leaves yesterday afternoon. It was only a tiny bit of snow, but enough to make some good tracks in.
In between the leaves and the snow there have been many trips on the famous red elephant. This was my elephant when I was about FFM's age. My grandma took me to Woolworth's and apparently I sat down on the elephant and wouldn't get off. Even when we were in the car (this was back before kids had to be in car seats, how did we ever survive?!?!). She's kept it all these years and all kinds of grandkids and great-grandkids have ridden it, but she's never let anyone take it, she's been saving it for FFM.
I didn't know/remember this story, but I'll tell you one of my own. We went to a department store in Perth and FFM found a sale table that was covered with a table cloth. Peeking out from under the cloth was a little plastic scooter. He sat down on it and refused to get off. We ended up going home with that little scooter and it's in our backyard in Australia right now. Hmmm...something about the apple not falling far from the tree comes to mind :)
And last, but certainly not least, in my long list of catch ups, some wedding pictures from my brother and Karen's wedding. The ones during the day are at the rehearsal picnic. We had a BBQ at a park where there was a little train we could all ride. Then off to rehearse! The night photos were all taken by another guest and I have borrowed them. I was busy keeping FFM from jumping in the pool, tearing down the candles, eating the decorations.....seriously, he was really good.
and made sure to point out all the planes that passed overhead.This morning we all woke up to winter! Good thing I had a snowsuit ready to go and Eric got rid of all the leaves yesterday afternoon. It was only a tiny bit of snow, but enough to make some good tracks in.In between the leaves and the snow there have been many trips on the famous red elephant. This was my elephant when I was about FFM's age. My grandma took me to Woolworth's and apparently I sat down on the elephant and wouldn't get off. Even when we were in the car (this was back before kids had to be in car seats, how did we ever survive?!?!). She's kept it all these years and all kinds of grandkids and great-grandkids have ridden it, but she's never let anyone take it, she's been saving it for FFM.I didn't know/remember this story, but I'll tell you one of my own. We went to a department store in Perth and FFM found a sale table that was covered with a table cloth. Peeking out from under the cloth was a little plastic scooter. He sat down on it and refused to get off. We ended up going home with that little scooter and it's in our backyard in Australia right now. Hmmm...something about the apple not falling far from the tree comes to mind :)I had really good taste in elephants, she's even got fluffy eyelashes.
Some other news, FFM has his first, first cousin (I've got some cousins we call his cousins since they're close in age). Travis' sister had her baby on election day 11/4 and she's happy and healthy and we can't wait to meet her. It'll be a few months, they're in PA and believe it or not even though we managed to get all the way from Oz to CO it's just not in the cards to make it to PA this trip. Meet Audrey!
And last, but certainly not least, in my long list of catch ups, some wedding pictures from my brother and Karen's wedding. The ones during the day are at the rehearsal picnic. We had a BBQ at a park where there was a little train we could all ride. Then off to rehearse! The night photos were all taken by another guest and I have borrowed them. I was busy keeping FFM from jumping in the pool, tearing down the candles, eating the decorations.....seriously, he was really good.
Meggan Jacks
About a year ago we had a photographer in Phoenix, Meggan Jacks, take some family photos. We don't do 'professional' photos very often so we did a big splurge and found a really great one. We went back to see her again this year and she's posted our album online. It'll be available until Nov 21, after that these instructions won't get you anywhere. Until then, if you want to take a peek go ahead.
Click on the link:
http://www.megganjacks.com/index2.php
THEN, Go to previews
type: moore08 in the password space (that's a zero after our name)
This shoot was tough, FFM is getting so many molars right now he's perpetually crabby. The location was great, it's an arts center with so many different colors and texutres I could have played there all day!
Click on the link:
http://www.megganjacks.com/index2.php
THEN, Go to previews
type: moore08 in the password space (that's a zero after our name)
This shoot was tough, FFM is getting so many molars right now he's perpetually crabby. The location was great, it's an arts center with so many different colors and texutres I could have played there all day!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
What time is it again?
We're now in mountain time (Colorado) and will be here for about the next month. Whew. It's been a lot of traveling for these Moores lately and we're a bit pooped. I checked in with my overflowing inbox and discovered my return flight now includes a 15 hour layover in LA. I would lament the airlines and random flight changes but it doesn't do anyone any good.
Brother Q's wedding was super duper fantastic and it's great to finally have Karen officially part of the family. The trip from Phoenix to Denver was exciting, I've decided that the length of the flight isn't what makes flying alone hard, it's airports that have rental car shuttles that drop you off three lanes of traffic away from the skycaps and/or rental carts. How exactly am I supposed to get my carseat, two bags, two carryons, and one wiggly boy across that??? After that we were challenged by bag screening that was in a different place from ticketing and of course security. I broke my middle right finger while in Phoenix so I'm further hindered by a gimpy right hand. OK, my little pity party is all over now, we're here and I'm REALLY enjoying my glass of ice cold Colorado water...mmmmmm
Well, the computer says it's 1:48pm Wednesday, my watch says it's 9:48pm Tuesday, my body is pretty sure it's the wee hours of the morning since it only got about four hours of sleep last night. There will be photos soon, and more regular blog posts forthcoming!
Brother Q's wedding was super duper fantastic and it's great to finally have Karen officially part of the family. The trip from Phoenix to Denver was exciting, I've decided that the length of the flight isn't what makes flying alone hard, it's airports that have rental car shuttles that drop you off three lanes of traffic away from the skycaps and/or rental carts. How exactly am I supposed to get my carseat, two bags, two carryons, and one wiggly boy across that??? After that we were challenged by bag screening that was in a different place from ticketing and of course security. I broke my middle right finger while in Phoenix so I'm further hindered by a gimpy right hand. OK, my little pity party is all over now, we're here and I'm REALLY enjoying my glass of ice cold Colorado water...mmmmmm
Well, the computer says it's 1:48pm Wednesday, my watch says it's 9:48pm Tuesday, my body is pretty sure it's the wee hours of the morning since it only got about four hours of sleep last night. There will be photos soon, and more regular blog posts forthcoming!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
A day late and a dollar short
24 hours from now we will be heading out to the airport for our marathon trip home, and this evening is when our 'new' installation of internet finally was completed. Whew. At least Travis will have internet at home while he's sitting here by himself for a month while F and I are gallivanting around CO... after some technical difficulties with our first phone/DSL line our entire order was abruptly cancelled without our consent or notification. To fix this we had to simply start over. Which meant waiting in queue again for 10 business days for an installer to show up between 8am and noon. I just hope it sticks this time.
We've had some fun times lately, a great Halloween party, splashing around at the pool every week, and lots and lots of errands. I'm not quite sure why there are so many errands, but it seems that leading up to any great trip there's just always a lot to do. Today, filling the carryons with snacks!!! and making sure we really do have enough toys to entertain a 16 month old for 30 hours (in case he decides not to sleep for any of it...)
Next week we'll all be in Phoenix for my brother Q's wedding. Yippee! We're excited to see Q and Karen again, it's been since last Thanksgiving and this year F won't spit up on them quite so much. He'll terrorize the cats more, tho ;) Travis' sister is expecting a baby any moment now, probably right when we're in the air and can't get any phone calls telling us it's happening.
Signing off for now, but it's only temporary this time folks.
