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Disney World 2021- Animal Kingdom

 We left the house at 6:30 again, and got to the park just before they started letting cars in. No ferry or monorail to take this time, so we walked right into the park. Much quicker entrance and all that. This was our first time at Animal Kingdom, and wow. It was so cool. So... Un Disney feeling. Tons of foliage, so way way more shade. Also significantly smaller than Magic Kingdom, so less walking. My blistered feet shouted hallelujah when I realized that. The main visual attraction was the Tree of Life. Super cool GINORMOUS tree in the center of the park. They have over 200 animals carved into it very intricately. It was so neat. Our first stop of the day was the African Safari. We were in the first 20 people in line, which was awesome. We wanted to get on before the animals got too hot to be out and about. It didn't disapoint. They have SO many cool animals. I initially thought it was going to be kind of like a ride with a car on a track or something like that. These were real s...
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Disney World 2021- Beach Day!

 We all slept in a little after the exhaustion of Magic Kingdom the day before. We decided to go to a gulf beach, so we headed over to Tampa around 11, and got there about 12:30. We went to Sand Key beach, which is just south of Clearwater. Ive been told Clearwater was ranked one of the best beaches in the USA, so, this was a pretty good one too. We found parking for $5, and it was relatively uncrowded. The water was perfect. Temperature was great, and the depth was like 2 feet deep for at least 30 yards, which was perfect for the littles. There was also almost zero waves, which was again, amazing for the littles. We built a Medieval sand castle with all the kids helping. Lots of splashing and playing in the water. When we first got there, Nathan charged head first into the water and then fell. It scared me a ton. Luckily the water was shallow and he was able to stand up in it, but it scared him, and me! I love the beach, but it's definitely a little less relaxing with small kids. ...
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Disney World 2021- Magic Kingdom

 Disney World! A few months ago Chase and Alex invited us to join them at Disney world at the end of April. We had just bought our flights to Alaska, but we still had some money in our travel fund, so we figured, what the heck. How often will we get the chance to go to Disney World with cousins? I found a cute house about 20 minutes from DW that would fit Chase and Alex and fam, and us. Split up, it cost us each about $300 for the whole week. It had a private pool, and a game room in the garage. We had it booked from April 24th- May 1st. We drove down to Jacksonville on April 23rd after James got off of work, and stayed with Grace Simpson. The next day the kids played together, and we went to the park and Buccees to get dippin dots. We played games in the afternoon while the kids had quiet play and movies. Love Grace so much. We drove down to Orlando later that night, and got settled/ bought some groceries. Chase and Alex didn't make it until around 1AM because they'd had bad w...
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2020 Recap

 2020 was quite the year. It started off really great, and then somehow spiraled into some of the strangest times of my life. I turned 30, which feels like a lie, but whatever. We got to go to Disneyworld in February just about the time you started to hear rumors of Coronavirus in China. We had so much fun, doubling it up with Chase and Alex's reunion. Benson and Harrison are adorable together. We went to Jetty Beach in between our two park days at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood studios. A few weeks after we got home, the US had it's first confirmed Coronavirus cases on the west coast. Watching it slowly spread across the US was kind of surreal. Then the world shut down. Everyone was told to stay home and shelter in place to prevent the spread of Rona. It was supposed to last 2 weeks. Unfortunately it lasted much longer. James went to fully remote work from home which has been so great. Albeit, a little difficult in our tiny two bedroom apartment with two cooped up kids. Trying to...
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Nathans Birth Story September 10, 2019

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN!  Little Nathans due date was September 6th. Which also happened to be our 5 year wedding anniversary. I was hoping that he'd either come before or after,, because I didn't want to share my anniversary with a birthday for the rest of forever. When i'd gone in for my last appointment the week of, I was dilated to a 3.5, so I felt sure he'd be here any day. Sept 6th came and passed. I'd lost my mucus plug and had a bloody show on the 4th/5th. Dr Watkins suggested that I get induced on Monday the 9th since she was on call at the hospital, and she was afraid that he was going to be a huge baby. They did an ultrasound on the 3rd, and guestimated that he was 8lbs 8oz. She knew that I wanted to go natural and said that the sooner the smaller. haha. I went in for an appointment Monday the 9th to get checked and see if I was progressing and maybe get my membranes stripped. I was still at a 3.5. ugh. She scheduled me to get induced that night at 7:30,...
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Washington DC

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March 11th- 18th I'm a little behind, so i'll try and do a good recap. Daylight saving started, and it suuuuuucks with kids. Benson was a total wreck. We got asked to give talks on the 25th. Me on Bridging the temple and the atonement. James, on making every Sunday Easter Sunday. The next day, the sister missionaries came over on Pday to use our internet for emailing because it was like 30 degrees outside and freaking cold. I fixed Sister Widdison's skirt because it had a really high slit. I love these sisters. I was making St Patty's day food, so I invited them to stay and eat dinner with us. I made cabbage and Corned Beef. It was pretty delish. Mops was Tuesday. I really enjoy our table. We had a table rotation between different groups educating us on swim safety, and health awareness, the cops came and gave us neat stuff. There was a table on fire safety. There was some pretty neat stuff. I submitted some pictures to Baby Faces Atlanta last weekend. They email...
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The waiting week

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Monday we had Lisa Taylor (Recent convert of like a month) over for dinner and FHE with the sisters. It was really nice to get to know her better, and we just think the sisters are great. We had rip off Cafe Rio sweet pork salads and it was amazing. James did the lesson and he did the example of a hard boiled egg going into a glass bottle when it looks like it shouldnt fit. We didn't have any matches, so we had to use a paper towel, and it didn't work as well, but the point was still made. lol. I contacted Dr Page's office today as well. His PA Morgan told me that the order for my next biopsy had already been submitted and that i'd just have to wait for them to contact me. (a week later now, I STILL havent heard from scheduling. grrr.) I had his office send my images down to Dr Bagaria at the Mayo Clinic, so he'll probably be calling me sometime this week to set up a second opinion visit. James and I decided to go to Washington DC 3/16-3/18th with Kendra and B...
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