tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87612627585700793612024-03-14T09:06:50.443-07:00Clift DwellingMarty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-71866386996900599862012-08-13T16:55:00.000-07:002012-08-13T16:55:14.954-07:00Under WaterThere is a channel that starts near a place known as the Pet Cemetery, it flows until you get to Baby Beach. Here are a few pictures and video I took.<br />
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One day I saw a sting ray, so I followed it with my camera. I wasn't wearing fins because of the need to walk from time to time, so I did my best to keep up.</div>
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Fish hiding under the coral.<br />
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I don't know the names of the fish, I just know if they are pretty.<br />
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The fish under the coral? He let me get a close up.<br />
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There are a number of hermit crabs around. This is a hermit crab checking out a larger shell. It happens that I saw the larger shell a couple of weeks before I took this picture and decided not to take it home, just in case. Sure enough, it is being investigated for a new home. (And yes, this is under water, in about 6 feet of water.)<br />
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There are eel around, at least that's what I think this is. <br />
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I see a lot of these fish around.<br />
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I don't see too many of these black and white fish and usually they hide quickly.<br />
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This uninteresting spherical blob is actually a type of coral. This one is about 2 feet across.<br />
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<br />Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-91133204716409964342012-03-19T10:34:00.001-07:002012-03-19T10:34:19.199-07:00Carnival Aruba Style - Video ClipsThis post has video clips we took of the Carnvial parade in San Nicolas. Most groups had some sort of band on the back of a big truck. They pumped out the tunes in ear damaging decibel levels.<br />
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<br /></div>Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-41130424276482184342012-03-19T10:32:00.003-07:002012-03-19T10:32:53.022-07:00Carnival Aruba StyleA few weeks ago it was Carnival. They take it seriously here. We were told there was a pajama parade at 4 a.m. in San Nicolaas. We figured life is short, so we went and took a few pictures. The main parade was to start in the afternoon at 2 p.m. We went about 4 p.m. to a place near the end of the parade route. After watching for an hour or so, we left. It was all the enjoyment we could tolerate at one time. So, here are a few pictures.<br />
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There didn't seem to be a pajama parade, but there was a crowd. </div>
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Besides all the crazy people, there was lots of loud music.</div>
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And here are a few pictures from the afternoon parade:</div>
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Notice all the drinks? I was kindly offered a couple too. </div>
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We saw a few nice looking floats.</div>
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Then we saw the power behind the floats.</div>
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This group represents the small owls that are found on the Island.</div>
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Each group had lots of people in them.</div>
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(Lower left, a very common scene.)</div>
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This group represented the natives that once lived on the Island.</div>
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Like this picture, you always try to stay in the background, but we still notice your gentle kindness anyway. You care about family and family traditions, you care about the gospel, you are kind to your fellow man, and you will go above and beyond to make sure no one goes wanting.<br />
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We especially appreciate you last year for your calming spirit. You were there as great grandma was making her earthly transition. You took time off when there was no vacation left to sit with her and soothe her aches by touching her forehead. She said she needed your calming spirit, and you were there. Hour after hour. We can't tell you how much that was appreciated. Thank you is all we can think to say.<br />
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We appreciate how gentle you are with all your children, your nieces and nephews, and your friends' children. They love being around Uncle Jell-o.<br />
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Thanks for helping us move when you were working so much overtime. We appreciate all that you do. It's usually done in secret, and you are usually in the background, but we appreciate your quiet support.<br />
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Happy Birthday, and this saying is a family tradition, "You are very old."Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-4928773475491572742012-03-07T12:14:00.000-08:002012-03-07T12:14:35.504-08:00Happy 8th Birthday, Sam!<br />
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Dear Sam: <br />
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We love you very much. We hope you have a wonderful 8th birthday!<br />
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We like that you love your remote controls. We've seen them in your hand since you were six months old! The great thing about those remotes is that you knew how to use them from close to the age you were in this picture! You have been a computer genius almost since you were born!<br />
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We love that you are a very kind, loving young man with a very tender heart. We love how much you care about things. We love that you love your family very much. We love your smart brain and your good looks!<br />
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You were our family's miracle baby, and we are so glad you are here. We love you more than anything we can think of. Have the best birthday ever!<br />
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Love,<br />
Gramps and Grammie<br />
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One of the things we like about you is your kindness to children. This picture is of you and Camryn around 2002. This picture shows your countenance as we see it. We like that you never met a stranger, like your maternal great-great-grandfather, Hoken, and your paternal great grandfather, Basil. You can meet friends wherever you go. We like that you are confident, kind, caring, and cute. An alliteration, since alliterations are sounds, not letters according to Wiki. We like how you are so helpful to others, fixing things for people, going the second mile for them (the neighbors, and old ladies, and old neighbor ladies, and people with English language questions where you make their cell phones work, and your installing things and fixing of things). <br />
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Good luck with your studies, we are rooting for you! We hope you like the snow right now. <br />
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We love you.<br />
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The Paddock is primarily an outdoor restaurant. With the constant breeze, it was a comfortable place to eat. We took a couple of pictures of our fellow dinners. They were a little skittish, but not because they were trying to avoid the camera, more like they were trying to avoid being stepped on.<br />
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Drinks and specials are on the chalkboard. We each had a hamburger. Marty's had pineapple bits between the patty and the melted cheese. He enjoyed it, and a quarter of Peggy's too. But this will not be one of our favorite places to eat. A little bit too many "ride-alongs" on our plates.<br />
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Inside the restaurant, autographed dollar bills and other currency were stapled on the walls.<br />
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The view consisted of people and cars on the street (not shown) and in the other direction a large cruise ship.<br />
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We took a picture of this fellow diner because of what she was holding between her fingers--a cigarette. Generally there is very little smoking in restaurants. We don't recall seeing "no smoking" signs in the restaurants, people just tend to avoid it, thankfully, probably because most of the resorts have a "no smoking" policy.<br />
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Two more things: This restaurant had menus in Dutch and menus in English. Peggy picked up Dutch menus on the way in since there was a "please seat yourself" sign. Peggy didn't notice a difference, which spoke well of her German memories. Then the waitress brought us English menus, which we could suddenly read better. We find we're often mistaken for Dutch tourists on the Island. Arubians learn four languages in school. They initiate conversations with us in Dutch first. We wonder if that's because of our blue eyes. The other thing: In the tourist areas restaurants show dollars on their menus. Everywhere else on the island, it's Florins, which is the same as the Dutch Guilder.Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-35704882665242123902012-02-05T14:27:00.000-08:002012-02-05T14:27:30.224-08:00Arubian Seascapes and Landscapes<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Caribbean, from our front yard:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Whenever we go just about anywhere, we take a rough and curvy road through what we can only call a green desert. Here are a few views from out our car window:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plenty of cacti, dogs, goats and iguanas, all oddly beautiful. And the storms--spectacular!</span><br />
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So we drove to where it was, without a map. We found it because of all the lights, and it's on a hill.<br />
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As near as we could tell, they did it to open Carnival. It was enjoyable milling around with the crowds.<br />
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It even had a manger scene.<br />
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It actually was quite pretty. The "House" was made of plywood, so apparently it's not there all year. But one of the things that fascinated me was the cacti were wrapped in lights too. I wonder if they got stuck decorating or un-decorating the cacti....Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-36460554200656163472012-01-21T19:11:00.000-08:002012-01-21T19:11:54.329-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Pets<br />
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A nice thing about the outside of our home is that we have so much tile (see above). The bad thing is that it amplifies the creepy crawler sounds.Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-20215866589653140142012-01-15T16:28:00.000-08:002012-01-15T16:28:06.014-08:00Aruba - New Years' ActivitiesFrom the car place, we went straight to our new favorite membership store, Price Smart. We joined last November while we were here. Very similar to a Sam's Club or a Costco. We stocked up with about $350 worth of groceries and headed "home." <br />
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After we unloaded, we decided to go get a few more things. But the Ford Explorer, well, the engine kept dying and let's just say it was possessed and dashboard alarms kept going off. As we were sitting dead with in an intersection with an 80km per hour car bearing down on us, Peggy " gently suggested" we go rent a car. So back to Oranjestad. We got a "full" size car.<br />
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We purchased some fireworks. $6.50 got us 100 cherry bombs and 12 larger bombs (3/4" dia. X 4"). It was late, so they were sold out of everything else. We got a call from one of Marty's collegues inviting us over. So we watched them fire off a few rockets and things. Then someone brought out "the big package." It was about 30" x 30" x 5" and held a string of 200,000 fire crackers. They lit it out in the street. From start to finish it must have taken about two minutes. All over town we saw scenes like this:<br />
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We were tired, so we went home before midnight and went to bed. But at midnight, well, we didn't need to look at the clock, it seemed that fireworks--fire crackers, really, were going off everywhere around us.Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-14176618960209389612012-01-13T19:00:00.000-08:002012-01-13T19:00:04.148-08:00Happy Birthday Kerry-Bear-yWe hope you had a wonderful birthday. We are so glad you agreed to come to our family (after much begging and arm twisting, we're sure)! You have taught us so many things. We remember when you were just born and mom used to rock you and sing you lullabies and then sob and sob about how glad she was to have you (we refuse to admit postpartum hormone fluctuations had a thing to do with that). You were such a sweet little baby. We knew right away that you were brilliant. You had an assured complacent, sweet countenance that we really enjoyed. <br />
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Thanks for your thoughtfulness. In everything, but especially the way you put together memories for our enjoyment. We appreciate all the effort you have shown us over the years (the 25th anniversary trip, the 50 memories book, the thoughtful presents in general). <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I “heart” Aruba seems to be popular. Their license plates say, "One Happy Island."</span></span></div></div>Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-56305686093365969632011-06-12T21:45:00.000-07:002011-06-12T21:58:13.363-07:00<span style="color: black;">Hi, this is Marty writing. On June 04, 2011 Kathy and I participated and completed the Lynch Canyon Trail run. She ran the 10K. I ran the half marathon. It was raining hard, the wind was crazy. When we finished, we were tired and very muddy. We have never seen such slippery mud before. She fell three times, I fell seven. For her, there was 1500 feet of climbing, for me, 3000 feet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">When you check out the pictures, look for the mud. In Kathy's pictures, you can see the rain...</span><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9LiexfJqp9sNDRiNjRkNWMtNTkwOS00MzM0LTg2MWYtYmUwNWQ0NDc3NDYz&hl=en_US"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Link to Marty and Kathy's trail run pictures.</strong></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Oddly enough, both Kathy and I are hoping to go back on our own and run the 10K by ourselves. This time, we'll probably stop at the top and take a look around. It looked quite pretty up on top, but due to the race, we couldn't take time to look around. And due to the storm, we couldn't have seen much at the time.</span>Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-34554604173346151232011-02-25T13:11:00.000-08:002011-02-25T13:11:25.224-08:00Happy 30th Birthday, Jonathan!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsnOnW7mLyEihiUq41kax1RfcT_yhLDpAnuQ59AWKlphtV0_ZsGNqDmDHChr11ky7jlQ6pCgxs-YhBUS24oqqCZFTtC9-6T9YkxN4nIyrJI9N5jvZ09gaivRen9WEo5gwuCSMVxm1xvE/s1600/Jon%2527s+First+Sunday+March+1981%252C+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsnOnW7mLyEihiUq41kax1RfcT_yhLDpAnuQ59AWKlphtV0_ZsGNqDmDHChr11ky7jlQ6pCgxs-YhBUS24oqqCZFTtC9-6T9YkxN4nIyrJI9N5jvZ09gaivRen9WEo5gwuCSMVxm1xvE/s320/Jon%2527s+First+Sunday+March+1981%252C+cropped.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Dear Jonathan:<br />
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Happy 30th Birthday! Wow, we can't believe you're 30 already. The above picture is how we have been remembering you lately. You were a sweet baby and a very pretty baby. You have a gentle spirit and you have a laid back personality. We loved watching you turn into a little engineer as you grew. You loved to study objects and take them apart and put them back together. We enjoyed your scientific projects, like the hover craft you built with dad, and then later we loved watching as you got better and better at all things mechanical (we especially remember how great you were/are at tweaking stereo speakers). We're proud of your mechanical abilities.<br />
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A memory we have of you is how you were such a good sport when we found any excuse to punish you--your punishment was scrubbing the tubs. So if you were five minutes late, even though you were helping a friend with a broken down car, you chuckled good humoredly and said all right, you would scrub the tubs for us. We guess you figured out it wasn't really a punishment, but a service you were giving us. Thanks for recognizing that even though we said we were kidding and you didn't have to, you did anyway. That kind of observation of people and of their spirits and what they need and what they mean is another quality of yours. Thanks for caring about people and friends and your primary class and your wife and your family, but especially us. <br />
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We love you. Happy 30th. Love, mom and dad.Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-2364629805380106062011-02-25T12:43:00.001-08:002011-02-25T12:43:38.836-08:00Happy Birthday, Joel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LQw7lLZzYU6_G2Z3KobZZT6fkG2wd0dEjUk_YelBDDRGvwFD7WNXgeefjDJ1F__37KbMybQ82m8Fsgsyj03JTNF_OeVNATAEzFAzh9pQWnygVvvEZ5lf9ESYR6NcXfAtP8z9MsS3ieA/s1600/Johnson+family+pic+2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LQw7lLZzYU6_G2Z3KobZZT6fkG2wd0dEjUk_YelBDDRGvwFD7WNXgeefjDJ1F__37KbMybQ82m8Fsgsyj03JTNF_OeVNATAEzFAzh9pQWnygVvvEZ5lf9ESYR6NcXfAtP8z9MsS3ieA/s320/Johnson+family+pic+2009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Dear Joel:<br />
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We hope your birthday was a happy one.<br />
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We admire your calm personality. We love that you are kind and helpful to anyone needing help. We think those kindness traits are something we would like to strive for and we appreciate your example. We admire that you work hard in your ward as the Elder's Quorum President and we admire that you work so hard to make sure that everyone feels they are important in the Lord's church. <br />
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A story we have of you is how you willingly jumped out of bed late one evening to come give great grandma a blessing. She felt your spirit and your kindness and wanted us to make sure you knew how special that was to her. She also thinks the world of you and your gentle, kind personality. Thanks for sharing it with us.<br />
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We're very proud of you. Happy Birthday. Love, mom and dad CliftMarty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-76159644723517115932011-02-25T12:43:00.000-08:002011-02-25T12:43:20.396-08:00Happy Birthday, Great Grandpa John!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJk_t9LHK1gJ8rEWG4gsP3A2nTgzAr_Hv65eH0icEyttg-ecg3V9tePF42rvvGpIYyqt0TxNTeV5Qpk5ony40a793csJeLWcqLbZ4vDJ34o7juKJLp7XUFifzYFhlW-zzXlKkZqLgXrk/s1600/JOHN52%257E1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJk_t9LHK1gJ8rEWG4gsP3A2nTgzAr_Hv65eH0icEyttg-ecg3V9tePF42rvvGpIYyqt0TxNTeV5Qpk5ony40a793csJeLWcqLbZ4vDJ34o7juKJLp7XUFifzYFhlW-zzXlKkZqLgXrk/s320/JOHN52%257E1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Dear Great Grandpa John:<br />
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We hope you had a great 84th birthday! <br />
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We admire your kindness to people. We think a trait you inherited from your mother is that you "never met a stranger." We like that you are always nice to people and you always want to make sure that everyone feels they are welcome around you and that you are their friend. You have a great jovial personality and you make sure people feel comfortable. We admire your friendliness and your sense of humor, too. People don't feel shy around you long, you have them laughing in minutes.<br />
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Thanks for all the years of caring. We knew you wanted the best for us, we knew you loved us, and we know how hard you worked to keep us safe and comfortable. Thanks for all that effort, and happy birthday. Oh, and--Go Bears!<br />
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Love, Marty and PeggyMarty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-43081506841407482042011-02-25T12:20:00.000-08:002011-02-25T12:20:04.097-08:00Happy Birthday, our Angel Baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNdfS31zYvn6fzrTkWISf2j8mvfDagaKBhTZF5_AtG0m9o5-aA-q9opFgF0IgbgaNrWlIPkLxvvNjQLmOQbo29T-LoSavox9j2sJtr2O5PmxXA8Pq8iUjyRCo5NuEOkucIZGHs3aaRwY/s1600/Angel+Kerry+1979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNdfS31zYvn6fzrTkWISf2j8mvfDagaKBhTZF5_AtG0m9o5-aA-q9opFgF0IgbgaNrWlIPkLxvvNjQLmOQbo29T-LoSavox9j2sJtr2O5PmxXA8Pq8iUjyRCo5NuEOkucIZGHs3aaRwY/s320/Angel+Kerry+1979.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dear Kerry Bear-y: Happy Birthday! We love you and think you are still our angel baby. We love that you were and are still our sweet one. We remember that you had a content and curious personality. You had a smile on your face constantly. You came to us a genius baby and we think you are still a genius. Congratulations on your diploma. We love that you research questions about life and spiritual love. We benefit from that research. We love how well you show love to your children as you raise them. We love that you have always been a hard worker. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A memory we have of your childhood was how much you loved to read at such a young age. We remember you were so engrossed in your book one day that you took a step right off the stairs of our third story apartment. Luckily dad realized what you were going to do and was a step ahead and was able to catch you. We thought at the time that books were going to be your friend and we think that has very much become a reality in this day and time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hope that this next year brings love and contentment and happiness and great health to you and your family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We love you.</div>Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-71785991766408802332011-01-02T01:00:00.000-08:002011-02-26T20:20:41.916-08:00New Testament Reading Chart 2011The good news for keeping up with the New Testament is it is only five chapters a week. The Old Testament was 18 chapters. I almost made it. The end of the year crunch got me. I made it to October's list. I think I'll keep reading just to say I finished because I'm so close and it's so hard to finish. Half-way a hundred times, but not so many all-the-way-throughs in this house.<br />
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Marty will add the link to our New Testament Reading Chart for 2011 tomorrow.<br />
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Please commit with me to finish the New Testament this year, it will help me stay motivated.<br />
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OK, it's been two months, but here is the link. Marty<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DKa9LnUqcKQgzSEO8Hgjh5fWtvdHGy1tocAMLgBkdYU/edit?hl=en">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DKa9LnUqcKQgzSEO8Hgjh5fWtvdHGy1tocAMLgBkdYU/edit?hl=en</a><br />
Happy New Year!Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-84538935146831216122010-12-05T19:39:00.000-08:002010-12-05T19:39:15.653-08:00Quote“It is not possible to sin enough to be happy. It is not possible to buy enough to be happy, or to entertain or indulge yourself enough to be happy. Happiness and joy come only when you are living up to who you are.”<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcam0mcRDL78FjvNFbryRkweShwYsNtj4mq1soVuhpHWZ3injYvFNMvaR-g7kC3ds6VygXbiUKq06wxrqmhfd-WfacCaBhzbvtml-CF78MfVcwn6tWncc4f4NGe3DaRBhIksoW0BpXcA/s1600/Sheri+Dew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcam0mcRDL78FjvNFbryRkweShwYsNtj4mq1soVuhpHWZ3injYvFNMvaR-g7kC3ds6VygXbiUKq06wxrqmhfd-WfacCaBhzbvtml-CF78MfVcwn6tWncc4f4NGe3DaRBhIksoW0BpXcA/s200/Sheri+Dew.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>––Sheri L. Dew, BYU devotional address, December 9, 2003Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-38976403318551337982010-11-16T02:33:00.000-08:002010-11-16T02:33:35.295-08:00Happy Birthday, Kristin!Dear Kristin:<br />
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Happy 23rd birthday! Here is a picture of you:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqLg0eT4V4gB5tCehyphenhyphenWPGcF-p5E8gLalswSiVjxP_mq98bQHaXzxnFnS1Tg1zMLTPUmrlZi82dBsn5LNR07TYK2kgwaWSMhXyn29cSoY5oZt3HjnatUI0zfsM3UrMB8MK6tJSVgx127c/s1600/Kristin+and+Marty+at+Jon%2527s+Baptism%252C+Baybrook+Ward%252C+Texas%252C+March+1989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqLg0eT4V4gB5tCehyphenhyphenWPGcF-p5E8gLalswSiVjxP_mq98bQHaXzxnFnS1Tg1zMLTPUmrlZi82dBsn5LNR07TYK2kgwaWSMhXyn29cSoY5oZt3HjnatUI0zfsM3UrMB8MK6tJSVgx127c/s320/Kristin+and+Marty+at+Jon%2527s+Baptism%252C+Baybrook+Ward%252C+Texas%252C+March+1989.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>This is a picture of you and dad at Jon's baptism. You were always glad to be near us. As long as you could be around your parents, you were happy. A story about you that we like (although we pretended not to) was how you would come into our room at bedtime and get in between us in our bed, making like you were going to be there all night and that was that. Sometimes it took us hours to convince you to go to sleep (you were never a good sleeper--sorry about that genetic mess-up!). When you were a baby you were easy to love because you would cuddle up close around our necks and just dwell there. <br />
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You are good to your friends and a good listener. You are a sweet person. We are very proud of you for getting your education. You wanted to be an archaeologist since you were very small and you got your degree!<br />
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We hope your birthday is a great one. We will be thinking about you all day. We love you.<br />
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Love, mom and dadMarty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-48874658612553039302010-11-15T16:08:00.000-08:002010-11-15T16:08:04.238-08:00Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0evOXtbI8nzhRR7HbFMJqn-uOJck5Zw-GjPf0rxzm93D73T-pRPPjPTiZaNUcXRY3dnpISdXehr6gab_oceNMo0_BfsfmVABZxuy_WPX5JV1Lm8SqHTj3TUfvtruQyOq7mJ6BS9ySY0/s1600/Brenda%252C+Peggy%252C+25+September+2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0evOXtbI8nzhRR7HbFMJqn-uOJck5Zw-GjPf0rxzm93D73T-pRPPjPTiZaNUcXRY3dnpISdXehr6gab_oceNMo0_BfsfmVABZxuy_WPX5JV1Lm8SqHTj3TUfvtruQyOq7mJ6BS9ySY0/s320/Brenda%252C+Peggy%252C+25+September+2010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>In September we traveled to see our longtime friend, Brenda. What can you say about a friendship that endures over time and distance? It's one of the tender mercies in life. Thanks, Brenda, for being there through thick and thin.Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8761262758570079361.post-66308863228155997032010-11-02T15:19:00.000-07:002010-11-02T15:19:58.231-07:00Grammar TipWhen you're writing an invitation, is it "your invited" or "you're invited"? A quick memory trick to try is to think about the word. Is it two words or one? <br />
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Two words, put in an apostrophe and an "re." You are becomes you're. (You're invited to a party.)<br />
One word, don't use the apsotrophe. (The party is at your house.)<br />
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I was reading a professional manual today and this grammar error was in their book. Many people make this mistake. But just remember to think--one word or two?Marty and Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147002876685341000noreply@blogger.com0