tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862558185610572782024-02-01T22:29:50.345-08:00Torgesen Family TimesWe are trying to enjoy and record the moments that make life special.atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.comBlogger766125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-48775655009116971272019-11-04T18:17:00.000-08:002019-11-04T18:17:17.099-08:00Progress....<br />
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Well, we've had another string of good progress happening at the Torgesen remodel! <br />
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We've have this done or figured out:<br />
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<li>Outdoor patio is complete! Gas fire pit is complete!</li>
<li>Roofing was installed on the new areas added, so should be almost complete after fixing a few things. No more leaks hopefully! November is known for lots of rain. </li>
<li>All windows were installed... except for 2 windows were framed incorrectly will be fixed then installed, and 2 master bedroom windows need to be framed and installed later</li>
<li>House wrapped and protected in Tyvek, siding will get done when Lance and his Dad can get back to it. (see below)</li>
<li>Electrical rough in almost done, just a few minor tweaks needed</li>
<li>Drywall has been delivered, which took 5 guys and a huge boom truck.</li>
<li>Cabinets have been measured 2 twice and ordered once!</li>
<li>Beams moved, didn't cost that much to move them, and I'm so glad I did.</li>
<li>Roofing cut back over large kitchen window to allow more scenery to show its beauty</li>
<li>HVAC was figured out how to get heat to Alex's room without going through one of the many structural beams in the kitchen. </li>
<li>3rd car garage storage/attic space flooring installed (so we can use it and start by bringing Halloween items up there!)</li>
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And last but not least, Lance had a meniscus knee surgery repair. He's doing really well by the way. Days 2 & 3 were very painful for him and he couldn't do much, but now the pain is very minimal and is getting around on crutches really well. He's back to work and ~ 5 more weeks to go and he can walk on it w/o crutches. Just in time since our cabinets should be delivered around that time!</div>
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And we have an "end date". I say "end date" because it's not exact at all... and likely will be later than I think. But, at least its something. ~Jan 2020. I was worried it would be March 2020... So maybe February 2020 would be reasonable. </div>
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<li>Electrical, framing, sheer inspections</li>
<li>Insulation</li>
<li>Drywall, texture</li>
<li>Painting</li>
<li>Repair and refinish all oak flooring on the 1st floor</li>
<li>New doors, window molding and trim in the house</li>
<li>Cabinets installed</li>
<li>Plumbing final work</li>
<li>Electrical final work</li>
<li>Counter tops</li>
<li>Light/plumbing Fixtures installed</li>
<li>Tile</li>
<li>Detail finish work</li>
<li>Clean... then were done</li>
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The new bonus room is coming along! Lots of nice light with the new windows and I love the vaulted ceiling in here! (kinda ironic since we removed the last one... but this one is different!)</div>
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Finished backyard patio, gazebo and gas fire pit!</div>
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New kitchen windows, the two plastic areas are where the new windows will go once they are framed correctly...</div>
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It stopped raining so our roof wouldn't leak, but it got cold and our house was CHILLY! Without windows and no insulation, Alex's room was the coldest. We put on some more blankets and kept him warm. After (most) of the windows were installed, it really helped quite a bit with warmth. </div>
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And here is the color of our new island! I'm so excited to see this in person!</div>
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The electricians had an unusual way to keep their cords from getting tangled. I thought it was really cool!</div>
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We find our name everywhere... someday when someone is remodeling...they will wonder why Torgesen is labeled everywhere.</div>
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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-42392748549290761782019-10-20T21:28:00.003-07:002019-10-20T21:28:53.248-07:00So tired...We are so tired right now... so exhausted and tired.<br />
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We've been working non-stop on getting our house buttoned up and working through every decision/issue/problem/god.damn.thing in the past 2 weeks. We have also had good steady progress, which is<i> always </i>good. The reason we are working so much now is to enable a few key items for our comfort/happiness and also because Lance is getting knee surgery on Oct 30. He decided to delay this surgery about 6 weeks so we could finish the siding where the new fence connects to our house to keep dogs in backyard. Hallelujah!<br />
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This was the beginning of making the bonus room. </div>
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Thank goodness the weather was good! It was COLD, but no rain while the roof was off and new structure being built. Sara for scale. ;)</div>
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New framing is happening!</div>
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And like we didn't have enough going on - we built this new propane gas firepit area with flagstone and we ordered a Costco gazebo (which came in 42,000 parts).<br />
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And the roof came in ~4" sections and had plastic that needed to be removed from both sides! Thank goodness Sara was such a proficient expert in removing plastic wrap!<br />
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Starting to look really real. Behind the scenes we had to adjust the plans a bit. For the bonus room framing on the inside, which was a vaulted ceiling (oh the irony), we had to adjust how the dormer came out. We were supposed to have a little bump out there, but instead we have a flat wall. So, maybe about 2 sq feet more of living space! Yeah us! It's actually a very stressful situation when you get asked to make an on the spot decision. <br />
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Lance is one tired guy!<br />
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demo and framing up of our new mudroom<br />
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Just in time.<br />
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They cut a new door to reach the bonus room and the view from this room is going to be amazing!<br />
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These are the windows on the "north" side of the house. Which is really NE, so it gets confusing sometimes. <br />
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Here is the new door right next to Alex's room at the end of the hallway. We "borrowed" the laundry room old door as a temporary barrier. Alex's room is definitely the cold one at night with this new insulated space right next to him <br />
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My new kitchen window gets framed and ready for window installation. <br />
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New windows in the front/living room.<br />
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They framed up the new tiny roof over my kitchen window, but we have a problem.... it sticks out too far. So, we are going to shorten it up and hope we don't have to raise it. We want that view to be unobstructed. <br />
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This beam is going to cost us to move....<br />
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Me and my siding tool - I'm such a freakin' dork. And yes, this is how I look on a Sunday afternoon... I realized after I saw this picture that I need to remove that Lacrosse player thing.... so annoying and nowhere to put it right now...<br />
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And Sara got to do some siding with her Daddy using the nail-gun<br />
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Lance in our new storage rafter place above our new 3rd car garage. This is going to be SO awesome!!!!! All of our decorations, camping gear, storage that only comes out 1/year... the list goes on and on what we will put up here. It's a nice big storage space and I'M SO GLAD I pushed to have those windows added up there! <br />
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Below is the view of the new kitchen. There was quite a bit of structural work that had to be done to make this an open space. Huge beams had to be hoisted and placed next to other beams that all together hold up our house. <br />
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This picture shows how large my new kitchen window will be! Squeel! It will be so light and bright in here soon!<br />
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This is the front room where we are adding the bonus room above it. This picture shows where they are removing the walls parts to install the new floor/ceiling.<br />
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Another new window in my front room! More light - everywhere!!!!<br />
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More beams exposed, and we are living in a plastic bubble it feels like!<br />
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And looking back at the kitchen from the front living room.<br />
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It's been a long while since I've posted any updates... since the kitchen was demo'ed on Aug 19th or so. </div>
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What I've learned is that when you don't hear anything with construction from me... that means nothing is happening and it's not going anywhere. In fact, it's probably going horribly. </div>
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There have been very challenging contractor issues that have required Lance and I to manage the situation (sometimes daily or hourly) and work to resolve so many issues. We have had to take hours and hours off of work just to try to get things on track again. We don't want to fire this company because we don't want to start over again, but they should've been fired. I think we are on the other side of this now and we are finally making some progress again.</div>
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<li>sent out framers without having wood delivered</li>
<li>framers didn't come out after wood being delivered after many many times saying that they would be there</li>
<li>very unskilled labor, very very very slow worker who seemed disabled</li>
<li>one guy who showed up at our place just as Lance/Sara were getting ready to leave on the bus, but he did nothing that day... what did he do? We have no idea.</li>
<li>unskilled labor used our ladders since he didn't have any...</li>
<li>another set of unskilled labor brought his girlfriend/wife and she was laying on our grass watching him all day (as told to me by my neighbors...)</li>
<li>left huge amount of garbage (candy wrappers, nails galore, wood everywhere...) at our work site/house</li>
<li>same worker broke our hose and knocked on the back door to tell my kids they broke it. </li>
<li>we asked repeatedly for an updated schedule, but have yet to receive one.</li>
<li>one worker with oil issues in his car left oil all over our driveway.</li>
<li>when conversing with my Project Manager - he said these unprofessional people were "on thin ice" with the the company, but they had decided to put them on our project... not on my watch!</li>
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The straw that broke the camels back as they would say was:</div>
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The unskilled labor started taking off the siding on the second story which meant that they didn't know how to read the plans. Structural work requires skilled labor. These guys were so unskilled and unprofessional it's difficult to even describe. We were emailing, calling, texting all this time. All we go were apologies and promises. No action to back it up. We finally called a timeout... No more. We didn't want apologies and promises. We wanted actual professionals that know what they are doing. </div>
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Since the time out - which lasted about a week - they have gotten it together and hired a professional framing sub-contractor. They had some questions about the plans (good sign) and had to call out the structural engineer. They had to give us a change order to add a saw cut of the existing foundation to get to the new foundation (which will house plumbing). </div>
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So, we've been in construction for about 7 weeks now and we could've demo'ed our kitchen about 2 weeks ago and be in the same spot. This is because of many things, not just one. But, sure is frustrating and super stressful. </div>
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We are basically eating mostly the same things: </div>
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Breakfast: eggo waffles, yogurt, oatmeal or those microwave Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches.</div>
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Lunch: kids eat at school every day and we eat whatever we can find in the freezer (P.S. Freezer meals have gotten better from memory), eating out during the week and weekends.</div>
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Dinner: Costco meals, "If you can find it - you can eat it", protein bars for Lance (yuck for me), anything you can warm up in the microwave, eating at our neighbors (so thankful for wonderful neighbors!) or at a restaurant.</div>
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It hasn't been that bad... but we have had to shift and rearrange and figure it out, even though we planned quite a bit for this remodel to happen. I guess you just don't know what will work until you actually have no kitchen. </div>
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I've not only started a new job with a new commute to Seattle, but I'm PTA president for Sara's elementary school. I was also helping coach her soccer team and arranged/ordered all the jerseys. Lance is coaching Alex's football team (offensive coach) and he is also doing the siding for the house remodel (to save money...). He also wanted to do this lovely project to add a gas fire pit in our back yard. It's looking amazing and I can't wait to use it, but geez is it a ton (or two) of work. We unloaded 3,700 lbs of flagstone this weekend, which meant that I picked it up and moved each piece at least 2 times, if not 3 times! Lance was the puzzle master and laid out and leveled the pieces. So, if you think I'm going insane - the answer is yes. I'm insane. I felt like I was going to snap, so I made the tough decision to step down from coaching Sara's team. I just had way too much going on. </div>
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The next steps are to complete framing of the kitchen bump out so we can order cabinets.</div>
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Looking in the old kitchen and formal dining room. This will all be kitchen!</div>
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This is the front living room where the bonus room is being added where the vaulted ceiling was/is</div>
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Lance has been installing the reclaimed siding and some new, making good progress. Note our fence isn't quite done connecting to the house yet... so Lance rigged up a section of OSB plywood to keep the dogs in (and our sanity intact)</div>
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front of our house is full of a dumpster, a honey bucket, and a bunch of wood</div>
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This huge beam was installed in between our old garage and new garage to create this opening. And thank goodness. Going outside to get to the new garage was getting seriously old.</div>
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We now have a new back yard garage door with a new smart deadbolt! progress!</div>
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And to the outdoor natural gas fire pit. I can't wait to use it! It's been more work than we anticipated (isn't it always?) and more money, but hopefully worth it! We are getting a gazebo to cover it, so we can use it when it's raining. It will be so nice to just turn on and off, with no smoke!<br />
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The old U-shaped kitchen</div>
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Sara being my model about where we used to eat in the kitchen! (ha ha!)</div>
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These new doors are SO quiet and super! (SO much better than the ~35 year old ones we had before!) They were ordered and installed with Chris at ontracksystems@me.com<br />
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I love that we decided to square off the garage doors! From the inside of the garage - there is so much light now with the new windows and plus the inside of the doors are white now too!<br />
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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-90393158550020788082019-08-09T09:11:00.001-07:002019-08-09T09:12:48.445-07:00Out with the old (contractor).... in with the new (contractor)!Well, A LOT has happened and NOT happened all at the same time. Let me explain...<br />
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Our contractor quit us... yes, you heard that right. He quit us. We were having some communication red flags and finally called him out to an in-person meeting. Well... turns out he's having some "personal problems" and won't be able to finish our job.<br />
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I remember that email very clearly. There may have been a few (or many) F-bombs out of my office when I read that email! The next day we were getting our concrete poured! All went well with the concrete pouring and foundation.<br />
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This foundation also included the 40 sq feet addition to the back of our house for the kitchen remodel. It made the most sense to do it at the same time since those concrete pump trucks are SUPER expensive and had to get pumped over our house!</div>
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A quick second of wanting to give up on our remodel and then some quick strategizing (freaking out) we decided to call out 3 contractors to bid on our project. 1 contractor was super speedy with communications and setting up a visit, one was medium and one was slow. They went in the same order for getting back to us with the bids. Guess which one we choose? The speedy/communicative one! It was pretty challenging to explain our project (AGAIN for the... 9th time)! But, we did it, tweaked the proposal and signed (and put $$,$$$ down)!<br />
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We have signed with <a href="http://pro.com/">Pro.com</a> and are super happy so far - like I said earlier - speedy communication, gets back to you when they say they will, checks up on you periodically, answers questions, cost comparable, the list of everything a normal contractor is NOT.... They do small jobs all the way up to big jobs.<br />
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We start demo next week! Which means this weekend we are clearing out most of our 1st floor possessions this weekend! We are both very excited to be at this stage after ~2 years of planning, drawing, sketching, architect drawing, etc. And we are both very exhausted thinking about all that work. But, we are a good team and will work together to get it done.<br />
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Back to the old contractor for a minute. He's a good guy. I feel bad about his personal situation (which I don't know what the personal problems are, none of my business). But, at the same time, I feel like this new Pro.com contractor is <u>everything I need</u>. Communication, transparency, flat pricing.... all good things. And we are expecting to get done around Thanksgiving, so right on our schedule we developed with the old contractor.<br />
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The old contractor did offer to finish the shell of the garage. So, since then he's completed the foundation concrete, foundation drainage and backfill, moving the gas meter outside the new garage, poured concrete floors and will get 3 new garage doors Friday. But, this has all been due to in large part, our prompting, asking/pleading, and scheduling the new contractor's start date that has forced this to actually happen. It's like managing a project manager. Not fun when you have to do it, but sometimes it needs to be done.<br />
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After the shell of the garage was done, we hired our roofers to finish the roof of the new garage. Just in time because it rained pretty heavily after it was on!<br />
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In the downtime with the contractor (waiting for the for the drainage/backfill, so the gas meter could be moved, so the concrete slab/garage floor could be poured so the garage doors could be installed), we did some yard projects. Which meant Lance got to play with a toy! ;) And Sara too of course!</div>
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We dug out a garden island full of plants and moved it so that the front yard would be ready for our new driveway. It sounds weird, but the existing garden island would be too close to the new driveway and feel "cramped" so we moved it! Also, we are preparing our backyard for a new gas firepit (so nice!) and so Lance prepared that area in the back yard for the gas line, the new flagstone patio and new gravel. </div>
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And the other BIG news is we got a new fence! See above for a peek at the old cedar privacy fence. This new fence is mostly wire with a wood frame. I'm really hoping it should be easy to maintain since there is so much less wood. Wood requires periodic staining and with 300 feet of fence, that is a lot of work (or a lot of money to pay someone). The new gates are AWESOME and so much lighter! Which means in the winter when it rains a lot, they will still be able to open easily. Previously, the gates were hard to open in the rainy season (or basically 9 months of the year) when they would swell. I'm so happy with this new fence. It's definately different. Lance is going to have to get used to the openness of it. The dogs are going to probably bark more. </div>
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One other challenge we have been dealing with is that the fence is'nt entirely complete. We need to wait for the walls to be built on the kitchen area (and have siding up) so the last panels that connect to the house can be installed. This has been one of the toughest parts - our dogs can't go run around in the backyard because they can get out. Which means we put them in a large kennel all day and have to be out there with them to keep them in. And then they are super crazy when we let them out. </div>
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The gas meter finally got moved, the concrete slab finally got poured, and the garage doors are getting installed today! </div>
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Here is our old garage doors. An interesting design choice we made was to remove the old notched corners. It looks SO good! I cant' wait to come home today and see the new garage doors installed! </div>
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A BIG update! Thanks for reading all the way to the bottom! More coming soon!</div>
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Snag #1: We had to have the plans changed slightly with regard to how the new garage foundation connects to the existing foundation. The plans used to show connection to the exterior chimney foundation, but the problem is that there was no chimney foundation and it was actually hanging out ~2' over the foundation. The plans had to be updated to connect to the house foundation instead of the chimney, special inspections had to happen and now we are waiting for the concrete to be be poured. Hopefully concrete is coming soon!
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We also will have to deal with the difference in thickness of "thermo-ply" sheeting compared to plywood. Thermo-ply is a thin material that is designed to provide structural support to your house underneath your siding (sounds pretty important to me). The issue is that we have to have plywood installed on the new (and some old) areas to provide sheer/structural support and these two have very different thicknesses. So, even though we are understanding of this issue, but not excited about having to replace some of our siding so that there isn't ~1" difference between thermo-ply areas and plywood areas. <br />
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We have made great progress on the design!!!! I’m so glad I decided to hire a designer!!!! See some of the pictures below of what our kitchen will look like! The designer I picked is FABULOUS! Her name is Emily Wignall and her website is: <a href="http://www.emilywignalldesign.com/">http://www.emilywignalldesign.com/</a><br />
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We have had 2 trees cut down in preparation and it really changes the look of our house. By the way - having a Spiffy Buffy in our front yard is totally cool! <br />
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The fun part - the kitchen design!<br />
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The dreaded foundation snag...<br />
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More foundation being prepped for concrete - the new kitchen addition which is small (only ~40 sq feet) but might impact-ful! It allows us to square off our space and will allow so much more functionality. <br />
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Our friendly spiffy biffy in our front yard<br />
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Before/After tree #1<br />
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And the laundry room and powder room downstairs are also getting re-done! Out with the 1980's in with modern spaces!<br />
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We are starting on the garage first and there are many reasons for this: it’s an outside only project on the left hand side of the house, the weather doesn’t matter for the garage unlike taking off part of our roof for the new bonus room, and this way we have a place to move furniture into/get big items delivered that is secure/dry (ex cabinets).<br />
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After the garage is mostly done in a couple of months - we will start on the kitchen, bonus room and all the other areas of the house.<br />
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So, it’s the start of a ~6/7(8?) month long process to transform our house! We are so glad to be starting even though we KNOW there will be ups and downs! It’s taken only 1 1/2 years to get to the point! <br />
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This is what our house looked like in 2003 when we bought it. It was a lovely shade of pink/beige and it was huge for just us two. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and it was a great location, lots of outdoor space. We bought the house knowing that we wanted a family and bought the house for that, we just didn't have the family.... yet. We had moved in with only what 2-one bedroom apartments can hold. Needless to say, most of the house was empty and for a long time because we spent all the money we had on the house itself. We were DINKs (dual income no kids) and we had so much time to do anything we wanted back then. It's difficult to remember what life was like back then honestly, even though it wasn't that long ago. It was the BK period of our lives (before kids) and that ship has sailed.<br />
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Lance and I like to cook and here we are from a party we hosted for our families probably for our housewarming. Wow we look different! But, I will tell you - the kitchen looks almost EXACTLY the same. Same old 80's oak cabinets, same tulip looking blue tile backsplash, same sink, same double oven. The microwave recently died after 15 years, so we have a newer one now. The previous homeowners did a few changes like adding the double oven, the cooktop on the penisula, the dishwasher and a refrigerator. <br />
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And here is my little Bella... we miss her so much! And glasses - I don't miss them at all! Before Lasix - I couldn't see anything due a strong astigmatism. So glad I did that!</div>
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And here is how our house looks now! We had it painted a grey-ish brown color about 8 years ago. We have a new roof 2 years ago since it was leaking. One of the biggest transformations was the landscaping - we've done a huge amount of work around the yard. We've had trees fall, moved small trees, installed a border around all the garden beds, installed gravel pathways, and added <u>way</u> more plants/color/texture/forms to the plantlife. There is also the monstrosity to the left of the garage that is Lance's most recent purchase. Sigh.... Just know that it won't stay there.<br />
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Here is the exact same house in our neighborhood, but the opposite layout. Their garage is on the right, where ours is on the left. This house was our inspiration for adding more space and functionality to our home. They added a dormer above on the left where they previously had a vaulted ceiling and they added a 3rd car garage. </div>
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And here is what our house will look like! We are adding the dormer where the vaulted ceiling is now on the upper right. And we are adding a large 3rd car garage to the left. </div>
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To do this - you will see below that we need to square off where the new kitchen is going by adding 40 sq feet and you see the garage on this level also.<br />
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Then this is the 2nd floor where we are adding the "bonus room". <br />
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This is more detail about how the kitchen will be built. It is ~doubling the kitchen size! One of my problems I had in my old kitchen, besides being 80s and ugly, was that I had a formal dining room that only fit ~4-6 people, and then a small eating nook next to the existing family room that really only fit 3 people, but sometimes we would squish in 4. In the middle of these two spaces was my U-shaped kitchen. People don't live with formal dining rooms anymore in this modern world, so I was happily willing to give this up. And once I saw that all it would take to make this beautiful new kitchen with only adding 40 sq ft - I was hooked and no going back. </div>
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All of this requires permits, We knew this upfront because of the garage and the bonus room. So, adding 40 sq feet to the foundation was no big deal. Plus, hiring an architect was well worth it = the permits were approved quickly!</div>
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We are making lots of selections now for the cabinets, colors, tile, countertops and all things kitchen. I will post when I know what we are choosing. But to close out this post - I will leave you with my kitchen inspiration photos. Light, bright, pops of color, modern/classic/timeless, with wood and metal sparkle. </div>
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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-2962038283492296812014-11-03T21:22:00.000-08:002021-03-20T11:21:52.844-07:00Halloween 2014<p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We have a cute little Queen Elsa and a “Dark” Vadar this year!  That’s what Alex calls Darth Vadar.  So cute, I just can’t correct him!</p> <p> </p> <p>I’m pretty proud of that little Queen Elsa dress because I made it!  I asked my Mom to come up and help and with a little this… and a little that… Volia!  I couldn’t have done it without her expertise on the sewing machine.  Thanks Mom!</p> <p> </p> <p>We created an Elsa dress out of a white long sleeve t-shirt, some shiny spandex “dot” material and blue polyester for the dress.  And a detachable train… wonderful!  And the train is Sara’s favorite part.  When she was getting a little worried about the hair part, I found an inspiration to make yarn braid/crown.  In usual Sara fashion, she wouldn’t even try it on for days, basically breaking her Mama’s heart.  Then, on Halloween night – she wants to wear it!  Go figure!  And she loves it!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-34wANp2NtZ0/VFhidgNgTvI/AAAAAAAANzk/jcY90q7W9Q8/s1600-h/Halloween%2525202014%252520%25252892%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Halloween 2014 (92)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-25714120284044726422014-10-13T07:51:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:53.329-07:00Alex soccer<p>Alex has been having an absolute blast on his soccer team this year.  This is the 3rd year he’s been on the same team, with the same excellent coach, with a handful of them returning for the 3rd year as well.  This year they have 4 kids on the field instead of just 3, with the additional player playing “sweeper-keeper” (aka goalie).  Alex loves getting physical, has amazingly good foot skills, and the goalie is a fun position for the kids to all try out.  I have a lot of sweeper-keeper pictures of him because he isn’t moving so fast that I can actually capture him!  </p> <p> </p> <p>He is so fun to watch out there on the playing field.  He’s having fun and asking his coach when he can go back in.  They play hard!  When the soccer season starts in late August and early September – there have been some game days that have been ~88 degrees when they play.  Hot!  We haven’t hit the rainy weather yet, but we know it’s coming.  </p> <p> </p> <p><font color="#303b28"></font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yYrMOywuDtw/VDtNGLtbBjI/AAAAAAAANuQ/aChYt5qAf_4/s1600-h/Alex%252520soccer%2525202%252520%2525284%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex soccer 2 (4)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex soccer 2 (4)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kRY4pM0ZfMc/VDtNG8JL_wI/AAAAAAAANuY/hjjanK9drRI/Alex%252520soccer%2525202%252520%2525284%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p>How Boys U8 “decompress” after games (dog-pile!).  Of course, Alex is right in the middle of it all.  </p> <p> </p> <p><font color="#45818e"></font></p> <p><u></u></p> <p><u></u></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pYwkySRdK1E/VDtNHqNWS5I/AAAAAAAANug/wTUOqioFFZI/s1600-h/Alex%252520soccer%2525202%252520%25252823%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex soccer 2 (23)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex soccer 2 (23)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oWYQOeBdovI/VDtNIH0P4qI/AAAAAAAANuo/TpUDEpPtyFQ/Alex%252520soccer%2525202%252520%25252823%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hc1Iy43L1HQ/VDtNIuKcZOI/AAAAAAAANuw/NHXe5gqc2jo/s1600-h/Alex%252520soccer%2525202%252520%25252838%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex soccer 2 (38)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex soccer 2 (38)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Zycly6tCxdU/VDtNJMFx22I/AAAAAAAANu4/fvjoeNZOeLQ/Alex%252520soccer%2525202%252520%25252838%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PgqYHaCMhUI/VDtNJ78C0vI/AAAAAAAANu8/rc86lsNkL68/s1600-h/Soccer%2525201%252520%25252813%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Soccer 1 (13)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Soccer 1 (13)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dN88xsJUJ1M/VDtNKjM-1NI/AAAAAAAANvI/v_jRNdTeVFY/Soccer%2525201%252520%25252813%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p>After a really hot game – he likes to douse his head with water and make a mohawk.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uoaLz29Q4X0/VDtNLMaqTHI/AAAAAAAANvQ/-PsfM7nfxdA/s1600-h/Soccer%2525201%252520%25252816%252529-small%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Soccer 1 (16)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Soccer 1 (16)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xMHFVsvsUlI/VDtNLibE0CI/AAAAAAAANvY/4eEySxzqFVg/Soccer%2525201%252520%25252816%252529-small_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nh0s6x_lXBo/VDtNMdKmJ9I/AAAAAAAANvg/vj3EW1yvnqE/s1600-h/Daredevils%252520game%2525204%252520%25252818%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Daredevils game 4 (18)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-45715193907971315192014-10-08T07:14:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:53.687-07:00Oh yes she did…<p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>As in, cut her own hair…</p> <p> </p> <p>It was a Friday night and I was going to go workout – Sara was happily playing downstairs after work (Alex and Lance were at soccer practice).  I was gone for about 2 minutes and came downstairs to a pile of hair and some kid scissors gone wrong.  OH MY… OH MY…, I thought!  It could be so much worse.  </p> <p> </p> <p>She actually did quite a nice job, going from a bob to a “tapered” bob.  When asked why she did it – she simply said she didn’t want to chew on her hair anymore (causing tangles and many requests to stop it).  She simply solved her problem.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Like any self respecting photographer – I asked her to take the pile – o - hair and the scissors to better light to take a picture!  </p> <p> </p> <p>This was truly a first for me!  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d9cv2TPXo7Q/VDtPrjbjZsI/AAAAAAAANyE/cMozXdy2VOQ/s1600-h/Sara%252520cuts%252520her%252520own%252520hair%252521%252520%2525282%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara cuts her own hair! (2)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara cuts her own hair! (2)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rNxoZ6KOrjQ/VDtPsMxFD5I/AAAAAAAANyM/cyIG1VujCOU/Sara%252520cuts%252520her%252520own%252520hair%252521%252520%2525282%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R7nwTjrWBV4/VDtPsh4COVI/AAAAAAAANyQ/Uvs6aLoY0nc/s1600-h/Sara%252520cuts%252520her%252520own%252520hair%252521%252520%2525285%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara cuts her own hair! (5)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara cuts her own hair! (5)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KvMlrjUEAG8/VDtPtYggFRI/AAAAAAAANyc/VVf6eKFfz0k/Sara%252520cuts%252520her%252520own%252520hair%252521%252520%2525285%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We straightened it out a bit with a stylist next morning she is amazingly beautiful and  totally cute 4 year old!  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LRaZrmgP62g/VDtRqu2LMlI/AAAAAAAANyo/dOzrn-c9Puw/s1600-h/photo%2525202%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo 2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo 2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q71NXYC-OW4/VDtRrWBFoCI/AAAAAAAANyw/PaaPYFkzO1w/photo%2525202_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="644" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dtUfEvj5CQQ/VDtRsa7heqI/AAAAAAAANy4/WYZ9e29_8tI/s1600-h/photo%2525203%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="photo 3" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo 3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pU3Yo0qu4tc/VDtRtPeSvHI/AAAAAAAANzA/ovC4hujG0i0/photo%2525203_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484" /></a></p> <p><font color="#45818e"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t4KAU9EdhuA/VDtRtjuNtjI/AAAAAAAANzI/-R_OQu0nbNc/s1600-h/photo%2525204%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><u></u><img title="photo 4" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="photo 4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HBAU78fWB6w/VDtRuVKixHI/AAAAAAAANzQ/RT3U49CDx9U/photo%2525204_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="644" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><span style="color:#cccccc;">
© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-63740816689983915492014-09-29T08:22:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:54.042-07:00Soccer Season has started for Sara<p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We have another season of fall soccer upon us and this is Sara’s 2nd year playing.  She’s one of the “big” kids on the 3 & 4 year old team with “experience”.  She is loving it so far and is really fun to watch.  But, I don’t get to just watch her – as I’m the coach again this year.  I have ten 3 & 4 year olds on the Rattlesnakes (I didn’t choose it!) team.  I also have a wonderful assistant coach from Argentina who is so great to c0-coach with!  </p> <p> </p> <p>Sara loves wearing soccer cleats and loves they have a little pink outline on the symbol.  She seems to officially have switched from her favorite color being green to being pink & purple, sniff sniff!  </p> <p> </p> <p>It’s co-ed this year, but next year is all girls.  I’m so excited about this.  Boys and girls are just different.  When Alex was playing with girls, I thought it was “good” for him to learn to play with girls on his team.  Now that I have a girl – I want an all girls team.  I don’t want those boys to run her over, push her down (even though they are on the same team!) and hog the ball.  For now, it’s still good for Sara to play with a co-ed team.  She’s used to boys because of her big brother, I guess.  Next year… next year.  </p> <p> </p> <p>What else can I say – she runs after the ball, kicks the ball, and has made a goal!  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EegtxZ1HUZI/VCjSiNLiUaI/AAAAAAAANr0/9UiFZ4du5x4/s1600-h/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%25252851%252529-small%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara soccer 1 (51)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara soccer 1 (51)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vRQYwkVwXGg/VCjSi3oT_BI/AAAAAAAANr8/HVBzTVzGyok/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%25252851%252529-small_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8aQ-o8LzkUw/VCjSjl0e_7I/AAAAAAAANsA/-K3JmWtundg/s1600-h/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525282%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara soccer 1 (2)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara soccer 1 (2)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_6r6fDXCWpA/VCjSkXMzSQI/AAAAAAAANsM/xvi7kkjU_N0/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525282%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wJqIknFc6KE/VCjSlRipKGI/AAAAAAAANsU/Ib_jTm7_lM8/s1600-h/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525287%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara soccer 1 (7)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara soccer 1 (7)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-07R_OozTJs0/VCjSl8iauqI/AAAAAAAANsc/qqw7eAMTnss/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525287%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Y5W606BMsRc/VCjSm_me7lI/AAAAAAAANsk/qg_5ZVphqdQ/s1600-h/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525288%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara soccer 1 (8)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara soccer 1 (8)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-s5oqqzIhTq0/VCjSnn09-FI/AAAAAAAANss/DmZRg5VarNY/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525288%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-othBWoxFJxk/VCjSoscRTwI/AAAAAAAANs0/ZqdKuDwLGZw/s1600-h/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525289%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara soccer 1 (9)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara soccer 1 (9)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JpPTCQkmsKQ/VCjS_hXm6fI/AAAAAAAANs8/eN_j7ouynN8/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%2525289%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Foh5i_k_rkY/VCjTAc1kTYI/AAAAAAAANtE/r6KsBIPRBDo/s1600-h/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%25252816%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara soccer 1 (16)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara soccer 1 (16)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b6ja-Dsu0vg/VCjTBDPaIqI/AAAAAAAANtM/YN7YJWXIdjQ/Sara%252520soccer%2525201%252520%25252816%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><span style="color:#cccccc;">
© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-64039022815501606382014-09-07T19:56:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:54.398-07:00Backpacking the Lake Ozette triangle<p> </p> <p>We went on a wonderful backpacking trip this summer.  It was Sara’s first ever backpacking and it was a doozy!  9 miles and 2 nights/3 days.  She was a champ!  She loved (most) of it and walked (most) of the way by herself.  This was Alex’s 3rd summer of backpacking with Daddy.  But now that Sara is old enough – we are going to go as a family!  We had such a great time that I’m sure we’ll go again next summer!</p> <p> </p> <p>I wish I would’ve lugged my big camera out – it would’ve been worth it!  It was so beautiful.  But, alas, these were all taken with my point and shoot to save on the weight of things carried.  </p> <p> </p> <p>I bought the kids some binoculars to share and they were quite a hit!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QxUMyWtLa4k/VA0aDvVOTgI/AAAAAAAANic/snXa-_I2IIc/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B90%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (8)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (8)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0vQpjcGRCI4/VA0aET3p8YI/AAAAAAAANik/FE9x0mP2Ryg/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B89%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0tzljX8lgmw/VA0aE6Qf8nI/AAAAAAAANio/IvN-xvgFgTs/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B21%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (9)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (9)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S0tfvdOr3EM/VA0aGJnQI8I/AAAAAAAANi0/8rkFo3_n6bI/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B71%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The group at the beginning of the trip – Lance’s cousin, his daughter, and his Uncle joined us and it was so fun going as a group.  Gwen said to me how much she liked coming along with other kids to play with – and I agree!  Our kids liked having Gwen along too!  Since our kids don’t have any true cousins, since my sister has no kids and Lance is an only child, Gwen is a second cousin (Lance’s cousin’s kid) – we call them cousins.  They are basically cousins and are great friends.  It’s fun watching them all grow up together, albeit way too fast sometimes.  I remember when Gwen and Alex were just newborns!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cPPvdGxXsss/VA0aGwPFNOI/AAAAAAAANi8/T90K1h9fqZI/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B36%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (11)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (11)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Md_IQgYD-ko/VA0aHW44AFI/AAAAAAAANjE/7wM7FHlm14g/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B103%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CFbUHCcMD8Y/VA0aINBElCI/AAAAAAAANjM/jZgzmq9CxeI/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B79%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (13)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (13)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wxq-0eg5maI/VA0aI0CAFlI/AAAAAAAANjQ/GsLURBCdlVM/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B31%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The first 3 miles and the last 3 miles of the triangle are mostly on boardwalk.  Which makes it really nice to hike through, especially with our novice Sara.  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Nx9JMwPLXXU/VA0aJZph8oI/AAAAAAAANjY/W-qK-73BZ8I/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B98%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (36)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (36)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-04DCoDCXkw4/VA0aJwVUuNI/AAAAAAAANjk/MyEMw0f-0GA/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B85%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZuLeysC0swg/VA0aKriGreI/AAAAAAAANjs/RMIDd0IgiCI/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B54%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (43)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (43)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-l709C1Zuvak/VA0aLZ-xltI/AAAAAAAANj0/6rqKKlOJHKw/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B100%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We made it to the beach after the first 3 miles and found a campsite.  The day was warm and the sun was just breaking out.  We enjoyed beachcombing, playing in the water, climbing the rocks, looking for crabs, tidepoolin’, finding a beach swing, climbing trees, Alex showing us his muscles, etc.  The weather was in the mid to upper 70’s and was glorious!  Don’t let this grey photo below fool you!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IHLbWNbA9ZU/VA0aMN0FfDI/AAAAAAAANj8/GwESuz1vras/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B61%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (61)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (61)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rOtM3rKA4vc/VA0aMi1kSwI/AAAAAAAANkE/IaC00fHhCAg/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B59%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-I5s7A_xbLBU/VA0aNPj8oYI/AAAAAAAANkI/sZ4me0XtyeU/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B25%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (64)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (64)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9AJBAYtLNoM/VA0aN2OKTMI/AAAAAAAANkU/uCEMjx47chk/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B51%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_POP6fLB-KE/VA0aOUAn6KI/AAAAAAAANkc/T8X1gWhppMs/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B65%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (84)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (84)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jc2V-0HN9j8/VA0aPOdmlgI/AAAAAAAANkk/clM19vR6Bcw/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B53%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ub0-tXCpfOA/VA0aPtsJMfI/AAAAAAAANks/L-kAO_2naKg/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (136)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (136)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s__4jeWsvso/VA0aQs7_EdI/AAAAAAAANkw/ec6S6s-E--E/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B84%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yVkZWPoPV3c/VA0aRPrl7rI/AAAAAAAANk8/8JAEkBkzxuI/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B93%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (139)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (139)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NrXBWxZZLfk/VA0aR1qBGqI/AAAAAAAANlE/-tlULbimlDA/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B45%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hAydUHm_SMg/VA0aSVIPT7I/AAAAAAAANlI/qqM6eSmofn4/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (153)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (153)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wiV3EhHE-Z4/VA0aS_OYY9I/AAAAAAAANlU/b2EQeh5bp8o/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B57%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9er_XmqOxQU/VA0aTqoiaOI/AAAAAAAANlc/DtGfjLqSicc/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B28%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (206)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (206)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eHHS0TzukA8/VA0aUNHORjI/AAAAAAAANlg/dYD8D9oucdY/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B49%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hai7Y75MXHM/VA0aUtkzwyI/AAAAAAAANlo/dUd-kl4VE58/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B75%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (208)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (208)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-O2Emv9aqJKo/VA0aVWkC36I/AAAAAAAANlw/Ui40UfHrJTI/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B42%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8F1veC-wUxs/VA0aWSg9SCI/AAAAAAAANl8/BfzS_SKIo5w/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B72%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (214)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (214)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wgrlOT0H1Sw/VA0aW16ifrI/AAAAAAAANmE/kLFIK69AZWA/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B94%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-am4hL0I-Ui4/VA0aXiHAwyI/AAAAAAAANmM/q9GV2Rwd758/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B80%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (227)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (227)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BOhTJkGOLRQ/VA0aYBqWXuI/AAAAAAAANmQ/feCHRlGHOrI/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B110%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>One of the great things we’ve discovered is the Junior Ranger programs at the National Parks.  We started this way back in Moab, UT a few years ago.  The kids do a booklet that involves reading, puzzles, stories, lessons, etc.  They also go to a ranger program if it’s available and they “earn” badges based on completing age appropriate work. </p> <p> </p> <p>My kids eat this stuff up!</p> <p> </p> <p>I got three sets of booklets for the kids – the ocean steward booklet and the junior ranger one for Olympic National Park.  They had something to do during downtimes and when you turn your booklets in and take the oath – they give you free badges!   My kids loved this activity and Gwen got hooked!</p> <p> </p> <p>We’ve put the patches on kids fishing vests with tons of pockets to put their treasures.  It’s a wonderful idea that Grandma Sandy came up with!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-n7L8nuzmkkE/VA0aY6U5RtI/AAAAAAAANmc/DRyR-1kKCvc/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B70%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (240)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (240)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-POueTXdQj-s/VA0aZtUZCDI/AAAAAAAANmk/HYFFIfmfEto/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B76%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eTpwGifgp5E/VA0aaJnxBnI/AAAAAAAANmo/ke6hQnA0Loo/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B107%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (242)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (242)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RrLDyj7NWF8/VA0aatnfJjI/AAAAAAAANm0/0ajxg7mMNdo/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B18%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p>We ended our first night with an AMAZING sunset!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tbyutpROn60/VA0abIoOUbI/AAAAAAAANm4/vq-m2jHtJ4k/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B56%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (260)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (260)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tahGHLtsHcA/VA0abgaBQqI/AAAAAAAANnE/eapSLR7C53g/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B22%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>And awoke to more grey thick fog!  But, a very low tide…</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-baKtdjgzakQ/VA0acXd7DWI/AAAAAAAANnM/MG1kMCmsR4M/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B83%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (266)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (266)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aqhfbFjSJ_s/VA0ac08pPxI/AAAAAAAANnU/pTiVXb_g5rU/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>The kiddos played four hours in the rocks of the low tide – discovering anemones, and all sorts of creatures.  I’ve read about the starfish wasting disease hitting the west coast and there were only a few (3?) starfish that I observed.  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Koui5sjI2Fc/VA0ade0I9XI/AAAAAAAANnc/uzuieDqJ55M/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B48%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (270)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (270)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nO53qp98Ew8/VA0adzk6v1I/AAAAAAAANnk/bdnNe6i6PMI/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B23%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We spotted many types of animal tracks and used a book Sara got at the ranger station to identify them.  They were big cat looking prints, but with no nail marks…. a mountain lion/cougar!  Never saw it (!), but saw the tracks!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-q9nFK6_67EM/VA0aefXVjJI/AAAAAAAANns/9ShY5pY3UVY/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B27%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (277)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (277)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KhGM1MjXPCE/VA0afO-hGoI/AAAAAAAANn0/v6ye03PGCbc/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We set off mid day to hike 3 more miles on the triangle.  But, this time – it was along the beach!  What took us ~1.5 hours the previous day, took us 4 hours this day.  It was a rugged beach, with sloping, soft sand.  Logs to go around, over and under.  Headlands to go over or around.  lots of things to look at (a lot of fishing debris) and generally a tough part to the hike.  We stopped for lunch and had a break, but otherwise we took it pretty slow.  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cpJfdFjs7NI/VA0afsbmzSI/AAAAAAAANn8/3rSl5tD6vo4/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B88%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (284)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (284)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gx_ppNUzPxU/VA0agL7pqVI/AAAAAAAANoA/Fx18QsUMBuo/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B105%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KDtR2J7BrMY/VA0agk4W2fI/AAAAAAAANoI/7jsOU3PKFak/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B104%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (287)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (287)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PfYfA_whdtc/VA0ahKNWarI/AAAAAAAANoU/FAQPUwxbBYY/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B60%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Alex found a garter snake!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Dmats2O1dh0/VA0ah2nYIdI/AAAAAAAANoc/Hhmd8JWhm7c/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B52%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (289)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (289)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7JJgETurjNY/VA0aiYudhrI/AAAAAAAANok/X-_mNfwkujY/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B58%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WNfdy7-Dh2E/VA0ajDcIEoI/AAAAAAAANoo/sCyLJaaIN0o/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B30%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (293)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (293)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bnfGfF_XWE0/VA0ajp8Xx-I/AAAAAAAANo0/sjt7RkecK6c/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B55%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Either Lance or I carried Sara a few times on this middle day – to get around headlands, logs or other areas.  But, it wasn’t too bad.  We made it work.  </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HwgUjly3GCk/VA0akCvtZsI/AAAAAAAANo4/0lKEN14msFo/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B97%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (306)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (306)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8qa5niC-4sQ/VA0akvFzIKI/AAAAAAAANpA/g6b4zL7bJLg/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B82%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CU0Uk5bhTUk/VA0ak_iUg8I/AAAAAAAANpM/viD3GQhaQ6o/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B20%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (316)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (316)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_vrluGT8Rok/VA0alrdeywI/AAAAAAAANpQ/uUebRotyEe4/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B24%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NQ5otV9lBqY/VA0amKwIs0I/AAAAAAAANpY/tKdGJDA2hYw/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B33%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (324)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (324)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DvbWQ9sOqaA/VA0amkPW-BI/AAAAAAAANpg/IIUqjgFIgyk/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>When we got to our campsite – it was so warm and sunny!  We were all hot and sweaty and Sara just went for it!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Xqs-m9mfKzk/VA0anK8fzEI/AAAAAAAANpo/JUUF851u-ZI/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B46%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (339)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (376)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0CQttwfH6cg/VA0asbj3ujI/AAAAAAAANq0/1bm1DUTVQRo/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B96%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>This is the hard part…. It was only 3 miles back, but seemingly slightly uphill most of the way.  Sara was tired.  really tired.  And Alex and Lance were up ahead.  I ended up carrying Sara probably ~2/3 of the way back because of this.  Which actually wasn’t as difficult as it sounds, but made for a tired Mama at the end of this trip.  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4apG1BjyaNU/VA0atQZgxPI/AAAAAAAANq8/t5oHtX5TcrA/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B39%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (399)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (399)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--6hOcZvgQGE/VA0auCMr-oI/AAAAAAAANrE/3GRz65AQAHE/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B40%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-saC7qYcRl-k/VA0aup4UASI/AAAAAAAANrI/HWRquLevSIk/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B64%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (412)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (412)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-efW7F9CFdNk/VA0avGk-m0I/AAAAAAAANrQ/Il7m4tnMbGU/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MCgFwTDOuak/VA0avlVDkOI/AAAAAAAANrc/6Us7T8Yzpa8/s1600-h/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B91%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (414)-small" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lake Ozette triangle backpacking trip (414)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GGvLtM8ho4I/VA0awTKDP0I/AAAAAAAANrk/FPU1VQCaZgM/Lake-Ozette-triangle-backpacking-tri%25255B38%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><span style="color:#cccccc;">
© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-34117357163876935482014-08-19T22:40:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:54.756-07:00sprinkler summer<p>This summer has been amazing!  Such warm sunny weather and beautiful days.  My kids have taken full advantage of being pure kiddos and running through the sprinklers in the evenings.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Enjoy!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kZSThHQasI4/U_Q0jxbtGPI/AAAAAAAANSM/gf5I7AexUzU/s1600-h/sprinkler%252520%2525281%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="sprinkler (1)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="sprinkler (1)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0IVPnVjtZrs/U_Q0k0kX2rI/AAAAAAAANSU/QHOeCFF5pwg/sprinkler%252520%2525281%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-klBF1FKbE6Y/U_Q0lhwyDbI/AAAAAAAANSc/mOcKncqAEVc/s1600-h/sprinkler%252520%2525284%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="sprinkler (4)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-19248944131449716372014-08-06T22:08:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:55.111-07:00Spring Sports<p> </p> <p>We were a busy family this Spring… Baseball started and once the boys even heard the words “flag football” – they were all in!  If you know Alex – you know he LOVES sports.  Wants to play them all – all the time.  Well, for the first time (ever) – we had him in two things this Spring.  It was a bit much at times, but we got through it and we all thoroughly enjoyed it!  </p> <p> </p> <p>Sara stopped going to Gymnastics/Tumbling – she had done it for quite a while and was just done.  She was happy not having any “commitments” and just playing.  She had many friends at the practices and games of all the younger siblings.  Mud puddles, flowers for Mama, Playgrounds, umbrellas, chairs and generally being a very happy girl.  After many practices and many many games – we’re ready to get this girl back to Soccer this fall!  And who knows after that????  </p> <p> </p> <p>Alex did so great this year at Baseball.  It was coached pitched and for the first time – there were only 5 good balls and the boy would be out.  Talk about break a Mama’s heart!  I was able to watch the boys go through the emotions of being “out” and struggling with this.  Also, there were 3 outs each inning, compared to all boys/kids batting each inning.  The first couple of times the boys didn’t all get to bat there were some tears shed.  But, this is a part of learning this sport and they all adjusted to it eventually.  I loved hearing them all cheer for each other, when the got out, when they didn’t get to bat or when they didn’t make it to first/got out at first.  </p> <p> </p> <p>And then scroll WAY down for the flag football pictures.  This was SO much fun.  Lance assisted the coach and Alex had 2 of his best friends on the team with him.  They were like the 3 stooges sometimes – but sometimes they were like little flag football prodigy!  One of the boys has quite an arm and really liked throwing/playing quarterback.  Alex and the other boy loved catching/running the football for a touchdown.  They were all really great and I loved watching them play.  They were getting plays and making connections. They really gelled.  There were playoffs and an I-9 bowl that Alex really wanted to go to – I think because he’d heard so much about the Superbowl because of the Seahawks.  His team ended up losing and not making it to the I-9 bowl, but I think in all the boys hearts and the parents hearts – we all were winners!  Alex’s specialty seemed to be running really fast away from the opponents or grabbing the flags of the opponents.  I can’t wait for next year!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-J-EVhJJPWlM/U-MJHeX_SrI/AAAAAAAANMU/MjF9mcGc-IU/s1600-h/baseballgame%252520%2525288%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="baseballgame (8)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="baseballgame (8)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eQbTVKAGyUg/U-MJI_ORUxI/AAAAAAAANMc/kTim7xUXv5I/baseballgame%252520%2525288%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EXnKDnHKDJ0/U-MJJv8iPqI/AAAAAAAANMk/MKzIgKjXiyQ/s1600-h/baseballgame%252520%25252816%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="baseballgame (16)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-41372266345314303902014-07-17T07:51:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:55.468-07:00Happy 10th Anniversary to us!<p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L8IyfKL6Mno/U8fiuAtYdxI/AAAAAAAANLQ/laGtYOXaJRY/s1600-h/01943_n_10afkm2s9q1416%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="01943_n_10afkm2s9q1416" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="01943_n_10afkm2s9q1416" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-n3eK6gzWi20/U8fivAnr0xI/AAAAAAAANLY/j_reIhIftqE/01943_n_10afkm2s9q1416_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="558" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JeXhj-jIDbU/U8fiv3zESKI/AAAAAAAANLg/1XQdWDi0bVo/s1600-h/01992_n_10afkm2s9q1248%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="01992_n_10afkm2s9q1248" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="01992_n_10afkm2s9q1248" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C25r1Lbbyh4/U8fizaQ1IeI/AAAAAAAANLo/-cT0PVDV-BU/01992_n_10afkm2s9q1248_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="552" height="854" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3hk6fk0e7I4/U8fi0PVghLI/AAAAAAAANLw/Mqu7a-lzjw4/s1600-h/00220_bn_10afkm2s9q2330%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="00220_bn_10afkm2s9q2330" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="00220_bn_10afkm2s9q2330" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LZO6lZ8kmF4/U8fi04FuR7I/AAAAAAAANL4/vsPCFAue2cI/00220_bn_10afkm2s9q2330_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="576" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><span style="color:#cccccc;">
© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-11105066284018007852014-07-11T07:32:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:55.826-07:00Sara’s 4th Birthday<p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Sara’s 4th birthday party was a hit this year!  We decided to combine two of Sara’s favorite things in the world right now – pancakes and pajamas!</p> <p> </p> <p>Everyone wore their pajamas and came over for brunch! Sara was SO happy to have all her friends over at her house!  We all enjoyed pancakes, fruit, sausages, coffee/tea for the adults, and juice for the kiddos, and all different types of syrups.  We are normally pretty snobby about our syrup buying the<em> real</em> stuff.  But, we had to buy the fake stuff because a bunch of 4 year olds waiting for cupcakes just aren’t going to appreciate the real stuff like they should (yet).  </p> <p> </p> <p>The tattoo station was a HIT with the girls.  Sara probably had 20+ tattoos!  A number of the other girls had probably the same amount!  I wonder what the preschool teacher thought on Monday about that one!  The boys loved the hot wheels!  Every kid thought it was so fun to show up in their pajamas!</p> <p> </p> <p>We all had a great time celebrating Sara’s 4th birthday!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TD0JBz8Kihg/U79pEzWMoTI/AAAAAAAANG4/UOnqrLHX8lg/s1600-h/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520birthday%252520party%252520pajamas%252520and%252520pancakes%252520%2525282%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara's 4th birthday party pajamas and pancakes (2)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-43954990496961248272014-07-07T08:27:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:56.209-07:00Alex’s 7th Birthday<p>We had a blast on Alex’s 7th Birthday this year (back in March, I’m just a wee bit late).  </p> <p> </p> <p>I can’t believe my boy is 7!  We invited a few friends and they got to ride the bus home on a Friday afternoon.  They played a bit in the backyard and then we were off to a go-cart place.  They had a blast there and back to our house again for pizza and cake and then home they went!  Alex had so much fun!  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VNeIKGTF45A/U7oTncAAxEI/AAAAAAAANEE/t7O-SO5OgK0/s1600-h/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%2525285%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex's 7th Bday party (5)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex's 7th Bday party (69)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DseHCfHSFOg/U7oTwHc9QgI/AAAAAAAANFs/E-RXt5iFLXQ/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%25252869%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2OooVfwGuYU/U7oTwrxwDRI/AAAAAAAANF0/VgUfao9CFxE/s1600-h/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%25252871%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex's 7th Bday party (71)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex's 7th Bday party (71)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1w2wNrZjQLI/U7oTxtT4LGI/AAAAAAAANF8/yhPlc5mIMyM/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%25252871%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8UVG9pVIeIg/U7oTyM9YfcI/AAAAAAAANGE/NTfGWKm6G6o/s1600-h/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%25252892%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex's 7th Bday party (92)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex's 7th Bday party (92)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CSFyk9hWD18/U7oTzAD3siI/AAAAAAAANGM/B6OsN2UZ3yo/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%25252892%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-L8eik6Hf4_o/U7oTzgkcfPI/AAAAAAAANGU/xf6cBhWwuBI/s1600-h/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%252528105%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex's 7th Bday party (105)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex's 7th Bday party (105)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PmLASb6MR6w/U7oT0alG0ZI/AAAAAAAANGc/DgIGvxPr-fw/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%252528105%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8Wl9hKSHA-k/U7oT1e3ucyI/AAAAAAAANGk/iVgd6dqBoFE/s1600-h/Alex%252527s%2525207th%252520Bday%252520party%252520%252528109%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex's 7th Bday party (109)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-70666301959418866732014-07-04T09:57:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:56.570-07:00Happy 4th!<p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Happy 4th of July America!</p> <p> </p> <p>These pictures are from last year where we had a great time at the beach and had  a ton of fun!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_OQTFZgft5s/U7Y0_rwCEeI/AAAAAAAANBY/hzg-UYN-pLY/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%2525284%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (4)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4th of July (4)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uyNoBc-CoA8/U7Y1AnypTDI/AAAAAAAANBg/wa-kotEWFxE/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%2525284%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sRJtEl8zlco/U7Y1BUY2FaI/AAAAAAAANBo/cg5ocEJGPsU/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252819%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (19)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4th of July (19)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eKBBiZtqGjM/U7Y1CIlFVpI/AAAAAAAANBw/e3lLdcxLuIY/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252819%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dfPGN-dekxc/U7Y1DFY57CI/AAAAAAAANB4/lqDNf6b_Xd8/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252836%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (36)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4th of July (36)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-D3B0YCNVgJk/U7Y1D5YSIaI/AAAAAAAANCA/P33BJ2I_XJg/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252836%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FstjNYmSOcM/U7Y1E89dtNI/AAAAAAAANCI/ashme1NlZV8/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252840%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (40)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4th of July (40)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Al6L0tVn7EE/U7Y1F25fXbI/AAAAAAAANCQ/SZkpn0fwEho/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252840%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EDNul69AAOY/U7Y1Guv7oiI/AAAAAAAANCY/g1TjfXTBiIM/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252849%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (49)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4th of July (49)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4FXjuTd4gJY/U7Y1Hddll4I/AAAAAAAANCg/cdqaoBf6zS8/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252849%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-E5pwKuRa3ts/U7Y1IOK5E-I/AAAAAAAANCo/I2ajL9rViEA/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252857%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (57)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4th of July (57)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EBjqPVlEfF0/U7Y1I58FWYI/AAAAAAAANCw/T_hIE2HOiBE/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252857%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6xmIFKdNjUQ/U7Y1J-d73ZI/AAAAAAAANC4/jZvDKnaoCwM/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252862%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (62)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4th of July (62)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_WXDa0ZM-bY/U7Y1KpAc4DI/AAAAAAAANDA/KdeMzI7aF1s/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252862%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UYjMRE5dkcM/U7Y1LoFr2-I/AAAAAAAANDI/nJ5au_iZAjk/s1600-h/4th%252520of%252520July%252520%25252863%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="4th of July (63)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-79667256060079664482014-06-29T16:20:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:56.925-07:00Spring, in a nutshell…<p> </p> <p>It’s now summer and I haven’t even really posted about Spring!  It has been a super fun Spring with lots to show and tell!  </p> <p> </p> <p>I guess I will just make small posts about all the happenings around the Torgesen household… </p> <p> </p> <p>Let’s start with a monkey princess pajama girl – she’s the BEST!  She was running low on pjs and I picked up these mis-matching (gasp!) pieces and threw them together.  Sara noticed the “monkey princess” right away and deemed them her favorite.  They are soft, and this girl is all about texture.  As in, if it’s soft and snuggly – she’ll wear it.  If rough or scratchy, she won’t.  I see cashmere in this girls future!  (just like her Mama!)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-az98Tpw_vZY/U7CfKvBX6DI/AAAAAAAANBA/goui97eA3FU/s1600-h/Sara%252520and%252520her%252520new%252520pjs%252520%2525282%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara and her new pjs (2)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara and her new pjs (2)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uP-ZZcrvF_g/U7CfLY18OKI/AAAAAAAANBI/qP-91riOlIU/Sara%252520and%252520her%252520new%252520pjs%252520%2525282%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><span style="color:#cccccc;">
© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-37575751749961206122014-05-21T07:40:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:57.281-07:00Cancun, last part movies<p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Ok, well not totally the last part.  Here are the videos!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/ubgvPuRpC94" target="_blank">How Sara swims in a pool - so cute!</a></p> <p> </p> <p>and Cliff Jumping at Cenote Azul:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/bui7b1dGUhA" target="_blank">Alex warms up by jumping off platform</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/EeZGttDp53k" target="_blank">Lance and Alex jump from low ledge first</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/9dCaqtl67CI" target="_blank">Lance and Alex jump from high ledge now</a> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/3QpJvM3V-Zs" target="_blank">Allison and Alex go together off the high ledge</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Remember – none of them wanted to go!  I had to convince them to come. </p> <p> <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-av6dpqOVCjI/U3mLTC7nWsI/AAAAAAAAM-k/l-P36N_aNRk/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p>Alex was a jumping fiend!  He couldn’t get enough of it!  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JXPlua7-tRA/U3mLT3E6YhI/AAAAAAAAM-s/SS9tT9hmNXo/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528781%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (781)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (781)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-53nVehweTRI/U3mLUzuNeXI/AAAAAAAAM-0/J6avc4kYEvU/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528781%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gVqdjUVZ0f4/U3mLVipKgBI/AAAAAAAAM-8/8fxBfoe4R18/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528783%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (783)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (808)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Yw_MhWe5wac/U3mLaGVNAhI/AAAAAAAAM_k/3zOyhYrAZZM/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528808%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3IqMSD-Cbk0/U3mLa-NLQSI/AAAAAAAAM_s/g8RZxrMqA9Q/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528813%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (813)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (813)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-80qGViT39F4/U3mLb3Dux_I/AAAAAAAAM_0/NEmg-7SwwXs/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528813%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pQ8mVwH9gyQ/U3mLcsM_HjI/AAAAAAAAM_8/9FNVLJRipMg/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528830%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (830)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (830)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Za61KK-LIaY/U3mLdmVqjOI/AAAAAAAANAE/J3zZWsnelXE/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528830%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IKcKE6mAYJg/U3mLef9XKOI/AAAAAAAANAM/QJCy_gXEu9s/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528836%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (836)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (836)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--_F9m9oMIEs/U3mLfefdhiI/AAAAAAAANAU/__vhCXOZYUI/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528836%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JvjlqJNKuhs/U3mLgEGbKHI/AAAAAAAANAc/tVxde6N87qk/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528848%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (848)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-29334258033974084872014-05-19T07:56:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:57.636-07:00Cancun, last part<p>In an effort to get through the last of our vacation… I will just post the best pictures and have a few comments here and there.  It was a really great vacation and I can’t wait to take the kids back to Mexico.  </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FM6aowG6xis/U3mE874YGWI/AAAAAAAAM3s/XVX9jWfu57o/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528571%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (571)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (571)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-R7Nr1rdSPgc/U3mE9nMbKmI/AAAAAAAAM30/z5Nci40UB9g/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528571%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Sara pushing me in the pool!  It was a bit chilly!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-468ehYLZ7LE/U3mE-iMPlsI/AAAAAAAAM38/3PcZNhviUAA/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528575%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (575)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (575)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FjDCsvvRwmU/U3mE_Q38dyI/AAAAAAAAM4E/IDw5SxyXzto/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528575%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Sara helping me make salsa.  She loved squeezing the limes!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QiealRpFx38/U3mFAfn0eFI/AAAAAAAAM4M/ae5aF7zf7AM/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528579%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (579)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (579)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-U8o4cyz0BOc/U3mFBLRuekI/AAAAAAAAM4U/vjZ6-cUO4uk/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528579%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XefPNqv0oW4/U3mFB1c9P1I/AAAAAAAAM4c/ccvzYHH5Wjg/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528584%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (584)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (584)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jQjn1gTE6n0/U3mFC7UNkSI/AAAAAAAAM4k/M2Tg0rP3too/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528584%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Cannonball!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jfP67Sog6d0/U3mFDmIJUuI/AAAAAAAAM4s/INYhGkj98Vc/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528597%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (597)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (597)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3byd0ua5s0o/U3mFEbbrlWI/AAAAAAAAM40/vfU0ar1lvTI/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528597%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Aw0svMLZmaM/U3mFFQwh1XI/AAAAAAAAM48/kDkbbKqvM5o/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528617%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (617)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (617)-small" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qUIby3yVMgs/U3mFGEOmG7I/AAAAAAAAM5E/cbJ55SMf3x4/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528617%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uBNfdcSBtgA/U3mFG2t5MXI/AAAAAAAAM5M/Kt9QWiX4Gpc/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528702%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (702)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (702)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1FwsXA3DMXQ/U3mFHivSk0I/AAAAAAAAM5U/Bq5HvtcyNrc/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528702%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Alex totally “got” the mask and snorkel.  Sara was a bit too young, but we brought it anyways.  It took a while for her to want to try it – but she did try it!  She inhaled a bit of water at one point and was done at that point.  I’m so proud of her for trying it though!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Z2QN2pMEkjI/U3mFISc8xgI/AAAAAAAAM5c/gspZGOiSblk/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528717%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (717)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (720)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hC8Ezo0NhSs/U3mFMT2rkEI/AAAAAAAAM6E/-30fGnbZliI/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528720%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6e2VClSUxGA/U3mFNNj0hiI/AAAAAAAAM6M/Vfsj-RmUMjI/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528727%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (727)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (727)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-B3ChmgwaGv8/U3mFN7Iqr4I/AAAAAAAAM6U/HHkkII9ksPo/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528727%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>You know me – the family picture!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qYdoZrskU50/U3mFO_-J0AI/AAAAAAAAM6c/7rPQBifvNww/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528752%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (752)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (752)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pCYHr2Gcy8g/U3mFPoV5gjI/AAAAAAAAM6k/6vKywe5Hv1M/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528752%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>My inlaws, who joined us.  Grandpa T and Grandma Connie!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cOXLkGWlupY/U3mFQUcM6nI/AAAAAAAAM6s/-RrDIJFZyK4/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528758%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (758)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Cancun vacation (758)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-btJZypae5Is/U3mFRSVW0nI/AAAAAAAAM60/rdSaEeBVL4Q/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528758%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>I had to literally threaten to go by myself to our last outing at <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g150805-d153418-Reviews-Cenote_Azul-Yucatan_Peninsula.html" target="_blank">Cenote Azul</a>.  Everybody wanted to just stay at the condo, but I had heard how cool it was to swim in these underground rivers.  We didn’t know how we were going to get there… how we were going to get back…. we didn’t want to rent a car…. excuses, excuses.  But, it turned out to be one of my highlights of the whole trip.  In short, it was AMAZING!  And BEAUTIFUL.   And EXCITING!  I got Alex excited to go by asking him if he wanted to “cliff dive”?   We all did it, except Sara, which was very happy with her floaties and swimming around.  There were fish living in the cenote and it was so clean and crystal clear.  I would highly recommend it!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2GQ0e7HdC2E/U3mFR8cGubI/AAAAAAAAM68/mCMDTfsauvM/s1600-h/Cancun%252520vacation%252520%252528771%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cancun vacation (771)-small" style="border-top: 0px; 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© Allison Torgesen</span></div>atorgesenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274780875902970560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486255818561057278.post-68663402993789174552014-04-10T22:03:00.000-07:002021-03-20T11:21:57.991-07:00Happy 4 year old Sara<p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We have a happy 4 year old tonight!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MYLt6IdflfU/U0d3npYI71I/AAAAAAAAM2E/rdhnz2rttwo/s1600-h/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252847%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara's 4th Birthday (47)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara's 4th Birthday (47)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zmZbvFLBODE/U0d3oSgQx4I/AAAAAAAAM2M/s6qVoZUJTdI/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252847%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YF9Ck_MgmUc/U0d3o-AniEI/AAAAAAAAM2U/AyidL8VWhkQ/s1600-h/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252850%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara's 4th Birthday (50)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara's 4th Birthday (50)-small" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NOHrd-V5X7s/U0d3ppXZ5FI/AAAAAAAAM2c/s_iQ3ojkHaI/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252850%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ALE7M8EWnFM/U0d3qKSUAzI/AAAAAAAAM2k/TIa8fRzHWXg/s1600-h/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252859%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara's 4th Birthday (59)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara's 4th Birthday (59)-small" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-W2_i8CokIUk/U0d3q5NSFZI/AAAAAAAAM2o/NyUJMb6Lc_U/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252859%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-i42Jx6Jsw2s/U0d3rTbbmRI/AAAAAAAAM20/UWo6kP-ONx4/s1600-h/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252860%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara's 4th Birthday (60)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara's 4th Birthday (60)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-v4qwUNbpvGk/U0d3r_hLrzI/AAAAAAAAM28/hRM6i8f1gX0/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252860%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-juiv4wBbnXk/U0d3sjfSlMI/AAAAAAAAM3A/0C2BKlLMkBY/s1600-h/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252865%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara's 4th Birthday (65)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara's 4th Birthday (65)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xRP1ZNcelGk/U0d3tPeOhuI/AAAAAAAAM3M/tahI894za3Y/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252865%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="854" height="571" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ftZQd1uevn0/U0d3tiACURI/AAAAAAAAM3U/T85MUnPD0KE/s1600-h/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252878%252529-small%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sara's 4th Birthday (78)-small" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sara's 4th Birthday (78)-small" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4L__p2ki1ao/U0d3uSvJ7gI/AAAAAAAAM3c/8sDfWK0SxUo/Sara%252527s%2525204th%252520Birthday%252520%25252878%252529-small_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="854" /></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><span style="color:#cccccc;">
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