tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48124165266021980462024-03-13T23:46:19.196-07:00Rushing ReviewHeidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-70422042074096095462021-01-30T19:31:00.001-08:002021-05-04T16:11:47.738-07:00Hauʻoli Lā Hānau Scott!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Heather sends us at least one vacation deal to look at each month. In September 2020 she showed us a sale on airfare to Hawaii over Scott's birthday. We had such a fun time there in January 2020 that it didn't take us long to commit and we booked airfare to Maui. We soon realized we couldn't find any affordable lodging in Maui that also offered free cancellation. Generous cancellation policies are definitely a must in these crazy COVID times. Heather found a good deal on lodging in Kauai so we changed our airfare from Maui to Kauai. Yes! Everything was finalized! Well that was until it was declared that all visitors to Hawaii would be required to show a negative COVID test, from one of their approved testing sites, to get off the plane in Hawaii. That was discouraging so we then changed our plans and flights to spend the week in Cancun. Finally we knew where we would be spending Scott's birthday week! Or not. With just a little over a week before our vacation date, the CDC decided that starting on Jan 26th, all international travelers must show a negative COVID test to return to the United States. Seeing that we couldn't avoid a COVID test no matter where we traveled, we decided it would be safer and easier to deal with getting tested here in the USA</span><i style="text-align: left;"> before </i><span style="text-align: left;"> our vacation, rather than worry about getting tested and a negative result while in Mexico. So yes - we rebooked our original flight to Maui!</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWHJelyWYPmr6IGrA_5ykWYvfy2GetrN7caQ2TO-q3EKH8fJz3-2h8NZpTTHoF3EbDZM6byd6OxzmtFMMmLfoVAnmtLf-SfaMV8deDSRobsY3GfVwPeGL8IED-9btwDmCXyTTFH9nNkN5/s2048/IMG_7127.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWHJelyWYPmr6IGrA_5ykWYvfy2GetrN7caQ2TO-q3EKH8fJz3-2h8NZpTTHoF3EbDZM6byd6OxzmtFMMmLfoVAnmtLf-SfaMV8deDSRobsY3GfVwPeGL8IED-9btwDmCXyTTFH9nNkN5/w400-h300/IMG_7127.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We had to book a drive-thru COVID test at Walgreens in Beaverton, OR within 72 hours of our flight. We did our own swab test and it really wasn't that bad. The best part was that we got our results within an hour! Our entire group (Heather, Gavin and Jeff and Rae) was cleared and ready to go! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RmVZ8r29l693fDCgg9V1FOVglOzlzWEviEhjPnjT5vpND0OaYJvvkTtPcrudW9YMezf9DtD-xum3oHMvsjTFWQy3iXwyKH0bsHU_JIhkZsfy_wrlWtdZ-lawEdOShtwIgU3CNyh6NtU7/s1193/IMG_7138+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1125" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RmVZ8r29l693fDCgg9V1FOVglOzlzWEviEhjPnjT5vpND0OaYJvvkTtPcrudW9YMezf9DtD-xum3oHMvsjTFWQy3iXwyKH0bsHU_JIhkZsfy_wrlWtdZ-lawEdOShtwIgU3CNyh6NtU7/w189-h200/IMG_7138+2.jpeg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scott and I arrived in Maui first and got the rental car. Immediately Scott noticed a humming sound coming from the speaker down by the passenger seat door. Even though he is deaf in one ear - he can pick out any noise in a car and let it get on his nerves. So while we waited for the others to arrive, Scott pulled out spark plugs, one at a time, from the car until the humming sound stopped. The only problem was that with that missing spark plug - the car alarm would go off every time you unlocked the car!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ysxL2pSgOeZ6TNW5EmfNxy3tAsJhgXmgr5geleKXP8Avphwcl6F78MZwT0ip7CDR69RjAoe1XSr_IDpdJ4iiwfc94Joevq0fAoPekcPaFvx8lXlmJPiwT4GMa6OZfLuAvhixAm3u2xbg/s2048/IMG_7155.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ysxL2pSgOeZ6TNW5EmfNxy3tAsJhgXmgr5geleKXP8Avphwcl6F78MZwT0ip7CDR69RjAoe1XSr_IDpdJ4iiwfc94Joevq0fAoPekcPaFvx8lXlmJPiwT4GMa6OZfLuAvhixAm3u2xbg/w400-h225/IMG_7155.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally met up with the Utah group and somehow got all of us, our luggage and two sets fo golf clubs in the car and headed to our lodging. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4yNcFQz5SxR32Q-YDoAV7DYYw6b43arKAiu91BRXX1-gXEvaVVoR0wKT7HEudmH6rxYEM7E31cU62OfpVZaZIVHMIVa_dJ0HWLcfycpdCwEnd6UmyGIYay_SOQh7CaDxPU9LWYE4WY8l/s2048/IMG_7995.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4yNcFQz5SxR32Q-YDoAV7DYYw6b43arKAiu91BRXX1-gXEvaVVoR0wKT7HEudmH6rxYEM7E31cU62OfpVZaZIVHMIVa_dJ0HWLcfycpdCwEnd6UmyGIYay_SOQh7CaDxPU9LWYE4WY8l/w400-h300/IMG_7995.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />We stayed at the Honoa Kai Resort, which is the same place we stayed over Scott's bday the year before!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRbZnva2zAEGiUTYZpROgPtMvJf0bxkzmrkPunIU7B3Pl-M3WgUtN4WVSqJlMaRAVRrwjlY8Ja44xMESuwVYK_m_aa4dwP9VMjMzTVdVqdgMrIrdOh36NXmU8CLhiuvy-EPj3ittDpbnE/s2048/IMG_7319.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRbZnva2zAEGiUTYZpROgPtMvJf0bxkzmrkPunIU7B3Pl-M3WgUtN4WVSqJlMaRAVRrwjlY8Ja44xMESuwVYK_m_aa4dwP9VMjMzTVdVqdgMrIrdOh36NXmU8CLhiuvy-EPj3ittDpbnE/w400-h300/IMG_7319.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5a5PxO09DbAfshTun78aCp2-6IKtK9wGKR5UGCKjGJMpNFwBp4QI_RirdvQ8_oqoo1XS3b4_U4kYLSTfT4dzON-vKUFKSqdRuuo_oiprIVQn0G1V-EG4nPomt5famIvFHNAR40c_82qPA/s2048/IMG_0702.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5a5PxO09DbAfshTun78aCp2-6IKtK9wGKR5UGCKjGJMpNFwBp4QI_RirdvQ8_oqoo1XS3b4_U4kYLSTfT4dzON-vKUFKSqdRuuo_oiprIVQn0G1V-EG4nPomt5famIvFHNAR40c_82qPA/s320/IMG_0702.jpeg" /></a></div>We had a beautiful view of the ocean from our room but didn't spend anytime at the beach there. First of all, the beachfront in front of the hotel is extremely shallow and second of all, they had a shark attack just before we arrived! So our sun time was spent poolside. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYL1GZ9pl_Oyi2GXkM7nZ0wI02CHV6PRbzDos0mPC62oU9a6MiCYM5Nk9nVbpxjODDM2056qR2G-vTrhq2YK2ir04DeaDZmThp9qlb85T3KUjWsfgCXTcb-2eM-2YgWNsCLdwprOrHYzw2/s2048/IMG_0608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYL1GZ9pl_Oyi2GXkM7nZ0wI02CHV6PRbzDos0mPC62oU9a6MiCYM5Nk9nVbpxjODDM2056qR2G-vTrhq2YK2ir04DeaDZmThp9qlb85T3KUjWsfgCXTcb-2eM-2YgWNsCLdwprOrHYzw2/w300-h400/IMG_0608.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mwZ_uqQOjYby05T21PuCiekkOv3lg9VK816e5MrKaNeRy5ubZ_Nhels2Tdzb6c3_Ph1eEsq__acQ_xRe0quMvnP6JYJAmzWEqjEVFYK9CdspxrOQh7rMsAUFTh8B0Rt4z5fhFhj7n5_L/s2048/IMG_7250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mwZ_uqQOjYby05T21PuCiekkOv3lg9VK816e5MrKaNeRy5ubZ_Nhels2Tdzb6c3_Ph1eEsq__acQ_xRe0quMvnP6JYJAmzWEqjEVFYK9CdspxrOQh7rMsAUFTh8B0Rt4z5fhFhj7n5_L/s320/IMG_7250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzq6YRd1NIWWGqce2jOaMogQpx9a8h6no_TejR89hh7mA7uSVwLPtUouvIacluu3kL4ey7GVGkScqV1tSjsPdglgJi72zin4CiVMQ-ubAcbtAhF5Rcb9bQa69N0JEBUoapp82DZ4Qx2dX/s2048/IMG_7254.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzq6YRd1NIWWGqce2jOaMogQpx9a8h6no_TejR89hh7mA7uSVwLPtUouvIacluu3kL4ey7GVGkScqV1tSjsPdglgJi72zin4CiVMQ-ubAcbtAhF5Rcb9bQa69N0JEBUoapp82DZ4Qx2dX/s320/IMG_7254.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEyv5TzUgTOhyphenhyphenHhWvdumy_7-0h7yZHYtqJxQo20tRrZfg9qXErvWYsLR4yMTHKUV4HR0_ts5kez8lIN08T1KJ8MOTIcuKCOdafzFHarcyUH98mj2pDs6wK3Nhr4tjeb7n1iufWtAlJLus/s2048/IMG_0256.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEyv5TzUgTOhyphenhyphenHhWvdumy_7-0h7yZHYtqJxQo20tRrZfg9qXErvWYsLR4yMTHKUV4HR0_ts5kez8lIN08T1KJ8MOTIcuKCOdafzFHarcyUH98mj2pDs6wK3Nhr4tjeb7n1iufWtAlJLus/w300-h400/IMG_0256.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>We hit up Whaler's Village for dinner our first night there, but we all know the real reason we went there was to get our daily fix of Hula Pie. Leilani's did us right starting us off with Hula Pie!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgow6l4aCKTPZJ1GpzjLQCtdc02D8OHYxRBRYIB9pP0vp80ZBEuvXrKlt5gupkSWh_x6BubhbCs1yV_5D91MqhNPefhCjZVMDGx2mImnWPjO1FYNK2a36V2sIMCTlhu3aK-lIH3pKFt7uXt/s2048/IMG_7169.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgow6l4aCKTPZJ1GpzjLQCtdc02D8OHYxRBRYIB9pP0vp80ZBEuvXrKlt5gupkSWh_x6BubhbCs1yV_5D91MqhNPefhCjZVMDGx2mImnWPjO1FYNK2a36V2sIMCTlhu3aK-lIH3pKFt7uXt/w240-h320/IMG_7169.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Before leaving the hotel that first night, we couldn't pass on taking some pictures with the gorgeous sunset. Of course we got a little silly (and intimate) in one of the pictures. Which is all fun and games until your husband accidentally sends the picture to one of the Bishops in his stake! Good thing it was a Bishop with a sense of humor!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIELE8tMKfsx6B-WhQJtjwxCuwAYte1WvjN3tO3wIQM94v6V_x7E4y9Vx2y2USgCif4mNvF9KSxCuqyObKWv-aO7OaUMTODh0dPG83ysYFFHfSfaRTn1tsJtZa2dhobjQ477Uee-zhMsF/s2048/63315429845__63C39A04-DC1C-444F-A362-47544D87DB1B+2.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIELE8tMKfsx6B-WhQJtjwxCuwAYte1WvjN3tO3wIQM94v6V_x7E4y9Vx2y2USgCif4mNvF9KSxCuqyObKWv-aO7OaUMTODh0dPG83ysYFFHfSfaRTn1tsJtZa2dhobjQ477Uee-zhMsF/s320/63315429845__63C39A04-DC1C-444F-A362-47544D87DB1B+2.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadQi-IndbPAC1QnKY3QkTDD_YTAJOaEsOWbA6iUx87RdRQaq4aWwr6QXyTOf_25JkdnT6OOajkr6Zdm0C5lOduk0iLLjyEXgaPJsxcFecxqdtpQmEYETc1yagCvkk56j3fcCRTZ1nu7po/s2048/IMG_8003.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadQi-IndbPAC1QnKY3QkTDD_YTAJOaEsOWbA6iUx87RdRQaq4aWwr6QXyTOf_25JkdnT6OOajkr6Zdm0C5lOduk0iLLjyEXgaPJsxcFecxqdtpQmEYETc1yagCvkk56j3fcCRTZ1nu7po/s320/IMG_8003.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">We went out to Kihei Cafe the next morning for breakfast. This cafe is famous for it's banana pancakes and a great spot to try the local favorite Kalua Pork Loco Moco. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIW_syfcNmjnKNYlWihV3cuX6A6EV3lzE4i2LBjMnopz-pQJgTZOL9P3rRX4DjURrRR3bHf6Bi5MSyF5sOw6SNPUd6wUfp0GUmsf52Sa_ohjtXPiugYxhG_nXqrraUByr1nM4OLpY0ET9/s2049/IMG_7170.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIW_syfcNmjnKNYlWihV3cuX6A6EV3lzE4i2LBjMnopz-pQJgTZOL9P3rRX4DjURrRR3bHf6Bi5MSyF5sOw6SNPUd6wUfp0GUmsf52Sa_ohjtXPiugYxhG_nXqrraUByr1nM4OLpY0ET9/s320/IMG_7170.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuBHkdOuqiJcetO9lNOqwdWyJhRrlZNHjIfC71Oynu3PSwxfZhx-V6cxPGw7uNMyvtXP_MX_UqPEqeD2A5ae6tFVFFrdBeh7NFJejHxws8mW_URaT9mRFJoU07Z367omI7zFTy7Ec6ssH/s1991/IMG_8143.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1991" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuBHkdOuqiJcetO9lNOqwdWyJhRrlZNHjIfC71Oynu3PSwxfZhx-V6cxPGw7uNMyvtXP_MX_UqPEqeD2A5ae6tFVFFrdBeh7NFJejHxws8mW_URaT9mRFJoU07Z367omI7zFTy7Ec6ssH/w400-h226/IMG_8143.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">After breakfast we all drove a little bit so Scott and I could play golf at the Wailea Golf Club. 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn-y5OOokwYuD268-9pR0d2DWSswuuHSwj27c035XP6a3tbVJeBoHPWOZpSRQS0UATkKeykd1pGkzbRKwN6eTDMDqvyCzlIlr0-FDaqVl68lg011AwWyvkpHETZ0FpIfCdFBD-N1f_S5c/s2048/IMG_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn-y5OOokwYuD268-9pR0d2DWSswuuHSwj27c035XP6a3tbVJeBoHPWOZpSRQS0UATkKeykd1pGkzbRKwN6eTDMDqvyCzlIlr0-FDaqVl68lg011AwWyvkpHETZ0FpIfCdFBD-N1f_S5c/w300-h400/IMG_0027.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;">I brought a few birthday decorations with me and everyone else was good enough to stay up after we went to bed and decorate the condo to surprise Scott in the morning.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_CXn2-cIN8btHqQfkGUnvQ0DzScpgdJToCOZWLrayJL7Dr2hcQ8nWNvEz5L-59mRsmNTZICR8eMeCma3EXu6jWtlFvJUhNiE5kSa_QC1NkMBAOkJF2fL6-3-VI8TC4dTrWcx-zqR3mkE/s2048/IMG_7299.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_CXn2-cIN8btHqQfkGUnvQ0DzScpgdJToCOZWLrayJL7Dr2hcQ8nWNvEz5L-59mRsmNTZICR8eMeCma3EXu6jWtlFvJUhNiE5kSa_QC1NkMBAOkJF2fL6-3-VI8TC4dTrWcx-zqR3mkE/w400-h300/IMG_7299.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div>This was my favorite day of the week! Neither Heather and Gavin nor Jeff and Rae had ever done the Road to Hana. After some convincing, we talked everyone to going. Rae was really nervous about getting car sick but we put her in the front seat and Scott promised to be on his best driving behavior. 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The views are breath-taking with the greens and blues next to the black beach. 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We threw all our bags and shoes down on the black rock beach like everyone else did. Gavin was concerned that our stuff might get wet but we figured if everyone was doing it we would be fine. And we were fine, until one major wave came out of nowhere! It came and in and crashed up all the way to end of the beach, carrying all our of bags and shoes back out with it! Everyone on the beach was running around in a panic trying to find their stuff. Gavin was actually video recording when it happened and you can hear him yelling "Our stuff! Our stuff! Grab our stuff!" Each time a wave would come back in, it would bring in another bag and a few shoes. So as a group, everyone collecting whatever the wave brought back in, then trying to find it's owner, we all eventually ended up with all our bags and shoes! Gavin's drone didn't survive the ordeal though. Good thing Costco has a generous return policy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrxMTnXwqfcTyjCr-44V81vkFF_6b5pk37HQJvIDd78RliMD8cbL03-cRiADUrH30ujRpQwWBS7mGZfyF_6prp8WAE9t35wwb5Z4GTTWusEDo0w_iLJQrEuIDGUnbsNlzrwsZOA6EjH5M/s2048/IMG_0195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrxMTnXwqfcTyjCr-44V81vkFF_6b5pk37HQJvIDd78RliMD8cbL03-cRiADUrH30ujRpQwWBS7mGZfyF_6prp8WAE9t35wwb5Z4GTTWusEDo0w_iLJQrEuIDGUnbsNlzrwsZOA6EjH5M/w400-h300/IMG_0195.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBi6Fqa32vStT7Lln3Psxx5GDQmfHuEU3VeD5hdfImNV5xZhAqyJbvm-WbpPWKfpd3QYvH4qTk-fvpFvjLGzW4Vh6jKw2GB0digY9EiFbjvsVRN0TZ9N413-jj9PvpxgTAxZOKi7nRlyE/s2048/IMG_7226.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBi6Fqa32vStT7Lln3Psxx5GDQmfHuEU3VeD5hdfImNV5xZhAqyJbvm-WbpPWKfpd3QYvH4qTk-fvpFvjLGzW4Vh6jKw2GB0digY9EiFbjvsVRN0TZ9N413-jj9PvpxgTAxZOKi7nRlyE/s320/IMG_7226.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKuGjmM1ObqtX39iN4hVME4O3WUYNVAAkECgaysuuSBmEFYQgRKy5fJKpQUNJSpmEYxw1Edt_DkchXBVkKAN13UxctM8TFIEdwIkz0fr7j0WPjewQ7wHEde11ltJjtbSdncmkimhdxXRV/s2048/IMG_7233.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKuGjmM1ObqtX39iN4hVME4O3WUYNVAAkECgaysuuSBmEFYQgRKy5fJKpQUNJSpmEYxw1Edt_DkchXBVkKAN13UxctM8TFIEdwIkz0fr7j0WPjewQ7wHEde11ltJjtbSdncmkimhdxXRV/w300-h400/IMG_7233.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>We had reservations to eat at Mama's Fish House that night for Scott's birthday. This is his favorite restaurant in all the world! We had planned on eating there on our way home from the Road to Hana since it was about midway between Black Rock Beach and our condo. The only problem was that now we were all soaking wet! Most of us brought extra clothes to change into for dinner but Heather did not so she had to enjoy her expensive fish dinner in wet jean shorts.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNjnnrNlTHw0C00ERmN0vbgivihtM_5aRPhSD1qnJZ3hopxImT1u1YZTb0H_MhjbHTy0uXOQ20c4uFLWiiQGF8Yz8CcfA7yb9oK76lae4aSrGkjdCiw4G7cDTtn8f4fXdLgQ1ddUiqUxd/s2048/IMG_0685.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNjnnrNlTHw0C00ERmN0vbgivihtM_5aRPhSD1qnJZ3hopxImT1u1YZTb0H_MhjbHTy0uXOQ20c4uFLWiiQGF8Yz8CcfA7yb9oK76lae4aSrGkjdCiw4G7cDTtn8f4fXdLgQ1ddUiqUxd/s320/IMG_0685.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJ36je2-fQo567FV4pq_pOE40UpSZlsLMA6teh-xr4Ep7X6YrHSnncLCNPmSMx68zfyeKcqxg9EXsVmMolc_CO9Ao01TSETXuTh_ZZcMRpFqcY0xuR8SirR_2FUUEOf3cNlGGHGZJKto-/s2048/IMG_8132.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJ36je2-fQo567FV4pq_pOE40UpSZlsLMA6teh-xr4Ep7X6YrHSnncLCNPmSMx68zfyeKcqxg9EXsVmMolc_CO9Ao01TSETXuTh_ZZcMRpFqcY0xuR8SirR_2FUUEOf3cNlGGHGZJKto-/w300-h400/IMG_8132.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocwJjFWZIh83GYpD9w5GrfiUWyv0CGR5KWFVtA8AmQcWdM70V4uBu0cbYabL8Q3e9MFOtZKoUbVSipTEinWabRc4HCfs93wV5y9tKVjF2k77khINiEfd2wsWEiBdh2WjXQrxA2rDbY4Nh/s2048/IMG_8136.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocwJjFWZIh83GYpD9w5GrfiUWyv0CGR5KWFVtA8AmQcWdM70V4uBu0cbYabL8Q3e9MFOtZKoUbVSipTEinWabRc4HCfs93wV5y9tKVjF2k77khINiEfd2wsWEiBdh2WjXQrxA2rDbY4Nh/w400-h300/IMG_8136.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ukFjmtZBG2HDwqvMhWhlwQVVRpAt5Q7_DV8AAwAr_ELdTVQttEfJfChY9O-0WmnhukHfxNm70xhd-gEbgbmhThnUqkWXPFGUVhyqJB1lTLAbJt_ddOal0xVnkBViMu9HXjDuL2syY_0a/s2048/IMG_0421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ukFjmtZBG2HDwqvMhWhlwQVVRpAt5Q7_DV8AAwAr_ELdTVQttEfJfChY9O-0WmnhukHfxNm70xhd-gEbgbmhThnUqkWXPFGUVhyqJB1lTLAbJt_ddOal0xVnkBViMu9HXjDuL2syY_0a/w300-h400/IMG_0421.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>We just hung out around the condo the next day recovering from our big outing the day before. 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This course was not as nice as Wailea and twice as windy but we enjoyed ourselves and Scott enjoyed seeing the entire course because he would run by a few of these holes each day on his morning run. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUfdCWd6I4xWOyo9jtTxhfD9_8Z384IQCTyol_6IRVNwHxyK_HrcaY4muasaoSMvD4rDztUwWEJvS7TddO3GD4Sz5JiJeJNAQnt121dxreUcrUrt-OtGrdQPXkdpqgcRFQspe_bmGh2Wd/s2048/IMG_8193.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUfdCWd6I4xWOyo9jtTxhfD9_8Z384IQCTyol_6IRVNwHxyK_HrcaY4muasaoSMvD4rDztUwWEJvS7TddO3GD4Sz5JiJeJNAQnt121dxreUcrUrt-OtGrdQPXkdpqgcRFQspe_bmGh2Wd/s320/IMG_8193.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTvclUH6gkBSJoO3o2hyM9wtQ5mCWuWYrcMW5CTbENlITNW-fMTU01mLJaGO0eIqdQ-Mq6ulteuQvUIC0KieKsgmUggdyO_IaQizb6VVLK4ciMaR9brpRTxIpaimAccO95xLdeDmEj6fX/s2048/IMG_8194.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTvclUH6gkBSJoO3o2hyM9wtQ5mCWuWYrcMW5CTbENlITNW-fMTU01mLJaGO0eIqdQ-Mq6ulteuQvUIC0KieKsgmUggdyO_IaQizb6VVLK4ciMaR9brpRTxIpaimAccO95xLdeDmEj6fX/w400-h300/IMG_8194.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>We had a wonderful week full of sun, friends, good food, hula pies, water, golf, late night movies, rainbows, sunsets and lots of laughter! Happy 53rd Birthday Scott!</div>Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-41894559275912633152021-01-18T19:19:00.002-08:002021-05-07T10:08:16.218-07:00Birthiversary Trip<p> Trying to keep with tradition, it was the year for Kennedy, Nathan and I to all share our wedding anniversary/birthday - or as it has become known - our birthiversary! We shared our special day together on their first anniversary in 2017 and then again in 2019 so keeping with our every-other year joint celebration it was time to do so again in 2021! This year they are celebrating 5 years so they wanted to do something special and get away together. COVID definitely limited their travel options but they finally decided to head south to Miami and enjoy some time away from the kids and the sun. And this grandma was more than happy to fly out there and stay with the kids to make that happen. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8WICTgJ34ii0nCXL0acMIoBmG-VHOExHQMwZvPEjiavGL5c0_WGK5EY8SYxnzEe5PLC3Bdkutq2JltTSiPj1uMVrPoxiLjz9hMxN2wKX1nJpwwMp3JBi53oY0_SysGv3TOTmu5lRILCb/s1440/139783913_10225808355822591_6359984371037894165_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8WICTgJ34ii0nCXL0acMIoBmG-VHOExHQMwZvPEjiavGL5c0_WGK5EY8SYxnzEe5PLC3Bdkutq2JltTSiPj1uMVrPoxiLjz9hMxN2wKX1nJpwwMp3JBi53oY0_SysGv3TOTmu5lRILCb/w400-h400/139783913_10225808355822591_6359984371037894165_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhM9uxvK7oqSFW2Lq7ZBvDUTLj1Y_COkOGrIrydQaEFu4zDGQ6WAIhNpKT1phIgi_3aHYQKFAyRdJW2aO6o8AYlJ9AnVaRaUaS0iFxFlW-XSnfF8GD5AcwuoTlWmU8gzLRq5DD7yFt9zM/s1440/140315938_10225808355942594_6917419314031154940_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhM9uxvK7oqSFW2Lq7ZBvDUTLj1Y_COkOGrIrydQaEFu4zDGQ6WAIhNpKT1phIgi_3aHYQKFAyRdJW2aO6o8AYlJ9AnVaRaUaS0iFxFlW-XSnfF8GD5AcwuoTlWmU8gzLRq5DD7yFt9zM/w400-h400/140315938_10225808355942594_6917419314031154940_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>With Will only having school online due to COVID, I decided to take him with me this time. Holland was super excited to see Uncle Will! And of course - Papaw couldn't stand the thought of missing out so he also booked a trip to join us for the last few days in Virginia.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq81tydHAK8BpTLf_ZKBLjI7_xnfVsgw82VRaV_vy0UpArT-1bXqBFY4ViMbrRh9-Vhm4bLwzeeYU1DeNel8yTGgwo98S_K3HL0e_WBNJi85eocGEFiWcy9BHbIXyvL09lfStxahe4C5Fc/s2048/IMG_6780.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq81tydHAK8BpTLf_ZKBLjI7_xnfVsgw82VRaV_vy0UpArT-1bXqBFY4ViMbrRh9-Vhm4bLwzeeYU1DeNel8yTGgwo98S_K3HL0e_WBNJi85eocGEFiWcy9BHbIXyvL09lfStxahe4C5Fc/w300-h400/IMG_6780.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Will is "double masked"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcw69B1j0wwpNm4bAbnCv9ikCMRIXMvnXLxjTawnUWVrf-m1ycSICs-oBO0si4ar31KAa8mGiIfdCqQ7ALWtZBXrOO3Fr6vMo619z-gi-QN7oMLOu-XTKbUAfi-uF3dXPOmd28nIJdMQKm/s2048/IMG_6785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcw69B1j0wwpNm4bAbnCv9ikCMRIXMvnXLxjTawnUWVrf-m1ycSICs-oBO0si4ar31KAa8mGiIfdCqQ7ALWtZBXrOO3Fr6vMo619z-gi-QN7oMLOu-XTKbUAfi-uF3dXPOmd28nIJdMQKm/w216-h400/IMG_6785.JPG" width="216" /></a></div>Holland was so excited to see us and of course the first thing she wants to do is show us all her toys and her room. She is really into drawing lately and just like her mommy when she was little, she can spend hours coloring. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJ27Tr8hc3mNLViBvHYskOuh6-jUA9GrOvZhjCOXvrXUZ0d_f8hyPckeypKSDj-z4iUF4bOafCFZveN2B0LWVBMnN6VFowvxUTbz3-wpL_ryN8FSqwzHlT9GA7H_2JveDOYUVspSRbiG6/s2048/IMG_6925.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJ27Tr8hc3mNLViBvHYskOuh6-jUA9GrOvZhjCOXvrXUZ0d_f8hyPckeypKSDj-z4iUF4bOafCFZveN2B0LWVBMnN6VFowvxUTbz3-wpL_ryN8FSqwzHlT9GA7H_2JveDOYUVspSRbiG6/w400-h300/IMG_6925.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdNjPmz8TBT5Zx4s1iR0Btu_sdI4TIY4QlgH91gNReZtf4a94h1yU8x7Kob9HsDbOvURCyz2URZb9HIdNX9Ij2t4_YSBcaBzvIAsIt6rypMiH1CiO_s74l19LIsjKw-pjIbN78FgqJn3k/s2048/IMG_6926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdNjPmz8TBT5Zx4s1iR0Btu_sdI4TIY4QlgH91gNReZtf4a94h1yU8x7Kob9HsDbOvURCyz2URZb9HIdNX9Ij2t4_YSBcaBzvIAsIt6rypMiH1CiO_s74l19LIsjKw-pjIbN78FgqJn3k/w400-h225/IMG_6926.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>However, no one was more excited to see Will than Nala. Nala just thrived on all the attention she got from Will and really enjoyed sleeping at the foot of his bed each night. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORKcvBDlPtwrcJFsr2ZF2kEpAWX6ovYTLWsyYO_27hsRTY4HDDX7STsfUOvdWjddm2U1KKHqvm9FzgMDgjj9En3I5bmNE1vOt1ImOdKaF1fnJ9WCzvDPkq4t7mGBXl7QL-SehA6ung2nZ/s2048/IMG_6797.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORKcvBDlPtwrcJFsr2ZF2kEpAWX6ovYTLWsyYO_27hsRTY4HDDX7STsfUOvdWjddm2U1KKHqvm9FzgMDgjj9En3I5bmNE1vOt1ImOdKaF1fnJ9WCzvDPkq4t7mGBXl7QL-SehA6ung2nZ/w400-h300/IMG_6797.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2I1Gi7G9EXyJblJarO8TdetFpDOVOx5oVumLan1BSObIfu6wqEenR5OSRoOqVBhT5F0SCwm4T9aVcAhjHI-BJwujmTkJqxEKsYvshs_ijECDtvXPrXxYKQMGpnfgUA72CotxoSK_6hfA/s2048/IMG_7947.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2I1Gi7G9EXyJblJarO8TdetFpDOVOx5oVumLan1BSObIfu6wqEenR5OSRoOqVBhT5F0SCwm4T9aVcAhjHI-BJwujmTkJqxEKsYvshs_ijECDtvXPrXxYKQMGpnfgUA72CotxoSK_6hfA/w400-h300/IMG_7947.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div>One of the reasons Scott couldn't come out sooner was we had our stake conference that first weekend of our trip. I hated to not be there for it but it was all virtual anyway so got to watch and hear him speak from Kennedy's. Holland thought was pretty cool to see Papaw on TV!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uwPBwIGbcuMJUILXBXdgK_uTMiUAiIl7ano23bUgg4dkY3zQOL9GmUWtzU3X3LzBeLWHUI4ApupO0k5Bl9MnEiilr2X64QH4fgJRpMVfFY3JsjmpeYYbVNgQn5mVWPLdiJl1yLOLpfUe/s2048/IMG_6802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uwPBwIGbcuMJUILXBXdgK_uTMiUAiIl7ano23bUgg4dkY3zQOL9GmUWtzU3X3LzBeLWHUI4ApupO0k5Bl9MnEiilr2X64QH4fgJRpMVfFY3JsjmpeYYbVNgQn5mVWPLdiJl1yLOLpfUe/w400-h225/IMG_6802.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so fun for me to see in person how much Holland loves the various gifts I have given over the past few years. I love that she is creative and loves learning new things. She is so inquisitive about everything! She even told us that she wanted to learn how to tell time while we were there. Kennedy is so good and patient to try and help her learn all these new things. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7oah6iQyxyx23pQPhFKFxaxWohFa_tTWVGtvailspEnN3yeC3BNBPVZpihYhF6HYv_W6mG8KmWoWHVyrqmR8QJwev_iOB54G74rYpOeUvbWbCj-vrm-Tm8tsbAxgh-AjhX5VjetLOD60/s2048/IMG_6805.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7oah6iQyxyx23pQPhFKFxaxWohFa_tTWVGtvailspEnN3yeC3BNBPVZpihYhF6HYv_W6mG8KmWoWHVyrqmR8QJwev_iOB54G74rYpOeUvbWbCj-vrm-Tm8tsbAxgh-AjhX5VjetLOD60/w300-h400/IMG_6805.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the favorite toys I have gotten the kids are these hand-knitted Cuddle and Kind dolls. I love them so much I am tempted to just buy a set of them all for me! I bought Holland and Turner the Polar Bears (Hudson and Stella - they come with birthdates and names) last year and Holland won't go anywhere with her Stella! So I brought them out a couple more this visit and as you can tell, Holland is already loving Henry the Bunny too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67kfxwO6xgYTCbYGQNdlb4Fdk4piP8rK1LtNr6_P5qG9EgHwE8j8h2BtSgwSIBC6zmtUMT2hUdutHRO_toNK8oDFomOgrtP7kNh5CaVEvHB21Eey-4Zap39oZSPNWSGMc-LTGIVxiyb-3/s2048/IMG_7076.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67kfxwO6xgYTCbYGQNdlb4Fdk4piP8rK1LtNr6_P5qG9EgHwE8j8h2BtSgwSIBC6zmtUMT2hUdutHRO_toNK8oDFomOgrtP7kNh5CaVEvHB21Eey-4Zap39oZSPNWSGMc-LTGIVxiyb-3/w300-h400/IMG_7076.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Part of daily ritual was to walk (or if Nathan was home to help, Holland would "drive") to meet the bus at noon each day to pick up their free lunches. Since the pandemic hit, all the schools are offering free lunches to everyone - even the non-school aged children. We would come home with enough food to feed an entire family for the day! Unfortunately, not everyone in the family would want to eat that food! But Holland definitely enjoyed the chocolate milk each day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0tBbNs41MMhBZgGDnIdMajSarJqZdrKYYc3iYSlxMubr1uOKAQ-p_dbB9VgzEsxaCsmsBmLMTA4obFr-PN6MUAOJ7JQa__BdLuiUl_sE5vNxsD8yGL_iqeybrvT3L7BuyarZbhCejb-w/s2048/IMG_6834.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0tBbNs41MMhBZgGDnIdMajSarJqZdrKYYc3iYSlxMubr1uOKAQ-p_dbB9VgzEsxaCsmsBmLMTA4obFr-PN6MUAOJ7JQa__BdLuiUl_sE5vNxsD8yGL_iqeybrvT3L7BuyarZbhCejb-w/w300-h400/IMG_6834.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just before Kennedy and Nathan were taking off to Miami, Kennedy wanted to get a pedicure so of course I was willing to join her. Holland already loves going to the nail salon so that just left us talking Will into getting his first pedicure. He thought it was ok but a little ticklish - not sure we will get him back anytime soon. Holland told me I had to get blue on my toes - so blue it was!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThTeiNg1c0E7cAjayBNx-L3OtdzBy9EduiTmJIhyi__RIrSZkWO_2nbdrJzUnuecHwMkHsDdvoBiPcKns8xeK4m5OY4gYGOOL95J9-yoGrZa7e-hXfV1iA0SKD2cfUlWU62frv4vJBABu/s2048/IMG_6862.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThTeiNg1c0E7cAjayBNx-L3OtdzBy9EduiTmJIhyi__RIrSZkWO_2nbdrJzUnuecHwMkHsDdvoBiPcKns8xeK4m5OY4gYGOOL95J9-yoGrZa7e-hXfV1iA0SKD2cfUlWU62frv4vJBABu/w400-h300/IMG_6862.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little Turner boy was a doll! He was a little timid around Will and Scott but he sure loved his grandma and this grandma sure loves him!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGu4aC5jVCFkMOGZlWf7LdCc3JP8-7_ZCYYKDOoUk5C2FW_pp_2W15a2c07HNqnQDmeHCoxrkpZVSFnegfeYmovrVYWSvnThXdIC6Ntl2oSi0m1eUDUYVF_AEBZinrC2B-n-rq1pYc4j9/s2048/IMG_7938.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGu4aC5jVCFkMOGZlWf7LdCc3JP8-7_ZCYYKDOoUk5C2FW_pp_2W15a2c07HNqnQDmeHCoxrkpZVSFnegfeYmovrVYWSvnThXdIC6Ntl2oSi0m1eUDUYVF_AEBZinrC2B-n-rq1pYc4j9/w400-h300/IMG_7938.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzxzOqV0Xu829_EjWCKhY00zZoZ7dZffvLcWYL31ISMa_z1Hr3MW0Yz6q6DQMyS_o_OVZiiYLvWvzTKZI79ZPhgb3GhfsXgiEozQRy7HPUwmWpHhH5xXGtPG-TvQrL6NbShg_hSVLIEwX/s2048/IMG_7942.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzxzOqV0Xu829_EjWCKhY00zZoZ7dZffvLcWYL31ISMa_z1Hr3MW0Yz6q6DQMyS_o_OVZiiYLvWvzTKZI79ZPhgb3GhfsXgiEozQRy7HPUwmWpHhH5xXGtPG-TvQrL6NbShg_hSVLIEwX/w400-h300/IMG_7942.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZQs8anrSb5tHi-S2c-Nl-guKd_njiP0mh9r7yzcQfeaRcrAUkjI-wl7O7vuCQGlNLM7ey0jpgGCZA9kw5q4WX_Wiic-0VLmoO8zr1u8kKRmuvBDbprdsu3w4WqLe4UANGM_CbijZEIBw/s2000/Turner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="2000" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZQs8anrSb5tHi-S2c-Nl-guKd_njiP0mh9r7yzcQfeaRcrAUkjI-wl7O7vuCQGlNLM7ey0jpgGCZA9kw5q4WX_Wiic-0VLmoO8zr1u8kKRmuvBDbprdsu3w4WqLe4UANGM_CbijZEIBw/w400-h201/Turner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01keFuqlgeTVf7lUsAdcrx6rLZs20h6iE9tLt6k5cD27qNnhtvD5qKY9pj1VQy4xNqfsN9xjah52RK3RiHdTU608NJ8XS448pxIB_f8D-RUMt3-dlH9asNW-uvCCzdFdv_InSK4hMhE7Z/s2048/IMG_7012.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01keFuqlgeTVf7lUsAdcrx6rLZs20h6iE9tLt6k5cD27qNnhtvD5qKY9pj1VQy4xNqfsN9xjah52RK3RiHdTU608NJ8XS448pxIB_f8D-RUMt3-dlH9asNW-uvCCzdFdv_InSK4hMhE7Z/w300-h400/IMG_7012.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZjMU2mmIV36bt6p4AzqfV5x5corXrjuslCL4COW-QI2tbHHOCo14IPfo7z3BLAEHgQSvsGxtR-GVLmREpFRUmiMr4rjmzNlYLWJFjoBSKU0wWCg85orAvO7OyMOiuINjKgGG7Y0v54yw/s2048/IMG_7013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZjMU2mmIV36bt6p4AzqfV5x5corXrjuslCL4COW-QI2tbHHOCo14IPfo7z3BLAEHgQSvsGxtR-GVLmREpFRUmiMr4rjmzNlYLWJFjoBSKU0wWCg85orAvO7OyMOiuINjKgGG7Y0v54yw/w400-h225/IMG_7013.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Will was such a good sport to play Holland's favorite songs (like Pancake Robot) over and over and over...and over again. They would sing and dance until they would literally collapse!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGjET3ezWzDb9eoJCNWaZm3-nnqLYh1R7BD5r46_d7cYeaV7i9C0fLPhGZPHZv5wPnNoc635ScILrZuOUVEGTrcM-QmOFKrFkcf84Z6ktl5j7QAbv2zZT8i0WONarxzE6JlRNM4cmuDH0/s2048/IMG_7023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGjET3ezWzDb9eoJCNWaZm3-nnqLYh1R7BD5r46_d7cYeaV7i9C0fLPhGZPHZv5wPnNoc635ScILrZuOUVEGTrcM-QmOFKrFkcf84Z6ktl5j7QAbv2zZT8i0WONarxzE6JlRNM4cmuDH0/w400-h225/IMG_7023.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawoMCgscfI7n3FTI5YAnhj35EtP4iBUKfgLLCcc_l0YLIRFaGzY92mX69AWJvnxy_IVRMDh51fXoWj12MA_4aDhFb5ukWcoQRBqsOB8r4T2e0AUTueDnmWyS8KIb5vJxwttVY1z2CdnxW/s2048/IMG_7035.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawoMCgscfI7n3FTI5YAnhj35EtP4iBUKfgLLCcc_l0YLIRFaGzY92mX69AWJvnxy_IVRMDh51fXoWj12MA_4aDhFb5ukWcoQRBqsOB8r4T2e0AUTueDnmWyS8KIb5vJxwttVY1z2CdnxW/w300-h400/IMG_7035.heic" width="300" /></a></div>I have been wanting to introduce Holland to Shrinky Dinks and figured she was probably old enough that she could do them so I brought a pack of the special paper with me. She had a ton of fun coloring her own designs and watching them bake in oven. We made them in to magnets after they cooked so she could hang them on her fridge or coloring easel. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDQs_xK9eAFjhePhgtprmS5pwcg4dnZai_KUeH6_Kq9jQI62_pnDpm0Qqr4FjMNahzycfKlovd0DN5uQ3MyYFV_Ulz-VYpr7iTmY3wOQ86VBOtiNyjQ3XsvI75bwjqf7He3Y7D6i9x1jA/s2048/IMG_7047.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDQs_xK9eAFjhePhgtprmS5pwcg4dnZai_KUeH6_Kq9jQI62_pnDpm0Qqr4FjMNahzycfKlovd0DN5uQ3MyYFV_Ulz-VYpr7iTmY3wOQ86VBOtiNyjQ3XsvI75bwjqf7He3Y7D6i9x1jA/w300-h400/IMG_7047.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6N3KZAVRiE9pKSRyB3oLEReXtFznX_721eeBeAd6Z8qWRpNhK9GgEjIDQImV_IR0RtBAu0SJ5802s2_cwiq7thq8-py8ZbesMp_hEwggSZngw1DCH0CloM91qaKySYv3OOtqTz7njQN4/s2048/IMG_7039.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6N3KZAVRiE9pKSRyB3oLEReXtFznX_721eeBeAd6Z8qWRpNhK9GgEjIDQImV_IR0RtBAu0SJ5802s2_cwiq7thq8-py8ZbesMp_hEwggSZngw1DCH0CloM91qaKySYv3OOtqTz7njQN4/w300-h400/IMG_7039.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two came home with me! That is Grandma Heidi and Papaw! Everyone has extremely large ears and big buns on the top of their heads for hair!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq2dHI-rpx_O06xnwkECbzBpwAcfBXIo2VhdWRy3GuE3T6759fkA5JCpU2MMg8kGUU1Z7cQC3oWjlQopRK92n2hyphenhyphenrjytUhCbf-yf6N3p-iHvTlbhsvp2DRssDe3ene6EojGJmdjasOtxt/s2048/IMG_7120+2.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq2dHI-rpx_O06xnwkECbzBpwAcfBXIo2VhdWRy3GuE3T6759fkA5JCpU2MMg8kGUU1Z7cQC3oWjlQopRK92n2hyphenhyphenrjytUhCbf-yf6N3p-iHvTlbhsvp2DRssDe3ene6EojGJmdjasOtxt/w240-h320/IMG_7120+2.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of Holland's favorite moments to spend with me was in the morning when it was time for me to get ready. She always wanted to with me in the bathroom, sit up on top of the sink and do make-up with grandma. How stinking cute is she?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjw6imMJG6DnkFI5p3weVhzZLLPs4usY8ESnbjjsytpK3FmyNWKEKCVLgGrVD6LWSQBikkhsgb-UBWojkF5Ppy2Y5e8ZMavU6PmU08VK6DEtn1mwoOkszChZ98ikeOx1T4cJaA1BryzIH/s2048/IMG_6859.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjw6imMJG6DnkFI5p3weVhzZLLPs4usY8ESnbjjsytpK3FmyNWKEKCVLgGrVD6LWSQBikkhsgb-UBWojkF5Ppy2Y5e8ZMavU6PmU08VK6DEtn1mwoOkszChZ98ikeOx1T4cJaA1BryzIH/w300-h400/IMG_6859.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYKmj5kqxyR3H_mp9gup-OTeOCZsdrgM3CPkjcxn0a5OaQfU5aBorodLrLRb-ECzPu6OclAZhsBLA1MyRiqP5QhjY4sxnz8aLjNvENAI6A3msxYnkcrO7YUHEYCYYA2dZrjmoK1NT_sKK/s2048/IMG_7954.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYKmj5kqxyR3H_mp9gup-OTeOCZsdrgM3CPkjcxn0a5OaQfU5aBorodLrLRb-ECzPu6OclAZhsBLA1MyRiqP5QhjY4sxnz8aLjNvENAI6A3msxYnkcrO7YUHEYCYYA2dZrjmoK1NT_sKK/w300-h400/IMG_7954.heic" width="300" /></a></div>And any down time we had or when I was tucking her into bed at night, she only wanted me phone to make "funny faces" - meaning she wanted to use the filters on snapchat. I hate to admit but I found it as entertaining as she did!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxqmqXw4yOlD3PLhdbPBkBHtdu3XwhY4L_NFwGKHkRPkbUP0pdbX4qtiHAZwCXH0lSnX8TA_ntBiWBUjXM5CLSJbc58fi0u-8yNBsGhfBZOAtf-dlK6TV9XSrf6vy0h_he6nPZ2jfDb0s/s2000/Holland_Grandma_funnyfaces1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxqmqXw4yOlD3PLhdbPBkBHtdu3XwhY4L_NFwGKHkRPkbUP0pdbX4qtiHAZwCXH0lSnX8TA_ntBiWBUjXM5CLSJbc58fi0u-8yNBsGhfBZOAtf-dlK6TV9XSrf6vy0h_he6nPZ2jfDb0s/w400-h200/Holland_Grandma_funnyfaces1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTz2BlXeZnXuD8vU0WveyOu66snPg0zZwMaPdr6XozXmva1NxahB4aOGRv_SgATFe5KFKs5smahYcKC0rTYwGqhbmnPzsq13A8GcVQUNrhXEoMQXkdQlFUKuVZ_flGVmWqlKOcPQnTDjZ9/s2000/Holland_Grandma_funnyfaces.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTz2BlXeZnXuD8vU0WveyOu66snPg0zZwMaPdr6XozXmva1NxahB4aOGRv_SgATFe5KFKs5smahYcKC0rTYwGqhbmnPzsq13A8GcVQUNrhXEoMQXkdQlFUKuVZ_flGVmWqlKOcPQnTDjZ9/w400-h400/Holland_Grandma_funnyfaces.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The night Kennedy and Nathan came home from Miami, Holland had made this "tree-house" in her room. She had basically taken every toy, stuffed animal and blanket from her room and put them inside her closet and then piled some of them up at the door and even made a walkway out of books leading to the tree-house. She was so proud of her work and she had spent about 3 hours on it - so there was no way I was going to make her clean it up! Oh the joys of being grandma! I just waited until Kennedy came home and made her be the bad guy!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdjzflCsiawprCSgHVFcu6p_6qBbNukfqwq3Gv5sX4EJLox9Pkgs3TqUAN2r-gtAAG8vV1E98Qb-f5cn9rTxWnoWweeFYw-9gPQ0grLZCydbLMtQoVGUUdOf5YQxWN8Kxb7gUtwsb-sQg/s2048/IMG_7070.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdjzflCsiawprCSgHVFcu6p_6qBbNukfqwq3Gv5sX4EJLox9Pkgs3TqUAN2r-gtAAG8vV1E98Qb-f5cn9rTxWnoWweeFYw-9gPQ0grLZCydbLMtQoVGUUdOf5YQxWN8Kxb7gUtwsb-sQg/w300-h400/IMG_7070.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The highlight of the trip for me was celebrating my birthday there with the kids! Scott, Will and I ventured out to a restaurant with the kids for dinner. How hard could it be? There were 3 of us and only 2 of them, right? Within 5 minutes I remembered why I hated taking little kids to restaurants. It is so much harder for them to sit still when they are somewhere new and the don't understand that you have to wait for you food. But we survived and I wouldn't have had it any other way!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADcTX0ss6OM5sVc7-GRW5CVmdteRfHmKCQM26_oZZ5AOrsVWdziZ9_MpHx_d8FRyDQY1pZzMOlSnT2NruUn7rebz1ht3gN5qVuiptp9NYf6U4_sQJfp4cdw6AaKT8qCD_FJ7VQpnkO9Q0/s2048/IMG_7879.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADcTX0ss6OM5sVc7-GRW5CVmdteRfHmKCQM26_oZZ5AOrsVWdziZ9_MpHx_d8FRyDQY1pZzMOlSnT2NruUn7rebz1ht3gN5qVuiptp9NYf6U4_sQJfp4cdw6AaKT8qCD_FJ7VQpnkO9Q0/w400-h300/IMG_7879.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scott was so cute involving Holland in the birthday planning. He took her to Wegman's to pick up birthday pie and ice cream (since grandma doesn't really like cake), and some birthday balloons (the heart one flew away at some point), and then to the Dollar Store and gave her $5 to pick out 5 presents for grandma and some party games! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXHFiKZDJbyTZ8QaDi3o8bPUTew_oyhn4WP9ufy6hHLBB8QB1BBDO-Xdg6dsVJbebAnXM28BvzCXlncfvQAshQ-dqm-nme96qimhQg0nIVbdq2bIEVsdkqlrBFu-U4exR5H6TO0xhEvYr/s2048/IMG_7863.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXHFiKZDJbyTZ8QaDi3o8bPUTew_oyhn4WP9ufy6hHLBB8QB1BBDO-Xdg6dsVJbebAnXM28BvzCXlncfvQAshQ-dqm-nme96qimhQg0nIVbdq2bIEVsdkqlrBFu-U4exR5H6TO0xhEvYr/w400-h300/IMG_7863.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuTi8XZJiSFP1jWnjNEB3c7P8iNH7964Dp1C6j5M-UHMcWOYwe20BnXT6EFYta8YNkoi8q0VsZvG2wFLIvzC8x7ukBrM65vn00bvXrHzubS1JdgqRxLDfqMb4dTkUa1RX6RNLcuLNnZLV/s2048/IMG_7866.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuTi8XZJiSFP1jWnjNEB3c7P8iNH7964Dp1C6j5M-UHMcWOYwe20BnXT6EFYta8YNkoi8q0VsZvG2wFLIvzC8x7ukBrM65vn00bvXrHzubS1JdgqRxLDfqMb4dTkUa1RX6RNLcuLNnZLV/w300-h400/IMG_7866.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My mom found a massage place nearby Kennedy's house and purchased a gift certificate for me while I was there. While I was out getting my massage, Scott and the kids were busy decorating the house for my party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteN4nJEMTiDs9KXoKX_Zn9bvI447ZSrZOlsP-AAvS4dd3qWQUNqDX4UFfQywjO_QiCmBAT1-2ZiNp9yJH3-x5yHX8HWFY94uM1zOGDdWoMNKmjBQgxVX34iMROGnM2gx9UpnUINk3g0tD/s2048/IMG_6872.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteN4nJEMTiDs9KXoKX_Zn9bvI447ZSrZOlsP-AAvS4dd3qWQUNqDX4UFfQywjO_QiCmBAT1-2ZiNp9yJH3-x5yHX8HWFY94uM1zOGDdWoMNKmjBQgxVX34iMROGnM2gx9UpnUINk3g0tD/w300-h400/IMG_6872.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main party event was "pin the nose on the clown". It took a few tries before Holland understood the rules and the point of the game. We put the blindfold on her and would spin her around and all she kept saying was "I can't see anything!" while trying to pull her blindfold off. She hit the clown right on the nose her fist time so guessing she managed to peak out somehow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yBGUhEtIc4ZlXmpSmlaXA7t1YbMFa38Sqh_NQnJwsa1u63asBsMgQxZsmGaXhAJc6M5B9cG73uwsaNfZxCQoLtLjqXiVkRMGmJGTI5cpxGYw4lG6wPCcd2_GZnS1CDkXo9WjKAJ6UPKh/s2048/IMG_6900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yBGUhEtIc4ZlXmpSmlaXA7t1YbMFa38Sqh_NQnJwsa1u63asBsMgQxZsmGaXhAJc6M5B9cG73uwsaNfZxCQoLtLjqXiVkRMGmJGTI5cpxGYw4lG6wPCcd2_GZnS1CDkXo9WjKAJ6UPKh/w400-h225/IMG_6900.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HdArkMHhTs0kN6QZUOj3NAdyxxZtS5J0vtK6iQOTFeM9S4jIm-aTfp79nRCIYbo0dMGNbtX-UXoqpLQBugCTpsJhDF5leGlmsoHA9ifBBG84pVhtEFe39Yy0-MiodqLpRRxxRJUK0xEw/s2048/IMG_6901.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is a little scary that she is already this good at a shopping! Check out the loot I went home with...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiB4A8Nt5B_5vAvDI61SSHmcqNvpytfZRBQItgHmUA2DeOFRzEUeD84lDeIHeX71J89F2NLB-cu5TOCpXbjVKvEBGg-EECAfyEr0SYLpk0659f-Hkiff_F-wuCVQUMkGCZw_Qzcfh5fAx/s2048/IMG_6911.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiB4A8Nt5B_5vAvDI61SSHmcqNvpytfZRBQItgHmUA2DeOFRzEUeD84lDeIHeX71J89F2NLB-cu5TOCpXbjVKvEBGg-EECAfyEr0SYLpk0659f-Hkiff_F-wuCVQUMkGCZw_Qzcfh5fAx/s320/IMG_6911.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy 52 to me!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAAB0V3av8rHsAgqTtQemyu-DNItI5vlIvO1tvi3DMhN7cQHrrnTqWuyEab07YlYLIf0ID1L31RHCYfT-rSxHMEZd72s8fmS8cL8aJ6nKlhSAJsq0mEdcT3hSZhtI-CJnzxTEzPfE1RYO/s2048/IMG_6897.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAAB0V3av8rHsAgqTtQemyu-DNItI5vlIvO1tvi3DMhN7cQHrrnTqWuyEab07YlYLIf0ID1L31RHCYfT-rSxHMEZd72s8fmS8cL8aJ6nKlhSAJsq0mEdcT3hSZhtI-CJnzxTEzPfE1RYO/w300-h400/IMG_6897.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Holland had a blast with Papaw and we were all so glad he could come out for a few days to join us. He had to head home a day before Will and I to get back for his Coordinating Council Meeting with Elder Blunk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv6wenLwL-HJOa-TylxWF4qsdFwzHR692o0w3W5IvRtvxs4TAdr4WtqOCvcJeqcas0UJR5sVFeldRLTrskpgrCugoUGUdUiTW0-SLbQeo7Nmkaj9FKG2_j5ublsEAD1WiWx2zSG7onx1k/s1985/IMG_7595.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv6wenLwL-HJOa-TylxWF4qsdFwzHR692o0w3W5IvRtvxs4TAdr4WtqOCvcJeqcas0UJR5sVFeldRLTrskpgrCugoUGUdUiTW0-SLbQeo7Nmkaj9FKG2_j5ublsEAD1WiWx2zSG7onx1k/w226-h400/IMG_7595.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For our last day there after Scott had gone home, we all went to one of the fancy malls near Kennedy to do some shopping. Will enjoys window shopping at some of the fancier upscale stores they have there. On our way back to the car, we spotted a sporting goods store that had some awesome jerseys. Will was in heaven! They had a BOGO sale on the basketball jerseys so he took his own sweet time trying to decide on which two to buy. Meanwhile, Holland was getting a little bored. That was until she found the window display! She had a blast standing in the window with all the manequins and waving to the people walking by. That was until someone would ignore her and not wave back - then she would have a meltdown. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KgWrdj1YanATGK0nQ4S5RAltaQALFbuRUWxUdTjwQrJzgoaKVshyphenhyphenAqLYzwmk1dENzlTFU9I1qJfP441oOwWzktxusP0ozmOn3HoTuygJKw-TQe9RLcpNEdgJ04hN4vDRB6Mb7R78EFcD/s2048/IMG_7096.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KgWrdj1YanATGK0nQ4S5RAltaQALFbuRUWxUdTjwQrJzgoaKVshyphenhyphenAqLYzwmk1dENzlTFU9I1qJfP441oOwWzktxusP0ozmOn3HoTuygJKw-TQe9RLcpNEdgJ04hN4vDRB6Mb7R78EFcD/w300-h400/IMG_7096.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZt5vk71AF-Qv9ncC5IVkPLhKc7PmxgotLGXgLiXlhipTaVFyT1gYOVtNx8DN1Ev8WHfRFKdG5ZnW5tQqz1ni3tsZpnWCMINVgM62C_0ifrX-8wFK5Rx5T4pekgx9uTxmNWnjVb6g5rON/s2048/IMG_7099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZt5vk71AF-Qv9ncC5IVkPLhKc7PmxgotLGXgLiXlhipTaVFyT1gYOVtNx8DN1Ev8WHfRFKdG5ZnW5tQqz1ni3tsZpnWCMINVgM62C_0ifrX-8wFK5Rx5T4pekgx9uTxmNWnjVb6g5rON/w400-h225/IMG_7099.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYy1JRhwcLliyxKZbmjSbEcI-3FDaZXGO-FWHsT1WW8m1cnvdxscjy5XrkxpnwS-X-Ntd9IOW6iMUYcwGHiZR27FYsx_AsktgMdjFK72r3MIJp6_V2-1xgyMQnsp83mnnAit_ggxSeRYO/s2048/IMG_7102.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYy1JRhwcLliyxKZbmjSbEcI-3FDaZXGO-FWHsT1WW8m1cnvdxscjy5XrkxpnwS-X-Ntd9IOW6iMUYcwGHiZR27FYsx_AsktgMdjFK72r3MIJp6_V2-1xgyMQnsp83mnnAit_ggxSeRYO/w225-h400/IMG_7102.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then it was off to the airport! Always so sad and hard to say goodbye to these kids! But this was the face I got to enjoy while sitting in the back seat with this boy all the way to the airport. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo69UYnb59x_bWmbG8XLWOMyxCKqEDZzqnrfIMdQ2jtvciAGsJDVpLHTehpgFKGL4-EAGGxGciN9ROQza0ob4_bydBNPDt6o9-j3OEJBC_kLnOt_Y08s-Qwd2paFYBNuWMQRN0murpWS9s/s2048/IMG_7107.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo69UYnb59x_bWmbG8XLWOMyxCKqEDZzqnrfIMdQ2jtvciAGsJDVpLHTehpgFKGL4-EAGGxGciN9ROQza0ob4_bydBNPDt6o9-j3OEJBC_kLnOt_Y08s-Qwd2paFYBNuWMQRN0murpWS9s/w225-h400/IMG_7107.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-90223621306872952792021-01-05T16:40:00.060-08:002021-05-04T18:44:59.901-07:00Bachelorette Finalist - Hometown Visit<p> He made it to the hometown visit!!!! Karsyn and Austin started officially dating the first part of November and a month and a half later he is coming to meet the family. We didn't waste any time introducing Austin to the Pacific Northwest. We went straight from the airport to Cannon Beach on the coast. Someone was super excited to see him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LczH5Dx2QU9YtO9xHnuEAiE3mYRZ7CO2MyEoqV_pUrVoYjVi1M8Irqh1VwbSnD5_FhpKfsh3IUHe3X4YOj_xcWcKA_kL6NnrjrwmVWVBAf4qDLZGudOCI3pqfvFAubsjf2ic2FlQIi68/s2048/IMG_6470.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LczH5Dx2QU9YtO9xHnuEAiE3mYRZ7CO2MyEoqV_pUrVoYjVi1M8Irqh1VwbSnD5_FhpKfsh3IUHe3X4YOj_xcWcKA_kL6NnrjrwmVWVBAf4qDLZGudOCI3pqfvFAubsjf2ic2FlQIi68/w400-h225/IMG_6470.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBoB-3IoCvWgvVrGBTWZvAUnfy9_VuJfg_9dSxMfC2PJHiTSO6mOUbkerwCmC-a1DbswnFueLjLEqfmMyqO5o4BibxZTfIsg4zz3OyBSM-7o2W9RfJ1OhFi8cpVUUFVDVdJ7IuCugN7IV/s2048/IMG_6485.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTD09KPi-wSFd24l0InXK6oEA7_AP7xZodOajbRm8umTegl9DXxyE1DA5bhPp7Oef3LsjhGyCFloHRx2LnD8wO-Kj9NbYVRiu7XcL6Ued5mjTGzv4J-QJVrH8BMJHqaOvdwP5xkkTKYjv/s2048/IMG_9372.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTD09KPi-wSFd24l0InXK6oEA7_AP7xZodOajbRm8umTegl9DXxyE1DA5bhPp7Oef3LsjhGyCFloHRx2LnD8wO-Kj9NbYVRiu7XcL6Ued5mjTGzv4J-QJVrH8BMJHqaOvdwP5xkkTKYjv/w400-h300/IMG_9372.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Best of all, they got to stop in Tacoma and meet Layton and Maddie on their way home to Vancouver. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrxwoJZn18bH_5r57A9IXKK1l1FqwVnSF7gU2Ha4ftwHyJ-YHLa4Jr2gG_BAV3Wkp8VM7NnE7PQTi1rseiK7kw2_Ninh-Bm2pA5yLXLofd3Dxlb0e3fk0PWm43AgVws1VcYOwjbvwwRYzd/s2048/IMG_9380.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I guess time will tell if this home-town date ends in a proposal!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEXFqL-AKd03RCue0avWkI-FEKeDK2l0JQAeuufUBfYZ0qLDOx2lxMbL1rRmeXaWyLCG9M2WfhoeqGEKPYq6ke1Ey80RHgdMUy80zXlrg1j_o5ephZCeAwddkSqk0q7r6KV6A8yGFOlJH/s2436/IMG_6766.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEXFqL-AKd03RCue0avWkI-FEKeDK2l0JQAeuufUBfYZ0qLDOx2lxMbL1rRmeXaWyLCG9M2WfhoeqGEKPYq6ke1Ey80RHgdMUy80zXlrg1j_o5ephZCeAwddkSqk0q7r6KV6A8yGFOlJH/w185-h400/IMG_6766.PNG" width="185" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-84389599835478963222020-10-18T13:41:00.000-07:002020-10-23T13:47:03.682-07:00Couples Retreat<p> Scott and his good friend, Butch Parker, are so excited that their wives are attempting to play golf that they planned a couples golf trip. The original plan was that we go to Bandon Dunes, but I gently reminded Scott that Bandon was is happy place - not mine. While Bandon is beautiful (and I did have my best round yet at Bandon), I don't like cold wind and there is no guarantee that you won't have intense cold winds there at anytime of the year, but especially in October. And not all of us are fans of playing two days in a row without power carts, which you can't do at Bandon. So I suggested we go to Black Butte/Bend, Oregon for our retreat and that turned out to be a great choice! We were blessed with wonderful weather and really enjoyed our time together. </p><p>Day one we played 18 holes at Bend Golf Club for free! It was free to us because we had both recently joined our local private golf club (Royal Oaks) in Vancouver, WA. One of the perks of our membership is that there is a small list of other clubs that offer reciprocity with our membership and Bend Golf Club was one of them. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhjyYrSwZmKS6tA72nqIngeXFYcuFPMf2JACncdI5sLYaXiZ6m3csZGapUwpex6VSfaW9NZoUstqBThP7ZJat7H3OhZnEcmdXC6taB8fxtLJBrXQ5WV2I1g1loceiJHH2yyN4f5XP31b/s2048/IMG_5469.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1102" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhjyYrSwZmKS6tA72nqIngeXFYcuFPMf2JACncdI5sLYaXiZ6m3csZGapUwpex6VSfaW9NZoUstqBThP7ZJat7H3OhZnEcmdXC6taB8fxtLJBrXQ5WV2I1g1loceiJHH2yyN4f5XP31b/w346-h640/IMG_5469.JPG" width="346" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONtmWv3SBvpUrEOiE5VpwUMYrAhDbTZ26x6_LtuRe-EA3EsLX-IDqorLLQFoseR1bUziOOaQIBMpaguGhl0Qv-GFEKB1xTLRBfWSqnXjWfx8-qMGmssQG9vUpUkNEt_7JjIBew0J6Cka-/s2048/IMG_5472.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONtmWv3SBvpUrEOiE5VpwUMYrAhDbTZ26x6_LtuRe-EA3EsLX-IDqorLLQFoseR1bUziOOaQIBMpaguGhl0Qv-GFEKB1xTLRBfWSqnXjWfx8-qMGmssQG9vUpUkNEt_7JjIBew0J6Cka-/w640-h480/IMG_5472.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6igOfAo6DtgJPYaHuO0_30MbH7lJ2dFKxX7LMm3z172J6WNWtE7hUSSwwfGHZZMWYAun8uWWqJsHsgpE6pAM7fKHYvD3mvODuLzc7M0ProtS72pOniAAQGWNHQB2-ED0wS0IFY9ga5ssH/s2048/IMG_5484.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6igOfAo6DtgJPYaHuO0_30MbH7lJ2dFKxX7LMm3z172J6WNWtE7hUSSwwfGHZZMWYAun8uWWqJsHsgpE6pAM7fKHYvD3mvODuLzc7M0ProtS72pOniAAQGWNHQB2-ED0wS0IFY9ga5ssH/w640-h480/IMG_5484.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Day two we played 18 holes at Glaze Meadows in Black Butte. Our rental house backed right up to the green of hole #3 on Big Meadows course, but that course was closed. We took advantage of it though to practice chipping each morning. Wish I could say it helped me but no, I am still struggling with my wedges and curse the moment I have to use them! I had a very frustrating round that day - good thing we were with good friends to make it still enjoyable. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl2PNDHQopfNY7d5tl3jpjVO6PwLZo4xMKOp0a6jaHo3DCAflrbwDohu1ruiF-Dwv4iL3d0lyjQ9MQHHcpF5IXBqVdLQJuNjiBGJfdtix-0PjL9xVvxs-LG4894OevCD1R7VqAH7s4lQJ/s2048/IMG_5489.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl2PNDHQopfNY7d5tl3jpjVO6PwLZo4xMKOp0a6jaHo3DCAflrbwDohu1ruiF-Dwv4iL3d0lyjQ9MQHHcpF5IXBqVdLQJuNjiBGJfdtix-0PjL9xVvxs-LG4894OevCD1R7VqAH7s4lQJ/w640-h480/IMG_5489.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cFSwDgSADfUzy1y4i7_Ad3nh1pMD0TrFdLQumqTq5pUN1y6tUcY43dMYIcPkQ_s4U1Rw3TrT-ynWVp0FOrToGGcfshAimBKkgSpENEpBQm4g_jBxzpvAOsk_eXx9nQCipXwFh-dJhz_N/s2048/IMG_5491.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cFSwDgSADfUzy1y4i7_Ad3nh1pMD0TrFdLQumqTq5pUN1y6tUcY43dMYIcPkQ_s4U1Rw3TrT-ynWVp0FOrToGGcfshAimBKkgSpENEpBQm4g_jBxzpvAOsk_eXx9nQCipXwFh-dJhz_N/w640-h480/IMG_5491.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To give you an idea of how bad I struggle this day - those deer didn't even have to move off the fairway when I hit my driver!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLclTlzB2Vz6Vuv3W0kc9W55pF1y2E1cGlnu-Pao8qV1t8nvby9z-oRR0v89SWBvf1Mij9sOCP8XDQPy0pYe4AB5aJkx6Amsu5V6xmm9gKqYaTk__6Suew2QXZd1tBydlZ9oLRQpJaVOQ8/s4032/IMG_5493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLclTlzB2Vz6Vuv3W0kc9W55pF1y2E1cGlnu-Pao8qV1t8nvby9z-oRR0v89SWBvf1Mij9sOCP8XDQPy0pYe4AB5aJkx6Amsu5V6xmm9gKqYaTk__6Suew2QXZd1tBydlZ9oLRQpJaVOQ8/w640-h480/IMG_5493.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2xwpiYtCbnbZJlEsrqaYQnTyCyDJU3jjlUhzF-MzL3up19hzljaHvd98vi_QTUlSaCqMkH-ZY34Bqb4HX10wY3blEGQv0BNnyPekp0eWgK7bFhzuDhZB2XovfxMejgfWfh-WJ5h8NJcl/s2048/IMG_5499.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1102" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2xwpiYtCbnbZJlEsrqaYQnTyCyDJU3jjlUhzF-MzL3up19hzljaHvd98vi_QTUlSaCqMkH-ZY34Bqb4HX10wY3blEGQv0BNnyPekp0eWgK7bFhzuDhZB2XovfxMejgfWfh-WJ5h8NJcl/w346-h640/IMG_5499.JPG" width="346" /></a></div>Day three was check out day and Sunday so no golf for us. Heidi Parker and I welcomed the break! After checkout - we decided to hike up Black Butte. We see it every year from the resort but have never climbed it. The weather turned much cloudier and cooler but I managed ok with my asthma thanks to wearing my mask the entire hike. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja54yx8IZExQS19qdT8rlDA98PUzTemilNTZQNM6GRYBZ21u3gQPKdIbp5uf9iiJxBrFzZL8T2n__Nt-xUW8mbSjIy8AySL8tmmo42b9vSV0FXdFjexBl5cl6S0n0Yy7maAChzyCaEc0Oc/s2048/IMG_5501.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja54yx8IZExQS19qdT8rlDA98PUzTemilNTZQNM6GRYBZ21u3gQPKdIbp5uf9iiJxBrFzZL8T2n__Nt-xUW8mbSjIy8AySL8tmmo42b9vSV0FXdFjexBl5cl6S0n0Yy7maAChzyCaEc0Oc/w480-h640/IMG_5501.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately we missed out on the great views of the Ranch and golf courses due to the cloud cover. This was the best picture I could get on our way up before the clouds completely blew in.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTREXDEM0N8Uu5hYbO4UlKGtD_OVbq94e_VTPAcVUV6haLnZpgMA8VfkV_IptHBrdc9JyyARi8fQxesF-uRaQqvNnE_jvmy5c1L1vup4a7Mviyi8cqclkNUOGnkAm9oFhv-P_F6NE8p0Nu/s2048/IMG_5502.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTREXDEM0N8Uu5hYbO4UlKGtD_OVbq94e_VTPAcVUV6haLnZpgMA8VfkV_IptHBrdc9JyyARi8fQxesF-uRaQqvNnE_jvmy5c1L1vup4a7Mviyi8cqclkNUOGnkAm9oFhv-P_F6NE8p0Nu/w640-h480/IMG_5502.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>By the time we submitted, we felt a few drops of rain, the wind was freezing and we couldn't see a thing. But hey, we could say we hit the summit! It is about a 4 mile hike up and back and took us about one hour and 45 minutes to hike - not too steep but still a challenge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw71yB9bthNQ3g_tol3SMx-Lez2iS8-1-6Eykr9CdgGuJdbzJZWtrhMoLyuSSn7BHkH9nwXioWF6PsLtBc9KtzIEDH-f4X5mzqDZTIIvE0PAtD5qAKTcCQV-8hECDnDWgr8UWmkwmIU8d/s3088/IMG_7795.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw71yB9bthNQ3g_tol3SMx-Lez2iS8-1-6Eykr9CdgGuJdbzJZWtrhMoLyuSSn7BHkH9nwXioWF6PsLtBc9KtzIEDH-f4X5mzqDZTIIvE0PAtD5qAKTcCQV-8hECDnDWgr8UWmkwmIU8d/w640-h480/IMG_7795.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Oregon had some terrible fires that raged for weeks in late September/early October. The route to Black Butte was caught in the fires. It was sad to see all the destruction left in the fire's wake. Much of the forrest was burned as well as many many homes and structures. It was crazy to see how home after home was burned to rumble and then right next to those, was a house that was standing without any damage at all. We saw that pattern over and over again all along the highway. It was particularly sad to see our regular stopping spot where Scott would charge his Tesla both on the way to and back from Black Butte. Only one of the restaurants we would eat at and the post office was left standing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguweh6A1ZKwEyP4NwW7XFqXgQiaOReVT451n90KV2jT6bTOTXKGELFNEpahOjNqsfydaLdYzupw040BOllweOSkGZcMQPphyIbFF90BxQuE6jowiMhP6QsNhofV1DeH1a0zR4X_WG96_Oz/s2048/IMG_5507.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguweh6A1ZKwEyP4NwW7XFqXgQiaOReVT451n90KV2jT6bTOTXKGELFNEpahOjNqsfydaLdYzupw040BOllweOSkGZcMQPphyIbFF90BxQuE6jowiMhP6QsNhofV1DeH1a0zR4X_WG96_Oz/w640-h360/IMG_5507.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>But all in all, the trip was a blast. Lots of good food, lots of golf, lots of snoring on the couch while others watched movies, lots of laughs and a good lesson on how to pronounce "reciprocity"(see Day One)! Hoping this might be another annual trip to Black Butte!<br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-74738291422514657062020-10-12T20:38:00.003-07:002020-10-12T20:46:22.603-07:00Boise Bound<p> With the boys taking off to Mesquite, Nevada and St. George, Utah for Will's birthday golf trip, Harley and I decided we should do a little girl's weekend get-away ourselves! So I loaded up the car and the Harley girl and drove to visit Cassidy and Sam for a long weekend. </p><p>I started off my vacation with a surprise from Deseret (Sam's mom). She had set up appointments for us both for a float. I have never done a float before but mentioned to her that I had always wanted to try one so she surprised me with one - how sweet! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQrb_5TFy8RyyqU40C2altQYRX_8xz-NWJ78K0Gjt6G05jw0WSV7AoIokA3yaeJUd__2_jwMgurVwVr7_B72ov88m97MBwD5WfDW7FCg9xL1zehijmxjKCVW7Y5MXYWyIJqtKlrQRLqAh/s2048/IMG_5335.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQrb_5TFy8RyyqU40C2altQYRX_8xz-NWJ78K0Gjt6G05jw0WSV7AoIokA3yaeJUd__2_jwMgurVwVr7_B72ov88m97MBwD5WfDW7FCg9xL1zehijmxjKCVW7Y5MXYWyIJqtKlrQRLqAh/w480-h640/IMG_5335.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>It was an interesting experience. We were floating in salt water inside a sensory deprived pod for one hour. When I first got in the pod I thought to myself, "There is no way I can just lay here for an hour!" and then before I knew it - the hour was up! It is quite relaxing. I almost felt drugged after the hour was up and could barely climb out of the pod.</p><p>Sam and Cassidy were happy to have me there for the weekend but I think they secretly enjoyed Harley more than anything!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9x_UjLi1q84W5ZpkiFU1dMsj4k0TOGMF010Wy1mPh8V0fRTQk1xUIQYAp9zX9TXWzbsro43RVhE_GcPEoywzJIE66RXt0k5vMVtDMG4Go8jLDlN6KFsfuyQu3QpiXtWsoYL71v8swrkG/s2048/IMG_5364.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9x_UjLi1q84W5ZpkiFU1dMsj4k0TOGMF010Wy1mPh8V0fRTQk1xUIQYAp9zX9TXWzbsro43RVhE_GcPEoywzJIE66RXt0k5vMVtDMG4Go8jLDlN6KFsfuyQu3QpiXtWsoYL71v8swrkG/w640-h480/IMG_5364.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkwyBTx5iNS7GlfjDiqDmCyOBGjS2ErI9eXlmafdvI1N6LVj3vZYVamkmlmIo6m1zWPSZPX4F0n5PtCoUur6Ao3PFZVSpTGfodgO_XcCpaMKSujRvQD4cE2vqtF4sdNLqmDhyz64q4cmJ/s2048/IMG_5365.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkwyBTx5iNS7GlfjDiqDmCyOBGjS2ErI9eXlmafdvI1N6LVj3vZYVamkmlmIo6m1zWPSZPX4F0n5PtCoUur6Ao3PFZVSpTGfodgO_XcCpaMKSujRvQD4cE2vqtF4sdNLqmDhyz64q4cmJ/w640-h480/IMG_5365.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrUPB3u1FyWlogGGKqDuQlVXxewX3xT3mddesXmvaxFmX-nSbNrVbGhQMujjqRqpw-xHdIWymtNpJul84PAXCvct4wPNrLbTHJptGKnmLNbJpcDZ2tBC6qKzDcxKlB4nqTz4t-F3jxuk9/s2048/IMG_5421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrUPB3u1FyWlogGGKqDuQlVXxewX3xT3mddesXmvaxFmX-nSbNrVbGhQMujjqRqpw-xHdIWymtNpJul84PAXCvct4wPNrLbTHJptGKnmLNbJpcDZ2tBC6qKzDcxKlB4nqTz4t-F3jxuk9/w640-h480/IMG_5421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>We filled up every minute of our time together. We did lots of shopping (I wanted to get them of few things for their new apartment for an early Christmas present), got Thai takeout, played lots of Catan (girls against Sam and he still won 3 out of 4 games), bought matching Carole Baskin (from viral Tiger King documentary) lounge sets which inspired our first ever Tic Tok video, spent Sunday evening with the Lazarte's, I watched them open up a few Christmas gifts I brought out with me (golf clothes for Sam and a handmade quilt for Cassidy with scraps of her old jeans and in her wedding colors) and Cassidy even got me out one morning to exercise!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUn1f861RqTKcJYUQlAPTPC8ASVi00KkU1NEyE7K3udMD9of2fiE_SzltLtTE4Z9ZICD8KslP1dZn9DcMyCsimbQFjHqtdd1IIxKXgnI8Z147lrxIncrDWsIAZXcGlaMWYYlQXy_AJf0Qn/s2048/IMG_5322.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUn1f861RqTKcJYUQlAPTPC8ASVi00KkU1NEyE7K3udMD9of2fiE_SzltLtTE4Z9ZICD8KslP1dZn9DcMyCsimbQFjHqtdd1IIxKXgnI8Z147lrxIncrDWsIAZXcGlaMWYYlQXy_AJf0Qn/w480-h640/IMG_5322.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They are so sweet and always grateful for anything you do for them. I found this sweet note Cassidy left me in my car after I got home:<br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2i6ekoSjcGPWzKhjplX-ECJ6kyrgTJSjN0aj83tGTDNyNWBuN1drmBnoODpOBA0r78hOiP-dUFYn2xEjJPebqa1dYmymBwSAqyNsdv-H5iZro_OPvbwXreN8naRAGvW7CXEHOaJPbqVYy/s2048/Cass_thankyouOct12_2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2i6ekoSjcGPWzKhjplX-ECJ6kyrgTJSjN0aj83tGTDNyNWBuN1drmBnoODpOBA0r78hOiP-dUFYn2xEjJPebqa1dYmymBwSAqyNsdv-H5iZro_OPvbwXreN8naRAGvW7CXEHOaJPbqVYy/w446-h640/Cass_thankyouOct12_2020.jpeg" width="446" /></a></div><br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-85223093014693502732020-09-08T13:27:00.000-07:002020-09-11T13:59:12.081-07:00Putting the "20" in 2020!<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are down to one teenager! It is crazy to think that Layton is 20 years old and he is the first to agree with that. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaAUOk0NbiRQ1Nm_d-RNUZQjHrcMShaKbBQjyagSp44QuddJXOo63RYhRAcgIYiz8Hhuh4wKWJcG8632Mo4F9b_Gg635ZfYf8olkDkHh7zvQ4TDQ39Fzz-7DMF676_9KwgyNqrp_Ekpxc/w375-h500/IMG_5020.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="375" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Layton and Maddie drove home from their new apartment in Tacoma to spend his birthday evening with us here. They arrived just before Scott got home from work and we had a great time visiting, eating and opening gifts until they had to head back around 9:30. I made one of his favorite dinners, French Dip sandwiches (even though we had eaten them just two days ago over our Labor Day weekend with Shane and Julie - now that is love). Recently Layton has been on a dairy-free diet to see if that helps with some stomach discomfort, so my challenge was to find a dairy free birthday dessert for him. Not only did I accept that challenge, I conquered it! Figured out angel food cake is dairy free so made that with strawberries in a homemade glaze sauce and dairy free whipped cream.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOFd5CQcAUQlnHBbY_mGWgJgx26J3r9Omqi_Yx2P9iRhK6RUaMgu_KX8quRC_S0GUUas9OHGdfiz9qS1ZG2yjzGKK7Bi8mAS_z8_KRX6uEnPNQmw_kbHzrnJWx7ZEdmS_M2HupBglIRK4/w375-h500/IMG_5016.jpg" style="text-align: start;" width="375" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Layton invited his friend Brandon Esperto to join us for dinner and presents. This was the first time Brandon and Maddie had met each other and Maddie was excited to finally meet Brandon after hearing many stories about him. 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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-76827191835041535342020-07-04T15:05:00.000-07:002020-07-12T15:06:01.103-07:00Hanging with Hamilton on Independence DayDisney single-handedly saved Independence Day weekend! Just when the country was down about no public fireworks (unless you live near Washington D.C. - go figure), Disneyplus announced they were releasing the movie recording of Hamilton with the original cast.<br />
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The movie was originally suppose to be released in theaters in October 2021, but instead of delaying it (like what is happening with most movies), they decided to bump it up and make it available to all Disneyplus subscribers. It began streaming on July 3rd. The Hughes went all out and made it a Hamilton-themed viewing party.<br />
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They had food puns to go along with many of the songs or settings from the musical such as: "You'll be (baby) Back" ribs, New York Cheesecake, "Glass to Freedom" punch, Alexander Ham and cheese sticks, "BOOM (Chickapop) goes the Cannon", Lafayette Baguettes, 3 Fundamental Fruits at the exact same time, "History has it's <i>fries</i> on you", "Yorktown" pattie, "Take-a-Break" Kitkats and Aaron Burr-itos. You know that creativity makes me so proud! They had their viewing party during the first day it was released while the kids were down and we stayed up late after fireworks on the 4th to watch it. Every bit as good and just as moving as seeing it live!<br />
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I guess in honor of celebrating FREEDOM, the kids were FREE TO CHOOSE to be all over the place and country for the holiday. As you can see, Karsyn is not only still in Virginia with Kennedy, but extended her stay by about three weeks to fly back into town on the same flight as the Hughes just in time for our Black Butte annual trip. Washington D.C. did not cancel their firework show so they took advantage and had great seats on the Virginia side of the Washington Mall for a professional fireworks show. Holland wasn't scared at all. Besides growing tired of waiting for the show to start, she loved the fireworks! </div>
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This is a tough time for Will because everyone but one of his close friends graduated this year. One of them leaves on his mission in a few weeks and the others are leaving for college. </div>
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Even Cassidy and Sam had fun plans for the weekend traveling to spend the holiday in Jackson Hole with the Lazarte's! Given a choice, Layton would have chosen to be somewhere else but he was scheduled to spend the night working at Safeway.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">So looked like we were left to ourselves. And we are pretty boring left to ourselves on the 4th of July. We are not fireworks people. We enjoy watching a good show, but we would never spend money for our own fireworks show or dare mess with lighting them ourselves. Luckily we were invited to join the Parkers and their festivities. Butch was more than happy to grill out for us with his new fancy grill and Adam was all geared up for another infamous fireworks show. To be honest, I was truly scared to be there for Adam's fireworks show. I have heard too many stories and even seen video proof of how crazy he can get with his explosives. </span><br />
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But I have to admit, Adam did a fabulous job! I was so impressed with how big and how high his fireworks show was. Besides being really cold by the time it got dark, and one little bark dust fire in the neighbors yard, it was the perfect ending to a fun night. </div>
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What was amazing was to see the sky light up EVERYWHERE all over the city! Because there were no public fireworks shows, it seemed that every neighborhood pulled together and put on at least one big show themselves. The sky was lighting up everywhere and I have never heard it as loud before as it was this year. It warmed my heart to know that the patriotism and love of country can't be stopped by a pandemic. I loved seeing people come together to make it a special night with tradition, family and friends. </div>
Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-40265780573058809382020-07-01T13:02:00.002-07:002020-10-01T13:45:42.987-07:00Sew Bored<p>As awful as the coronavirus is and has disrupted our lives, I have been grateful that life seems to have slowed down. I have a never-ending list of projects I would like to do yet never seem to have the time to start and complete any of them. Well, I decided it was time to make good on my goal to make each of my kids a jean quilt. Kennedy got hers after she graduated from high school. I "thought" was when all the other kids would get theirs too but so far, Kennedy is the only one with a jean quilt. Now these aren't just any jeans quilt - they are made from old jeans that the kids actually wore growing up and I have been storing them for years!</p><p>I knew I wanted to do them in a way that I could complete them myself. Not having a quilting machine I knew I would have to tie them or make them in rag quilt style. My first step was to try the rag quilt style on a smaller scale. So I took some leftover flannel I had around the house and sewed a baby rag quilt first for practice.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHvYDqw3q2Bbi1kW5LFoiANB2fBaKGS6nvfylIeOi_vO5m-dq9y6TOG_6kshKi2Jx07l7YfmOLFwE-ZMGWmJ-nOMi6IkJnJlwbkVf2xXZ3HnyL_1Tb-Zo54QYFxCa1ALcwemTebJg9YyN/s2048/IMG_2756.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHvYDqw3q2Bbi1kW5LFoiANB2fBaKGS6nvfylIeOi_vO5m-dq9y6TOG_6kshKi2Jx07l7YfmOLFwE-ZMGWmJ-nOMi6IkJnJlwbkVf2xXZ3HnyL_1Tb-Zo54QYFxCa1ALcwemTebJg9YyN/s320/IMG_2756.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br />It was still a ton of work but I felt like I could do that again larger scale for the boy's jean quilts. I love how they turned out! Both of the boys used all the same flannel prints with a red flannel backing.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRfU-L7QThQA_7dnn-5nfYrFogVV2912R-2eRPBJ0sEEoLecJi7SMTidzA6mF8UhaaU2gF_XyW06xFtrjzZdE-LfjTJcL6J49TwsRDlA-qAwcMsNDjLvCEFbxnN42jHDEw5hpGsSfWrXp/s2048/IMG_2765.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRfU-L7QThQA_7dnn-5nfYrFogVV2912R-2eRPBJ0sEEoLecJi7SMTidzA6mF8UhaaU2gF_XyW06xFtrjzZdE-LfjTJcL6J49TwsRDlA-qAwcMsNDjLvCEFbxnN42jHDEw5hpGsSfWrXp/w400-h300/IMG_2765.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqtOFt1AKRbZZD8T-3YHBeJNEmiqmvc5emaC3wBfUdeSvKHBRFXYO8SkYvY70ZCt7YXMcX4YISKNBCd9mEEUX75iM0OVK9fM5BMZbgSD6SFOoSsFgmktdM0h0d4peBFQGY0A7erOn5Rs8/s2048/JeanQuilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqtOFt1AKRbZZD8T-3YHBeJNEmiqmvc5emaC3wBfUdeSvKHBRFXYO8SkYvY70ZCt7YXMcX4YISKNBCd9mEEUX75iM0OVK9fM5BMZbgSD6SFOoSsFgmktdM0h0d4peBFQGY0A7erOn5Rs8/w300-h400/JeanQuilt.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> Next it was time to start on the girl's quilts. Not many stores were open and we were still suppose to be only leaving our houses for essential errands, so I had to make their quilts with whatever I could find at JoAnn's Fabrics. I decided to do Cassidy's quilt with her wedding colors (yellow, sage and pink) and Karsyn had requested hers be blues and pinks. With their quilts I made them more traditional style and just tied them and did a hand-stitched binding. I can't even count the many hours it took to make these quilts and I can't believe I actually got them all done! It is such a good feeling! I think most the kids know I have been making them (and the boys have actually seen them since they are at home still) but I am waiting to give them to them until Christmas. Truly a gift from the heart!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYNLoNN8trLssNCanvnyopBTwIk2OQqCOf81HdxFJgTU27z9fZIFYeZR8wWNQk3921r7k7TrSeHK2ZoxNt7vEtUAtPKJUNjimcbCcMWJ5zqNnINvMfKjSShcHbao5J90ULpVUSNhozXjW/s2048/IMG_5159.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYNLoNN8trLssNCanvnyopBTwIk2OQqCOf81HdxFJgTU27z9fZIFYeZR8wWNQk3921r7k7TrSeHK2ZoxNt7vEtUAtPKJUNjimcbCcMWJ5zqNnINvMfKjSShcHbao5J90ULpVUSNhozXjW/w300-h400/IMG_5159.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzCmtUXbKV2KKhrUGqCIfl0HKNmxJs9gVgDK8-CUCIL37kLnRolqt0SvXSotO4AcHGeXsS5gSJQPqtHEXyHAGeeakukW9pSUjf1Y7UnTywtXEt2l2Nf1ay93Okqd85epMMC8ix7nPU7mM/s2048/IMG_5160.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzCmtUXbKV2KKhrUGqCIfl0HKNmxJs9gVgDK8-CUCIL37kLnRolqt0SvXSotO4AcHGeXsS5gSJQPqtHEXyHAGeeakukW9pSUjf1Y7UnTywtXEt2l2Nf1ay93Okqd85epMMC8ix7nPU7mM/w300-h400/IMG_5160.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then I figured why not get a jump start on all the kids t-shirt quilts I also want to make them! I have also been saving all their old t-shirts and sweatshirts from school and activities and sports so they could each be made into a t-shirt quilt. So I pulled out all those supplies and got most of the shirts cut out and decided to try and practice blanket on one of these type of quilts too. So I made a Portland Trailblazer t-shirt quilt for Scott for Christmas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWaV50f1i30GTP8jlgfJbsmZRF4Fd0-spY6JgUcGGwO6WAwHYjiYnV0QcuKlWxhyIVQMulTlz4R7Or6hNA_yUhx0k3hYjq8vRZA7i1mGm_utrsNBq3jC_C3KFRss8fHGSCQpd5wsHE_ny/s2048/BlazerBlanket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWaV50f1i30GTP8jlgfJbsmZRF4Fd0-spY6JgUcGGwO6WAwHYjiYnV0QcuKlWxhyIVQMulTlz4R7Or6hNA_yUhx0k3hYjq8vRZA7i1mGm_utrsNBq3jC_C3KFRss8fHGSCQpd5wsHE_ny/w300-h400/BlazerBlanket.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then since I happened to have all my sewing stuff out - I decided I should make masks for us all since they are required to be worn in any store, class or inside where you can't social distance. 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It was a little bit of a struggle managing his 40 hour work week with his schoolwork but luckily there was only a two week overlap. He has mostly been working the last shift of the day, starting late afternoon and working until closing at 12:00 a.m. He prefers this shift because it is usually slower and not as many people he has talk too! They have him doing lots of different jobs including bagging, greeting (welcoming customers and sanitizing their carts), gathering up all the carts from outside, and some stocking and facing shelves. Scott and I had to drop a car off to him at work one night and were able to find catch him in action. I was lucky enough to snag a quick couple of pictures before he told us he didn't want to be seen talking to us instead of working!<br />
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-44839314984958316102020-06-27T14:18:00.000-07:002020-06-28T14:33:26.237-07:00No Rest for Sleeping BeautyScott was anxious to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather and his free weekend. He researched and found a hike he wanted to do past Trout Lake in Washington. We couldn't talk either of the boys into joining us because Layton had to work that night and Will has his childhood friend Matthew Presley here visiting. So a date it was! The trail was called Sleeping Beauty and the summit promised a great view of Mt. Adams. Not sure why they named the trail Sleeping Beauty. There was no way you would get sleepy climbing it's steep trail nor was it easy enough to do it "in your sleep" but the view at the top did deliver as promised. It wasn't a long trail, only 2 1/2 miles roundtrip, so even though it started off pretty steep, it wasn't that hard of a hike. Not only was the hike beautiful but the drive there as well. It was about a two hour drive, the last 10 miles of it being on some rough dirt roads. We enjoyed the views from the car as well as the extra time to visit.<br />
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We stopped off for some Burgers in Trout Lake that came highly recommended by one of Scott's patients that lives nearby. The Burgers were delicious! Scott tired an Elk burger and loved it. We were a little cold eating dinner because the cafe was only seating people outside due to COVID-19 and it was really cooling off and the wind was picking up. Luckily my car was loaded with extra sweatshirts left in it from sharing the car with the boys these past few months.</div>
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-40906713592023357612020-06-24T15:10:00.000-07:002020-06-28T19:48:18.342-07:00Happy Father's Week!When you are just that loved, it takes a whole week to celebrate you!<br />
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Back in April, Scott had to cancel a trip he had planned to Virginia to visit the grandkids. It seemed like the right choice to make at the time with the Shut Down orders to not leave your home unless for essential employment or grocery shopping. Well, after another two months of quarantine and Washington moving into phase 2, we figured it was safe enough for us to start looking at traveling again. Will already had his week in Virginia and Karsyn left the first of June to stay for two months so Scott really got the bug to join them. We looked on the calendar and found a weekend in June where he had no important church meetings and wasn't on call and booked him a flight! It wasn't until just before his trip that we realized he would be spending Father's Day with the Hughes! Kennedy was initially a little stressed about now making the day special for her husband and her father, but he was with as many of his kids there in Virginia as he would have been here at home - plus add the adorable grandkids! Kennedy bought all the guys matching ties for the occasion. Even little Turner Scott had a matching bowtie!<br />
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And Happy Father's Day to Nathan who is just the cutest, hands-on daddy around. It's no wonder Holland and Turner adore him!<br />
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Kennedy and Karsyn made this amazing Father's Day cake as well as a fabulous spread for dinner with steak and shrimp! I would say it was an amazing Father's Day!</div>
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But the celebrations weren't over yet! We celebrated Scott again here at home mid week after he arrived back home from his trip. I surprised him with dinner all the way from New York City! Back in the fall, Scott and I took a food tour while in NYC. Our favorite stop was Katz diner, known for the famous diner scene from "When Harry Met Sally" movie was filmed as well as known for it's amazing pastrami sandwiches. Scott has mentioned several times since the trip how he has been craving that pastrami sandwich so I had all the fixings sent here from Katz Diner in NYC. </div>
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It was just as yummy as we remembered it. Then we opened up some gifts here from the kids. Most gifts centered around an aging man but were appreciated. He got a foam roller for stretching out sore muscles before and after running from Lazarte's, some special plantar fasciitis socks from Will, a really nice massage gun from me and Layton picked him out a historical book called "Band of Brothers". </div>
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We sure do love and appreciate all the guy does for us! He definitely deserved two celebrations this year! And I can't forget my dad! Here is what I posted on social media to honor him and every word of it is true!<br />
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Happy Father’s Day to this great man I call dad! He gave me my love for traveling, taught me to always find a bargain, passed on his corny sense of humor to me, encouraged my education, employed me for years, showed me through his marriage with my mom of how a woman should be loved and treated, and so many other timeless lessons. But the greatest thing my dad taught me growing up is that no matter our race, religion, social status or lifestyle, people are people - valuable, worthy children of God. My dad is the least judgmental person I know and truly sees everyone as God intended them to be seen. Thank you for all the love and lessons dad! I love you forever.</div>
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And of course, we can't forget this great Father, Father-in-law and papaw. Happy Father's Day in Heaven!</div>
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Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-53743082975305290932020-06-17T13:27:00.001-07:002020-10-01T13:41:55.123-07:00Next Stop: Grey's Anatomy<p> Karsyn has always been influenced by TV. No matter what she seems to be binge watching at the moment - is what she believes she wants for her career. As a young girl she was obsessed with the show "Cake Boss" and wanted to be a baker and open up her own bakery. She even started her own blog called "Karsyn's Cakes". Then she watched a ton of home improvement shows such a flipping homes and transforming homes and was pretty sure she wanted to be an interior decorator. Then more recently she became a huge fan of the show "Grey's Anatomy" which takes place in a hospital so, you guessed it...she now wants to be a nurse! Plus, we always tease her that she is just a mini Kennedy and that is what Kennedy did so it only makes sense. Karsyn made sure she had all her nursing pre-reqs done before her mission so she could apply to start BYU's Nursing School right after her mission. Nursing is one of, if not the hardest, programs to get into at BYU. There are people with 4.0 GPA's and experience that are not getting in to the program. </p><p>Probably the only perk to Karsyn coming home a few months earlier from her mission was that she was able to fill out her nursing application from home - and let me tell you - it took a village! She had her parents, siblings, friends and even random boys on her dating app reviewing her essays and making suggestions. She was able to put in a lot of time and thought to her application and we were hopeful it would pay off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW0zJEVWfH9GhZA6WeG6o2bwCvssEdRybLHcbmSFsKF28rC_pNi-ZerulAH8u0ICAe1TiCjMt2ApSuENfQe2U9GOceOuUbk3QVmPaWGe5by7_pvm7OmAgTkrpXn15qaxd-leLyoDncdrW/s2048/IMG_2195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW0zJEVWfH9GhZA6WeG6o2bwCvssEdRybLHcbmSFsKF28rC_pNi-ZerulAH8u0ICAe1TiCjMt2ApSuENfQe2U9GOceOuUbk3QVmPaWGe5by7_pvm7OmAgTkrpXn15qaxd-leLyoDncdrW/w640-h360/IMG_2195.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>She completed and submitted her nursing application on May 2nd and then had to play the waiting game. </p><p>BYU released the acceptance letters while Karsyn was in Virginia with the Hughes. They had already taken Karsyn out for a celebratory dinner when she got the email and found out she was accepted!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpKblNBCDf5kMoZ9jEDxOUHrzOTp0dZiD_gdeq1Tr1QaSRG1S0_ySg60NmZ04qkgKiTpfRXTxdYvez_dkeUnD1-OUxDO2zhQJqrPnvPGmEWkwcTL4HBu7K3-qM6zT2cAL4XcP8on2IpW4/s2048/IMG_2852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpKblNBCDf5kMoZ9jEDxOUHrzOTp0dZiD_gdeq1Tr1QaSRG1S0_ySg60NmZ04qkgKiTpfRXTxdYvez_dkeUnD1-OUxDO2zhQJqrPnvPGmEWkwcTL4HBu7K3-qM6zT2cAL4XcP8on2IpW4/w480-h640/IMG_2852.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Another fun fact is that her cousin, Hadley Seal, also applied and was accepted into the nursing program and so they will be in the same class as each other!</p><p><br /></p>Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-83746722979369948772020-06-13T13:37:00.000-07:002020-07-24T13:38:29.564-07:00Bonding in Bandon Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Scott and Butch had the idea to each take their Heidi (Butch's wife is a Heidi too!) and go back to Bandon for a weekend. The driving force being that Bandon's new course, The Sheep Ranch, was now open. Heidi Parker was less than excited to go walk 18 holes two days in a row and I am always afraid it is going to be too windy for my liking. So I had the great idea of them planning a trip with us to Black Butte in the future where we could ride carts and have more predictable weather. The guys liked that idea but that didn't curb their desire to play Sheep Ranch. So they decided on taking the boys, Will and Adam, who were more than happy to join their dads. </div>
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While the weather forecast at home looked nasty, and iffy at Bandon, they lucked out and never got rained on once and had the mildest winds they have ever had at Bandon. Besides the time Will lost his cart on the hill, dumping his golf bag and all it's content all over the hill, they had no complications and a wonderful time!<br />
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Sticking to tradition, Scott packed the loser dress. Tradition is that whoever has the worst score of the round wears the dress all the way into the clubhouse on the 18th hole. Everyone but Butch had their chance to wear the dress.<br />
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-51985119960718210632020-05-30T17:36:00.000-07:002020-06-14T14:51:28.800-07:00Boise MarathonSeveral months back Cassidy and Sam set the goal to run in a half marathon held in Boise on May 30th. Scott decided he had been training enough too to join them and I was free that weekend to go and cheer them all on. Then COVID-19 hit. Like everything else, the Boise Marathon was cancelled.<br />
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But we didn't let that stop us from getting together and having our own marathon weekend. Scott and I drove down to Boise for a couple days and enjoyed a golfing marathon with Cassidy and Sam! We took Scott's Tesla so there were two cars at home for Karsyn and Layton to share (Will was in Virginia with the Hughes). While it was nice that our trip didn't cost us any money driving his car, it did cost us quite a bit on time...and indigestion. To make the drive to Cassidy's we had to stop three times for over 90 minutes total. And since you want to make the most of your stops, that is a good time to go to the bathroom and grab something to eat. Washington was still in phase one fo COVID plan so restaurants were only open for pick-up or take-out. The more rural counties in Oregon had moved into phase 2 and you could eat inside restaurants. Our stop around dinner time happened to be at Wildhorse Casino. We plugged in his car to charge and made our way to the casino hoping it was open cause everyone knows casinos have great food for cheap, right? Well, that was not our experience! I get nauseous now just thinking about how gross our meal was. The ambiance didn't help much. They were open to serve food, but not the sit-down restaurant. So we got some nasty greasy pick-up food and then had no where to sit to eat besides at the slot machines next to ash trays and smokers. Never again. I will walk the extra distance to McDonald's if there is a next time, and that says a lot if you know how much I hate McDonalds!<br />
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Sam set up a tee time for both Friday and Saturday. We kept Friday morning open so Cassidy and I could go shopping (Yes! Stores are open in Idaho!) to get some frames for a couple wedding pictures for their bedroom. It felt so good to walk through a couple of stores! Most places required masks and that was hot and uncomfortable but it was nice to do something normal. I bought Will some underwear just so it could officially be a shopping trip for me too!<br />
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The first day was a beautiful course (Quail Hollow) but full of trouble and hot, hot, hot! But we loved the course and had a great time together.<br />
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Learning how to use a range finder from the pro.</div>
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Day two we tried out Eagle Hill Golf Course which was a little easier and much flatter course. It was still a record-high weekend but not quite as hot because we got started early that morning. Cassidy only played the front 9 today because she is still having a lot of wrist pain but she still had a lot of fun.<br />
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Later that night we went over to Sam's parents house for dinner. Deseret and Harry are so nice and welcoming. They sure love Cassidy and are always so complimentary of her. All Sam's siblings and families were there as well so it was a really nice night getting to get to know each other better. The Lazarte's neighborhood has a beautiful pond that runs right behind their home where they like to fish and catch and release. Scott and I gave it a try, with only one of us catching anything. I think Scott missed his calling in life and should give up golf for fishing!<br />
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We love having Cassidy and Sam close enough to drive there for the weekend! We enjoyed a great couple of days together and can't wait to see them again in July for our family trip.Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-24340953413840996332020-05-25T17:02:00.000-07:002020-06-14T17:03:30.255-07:00Memorial DayEnough is enough! We are tired of being isolated and what fun is Memorial Day if you can't cook out with family and friends? We might have rebelled a bit and spent the afternoon with those outside of our household, but we have no regrets. We invited over Shane and Julie and their kids, Christy and Nathan and their only child at home, Cassidy, and Julie and Christy's parents, Ed and Shari. Layton also invited his girlfriend Maddie over and everyone had a good time. It was good to do something that we normally would do on this day!<br />
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This food was delicious, the company enjoyable and Scott's Memorial Day quiz was harder than ever! Our youngest guest, Lyla, won the prize candy bar for the most correct answers!Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-17133619744910052422020-05-23T16:38:00.000-07:002020-06-14T16:38:29.988-07:00Bonding in BandonScott is loving having his own little family foursome for golf! He found out that Bandon Dunes was running a special where any child played free with a paying adult and the rest is history. He booked two days of golf for he and I and Karsyn and Will. Karsyn is taking online classes for spring term right now and had some school conflicts that wouldn't allow her to play more than once a day. And I have never even played 18 holes two days in a row yet so we rested in the hotel room Friday morning while the guys played 18 holes at Pacific Dunes.<br />
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We then joined them for the second round that day at Bandon Dunes course. I was nervous cause all I have heard is that Bandon is totally different golfing than other places and I know it is for serious golfers, and I didn't want to look even more like a poser! But turns out, Bandon and I got along just fine! I got my best score yet there cause while it is harder to get under the ball, it is more forgiving when you top it cause the ground is so hard it just runs and runs. Well, I usually top the ball anyway so got to take advantage of the distance of these courses. I even got my second birdie!<br />
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My biggest challenge with Bandon was all the bunkers. Apparently I never met a bunker I didn't like cause I was in practically every one!</div>
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We had lots of downtime in between holes with the group in front of us taking a long time. A caddy behind us said that their golfing was getting in the way of their drinking and slowing them down!<br />
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Day two we played 18 holes at Old Macdonald course before driving all the way back home that evening. What an enjoyable we weekend we had together! Everyone was so patient and encouraging with me and Karsyn makes a great personal coach!<br />
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-865873683063460922020-05-19T12:32:00.001-07:002020-10-01T12:33:56.185-07:00Corona Camp<p> By now, with everything closed and school online, parents are starting to go stir-crazy. Especially those with young children. That is when Karsyn got the call from Mickie Spence about doing a little mini cheer camp session for her girls. The original idea was that she would teach them a dance via zoom, but with the weather nice enough for them to be outside and able to social distance, we offered for her to bring the girls here for camp. Karsyn taught them 3 days of 30 minutes sessions and Mickie also brought along her son, Ty, to spend some time with Will doing sports camp. 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Minutes later she came running back in the house yelling that Harley found a nest of baby animals and was killing them. We got Harley in the house I went out to see the damage. Looks like there was nest of babies under a bush in our backyard and Harley had drug one of them out and was pouncing on it. We weren't sure at first what kind of animals they were but they did seem to have pretty long ears so I googled baby rabbits and sure enough - we had a nest of baby rabbits in our yard! It looked like Harley's nail had punched the one she had brought out from nest. They were so young they didn't even have their eyes open! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdw3EbmC1NQIlVF8KGICal0Cn8SC1O7t9qLZQ5b9Nr3qGNpOx76MIrqTdOryporf-sjgA6cDwmqDnJBnyWeVTODHiEdUwRLTMxC9anq6cGaKSDZyKSthWFTAAjwCsHtwNVUmvW2iAUdgOE/s2048/IMG_2398.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdw3EbmC1NQIlVF8KGICal0Cn8SC1O7t9qLZQ5b9Nr3qGNpOx76MIrqTdOryporf-sjgA6cDwmqDnJBnyWeVTODHiEdUwRLTMxC9anq6cGaKSDZyKSthWFTAAjwCsHtwNVUmvW2iAUdgOE/s320/IMG_2398.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We felt terrible for this little animal. Of course this was right at 5:00 pm so the first few calls I made to try and find some help for it ended up not being answered. I finally got a hold of a rescue in Portland that took bunnies but after they found out we lived in Washington she said they weren't allowed to accept animals from Washington. Somehow I found a squirrel rescue and though to call just to see if they knew someone that could help. The Humane society and animal control told us all they could do was euthanize it. The Squirrel Rescue said to bring it in and they would look at it. So we loaded this little bunny up in a box with a warm bag of rice and drove it to the rescue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitA7Y84EqvXskafJPrZdaBCwze6ECnDQSzH_-O_EM-G3v6jFmgbswlKuQq7q1iiHNwDL7oyv6aNMDVdcVXnY-aBfv_Vf7qj1-5P0XQ6K_pn7rUrZdtKE1luoIVqyJUMnyRWVLaOmxHoLPm/s2048/IMG_2401.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitA7Y84EqvXskafJPrZdaBCwze6ECnDQSzH_-O_EM-G3v6jFmgbswlKuQq7q1iiHNwDL7oyv6aNMDVdcVXnY-aBfv_Vf7qj1-5P0XQ6K_pn7rUrZdtKE1luoIVqyJUMnyRWVLaOmxHoLPm/w480-h640/IMG_2401.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">The rescue turned out to be a run-down home with a mini junk yard in their front yard. We starting to feel very protective of this bunny and not wanting to leave it with these people! But they seemed </span>genuinely concerned for the bunny and said they knew of an organization that took in sick bunnies so we left our little baby there with them. We aren't sure what ended up happening with the bunny. We knew it's chances of survival were low but we kept telling ourselves it would be ok. Now anytime I see a bunny hopping around our yard or anywhere, I tell myself it is our bunny all healthy now!</div>Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-21582511112929270082020-05-10T21:48:00.000-07:002020-05-13T21:52:20.508-07:00Mother's DayIf we are still trying to look for the silver linings to the COVID-19 virus and the shutdown of schools and society, then Mother's Day would have to be one of those blessings. Instead of being home with one of five kids on this special day, I had three of them home!<br />
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My day started off with amazing smells coming from the kitchen and Karsyn slaving away in there to make me this fancy spinach and leek quiche with phyllo dough crust. This was her first time working with phyllo dough but she did great! It tasted as good as it looked!<br />
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Then I got a video surprise from Holland wishing me a happy grandma's day. I couldn't stop smiling all day after seeing this! My goodness I love that little girl! Usually on Mother's Day the primary children sing some songs to the mothers, but we have no primary age children here for our home-based, church supported sacrament meetings so this was an extra special treat!<br />
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The family spoiled me with gifts, cards and a day off. It was funny because when talking to Kennedy we both realized we celebrate Mother's Day by taking the day off from being a mother! Karsyn and Scott put together a fabulous dinner and we were able to cook up a frozen apple pie with ice-cream, all courtesy of trying to clean out our deep freezer during quarantine.<br />
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Saturday Scott took my car and had it detailed inside and out. It was desperately needing it after all these quarantine golf trips we had been taking in my car. And he brought home these beautiful flowers!<br />
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The kids all surprised me with this darling watercolor painting (done by our very own Brittany Seal!) of our family from 2004. The kids are always complaining that I have out dated portraits around the house but I tell them they are there on purpose. I know what they look like now, I like to see them around the house from days gone by and from when they were all at home with me. So they picked this photo taken at my parents house back when I was really in thick of motherhood.<br />
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Cassidy and Sam sent me a little package in the mail too with a face mask, foot mask and the sweetest little book about being a mom.<br />
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Love this sweet family of mine. Being their mom is definitely my greatest accomplishment and my greatest joy.<br />
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-38732467421363330852020-04-29T22:50:00.000-07:002020-05-13T22:52:03.170-07:00Bloom where you are planted (that's home for COVID-19 online studies)!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First Day of online BYU Spring Term 2020</div>
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-70901603475885466352020-04-25T15:25:00.000-07:002020-06-14T15:29:51.385-07:00Corona CutThere is a real thing going on right now due to Coronavirus. Perhaps even becoming a fad. It is called Corona hair. And for those that prefer to grow their hair on their face, there is a Corona beard. Here is Nathan modeling the Corona Beard.<br />
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With all the salons closed due to COVID-19, people are starting to look a little wild! Scott caved as soon as he was due for his first haircut and talked me into pulling out the old razor and scissors, but the boys said they preferred to just wait it out and come what may! So you can imagine our surprise, when the morning after hanging out a couple of friends, I found Will wearing a hat - but I could tell his hair was buzzed around the neckline. Not sure if he was finally tired of his crazy hair or just gave into peer pressure due to boredom, but he took my razor set out the night before and let his friends shave his head alongside the road in the dark!<br />
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Turns out he had a wadded up ball of his cut hair as well. He said he couldn't very well leave it all along side the road! When he pulled it out of the bag, it looked like a hair bun so he stuck on top his head to see what he would look like with a manbun.<br />
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I told Will his shaved head totally reminded me of the pictures of when dad had his head shaved as an initiation onto the football team. Thank goodness Will's friends were a little more gentler and didn't leave him with cuts all over his head like happened to Scott.<br />
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-16848316994184658592020-04-22T21:44:00.000-07:002020-07-24T21:47:10.284-07:00It's a Brand New (used) Car!It's a brand new car...to Karsyn! Well, with the hopes of getting into the nursing program and school starting up in the fall again, it was time to send Karsyn back to school in her own set of wheels. Scott wanted to make sure she had something wit AWD for the snow in Utah and room for her golf clubs. After some research and several hours online, everyone agreed that the Mazda C3 would satisfy both those needs - and it is a pretty cute car!<br />
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She wasn't disappointed at all that the dealership we purchased her car from was 2 hours away from home. She's never enjoyed driving two hours in the rain so much before! And it is good thing she got a little time behind the wheel then, because since getting it home, it has sat in our driveway for three months, waiting to be insured, while Karsyn has been in Virginia with Kennedy.<br />
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<br />Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-43646924873792039992020-04-12T22:54:00.000-07:002020-04-23T22:55:09.961-07:00#thefrontstepsprojectThe purpose of this project was two-fold:<br />
1) bring us together virtually when we might feel isolated, and<br />
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I first learned about this after seeing Heather post a picture of her family with the hashtag #thefrontstepsproject.<br />
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I quickly looked it up to learn more about this project. Helping people in need and a chance for a family photo - you know I am all in for that! We even had Cassidy and Sam here with us at the time so we had everyone here except for the Hughes!<br />
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I put out a request on Facebook to see if any local photographers were participating in this project. I heard back from a neighbor and friend that took Cassidy's senior photos as well as our family photos several years back. We booked a time just a couple days later, fought to find a few minutes without pouring rain, and within 10 minutes had several family front steps photos!<br />
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The only problem was, our photographer didn't really understand the second purpose of this project, or she did and chose our charity for us...Clouds in Bloom Photography! She charged us for a regular mini-session. Oh well, at least we got some cute family pictures and we did help out a struggling business.</div>
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Then on Easter Sunday, Heather (the other half of our made up HeArt Photography business) went around to all the families on the Stewart side in Utah to get everyone's family front steps pictures!</div>
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Blake, Bethany, and JR Stewart</div>
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Scott, Ryder and Jolie Stewart</div>
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Cameron, Lilly, Jenni, Sam, Luke, Chad, Rilee Stewart (and Ralph E dog)</div>
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Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812416526602198046.post-35819056683200750432020-03-25T13:40:00.000-07:002020-09-25T13:40:55.378-07:00Deseret News Article: Faith Helps BYU basketball recruit, woman in quarantine cope with changes to Latter-day Saint mission calls<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">SALT LAKE CITY — When</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><a href="https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/3/26/21185322/high-school-boys-basketball-dallin-hall-mr-basketball-fremont-silverwolves-byu-cougars-uhsaa" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Utah’s Mr. Basketball</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">opened his mission call last week, he was unaware of the irony it captured about the abrupt way the global pandemic has reshaped the Latter-day Saint missionary program.</span></p><p id="A6wDqw" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">An alert pinged <a href="https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/3/13/21179195/byu-mens-basketball-fremonts-dallin-hall-to-sign-with-the-cougars" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Dallin Hall’s</a> phone at about noon. The text included a link to his mission call, but <a href="https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/3/13/21179195/byu-mens-basketball-fremonts-dallin-hall-to-sign-with-the-cougars" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">the BYU recruit</a> didn’t open it immediately. By the time he did, at 6 p.m., something dramatic had happened.</p><p id="KSOSi3" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had announced it was sending home all of the Americans and non-native missionaries from the country where he was called to serve.</p><p id="W1J8aj" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">Hall once scored <a href="https://twitter.com/1nicolehall/status/1206104876444311552" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">seven points in 17 seconds</a> for Fremont High School. He wasn’t as smooth pronouncing the words as he read his mission call out loud to his family and close friends: He was called to serve for two years in the Philippines Olongapo Mission, where he would speak Tagalog.</p><p id="HAl60X" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">“I was surprised at first,” he said, a fact captured in a photograph, “then excited.”</p><p id="GlD6ax" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">His mother knew the church was <a href="https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/3/17/21183896/philippines-korea-mongolia-mormon-missionaries-lds-coronavirus-covid19" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">sending the missionaries home from the Philippines</a>, but she was busy videotaping the family’s reactions. An uncle who served a mission in the Philippines told Hall the country is crazy for basketball. Finally an aunt told him the news.</p><p id="7rkAiL" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">Just like that, Hall became one representation of the changes affecting all 399 of the church’s missions and all of its 67,000 missionaries. Another is Karsyn Rushing, 21, who has been quarantined at home with her mother in Vancouver, Washington, since March 14, when she arrived home from the Alpine German-Speaking Mission.</p><p id="tipxZ7" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">On March 12, her mission president called her where she was serving in Singen, Germany, and told her that due to her asthma, she was to return home and be released. Those with respiratory issues and other medical conditions are more at risk if they contract COVID-19, according to health officials.</p><p id="OLZV6u" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">“I just bawled,” Rushing said. “I cried so, so hard. My companion just held me. 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box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: auto;" /></picture></span></span><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(231, 231, 232); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: benton-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 739.921875px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Sister Karsyn Rushing, 21, who returned from her Latter-day Saint mission this month due to concerns about COVID-19, pedals a bike bearing the message, “The future is as hopeful as your faith,” in Singen, Germany.</figcaption> <cite style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.75; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Provided by the Rushing family</cite></span></figure><p id="0hCPz1" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">Due to the pandemic, <a href="https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/3/24/21192373/coronavirus-covid19-testing-mormon-church-parking-lots-lds-utah" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">19,800 Americans are returning to the United States</a> from overseas missions, a church leader said Monday. Thousands of others are heading to their home countries elsewhere. They will self-isolate, then be <a href="https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/3/23/21191679/church-mormon-lds-missionaries-early-releases-united-states-canada" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">released early</a> or be reassigned.</p><p id="4lloR9" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">Still others are being sent home and released because they have compromised immune systems or other health issues like Rushing, who served 13 months of her original 18-month call.</p><p id="sCOddm" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">Nearly all senior missionary couples are being released. Area and mission presidencies are retaining some to help keep missions functioning with native missionaries.</p><p id="nqJCts" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">It’s possible Hall still may report to the church’s Missionary Training Center in Provo on June 24. Or the MTC may be closed. Then he would train remotely from home. His start date could be postponed. He may still serve in the Philippines, or he may be reassigned.</p><p id="CReX7u" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">Whatever happens, Hall simply expects to serve a mission at some point, then return and play basketball at BYU. ESPN recently featured him in a video, mispronouncing his first name to create a rhyme: “<a href="https://twitter.com/1nicolehall/status/1240319542355570688" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Big-ballin’ Dallin Hall</a>.”</p><p id="uVC6BG" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">“He handles everything super chill,” said his mother, Nicole Hall. “Stuff like that doesn’t phase him. He just said, ‘Oh, I’ll just go later or go somewhere else.’”</p><p id="XmkRpn" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">That’s right, Hall said.</p><p id="RBncad" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">“I’m just super excited for the next part of my journey, wherever it takes me,” he said.</p><p id="LWMoQI" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">When Rushing’s quarantine ends this weekend, she’ll be looking forward to returning to BYU. Of course, it will be a virtual return. The university announced this week that the entire spring term will be conducted online.</p><p id="dl5fxy" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">She’s also happy with her mission experience. When she learned she would return home, Rushing said she went into a room alone and “talked it out with God,” hoping to find peace and learn that there was a good reason.</p><p id="aJonbO" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">“Tears came back several times,” she said. “But I found peace. I realized I wasn’t anybody’s victim. God called me out on this mission, and I trusted him, and I knew I trusted him now even though it didn’t feel fair.”</p><p id="E48crv" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">She packed quickly and left by train for Munich the next morning. 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box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: auto;" /></picture></span></span><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(231, 231, 232); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: benton-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 739.921875px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Sister Karsyn Rushing stands by a farewell sign in Augsburg, Germany, last year. Earlier this month, she had to say goodbye to her Latter-day Saint mission five months early due to health concerns related to COVID-19.</figcaption> <cite style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.75; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Provided by the Rushing family</cite></span></figure><p id="PnOqMR" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">On the flight to San Francisco, they learned a passenger had COVID-19. Medical people in masks, goggles and gowns evacuated her. Rushing and the other passengers had to fill out forms providing information and agreeing to quarantine at home.</p><p id="E4geJJ" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">During her layover in San Francisco, she saw a lot of missionaries on their way home. Once she landed in Portland, Oregon, her family hit the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A, then her father, who is her stake president, released her from her missionary service.</p><p id="FYm3Jl" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 25); color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: inherit;">“It’s OK we don’t serve 18 months or two years,” she added. “We will just trust God’s plan.”</p>Heidi Rushinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875541949711183194noreply@blogger.com0