Video by Request

So, um, what I learned last week was to double-check that my post actually got published and not just saved as a draft.  Oops.  So, below is what I tried to post from my i-pad.

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Ally requested more videos of my kids, so here you go.  This is from today.  The temperature was over 100, so we didn't stay outside for too long.

And here's the rest of the adventure.  After I stopped Carter from playing with the next door neighbor's sprinklers.  (It's so exciting!)

This one's from Friday when Mom and I took the kids down to the Mountain Man Rendezvous at Energy Solutions Arena.  They had FREE pony rides!  Couldn't beat the price!  (But the heat was awful!)

 Here's another video from earlier in the summer.

 Enjoy!  (Oh, and another thing that I learned...or was at least reminded of...is that Blogger only allows you post videos that are less than 100 MB.  So, if you want the others, you'll need to come see them on my computer.)

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So, because I'm at the computer and I know that I'll forget by Friday--here are some other things that I have learned this past weekend.

1.  The piping on couches and other upholstery is actually called "welting".
2.  Costco has a really easy-to-use photobook maker.  I can even use my Creative Memories software to make the pages and then use those pages in the book.  Here's hoping that their turnaround time is accurate.   (I used the software to make a sign-in book for my brother-in-law's wedding on the 1st of August.  5-8 business days is just fine.  Any longer than that will get me in trouble.)

Love you, Grandma June

I needed to get some closure this evening after I heard the news that my grandmother passed away.  So, even with as much as I've complained about making videos for school, here's a little video that I made about my Grandma June.  It's not much, and I wish I had more than just the last five years--but I made due with what I had.

"I'm worried about my grade."

We watched this video last week at a professional development. I'm likely to hear this conversation next week as the end of our trimester approaches. (Warning, this video does have very mild language--less intense that you'd hear in a typical school hallway.)

2011

It's amazing to think that it's 2011 already. Wow! Where did the time go?

Well, there's lots that I would like to post...pictures of the house after a year, pictures from our winter vacation, etc. But I only have a couple minutes left of my prep. period today at school. So, in case you haven't seen the sad video footage or newspaper pictures of Laguna after the flood, here you go. (I took pictures last week of what it looks like a week later, will post soon.)

AccuWeather.com - Weather Video - Flooding Turns Streets of Laguna Beach into Rivers

LA Times - Huge Storm Floods Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach Hit Hard with Floods: MyFoxLA.com

It's about time.

With everyone else in our family having their own blog (even my brother in Thailand--thanks, Mom!) , it seemed like time for Nate and I to start our own blog. I thought that this would be a better place to post family events, pictures, and news than facebook. So, enjoy!

Here's our new house before we moved in.



I'll post the after move-in video soon. (I get tired just thinking about it!)