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It's been a while! Hello, InstaFriday! I guess copious shots of people in dressing rooms wouldn't be all that interesting anyway. We had this week off, before delving into Don Giovanni, and we had some fun!

It's opera season! 

Crave - our favorite stop for a latte, chai or tasty treat.

Our family's stone in our temple's paver project. 

Sam loving climbing class!

Like father, like son. 

Skinny girl. 67 pounds and holding.

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Happy Friday! Hanukkah started Saturday night and we've had a nice evening ritual of lighting candles, opening presents, playing dreidel and eating latkes. Yum! It's also been a busy TKD week; tomorrow morning Ted will mid-term and after lunch all four of us will compete in the first ATA/FMA all-school C tournament. It should be a fun but busy day. Next Thursday is our Holiday Party at TKD and Ted's in the demo - it's going to be really cool. Fun stuff!

12:12pm on 12/12/12. Cool.

So pretty.

Dreidel!

Latkes ... mmm...

Sam's first year to light his menorah without help!

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Wow - this was a very crazy week! I have two pics of the week, and they sum up exactly why it's been such a busy week!!

With our fundraiser in full swing, we put down our deposits for the Chinese Heritage Trip. We received a tentative itinerary as well as the dates to book our flights. Yikes! We also took the time to take Mae to get her US Passport. This was an ordeal and took a long time but it's done and we should receive it in 4-6 weeks. Very exciting!!

Last week and this week Ted and I have been attending Open Houses and Tours for Middle Schools. It was fairly easy to eliminate the large schools (both of us felt overwhelmed) and we're down to the school he already attends, which is a K-8, and a very academic middle school. Ted is in charge of this decision and I am trying not to worry that he's getting in over his head. He is a hard worker, and that's going to see him through a lot, no matter which school he ends up attending. At this point in time, we are open-enrolling to Summit. If he gets in, he will shadow there and make his final decision. I really enjoyed the Open House at Horizons and think we would be fine there as well, so we are lucky! Whew. What a tiring week of late nights!


I'm glad it's the weekend. We have a lovely free today today filled with Hanukkah preparations and baking. Tomorrow is more of the same. Just what we all need to re-fill our energy tanks for the week ahead!

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It's Friday again! This first week back from Thanksgiving break felt long. And it was a full, full week. And somehow I only took two pictures. Oy.

I found time to meet a friend for a latte at Ozo. Ahh....

I am the walrus. Love you, SP! 

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There are two major reasons for my lack of pictures this week. The first I talked about yesterday, Middle School decisions! We went to Southern Hills last night and Ted was not impressed. So, it's either Summit or Horizons. Happy to narrow that down! 

And the other is so exciting, I think it needs its own post. And since any of you reading this probably care a lot about sweet Mae, you probably already know all about it! On the right side of the blog in the sidebar is a link to our fundraiser for Mae's heritage trip to China! I'm working on a post about it now. I can't even believe we are fortunate enough to be able to do this! More soon. 

We are also going to have an exciting Saturday in Fort Collins for the annual ATA Holiday party AND Black Belt Ceremony! Since Ted earned his 2nd Degree Black Belt last year, he'll be a part of the ceremony. So cool. I'll take lots of pics of that! 

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Happy Thanksgiving! Isn't a 4-day weekend wonderful? We are loving hosting Aunt Nancy and babysitting two sweet Guinea Pigs. Lots and lots of pictures from this week! Enjoy your weekend!

Ted climbing a 5.10 fingertip layback and styling it!

A Sam-sized cinnamon roll.

Descent.

Ted tasting his first fingercrack.

Frisbee.

Happy dog.

Sweet helper.

Lucky meets Fuffles.

And the hampster! 

Marshall Mesa.

gorgeous day for a hike

Munchkin

Thanksgiving soccer.

Sweet Pea on her hike.

Mae placed 1st in Sparring! 

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What a long week! The kids were very busy this week, plus events at school in the evenings, plus Sam and I are sick. Blah. But we have all next week off and Aunt Nancy comes on Tuesday! So it's all good.

I only took two pictures this week! This was probably due in part to

• a massive de-cluttering and re-organizing and cleaning effort in the kitchen and pantry
• an enthusiastic start to the week with three days of warm CrockPot Meals
• aforementioned business & late nights at school
• did I mention I'm sick? 

Anyway, not much, but here they are! Happy Thanksgiving break to all! 

These two are getting along just fine these days! Sharing the sunshine...

Sore throat tea: Holy Basil, echinacea, rose hips, slippery elm bark powder and plenty of honey.

This will probably live on Sweet Pea's blog in the future, but here's a great video of her ball-playing prowess. The vet comes Saturday to do her blood test and then she'll be in the clear (we hope!)

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This week has been filled with happy! Every day was a new assignment meant to show appreciation, to do something nice for someone, to spread love. It's been a great week. I think the kids have loved it as much as I have. Look for a recap on Monday. In the meantime, here are pics of our week! 

Busy bees.

Way to rock the shirtless look, Sam!

Hurry, before it snows!

Beautiful berries still abound. Lucky birds!

A Blessing Bag, filled with a hat, gloves, socks, SlimJims, an apple, a toiletries kit &lipbalm.

Four $5 McD's gift cards, filling four bellies with a warm meal.

A hawk!

Thanks to our mailman!

Thanks to Ted's wonderful 5th grade teacher!

Sam stole my latte!

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