tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320908232024-03-12T20:42:06.875-07:00Bloggity BlogJessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.comBlogger588125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-59778408036629575822018-05-21T16:01:00.000-07:002018-05-21T16:01:10.013-07:00Names 2017!Oh hai, blog. <a href="https://twitter.com/jessiejensen/status/982065330460618752">Baby names happened</a>!! On Twitter. I also had a baby of my own. You should probably just follow me on Twitter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-86435258231914389822017-10-08T12:38:00.002-07:002017-10-08T12:48:32.088-07:00Christmas 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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En route to my parents' place for Christmas! Penny has become a nervous traveler, and brand name Thundershirts are $$$, so we treated her to a makeshift one crudely fashioned from an Ace bandage. It worked!</div>
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White Christmas! It basically snowed the entire time.</div>
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Car, why you look like a shark?</div>
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Can't be bothered to rotate this. Jon and Penny being cute and cozy.</div>
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Sure wish my eyes were open in this picture, but I love it nonetheless.</div>
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Wearing all the Christmas presents!</div>
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Jon: "My dog is too short for Idaho"</div>
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Tolerating one another</div>
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OMG we spent a night in West Yellowstone then took a snowcoach into the park the next day, which was one of the best things I've ever done. Can't recommend Yellowstone in the winter enough. It was magical.</div>
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Tree entombed in ice. Everything in the most geothermally active areas of the park is covered in rime frost.</div>
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We started to grow frost in our hair/fur hoods/hats during this stop.</div>
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Best friends from high school reunited!!</div>
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Me, Jon, Owen, and Marty aka Giant Penny, looking a lot like a family</div>
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Christmas this year is in Phoenix!! I can't imagine there's anyone who reads my blog who doesn't also follow me on either Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, but we're expecting a baby girl the beginning of December!</div>
<br />Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-7706974249189675312017-09-17T16:13:00.001-07:002017-09-17T16:13:35.355-07:00NYC 2016Check me out! Blogging! A trip that happened ten months ago! This medium might be dead but it's still the best way to dump a ton of photos in one place that my family can enjoy. (Facebook need not apply.)<br />
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I also might as well get this blog up to date before December, after which point I will never be able to accomplish anything ever again, because I hear babies are QUITE the time suck.<br />
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We went to NYC over Thanksgiving (and my birthday) to see Hamilton! My parents and Annie flew out, too, and it was basically the trip of a lifetime.<br />
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Jon was working in Chicago so we met at JFK:<br />
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BEST BIRTHDAY OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. Thanksgiving dinner at Fraunces Tavern, with the ghosts of Washington and Hamilton.</div>
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I was a burlesque dancer in a past life!!</div>
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Two weeks after we got back from Utah and Idaho, we flew up to Vernon, British Columbia to spend four days with Jon's sister Caylee and her family. It was our first time there (even though they've lived there for five years, how terrible of us), and my first time in British Columbia. I can't believe it took me so long! Paradise.</div>
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Cherry pit spitting contest. (The cherry juice washed right out of my shirt, thank you very much.)</div>
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I paddle boarded! And I was pretty good at it! Jon managed to stay standing juuuust long enough for the next picture.</div>
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Dinner at Sparkling Hill Resort. We got a corner table with panoramic sunset view.</div>
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SIL: Have you had anything to eat since this morning?<br />
BIL: Yeah. Cookies.<br />
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Next trip: HAMILTON IN NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[Unpictured] My friend/coworker recently moved to Fillmore, UT (in the heart of Millard County - they sure love their Whigs!) and assured me on his way out the door that there's a well-staffed Arby's in Fillmore, whenever we're passing through. Well turns out that the Arby's has since shut down, but we had a good time catching up over Costa Vida nachos. This was likely my last time sitting outdoors until November, because the temperature only went up from there.</div>
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Rexburg, Idaho: Where even men sport the Modest Tank Top™! <a href="https://t.co/1FQahH7U7I">pic.twitter.com/1FQahH7U7I</a></div>
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My mom just accidentally called it 'The Propaganda on the Family.'</div>
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I personally know the guy who took this photo. It's real. <a href="https://t.co/XB4u5y0un0">pic.twitter.com/XB4u5y0un0</a></div>
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<b>Other things we did [unpictured]</b>:<br />
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<li>Lola's food truck in Heber (x2)</li>
<li>Scones at the Hub</li>
<li>Snow cones</li>
<li>Made frosting and graham cracker sandwiches - a childhood staple</li>
<li>The Hickory</li>
<li>Craigos (Sorry, "Pizza Pie Cafe," you'll always be Craigos to me)</li>
<li>Stockman's restaurant in IF</li>
<li>Nielsen's frozen custard</li>
<li>Dole whips</li>
<li>Grilled cheese at the dairy in Midway (note to future self: the verde cheese one was the best)</li>
<li>Listened to Hamilton in its entirety twice - once with Annie on our drive to Idaho (her first listen!) and once on our way back to AZ on the fourth of July (I cried). I've mentioned on Twitter but not on my blog that I have tickets to see it in November!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 </li>
<li>Listened to the safe Book of Mormon songs with Annie on the drive back to Heber and laughed and laughed. "They'll have to believe it just....<i>cuz</i>."</li>
<li>Listened to the <a href="http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/scare-vulture/">vultures</a> episode of Stuff You Should Know with Annie. One of my favorite eps!</li>
<li>Watched Mad Max with Annie and Steve (I don't think Annie much liked it)</li>
<li>Laughing endlessly at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=rNdXezVKeOA">this video</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReC85qqSpHA">this video</a></li>
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<li>While she was coloring I asked Ada if she sees rats a lot, living in NYC and all. She replied casually, "Yeah, I once jumped over a rat." Corinne verified that a huge rat came at Ada as she ran down the sidewalk, and she skillfully jamp it.</li>
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<li>The kids liked to play "I'm thinking of..." guessing games at dinner. After all the Hamilton cast had been covered, we turned it into "I'm allergic to..." I hinted that I'm allergic to a cute animal with long ears (rabbit). Ada guessed "A bat-eared fox?"</li>
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<li>Before whitewater rafting, we parked Annie and Steve's Jeep at the take-out spot, moved some gear around, then crammed everyone into my dad's truck to head up the road to the boat launch. In the midst of reorganizing our gear between the two vehicles, my dad asked Steve to unlock the Jeep. Moments later, he asked him again. Steve replied, "I just did; did it not work?" and my dad sheepishly admitted, "...I blew it." Instant catchphrase of the entire trip. Who among us hasn't pulled the door handle at the exact wrong moment?</li>
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<li>Once we got the cars organized and all 7 bodies crammed into the truck, Corinne began to wonder if her and Ada's hats and sunglasses had survived the change-up. We all started searching, with no luck. After a couple minutes, we were just about to turn the truck around to go look in the Jeep, when Steve announced, "Hang on, it looks like Ada's sitting on something." She had been perched on <i>every single missing item</i>, completely unaware of the hullabaloo. (My iPhone note reminding me to blog this story reads simply "Ada sitting on everything.")</li>
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<li>We had purchased those hats and sunglasses the night before at Walmart specifically for rafting. My sunglasses had cost $2.50 and broke <i>while they were sitting on my face</i> almost immediately after we pulled the raft out. Corinne pointed out, "That's like a dollar an hour!"</li>
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<li>Ada had to use an outhouse in Yellowstone. It smelled so bad that Corinne had to intermittently duck outside for fresh air. After Ada had finished, they exited to find another mother waiting with her daughter. Corinne warned them about how bad it smelled inside, and the little girl started crying.</li>
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<li>On the way home from Yellowstone, Joseph was pestering Ada by repeating "Whaaaat?" in an adorable (to everyone else), sing-songy voice. Corinne told Ada he was only doing it to get a rise out of her, and that the best way to make him stop was to ignore it. But Ada continued to engage him and her annoyance was reaching critical mass. To try to prevent a meltdown, I suggested that she tell Joseph a funny joke that might distract him. Near tears, Ada turned to Joseph and said "Knock knock." Without missing a beat, Joseph replied "Whaaaat?" (The adults quietly laughed to tears. You're welcome for that set-up, Joseph.)</li>
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<li>We kept Penny locked away for a few hours every day, for her own good. She tends to get overwhelmed by kids and other dogs. One day, when we were at Annie's, we returned to the house to find that Dash had let Penny out of her room and they'd been hanging out together for hours.</li>
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<li>My mom ordered a pesto chicken pasta dish at Stockman's, and when the waitress set the behemoth plate down in front of her she immediately asked, "Can I have a box?"</li>
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<li>Annie told us a story about a guy at a horse show approaching her and saying "Nice tan!" Annie has an allergy to the sun and is constantly annoyed by strangers remarking on her clothing (turtlenecks in summer) and porcelain skin, so she flatly replied "Thanks," turned back to her task at hand, and secretly rolled her eyes. Later she learned that she had scored a ten, and that the stranger had been complimenting her on it through a thick, Southern accent.</li>
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En route from St Anthony to Heber, we stopped at The Farm. The Farm is a lovely place with an abundance of lawn and flaxen-haired children. Highly recommended.</div>
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At The Farm, Kelsey makes you grilled sourdough pizza and challah bread. 5/5 stars; will return</div>
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I answered lots of questions. My favorite came from Norah: "Does Jon work, too, or does he stay home with Penny?" </div>
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Teaching Scarlett that Penny loves a good scratch under her collar. (Scarlett then scratched under the collar so thoroughly that I had to give her something else to do.)</div>
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We go up to Utah/Idaho for a week every summer, but this trip was especially magical. My sister's kids were angels, the weather was perfect, Penny wasn't sick for once, and our days were jam-packed with adventures. Aside from a crazy allergic reaction that developed exclusively ON MY FACE starting the third day (blissfully, it cleared up well before I had to return to work), it was pretty much a perfect vacation.</div>
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Even the drive there was great. We took a new (to us) route with incredible sights we had no idea even existed.</div>
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Vermilion Cliffs in Marble Canyon - "Wish you were here!"</div>
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...but I had NO idea the plan all along was to spend the night, and at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise!! </div>
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Yeah, it's really that incredible. And these were two of the best days of my entire life, so indulge me a bit with approximately 20 more pictures of our stay.</div>
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Exploring the hotel. I'm including this picture just because it makes me laugh.</div>
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Meeting Goliath. Aptly named.</div>
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All snuggled up and ready to go! It was almost a full moon that night so we could see the across the lake, the tops of the mountains, the (turquoise -- Lake Louise's water is renowned for its blueness) ice falls, and the snowcapped trees. When it was time to go back, the horses pulled the sleigh out onto the ice in order to get a proper turning radius. As we approached the turn-around spot, another sleigh was stopped out on the lake, black horses standing in silhouette against the snow in the moonlight, and it was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen in my life.</div>
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I thought these animal crossings (all over Banff) were delightful.</div>
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Christmas morning selfie. I finally made Jon the Slytherin scarf he asked for over a year ago.</div>
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Jon and his sister combined funds to buy their dad some hunting gear for Christmas (I've circled him in this picture so that you can see him)</div>
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Mostly frozen Cameron Falls</div>
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Flight there: I already had plans to tweet about our 50 year old hellhole of an airplane, and that was BEFORE Jon sat down and fell through his seat. Nearly broke his coccyx. They had to bring a maintenance worker on board to investigate, and she discovered that an entire support beam underneath his seat was somehow completely missing. Luckily there was ONE spare seat on the entire plane, which happened to be in First Class(!!!) They didn't give Jon that seat, though. They upgraded another guy, and put Jon in <i>his</i> seat. Which.................okay.</div>
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Where we got tacos and the most delicious slice of chocolate cake</div>
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...The Slipper Room!! I've been wanting to go for ten years. It was everything I hoped and dreamed it would be. I think I was a burlesque dancer in a past life.</div>
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View from the Met rooftop. There was a beautiful Sargent exhibit there. <a href="http://www.museuma.com/john-singer-sargent/madame-ramon-subercaseaux.html">This</a> was my favorite piece. Simply lovely.</div>
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<b>Lady at church</b> (overheard by Corinne): "So, my husband was in charge of date night last night and he took me to the WEIRDEST thing. It was <i>totally</i> just for him; he wasn't thinking of me <i>at all</i> when he planned it. It was this dumb, low-budget comedy show that was a scene-by-scene reenactment of Jurassic Park. Everyone was laughing hysterically, but I didn't get it. I don't even like Jurassic Park!"</div>
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That night we (and Corinne and Kyle) karaoked in a private room (just the four of us) in Koreatown, which, as it turns out, is my happy place. </div>
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/140144520">Gin and Juice</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user14108595">Jessie Jensen</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Other crowd favorites: Zombie (Jon), Grace Kelly (me), Break Stuff (Kyle), Alone (duet with me and Kyle - Kyle on the high parts), Chop Suey (Jon), and a heartfelt rendition of Foolish Games (me). Before one of his songs, Kyle said in a deep, cheesy DJ voice: "This one's going out to the Sweet sisters...<i>you</i> know who you are" and I laughed until I wept.<br />
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A few months ago I read about <a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/2012/09/24/a-feminist-sculptors-stunning-memorial-to-911/">this statue</a>. I was moved and the images stayed with me, but I had no idea where the sculpture was installed. As we exited the cathedral into the garden, suddenly there she was. The surprise of stumbling into something so beautiful so unexpectedly literally took my breath away. I snapped some photos but they do her no justice. Click the link above for pictures and for an interview with the artist.</div>
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Unpictured from day four: Brunch at Community, the most unbelievable tantrum by Joseph (I now fully understand the meaning of the term "ape-s***" -- it was so bad that we had to take a cab back to Corinne's apartment from Pinkberry because he could not be reasonably or safely moved by foot), and Riverside Park.</div>
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I eventually startled him awake when I couldn't stand it anymore.<br />
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Less than three weeks ago, our friends Randal and <a href="http://simpleasthatblog.com/">Rebecca</a> invited us to hike Havasupai Falls with them. They had secured a permit for a group of ten
to hike in on Sunday, July 26th and hike out the following day. Permits are extremely limited for this hike - usually you're lucky to book months in advance - but Randal's brother was fortunate to call the permitting office shortly after someone else had cancelled their spot. So Jon and I committed to a 20-mile round trip backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon with only a week to prepare.<br />
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I was pretty nervous. I'm not in shape, not particularly adventurous, and, in short, I wasn't sure if I had the constitution for it. My worrying was pointless though, because this trip ended up being the single most incredible experience of my life.<br />
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The magic started before we even got to the Hilltop parking lot, where we camped the night before. There's a 60+ mile long road that leads to the trailhead from Route 66. I'd read on other peoples' trip diaries to be cautious on that road, especially when traveling at night, because of "animals." I figured they meant cows so we both kept our eyes peeled and went a few miles-per-hour under the speed limit since it was well past dark. Just about five miles down the road, Jon slowed and flashed his brakes for Randal, who was following behind in a van. There was a massive female elk standing on the right side of the road, only feet from my face. She stood like a statue as we passed; it was <em>eerie</em>. Jon knocked another couple of miles-per-hour off his speed as we continued. Not long after, we started to see the largest bucks <em>any of us </em>(including a bunch of guys who were raised near the Canadian Rockies)<em> </em>had ever seen. I still get covered in chills just thinking about it. We would slow nearly to a stop as soon as their eyes caught the headlights, and as we crawled past they would slowly turn and disappear into the forest. Elk after elk after elk. One of them had a rack of antlers that ran the entire length of his body. Jon turned the car so our headlights illuminated him for the group behind us. He moved into the forest and leapt a 5 foot high fence like it was nothing. I could cry thinking about it. Magical.<br />
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We camped that night in the Hilltop parking lot. I slept on the back seat of the Honda and everyone else braved the mosquitos on cots outside. I successfully murdered the two that snuck into the car while we were setting up camp, and ten seconds later Jon tapped on the window wondering why I was "beating up the car."<br />
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No one slept well, and we were on the trail by 4:30am. We used our headlamps for the first 30 minutes or so before sunrise. I would like to use this opportunity to whole-heartedly recommend seeing the canyon at sunrise.<br />
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This dog followed us in. The kids kept calling him "Max" and when Randal asked how they knew his name, his 7 year old daughter chirruped, "Because we named him that!"</div>
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We were all in fits of joy over this tree. It was HUGE and literally <em>glowing</em> in a pool of sunshine.</div>
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^These^ pack horses were more subdued than most. The first train that passed us went galloping by. Randal's son, Carson, heard it coming and exclaimed "I can hear the falls! We're so close!" (There were still at least 5 miles to go.) We all went leaping out of the way.</div>
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WATER! As soon as we met up with the river, the temperature dropped about ten degrees. It was glorious.</div>
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These rock formations are called "The Watchers." They overlook the small village of Supai, where most of the Havasupai tribe lives. It's the most remote community in the lower 48 (and the only place in the US where mail is still delivered by mule! I'm kicking myself that I forgot to get a picture of the mules all lined up at a hitching post at the hilltop, behind a United States Mail sign.)</div>
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The first waterfall! This one is New Navajo Falls, created when there was a major flood event here in 2008.</div>
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Addie and me. Jon took lots of sneaky trail photos.</div>
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Havasu Falls. It's even more incredible in person, of course. I did <em>a lot</em> of research and looked at <em>a lot</em> of photos, and I was still completely overwhelmed by how beautiful it was.</div>
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"Havasupai" means "People of the blue green water." (The water is so-colored because of an abundance of limestone.)</div>
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Because of our early start on the trail, we had almost all day to enjoy the falls. I was so glad to have gone when we did - the water is pretty chilly, so if it were any colder than 100 degrees outside, I doubt the water would have felt pleasant.</div>
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Inside the campground (which was nearly empty?? I couldn't believe how few people were there! We had our pick of amazing campsites.)</div>
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Mooney Falls - twice as high as Havasu Falls, but much less accessible. Of course, you can't really get an idea of height from a picture, but that lip of rock at the bottom of this photo is the top of a sheer 200 foot cliff. My heart was pounding as I took this. (Me + heights = diarrhea.)</div>
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I knew ahead of time that the descent involved some intense climbing, passing through an old silver mine, and negotiating some rickety ladders bolted to the cliff wall. I knew I wouldn't be able to make it all the way down, but figured I'd go until I got too freaked out. It happened earlier than I thought it would. I quite suddenly found myself on a narrow ledge , navigating a tight corner, with a 250 degree view of the sheer drop and the thundering falls below. It was impossible to turn around, so I slithered down to a safer area, and it took me a good twenty minutes to work up the courage to turn around and go back up. My whole body was shaking when I finally did.</div>
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Feeling a little braver: Nestled in an alcove, inches from the drop.</div>
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From Mooney, we headed back to Havasu Falls. It was dusk and we were the <em>only</em> people there. I couldn't even believe it. Again, magic.</div>
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We camped that night on picnic tables near the river under the starriest sky I have ever seen. There weren't even any mosquitos in the canyon! Jon did wake up with a mouse on him though. He never quite managed to fall back asleep after that. In his own words: "I kicked it pretty far."</div>
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Most of the hike out is a steady uphill slope through the canyon, with about a mile and a half of switchbacks up the cliff wall at the very end. I dreaded that last mile and a half the entire time. It was really intense but we went slow, took lots of breaks, and drank lots of water. I never felt like I couldn't do it, or like I was at risk of heatstroke or <a href="http://jessica-jensen.blogspot.com/2012/06/sacking-tach-part-1-of.html">super tacky</a> (I only ever have issues with my heart anymore during strenuous exercise).</div>
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Oh my gosh, this blog post is so long. But there's more. I decided to take another day off of work so we could stay the night in Seligman, AZ and do the full Grand Canyon experience the next day. Seligman is a kitschy Route 66 stop. We checked into our quaint little motel (Aztec Motel, I can't recommend it enough), hobbled around on un-bending legs, showered, nursed our blisters, napped for three hours, went and got burgers here...</div>
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…Annie’s dressage student and family friend (and <a href="http://www.lope.org/">future para-Olympian</a>) has BABY GOATS so Annie arranged for me to meet (AND HOLD!!!) them:<br />
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…I got Steve Peck’s autograph!<br />
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…The next morning I had breakfast at Chez Steve Evans (BCC founder and fearless leader). I didn’t get a picture with him, or his gorgeous wife, or their adorable kids, or the huge breakfast smorgasbord, but I DID manage a blurry selfie with Shirley, the most appealing little dog I’ve ever met:<br />
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Food we ate in Utah: Raspberries from a produce stand, scones at The Hub, Tony’s Tacos, Summerhays, and Maddox on our way up to Idaho. (I met a blog friend of mine, Gina, in person in Brigham City! Then she very kindly watched Penny for us while we went to eat. The internet is so cool.)
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Once we got to Idaho it was mostly sprinklers, squirt guns, swimming, popsicles, snow cones, Yellowstone, naps, horses, and ducklings from there on out. And it was glorious.<br />
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Dog in goggles (bison in the background)</div>
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The night he got back (late), Joseph was having a hard time staying in bed. As a last resort, Corinne told him that Jon was going to be home when he woke up, "so you'd better go to sleep quick! The sooner you sleep, the sooner Jon will be here!" A look of pure joy crossed Joseph's face and he exclaimed "Okay!!", literally dropped everything he was holding (a sippy cup in one hand, a slap bracelet he'd gotten in Yellowstone in the other),<i> sprinted</i> down the hallway, and slammed his bedroom door.<br />
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The first best part of my day was when Jon asked our waitress at Winger's to change the TV channel from competitive eating to anything else.</div>
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The second best part of my day was when they were "out of spoons."</div>
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Corinne told us that when Ada's kindergarten ended, she asked "When am I going to be done with church, too?" Corinne told her that church doesn't end like how school does, and Ada instantly started bawling. "But it's so boring!!"</div>
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Joseph and Ada proving that it's a slippery slope from female ordination to children baptizing dogs.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-34671372240836003992015-07-10T19:54:00.001-07:002015-07-10T19:54:09.521-07:00Catching up<div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-11966716417787436382015-04-14T12:23:00.000-07:002017-06-01T14:55:03.146-07:00NAMES 2014!(If you're new to the annual Bloggity Blog names post, <a href="http://jessica-jensen.blogspot.com/p/baby-names.html">start here</a>.)<br />
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USPS lost the newspaper insert this year, but I prevailed! Ready, set, go!<br />
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<b>The typical drivel:</b>
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Aubree<br />
Oakley <br />
Gracee Blue<br />
Braelyn Tess (I’m feeling a ditty coming on: ♫ “Look out! Here comes Braelyn Tess, the old blind widow who loves to read!” ♫)<br />
Addisyn<br />
Oaklie<br />
Brynlee <br />
Bentlee <br />
Braelyn Kinleigh (Another Braelyn?? How? ...Why?)<br />
Sayler Grae<br />
Ashtyn <br />
Zayla <br />
(Leah) Adasynn<br />
Brynlee<br />
Kenadee Braelynn (BRAELYNN!!! I guess these inexplicably could have used their own category, but I sort of feel like that would mess up the flow of my Braelyn Tess joke.)<br />
Ashtyn Rayne<br />
Taelynn<br />
Myah LaRae<br />
Rylan<br />
Teigan<br />
Brantley<br />
Paxton<br />
Daxton <br />
Kasen<br />
Diesel J.R.<br />
Taivan Kinley<br />
Diesel Kae<br />
Jax Kota<br />
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<b>Sound-it-outs:</b>
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Decklan <br />
Kendryck<br />
Teagon<br />
Danyelle<br />
Oliver Danyil<br />
Zeek (Facepalm.)<br />
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<b>K:</b>
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Kailee <br />
Karter<br />
Kordon<br />
Kolbin Treece<br />
Kole<br />
Kash<br />
(Mason) Kurtis<br />
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<b>On the map:</b> <br />
Houston Kodi<br />
Dakota<br />
Memphis<br />
Austin<br />
Paycen<br />
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<b>GUNS AND BEER! GUNS AND BEER!</b> <br />
Samuel Adam<br />
Remington “Remi” Delila<br />
Ruger<br />
Gauge<br />
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<b>Paisleys (and variants) and Presleys (and variants):</b> <br />
Addisyn Paislee<br />
Paizley<br />
Paisley<br />
(Ava) Preslee<br />
Presleigh <br />
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<b>Jo’s ‘n J’s:</b> <br />
Hannah Jo<br />
McKinley J<br />
Karleigh Jo<br />
Auburn J<br />
Tenly Jo<br />
Danielle Jo<br />
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<b>A glitch in the matrix:</b> <br />
Gracie Deja Linn<br />
Dejah Lynn<br />
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<b>Unknown Norse gods..?:</b> <br />
Reata<br />
Revik<br />
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<b>Payette:</b> <br />
Payette (we’ve had a Payette <a href="http://jessica-jensen.blogspot.com/2010/04/names-2009.html">before</a>!)<br />
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<b>Say no to names with “GYN” in them:</b> <br />
Reagyn Sumerli<br />
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<b>Jack Be What? JACK BE WHAAAT???</b> <br />
Jack B ('Nimble' is the easy joke here, but I prefer the option 2: TRIPPIN'.)<br />
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<b>Twin disaster:</b> <br />
Maylee and Kayva<br />
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<strong>The "What the <em>EFF???</em>"s:</strong> <br />
Kenzlee KaeLynn<br />
Lexxus<br />
Charlize Zeplynn<br />
Kolay<br />
RaeLeigh<br />
Trezlynne<br />
Madilaine TwilaLou<br />
Tigè Rae (I believe they may have been looking for an accent aigu instead.)<br />
Jax Kota<br />
Axyl Boone<br />
(Sawyer) Rayce<br />
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<b>Absolute worst name:</b> <br />
Gunner J-Mack (Historically, this category results in ties and/or runners up, but this time there was no contest.)<br />
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<b>Longest name:</b> <br />
Tie: Madilaine TwilaLou [8 letter lastname] and Trezlynne Danielle [8 letter lastname] (both are 25 letters, and both are
based on the novel Push by Sapphire)<br />
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<b>Shortest name:</b> <br />
Ty [no middle name]<br />
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<b>Most Mormon name:</b> <br />
Brigham Taylor<br />
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<b>Trekkiest name:</b> <br />
Robert Ryker Picard (!)<br />
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<b>Name that overlaps the most categories: </b> <br />
Kenzlee KaeLynn usurped Madilaine TwilaLou because, while they both have compounding made-up, misspelled, and double-capital-letter elements, Kenzlee KaeLynn has the K advantage. Ridiculous name, Level 5: ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!<br />
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<b>Worst real names:</b> <br />
Hagen M<br />
Grayson Gunter (Say no to names with "gyn" in them, say no to names with "Gunt" in them.)<br />
Augustus Cleve <br />
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<b>NAMING DONE RIGHT: A round of applause for the best names of 2014:</b> <br />
Fern Lillias<br />
Emily Faye<br />
Claire<br />
Caleb Wyatt<br />
Alexander Julian<br />
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<strong><em>Discussion:</em></strong><br />
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<li>Many of these names overlap categories. I could have made a very large and complex Venn diagram, but I didn't.</li>
<li>Tell your friends: Cabbage-sized flower headbands are (mostly) out, infants in pearl necklaces are in.</li>
<li>At one point as I was combing through the names and sorting them into lists, I had one called "Needs categorizing." I guess you can take the girl out of Idaho, but you can't take the Idaho out of the girl.</li>
<li>I trust I don't need a Le-a and -Jello twins disclaimer again this year. You are better than that!</li>
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One last category, just for fun.<br />
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<strong>Photo that most resembles a baby in a sea of vomit:</strong><br />
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<br />Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-26669873303980226592015-04-08T18:30:00.000-07:002015-04-08T18:30:06.283-07:00SAVE OUR BABY NAMES!It has now been nine mail days since my mom sent the baby names newspaper insert. I might be over-reacting, but I fear it's lost forever. I've had a string of bad luck with the ol' United States Postal Service O> (person saluting) the past few months so I should have expected something like this.<br />
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This is an SOS, is what it is. It's probably way too far past the publishing date, but if you by some miracle still have the insert, or if you could possibly procure it, would you pleasepleaseplease get in touch with me? There's an "email me" button over there somewhere ---><br />
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My favorite street name in history. I finally got a picture of it!</div>
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I took this picture of Jon coming back from a bathroom break...</div>
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And later discovered he'd taken this picture as<i> I </i>was returning from one (same location. We take turns so no one steals our dog and Christmas presents).</div>
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Christa, Garrett, and Owen came up for a visit/Tony's Tacos. Ada(!) snapped this sneaky picture of me and Owen having a moment.</div>
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One day I curled Annie's hair, then I looked over at her in the car and she'd put her hood up. It was so beautiful that I forced her to let me take a portrait with my iPhone when we got back to her house. Corinne saw the picture, busted out her professional camera, and took portraits of us both. This was the photo that started it all; others (better ones) are on Corinne's blog <a href="http://corinneandkylemonson.blogspot.com/2015/01/snow-pictures-hermana-uno.html">here</a> (Annie) and <a href="http://corinneandkylemonson.blogspot.com/2015/01/snow-pictures-hermana-dos.html">here</a> (me).</div>
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Kyle, Gunner, Jon (and snood)</div>
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Jon and I helped my dad and Sweetie clean out Poppie's closet the night before the funeral. There wasn't much in there for the less-than XXL crowd, but this vintage cashmere tweed Stetson fedora (with a feather in the side!) is juuuuuust riiiiight.<xxl but="" cashmere="" crowd="" fedora="" is="" juuuuuuust="" p="" riiiiiiight.="" stetson="" this="" tweed="" vintage=""></xxl></div>
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<li>Tony’s Tacos (only once?!??!?)</li>
<li>Scones at The Hub (thrice)</li>
<li>Dance Family Fun (twice)</li>
<li>My mom commenting that my electric toothbrush sounded like a didgeridoo, Steve disappearing down the stairs and returning 60 seconds later holding a didgeridoo.</li>
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[Scene: Getting ready to stop at a gas station on the way back from Kaysville – I was driving, but I hate driving in heels]<br />
<b>Me</b>: I can’t wait to stop so I can take my boot off.<br />
<b>My mom, forlornly</b>: I wish I could take *my* boot off…<br />
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<li>Corinne pointing out that Gunner is basically Hodor.</li>
<li>Me winning rock-paper-scissors against Steve, declaring “I knew I would win; men always pick rock!” and Kyle chiming in, “It’s true! I won an office-wide tournament by that logic!”</li>
<li>Me: “…And there was nothing left but a nail and a beer bottle.” (This joke was the perfect culmination of a rowdy conversation concerning <a href="http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-1673859332">this blog post </a>followed closely by a game of Mafia. It was one of the proudest moments of my life. I still sometimes snicker about it to myself.)</li>
<li>Me to Annie: "Hey, cool bra."</li>
<li>Me draping my arms over aloof Dash's neck and singing "Stay with Me" in Meryl Streep's voice as he tried to wander off.</li>
<li>Jon tasting my crepe and instantly exclaiming "I like it!" in Rapunzel's prince's voice.</li>
<li>Annie warning me to not throw Charlie's tennis ball over the fence; me immediately throwing it over the fence.</li>
<li>Corinne's autocorrect fail/improvement: She tried to say they were having an "emergency plunging situation" at the condo, but what she actually sent to Annie was "emergency plunging sensation."</li>
<li>Steve being asked at the 11th hour to bring a salad to a work function, him texting Annie the next day "I think no one likes my salad because it's literally all still there." :(</li>
<li>Jon and Corinne's disastrous car-hug. He dropped her off at the condo (one of <i>four</i> times we said goodbye to her between Christmas and New Years), they leaned in for the hug, someone went the wrong way, and they smacked heads. Corinne notified me immediately afterward via text, and ten minutes later Jon walked into Annie's house with wide eyes, shaking his head.</li>
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<br />Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-52093512285984469072015-01-23T17:45:00.000-07:002015-01-23T17:47:22.984-07:00Dashing through the snowI'm in the process of drafting my blog post all about Christmas, etc., but I came to this portion and decided it needed its own post, and that it needed to happen immediately.<br />
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Non-crocheters/knitters: Ignore references to Ravelry (a knitting/crochet website). The link takes you to my project notes where you can also view the pattern, but you wouldn't be into that sort of thing, plus you'd need an account to view it all, anyway.<br />
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/apricot-baby-bonnet-8">Ravelry</a>] I've made a pile of <a href="http://jessica-jensen.blogspot.com/2013/03/baby-bonnet-crochet-pattern.html">these bonnets</a> for nieces et al., but this subtly variegated purple one, commissioned by my sister-in-law for her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CayleeSecretan.Photography">photography studio</a>, ended up being my absolute favorite of the bunch.</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/itty-bitty-bow-beanie-2">Ravelry</a>] I made two sets of this little bloomer/hat combo. The one intended for my friend Kellie got lost in the mail for three months and her baby was way too big for it all by the time it showed up. *fog horn*</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/dog-cozy">Ravelry</a>] Penny's dog cozy. She loves it. Jon, demonstrating to Annie how to put it on: "You hold it like this....then she walks into it..." (as Penny walked into it)</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/bubbles-baby-blanket-2">Ravelry</a>] The blankets have begun! When I first started to crochet I thought I would NEVER make something as big as a blanket. It took me over a year to work up the courage, and then I made a half-dozen. This first one was for Kellie's baby. Luckily I sent it in a different box than the other stuff. The color was hard to photograph - a very pale lilac color and a deep violet.</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/rainbow-ripple-baby-blanket">Ravelry</a>] This one was for my sister-in-law Mackenzie. She didn't know the sex (turned out to be a baby girl). I loved this pattern so much and I couldn't believe how fast it worked up.</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/granny-stripe-blanket">Ravelry</a>] This one (for Christa's baby Owen) proved impossible to photograph. It looks much better in person. The second picture is more representative of color (neon yellow and silvery grey).</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/neat-ripple-pattern-2">Ravelry</a>] Annie commissioned me to make this for her friend. I hadn't finished my mom's Christmas present before I agreed to do this one, and only had five days to do it all. Plus, for Reasons, I really really wanted this one to turn out <em>perfect</em>. It came pretty close, despite the time crunch. This was my second time using this pattern, but in a totally different color scheme/stripe pattern.</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/my-first-throw-blanket">Ravelry</a>] Big blanket (but also a small couch, so probably not as big of a blanket as it seems). This was a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law. I'm enamored of that green and purple combination.</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/neat-ripple-pattern">Ravelry</a>] A blanket for baby Charlie. This was the same pattern as the pink and grey blanket, but since the colorwork was so much more intricate (and since I've gotten faster at crochet in general), this one took twice as long. Thanks, Kels, for sending me such beautiful photos!</div>
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[<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jessiejensen/mas-throw">Ravelry</a>] A little disappointing that my favorite and most time-consuming project to date doesn't have any good pictures (or even <em>any</em> pictures of the entire thing), but oh well. This was my mom's Christmas present, and I'm utterly obsessed with it. No lie, there were a couple of times while I was making it that I would stop, admire my work, and tear up because it was so beautiful and I just couldn't wait to give it to her (we both cried when I finally did. I think Annie might have cried, too).</div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/115881270">A Very Sweet Christmas</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user14108595">Jessie Jensen</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Label: Asthmatic Kitty<br />
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Label: Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc<br />
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You'll notice I have a single formula for creating movies. Lots more recap (including GIFs of Dash's backyard shenanigans) to come. Eventually.<br />
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Poppie died shortly after we got home from this trip. I'll talk more about it later, it just felt weird not to mention it alongside the video (which turned out to be the last footage of him taken). We're going back to Utah next week for the funeral.<br />
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I hope you had very merry holidays. Mine were happy and sad.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-34821604064007079092014-10-30T22:53:00.002-07:002014-10-30T22:53:34.942-07:00Disney World: the Movie<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/110546094">Disney World-o-rama</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8778634">Jessie Jensen</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-78326567670839700752014-10-29T19:22:00.000-07:002014-10-29T19:22:24.769-07:00Disney World Part TwoDay 4 – Magic Kingdom. The least magical part of our trip! At least for the first three hours. It was almost a total bust, until Jon went to Guest Services (for the second time that day) and said through clenched teeth “I just…want…to ride a ride…without it breaking down.” I contributed, “I am going to lose my mind. We are all <i>losing our minds</i>.”<br />
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Here’s what happened: We knew that the new ride, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, would have a ridiculous line. Fast passes had been gone for weeks and the stand-by in the days before was showing a 2 hour wait on our Disney app. Our only chance to ride it was to get to the park at opening and trample a bunch of strollers on our sprint over to it. We didn’t factor into our plans that unless you’re staying on Disney property, the only way into Magic Kingdom is the monorail, and by the time the monorail started running we were already late getting into the park and hundreds of busloads of people had already been dropped off. Sure enough, when we turned the corner to the coaster the stand-by line was 90 minutes. No way. Our first fast pass of the day (Pirates) didn’t start for 30 minutes so we hit Peter Pan on the way (my favorite of the kiddie rides). We showed up at Pirates with a couple of minutes to spare only to realize it was completely broken down. So we hopped over to the Splash Mountain standby line instead. After about 40 minutes we realized that the line was stopped: At moments it seemed like it was maybe moving, but that was only because people way ahead of us (who clearly knew something we didn’t) were leaving. We optimistically stuck it out another ten minutes or so until I could corner a park employee to ask what was going on. This happened: <br />
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By now we started worrying that the day was a total bust. It was twice as crowded as any of the other parks had been and with half the rides broken down, dismal people were all just roaming from broken ride to broken ride in the infernal heat like confused zombies. We’d been in lines since 8:30, and it was now noon, and we’d only managed to ride one thing (I guess two if you count the monorail, AND I DON’T. Get a FACELIFT, Monorail). We remembered that when we’d gotten our Hollywood Studios fast passes at Tower of Terror the guy told us we could trade them in at any park. Exasperated, we headed to guest services to do just that. But the lady refused! She harped on and on about how our “incident” happened at Hollywood Studios and that’s a totally different park; Magic Kingdom is a separate park from Hollywood Studios and whatever had happened there had nothing to do with Magic Kingdom, blah blah blah. Ohhh we wanted to murder her. As we left guest services, we checked our Disney app and realized Pirates was up and running so we shrugged and went for it.<br />
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Remember how when we were stuck on Tower of Terror, the only thing that kept me sane was the thought “At least I’m not on Pirates of the Caribbean”? Well that was some effed up real-life foreshadowing because Pirates of the Caribbean broke down at the “Yo Ho Yo Ho” part for 20 minutes, and they did not turn the sound off, and I almost lost it. Jon told me later that I had sort of caused a scene and all the people on the boat kept casting tense looks in my direction. I only remember saying “I cannot handle this. I cannot handle this” over and over with my fingers in my ears and my head between my knees. It was a hundred times worse to me than the Tower of Terror and I don’t even really know why. Something about it was triggering to me. Afterward Annie said “Why did you have such a hard time with that? I could have sat there another two hours, no problem.” Aaaaaahahahaha. Anyway, this was when we went to Guest Services for the second time. After Jon gave his speech, I hastily tacked on “but if we could ride the mine ride that would make it all better” and ta-dah, fast pass city. So I guess I owe thanks to the awful shrew that refused to trade in our Hollywood Studios passes for Magic Kingdom ones, because in the end we got Magic Kingdom passes in ADDITION to the ones from Hollywood Studios and had so many fast passes we ran out of time before we could even use them all. <i>And</i> we got to ride the new mine ride, TWICE.<br />
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Annie rode splash mountain! Twice! The second time she was in front of a terrified 7 year old and his parents, and it was HILARIOUS. At one point our log paused RIGHT next to the big drop as another one plummeted, and the kid’s dad immediately said “That’s not this ride. That’s a different ride.” Then at the end the kid shouted triumphantly “I found my courage!!”</div>
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This Gaston-themed restaurant was in the new portion of the park. They serve an apple/toasted marshmallow slushie drink with passionfruit foam on top called “LaFou’s Brew” that sounds gross but was one of the most delicious things we ate the entire trip. Jon will not stop talking about it.</div>
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That night we went back to Hollywood Studios to ride Toy Story on repeat. Photo: BOMBED. Then of course Epcot for dinner.</div>
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Day 5 – By this point we’d done all the parks so we voted on which we wanted to repeat. It was unanimous: Animal Kingdom in the morning, Typhoon Lagoon in the afternoon.<br />
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Sunset at Epcot our final night</div>
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<li><strong>Me</strong> [at Biergarten]: “I’m too full to move. Jon, will you go get me another dessert?” (He brought me two.)</li>
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<li><strong>Me</strong>: Does this look good to you? <strong>Jon</strong>: The only thing that looks good to me is an anti-diarrheal.</li>
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<li>Annie complaining that she was in need of a moist towelette after a meal and Jon delighting us all by whipping one out of the place in his wallet where one would stereotypically carry a condom.</li>
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<li>The sleeping manatee farting a steady stream of air bubbles and hearing Jon’s distinct chuckle through his snorkel from several yards away. Sixty seconds later, and still through his snorkel, he chortled to himself “It’s still going!”</li>
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Lastly, some tweets:<br />
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All Conversations in Disney World:
[Every language] FASTPASS [every language].<br />
— Jessie (@jessiejensen) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessiejensen/status/519871673370411008">October 8, 2014</a></blockquote>
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A hawk is hunting ibis at the Flame Tree barbecue in Animal Kingdom, in case you want to see a bunch of children be traumatized.<br />
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Don't go to Magic Kingdom today, all the rides are broken.<br />
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The lovey dovey teenaged couple in front of me on the Epcot parking tram took 40 selfies in 3 minutes and I'm bombing 100% of them.<br />
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DAY FIVE IN DISNEY
Stranger: Excuse me, I'm with them.
Me: Yeah, they cut in front of us, too.<br />
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Overheard at the Epcot Food Festival:
Mom: Would you like to try escargot?
3yo daughter: What is it?
Mom: Snails.
[3 second pause] ...YES.<br />
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Feeling human. Disney exhaustion turned into a 36 hour flu. Full disclosure: I showered this morning for the first time since Friday night.<br />
— Jessie (@jessiejensen) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessiejensen/status/522144113466941441">October 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Jon asked me if I wanted to squeeze the grease out of my hair and make candles from it.<br />
— Jessie (@jessiejensen) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessiejensen/status/522144159532994562">October 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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A Disney vacation is many things, but relaxing is not one of them. It drained my life force, and I can’t wait to do it again.
Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-36871079408736235382014-10-28T22:04:00.002-07:002014-10-28T22:04:56.183-07:00Disney World Part One<br />
Drinking game: take a shot every time you see the phrase “fast pass” in this post.<br />
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The next leg, the two little kids I shared my row with couldn’t have been more adorable or better behaved. But at one point I got the distinct feeling I was being watched…</div>
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Our flight and Annie’s flight were scheduled to arrive within minutes of each other, but Annie’s second leg got delayed. Thankfully it was her last leg and not the first! Otherwise manatees could not have happened. Jon and I figured out the rental car then made ourselves comfortable on the floor for the wait.<br />
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After a solid 2-hour night’s sleep, it was time for manatees! [<a href="http://jessica-jensen.blogspot.com/2014/10/that-time-i-swam-with-manatees-in.html">insert manatee pictures here</a>]<br />
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After manatees we returned to the hotel for a nap. This was the first we’d seen it in daylight due to our late night and early morning. The above was our view – Lake, golf course, AND pool. The concierge was <i>very</i> excited for us that we were in building 97.<br />
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Apres nap, we went to Epcot to pick up our park tickets and special occasion buttons. (The next day was Annie’s birthday, and Jon and I were celebrating our TENTH anniversary. TEN! Our official anniversary isn’t until December but I was forthcoming to the ticket agent and she said we could have the buttons anyway since this WAS our anniversary trip, so stop looking at me like that. Then I told her Annie could prove it was her birthday with her ID and she said “That’s not necessary! We LOVE to give out buttons! I give out ‘unbirthday’ buttons all the time!” As we walked away, Annie said glumly, “That cheapened it.”) Also, because I always want to remember this - the tram ride from the parking lot into Epcot that night was spectacular. The operator was literally SCREAMING into the microphone. Everyone was plugging their ears.<br />
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We then went directly to Downtown Disney because we knew we would never feel like it again for the rest of the trip. It was ridiculously crowded but our Raglan Road reservations made it all worth it. Eating there was one of my favorite things we did the entire time. It’s an Irish restaurant with cloggers and musicians as entertainment, and through an odd turn of events Annie got TWO free birthday desserts. Perfect end to a perfect day (and our Disney vacation hadn’t even officially begun yet!)<br />
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Day 1 in the parks: Annie’s birthday!! </div>
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The way the employee wrote her name looked like “Annce.” Needless to say, Annie was Annce to us for the entire trip.<br />
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She’s allergic to the sun so we preemptively invented ready-made quips for whoever was rude enough to ask about her gloves. My personal favorite was “They’re for better grip on the rides” but we only ever got to use the hand model excuse. Another favorite moment of the trip was when the bag-checker guy one morning asked her if she was cold (presumably because of the turtleneck and long pants) and she replied, “No. I’m really, really hot, actually.”<br />
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Our days were planned to a T. We scoured predicted crowds/events calendars for months beforehand to figure out the best days for which parks. Thanks to a combination of that foresight, visiting outside of peak season, getting to the parks before opening to be amongst the first inside, careful fast pass planning + being showered with unexpected fast passes throughout the trip (more on that later), we hardly had to wait in a single line. In fact, our longest wait was for (our second of the day) Dole whip floats in Magic Kingdom on day 4 (and by “our longest wait” I mean Jon’s. Annie and I were sitting in the shade).<br />
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Our first day was Epcot in the morning, Typhoon Lagoon in the afternoon, and Epcot again for dinner. (Park Hopper + Water Park tickets are a MUST). We ran to Test Track and only had a 5 minute wait, then walked directly on to Mission: Space afterward, which made Jon ill for the entire rest of the week :( Luckily, the literal LAST thing we packed the morning we left was some Zofran we fortuitously found whilst looking for something else. It saved the trip.<br />
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The prettiest tree in all The Land</div>
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Typhoon Lagoon</div>
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We returned to Epcot that night for Annie’s birthday feast at Biergarten German buffet. (Full disclosure, we returned to Epcot EVERY night. It was the International Food and Wine Festival during our stay and it was spectacular. Each day we ate until we could physically eat no more.)<br />
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We were worried because we really wanted to see the fireworks show that night, but the only dinner reservation we could get was pretty late. So it was looking like we would either have to rush through dinner (and who wants to do that?) or miss the show (and who wants to do that?). We checked the website compulsively for weeks to see if we could get in earlier but with no luck. So we just showed up early, displayed Annie’s birthday pin prominently, and asked if we could pretty please get in before our reservation. 4 minutes later we were seated – and next to a Disney engineer, too! He’d been with the company almost 30 years and gave us some inside scoop while we gorged ourselves and watched the entertainment. And yea, it was good.<br />
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Day 2 began at Hollywood Studios.<br />
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Our picture taking style evolved from “ugliest faces we can muster” to “can’t-be-bothered stoicism.”</div>
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Jedi training camp - one of my favorite things I’ve ever seen. I laughed until I cried. The “jedi master” was hilarious and the kids were the perfect age – old enough to be able to follow instructions but young enough for them to take it very, very seriously (and for all of the jokes to go over their heads). I can’t wait to sign my own kids up, in case I ever have any.<br />
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Star Tours! Jon sat this one out. He’d had it with screens by then.</div>
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It was off to Blizzard Beach that afternoon, but we went back to Hollywood Studios afterward on account of that was the only time we could get fast passes for Toy Story (they were doing some experimenting that week on the Toy Story line and weren’t allowing anyone to ride unless they had a fast pass; subsequently, fast passes were sold out and we only managed to score some by the skin of our teeth).<br />
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I wasn’t sure if I wanted to ride Tower of Terror or not. I mean, I wanted to, but I was the only one who wanted to, and I wasn’t gonna make everyone else wait for me while I stood in line for an hour. But when we exited Toy Story, the park was about to close and there was no wait for Tower, so I decided to make a break for it. Jon very shortly afterward decided to go for it, too, so he chased after me and didn’t catch up until 2 seconds before I stepped onto the ride. I ditched my line so he and I could ride together on the very last run of the night. Long story short, a moment before the big drop, our ride malfunctioned and we were trapped inside a dark sweaty death box with a dozen panicky strangers for 45 minutes and had to eventually be rescued. Fortunately everyone (mostly) kept it together, but there were some tense moments where you could see how easily it could have become a true emergency. The two teenaged girls we were sitting next to were park employees, and one mentioned that she had once gotten stuck on Pirates of the Caribbean for an hour and a half and they would not turn the sound off. Every time I started feeling panicked I would think to myself “At least I’m not on Pirates of the Caribbean. At least I’m not on Pirates of the Caribbean.” An automated voice kept coming over the intercom every few minutes saying “Your ride has been momentarily stopped. Please remain seated. The ride may resume motion at any time.” But we didn’t want it to resume motion, we were stuck at the zenith of a 13 story drop!!! We were all pretty tense. Anyway an engineer came and busted us out. We climbed through the hole and down a little five step ladder then were ushered directly onto a service elevator (great). All the park employees were lined up near the ride’s exit and cheered for us as we walked out, it was hilarious. Annie and the other families had been relocated to Guest Services and on the way there we were showered with (our first wave of) extra fast passes. Worth it!<br />
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Day 3 – Animal Kingdom all the live-long day.<br />
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We ran to Expedition Everest as soon as they let us in and Annie and I rode that three? four? times in a row with no wait. Jon casually snapped one…ONE picture of a coaster during that timeframe and didn’t realize until later in the day that it just happened to be me and Annie’s coaster. See us?<br />
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Then Annie somehow got thoroughly soaked on the Kali River Rapids ride despite the fact that we were all, including her, wearing ponchos. It was sad too, because of all of us Annie was wearing the most clothing, plus shoes and socks. Of course she was the one that got completely waterlogged.<br />
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<b>Park employee</b>: “Say ‘Rafiki!’”<br />
<b>Me</b> [unenthusiastically]: “Rafiki.”<br />
<b>Park employee</b>: “One more, everyone say ‘Rafiki!!’”<br />
<b>Me</b>: “Ehhh…”<br />
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Annie: “Does my hair look all crazy?” Me: “Yes. Bedraggled, even.”</div>
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Since we were sufficiently soaked, we figured we might as well do it again right then instead of drying out and coming back during our fast pass window.<br />
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Drying out at the Flights of Wonder bird show :(</div>
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Annie had been to Disney World more recently than I had (and it was Jon’s first time!) so she reminded me as we walked over to the bird venue that there is a moment when the crow comes out that they ask for an adult volunteer with a dollar bill handy. I found a five and clung to it fiercely for the next thirty minutes, then literally startled the emcee with my ridiculously quick response (“Okay, now I need a vol--WHOA. Oh. Wow. Um. Okay, you.”). Short video to come, but here are some crappy screengrabs of the blessed event in the meantime.<br />
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One of three safari rides</div>
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I cannot believe how much I look like my best friend Christa in this picture. I asked Jon why and he said “Because your eyes are open.” It’s funny because it’s true. I’m squinty.</div>
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On our way inside the tree for the horrible Bug’s Life show. I really hate it but I was a good sport and closed my eyes and sat on the edge of my chair and held my breath the entire time.</div>
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Festival of the Lion King. So much fun.</div>
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This series of photos makes me so happy. Annie was snapping a picture of me and Jon when a lightning-fast waiter fez-bombed the photo.<br />
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<br />Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360537893074922528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32090823.post-86955293535839513692014-10-21T15:18:00.000-07:002015-07-10T20:57:34.829-07:00That time I swam with manatees in FloridaTwo weeks ago Jon and I were in Disney World with my sister Annie. It's a trip that we've been wanting to do since we were dating (that's over ten years, people) that came to fruition thanks mostly to my friend offering us a special through her timeshare company (thanks, Leslie!!!!!!) We scored a full week at the Marriott Grande Vista for $380, basically eliminating the biggest expense associated with a Disney vacation and kickstarting our planning in earnest. Anyway I'm getting ahead of myself because obviously there will be lots of Disney recap to come. This post is about swimming with manatees (see title), which we did our first day in Florida.<br />
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We flew in on Saturday but our first day in the parks wasn't until Monday, so we had a day to fill. After throwing around a few suggestions, Jon came across some information about an area called Crystal River less than 2 hours from Orlando. It's the only place on earth where you can (legally) swim with, and interact with, manatees. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.<br />
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If you know me at all or have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know how excited I was about this. We booked our reservations and I went from having no idea you even COULD swim with manatees to compulsively checking our tour company's page on TripAdvisor multiple times a day to see how the manatee conditions were looking. Early October isn't prime manatee season in Crystal River so I told myself I'd be happy just seeing one from the boat. (I would have been, too, but fortunately we had much better luck than that.)<br />
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We very nearly missed our tour. We woke up plenty early, but made an ill-fated stop for egg McMuffins at a crucial interchange on the way there and didn't realize we'd gotten on the wrong freeway until we were 15 miles down the road. I haven't felt that level of stress and sheer panic in a long time. I think I gave myself AND Annie and Jon ulcers. (There were a couple more moments of that panic later in the Disney parks too; just you wait.)<br />
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Miraculously we made it to our tour with just two minutes to spare (this is why you always give yourself A CRAPLOAD OF TIME to get to places you care about, folks) and were immediately ushered into the briefing room, fitted for wetsuits, and directed to the shuttle that took us to the pier.<br />
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Get ready for dozens of pictures. I can't edit when it comes to one of the most amazing experiences of my entire life (and why should I? Get outta here.) <br />
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So excited! We knew it would be a successful excursion when we spotted our first manatee before we even got out of the shuttle.</div>
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Manatee sighting! Our tour guide called this a "mating group," and they were feeling very frisky. We didn't get in the water with them.</div>
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And we had our first chance!! Of course it happened in the only deep, murky water in all of Crystal River. This was terrifying. Visibility in this water was about 2 feet. (That manatee I'm touching in the picture is nearly at the surface.) There was a moment shortly after we all got in the water that the tour guide yelled at me from the boat "It's coming right at you!!" in what I'm sure was meant to be in a happy/excited tone, but which I heard as though in a horror movie. Three seconds later, it was suddenly THERE, a foot from my face. These things are <em>massive</em>; it certainly got my heart racing.</div>
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The group we saw here were all covered in algae. According to our tour guide, that meant they had spent the summer in Crystal River (the vast majority only winter there).</div>
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BABY MANATEE!!!! We headed up a little channel towards Three Sisters springs (more on that later) and came across a group of two adults and a calf. They were swimming the opposite direction so we turned around, got ahead of them, then hopped in the water to watch/touch them as they swam past.</div>
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This was so awesome. We came across an enormous sleeping manatee. Our tour guide positioned us in a semi-circle around him and let us observe for about 20 minutes. It was so peaceful floating there, trying to be as still as possible, watching him napping. About every 4-5 minutes he'd rise to the surface for air then sink back down, never waking. We gave him space and just observed. </div>
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After watching the sleeping manatee for a good long while, we swam up into an area called Three Sisters Springs that contributes to the headwater of Crystal River. In the winter there can be over a hundred manatees just in this small area (they like it cuz it's warm), but we didn't see any up there. The water was so perfectly aquamarine and clear and refreshing. We spent about 30 minutes swimming to all three springs, diving down for closer looks, watching fish/crabs, and gasping over the beautiful scenery.</div>
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Our tour company, <a href="http://www.riverventures.com/index.html">River Ventures</a>, was fantastic. We couldn't have been more pleased with our choice (they even took the majority of these pictures). It was all about respect and love for the animals, waiting to find the right manatees under the right circumstances, and letting them interact on their own terms. We unfortunately saw a couple of other tour groups harassing the animals - rushing them, splashing, making loud noises. YOU MAKE THE ANIMALS SKITTISH AND IT RUINS IT FOR EVERYONE. Idiots. </div>
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Out of order, but this is me napping in Annie's backyard because Penny's deafening cough kept us up all night long for several nights in a row. On our drive up, kid you not, <i>every</i> time she felt a fit coming on she'd stand up and point forward, positioning her head directly in line with our ears, and "BAH!!! BAH!!!! BAH!!!! BAH!!!!! BAH!!!!! BAH!!!! BAH!!!!! BAH!!!! *hack*" </div>
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Corinne's kids were excited to see her. I had warned them beforehand that she had a cough, but the moment I opened the bathroom door and she started up, they both hastily retreated with disturbed looks on their faces.</div>
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On our last evening at my parents' place, this double rainbow appeared over their horse pasture. Gorgeous.</div>
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Meeting Kelsey's latest, Charlie! They made a boy!!</div>
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Hazel meeting Penny.</div>
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Jon's other sister, Caylee, had given Kelsey the surprise of her life by flying in from freaking CANADA and just strolling through the front door of the farmhouse a couple of days before we got there, so it was awesome to see not one but TWO sisters-in-law that day!</div>
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Leaving the farm. I know this picture is huge, I did it on purpose because I love it.</div>
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"Lucky you; that's as demonstrative as Dash ever gets!" --Annie</div>
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Penny crawled into my lap as we drove through a little thunderstorm. Little did she know what was to come....</div>
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It was as scary as it looks. Close-range lightning, torrential downpour, and we barely avoided a rock slide on the road.</div>
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<li>Tony's Tacos in Heber (x2)</li>
<li>Scones at the Hub in Heber (x2)</li>
<li>NOT eating at the Hickory in Rexburg, even though I've been looking forward to it for a year (literally. I think of it at least once a week. That was the ONE WEEK A YEAR they're closed for cleaning!!!!) This was how we ended up eating gas station barbecue instead (see Part 1)</li>
<li>Ada pretending like she couldn't tell me and Corinne apart cuz she thinks we look alike. "I don't even know which one of you is my mommy!"</li>
<li>My mom asking us to clean up after dinner, then her coming back a half hour later and saying "You guys are off to a good start!" .....We thought we were done :(</li>
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<b>Runner up for best moment of the trip</b>: We went to see Planet of the Apes with Annie and Steve in Heber (their first viewing, our second) and stocked up on contraband at Walgreens beforehand. SIX boxes of candy plus drinks; a veritable feast. But after we bought our tickets, the lady goes, "Okay, now I need to check the ladies' purses."</div>
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We recovered slightly, both began muttering words, and drifted out the door to return our contraband to the car.<br />
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<b>And the winner of best moment of the trip</b>: Christa told us the most spectacular story. Her aunt and uncle were watching her parents' dog Taffy (<a href="http://jessica-jensen.blogspot.com/2012/02/conversation-circa-2003.html">Kathy??</a>) while they were out of town. After about a day, Judy texted to see how they were getting along. The response: "Great! Taffy's sitting on Bob's lap as we speak" then, a minute later, "He keeps chewing his penis, is that okay?" Judy, <i>horrified!!!</i>, wrote back "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and immediately showed Christa's sister Brittany the exchange.<br />
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Brittany assured her that Val meant Taffy kept chewing his <i>own</i> penis, not Bob's.<br />
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