tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195272832011-04-21T17:05:56.638-05:00Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.Emig Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03707186232281635658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19527283.post-59029480146467305072009-05-19T22:28:00.003-05:002009-05-19T22:35:17.260-05:00

The Emigs are big fans of the Disney cartoon Phineas & Ferb. Here's Max singing a song from the episode where the title characters become one-hit-wonders with the song "Bow Chicka Bow Wow".

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She's perfectly average in weight, 10.8 pounds.She's in the bottom 25% in height, but that's to be expected.She was a perfect angel for the doctor.Pre-Shots...Post-Shots...

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Finding time for the blog has been difficult lately. We are going to do better about keeping it updated. What it will lack in detail, it will hopefully make up for with photos.We don't have a photo of the four of us yet, but we had one taken and it should be here soon.Here are the latest of Amelia and the rest of the family...(I really do have more hair. It's just in a ponytail.) Target is very

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One of the last major things left to do in the baby's room was to paint the dresser. I had a vision of what I wanted it to look like, and Holly humored me. It was to be white and pink with a lace print. It was copied from a painting style that was used on show cars of the late 60's and 70's.Yeah, I think Holly was a little concerned when I said that part out loud.Anyway, the dresser that was once

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We finally had our first sign of winter, frozen precipitation. It started as freezing rain and then turned to sleet with a little bit of snow mixed in for good measure. Max and mommy both got to stay home from work and school. But after 3 days, they were both ready to leave the house.Here is my view of Broadway Extension Tuesday afternoon. Max couldn't wait until I got home so he could go outside

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We've finally added some pictures to our blog. Sorry we've been absent for so long. We've been too busy rearranging the house for the new baby and enjoying holiday activities to sit too long at the computer.We'll post Christmas pics soon! Love to all!

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This is Max singing with the four-year old choir at church. Tony helps with this class. And this is the class of Kindergarten students singing their songs for the church. I helped with this class during the Fall semester. It was great to see them perform for everyone.

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Hostess Lori!Hostess Tracy!I am blessed to work with some pretty incredible people.

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If you can't tell, it's VERY cold.Rusty warms up over some fajitas.

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The one in the middle is the one we took home. A 7.5 Yonkers Pine from Home Depot. She's a beauty!Max got to ride the bikes at Walmart. We'll get him a bike of his own in a year or two.

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Dinner at the church. Dinner at Granny's. I took pics of the dinner at our house with the rest of the family, but I can't find those pics anywhere. :(

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Max finally got to sing in church like he's been wanting to do for several months. He did a good job, especially considering the mood he was in before he got on stage. Big kudos to Tony who has been serving as one of the helpers for Max's choir class.

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Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.Or.. for those of your unfamiliar with the awesomeness of the Dukes of Hazzard.. a policeman.I'm the "Death of Analog TV". (It's funny at work.) Tony's a Stick Man.But the flash reveals his true identity. The kids in the neighborhood loved him.Tony took Max and Lucas to his station for their annual trick-or-treating festivities. A little joking around with the handcuffs

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Max wanted badly to decorate his pumpkins from the pumpkin patch and turn them into jack-o-lanterns. We knew Tony would carve a giant pumpkin like he does each year, but we didn't want to go that far with the little pumpkins. So we gave Max a Sharpie. He did a fine job making his own jack-o-lanterns. Then Tony got to work on the big ones. (I told him to smile for the camera, but he didn't want to

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There's no better way to start the fall than with a pumpkin patch. We've gone to a few different ones over the years, but this year we had free passes to go to TG Farms in Newcastle. We'd heard about it and seen the booth at the fair. It was free with our passes, so how could we pass it up!? The Cliftons joined us. Their company was great and the weather was perfect, but the actual pumpkin patch

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Grandpa Hendricks came to visit recently. He and Brandy brought Max a toy Hummer and trailer with a camouflaged tent, campfire and even a deer. It was a big hit! Max wanted to write Grandpa a thank-you note, so Dad showed him how to make his letters.Max did a great job following Dad's directions. He wrote the words at the top all by himself. And he meant every one of them.

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Tony joined a soccer team with guys from his Sunday School class. They're called the "Insomniacs" because most of them have young children at home and therefore don't get much sleep. Max and I got to watch him play recently. We're so proud of him!Mr. Rusty's on the team, too! They won their game! Yay Insomniacs!

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We've been BUSY for the last two weeks. It all started with a garage sale... The Cliftons joined us with some of their items and we all did really well! Our stash also included items from Granny, our former next-door neighbors and another neighbor several houses down. (Morris Family, if you read this, we have a check for you but we can't find your address. Email me hooshster{at}gmail{dot}com.)

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We went back to the ultrasound place today and finally got confirmation... It's definitely a girl. The technician was nice enough to give us a peek at the profile of her face while we were there.Last time, she kept looking at the camera, so we couldn't get this profile shot. I'm so glad we got to see it this time. We could see her mouth moving during the ultrasound. It really looked like she was

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It's been almost two weeks since Deena's birthday and I'm just now posting the pics. Where did the time go!?! Anyway, here's a look back at her not-so-surprising surprise party...Here's Deena and her hubby Rusty. He wanted to surprise her like she surprised him, but she was too smart for him (and the rest of us). This is Tamra and her kids. She helped coordinate the party with us. Several people

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Well, it's not 100% certain, but we're pretty sure we're having a girl... Amelia Elaine, a combination of our mothers' middle names.We went to Miracle Within today for another ultrasound. We HIGHLY recommend this place to anyone. It's like a spa! Here are the pictures...If you can't tell what's going on in the above picture, imagine that the baby is laying down with her head on the left side of

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Here's a peek at our adventures at the state fair...It was very crowded! We had passes for press parking, but we still had to park far away.After we got inside, we had to get seek nourishment!Deena and I wait patiently in line. We were famished when we got to the table that the boys had reserved for us. Deena again waited patiently for me to take a photo before disturbing the perfection of her

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Tony entered his '53 Chevy Belair in a local car show last weekend, and he won! Tony's friend Rusty went with him to the car show. Max and I showed up later with refreshments. Max really liked this puzzle car. It's about the right size for him. Here's Tony putting his ballot into the ballot box. Ooooh, I wonder who will win?!? Then we walked around the car show for a while. The owner of this

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As part of his job, Tony has to go to a "Tailgate Party" every Friday during high school football season. His station sells fancy hotdogs, chips and cokes to game goers and gives the profits to the booster clubs. To promote it, they want live shots during the evening newscasts with the weather and sports people. And that's where Tony comes in.This week was in Norman. He brought Max and me along

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We've been looking forward to this day since we found out we were going to have another baby. We woke up this morning thinking we'd find out the sex... But we didn't.Max and Tony went to get donuts as soon as we got out of bed. Gotta get some sugar into the baby's bloodstream so it won't sleep through the ultrasound! Then we to the doctor's office. The radiologist was the same one that scanned

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Aunt Kaci, Uncle Justin, Grandma Vicki and Grandpa Floyd came over last weekend to celebrate Aunt Kaci's "firty-firty" birthday. Max helped set the table. He also helped load the cake with candles. Then we sang. After helping Aunt Kaci unwrap her presents, he kept her lap warm while they ate cake and ice cream. Happy Firty-Firty Birthday, Aunt Kaci!

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Since we will (hopefully) find out if our new baby is a girl or boy this Thursday, I thought this would be the perfect time to experiment with some old wives' tales to try determining the gender in advance. Just for fun...1. Morning Sickness -- The belief is that girls make a mom sicker. Comparing this pregnancy to when I was pregnant with Max, I've been a lot sicker. So... GIRL.2. Heart Rate --

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On Saturday, we went to Granny & Grandpa Watkins' house to help them celebrate their 11th anniversary by going fishing! Grandpa had put together a small rod and reel for Max that was just his size. He gave Max a few lessons on casting the line. He did pretty well. But before you can go fishing, you've got to get some bait. The men went to the minnow store and stocked up. At first, Max wasn't

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Max and I had some devious plans for Friday night. After the swimming party, we met Ms. Deena at a local park where she was getting ready for a surprise birthday party for Mr. Rusty.Tony had lured Rusty to the tv station to be part of a promo. Tony gave him a tour and then were going to head to the promo shoot.. or so he thought.But when Tony brought him to "the location"... he found a birthday

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Max and I had an excellent start to the long weekend, thanks to our friend Melissa. She and her family just had a pool built in their backyard. They invited Renee & her kids, Stefanie & her kids and Max & I over for lunch and to test out the new pool. Thanks Melissa!

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Our wonderful neighbors are moving soon. They're loading up their stuff and heading to a new house and new life in the Tulsa area. We're happy for them, but feeling very selfish by wanting to keep them here.I tried distracting them tonight to keep them from packing. I wasn't too successful, but we had fun. Wait for the ending.. It's priceless.

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Saturday night, we met up with the rest of the Cliftons and went to a Redhawks game. Several other members of our Sunday School class were there, too. Tony and Max really absorbed the culture by getting a hotdog and coke. After he was done with hot dog and coke, Max drained my Diet Mt. Dew. And then he got Dippin' Dots, which he swore tasted better when eaten with his hands.But he did NOT like

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We forgot the camera. :(We bought a disposable camera so that we'd have pictures of the day, but I haven't been able to drop off the film for developing. What did we ever do before digital cameras?Lucas got a bear he named Max (how sweet!). And Max got dog he named Carry (pronounced car-ee, because it was first just going to be named "car").

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We've been looking forward to this day all week! But it almost didn't turn out the way we hoped. Mr. Lucas wasn't feeling well earlier in the day, but he was fine by evening-time, so he came on over. Yay!We played a little bit, and then we loaded up and went to McDonald's for dinner. Mighty Meal kids for everyone!Then they played on the jungle gym.Then we made a quick trip to Target. The boys

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Max went to first sleepover this last weekend. He and Lucas had never had a sleepover before, so they're trading off... Max at Lucas's last weekend. And Lucas comes to our house this upcoming weekend. We can't wait!Here's a photo of Max and all his gear that he took to school Friday morning. The Cliftons picked him up directly from school, so he stored it at the front desk during the day.Deena

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With another baby on the way, our beloved office must be transformed into a bedroom.The biggest obstacle we faced was where to put our piano that we'd purchased from my friend Karin many years ago. After much discussion, we finally decided to find it a new home. (Karin, I promise we found some very worthy people who will love it and take good care of it. )Here is Tony trying to get it out of the

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1. A haircut2. Family Dollar -- Glow-in-the-dark bracelets for the nights that Max is a good boy and goes straight to bed.3. Maternity clothes for mom.3. Children's Place -- With a 15% off coupon and end-of-summer sales, we got some great stuff for only $23 total!4. Famous Footwear -- Too busy. Random people with stinky feet blocking the aisles. We left within just a few minutes.5. Lunch --

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We let Max have the camera again today and told him to take pictures of whatever he wanted. Here are a few of the things he thought were photo-worthy...

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After visiting the aquarium, we went across the river for a picnic lunch. It was over 100 degrees with no wind, but the food and the company was great!The boys enjoyed the playground, at least the parts in the shade.Max returned the favor for dad.Then we went to RiverWalk Crossing to play in the fountains. Max chose to cuddle up with Ms. Deena rather than play in the water. But I think Lucas had

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We took a trip up the turnpike yesterday with the Clifton family to visit the Oklahoma Aquarium.The aquarium isn't as desolate as this picture looks. It was really pretty crowded.We saw fish, jellyfish, turtles, starfish, eels and sharks!The dads sacrificed their tender touches to take this picture when we were leaving the aquarium. That metal gator was HOT!The aquarium was very educational and

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Meet the next Baby Emig! (The blobby thing inside the bubble thing.)According to the ultrasound measurements, she's 10-1/2 weeks old. That puts the due date around Valentine's Day. (I'm calling her a "she" because I'm making an early prediction, but it's way too soon to see from the ultrasound.)We waited to announce the news until we talked to the doctor and saw or heard her for ourselves. We

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We went to visit the Kendall family today to meet their five-day old baby. Introducing Philip Matthew Kendall...Isn't he adorable?!Philip and his Grandpa Hall.Maxwell did a good job holding the baby. Babies are fun!

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Tony and Max went to a car show Saturday night while I went to the local Emmy Awards banquet. My workplace got a few awards and so did Tony's. As usual, the awards very much favored our Denver competitors. Here are some pics from the evening...I worked really hard to get this Pepsi. There was only one bartender to serve all 120 people at the event.Remember that big centennial celebration last

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I woke up in a good mood on Friday because I knew I'd be home by the end of the day. My mood improved even more when I saw that we had an omelet station for breakfast!I ordered a spinach, tomato and feta omelet. Mine didn't make the three-foot flame like some of the other omelets, but it tasted great.We ate breakfast and then went to the auditorium for a few more sessions. I didn't have high

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The first full day of meetings ended with the Programmer of the Year Award dinner. It was held on the right on the bank of the Charles River. The food was under a pavilion and our dining tables were in a nearby tent. It was all much nicer than I thought it was going to be. This is Gwen Ifill. She's a PBS rock star, and I have to say that she was incredibly sweet about getting her picture taken

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Today was the full day of meetings. I really like the WGBH facilities, but I have to admit that it was hard to stay awake through most of the sessions. A lot of the information presented didn't apply to me and my job. I think most of the people felt the same way. All of the presentations were about as dry as this photo looks. And then the Muppets showed up!! In the distance you can see Murray. He

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Like all good opening receptions, this one had an open bar and lots of room to mingle and get reacquainted with far-away colleagues. Tonight's party was held at the one and only Fenway Park. I'm not much of a baseball fan, but even I can appreciate its magnitude of coolness.We were at the swanky lounge right over home plate.Dinner wasn't hotdogs and beer as I thought, but rather grilled veggies

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Here I am, at another PBS meeting. This one is just for programmers (about 150 of us). I'm crossing my fingers that this is the last meeting for a while.My boss and I had a 7am flight, which meant Airport Express picked us up at 5am. Too early! The flights were uneventful (almost downright tolerable!).Here's a shot of downtown Boston taken from my plane window.This is the view from the backseat

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It may seem cruel that I was shooting a video while my baby was crying. I did it because he loves to watch himself on the camera, and I knew he'd want to look back at the doctor visit. I was right. We've already watched this video together many times tonight. And here's another video from tonight. No words are necessary.

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Max had his annual doctor's visit today. He handled it all really well.. until it was time for the shots.We brought Froggy to Dr. C's office because it was also time for Froggy's two-year old visit. Max was going to introduce Froggy to the doctor. He rehearsed the introductions in the car, but he got too distracted once we entered the office.Max weighs 36 pounds, which makes him exactly average

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We'd planned to go to Wyatt's birthday party at a water park in Muskogee, but it got rained out. So we invited the Morris Family over for a small birthday party at our house last weekend. Max and Wyatt planned in the pool in the afternoon, then the dads cooked some food on the grill and then we had cake and presents. All the ingredients to a great party! The whipped cream was the boys' favorite

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After dinner with Grandma Vicki, Grandpa Floyd, Aunt Kaci and Uncle Justin, we left to find some fireworks. We met the Cliftons at a park where they planned to watch the show. (We didn't even know that park existed until that night!) It turned out to be an absolutely perfect place. The park even had fireflies!We all really enjoyed playing frisbee. Uncle Justin made some new friends and played

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We'd promised Max that if he was good at the portrait studio, we'd go to Build-A-Bear. We expected to get Froggy some new clothes, but Max really wanted a new bear instead.The lady who helped put the bear together was the best one we've ever had. She had Max do lots of things to make sure the bear's heart was ready before the bear came to life.When she asked Max what he wanted to name his bear,

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Thanks to Renee, we had a coupon for a free 8x10 from Picture People. We got two outfits for Max and headed to the mall. Here's what we came home with...

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LibertyFest is awesome. It feels like the entire town participates and has a great time. We've attended the parade for many years. Max likes the horses and shriners. Tony likes the old cars. And I like the firetrucks and policemen on motorcycles. We met up with the Cliftons (including Rusty this time and his mom, too!), Grandma Vicki, Aunt Kaci and Uncle Justin. We saw several friends and stayed

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Here are a couple of pictures from Max's trip to the zoo on his birthday. Aunt Kaci took him while we prepared for his party.

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For the past several years, our church has celebrated the 4th of July with a neighboring church. It's a big ol' party with lots of inflatable toys, live animals and picnic food. We met up with Deena and Lucas and had a really great time.There were goats, camels, donkeys and a llama. Max and Lucas weren't too interested in petting any of them. Max finally patted one of the goats on the top of the

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We went to Bethel the next day so Granny and Grandpa Watkins could wish Max a happy birthday. We didn't break out the camera until later in the day, so we didn't get many pictures of the festivities.Here's Granny loving on Max when we went outside to look at all of her flowers. The sun was in Max's eyes so he didn't want to turn around.Then Max drove the golf cart around the yard for a while.

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This was Max's first "friend" party. At previous parties, we'd only had family and a few of our closest friends. But this year we thought he was old enough to appreciate having his friends from school, church and next door come over to play. Here's the invitation...Like the invitation said, there was surf and sand. (Again, pay no attention to the timestamp.) Here's the sand -- the giant sandbox

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He went to bed Friday night as a three-year old.And he woke up as a big four-year old! (Pay no attention to the date stamp. It was wrong for most of the day. It's supposed to read 06/21/2008.)

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Dad was greeted with a basketfull of goodies that Max picked out. His main present was some floormats for his hotrod. (He got to pick those out on his own.)

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As soon as we got back from vacation, the cats made it very clear that we're not allowed to leave again anytime soon. Pinning Tony to the bed was just one of their passive-aggressive techniques.

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When we returned from New Mexico, Grandpa Floyd surprised Tony with a new exhaust on his '53 Chevy. Tony's been as giddy as a school girl ever since. He took Max out cruisin'. The first of many spins 'round the block, I'm sure.

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I found some pictures of random things from our vacation that I'd like to share...We spent almost an hour trying to get various dog toys from the tree in Grandpa's backyard. It was a lot more fun than it sounds. The camera is level. The trees are not. Elk butt. Grandpa borrowed a friend's '32 Ford Roadster for a couple of minutes. Max got to ride along. He LOVED every second of it. I have a

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(Click the button in the lower left corner)

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We took the service road through Amarillo to find a lunch place we could all agree on. We'd almost run out of town when we found this... The Big Texan Steak Ranch.Max was scared the big bull would poop on our car. We had many conversations about why this would not happen.The dining room was huge, but sadly no one was up for the free 72oz steak challenge. They even have a webcam where you can

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Day Two of the drive home was pretty uneventful until we hit Amarillo. Max wanted to see the "cars buried in the dirt" again, so Tony kept a watchful eye as we neared the spot. He did a double-take when he saw them...They had all been painted yellow! We were here just six days ago and they were a rusty rainbow of colors, but now they were all the same color with only a few bits of graffiti. I

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We left the Farmington area around 10:30am. Max had to make an inconvenient potty stop in the mountains. (There's a lot of humor in peeing on the Continental Divide, but since some might find it offensive, I won't post the awesome photo I took. Hee!)We ate lunch at The Cracker Barrel in Albuquerque. Bunny lovers, take note that there's a large population of them at Interstate 20 and San Antonio

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There were no planned activities for our last night. We just hung out at the house, which was just fine.Betty brought home a new puppy. Max named her "Susie", and that name will probably stick. She's the little yellow one on the leash. I think she's going to be a good dog.Then, of course, Max had to go cruisin' again. Grandma Emig might be upset that I posted this next picture, but it was

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Phil is heavily involved in the Elks Lodge of Farmington. He took us to the lodge for lunch and a tour. Here is the meeting hall. The picture doesn't do it justice. It's really interesting to see all the elks on the wall and the names of deceased members on plaques around the room. Then we went to the Farmington Museum. My favorite exhibit was "From Dinosaurs to Drillbits", which had a simulated

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We took a road trip with Grandpa Emig the next day. On our first stop, we visited four states at once!The monument is surrounded by jewelry booths manned by Native Americans. I wasn't too interested. But then Max found a carved turtle necklace that he wanted, and I found a beautiful opal necklace. So, even though I wasn't too optimistic at first about the dry patch of land known as the Four

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Betty (aka Grandma Emig) invited much of her family to her house so we could meet them. We met daughters, sons, grandchild, great-grandchildren.. and even a Catholic priest. Okay, he's not family, but it was nice to have him there. He blessed our BBQ.This is Uncle Jordan, Tony's half-brother. Max had a great time with Uncle Jordan.Grandpa didn't know what he was getting in to when he invited Max

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When Grandma & Grandpa Emig asked what we'd like to do during our stay, I asked if there were any nature walks in the area. They knew just the place! Grandpa took us to the All Veterans Memorial Park on the Animas River in Farmington, NM. It just happened to be Memorial Day, so there was a ceremony in progress when we arrived. When the ceremony ended, we went to the riverside and Max immediately

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When I told Max we had arrived and that he could get out of the car, he made this face...Grandma and Grandpa Emig were at a party at a neighbor's house. They came over to let us in the house, then Max grabbed them by the hand and we followed them back to the party.It was a birthday party for two of grandpa's friends. We were glad they let us Okies crash the party. There was a lot of food and

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After a fabulous (and complimentary!) breakfast at the hotel, we packed up the car and headed out.Not too far down the road, Tony found a Route 66 Museum.We finally left I-40 in Albuquerque. We ate lunch and went to Target. (Not too different from what we would have done on a typical weekend back home.) Then we got on a diagonal highway that stretched three hours into the mountains and the high

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We love our hotel! It's clean, spacious and rather luxurious considering where it's located. It also has free internet access (which may be all we get for a while). And it has an awesome indoor pool!!

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New Mexico is just lovely. And so far, the people are wonderful. The ladies at the Welcome Center were almost as nice as Oklahomans!Here's our destination for the first night of our vacation.In addition to a plethora of hotels, Tucumcari has a dinosaur museum! How many kids can say they got to touch fossilized dinosaur poop on their vacation?! Tony and Max sit in the cast of a dinosaur footprint.

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We were a little disappointed with Texas at first. Shamrock didn't have much to offer for lunch. We wound up eating at McDonald's, which was fine, especially for Max.Then.. shortly after we passed Amarillo, we found THIS...Tony found a paint can on the ground with a small amount of purple paint still in it.That's a bride and all of her bridesmaids. The entire wedding party showed up in a white

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Tony and I realized today that we haven't gone to a vacation destination for eight years, and that was our honeymoon. Sure, we've traveled, but it's always been for work. Well, here we are... packed and ready to go to New Mexico!Max really enjoyed his new portable DVD player... at least for a solid half hour.

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Granny's friend tagged her with this Q & A meme. Since it's only five questions, I thought the Emigs could play along. We will all supply our own answers in our own words, including Max. This should be fun...1. What were you doing 10 years ago?TONY -- I was still in college. Working weekends as an Editor at Channel 9. Also working at UCO and still working some shifts at Homeland.HOLLY -- I was a

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Tony's sorta-boss invited him to the Marketing end-of-sweeps celebration tonight. It was at Louie's on the Lake. We got there a little early, so we took a few minutes to enjoy the view. We tried to get a good family shot with the sun shining on the water. This is the best we could do...The restaurant was way too noisy to be enjoyable. But we appreciated ch9 picking up the tab. Then we headed back

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I couldn't have been more wrong about having an uneventful ride home.Getting out of Palm Springs was easy. It was just Bill and me because Ashley and Lori had another meeting to attend. We got to the airport early and went to a cafe for a pre-flight plate of nachos. That's where I took a couple of Dramamine. I took the same dose on the way to California, but I don't remember feeling the effects

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This day went by so quickly! I'm actually relieved because I'm exhausted and oh-so homesick. As I mentioned earlier, I didn't make it past breakfast before I needed a nap. After a two-hour siesta, I felt great. I went to the lunch session, hosted by WordGirl. Then it was time for the closing session: "A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson".I could go on and on about this man. He's smart, funny

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What a busy day!Photo ops with the PBS Kids characters.My boss wanted to go to Frank Sinatra's grave today because it's the 10th anniversary of the day he died. I look solumn and mournful, but really the sun is just in my eyes. It was pretty interesting to see how humble of a grave he has considering who he was.These wind turbines are huge! This picture doesn't show how much of the landscape is

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This was supposed to be my quiet day, but it was anything but that!Some highlights...1. The Electric Company is coming back to PBS in January '09. 2. The entertainment for the lunch session was the Cherokee Youth Choir from Oklahoma. They were incredible (and we're so surprised to see them here)!3. I was the only girl in my concurrent session. I guess "The Quality of High Definition and Why It

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The first night is awkward. You're still getting used to all the faces (about 1500 of them). You recognize many, and sometimes struggle to find the names that go with them. I'm fortunate to be with two coworkers that are also my friends. Meet Lori and Ashley. Lori is the Deputy Director of Education and Outreach. Ashley is the Public Information Manager. Photo op with Princess Presto. Only she

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I'm here.. safe and sound in Palm Springs. So far, everything is going well. I have some spare time before our first meeting. And since I'm paying $20/day for internet access, I might as well stay online while I'm in the room.The flights didn't cause me too much anguish. I only shed a few tears and only made one tiny "eeep!" sound. My coworker Ashley said she made much more of a scene during her

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Madeline and Susanna enjoy a hotdog and mac & cheese with Maxwell. But who invited all that wind?!The girls really liked Max's hot rod... And Max really liked showing it off. Renee and Matt (and baby boy Kendall in Renee's belly).Another group shot... to make Max's camera-crazy mom happy. :) The kids had a great time chasing the cats. Poor Meese moves the slowest so he got the most attention.

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I started packing my suitcase last night when I realized... I don't have a suitcase. Not a real one, at least. I have a luggage set that I got as a high school graduation gift, but luggage technology has come a loooong way since then. So Tony and I went to Ross today at lunch and found something newer, bigger and greener. And we got Max's first piece of luggage, too! He's very impressed with his

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I went through lots of old photos tonight trying to find a specific one from Halloween '05. I never found the photo I was looking for, but I did find a bunch of great memories...Remember the "Mister Max is a Cranky Baby" song? If you've never heard it, let us know and we'll sing it for you. We like to tease Max with it sometimes because it still applies. Remember the joys of squash? Remember

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Maxwell got to visit Grandma's "Neil Diamond" Litter of pups this weekend. Here he is holding one of the little girls. They're both quite happy with one another.

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Mmmm... grilled pork tenderloin, baked potatoes, baked beans and Aunt Kaci's awesome deviled eggs.And homemade ice cream and strawberries for dessert.Except for Max. He'd rather have a cookie for "bizzert".An impromptu game of kickball.It's all fun and games until Wallace hurts one of his miniature legs. Grandma Vicki says he'll be okay, as long as he takes it easy for a while. (And he's probably

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Dad took Max for a haircut yesterday, and Max finally let the lady spike his hair. The new 'do lasted all day. But he wasn't interested in having it spiked again this morning. While Max was getting his haircut, I was cashing in on a birthday coupon from Aunt Kaci for a pedicure. We both got the deluxe pedicue with the foot/leg massage while sitting in the massaging chair. Oh yeahhhh. I think I

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I just realized that we never showed off the pics of our bathroom after the renovation. In addition to everything mentioned earlier, we also painted the cabinets, installed new hardware and put in an etagere. (If anyone needs any ceramic & chrome cabinet knobs, let us know. We bought four on eBay and the seller sent us 25.)

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