tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44461494161226569602024-02-18T22:23:17.331-08:00Rachel's RamblingsRachel Barzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805951772918038134noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-79140235499589305142015-01-06T11:06:00.002-08:002015-01-06T11:06:43.295-08:00ThreeThis past December, Brigham and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary and Benny turned 3 months!!<br />
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We couldn't really celebrate on our anniversary because Brigham had his big test the next day, but we did order take out from Baida (this delicious Moroccan restaurant here in STL) and Brigham got me flowers! Also when we were in KC for Christmas break we celebrated by going to see Unbroken and eating Indian food afterward, sooo good! Can you tell we love ethnic food? Brigham always jokes that he cannot wait until we have a bigger food budget so he can eat Asian food everyday.<br />
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We have had an awesome and exciting past year!! Brigham graduated from BYU, we moved to Colorado, and then to St. Louis, started medical school, and had our beautiful baby boy!!<br />
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Reminiscing through old wedding photos<br />
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Our year in Review with Pictures<br />
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I feel very lucky to have Brigham as my husband!! He is kind, smart, very funny, and hardworking. He knows how to calm me down when I am being over-dramatic, and to help me focus on whats most important. He can make me laugh at any given time, and he is an amazing father to Benny! Seriously, he is such a good, and PROTECTIVE dad. He knows whats best for his little guy and he is determined to help him grow into a strong, happy, healthy, and smart little boy. I am so grateful for his help as we learn and grow as parents! </div>
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Benny is now 3 months old and has learned some new tricks!! Our favorite so far is his laugh!! For a while, when he was really happy or when we would tickle him he would just oooh and ahhh a lot and even squeal, but now he actually giggles!! </div>
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Ben has also learned to grab at things a lot more!! He especially likes to grab my shirt, or tissue paper if we put it by him. Blankets are another favorite, and he usually brings them right to his mouth and sucks on them. He actually tries to suck on everything, but his favorite are his hands. No fail, if the Binky is out he has wiggled his hands up to his mouth and sucks away. Slobber gets everywhere, but its pretty cute. I seriously hope this doesn't mean he is teething already. </div>
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Other developments are that he can pretty much hold up his head when we hold him, and he is starting to get better at being on his tummy. He hates tummy time, but Ive found that if I help him roll on his side, and he finishes the rest by going on his tummy its not so bad. Poor guy has a HUGE head which is in the 98% (compared to the 50 and 60 percentiles for height and weight) so its been hard for him to lift it up at the 45 degree angle. But we make him do it anyways.</div>
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He still looooves to sing and has started doing different tones while he coo's. At times it seems like he is starting to babble, but we will see. He has accidentally said mama though a number of times--I love it!</div>
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Its also very nice to see that he is starting to play with his toys! Before, he would just suck on them if I had shoved them in his hands, but now he will grab them and play.</div>
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Here are some of my favorite pictures this month!! </div>
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<br />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-33765310161021335742014-11-23T10:15:00.001-08:002014-11-23T10:17:15.744-08:002 monthsThis cutie is now 2 months old!! At times it seems like he can't be this big already, and at other times it seems like we've had him a lot longer than 2 months!<br />
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Our adjustment to parenthood has been great!! Thanks to Ben. Seriously he is the angel baby of all angel babies. I am just waiting for the shizz to hit the fan, because I know that he can't be such an amazing/easy child forever. When talking about his sleeping patterns, eating habits and lack of crying people tell us we are so lucky because we have it easy--but hey, ill take it.<br />
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I read the book Babywise, and while I am not 100% convinced that all their methods are the best, I did decide to do their "feed, wake, sleep" cycle that is suppose to help them sleep 8 hours by the time they are 8-10 weeks. Basically I just feed Ben right when he wakes up, then we change him, play and do tummy time, and by the time he starts yawning and making 'fussy' noises we put him down.<br />
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Ben most recently will go for one 7-8 hour stretch between feedings at night, and then right after another 4 hour stretch, meaning lots of sleep for mom!! yay!!<br />
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Due to the fact that he sleeps so well at night, Ben will eat every 2 1/2 - 3 hours during the day, which was very different from the 4 hour naps he would take a month ago. It nice that his schedule is becoming more predictable and that he is packing in the hours at night instead of during the day.<br />
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When Ben was around 3 weeks old Brigham would make funny faces at him and say, "open your mouth and say AHHH." Ben would just look up at Brig with those big eyes and stare, but now it is his favorite thing in the world. He started to mimic opening his mouth and making noises soon after, and now all we have to do is say "AHH" and Benny will break out into the biggest of grins and start cooing and imitating. At times when I just look at him he will instigate the "Ahhing" and gets so giddy when I understand that he wants to sing together. <br />
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We got this play gym at target, and I couldn't be happier! Ben loves the red fox and the hedgehog that sings "rock a bye baby." We will put him on it, and he usually can chill there and wriggle his arms and legs around for a while until he gets tired. He also loves playing with his voice and making all kinds of different noises.<br />
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The hardest thing so far would have had to been when I had mastitis (absolute worst thing ever), and a cold. And because I had a cold, Benny did too. Poor Benny was pretty congested for at least a week, and while we did all we could to help ease his congestion (humidifier, baths, raised mattress) it still was the pits. Ben couldn't sleep for very long because he had a hard time breathing and he just simply didn't feel well. Plus he was having tummy aches from the antibiotics I was on for the mastitis. Poor guy. However, I am happy to say that we are both healthy and anxiously awaiting our next doctors appointment so his pediatrician will give us the go ahead for going out more. Currently, we are advised to not take him places with lots of people. Also, we cant really go outside anymore because its too cold, plus the entire city is anxiously checking all news outlets for a decision about the Michael Brown shooting in case riots start happening again. Us included. So we have been cooped up in our cozy apartment and I am getting a little stir crazy. Christmas in KC with family can't come soon enough!! <br />
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<br />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-12693251785802242362014-11-05T17:54:00.002-08:002014-11-05T17:54:55.294-08:00The Birth StoryI couldn't decide if I wanted to post about my birth story because it would probably sound like I was complaining the whole time, and it still might, but I decided I would so I can have a recollection of it! I was also so grateful for others posting their birth experiences because it helped me prepare for mine, so even though Ben's birth is more of a horror story, I feel like someone else might have to go through something similar, and its good to be prepared.<br />
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I first want to say that I am a planner. I like to be prepared, and to do so I knew that I didn't want a very specific 'birth plan' because that, to me, was unrealistic. On my checklist was 1: get an epidural. 2: have a vaginal birth 3: have skin to skin right after he was born.<br />
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I felt like these were reasonable expectations, and the rest I knew that the doctors would take care of me. Too bad that #1 caused some major problems, and 2 and 3 were but a dream because they definitely didn't happen.<br />
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Due to the fact that I had been in prodromal/latent labor for 10 days (this is not false labor--its when your stuck in the early phase of labor but your body's contractions do not get to the intensity or frequency to put you into active labor) and that I was 5 days over my due date, my doctor said we could schedule an induction for Sunday the 21st. We checked in at 8 am, and the doctors decided to start me on cervidil since I had made no progress for the 10 days I had been having constant contractions.<br />
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After 8 hours, my contractions were painful enough and consistent enough that I decided to get the epidural. Guys, epidurals are awesome, it was painful going in, but I got relief pretty quickly and it allowed me to sleep for what seemed to be a long night. They started me on Pitocin right afterward, and I was able to sleep a little, until they woke me up because my blood pressure had dropped to 80/40. This was due to the epidural working too well so they decreased the amount twice until they were able to get it under control.<br />
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At 5 the next morning I was only dilated to a 4 so they broke my water to try and get things moving along. At about 1:00 i was finally dilated to a 7, and at about 3:30pm I was at a 10 and 'pushing.' For the next three hours I pushed, until they told me I was not allowed to anymore. This was a problem because while I was pushing, they turned down my epidural 2 more times to try and have me feel the contractions to push better. Unfortunately the resident did not communicate with the anesthesiologist well because she didn't allow the epidural to wear off before turning it down even more. By the time it had practically completely wore off, Ben was so far down my pelvis that I could feel everything--it was soo painful!! His heartbeat would decrease every time I pushed so at the point where I could feel it all, they told me I couldn't push--which hurts even more.<br />
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The doctors say I then spiked a fever (probably because I was in so much pain, and emotionally and physically spent due to the resident's mistake) and because Ben's heart rate increased with my fever, they then said I had an intrauterine infection and needed a c-section. Ben also had not passed through the pelvic bone after 3 hours of pushing (we recently found out his head circumference is in the 98th percentile) so it was unlikely that they could get him out soon.<br />
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Thinking that an infection sounded pretty bad, I thought i would be taken quickly to the OR for the c-section. However, they told me it would be another hour until we could get into the OR. And of course the entire time I was in a ton of pain because they still had not adjusted my epidural. We pushed to get in sooner (their excuse was that there was not an anesthesiologist ready--i wasn't having that) and were in the OR prob about 30 mins later.<br />
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It took a while to numb me up again, and when they did, my body started uncontrollably shaking due to the plethora of medication my body had undergone for the past 35ish hours. They said that was a normal reaction, but it was extremely uncomfortable. When Brigham came in to the OR, he thought I was shaking because I was so anxious, poor guy! No one told him it was ok! He kept trying to calm me down, but I'll be honest, I was completely freaking out. This was because when they finally got Ben out, there was no crying. This was the absolute worst part of my labor. I kept straining my ears, shaking and all, and still no crying. I kept asking Brigham what was wrong but he kept trying to calm me down saying it would be fine, even though at the time it was not. I would hear the pediatricians saying, "come on little guy." No one was telling us what was going on. I would ask if he was OK when one of the doctors walked by, but they kept going like they didn't hear me. Finally 4 minutes later (they told us it took 4 minutes) he cried!!! YAY!! Later we found out that his 1st Apgar test was only a 1. All he had was a slow heart rate. He was blue. He was not breathing. It was probably a good thing that I couldn't see what was going on because I would have freaked out even more. Luckily it just took him a little longer and his 2nd Apgar test was a 7 (its out of 10).<br />
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The nicest delivery nurse then took Brigham over to cut the cord and meet his son (here is Brigham's selfie with Ben)<br />
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Because of the intrauterine infection, Ben had to go to the special care nursery for the 1st 48 hours and go on antibiotics as a precaution. This meant no skin to skin, because I would not be able to get to him until my epidural wore off 6 hours after surgery. So I didn't get to hold him for 6 hours!! It sucked!! However, he got lots of love from Dad and Grandma and Grandpa Crandall.<br />
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All the special care nurses loved Ben because he was so easy to take care of!! He rarely cried and would stare up at you with those wide eyes! He was also a normal size--most of the babies in there are preemies in incubators. After 48 hours, Ben was able to come up to our floor and be in room!! It was sooo nice not to have to get in a wheelchair every 3 hours to go nurse--its hard getting up after a c-section!<br />
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So after 36 hours of labor, we got to meet our beautiful baby boy!! We are so happy that he is healthy! He is now 6 weeks old :)<br />
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One thing I learned though the whole experience was that no matter how hard you try, there are some things that you just cannot control. And that's OK. You just have to try and deal with the situation the best you can and move forward.<br />
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One of my delivery nurses (I had 8 because I went through 4 shifts) gave an interesting analogy that applied perfectly to our situation. She said no one asks about how you get to Disneyland--whether you drive or go by plane or hitchhike. All that people want to hear is if you had a good time and got to meet Mickey. It doesn't matter how long it takes to get there, just that you did. Well in the end it didn't matter if it was an awful experience giving birth, just that I did, and that Ben was healthy. We feel so grateful and incredibly fortunate to be able to have him in our life.<br />
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<br />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-17081382078793271142014-10-11T11:14:00.000-07:002014-10-11T11:14:44.925-07:00Little Benny BoyWe couldn't be MORE excited to welcome our newest member of the family!!<br />
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This little guy is just the best. He loves snuggling and cuddling with mom, and loves play time and listening to classical music with dad. He loves to just hang out with us and intently stare at our faces, the ceiling, or anything that interests him with those big eyes. He is definitely one of the most alert babies I've ever seen. He is a great eater and an even better sleeper. With permission from our pediatrician, we get to let him sleep as long as he wants (YES!!!!). The record was 6.5 hours in between feedings, but it usually is around 4 hours, and for a newborn thats pretty impressive. He loves sucking on his hands, and most recently his binkie. His halo is a MUST because he just breaks out of the snuggest of swaddles.</div>
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We couldn't be more in love with him and his curious nature. The adjustment has gone surprisingly well, but we give all the credit to this little dude (and my amazing mother, who was here to help me for the first two weeks after he was born). We keep crossing our fingers that he keeps on being our angel baby.</div>
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Brigham is seriously the best dad! I was mentally trying to prepare myself for the worst, thinking he wouldn't be very helpful because he would be so busy with medical school, but boy was I wrong! Every time he comes home, he offers to take the monitor and let me sleep, he happily changes diapers (whaaaa???) and he loves cuddling and playing with his son. He offers to get me my favorite foods (Panera and Q'doba are at the top of the list) before coming home and he watches Ben so I can go run errands or go outside so Im not cooped up all day. Ben adores him and so do I. It has been such a blessing and joy to watch my partner in crime and best friend transition into fatherhood. I feel so lucky to have him and his help. </div>
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Here are some more from our iPhones!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">These cool geometric chairs have been in my family FOREVER! And when I say forever, I mean it. They're at least 50 years old.</span></div>
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My amazing grandpa had these chairs at his family practice (he was a doctor) and after he retired they went up to our family cabin in Idaho for extra seating!<br />
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The cabin was a place to play and be with family, so they were definitely hammered over the years and needed some touching up, and luckily I was able to snatch them up when they were no longer needed!<br />
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So I do not have any 'during' pictures, I'm sorry!! We were able to redo them so fast! First, I unscrewed the seats from the frames, then we just painted them with Annie Sloan graphite paint! It took 2-3 coats, and was a little bit of a pain getting every edge of all those cut outs but it was totally worth it. I also am glad we didn't lighten it up the gray at all, but kept it that deep graphite color.<br />
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After the paint dried we waxed them and buffed them with the clear wax and some old t shirts!<br />
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Now on to the seat cushions! I originally wanted these two chairs to go out on our deck, but after they turned out so cute, I wanted them inside for everyday use! Anyways, I went shopping for outdoor fabric at Joann's and fell in love with this print! (All their outdoor fabrics were also 50% off so I got 1 yard for 10 bucks, score!)<br />
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Once I stripped off the old leather cover, I glued the foam down to the wooden board using super glue. I then cut the fabric around the seat cushion so there was around a 4 inch border on the edges (I had a fat cushion). I then placed the foam side down on the fabric cut out. It looked similar to this one<br />
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The website above is actually the website I read to redo these, thank you Pinterest!<br />
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Then my mom and I started stapling the fabric around the edges. We first started in the middle of the back side, making our way to the corners, and carefully folding the fabric so it looked good from the front. I was also very sure to pull tightly so it didn't pucker anywhere or get too loose.<br />
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<br />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-91314432049968528452014-09-06T10:22:00.001-07:002014-09-06T12:13:58.000-07:00The Chalk Paint Series, DresserWith the invention of Pinterest, my eyes have glazed over at all the amazing DIY creations and ideas that flourish there. After getting pregnant I immediately searched those pins for ideas for the perfect nursery and house, but on a "future" med school budget, I knew I needed to make it as affordable as possible. I started dreaming of repainting old furniture and even convinced my husband to move to Colorado so I could do large projects at my parents house. I mean, lets get real, I needed to nest and I couldn't at that point because we still had no idea where we were going to medical school.<br />
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I have the most amazing mom, who got super excited with me about my MANY ideas of how I could create my dream nursery. In the short time that we lived with them this summer, we accomplished many amazing projects, and I am so grateful for all my mom's hard work in making it happen! It would not have been even remotely possible without her.<br />
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So, while I browsed Pinterest for ideas, those cute dressers that turned into changing tables stuck out to me. I also knew that my old childhood dresser would be perfect for what I needed, so I started imagining all the different ways to paint it and update it. After reading multiple DIY blog posts, I had a general idea of how to do it.... including sanding, priming, and then painting. </div>
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This is where the magic of chalk paint comes in, and let me tell you, chalk paint is where its at. What is chalk paint? At first I had no idea either, but my mom and her best friend Jolie had recently discovered it and wanted to try it out.</div>
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Chalk paint allows you to just paint straight over a piece of furniture without priming OR sanding. You don't even have to watch your paint strokes, because they all disappear into one beautiful seamless coat. Most pieces of furniture only need 2 coats, and it will even adhere to metal and plastic. It also drys very fast. Aka super time saver and helps save us beginners from a DIY disaster. Seriously, this stuff is the shiz. It is more expensive than normal paint, but it makes things so much easier, takes no time, and the paint itself goes a long way. In a span of 3 days, we redid this dresser, two dining chairs, a mirror, a end table, and a lamp. </div>
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We used the Annie Sloan chalk paint, by mixing old white and graphite to get a nice medium gray color for the dresser. </div>
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Soo off to painting we went! Once we did two coats on the dresser, we decided to distress it a little bit to give it a little more flare. To do so, all we did was sand the edges, and wherever else we thought it would look good. I love it!<br />
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Once we got it to look the way we wanted, all we needed to do was apply the wax coat! Waxing is also pretty easy, you just brush it on, and then buffer it in with a white cloth. We used old t shirts and Brigham's strong arms buffing to make it look so good. We ended up doing two coats of wax on the top so its extra durable, I mean it is for a changing table. After the wax is on, your done! </div>
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Here is the final product! I am soo happy about it! Not only was it fairly easy to redo, it looks soo good and was exactly what I was going for! Call me super sentimental, but I also love the fact that its the exact same dresser I used growing up, and now Baby B will have the same one! It only looks cooler :)</div>
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-80448902554533615132014-08-30T13:40:00.002-07:002014-08-30T13:45:43.190-07:00Summer 2014So its been over a year since I have blogged, obviously I'm not the best at keeping this thing updated... sorry!! I am going to try and be better, especially now that we are starting our family so soon because I want to make this my journal of sorts.<br />
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The past few months have been extremely crazy for us, but have been so exciting as we start our new chapter in our new city!! Here is a timeline to our summer!<br />
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June 11th- packed up our apartment in Provo and moved to my parents house in Colorado<br />
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June 29th- Family Time and Becca's missionary farewell in Colorado, I already miss her!<br />
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June 30th- Brigham gets into SLUmed! (He was on their waitlist, and the waitlists for WashU and Colorado)</div>
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July 2nd- Took Becca to the airport to report to the Mexico MTC</div>
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July 8-10th- Brigham and I headed to St. Louis to find housing, tour the medical campus and get to know STL</div>
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We were so lucky to stay with my uncle Evan and aunt Susan while we explored our new city! They are the BEST hosts and we feel so spoiled and lucky to live so close!! We feel so blessed to have them nearby and I am so excited for Baby Ben to get to know them as he grows up!<br />
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My sweet uncle Evan took us out in his Ferrari!! He could definitely rival Uncle Monte's need for speed... lets just say I was holding on to my baby belly for dear life. <br />
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July 19th-22nd Move in and explored our new neighborhood in Lafayette Square. We loveeee our new neighborhood!! Its a 5 min drive to Brigham's school, and its less than a block from this amazing park, which has a pond where you can fish, community gardens (see below), a huge playground, and events most Saturdays (free concerts and movies in the park)</div>
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July 23rd-26th- We flew back to Colorado for a quick trip and a Baby Shower for me and Baby B!! The Wendell's SPOILED me and baby rotten with delicious food, amazing people, and beautiful gifts </div>
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July 26th- August 2nd- We flew to Utah for the Barzee family reunion! It was the first time that I had ever been with all the Barzee's at once and I LOVED it!! </div>
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How cute are my nieces? They are OBSESSED with Studio C so we took them to the BYU Broadcasting building</div>
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On August 1st, we got to go to Brian and Carissa's wedding!! We love Carissa and are so excited that she has joined the family! We were lucky enough to get to know the cute couple while they dated in Provo :)</div>
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August 3rd- We quickly flew back to STL so Brigham could attend his White Coat Ceremony!! It was held at the beautiful cathedral! I couldn't be more proud of him!! </div>
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So needless to say, we had 5 flights, one 16 hour road trip, a wedding, baby shower, a move in party, and family reunion all within a month. It was CRAZY but we are so glad we are here and now just getting ready to meet our darling baby boy! </div>
Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-1062505698721083602013-05-26T16:45:00.001-07:002013-05-26T16:45:45.784-07:00ParaglidingYesterday, two other girls from the house and I went paragliding in the Sacred Valley! It was quite the experience, and had both ups and downs... let me start from the beginning.<br />
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We first met up with our group (the total being 7 of us) and drove to the sacred valley (about an hour away from Cusco) to this beautiful location<br />
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So only two people can go at a time, and the first group went out with a bang! However, once everything was set up for the second group to go (my group!) the wind conditions were not optimal so we had to wait about an hour to go (no biggie, I was psyched to be next).<br />
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Here are some cool pics pre-take off<br />
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so as we are attempting to take off, the wind changed all of a sudden and the parachute crashed and burned... here is a funny video (jk it didn't work, so ill try again later)<br />
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The flight began and it was awesome!! (same thing, Internet in Peru is not the fastest)<br />
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Ok, so while were in the air, I started to feel a little motion sickness.... you know the feeling where you lose your stomach on a roller coaster? Ya, that happened like 50 times. I was trying to not let it get to me and just enjoy the views, but after it kept building up for 25 minutes, I finally admitted that I wasn't feeling so well. So we started to make the descent.. Anyone who has para glided before knows that to get down, you have to go in circles. Well I ended up throwing up in air! SOOOO GROOSSSSSS I know. I felt so bad for the guy behind me as he kept calling out "other side please" (rofl).</div>
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As we were landing, we barely missed the grassy field and landed in a pile of manure and sticks, which only made the situation of me throwing up on myself even funnier. </div>
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Ok, I first want to say that I have NEVER had a problem with motion sickness before. I hate to say it, but I am getting older. </div>
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Besides being in a field of manure, it was pretty cool to land in a field of sheep and donkeys</div>
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At the point where we finally returned to the group from our landing site, all I wanted was water. I would like to note that we checked and double checked with our travel agency that water and snacks were included on this all day journey. When I asked if I could have some, they said they didn't have any. (Its around 1:30 at this point). They then take us to the town near by and drop us off at an expensive restaurant for lunch, which was not included. Anyways, we are all students and volunteers so we didn't really want to spend too much so we ended up walking to another store where I got some water (it tasted soo good guys). When we finally met up with our guide we asked if snacks and water were included like it said in the brochure, and they said no. All of us were confused and feeling a little frustrated because we had checked to make sure so we knew what to bring and what would be included. However, the people who had taken us were contracted out from our travel agency so we knew it wasn't their fault. Still, we were a little sad that we were told differently.<br />
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We then went back to the take off site because there were still 3 more people that had to go. The wind was craaaazy so we ended up sitting there until 5:00 (it gets dark at 6). They ended up flying even though the wind conditions were crazy, and I was soo grateful that I went earlier. We were just happy that everyone was able to go, even if we sat allll day. We ended up getting home at like 7:15. Brigham was on the phone about to call the travel agency because he was worried, so he was very happy that I was home safe, even if I had a disgusting stain all over my shirt (the same shirt I had worn for 7 hours after I threw up).<br />
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All in all, I was glad I had the experience, but I do wish that we went through another travel agency and that we went with a smaller group. Also, if you have motion sickness, think twice before going paragliding :)Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-29152661920080559002013-05-21T18:36:00.000-07:002013-05-21T18:37:13.758-07:00Typical day in CuscoBrig and I are LOVING our time here in Cusco!!! There we so many things to blog about but I'll just pick a few.<br>
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So our typical schedule is wake up at 7:00, which is surprisingly easy here since it gets light at 5:30, and eat breakfast (fruit salad, bread, cereal, yogurt, and some type of fruit smoothie...we are spoiled). We then get ready for placement at the clinic and leave by 8:20 to be at our clinic by 8:30.<br>
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Our clinic usually looks like this every morning as people wait to be seen by the doctor.<br><br>
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I've spent 2weeks in pediatrics and I am currently in my second week in the medical unit. I've done a lot of throat checks where I use a Popsicle stick and, yes, my iPhone flashlight, to check sore throats (one was so bad it was pus filled-yuck!) I also check their lungs to see if there is fluid or phlegm. If they are little kids I always give them cute stickers and then they start smiling at me instead of looking at me in fear. <div><br></div><div>One kid had positive results for roundworm, and when I looked surprised, the head doctor told me that 90 out of 100 kids get them (CRaZy)!</div><div><br></div><div>I've also witnessed patients with kidney stones, bladder infections, high fevers, and wild dog bites.</div><div><br></div><div>I love learning and feeling like I am useful here! All the doctors, nurses, and medical assistants are so helpful and love teaching us about the Peruvian medical system! </div><div><br></div><div>However, the medical paper work here is crazy! It takes at least 10 minutes to fill out all the paper work for each patient, and there are only a couple of computers so everything is hand written. Each month they check and double check all the charts and records of the patients, and also make copies for the government.... It takes a lot of time.</div><div><br></div><div>We stay at the clinic until 12:00 unless there are no more patients, then we can leave a little earlier. </div><div><br></div><div>We then go home and eat our delicious lunch and I. The afternoon we usually go out and explore or hang out in the plazas. Brig will also work on his medical application (he turns it in soon!) while I teach Zumba to the girls in the house. </div><div><br></div><div>Dinner is a seven, and we usually will start a movie but never finish it before we go to bed at like 10:30.</div><div><br></div><div>Other awesome things we have done are </div><div><br></div><div>$10 dollar,1 hour massages</div><div><br></div><div>Truffle making class at the chocolate museum ( it was just me and a couple of girls that live with us)</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGghMol4Ukax0x9WAT2Gq53jOl2P6nVQqj2_t0rVeVExf3c4jvuTw2m00T1bGyctwUhKLhLvpcHv8q-4nqDSPZz5NrI28wGDZRbweSh6IE_29nd3xbDJXGamcm84oZhreL8YzB9zuwYtXP/s640/blogger-image-447846333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGghMol4Ukax0x9WAT2Gq53jOl2P6nVQqj2_t0rVeVExf3c4jvuTw2m00T1bGyctwUhKLhLvpcHv8q-4nqDSPZz5NrI28wGDZRbweSh6IE_29nd3xbDJXGamcm84oZhreL8YzB9zuwYtXP/s640/blogger-image-447846333.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGghMol4Ukax0x9WAT2Gq53jOl2P6nVQqj2_t0rVeVExf3c4jvuTw2m00T1bGyctwUhKLhLvpcHv8q-4nqDSPZz5NrI28wGDZRbweSh6IE_29nd3xbDJXGamcm84oZhreL8YzB9zuwYtXP/s640/blogger-image-447846333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-vNXNCg0qfmmVyZMNsKzsJDtipVQU-McQ7sqs5emBF9Igsrw6b8jmXbztnkJoUjaN9k1IQZKDi4zkYDeyeDAGIVcHQSsCZxVgQ-DyekTLEqX-2botgbQW1ahHYusYQQ_fML7lasmjHOY/s640/blogger-image-1602457124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-vNXNCg0qfmmVyZMNsKzsJDtipVQU-McQ7sqs5emBF9Igsrw6b8jmXbztnkJoUjaN9k1IQZKDi4zkYDeyeDAGIVcHQSsCZxVgQ-DyekTLEqX-2botgbQW1ahHYusYQQ_fML7lasmjHOY/s640/blogger-image-1602457124.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-vNXNCg0qfmmVyZMNsKzsJDtipVQU-McQ7sqs5emBF9Igsrw6b8jmXbztnkJoUjaN9k1IQZKDi4zkYDeyeDAGIVcHQSsCZxVgQ-DyekTLEqX-2botgbQW1ahHYusYQQ_fML7lasmjHOY/s640/blogger-image-1602457124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3xstRSOwEUvCIiVGvt4ROyBe4Br3_h14L86lobc91dcmXZuR-N5Cg37uDNdOVtnqLvfFIS1XblBROkshU9aXvqN5y1-gYItNIx3nKzxxiQI3lK6MxxPQkL2AyVFr0z3ys-XpDpRB1cnF/s640/blogger-image-18006433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3xstRSOwEUvCIiVGvt4ROyBe4Br3_h14L86lobc91dcmXZuR-N5Cg37uDNdOVtnqLvfFIS1XblBROkshU9aXvqN5y1-gYItNIx3nKzxxiQI3lK6MxxPQkL2AyVFr0z3ys-XpDpRB1cnF/s640/blogger-image-18006433.jpg"></a></div></div></div>Final product!!!! They taste soo goooood! 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Out of our 4 flights to get to Peru, the one from Lima to Cusco was by FAR the best. I enjoyed breathtaking views of the Andes while eating my own little (FREE) snack pack filled with Peruvian cookies and crackers. </div>
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Here are some of the sweet views from the window</div>
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Due to its high elevation, we had to nose dive over a mountain and bank left to fly into the city and land, it made for amazing views, like the one above. </div>
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This city is BEAUTIFUL. Surrounded by mountains, houses fill every space possible. Here are some of our favorite pictures. </div>
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We also love our new home!! We live in a volunteer house with 12 girls and 4 boys (it was going to be 15 girls and just Brigham, but thank goodness they switched it around so he has some buddies!) We have meals made for us everyday and they are delicious! The people in charge of the house also clean our rooms everyday... we are so spoiled!<br />
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We also love our placement as well!!! We work at a clinic up a big hill called Picchu Rinconada. Its a big blue house and has a couple of different offices, including a lab (for testing), orthodontist, OB, pediatrics, and family practice.<br />
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I took some pictures of the pediatrics room! It is tiny, notice the scale in both pictures. Also, try to imagine 8 adults (or more) and 2-3 babies at a time in the room, its always super crowded! Also, there are no doctors, its always nurses and assistants that examen the patients, hand out multi nutrients or order labs to take place.<br />
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This past weekend we hiked up to Cristo blanco (direct translation= White Jesus), a big statue that looks out over the city. It was a sweet hike that passed ancient Incan ruins (a really cool military fortress at the top of the hill to help protect the city). <br />
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We ended up rock climbing, crawling on hands and knees, and squeezing through the many holes and crevasses.... it was seriously amazing</div>
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We had so much fun with our group (All of them live in the same house with us :))</div>
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Well, we LOVE this city and cannot wait to explore it even further! We feel so blessed to be here and are learning so much from our medical placement and from the Peruvian people. It has been an awesome week :)</div>
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We were able to to go on such an incredible adventure because my sweet and genius husband Brigham was able to present his Alzheimer's research at the Experimental Biology conference! He is also an official member of the American Association of Anatomists. We were so lucky to go with his lab and Dr. Wisco, who is the professor leading all the research. It was wonderful to listen and learn more about the efforts to tackle Alzheimer's disease, especially because it hits so close to home. (My grandpa had Alzheimer's for 12 years before he passed away).<br />
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We loved the feel of a smaller stadium. It felt so intimate and it was so awesome to be in a place where everyone was so united, especially after the bombings. I even got to take home one of these posters!</div>
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We also were able to go on the Freedom Trail! We ended up just going to see a couple of the sights and did the tour on our own. We LOVED seeing all of our nations history--here are some of our favorite pictures.</div>
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One of our favorite spots was this old cemetery. We loved the blooming trees above the old headstones. However, we unfortunately could not find my ancestor's grave (he is buried somewhere in Boston) since everything is so worn away. </div>
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The victims of the Boston Massacre and major Revolutionaries such as Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock are buried here. </div>
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Harvard Yard was also on our list of go-see's! We ended up sitting in a building and saw all the students going to class. Brigham noticed that EVERYONE had a backpack on.... a very heavy backpack. </div>
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We also ended up going to this delicious chocolate store (thank you Ginnie!) called L.A. Burdick. As we sat and enjoyed our delicious hot chocolate (tastes just like the chocolate shots at Cucina Toscana) while sitting by two Harvard professors grading papers, it was a cool place.<br />
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One of the coolest and saddest things in Boston was the aftermath of the bombings. For most of our trip Copley Square was completely shut down, including the subway stop. We ended up having to go around it a lot because our hotel is 2 blocks away, but we didn't mind, and neither did anyone else. Here is the first memorial by trinity church. </div>
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On the day we flew out, Copley square re-opened and so we decided that we would go see it and the new memorial before we left.<br />
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As we walked around we were able to go inside Trinity and Old South Church. I was in heaven because it brought me back to my Spain days where we saw every cathedral in every town. </div>
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Trinity Church was only open for prayers and meditation. As we sat there in the beautiful building you could definitely feel all the love and support for those hurt in the bombings.</div>
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We had such an amazing trip!!! We feel so blessed that we were still able to go to Boston after everything that happened. </div>
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We are currently in Cusco, Peru and are soooo excited to begin our Volunteer Program Monday! Ill post more later :)</div>
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Anatomy Academy is a 7 week program that teaches 5th and 6th graders all about their anatomy, physiology and nutrition. Each week we taught a certain area in the body--for example one week we taught all about the heart, including taking our pulse before and after physical activity. All the kids love it when we come because we pretty much do fun activities that promote being healthy... and they also get no homework. </div>
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The program also conducts research aimed at fighting the childhood obesity epidemic, a HUGE problem in our country today. </div>
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Here is a video they made after the program began in LA last year!</div>
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For our program, we went to Freedom Academy, a charter school in Provo. Brigham (sorry for the major brag session ahead) is the head coordinator for the school, meaning he was over all 6 classes which have around 25 kids each, as well as all the 60 mentors (those are the BYU and UVU students that teach the kids). He did an amazing job :) The principal was even asking him to speak to all the students at an assembly. </div>
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I was in a 6th grade classroom and my mentor partner was none other than Isabel!!!!! (Isabel and I were on study abroad together in Spain :))</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My whole life, my parents have shown and taught my siblings and I the importance of family! I remember many long road trips going to weddings, holidays, reunions, and family visits. I cherish those memories playing with my cousins, having my Grandpa chase us down the hall saying "flat footed flat feet", eating delicious homemade treats, and playing at the cabin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I also admire how close my parents are with their siblings! My mom is always chatting with her sisters or brothers, and my Dad just went on the 'annual' trip with all his siblings! I love how they are always there to support one another, no matter what. I hope that when my siblings and I are older and have our own individual families, we can be that close as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyways, this past Friday night we had a CRANDALL COUSIN PARTY! There are so many of us in the Provo/SLC area going to school or almost out that I decided to throw a party so we could all catch up before everyone leaves!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am so glad we were all able to catch up before: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Melanie and Nick go to Creighton for Medical School and become parents!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> Here are all the 'Crandall' girls :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks so much for coming guys!! I loved talking about cooking blogs, hemoglobin, needles (sorry Nate!), and our future adventures! </span><br />
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<br />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-83182420412867937692013-03-06T18:29:00.001-08:002013-03-06T18:36:41.987-08:00The Good Life<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can I just say that coming home and having NO homework, tests, or school stress is SOOOO NICE!!! People always say that once your out of school, you will miss the days of being a student.... well I don't--at least not yet. It has been sooo nice to go to work and then come home and relax, maybe cook a good dinner, settle down with a good book, or (lets be honest) watch another episode of some silly addictive TV show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now I am working two part time jobs. The first is the same job I have had for the past 2 1/2 years as a physical therapy technician. I treat patients (ultrasound, E-STEM, etc) before they see the therapists and I love being able to interact with all the patients! One great thing about therapy is that you get to see the same people 3x a week instead of 2x a year, so you get to build stronger relationships with everyone that comes in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My other job is at a flower shop!! Click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/FLOWERBASKETBOUTIQUE" target="_blank">here</a> to know more :)</span><br />
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Brigham and I had a wonderful Valentines Day! After picking me up from working all day at the flower shop,<span style="background-color: white;"> we went to a yummy Indian restaurant in Orem. For some reason the decorum of little India reminded me of what Madam Puddifoots tea shop would look like in the Harry Potter novels (the shop in Hogsmeade where all the couples went, you know with stuffy, paired off tables etc?). I thought it was pretty sweet not only because I LOVE Harry Potter but also because it was perfect for V-day... The tiny restaurant was full of couples.... Except for the nice man eating by himself right next to us :( Brig thought he got stood up :(:( How much would that suck on Valentines day? After dinner we headed over to go to the movies! We were gonna see Safe Haven but of course it was all sold out so we saw Beautiful Creatures instead (it was surprisingly witty), and of course we had to stop by sweet tooth fairy beforehand so we could sneak in yummy cupcakes into the theater! That place is ADDICTING.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">When my family was here we skied at Deer Valley on Saturday and it was beautiful!! Of course, my dad had his annual ski race and without my cousin Brian or Jeff there to beat him, he won. However, Brigham has become as good as me in skiing and he has been like not even 10 times (our kids will be experts!). Thank you BYU ski class. </span></span><br />
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We also took my younger sister Becca and her best friend Glenna on tour of BYU! The weekend after they came they got their ACCEPTANCE LETTERS!!! WOOOOO HOOOOO!!! I am so excited to have my lil sis here with me in Provo!!! I know she is gonna love it :)</span><br />
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548766472158955389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-46407144645303957252013-01-23T14:54:00.001-08:002013-01-23T14:54:48.419-08:00Hello All!!!<br />
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Well, guess what? I am returning to the blogger sphere! I know its been like a year and a half since I've blogged so hopefully I can keep it up on a regular basis. I feel like the next step would be to do a wedding post.... and I will once I get my wedding video... yes, I realize its been over a year and yes I still dont have it (mini freak out session). However, my videographer has assured me its still coming (please cross your fingers with me!!). He is doing it for free :).<br />
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Anyways, most of the people who read this blog know I just graduated (WOOOOO HOOOOOO)!!! Let me tell you, it feeeels good!!! I love not having homework, and I love having a college degree under my belt. However, im definitely in a transition phase and its a little odd to just preoccupy myself with organizing and re organizing every room and closet in our apartment. I am on the lookout for jobs and and currently still subbing at my old one.<br />
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And then I am getting ready and doing all the paperwork for Brigham and I to go to PERU!!! Thats right :) We will be travelling to the beautiful city of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco"> Cusco</a>. We leave at the end of April and come back at the end of June. We will be volunteering in medical areas of need---mostly hospitals that need people to take vitals, help move patients and translate for others. I cant even begin to express my excitement to go!!! I have always wanted to go to South America and do humanitarian work. And to be able to speak spanish for two months straight??? STOKED. Im also a little anxious because we dont really know what to expect, but we are so excited to go on this adventure together!!<br />
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<br />Rachel Barzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805951772918038134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-89416561051308343462011-07-31T17:24:00.000-07:002011-07-31T17:24:17.858-07:00The Proposal StoryGuess what?!?!?! I'M ENGAGED!!!!!!! To Brigham Matthew Barzee..... that's right--my name is gonna be Rachel Barzee. Brigham and I met our freshman year in our single's ward, where we dated for 3 months. He then left on his mission to Korea, and when he got back this past December, we started dating again in January..... and now were getting married!!!<br />
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Im sure whoever is reading this blog post would like to know how he proposed, so here is the story:<br />
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We were in Newport Beach on vacation with my family when after five days of being there Brigham asks me to go to dinner 'just us'....... of course i get a little suspicious despite his constant efforts to reassure me he didn't have the ring, therefore he couldn't propose... Well we go to dinner at <i>Andrea</i>, the best restaurant in all of Newport, where we giggled eating expensive Italian cuisine. The restaurant is, of course, on a hillside overlooking the ocean and after we ate dessert we watched the sun set over the dark blue water--super romantic right?<br />
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Then we parked and walked down to the beach where we set out a couple towels and laid down on the sand to look at the stars. Brigham gets out his camera to take some pictures (by this time it was really dark so sorry you cant see too much) while conveniently setting up the camera to record the whole scene without me noticing.<br />
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As we were looking at the stars he turns on Pandora, which just happened to play" Say, All We Need"by OneRepublic-- a song we always listened to together freshman year. It was perfect. Then, using Brigham exact words, " I remember us laying there and talking about getting married. And I asked her if she wanted to get engaged tonight and she smiled and said yes, and i smiled and said "me too"... then Brig said this calls for some dancing, whipping out his playlist he prepared of songs we listened to while dating.... first up was Dancin in the Moonlight by Toploader.... So there we were two people in love fast dancing to this song as the waves crashed over our feet. In the moonlight:)<br />
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The song ends and just before the next one comes on he says "Rachel, you mean everything to me".... and right after Michael Bublé chime in "you're a falling star, you're the getaway car, you're the line in the sand when I go to far." Again, it was perfection because he would always sing this song to me when we first started dating almost three years ago. Well after that we slow danced to some more songs, and then he says "You want to know what I really want right now" and of course Im like yes, expecting him to say "you".... nope the little trickster said "I really wish I had your engagement ring right now.......... but this will have to do" and he pulls out a temporary ring with my centerstone in it. (The setting is on its way and should be here in less than a week). He then got on one knee, gave a speech that I'm not allowed to repeat, but basically says how much he loves me, and proposes! We both were emotional (even though Brigham refuses to acknowledge his tears) as we hugged each other. We ran and played in the waves for a couple more minutes (maybe kissing along the way) and then went back to tell my family the news.<br />
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Im so happy to have met the love of my life and im so excited to marry my best friend:)<br />
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That Thursday night Brig, Becca and I got all dressed up (in my new hp glasses and cloak from the fam:)) to go see the midnight showing.... The lesser Harry Potter fans went the next night, bringing Becca and I for a second viewing (which i was happy with beeause it was that good)... anyways here are some of our sweet costumes.<br />
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I have the BEST father in the world:) Words cannot describe all of the wonderful things he has done for me, the wonderful life that he has made possible for me to live. In one of my classes we learned that a father's divine nature is to protect, provide, and preside over his family--my dad shows all of these qualities to perfection.... here are only a few examples<br />
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Some of my dad's favorite stories are about how he has scared off some of my dates.... including the time he answered the door saying "What the hell do you want??" or the time where he polished his shot gun lecturing my date to behave himself.....<br />
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but he does so much more than scaring off my dates..... he has protected me from making wrong dicisions by advising me using his knowledge and wisdom. He has protected me by teaching me the way to be my best self, to be not only a good person, but someone who aspires to their full potential. He has taught me to strongly dislike country music :)<br />
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I cannot think of anyone else who works as hard as my dad..... and why does he work so hard? as he would say, "nothing is more important than family". He has protected me by showing me the most fulfilling way to live and value life--by making sure I work hard so I too can have the joy of having a wonderful family of my own someday.<br />
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Like I said above, my dad is a VERY hard worker. He values education to the utmost, and again the reason is not solely to obtain knowledge, but to be able to provide for a family. One of the things i love most about my father is that he not only provides for my family, but for those he loves in his community. If he see's someone struggling, he is always willing to help in anyway he can. He provides for those around him. I am proud to say he is a democrat willing to be taxed above others because he believes in the programs that promise to help those in need. <br />
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My dad is so full of charity. He has so many qualities of the Christ-like love that I can only aspire to obtain. I am so GRATEFUL for the wonderful blessing he has been in my life. For the protection, provision and Patriarch that he is. I am so lucky to be able to say he is my father. I love him with all my heart :)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Happy Father's Day DADDY:) I love you so much. Rachel Barzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805951772918038134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-89578085389131382212011-06-07T19:30:00.000-07:002011-06-07T20:21:37.324-07:00Things to be grateful for.....<div style="text-align: center;">Sunny Days</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nature</div><div style="text-align: center;">Great Friends:)</div><div style="text-align: center;">FAMILY</div><div style="text-align: center;">Callings (I get to pick the hymns in church and I absolutely LOVE it)</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Temple</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Human Body</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">classes that I actually enjoy studying for</div><div style="text-align: center;">Brigham Matthew Barzee <br />
Warm summer nights</div><div style="text-align: center;">BYU </div><div style="text-align: center;">Yummy food</div><div style="text-align: center;">art</div><div style="text-align: center;">my community<br />
roomies </div><div style="text-align: center;">people who share their talents for all to enjoy</div><div style="text-align: center;">a comfy place to sleep</div><div style="text-align: center;">good health</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the Gospel</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">music:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>anyone who is reading this blog</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Im so lucky for all the wonderful people that I have in my life. Ive realized that i should show more appriciation to those that make my life so great.... SO THANK YOU!! Im so blessed with my wonderful family, friends, and especially the gospel :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BECCA BOO</div><div style="text-align: center;">DADDY.... "the most important man in my life:)"</div></div>Rachel Barzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805951772918038134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-46281167404310747902011-06-04T01:05:00.000-07:002011-06-04T01:06:17.748-07:00The Cabin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWDt7rJGSSF5pjr1HX_qCj-icp-vLYjDu-976McV2OCQZN8L_PV1s2EZfgR4GH7Q8J4rSIoNDvjP4IIhB87N-f5o6U5lXJ-Ty2m4njx5DIYWgX650SfHQe5pXfaF_HvqnGB96nnCPTAs/s1600/IMG_3410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWDt7rJGSSF5pjr1HX_qCj-icp-vLYjDu-976McV2OCQZN8L_PV1s2EZfgR4GH7Q8J4rSIoNDvjP4IIhB87N-f5o6U5lXJ-Ty2m4njx5DIYWgX650SfHQe5pXfaF_HvqnGB96nnCPTAs/s320/IMG_3410.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
This is the Crandall Cabin...... aka one of my favorite places on earth. Some of my fondest memories of growing up were in this old, rickety, 70's style home. Whether it was playing cops and robbers with my cousins or fishing at connie's pond, I knew that at the cabin we would always be having fun.<br />
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Luckily for me, i got to go there this past weekend!!! Brigham, my bf and bff, had never been to Yellowstone which is only a 45 minute drive from Teton Valley (where the cabin is) so off we went to show off the beautiful nature around us. It was a beautiful day despite all the snow that was still on the ground as we packed all 6 of us in a 5 person car (this becomes important later).... As we drove from site to site, Brigham and I in the trunk, we captured some pretty sweet pictures of the nature and wildlife around us.... Here are just a few.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So as were driving back from the park, my dad (being the wonderful, but aggresive driver that he is) was accidently going over the speed limit... and of course he gets pulled over. Remember that we had six people with only 5 seatbelts? ya bad news bears.. (Shannon I hope your reading this). So in the meantime while the cop is turning around I leapt over the back seat from the trunk and in a matter of seconds Im buckled up like nothing was ever wrong. We debated if we should try and cover Brigham up with all of our jackets, but deciding that doing so would only be worse, he just pretended to be sleeping in the trunk. Of course the cop got a gooood look at him while he came up to our window. Later he commented, "well he's clearly passed out" like its completely legal to have someone sleeping in the trunk. Luckily we got off with a warning, even though my dad was going over 15 more than the speed limit. Turns out these two were the best cops ever. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later that weekend we had some fun paint balling out in the woods of our cabin... Whit and I took on the boys, but sadly we lost--as you can see Brigham had the best record of hitting his targets. We were fortunate to use the 80's snowmobiling suits at the cabin for padding. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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We had a map, I promise.<br />
The reading of the map proved more difficult than we'd anticipated.<br />
After wandering in a forest (aka, large city park) for what seemed like HOURS, we determined we needed to be on the other side of the six-laned freeway.<br />
That would be when we noticed the massive tower with the sign saying "Museo de America" on it. We're brilliant, and blind, apparently.<br />
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After having spent 45 minutes of wandering in circles we arrive at the museum.<br />
We then decide to practice our international espionage skills, because somehow we've managed to arrive at the exact moment as our professor and her parents - talk about weird timing, seriously, of all the museums they could've gone to today, they had to pick this one?<br />
We dodge them for a bit, and finally realize it's hopeless and give in and say hi. Despite Rachel's fabulous Charlie's Angels sneaking skills.<br />
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We then head over to the famous National Library, full of old, old books in display cases.<br />
Rachel about dies of excitement when she FINALLY sees the old, old Darwin book on evolution that she was SO hoping to see, and just as she lifts the camera...<br />
The security guard comes over and tells us NO PICTURES.<br />
We try to use the espionage skills to come back and take one anyway, but he's following us around. Laaaaame.<br />
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So then we're starving.<br />
And what restaurant do we happen upon, but the Cafe Gijon!!! (Only the most awesome cafe in Madrid, where intellectuals, artists, writers, poets, etc have been eating lunch for the past 100 years.)<br />
We're a bit underdressed, but we go in anyway.<br />
We can't understand the waiter's accent, the food was all seafood stuff, and they didn't have Fanta. But it was SO COOL! We felt intellectual. And famous.<br />
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On our way back to the Metro, we see a massive, impressive building. We try to go in, but the police officer outside informs us it's closed. I think if we'd taken another step he was ready to tackle us.<br />
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We find a street stand and buy ridiculous numbers of postcards for our scrapbooks, meet a couple from Colorado, walk through a creepy tunnel to get to the Metro, and fall asleep on the train home.<br />
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Oh you know, just another day in Spain... :D<br />
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<b>FUE ESCRITO POR JENNIFER PARKS :)</b>Rachel Barzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805951772918038134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-54292469873899705652010-10-25T14:30:00.000-07:002010-10-25T14:35:20.237-07:00Basque CountrySo a week ago seven of us went to the AC Milan vs Real Madríd fútbol game!! It was incredible for these reasons!!<br />
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1. WE WON!! Madríd won 2-0<br />
2. Both goals, scored right after one another, were scored on the side we were sitting on<br />
3. I went with the best group ever:)<br />
4. We totally participated in some mob action with some Italians before the game (police had to hold us back with shields because we were so hard core).<br />
5. Christian Ronaldo<br />
6. Christian Ronaldo with his shirt off. enough said.<br />
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Here are some pictures from the game <br />
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After the game on Tuesday night, we left the next morning for Santander, Bilbao, France, and San Sebastian.<br />
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Instead of going to every cathedral, museum and convent, we decided to hang out and play on the BEAUTIFUL beaches :)<br />
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The Basque Country in Spain is seriously one of the most beautiful places on earth. The countryside with its lush, green hilltops and its stone fences along the coastline was so amazingly beautiful. We had the opportunity to go to France since we were so close to the border, which was so much fun! Except for the fact that NONE of us speak any french.... and not very many people knew english or spanish.... so that was an adventure, but very very entertaining nonetheless.Rachel Barzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805951772918038134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-46231412334173360852010-10-17T13:44:00.000-07:002010-10-17T13:44:48.318-07:00El Día de HispanidadThis past Tuesday was one of the biggest holidays in Spain--el Día de Hispanidad. Because Spaniards are awesome, they decided to take off work monday as well as tuesday so everyone could have a five day weekend.... meaning two days of school this week. score.<br />
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In Alcalá there was a huge, maravillosa Medivial Fair, which had about a billion tents selling the most amazing goods. Everyone dressed up like they were from the middle ages. I loved all the smells of leather, food, candles and herbs as we walked by all the streets full of little tents. The goods consisted of food (sooo delicious. I had about three crepes. the best was the one stuffed with melted chocolate and bananas.) jewelry, leather goods, artwork and carved stuff, etc. etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cure for all your problems: menopause, herpes.... anything you need.</td></tr>
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On Tuesday night the group (everyone minus McKay) went to a Corrida de Toros..... a bull fight. First off, I just want to say that no, I am against bull fights because they kill multiple bulls for sport. And that is wrong on numerous levels. However, there was a morbid fascination with the art of how its all done. But still, NOT okay. <br />
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</a></div>Primero, phase one: The torrero lures the bull with a cape. This shows how smart the bull is, as well as tells the torerro which side the bull favors.<br />
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</a></div>Second, the bad guy with the lance stabs the bull to weaken its neck muscles, making the bull lower its head. The horses have protection because without it, they would get gored to death. They are also blindfolded because if they knew when the bull was going to charge them, they would freak out (for good reason). Some of the old men at the stadium who have gone to bull fights their entire lives were yelling at the horsemen because they stabbed and shoved the lance in the bull way more than they were suppose to. This was the only good part--when the crowd was yelling "Brutos! y Booooo".<br />
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Then the torrero has 3 tries to put these poky stick this inside the hole that the lance created. This also helps injure the neck muscles so the poor bull cant lift its head and stab the torrero with his horns.<br />
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Third phase is when the torrero tries to stab the bull with his sword, aiming for the aorta and the heart so the bull bleeds to death and dies "quickly". Only two of the six bulls died this way. The others were stabbed a lot before they actually died :(.<br />
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In my opinion, its not ok to murder and torture 6 bulls in less than two hours for sport. Its wrong. However, I am not sorry I went. It was a cultural experience I will never forget.<br />
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Our group also went to Avila and Salamanca this weekend but it was pretty much the same thing as all the other trips: beautiful cathedrals, walls surrounding the city, etc. so if you want to see pictures go to facebook.Rachel Barzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805951772918038134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446149416122656960.post-87615782250551361662010-10-10T14:30:00.000-07:002010-10-10T14:30:29.212-07:00Valencia y ToledoOn Thrusday we drove to Valencia (after cutting our class a half hour short:)) and arrived at the Lladró factroy! For those of you who have know idea what lladró is, its a type of fancy porcelain... Well this was so exciting because our family owns a couple pieces! Every year for Christmas (for three years), my sisters and I would go pick out a little porcelain girl for my momma--representing each one of us. We always fight about which one we get to have when the lladró are passed on to us... so it was really cool to see how its all done! We were able to go through the whole line up (unfortunately, pictures are prohibited) and everything is done by hand. The employees are also artists who do work on their own, and are very skilled.<br />
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</a></div>After we went to a super fancy dinner to eat some delicious Paella! Paella came from Valencia, so of course the best paella comes from there.... as you can see<br />
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On Saturday, we went to Toledo. It was awesome, even though it was pouring rain the entire time. Toledo is the cutest little town, but due to all the "no fotos" rules i couldnt get too many pictures but here are a few.<br />
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