tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88178991712064170102024-03-05T06:45:31.107-05:00Time of my lifeAmy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-81394476344506776112012-02-02T14:43:00.000-05:002012-02-17T14:46:24.709-05:00Melanie's Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I realized that Melanie's birthday was over 6 months ago, but better late then never with posting birthday posts. We'll pretend it's for her 1/2 birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and in true Melanie fashion, a birthday would not be complete without a war movie of one kind or the other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and chocolates (which sadly some ants got into before she could enjoy them... very very sad)</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">We were a little premature in making her wear "The Hat." since her 'special' birthday isn't until next year, but don't worry...it will make another appearance then! (6 month's baby!)</span></div>Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-14349768279365390822012-01-03T14:37:00.000-05:002012-02-17T14:37:52.840-05:00Baby sister getting MARRIED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Sarah stayed with me for Christmas and brought her then boyfriend, Daniel with her. We all knew (or at least assumed) that the reason Daniel came with Sarah was to ask my dad permission to propose to Sarah. That assumption was confirmed when Daniel showed my roommates the ring... Notice I didn't get to see it. </div>
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My roommates told when they left for their various locations for Christmas that I HAD to be sure to get pictures of the proposal. I followed Sarah and Daniel around with my camera for days! waiting and waiting...</div>
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I also fielded several texts, emails and phone calls from various members of my family asking if it had happened yet...</div>
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Finally we decided to take matter into our own hands and arranged for my dad and Daniel to be alone, while Mom, Sarah and I went to try on clothes...</div>
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They talked and talked and talked...</div>
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Finally Dad came up and asked my mom "8 cows or 9." at which point Sarah turned red and giggle...</div>
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Sarah was already in her PJs so I made her change (cuz I was still following them around this my camera and I figured she didn't want this occasion to be memorialized with her in PJs. </div>
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We went downstairs and ..... waited.... waited and waited...</div>
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Apparently Sarah leaned over to Daniel and said "I think they are waiting on you." at which point he pretend like he was going to go to bed and stood up because of 'crmap' in his leg and finally pulled out the ring and proposed...</div>
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All that waiting and stalking with my camera paid off!</div>
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There was a lot of giggling going on... and it was not just Sarah. I guess having an audience with a camera while you're proposing can be disconcerting :)</div>
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This is my favorite picture of Sarah. She's so red and so cute. </div>
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<br />Congratulations Sarah! I'm SO happy for you!!!</div>
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</div>Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-40663196185500645212011-12-27T11:56:00.000-05:002012-02-17T14:38:18.145-05:00Luau<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The YSA had their annual Luau on July 9th and know what was the best part ever!? Valory and Julie were both visiting and were able to go with me.</div>
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Valory and Julie did some dancing...</div>
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Sittin' the dock of the bay...</div>
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I love spending time with Valory and Jules and other friends!Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-64460330975901726052011-12-26T11:14:00.000-05:002011-12-26T15:10:08.646-05:00Mount Vernon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My most wonderful college roommates came to visit. Being the tourists we are we went to Mount Vernon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z8hzI_noaPmd5ucnTAoBOgLT46yyn5QAqRbHZy3b9rTY-gPV0i-UpmPA02zHG-rMZt60De56wgWlAaW6UfWqpXt8ibIkHRJ3d87xd461_Ctpl9kb_HPe8Ssa8AANTUfVkvM3LoA12Cem/s1600/Luau+-+Mt+Vernon+-+Old+Town+174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Z8hzI_noaPmd5ucnTAoBOgLT46yyn5QAqRbHZy3b9rTY-gPV0i-UpmPA02zHG-rMZt60De56wgWlAaW6UfWqpXt8ibIkHRJ3d87xd461_Ctpl9kb_HPe8Ssa8AANTUfVkvM3LoA12Cem/s320/Luau+-+Mt+Vernon+-+Old+Town+174.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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Either due to the time of day (8::30 am) or the time of year (the Monday before the 4th of July) there wasn't a line in sight, but we pretended to wait anyway</div>
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A posed with the house...</div>
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we then wandered around the grounds...to the Potomac<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakorZ2c8hsw4VHiRuZvAn5Mue6wtdeCsscYC3DptWQsEW9QFgfQ0OCN1QOINwR-FiRZosx5zGQbHAXBRQ_-PW9o5MNz2tVKG6jElHc8FWAWfK26NbE94yQZb0WMNW0oY5YHoY0JFciMJB/s1600/Luau+-+Mt+Vernon+-+Old+Town+212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakorZ2c8hsw4VHiRuZvAn5Mue6wtdeCsscYC3DptWQsEW9QFgfQ0OCN1QOINwR-FiRZosx5zGQbHAXBRQ_-PW9o5MNz2tVKG6jElHc8FWAWfK26NbE94yQZb0WMNW0oY5YHoY0JFciMJB/s320/Luau+-+Mt+Vernon+-+Old+Town+212.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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It was good times for everyone!Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0Mt Vernon, NY, USA40.9125992 -73.837078640.8885997 -73.8765606 40.936598700000005 -73.797596599999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-52792361144149558972011-12-25T19:26:00.003-05:002011-12-25T19:28:39.395-05:00June - Sailing Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Annual RS Sailing Trip</div>
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We met great friends</div>
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we went crabbing</div>
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jumping off and swim around</div>
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SO much fun!</div>
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Sticking out the tongue helps you concentrate</div>
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a wet Amy</div>
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go Mel, go Mel!</div>
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All the girls - look my tongue is sticking out again...</div>
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Thank you Bishop Mason and friends for taking us out to play on the water!Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-56860384475520273322011-12-25T18:58:00.001-05:002011-12-25T18:58:04.095-05:00Photo RecapI'm a slacker. And in an attempt to set things right I'm going to several photo recaps of the events of the last almost 6 months since I posted last. Hope you enjoy them!Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-52564517816878752812011-07-25T11:58:00.001-04:002011-12-25T20:03:47.728-05:00Roommates, roommates, never been such devoted roommates...This summer my visitors came in twos :)<br />
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My college roomates Valory and Julie came to visit!<br />
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Valory came out for a conference for work and stayed some extra time to spend time with me. She was here for the 4th of July (as noted in previous posts) and then was joined by Julie (stateside for a few months from teaching English in Russia for the last few years.) on July 7th.<br />
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We had SO much fun together :). I miss those girls. I had forgotten how well we get a long and how much they bring out the silliness in me (dancing in the kitchen for example)<br />
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I had a great time playing tourist with them. A luau, visiting Mount Vernon, Old Town, etc. Posts to come.Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-19644888935423907522011-07-25T11:12:00.000-04:002011-07-25T11:12:08.557-04:00Photography ClassJess and I are taking a photography class through Fairfax Country rec center. The teacher's teaching style dosen't really match my learning style, but I'm still learning and taking pictures of things and in ways I wouldn't normally. <br />
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Here a few of my favorite shots from our Shutter Speed assignment we had over the Fourth of July weekend<br />
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The F/A-18 Hornet has been used by Navy & Marine pilots since 1983. <br />
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The F/A-18’s typical assignments include suppression of enemy air defense, fighter escort, reconnaissance, close air support, forward air control, and day & night strike missions. <br />
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It is a twin-engine aircraft.<br />
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The Hornet has a 20-mm gun mounted inside its nose & can carry up to 13,700 lbs of external ordnance. This ordnance tends to come in the form of 2 Sidewinders combined with other air-to-air or air-to-ground weapons depending on its mission.<br />
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There are 2 models of the F/A-18. The C model has just 1 seat for the pilot while the D model seats both a pilot and a WSO (weapons/sensor officer).<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This year is the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation! Given my love of military history I have to throw in a bit of the back story but I’ll try to make it brief.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In 1910, Glenn Curtiss approached the War and Navy Departments offering flight lessons to any officer for free. Aviation was still young enough that each manufacturer had very unique cockpit controls. For pilots to transition to a plane manufactured by a different company they would have to be completely retrained on the instrumentation. By training these officers on his controls, Curtiss made it necessary for the Navy to fly planes build by his company, Curtiss Aeroplane. (Brilliant businessman, right?) </div><br />
By December he had 3 army and 1 naval officer working with him. They began working on the first seaplane (1 that could land & take off on the water) & after dozens of designs, they flew their 1st model in January of 2011. In February, Curtiss flew the seaplane to tea aboard the Pennsylvania and landed in the water next to the ship’s mooring. This demonstration, and the return flight, encouraged the Navy and who took possession of their first 2 seaplanes that summer. <br />
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</div>Sorry, more information than you wanted to know but given this anniversary I was hoping for more naval aircraft demonstrations. Sadly, most of the naval aircraft were only on static display. There were however a few flights, including a Navy Heritage Flight of an F/A-18 Hornet and a F4U Corsair. <br />
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Bright & early on May 21st we set out for the Joint Service Open House & Air Show at Andrew’s Joint Service Base. It is still so odd to refer to it that way instead of as Andrews Air Force Base. Anyway, this was our 3rd year attending the event although you’ll remember we tried 4 years ago & it became the day we didn’t go to the air show. Emma, Awesome, Amy, & I (Mel) drove up to FedEx Field to catch a shuttle over to the base. <br />
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One of the great things about the event is that it combines static displays of aircraft, tanks, and even boats with aerial demonstrations of planes, parachutists, and helicopters. I’ll post some more about these later. <br />
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The opening ceremony involved a parachutist dropping with a 75 lb American flag.<br />
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While there, we ran into several friends including April & Maggie. They left fairly early to head to another activity but we were soon joined by Joe & Sundee. <br />
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After the Thunderbirds performed, we headed to the lines to board the buses back to FedEx and had to wait in line for quite a while. Aren’t we cute?<br />
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Becky and Sarah arrived late Sunday night.<br />
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Monday morning was day one of my birthday week celebration :)<br />
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We spent the morning paying dress-up Barbie with Becky as Barbie. She's taking some of my clothes that don't fit properly any more (Mel made me buy new clothes...)<br />
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After that fun adventure we headed down the DC for a quick tour of the Tidal Basin side monuments/memorials (Jefferson, FDR and George Mason)<br />
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By the Potomac on our way to the FDR memorial<br />
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I LOVE my sisters - They are very silly. I come by it honestly, just ask my folks.<br />
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Look for the continuing adventures of the Durtschi sisters in future posts...Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-7182063407549779312011-04-26T14:20:00.000-04:002011-04-26T14:20:18.053-04:00BridalsMy roommate Ellen got married a month ago (I know...a little slow in getting this post up :)). Mel graciously offered to do her hair. This necessitated practicing before the big day. We figured if Mel was going to go through all the trouble of doing Ellen's hair we should at least take some bridals.<br />
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The second go around. <br />
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There's a little bridge on the way to church we drive by weekly and I always thought it would be a nice place to take pictures so we headed there.<br />
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Ellen was honked at (apparenlty seeing a bride in all her appearal is exciting :P)Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-79151712191131722382011-01-01T11:52:00.003-05:002011-02-05T09:47:56.509-05:00Christmas in GAMy cute little sister flow out to visit me and we drove down GA to visit with my folks.<br />
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We had a great time.<br />
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David and Melissa had me for Christmas.<br />
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Their package was so well wrapped/tapped that I had to take my dad's pocket knife to it.<br />
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Snow! We almost had a white Christmas in GA. It snowed the day after.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas everyone!</div>Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-63886771037767206342010-12-20T22:39:00.000-05:002010-12-20T22:39:01.964-05:00Santa Claus is Coming to TownMy roommate and I were driving home from a friend's house Saturday night. When we turned off of 7 we saw an ambulance coming down the street followed by a fire marshal truck with their lights flashing (no siren though). Like a good, obedient drive I pulled off to the side and waited for them to pass... they stopped at the house just across from us. I looked at my roommate, she looked at me and said, "whats going on, should we be concerned?" And then who do you imagine stepped out the ambulance?... Yup! That's right! Santa Claus. One of the firemen got on his bullhorn and announced "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN." Kids came running out and 'Santa' handed out candy. Luckily I had my small camera with me.<br />
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You better watch out!<br />
You better not Cry!<br />
Better not pout!<br />
I'm telling you why!<br />
Santa Claus is coming to town!<br />
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And apparently he's upgraded from a sled to an ambulance.Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-43990756643046761872010-11-28T21:31:00.001-05:002010-11-28T21:34:22.798-05:00A Dragon known as Fluffy...My parents inherited an iguana. Found him abandoned in one of their rentals.<br />
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They couldn't find any one to be an iguana-sitter so they decided to bring Fluffy with them in his 'small' traveling cage (it was 3' by 2' by 2 or something like that)<br />
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They should have had a poster in their window that said <b>Have Iguana, Will Travel</b><br />
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Personally I think he's a pretty lizard. Very much like a mini-dragon. Not very friendly like. He's fine if you're only watching him...but get close he'll puff up and whip his tail.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mel's masters program alma mater - Norwich - has a group that gets together for a tour and discussion about the battle and to place flags.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again this year, like last, my parents were able to come with us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRG4BHCOpgMpYww37330otOq9b58igvL2M0JLO6wLe1p15zMy3SOkCbWfKohFsFrm2lGA3n28RzsWEJBejfwG6g2NkhgET1AiywSlXSWrbOrXikIjqMZvlDDd8vM0wou6azqnRCGjeNMi0/s1600/Remembrance+Day+2010+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRG4BHCOpgMpYww37330otOq9b58igvL2M0JLO6wLe1p15zMy3SOkCbWfKohFsFrm2lGA3n28RzsWEJBejfwG6g2NkhgET1AiywSlXSWrbOrXikIjqMZvlDDd8vM0wou6azqnRCGjeNMi0/s320/Remembrance+Day+2010+003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxUNrtl2jYG41Cm-rHD7vvEOsPnEDT0EWskf86PjaZv_6Zf2Qq9gsPoW8US52vOgANOIQ1lGQUdN9euKU9wOiRrLzNN568zCvNKnDkiX1lYrfnZyMGv_FShMqoXUhhm25DsDEbvJMcK1M/s1600/Remembrance+Day+2010+109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxUNrtl2jYG41Cm-rHD7vvEOsPnEDT0EWskf86PjaZv_6Zf2Qq9gsPoW8US52vOgANOIQ1lGQUdN9euKU9wOiRrLzNN568zCvNKnDkiX1lYrfnZyMGv_FShMqoXUhhm25DsDEbvJMcK1M/s320/Remembrance+Day+2010+109.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-37994421855143211392010-11-18T10:56:00.000-05:002010-11-18T10:56:47.607-05:00Europe Memory Lane - Ferry to Greece<div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of Jess' family is from Greece. We wanted to see Greece and had the excuse to visiting Jess' family to speed us a long the way. You can get to Greece by land and air, but really? If you're going to visit an island you really ought to take a ship.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9sZnZXHYaaMxckSxyZsAfsoxwSK8oiUQwTikCNd-Ov9CW8m63EkLwf32wwJ3t0S_ihrVP_0-llBQ9Re-Y6zvKx5ocuXntv3FmZezhlCX6wcba0kzaKf00DFyNPXqWp_q79eaDjG2LKtc/s1600/AJcabin.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9sZnZXHYaaMxckSxyZsAfsoxwSK8oiUQwTikCNd-Ov9CW8m63EkLwf32wwJ3t0S_ihrVP_0-llBQ9Re-Y6zvKx5ocuXntv3FmZezhlCX6wcba0kzaKf00DFyNPXqWp_q79eaDjG2LKtc/s320/AJcabin.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLP3l7Qa8vHirZyidYARbcDNEcCF31qF4r9PtsNT0_mexCGGdMPsykxAj4mjKM4msUYOR_-2zsvRIsukOnMChi9ZlQWFm6uo_2KaWg8cohhnd6HJJ2w4wqw8Oz6LlJl2aaGaUUfQpkS0L/s1600/A,+jlegs3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLP3l7Qa8vHirZyidYARbcDNEcCF31qF4r9PtsNT0_mexCGGdMPsykxAj4mjKM4msUYOR_-2zsvRIsukOnMChi9ZlQWFm6uo_2KaWg8cohhnd6HJJ2w4wqw8Oz6LlJl2aaGaUUfQpkS0L/s320/A,+jlegs3.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel15EfmoI8SO9xJIR4SUVP_cU3Vpuoq-piPrwDDH6F7VzzxhgUxIlgQhzfzGrDbdH2dpb3CYenjB3W_8lK7YrJE38rGnO-ApUbXxwCoSOYjItP1-uT17o9hwmUhGzFPPiQ6T_Jf45JOR7/s1600/A1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel15EfmoI8SO9xJIR4SUVP_cU3Vpuoq-piPrwDDH6F7VzzxhgUxIlgQhzfzGrDbdH2dpb3CYenjB3W_8lK7YrJE38rGnO-ApUbXxwCoSOYjItP1-uT17o9hwmUhGzFPPiQ6T_Jf45JOR7/s320/A1.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHbNoMJ5OteOoQ23Ps62jvNpZLrPu2g8sNHvgSpeRxqn2W0MrgCrG_Y3BX1LwmdgNnmhTwx0-It34Wf47RVnV4VFidNuv9vWBbjksutl1Lri8RTTmJc4UXAUa7Xa_675FUfFdh_mvqw3b/s1600/J1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHbNoMJ5OteOoQ23Ps62jvNpZLrPu2g8sNHvgSpeRxqn2W0MrgCrG_Y3BX1LwmdgNnmhTwx0-It34Wf47RVnV4VFidNuv9vWBbjksutl1Lri8RTTmJc4UXAUa7Xa_675FUfFdh_mvqw3b/s320/J1.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We pretended we were on a cruise. It was about a 23 hour ferry ride. They had a dining hall, bar/dance hall, pool, and etc on the ferry. Very much like a mini-cruise. I decided that I like being on a ship.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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There we had the opportunity to attend our 2<sup>nd</sup> <i><span style="font-style: italic;">1812 Overture </span></i>Concert put on by “Pershing’s Own” U.S. Army Band. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">This year they played a Disney Medley and the ever popular Armed Forces Medley where members/veterans of the various services stand as their service’s song is played. 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In true Mel and Amy fashion we had wonderful BBQ for Melanie's birthday. Yum yum.<br />
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Sundee made the most fun cupcakes brownies for Melanie's cake<br />
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We had a fantastic time. I think what everyone liked best was the balloons...<br />
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This is what happens when you put 10 or 15 20-something year olds in the same room and give them a bunch of balloons<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was an odd Fourth of July for me, being a Sunday and all and having commitments we didn't go into the city. Different from previous years, but I really enjoyed the firework show the put on by the school near West Falls Church metro. Getting out the parking garage was a little crazy, but we were just patient and played Go-Fish while we waited.</div>Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-33081073761718616472010-07-04T23:25:00.002-04:002010-08-16T10:37:52.910-04:00Reed's 30th Birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY REEDY!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Reed!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We celebrated Reed's brithday BBQ style! FUN!!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(someone else obviously had the camera at this point...Thanks for taking pictures Joe! I don't usually have my picture taken since I'm usually the one with the camera... Not sure how I feel about it...)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">There were several remarks about the number of candles....</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">See Reed's angery-fist-shaking face?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXGdg4eR3kPXoiiuPvBosLGVvE5Ca7RzXHYTQRsA6qB7_W0SCdkmQlqFUt56_yJHUMlSu9iQU3GcbxDWWxxZfR5NaY3QHw_HnLXbrIig2ZC0vHKMG06M5g0AZ58xuICKnkdvtk-WlXD-b/s1600/IMG_8820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXGdg4eR3kPXoiiuPvBosLGVvE5Ca7RzXHYTQRsA6qB7_W0SCdkmQlqFUt56_yJHUMlSu9iQU3GcbxDWWxxZfR5NaY3QHw_HnLXbrIig2ZC0vHKMG06M5g0AZ58xuICKnkdvtk-WlXD-b/s400/IMG_8820.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">There were so many candles that Reed had a hard time blowing them all out...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I wonder if my renter's insurance covers fire?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWqKBY5-JOB8Cvvwnjdw7KBpOJVF_jeSrPSQsJ4IDWcM2yY-H-sGWKW76qiOUZYRIgRv87qXuSMXMBFMmKECrfphMfrZ-C9RXZnch8qI9MhKW67C83ULPZcDpNr_3pB6agJ9hezkDG1FI/s1600/IMG_8819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWqKBY5-JOB8Cvvwnjdw7KBpOJVF_jeSrPSQsJ4IDWcM2yY-H-sGWKW76qiOUZYRIgRv87qXuSMXMBFMmKECrfphMfrZ-C9RXZnch8qI9MhKW67C83ULPZcDpNr_3pB6agJ9hezkDG1FI/s200/IMG_8819.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi7zB0Hzd_1682gubDPgBEn9PSz4DKI0UhDTlaRpFSnIMJsPJvpUMW_JB-SulfRV3MZPUijzcLe9eNnIckVE6aJamUFQSNZC_Xiowy1RzowDkqFfq3hyKo6zcTMjRfHQa_-lCPTiWhoAk/s1600/IMG_8821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi7zB0Hzd_1682gubDPgBEn9PSz4DKI0UhDTlaRpFSnIMJsPJvpUMW_JB-SulfRV3MZPUijzcLe9eNnIckVE6aJamUFQSNZC_Xiowy1RzowDkqFfq3hyKo6zcTMjRfHQa_-lCPTiWhoAk/s320/IMG_8821.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDxaQ_yb3KBOYBP1fgPJeEyH0yy2qTSYylQgarZtX0b1ns0860v4GVwk16QDUjpZPMVvV1vcj4VZt_GHc-HGCm9Ca5k8b0WloJZ3OTU4d0B1tRET3TgQybSLI9SRQSGbj1PB7LB9iQGfZ/s1600/IMG_8822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDxaQ_yb3KBOYBP1fgPJeEyH0yy2qTSYylQgarZtX0b1ns0860v4GVwk16QDUjpZPMVvV1vcj4VZt_GHc-HGCm9Ca5k8b0WloJZ3OTU4d0B1tRET3TgQybSLI9SRQSGbj1PB7LB9iQGfZ/s320/IMG_8822.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We LOVE you REED!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Yug91EGQqzzSPMce71zBEr_JDmcJtA7cuQ-MRcOJGYJIRrKoelqFeCAWOm6XhYYi9CM5_mqCacYUz4aYiywQ83-m7FdkFdl17qadnVY2-Wqc0cgm6MUP5JNMtfjy4UorYICtyIqbTWtJ/s1600/IMG_8835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Yug91EGQqzzSPMce71zBEr_JDmcJtA7cuQ-MRcOJGYJIRrKoelqFeCAWOm6XhYYi9CM5_mqCacYUz4aYiywQ83-m7FdkFdl17qadnVY2-Wqc0cgm6MUP5JNMtfjy4UorYICtyIqbTWtJ/s320/IMG_8835.JPG" /></a></div>Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817899171206417010.post-34597908357926086632010-06-26T20:02:00.000-04:002010-06-26T20:02:59.216-04:00Birthday Wishes!This posted is dedicated to my good friend Julianne Lindgren aka Jules who celebrates her 20 something birthday today (if you want to know how old she is, ask her:))<br />
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I've known Jules for over 13 years (crazy but true). We met out Junior year of high school. It was destined that we were to be friends!<br />
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She rocks! And here are some of the things I love about her!<br />
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She's crazy :)<br />
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A great writer with a vivid imagination - nothing I like better then when she writes me stories. When she finally gets around to writing her book and is a world famous author, I can say I knew her when and I have some of her early original works.<br />
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She makes me laugh, smile and cry all within a conversation.<br />
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She loves BYU football, like me :)<br />
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To get all sentimental...she was my friend when very few were. <br />
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I LOVE JULES!!!<br />
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Happy Birthday BUDDY!<br />
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(I used to have some really awesome pictures of Jules, but since my computer was stolen in January I don't have any anymore...sadness I know...But look at this<a href="http://julesinkeywest.blogspot.com/"> link</a> too learn about the awesomeness that is Jules)Amy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049821847429997899noreply@blogger.com1