Tucker Family Blog

1.16.12

2012-01-16T09:30:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday Monet started a Fairy Tale Ballet class. She was so thrilled with all the new ballet clothes I bought her, she could hardly stand it!

The theme is The Little Mermaid, so they got to put on costumes and dance to the music. She did really well, following along and dancing. She was really cute.

And then she had to take off the costume and had a meltdown!

1.10.12

2012-01-10T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hayley Anderson took some really cute photos of Monet last month. Here are a few of my favorites.

12.29.11

2011-12-29T09:44:00.000-08:00

Yesterday at about 1:00, I was cleaning my house, feeling like I was going crazy. So I threw on our ski stuff, called Riley and Chloe and raced up to Sundance. I'm so glad I did, because it was so fun and so warm.

Monet had on her new ski outfit. She was decked out from head to long johns.

Grant, Becky and Larry came up to watch Monet.

How cute are these two.

Monet had a blast. Riley was flying down the hill with her, he was even catching air on some jumps. Monet loved it, she kept yelling, "faster!" I'm so grateful for a brother, who I 100 % trust racing down the hill with my precious cargo! People kept saying, "look at that kid with that baby!!"

Super fun, happy day, finished with tortilla soup and cookies in the deli.

12.28.11

2011-12-28T08:45:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning.

Monet went right to Santa's cookies and milk.

Then she spotted her high chair and cradle.

Grandpa and nana gave Monet a Disneyland castle and she could hardly wait to open it.

More than the presents Monet was in love with playing with Wyatt and Scout.

Monet gave grandpa this picture of Sadie, and grandpa gave Monet a picture of Sadie.

Christmas breakfast.

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After laying in the basement for a few hours we all went to Larry and Becky's for the best dinner and some serious Dance Dance game playing, provided by Wyatt and Lindsay.

Christmas eve we went to Macaroni Grill, church for the Christmas eve service, to my parents for dessert and to open pajamas.

Putting out milk, cookies, carrots and cheerios for Santa, the reindeer and the elf's. But Monet ate most of it before she went to bed.

La Dolce Vita Christmas party.

Our annual Lambs Cafe / Ice skating night was so much fun. It was perfectly snowing. It wasn't too cold. Monet was loving it.

Monet really wanted to skate, since she has seen Belle and the Beast ice-skate on the Enchanted Christmas movie. Of course they wouldn't let her on the rink, so I told her this little courtyard, was a rink for kids. She was in her own little heaven. It was adorable.

Merry Christmas!!

12.19.11

2011-12-19T19:43:00.000-08:00

Temple Square

12.19.11

2011-12-19T19:34:00.000-08:00

Photo's from the month of December

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Monet waiting for Santa to arrive at Riverside's "Breakfast with Santa." Artwork: The Witch
Strange birds in our yard one morning... yuck.

Monet playing by the heater in the bathroom.

Eating breakfast... dangerously.

Lights On Party in my parents neighborhood.

Monet and the best pose she's pulled yet.

Christmas tree cookie at Kneaders.

Chatting on her pretend cell phone, while reading books to her "friends."

Trying on hot pink heels at Nordstrom. This was all her idea.

Artwork by: M.

Love, Instagram.

12.1.11

2011-12-01T09:14:00.000-08:00

The day after Thanksgiving we went up to cut our Christmas trees.

One of my favorite days of the year! It was windy and snowy and cold!
Monet got all bundled to hangout in the truck with grandpa. They watched movies, read books, ate treats and hung out by the fire.

Poor Dylan couldn't understand why we couldn't just cut a tree right off the path. Instead we made him hike for miles in knee deep snow!

Larry cooked us cheeseburgers after our exhausting hunt.

I'm pretty sure Chloe pushed me down. I wasn't resting :)

We hiked so far we ended up back on the road.

Monet was so happy...

Until we took her out in the cold!

But it was all worth it because we ended up with our best trees yet!

12.1.11

2011-12-01T09:12:00.000-08:00

Thanksgving day hunt.

11.29.11

2011-11-29T18:20:00.000-08:00

Sadie Sanpitch River

May 22nd 1995- November 29th 2011Thanks for being a loyal and dedicated friend.

Thanks for the hundreds of miles of running and retrieving.

You will be missed.
Love,

Your family.

11.25.11

2011-11-25T17:19:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

11.21.11

2011-11-21T08:56:00.000-08:00

Friday night we went to Riverwoods to their holiday party. The lights were awesome. Monet was silently in awe. They had a room to do crafts, so Monet made a paper Rudolf.

We took this picture in Santa's house before he came. Once he got there the line was so long, and it was getting colder by the minute, (plus he's there everyday until Christmas.) So we all decided to just peek at him through the side of his house.

We took about 6 of these photos and Monet is starring right at Santa in every one. She was in between excited and nervous. She kept saying, " I do want to sit on Santa's lap. No I don't want to sit on Santa's lap." She was so cute and fun that night.

And then Chloe and Dylan came over and we played in the Blinkenstaffs store for awhile.

It was a perfect (and early) way to kick off the Christmas season!

11.18.11

2011-11-18T09:14:00.000-08:00

11.13.11

2011-11-13T09:43:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday, after watching the Timpview football game, we all went out to eat to celebrate Wyatt's 26th birthday.

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We went to this cute place called Eva's, downtown Salt Lake. It was a lot of fun.

Monet loves a good birthday party.

Happy Birthday Wyatt!

11.07.11

2011-11-07T09:53:00.000-08:00

Happy November!

11.06.11

2011-11-06T17:56:00.000-08:00

This week we went to Scottsdale to meet up with Grants parents, his brother and his wife and their five adorable kids.

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This is Monet waiting in the airport. We let the kids do basically whatever they wanted. One day we went to this play place. They had so much fun.

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This is Monet and Andrew. She loved to hug him, talk to him and rip anything he was holding right out of his hands. Sharing must not be her forte.

They were so cute playing together.
I tried to get a photo but I couldn't get her to hold still for one second.

Taking a Ring Pop break.

The kids also went swimming for two of the days. This is Laura and Monet is making one of her classic faces.

Monet and Andrew drinking smoothies while Monet is probably telling him about the scary skeleton she saw on Susan's porch on Halloween night. She told everyone about it about three times a day.

The girls were so sweet to her. She wanted to hold their hands and be by them constantly. She said, "my cousins" about 50 times while we were there. It was so cute.

We had such a great time just relaxing and hanging out with family.

11.1.11

2011-11-01T11:49:00.000-07:00

Halloween was so much fun this year. Monet was trying to figure out what was going on, but she was loving it. Little Alice in Wonderland. She chose what she wanted to be all by herself.

We went to Pam's to see all of the cousins. Sailor was the cutest Mad Hatter.

So many fun costumes.

Chloe & Dylan.

And then after dinner Monet met up with her three favorite people in the whole world, Indi, Sloane and Beaux. She played with them, then they went trick or treating and then they played some more. She was in heaven.

Hope you all had a good one too!!

10.29.11

2011-10-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

We had a super fun time at the Dino museum with Whitney, Finn and adorable baby Holland.

We bought this skeleton guy at Thanksgiving Point. He was sitting next to Monet on the way home and she said to him, "Hey Mr. Skeleton, would you like some soup when we get home? Yeah? Yeah you do? OK sure." She was loving him yesterday, (she's even holding his hand in the photo.) But then she woke up in the night talking about the skeleton, which made me think maybe it's secretly scaring her! So I put him in the basement til next year.!

Just between you and me, I am ready for Halloween to come and go. After Halloween Disneyland, watching the Nightmare before xmas 40 times, Halloween decorations up since Oct 1st, multiple visits to cornbelly's, pumpkin carving, carmel apple making, talking about Halloween costumes all day everyday... I'm Halloweened out!!!

10.27.11

2011-10-27T11:23:00.000-07:00

Chloe went to Homecoming a few weeks ago. I can't believe it was her last one. Tear. It's so much fun shopping and putting her together for these dances. And since she is so easy to make cute, it makes it even more fun!

10.25.11

2011-10-25T12:01:00.000-07:00

Last night we had a pumpkin carving party with the whole family, (except Riley who is in Montana.)

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Monet is obsessed with The Nightmare Before Christmas. She watches the movie everyday. She has the toys. She wanted to be Sally for Halloween, but we couldn't find a costume small enough... Anyways we kind of had a Nightmare Before Christmas party.

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Monet helped me make Jack Skellington cupcakes. This is everyone taking a pumpkin gut cleaning break and having dinner.
This is the pumpkin carving station. Chloe and Dylan are by far, no competition, the best pumpkin carvers!

Monet's self made cupcake. A little more sprinkles maybe?

And here are the pumpkins:

Sally made by Dylan.

Oggie Boogie made by Chloe and Dylan.

Jack made by Chloe

Monet sitting in between the pumpkins. It was the first thing she wanted to look at this morning when she woke up.

Sorry Larry, Grant, Wyatt and Shellie for not getting a solid photo of your pumpkins. Looks like you'll have to try a little harder next year to make it on the blog :)

10.6.11

2011-10-06T12:51:00.000-07:00

Sunday afternoon we all went on a hike to Stewart Falls. The weather was gorgeous and the leaves were beautiful. Monet wanted me to carry her the whole time, which was a little tiring, but we had lots of fun. Chloe got some good photos.

10.6.11

2011-10-06T12:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday MOM!

We had a fun birthday celebration Monday night for my mom!

Love YOU!

9.29.11

2011-09-29T11:30:00.001-07:00

9.29.11

2011-09-29T10:26:00.000-07:00

It's been a long, sad month, so going to Disneyland was the perfect decision. We had such a blast.

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Grant was in charge of the planning, so as a little joke he had a limo pick us up from the airport.
When we were there last April, Monet was frightened of just about every ride, but this time she was so different. She loved everything, including Snow White and even the Haunted Mansion. She would always ask to go on it again, once we got off each ride. She was so adorable and so much fun.

We did all of the shows and parades, and almost all of the rides, some twice.

All of the Halloween decorations were fun.

Monet loved seeing all of the characters. She was hugging them and giving them high fives and bumps and talking to them.

Grandpa told Monet to pick out any dress she wanted at the Princess shop. so she chose to be Sleeping Beauty, crown, wand and all. It was funny because the lady working at the store said, "Oh, this dress gets returned all the time. The kids don't like the sleeves and the big collar. It's too much for them." I wanted to say, "You don't know who you're dealing with." We put it on her right outside the store and she has barely taken it off since.

Her two favorite rides were Winnie the Pooh, which nana took her on about 5 times. And also the new Little Mermaid ride. We stayed at the Grand California so when we would enter the park we were right next the the ride. And we went on it over and over and over and over. She loved it.

Wednesday morning before we left we went to the Story Tellers cafe for breakfast. Monet got to dance around the restaurant with animal characters.

Then we went back to the big Disney store to let Monet buy more toys. Then we lost track of time and rushed ourselves to the airport!

It was such a fun trip. Monet was as cute and sweet as can be, especially for how much we wore her out. She absolutely loved every minute of it. We all did.

9.19.11

2011-09-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

This weekend we spent some time at Sundance to watch dad and Riley race in the 12 Hours of Sundance (which they took 2nd.) Monet loves, loves, loves the camper trailer. Monet also loves her new ballerina outfit that nana bought her. She wants to wear it everywhere. And it's so dang cute that I let her.

9.13.11

2011-09-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

Photo's from grandma's viewing.

9.11.11

2011-09-11T13:32:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday Grandma J. I wish we were having a party instead of a viewing.

I love you.

9.10.11

2011-09-10T08:42:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Lindsay!

We love you.

9.10.11

2011-09-10T08:40:00.000-07:00

Grant and I needed a break yesterday afternoon, so we took Monet to the zoo. We had fun and the weather was so nice.

9.9.11

2011-09-09T09:41:00.001-07:00

iPhone artwork by Monet.

I asked her what we should name it.

She said, "Snow White."

9.9.11

2011-09-09T09:39:00.000-07:00

Monet just got this Snow White dress and will hardly take it off.

My dad told her that their outdoor fireplace could be her castle.

Oh my, the excitement that gave her.

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Thank heavens for this little one who can always make us laugh.

9.9.11

2011-09-09T09:37:00.000-07:00

Monet loves to help Riley wash bikes.

She takes nana's Williams Sonoma dish soap and pours it all into the bucket.

And then she gets the sponge and washes the tires.

She's a very good helper.

8.28.11

2011-08-28T14:58:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to the cabin. Monet was in absolute heaven. If she had the choice, she would have lived there for the rest of her life. It was her first time fishing and she loved it. My dad bought her a Buzz Lightyear fishing rod, so that made her excited.

It was Dylan's first time to the cabin. We had some intense games of checkers. We ate some really good food. There isn't anything better than steaks and blueberry cobbler by the campfire.

And let's not forget my famous s'mores.

Hey there Miloville. Voo created a campground just for Grant and his pancakes.

Summer isn't summer without the cabin. We all love it.

8.26.11

2011-08-26T21:30:00.000-07:00

Monet loves weddings.

8.18.11

2011-08-18T16:29:00.000-07:00

Leadville 2011

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We had such a fun time in Colorado this year. We stayed in Copper Mountain and loved it. We hung out in the Village, rode go carts, Monet was in heaven squirting Chloe and I on the bumper boats. We also rode the chairlift and shopped. It was so much fun.

The Leadville 100

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The race was great this year because it was hot and dry. No rain up there is amazing. It was too hot for the riders but lovely for the crew people!

Larry did really well. He finished in 10:50.

It was our 8th trip and I think it was the funnest one yet.

8.1.11

2011-08-01T13:30:00.000-07:00

I told Monet we were going to the Bee's baseball game and she said, "I don't like bee's."

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(Summer isn't summer without a little baseball.)

7.19.11

2011-07-19T11:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Grant and I took Monet to the Thanksgiving Point Farm. She loved it just as much as I thought she would.

The best part was when she went on the horse. She didn't want Grant to lay a finger on that saddle. Just like everything, she wanted to "do it all by myself." She was such a natural. She didn't even slosh from side to side. She just went around and around as calm as can be. It gave me a flash back of all those summers spent on horses. It made my heart ache for grandpa Karl.

But we had such a fun time. Monet was in animal heaven. We walked around and looked at everything twice. (She would have stayed much longer but Grant and I were sweating to death!)

7.11.11

2011-07-11T09:38:00.001-07:00

I'm so in love with summer... and with this little girl.

7.12.11

2011-07-11T09:36:00.000-07:00

Joyce gave Monet this gorgeous necklace when we were in Zions. Isn't it so perfect and so sweet. Monet calls it her "princess necklace."

7.11.11

2011-07-11T08:59:00.001-07:00

Photo's from Zions.

4th of July.

Angels Landing

We had such an amazing time. Missed all who couldn't make it.

7.3.11

2011-07-03T08:23:00.001-07:00

Grant and I left Monet with my parents and Chloe while we set off to Kauai. Grant was the best man at his best friends wedding. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt which was amazing. The nicest hotel I've ever stayed at. The pools were unbelievable. It was so much fun playing tennis every morning, laying out all day and then doing wedding events every evening. We really had the best time. ...

Sunday was the day of the wedding and also the day that my parents, Chloe and Monet flew into Kauai for another week long vacation. I was so anxious to see Monet but she was long asleep by the time we arrived. I felt like I was sleeping next to the Christmas tree, but not allowed to open any of the gifts. But at 3:30 am she woke up and I could tell she was startled so I quietly walked to her crib and said, "it's ok, it's mama" and there was a long pause and then she says, "Hi MAMA!" It was adorable. I put her in bed with us and for the next two hours she didn't say a word she just snuggled her face in my neck, and rolled all over me, and laid on my chest. It was like the best moment ever.

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And then round two of the trip began. We had the best time. There isn't anyone more fun to be on vacation with than your own family. Monet was such a sweetheart. She played in the sand. We played in the pools. We swam by sea turtles and had plenty of shaved ice and went out to nice dinners. It couldn't have been any better.

6.16.11

2011-06-16T11:29:00.001-07:00

Summer sleepovers with Chloe.

6.13.11

2011-06-13T15:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had an early Fathers Day celebration. My mom made the most delicious meal. Monet got really dirty, ate a lot of ice cream, licorice and whipping cream. The boys had it out in a game of croquet. It was the perfect way to celebrate.

6.12.11

2011-06-12T15:38:00.000-07:00

I tried to get Monet to swim by enrolling her in infant swim lessons. It turned out to be a disaster. The water was freezing, which I think was the biggest problem. She hated it. Hated it. We went for a week and then my heart broke and I took her out. Swimming is over rated.

6.12.11

2011-06-12T15:37:00.001-07:00

Check out Chloe's new blog

www.chloe-tucker.blogspot.com

6.7.11

2011-06-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

On Monday, Monet got all of her hair cut off.

This is the wild before hair do: She was actually really good during the whole process.

A candy necklace helped.

I'll admit, I had to hold back tears when I saw all of this baby hair.

But then I saw how adorable her little bob was!

It's so cute, I love it!

6.4.11

2011-06-06T16:14:00.000-07:00

Wasn't the weather this weekend wonderful?

We went out to the golf course so

Grant could practice,

Chloe & I could suntan

And so Monet could drive the cart and run around.

We all were in heaven.

5.25.11

2011-05-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Chloe turned 17 and I turned 28.

We had a big lunch at Communal, Grant and I went to a movie. Then we had a family dinner at PF Changs then we went and had cake and opened presents.

It was a very happy day.

5.23.11

2011-05-23T09:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday afternoon was so beautiful we decided to take Monet to the golf course. She was in her own little heaven. Running and screaming and singing and driving the golf cart.

5.21.11

2011-05-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

Monet went to her 2 year Dr appointment last week.

Length: 33.6 in (25%)

Weight: 20.4 lbs (-3%)

Head: 47.2 cm (25%)

I can't believe she only weighs twenty pounds. But she is progressing and growing taller, he said it was just genetics (thanks to Grant) and he said if she keeps growing at this rate she will be about 5'4/5'5. So I immediately took her to the nearest ballet class. I decided I might turn into the mother who lives her dreams through her daughter...

Clara in the Nutcracker perhaps.

(ha ha)

5.15.11

2011-05-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

There is a new baby colt at the barn near my parents house, so we took Monet to see him. She loves horses because Grant takes her to the horses by our house everyday. She was so excited and happy!

5.10.11

2011-05-10T08:40:00.000-07:00

We all might be hating the rain but Monet is loving it.

4.9.11

2011-05-09T16:47:00.001-07:00

Mothers Day is the best holiday ever. I'm glad to be a part of it.

Thanks little M.

5.03.11

2011-05-03T12:15:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Grant's birthday. Chloe wasn't there so there were no pictures taken, but we had a lot of fun. We ate Chinese food at Shoots and then spent a ridiculous amount of money at Provo Beach competing in hoop shoot basketball and trying to win an iPad... Hilarious. I selfishly gave Grant this print to hang on our mantle :)

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Happy Birthday Love.

5.02.10

2011-05-02T09:44:00.000-07:00

Thursday was Monet's 2nd birthday, so we celebrated by having an Owl Party.

Beaux, Sloane, Indi & Monet.

The weather was surprisingly nice, so it was great that the kids could play and eat outside.

We played 'pin the beak on the owl'.The kids loved the pull string pinata.

Monet really loved all of her gifts. She thought this Little Mermaid card from Wyatt and Lindsay was pretty awesome.

And look at this dress they gave her, so adorable with matching sparkly Toms.

She didn't waste any time sporting her new sunglasses from Dylan.

She wanted to open and play with everything right away.

My parents gave her this cute little table and chairs and a new Strider bike. Riley gave her a helmet and biking gloves. She is always trying on my dads bike helmet so she was eager to put on her own.

I can't wait until it gets warm and we can play with it outside.

Then it was time for birthday candles. She had been preparing for this moment all week. And it paid off because she did it again and again and again and again....

I think she had the best birthday a two year old could have.

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Thanks everyone for coming.

4.28.11

2011-04-28T21:54:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday sweet Monet

4.27.11

2011-04-27T11:20:00.001-07:00

Easter Sunday we went down to the Plum Patch. It was Monet's first time there, and she really enjoyed it. We had a picnic, an Easter Egg hunt, a baseball game, and had time to catch up with family. The weather was cold and then warm. Thankfully no rain and no wind so it was very pleasant.

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On the ride down we stopped to look at some of the cute baby lambs.
Monet loved Oil Can's Razor. She wouldn't get off of it. Everyone took turns giving her rides.

Monet saw Chloe eating a hard boiled egg, so she took every piece of shell off of this egg until she discovered it wasn't made of candy then she quickly moved on.

Chloe & Monet rolling eggs down the hill, trying to make them crack.

Monet was happy running all around. She would run, trip, get back up, keep running as far as she could. She reminded me of a little puppy.

Waiting patiently for the Easter egg hunt to begin.

She loved collecting all of the eggs.

Happy Easter!

4.23.11

2011-04-23T17:15:00.001-07:00

Chloe at Jr Prom

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dress: jcrew

shoes: jcrew

jewelry: jcrew

hair: Chelsey

makeup: MAC

4.18.11

2011-04-18T09:31:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we had such a lovely Palm Sunday. After we attended church, mom and dad put on a delicious brunch (and then we all stayed for lunch.) Monet got to wear her Easter dress.

We set up a little Easter egg hunt for her in the back yard. She got the hang of it right away. She had a lot of fun finding the eggs.

And then she discovered they had candy in them.

We all sat in the backyard most of the afternoon, soaking up the sun. Monet spent all of her time playing with Sadie and Tinkerbell. Her favorite thing to do is to put food in their dishes. They must love when she comes over because they get lots of extra grub.

(goal for the rest of the year: start to take photos of other people other than just Monet (!))

4-16-2011

2011-04-17T15:03:00.000-07:00

Babysitting

We are the BEST babysitters ever:)

New York City

2011-04-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

I went to New York with my Fashion Design class last week and we arrived there on Friday morning, and left Tuesday night. We got to meet with Designers, go to plays, visit Art Museums, and did tons of shopping:)

Central Park

Then we headed over to Ground Zero.

Advice: When you have a billion shopping bags, make sure you switch off shoulders so this never happens to you.

In the morning, we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Designer, George Simonton talked to us about is coat company and how he got started. He was amazing!

Radio City.

Later that day, we went to the Empire State Building.

Then, we went back Time Square and went shopping!

On our last day of our trip, we got a little rain.

Before we left to the airport, we went to a meeting with a French women who makes and sells hats. She makes these hats for the Kentucky Derby. It was so much fun to hear how she got started in her business!

This trip was such an amazing experience! I loved every minute of it. (especially the shopping)

4.12.11

2011-04-12T17:37:00.000-07:00

Our house was featured on this "Made By Girl" blog. Pretty cool.

www.madebygirl.blogspot.com/2001/04/home-tourvia-made-by-girl.html

(when it says it doesn't exist click on the "made by girl" link and it will bring you to the page)

4.12.11

2011-04-12T08:27:00.001-07:00

Monet's First Time Skiing

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Last Saturday me, Grant, Riley, Becky and Chloe took Monet skiing at Sundance, for her first time. It was really warm and overcast and there was no one there so it was perfect. We tried putting her in the hiking backpack but she didn't want anything to do with that. Then we tried putting on her little goggles but she didn't want anything to do with those either. So we carried her and her eyes were watering, but she was happy and it was all about her having a good experience. (Giving her Skittles on the lift made her extra happy!) I love her little grin. She loved it. When we would stop she would say, "more, more."

She looked like a little doll on the chair lift, so tiny.

We skied for a least an hour. She wanted to go more, but I didn't want to wear her out. I figured better to leave happy and excited for next year. Then she'll be on her own skis.

Afterwards we had lunch and suckers in the deli. (She likes to "cheers" everything.)

I'm so glad that she loved it (even though she doesn't really have a choice in this family!)

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It was the perfect way to close the ski season.

4.2.11

2011-04-02T19:23:00.000-07:00

A haircut and the park

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Tuesday, Monet had her first haircut. No one would let me cut her hair so we chopped her bangs. It's so cute. I love it. Friday we went to Vintage park. We played and played. Chloe took all of these adorable photos. Monet was in heaven. I don't think she remembered what warm weather felt like!

It was such a great day.

3.29.11

2011-03-29T17:40:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went to watch Chloe cheer at Nationals. We also decided to spend the time that we weren't at the cheer competition, at Disneyland with Monet. Oh did she have fun. You can imagine since she looked like this at the airport! We traumatized her on the first ride by putting her on Snow White. What a terrible ride. She started crying right after this photo. Poor thing. But we made it up to her and went straight to the princess show, and then straight to the princess shop and bought her a Belle dress, which she hasn't taken off since Saturday. Then we went to the cheer competition and watched Chloe rock it. She did great and they made it to finals.

We went back to Disneyland. Nana bought Monet this balloon, which you can tell by her face was totally awesome.

Then we went to the movie room and let her dance and sing. She was in her own, Disneyland overload - no nap heaven.

I wonder if she liked Disneyland as much as she liked talking on Grandpa's hotel room phone to Grant in the other room?

This is Monet's new best friend, Snow White. They met at breakfast, played for about 45 minutes and then Monet wouldn't leave without giving her a hug and a kiss on the lips.

Monet loved meeting the characters. She hugged, she kissed, she gave high fives. Needless to say we spent more time in Toon Town then ever before.

Sunday afternoon we watched Timpview compete again and they did awesome!

They took 3rd (easily could have been 2nd). They performed perfectly and Chloe didn't have one bobble, so it was exciting to watch. We were all so proud of her.

We all went back to Disneyland and rode rides, watched parades, ate churros (except me, blasted gluten free, (but thank heavens for chocolate covered strawberry's.)) Monet went strong until about midnight.

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Monday the camera was packed, but we met Joyce at Barneys in Hollywood. We ate and walked around the gorgeous store. Maybe in my next life, I'll belong in a store like that. Until then I'll live through my fashion magazines. (!)

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We had the best time. It was fun, relaxing and completely enjoyable. I wish we didn't have to leave.

3.24.11

2011-03-24T19:52:00.001-07:00

I brought my nice camera to Chloe's Parents Night last night, but of course I forgot the memory card (I seem to do that a lot.) So these cell phone camera shots will have to do. Every time Monet watches Chloe's cheer routine, she is so focused, she looks like drool is about to fall out of her mouth. She hardly blinks.
Chloe, second one in from the left.

Chloe's partner stunt.

Good Luck at Nationals! You'll do great!

3.14.11

2011-03-14T17:13:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was the 2nd annual ski day for Karl. Of course grandpa Karl made the sun shine extra bright, softened the snow up for us, even the waiter at the restaurant randomly gave us our lunch for free, which I'm sure was sent from Karl since he never paid for anything. So, yes it was the perfect day. Lets start the party with a dorky helmet shot of myself!

Lunch on the deck.

At 2:00 we took a run down Karl's favorite, Bishops Bowl. In honor of all the lessons he blessed us with, we all lined up and followed, just like we used to with Karl. Pole plant after pole plant, smooth turn after smooth turn. Just how he would have loved it.

We all are counting down the minutes for when Monet can come up skiing with us... especially Riley. He already gave her adorable, tiny Scott goggles.

I must have been tired because I didn't get any photos of the Fiesta, but it was awesome. The food was delicious (thanks Craig & Tena!), the weather was perfect and it was so much fun being around so many people who loved Karl.

And on a side note, Monet fell in love with Isabel. This morning she was talking about her and said to me, "mom, she's so pretty."

3.08.11

2011-03-08T11:16:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we went to St George to enjoy the sunshine.

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Monet loved swimming with Chloe. She loved it so much that now when she gets out of the tub she tells me that she's a good swimmer.
Saturday we watched Larry and Dylan (Chloe's friend who came with us) ride in the first mountain bike race of the season.

Monet waited for grandpa and her new best friend Dylan. She went for a little walk,

Hung out in the sun,

Memorized this book and read it to us all, over and over.

She also cheered on the bikers as they passed by.

Hugs for Grandpa.

Chloe & Dylan.

We had the best time, playing tennis, going on walks, letting Monet play in the park. We ate lots of good food and just enjoyed the nice weather.

2.21.11

2011-02-21T17:36:00.000-08:00

Chloe went to Valentines dance Saturday night. The boot (stress fracture) adds a nice touch.
Beautiful as always.

Hair: Chloe

Makeup: Me

Outfit: Chloe, Me, Mom and Monet helped with the shopping.

2.14.11

2011-02-14T16:12:00.001-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!

1.18.11

2011-01-18T11:08:00.000-08:00

On New Years Eve Day, Grant and Larry got to work making Monet her very own Frosty. Once it was finished, she was thrilled.

Every morning she runs to the window to look at Frosty. Hopefully it snows again this week so we can make another one because now she runs to the window and says "Frosty melting, oh no."

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In other news, congrats to Chloe, who last Saturday, won their division in the State Cheer Competition. Sadly all the photos are on her computer. She has another competition on the 5th so I promise to document that one better.

1.12.11

2011-01-12T21:31:00.000-08:00

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The other day at In N Out the girl said to Grant, "How are you?" and Monet said, "Good how are you."

This little girl copies everything you say. When she falls down she looks at me and says, "gosh." She called my mom Becky at lunch today. My dad introduced her to 'The Wizard of Oz' and now she is obsessed (Buzz and Jessie are on the back burner for sure.) She has to watch it a few times a day. All day long she tells me about Dorothy and how Tinman needs a heart and Scarecrow a brain. She talks about the witch, the flying monkeys, the munchkins. She laughs so hard when the Lion jumps out of the window, (her favorite part.) She also loves when the tree's throw the apples, and brings it up numerous times a day. When she first watched I could hardly remember the movie, now I have it memorized.

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She's very sweet and funny and smart.

11.30.10

2010-11-30T07:44:00.001-08:00

Yesterday after Monet's bath I decided to put her hair in pig tails for the first time (since it's so long in the back.) Oh, she looked so cute and old! At first she was pulling at them saying, "Get it off? Get it off" But by the end of the night she didn't seem to mind.

11.05.10

2010-11-05T11:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Wyatt! Your birthday wish for Monet being a Ute has come true!

10.31.10

2010-10-31T12:07:00.001-07:00

HALLOWEEN The little witch juicing up before the big night.
Monet quickly learned the concept once my mom but candy in her bucket.
Let the candy eating begin. However I think she ate more paper than candy because she would just bite right into it through the wrappers.
Grandma Joanne brought her a Halloween snow globe which she immediately dropped and broke but luckily she brought two!

Monet thought Chloe's cat mask was pretty hilarious.

Monet loved answering the door. As soon as the doorbell would ring she would jump up and scream.

After eating salad, lasagna, cream soda, Carmel apples, sugar cookies and candy, we watched the baseball game while it poured and poured outside. Finally we headed out into the cold to trick or treat. We drove around to family and friends and to see a haunted house.

Monet unfazed by what's sitting next to her.

yikes!

We had so much fun and partied hard. Monet was exhausted and fell fast asleep on the way home!

Monet absolutely loved halloween this year.

10.18.10

2010-10-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

Photo booth pictures from the wedding.

10.18.10

2010-10-18T08:42:00.001-07:00

Wednesday night we went to the game to watch Chloe cheer. It was the mini cheer camp for kids so I let Monet go on the track with Chloe. Monet was in heaven. We tried to leave which made her so sad she had tears rolling down her cheeks... so we let her stay down there longer. It was so adorable.

10.17.10

2010-10-17T20:04:00.000-07:00

Rehearsal dinner at Sea Salt.

10.17.10

2010-10-17T19:51:00.000-07:00

Photo's from the dance portion of Wyatt and Lindsay's super fun wedding.

10.08.10

2010-10-08T21:42:00.000-07:00

Monet

Will you ever smile for the camera?

10.04.10

2010-10-04T12:44:00.000-07:00

My house is featured on http://www.cococozy.com/ today.

I was just reading the comments, a little harsh. I found myself yelling at the computer, "I'm not finished decorating yet people! I'm only 27, I've only only lived here for 2 1/2 years!" I don't even have a kitchen table yet! And as far as clean goes, the upstairs was so clean because there was a photographer there taking pictures, was I supposed to have Monet's toys scattered all over the floor? Funny. I could never be a celebrity. I couldn't take the criticism.

9.29.10

2010-09-29T12:00:00.000-07:00

Me, Grant, Monet, Larry and Becky went to the cabin last weekend. There is no other place I would rather be on a fall day. The weather was warm and gorgeous, the leaves were unbelievable. I love, love, love being up there. Larry will tell you a softer side of this story, but everyone who knows the Wolf knows he is famous for UNDER exaggerating, and so I, Hayley will tell the truth.

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When we got there we immediately saw that the tire in the truck was completely flat, however we decided to forget that for the time being and go on a 4 wheel ride.

It started out casual, but don't expect Larry (or Becky for that matter) to let you know what they are really getting you into. This ride was scary. It got very steep and very rocky. There was one point that my parents had Monet on their 4 wheeler, and if she would have been on ours I would have turned around. I was born with a little of Joannes nervousness, I can't help it.
Well we finally made it to the bottom of the canyon to the river bed. And to quote my dad, we were the furthest away from the cabin that we could be.
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So after a small rest we headed up that big, steep mountain you see in the background of this photo. So we are climbing and climbing, with a drop off to the left and all of the sudden my parents 4 wheeler dies. Completely dies. My mom and I jump off with Monet and hike up to wait. The boys can't get it started, so they abandon it by the river, and drive up to get us. Grant and I walked up the rest of the hill... which with hardly any water and a hot afternoon sun, I was tired.

So our only hope now was Magna (my dads 4 wheeler.) All five of us rode that thing well over an hour all the way back to the cabin. Thank heavens it lasted with all of us. Otherwise it would have been a long, nasty walk back.
Quality family bonding time. Monet was so tired after three hours she almost fell asleep on Grants shoulder while we bounced along.

We got off and walked through the water.

Once we got home we were all dusty and tired. Monet got washed up and snuggled in her pjs.

We had steaks and a fire. Grant and Larry changed the tire successfully.

Monet was sunburned, windburned and exhausted but she was a little trooper.

That night Voo and Andy came up for the "Rescue Andy's 4 Wheeler" mission. Early the next morning the 4 guys plus spike headed back to the abandoned machine.

Even Andy couldn't fix it. I was shocked and lost a bet over this. So they tied it to another 4 wheeler and pushed and pulled it up the mountain and off the trail where they loaded it into Voos truck.

In the meantime, Voo and Spike tipped on his 4 wheeler, Voo and Spiked jumped off just in time, while the 4 wheeler tumbled down the mountain side. Luckily it stopped because one more rotation and it would have been a goner.

Thankfully all 4 boys and all three wheelers made it home.

What an adventure.

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Monet never got to use the Buzz LightYear fishing pole that my dad bought her, but we always have next year.

9.13.10

2010-09-13T08:57:00.000-07:00

Saturday, Chloe went to Homecoming. They went to the zoo had dinner at Sundance, went to the dance and then back to Sundance to a friends cabin. She had a great time

9.13.10

2010-09-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

Chloe & Jake

9.13.10

2010-09-13T08:42:00.000-07:00

Lindsay's bday breakfast.

Happy Birthday!!!

8.31.10

2010-08-31T14:03:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday the Wolf had a birthday.

We celebrated by eating at J Dawgs. Monet entertained as always.
Linds & Chloe

Monet trying to hold Tinkerbell.

Loving on Sadie.

Sporting her new hat that nana bought her. A zebra hat with a zebra tee shirt?... Only Monet can pull that look off.

Happy birthday!!

8.24.10

2010-08-24T09:04:00.001-07:00

8.23.10

2010-08-23T09:10:00.000-07:00

Monet watching Gabe's sweet session at the Park City Skate Park.

8.23.10

2010-08-23T09:03:00.000-07:00

Monet at the Farm.

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She loved riding the horse.
Grandma singing 'Old McDonald' to her.

Watching the pigs.

Waving hi and bye bye to every goat and lamb.

So fun.

8.20.10

2010-08-20T09:56:00.000-07:00

Our trip to Vail.

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Monet catching up on her favorite read on the drive over. Chloe trying to hook Riley up with the girl driving by us on the freeway.
Thursday night we ate dinner in the Vail Village at a fancy French restaurant.

Monet loved the dog playing catch on the lawn.

Eating dinner.

Thank you Buzz Lightyear for accompanying us at all our events.

Friday we went to Breckenridge, walked around, ate lunch. Monet was tired so Lindsay took her back to nap. The rest of us went on a hike to find the tree that pulverized the Wolf's right side.

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We hiked and hiked and hiked. Couldn't find it, couldn't find. After three miles we decided to see if it would look different on the way down.

And it did, here it is, "the tree."

Larry reenacting his tumble down the ravine.

Thank you Riley for the memorial.

It was the perfect, sunny, warm, day to go on a hike. Friday night Monet came down with a nasty case of the stomach flu. So after being up all night with a sick baby Grant, Monet and I decided to stay close to home while everyone else went to the Leadville race.

A small part of the Robert clan.

Hiking the Power Lines.

Mom, Traci and Larry.

Mike coming up the Power Lines.

Mike got his 10th buckle this year, which is a huge accomplishment.

I guess it was the driest and warmest race day yet. Bummer for Wolf.

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Saturday night Chloe, Grant and I all caught Monet's bug and were sick as dogs all day Sunday. Luckily everyone was there to take care of Monet.

Here is Riley in his "hot tub attire" reading People magazine to Monet on the deck.

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We got home and the "Vail Virus" spread to Wyatt and then the next day to Riley. Not a fun way to ruin your vacation!

8.05.10

2010-08-06T08:31:00.000-07:00

Larry is feeling better, so lets move on to Monet for a bit!

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A few weeks ago she had her first trip to the zoo.
Baby Zuri Elephant

Lindsay bought her Dip n Dots and she loved every bite of it.

Chloe picked out this elephant for her.

It was a hot, fun day.

8.05.10

2010-08-06T08:28:00.000-07:00

Monet at 15 Months

7.30.10

2010-07-30T14:43:00.000-07:00

Larry is home from the hospital and he is, well... hurting to say the least. They had a block in his neck which numbed the right side of his body and now that it's out he has a lot of pain. He is really happy to be home though. We are thinking there are probably better days after this weekend.

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This is a photo at the Colorado hospital right after his accident. His friends wife was in there with him and she took the photo.

7.28.10

2010-07-28T08:32:00.000-07:00

SURGERY:

Larry went in this morning at 5:30am it's about 9:30am here, and I just got a call from my mom, who just talked to the Doctor. They are just finishing his shoulder. He said everything went really well. It was extremely shattered and twisted, so they put in a few screws and a plate and then scoped everything to make sure it was put together well. He seemed really happy with it. They will move him into a room in a little while and he'll stay one night maybe two.

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Thank you all so much for your kind messages, phone calls, visits, prayers, emails. You are all so sweet.

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Now, he's officially on the road to recovery, yeah!

7.26.10

2010-07-26T07:47:00.001-07:00

SURGERY WEDNESDAY:

They are going to do surgery first thing Wednesday morning. There is a young doctor who seems pretty confident in performing it. I guess they will go through the back of the shoulder instead of the front to avoid that nerve. He will be in the hospital overnight and home sometime Thursday.

7.24.10

2010-07-24T22:14:00.000-07:00

Larry's side. This continues up under his arm but I didn't want him to hurt his shoulder to prove it. The grimace smile explains enough. Cute Chloe and Wyatt at our 24th of July BBQ Saturday night.

7.23.10

2010-07-23T07:22:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY- SURGERY SCHEDULE:

Yesterday evening the shoulder Dr came over to the house. He sat down with a note pad and pen and showed us what Larry's shoulder now looks like. His shoulder blade is fractured in a few different places, with pieces of bone floating around. He said they won't do anything to this part of the shoulder, that it will have to heal on its own. The part that they are concerned about is where the shoulder fits into the socket. There is a piece in the shoulder called the glenoid, which is where the shoulder and the socket meet (kind of, hard to explain). This piece in Larry's shoulder is broken off and and also floating, twisted. So this is where it gets a little scary. In order to fix this they need to screw that piece back in place. The problem is that there is a nerve at the bottom of the shoulder socket that if it's tampered with it will cause permanent paralysis to his right arm. The Dr said to us that he doesn't know what they will do to fix it. He is going to meet with three other specialist this weekend and they are going to look at the xrays and get a plan to put this back together. Best case scenario is that they will start the surgery on Monday, but we won't know until Sunday night if that's for sure.

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The Dr said that he has never seen a break to the shoulder this bad. He also said that if he would have hit his head it would have been instant death, there is no way he would have survived a crash that hard to his neck or brain. We all felt a little sick to our stomachs to hear that.

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I'll post some pictures in the next day or so. He has some bruising that's pretty crazy.(!)

7.20.10

2010-07-20T07:13:00.000-07:00

TUESDAY:

Dad, mom and Riley made it home about 7 last night. He said the car ride wasn't too bad and he was just really happy to be home. He is really swollen, I told him he looks like he gained 20 pounds. He's in a lot of pain. We set up a couch and footstool for him to sleep on in their room. I guess he has to sleep sitting up or awhile. I think the next step is to get some heart tests done and to schedule this surgery. He's hoping to do it as soon as possible so he can get on the road to recovery. Thanks for the emails and comments. He's very appreciative. Love to you all.

7.19.10

2010-07-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

MONDAY MORNING:

I just spoke with my mom. She and Riley arrived about 7 pm last night. My dad was extremely happy to see them. Riley said the hospital is like a mountain retreat. He was wishing he could check into a room for a weekend getaway.

They are doing some final testing on Larry and are planning on sending him home this afternoon. They are still watching the enzymes in his bloodstream. They also are watching his oxygen levels. Sounds like they are assuming once the altitude level changes that they will be closer to normal. They are at 9,000 feet. I felt a little worried that they are releasing him while they are still watching all of these things, but my mom assured me that they will do a full analysis of his heart before they perform surgery on his shoulder next week.

7.18.10

2010-07-18T17:17:00.001-07:00

SUNDAY

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Right now my mom and Riley are about two hours from Breckenridge, it'll take them about 61/2 hours to get there.

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I spoke to my dad earlier this afternoon. He explained to me what's going on. I guess he was going pretty fast, took a corner and the next thing he knew he was headed straight for a tree. He said it came so fast he didn't even touch his breaks. I guess that explains how his shoulder is so crushed. The Dr said you would have to hit extremely hard to break it the way he did. They now know that he also broke the bottom third of his shoulder socket, which means his shoulder won't fit back together. They will have to do surgery, but he will do it once he comes back home. They also can see some weird enzymes in his blood which indicates he bruised his heart pretty bad, so they are keeping him another night to check on that. They also want to keep him to check on that one lung. He's been doing certain breathing exercises to keep the water off his lungs so he doesn't get pneumonia. The Dr said that his one side (of his ribs) is really swollen, which is why the pain is bearable right now, I guess once the swelling goes down the pain will increase because there will be nothing there to support.

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If all goes well he will be able to come home tomorrow. My mom and Riley will drive him back.

7.17.10

2010-07-17T20:55:00.000-07:00

STATUS ON LARRY: SATURDAY

Yesterday my dad and three other bike friends went to Breckinridge Colorado to ride in a mountain bike race. The race was today. It was 70 miles. I'm not exactly sure how many hours into the race he was, and I'm not exactly sure how the crash occurred, but he wrecked and hit a tree. I believe he then tumbled down a hill. He knew he was badly injured but had to walk out about 2 miles with bike (bike unharmed) until he reached an aide station. An ambulance took him to the hospital from there.

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We know that he has 7 broken ribs. He also completely shattered his scapula (shoulder blade.) He also did some damage to one of his lungs. They sent a photo of him in hospital and all of the skin is taken off his one shoulder from the tumble ( or tree?). They are going to have a specialist look at his shoulder to see if, and what, surgery needs to be done on his shoulder. They are going to watch him tonight to make sure his lung is OK as well. I believe in the morning they are going to test his breathing to see how long he needs to remain in the hospital. We will know in the morning if we have to take a trip out to Colorado to bring him home. We spoke to Mike Young (Dr) tonight and he said this is a horrendous injury. 7 broken ribs means basically no support on the one side. And a broken scapula is a long recovery. Pretty much this is going to be extremely painful.

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So we all are heart broken, he of course number one. He still wants to go to Leadville and we're all planning on going with him.

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Let you know when I have more info.