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Emilia’s Little Bit of Sunshine Photo Challenge: Yellow

Written on October 18, 2011 by cori in amy, linked-up, photography, Shades of Fall Photo Challenge, weather, Wordless Wednesday

It was a BEAUTIFUL day out in Seattle today (like near 70*!), perfect for some outside shots! My initial plan was to head back down to the pipeline, and take pictures of the trees turning yellow – but they hadn’t began to change … go figure. So then I went into my backup mode. Amy was with me with her adorable niece Emilia, who just happened to be wearing a yellow cloth diaper. We wandered down to the beach along the river and she had fun playing in the sand while Amy & I tried to get her to smile and look at the camera (while making sure the triplets didn’t decide to go for a swim).

Thanks Kim for letting me take photos of Emilia, she is so adorable! Love her!!

I also put the photos into black and white and highlighted the yellow of her diaper. I don’t think that totally breaks the rules, because I didn’t re-color … but you know me, I like to make my own rules about things and really don’t care!

Post is part of Shades of Autumn: A Photo Challenge hosted by Kristi {Live and Love Outloud}, Alicia {Project Alicia} and their newest co-host, Rebecca {Bumbles of Light}.

This post is part is also part of Wordless Wednesday on the following blogs:
Parenting For Dummies & Seven Clown Circus
And Then, She {Snapped}
Live and Love…Out Loud
Crazy About My Baybah!
Project Alicia

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Happy Birthday, Amy!

Written on October 18, 2011 by cori in amy, birthdays

I’m lucky enough to have five best friends … well I guess technically four plus one “acquaintance” (haha). Today is one of their birthday’s …

Hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!

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Spray Down!

Written on September 18, 2011 by cori in amy, babysitting, birthdays, photography, sophia, Toddler & Preschool Ideas, triplets

Up until the last couple of weeks, we could count the number of nice days on one hand!

Sad isn’t it?

Amazingly enough we had gorgeous weather on MY BIRTHDAY! It was a miracle!

I worked the day of my birthday and in the afternoon Amy, Jordyn & Camryn and Alex with her kids she watches came over to surprise me and have an impromptu birthday party! After the brownies and celebrating we took all the kids outside to play in the sprinkler.

In the past this “snake sprinkler” scared the kids TO DEATH. I mean bloody murder screaming, all try to climb me and get the heck away from the spraying monster! This year I was excited to learn they had grown up and it wasn’t nearly as scary for the kids! They LOVED IT!

What a great day! I miss summer already!

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How a Neti Pot Made Me Cry… {Happy Birthday To ME!}

Written on August 24, 2011 by cori in alex, amy, birthdays, family, kelly, linked-up, Wordless Wednesday

Sunday afternoon we had a joint birthday for my dad & myself, even though today is my official 26th birthday! It was a small family party and never in my wildest dreams did I think a simple silly present from my little sister would make me cry!

The present opening started out normal enough, I got money, candy and a pair of capris from Lucy. Awesome gifts, but nothing exciting (or tear worthy). Until I got to Alex’s gift … I open her card and bag …

to find a Neti Pot …

As you can see, I wasn’t overly bummed by the Neti Pot. It has become a bit of a family joke after I realized that many members of my family had never heard of one. I went as far as finding You-Tube videos for them to watch about it, because they didn’t believe something like this existed! [FYI Wiki’s definition of a Neti Pot: “Are used to flush out the nasal cavities by using gravity to draw the flow of saline”.

My whole family was laughing when I opened the present because of how much giggles it had given us over the last year or so! Little did I know this was a “filler” gift, because the real gift she got me couldn’t fit in the cute little birthday bag.

See that note taped to the bottom of the box? That little note was worth over $1,100! YES, my 18 year old sister spent $1,100 on a BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR ME!

The notecard taped to the box held another folded up sheet of paper. As I opened the paper the tears began to flow …

What did that sheet of paper contain? What had Alex spent $1,100 on? The one thing I will tell you is it was related to my car. Before I reveal the gift, we need to travel back in time to explain the history behind the gift. In May, I wrote about My First Car in a Writer’s Workshop prompt. In the post I shared photos of my first and current car, plus the story behind all its DAMAGE AND DENTS!

Excerpt from My First Car blog post
Originally Posted May 12, 2011

For starters, my middle sister Kelly, CANNOT back up to save her life. At my parents house our driveway is on a hill at an odd sharp angle. Whichever one of us got home first would park at the top of the driveway, the other would park behind. Every. Single. Time. Kelly would park up top and have to back up around me she would hit my car. Kelly backs up like she’s driving a bumper car vehicle! Very annoying!! Luckily, she only would give it "love taps" and not anything major. You can see some of the scratches on the front of my car. Oh and the “H” logo is pushed in on the hood! Thanks Kel!

When my youngest sister turned 16, she didn’t buy a car right away because my family had a plethora of cars and I was working across the street so most of the time I didn’t need a car. So I graciously allowed Alex to drive my car for about 6 months day and night. I’m a nice sister! It was during Alex’s tenure with my car that the major damage occurred. The biggest issue was when she got side swiped on the passenger side by a semi truck on the freeway. That left a MAJOR indent in the side of my car. It wasn’t her fault it happened, it just happened on her watch! She feels bad, and promises she will get it fixed. (Hopefully she doesn’t read this because she’ll be mortified and embarrassed! Oh well!)

Well, I’m sure now you’ve figured out what Alex got me for my birthday … SHE FIXED MY CAR! She spent almost ALL the money she had earned this summer babysitting to get my car fixed. How amazing is that??

The funniest part … okay well there are three funny parts…

I probably walked by my FIXED car 10 times and NEVER ONCE noticed it had been fixed.
Just hours earlier I was slamming … and I mean SLAMMING, Alex for wrecking my car. I went as far as saying, I probably wouldn’t keep it much longer!
Kelly’s comment after I saw the car … “Alex- Sadly Cori was happy with the $20 Neti Pot! There was no need to fix her car!”

Kelly should thank Alex, because Alex paid for the damage SHE caused to my car too!

ALEX THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!

Sadly, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to repair her. Okay really I’m sad because I no longer have something to hold over her head. Darn her!

Here’s a few more photos from my family birthday party!

Happy Birthday to ME!!

[Yes, I’m that vain!]

This post is part of ~~Wordless~~ Wordful Wednesday on the following blogs:
Parenting For Dummies & Seven Clown Circus
The Life of Riley….and Bryce Too!
Angelica’s Awesome Adventures
Live and Love…Out Loud
Crazy About My Baybah!
Project Alicia
Shibley Smiles

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Cabo Bound & A Dance Recital

Written on June 19, 2011 by cori in amy

As this blog post posts [3:30am], I’ll be at the airport on my way to Cabo San Lucas for a week of fun in the sun!! Anything has to be better than the weather we’ve been having in Seattle!! I’m under the assumption (I HOPE!), that I will have WIFI where we’re staying, so I’ll be able to post throughout the week. If no WIFI, I’ll totally be lost because my parents won’t let me take my phone!! In the meantime, a couple of weekends ago I had the opportunity to attend a four-year-old’s dance recital!

Camryn’s Dance Recital

Camryn is my pseudo-niece, her mom, Amy, and I are best friends! So I was excited to attend her Spring Dance Recital, where she danced to Some Day My Prince Will Come. It was absolutely adorable and like the proud auntie I was there in my typical crazed photographer I’m known as!

**Photography Help! I’m feeling confident about my outside (especially landscape) shots, but still struggling with indoor and people photos … any tips?? I’d love to hear them!!

Isn’t she adorable????!!!!!

See you all in Cabo!!

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The Amy Curse–Now Broken!

Written on June 18, 2011 by cori in amy, mariners

If your stopping by for So Followed Saturday, the linky is in the next post!

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Amy & I try to go to a few Mariners games a year and throughout the years we’ve been to quite a few games. However one thing was still missing … the Mariners had never won when Amy was present! The girl was serious bad luck. It got to the point where her family & I would joke “Amy you can’t go, you’ll just cause them to lose”, but Amy was determined to break that stereotype and see a winning game!

She got her wish and on Friday, June 3 the Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays and finally broke the Amy Curse!

Not only did the Mariners win, they SMOAKed [a pun off Mariners player Justin Smoak’s last name) Tampa Bay, winning 7-0! Not only were the Mariners playing errorless baseball, but homeruns were hit by Justin Smoak, Adam Kennedy and Miguel Olivo.

Safeco Field was absolutely electrifying! The energy was out of this world! It was a fantastic game to attend and for the Amy Curse to officially be broken!!

Amy the Curse … before the game, hoping for a WIN!

My turn for the pre-game photo!

Ichiro running back to the dugout

Right before Smoak hit his homerun and then what appeared on the screen.

How about some shishkaberries?? YUMMY!! This may be new Big Mouth photo!

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March for Babies 5k

Written on May 9, 2011 by cori in amy, elkins, triplets

Saturday morning I got up bright and early, picked up my sweet Emmalee and we headed to the March of Dimes, March for Babies 5k in Snohomish. Why did I take Emmalee? Emmalee was actually born premature, she was lucky and didn’t need to spend time in the NICU (it did become questionable when she was 48hours old and they were ready to readmit her). However, she still had all the preemie problems, had trouble breathing/would stop breathing, lost a lot of weight and extremely jaundiced. She may not have stayed in the hospital, but it felt like she spent the first week in the doctors office doing follow-up check-ups on how she was doing to determine she didn’t need to be readmitted into the NICU. Luckily after about a week she was beginning to grow. She continued to have preemie issues all through her first really 18 months, but today at almost 2.5 she is perfect and healthy!!

In addition to Emmalee I walked for the Elkins Triplets, the Harrington triplets and Andrew D. who were all also born prematurely and they spent time in the NICU!

Amy her girls, her friend Christina, myself and Em did the walk together!! It was a wonderful experience and very moving!!

Amy & I at the halfway mark!

Amy & Camryn after the race

At the finish line everyone was given a pinwheel to plant in honor of all babies that were born to soon and did not survive! It was a beautiful monument to Love, Hope and Remember!

I’m so glad I decided to do the 5k, this will definitely become a tradition for me and cannot wait to do it again next year!! I would like to personally think Mary, Gillian, Pilar and my parents for helping me reach $200! You can still donate to the March of Dimes by clicking on the badge below!!

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Opening Night Pomp & Circumstance

Written on April 10, 2011 by cori in amy, mariners

Wow! I’ve never seen such an AWFUL game in my life, or have I left a baseball so early! In one inning the Cleveland Indians scored 10 – TEN – 10 runs against us….in ONE INNING! I know, doesn’t seem possible does it?! Well it happened and it SUCKED! Amy and stayed until the Indians scored their 12th run in the top of the 5th! We weren’t alone when we left, I’d say about half the stadium cleared out at the same time!

As we were descending down the stairs to the exists, a grey haired security guard stopped us to make small talk and said “when that inning started, I had dark hair…now I’m all grey!” His comment sums up the whole game!!

However, in all honestly, I didn’t’ go to watch the game, I went to witness the tribute to the great Mariners broadcaster, Dave Niehaus, who died in late November of a heart attack. Niehaus had been the voice of the Mariners since the very first Mariners game in 1997. The Mariners described him as the official patriarch of the franchise.

The Mariners and Seattle went all out to show their love of Above the broadcasters booth in Safeco Field, there is a permanent sign remembering Niehaus. During the 2011 baseball season all Mariners will wear a commemorative patch on their right arm. That same patch was blown up and is being displayed behind Ichiro in right field. The City of Seattle and State of Washington declared that day (April 8, 2011), Dave Niehaus Day. The city went one step farther and unofficially renamed the street in front of Safeco Field, Dave Niehaus Way. They did a musical tribute and then his wife through out the first pitch, with all their kids and grandkids beside her. It was very touching, I found myself tearing up! That right there was worth going!

In addition to Niehaus’ tribute, there were awards to be given away, Franklin Gutierrez and Ichiro received their Gold Glove Awards (11th consecutive for Ichiro!) Even after a horrible record last season, Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young Award, so he was present with his award too!

The pre-game show was a lot of fun! The game was fun too, Amy & I enjoyed just having a girls night out! We did leave in the 5th, not just because of the score (that didn’t’ help, but also it was FREEZING outside and windy! We were freezing and even after hot chocolate we still will cold. So bad game + freezing cold = home early!

The Lakewood Police Department was on hand for the American Flag ceremony!

Self-Portrait of Amy & I

Beautiful downtown Seattle at dusk!

Hopefully one of these days the Mariners can figure things out, they just lost their 6th straight game and currently are 2-6…fantastic huh!?! If we continue at this rate, this could be a really long and depressing season! Come On Mariners!

Citations: Niehaus Image & ‘My Oh My’ Sign

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Joint Birthday: Jordyn & Kim

Written on April 6, 2011 by cori in amy, birthdays, linked-up, photography, Wordless Wednesday

Here’s my FIRST attempt at some photo editing. Wish I could have spent more time playing with them, but I really need to get back to working on an essay that’s due tomorrow! Playing with my photos is so much more fun! Oh well!

These photos are from this weekend when I attended Jordyn’s 2nd birthday and Kim’s birthday at Pump It Up!

This post is part of Wordless Wednesday on the following blogs:
Parenting For Dummies & Seven Clown Circus
The Life of Riley….and Bryce Too!
Angelica’s Awesome Adventures
Live and Love…Out Loud
A Beautiful Mess
Florida Hogans
Shibley Smiles

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First Photos

Written on April 4, 2011 by cori in amy, munro's, photography

This weekend was made-up of three birthday parties! I had several opportunities to play with my new camera! Here are a few of my favorites…

Aiden looking so grown-up *sniff sniff*

Birthday Girl Jordyn!

Hanging out with my BFF Emilia!

Grandma Debbie having way to much fun at Jordyn’s birthday!

Cake!

One thing I did learn is the lens that comes with the camera is very basic! I can’t wait for my zoom lens to get in! I really need to read the manual, but the size kind of scares me! Does anyone know of any online classes I can take so I can get the most out of my Nikon D5000?? I’d love any ideas or input you may have?!!!

Above is just a few of the photos that were taken! I hope to get a Jordyn Birthday post up soon, but that takes some photo editing and tonight I don’t have the energy!

Happy Monday Everyone!

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