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What a special gift I got this year!

In addition to a custom website from JADE, I also got personalized messages from each of the kids and D.

Then they put together this spectacular video.

(Yes, you BET I got teary!)

While I spent the day lounging at the pool with my friends (ahhhhh), they were secretly putting this little gem together.

Jade & Lando wrote the custom lyrics - FUNNY!!!!

Deevs & Lando sang - ahhhh!

Miss M made the video - awesome!

And, like I said, Jade stayed up late into the morning MAKING the site - so great!

MUTE the music at the side - and for a "full size" version (not cut off because of my blog lay-put), link here http://mom.maslyn.us/family/

It was so funny later to hear all the contortions they went to to make this in 24 short hours! Sara wanting to show me something on the computer but then realizing she couldn't because they were making this, so she comes out and says "I can't show you right now."

I say "OK, why?"

She says "Um... cuz I'm HUNGRY".

hahaha

Me, asking Lando where he is and him saying "Where AM I???"

"Yeah"

"The canyon"

"what canyon"

"Um.. modjeska canyon"

"you sound like you're in a house"

"I am in a house... in the canyon"

"oh, who are you with?"

"Diego"

"But whose HOUSE are you at?"

"Oh... um... taylor stanton"

"Oh. What are you going to do."

"A photo shoot."

"For the music you'll be playing?"

"No. Just for fun."

"Where?"

"At this pool out here."

"Canyon pool?"

"No. A different pool."

"OK... well have fun."

hahahahahaha

Miss M suddenly deciding not to stay later for painting & costumes at drama.

D and Deevs taking HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS to get Deev's ears pierced and me asking "why is this taking so long? how hard can this be?" (They were supposed to be joining us at the pool, but never came.)

I am SO glad I was nice and understanding and patient instead of crabby and demanding like I can sometimes be :/

What a sweet and loving gift.

*sigh*

I'm rich.

From the song Poor Folks Town "we're rich in love and that's one thing that we've got plenty of"

Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mammoth '09/'10

Christmas & Mom's 40th birthday passed into the history books and we took off for a holiday in Mammoth. Jade did not join us as he had special (secret) plans with Sara for New Year's Eve (more on that in a future post). But we DID have Mom, Dad, Lando, Deevs, & Miss M.

The plan had been to leave at 3AM on the 3oth and get to the mountain in time to board/ski that day, but we decided to sleep in instead and got on the road closer to 10AM.

We drove most of the day and stopped for lunch at the Pizza Factory in Lone Pine. Scott & Mel were in England visiting Becky & Frank & Rachel, so we did not get to stop to say "hi" to them.

Lone Pine Pizza Factory

Dad driving - "look at the snow"

Brothers

At the condo

Getting ready to hit the mountain

Suiting up

Mom & Deevs

Mom & Deevs again - Lando showing us the "super model" camera angle to make us look tall & thin

Waiting for the gondola from the Village to Canyon

Dad & Miss M at lunch

Lando & Mom at lunch (in an attempt to make sure he was not going to make a funny face, I was the one who got caught making a funny face!)

The conditions were pretty darn good and the weather was OK. The storm that was supposed to roll in on New Year's Day passed through as barely a whisper with no measurable snow.

Miss m and Wooly

Family shot

Deevs hurt his back in a fall on a jump attempt. Having also come the week before with Kyle, he was not as dedicated to being on the mountain so we let him go home on Friday with friends & stay with G&G.

Miss M & Mom were both feeling altitude sick and getting colds and were sore... so both of us only went 2 days then stayed in on Saturday (we went to see Avatar). Dad & Lando went together for a half day which started at 12:30. They said it was surprisingly uncrowded (on a Saturday of a holiday weekend) and the weather couldn't have been better. (I was a tiny bit regretful that I didn't go.)

Today is Sunday and I am typing this from the condo. Everyone else is still asleep, but should be waking up shortly when we will hit the road for the 5-6 hours back. (Worth it!!!)