tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79696270525314911862024-03-13T01:35:39.836-07:00Bear GirlsWelcome to the blog of Ashton and Jacqueline Bear, a place where you can keep abreast of the latest accomplishments and events in their charmed lives.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-86157663831059381182014-11-22T13:00:00.001-08:002014-11-22T13:00:06.057-08:00Happy Holidays 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the ski slopes of Park City, Utah to the pool in Maui, Hawaii the Bears have a lot to be thankful for in 2014. We continue to be blessed with health and joy (and a few challenges along the way to build up our grit and remind us to express more gratitude).<br />
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Again I find myself realizing I've blogged <u>exactly nothing</u> from my blitz last year at this time. I plan to fix that before the year is out, so you might want to check back later to learn more of the ins and outs of our year. <br />
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<b>Ashton</b> is now in 6th grade enjoying the private middle school experience at Crystal Springs. <br />
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Team sports are a big part of Ashton's world. If there is a team playing she plans to be there. Her primary sport is Softball (go #44) but she also plays soccer, basketball and volleyball. She plays the flute and loves being as over scheduled as possible. She has taken to the increased homework (understatement - there is a LOT of homework) with a fair amount of grace and assures us that she isn't only goofing off watching Youtube videos and texting her friends.<br />
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<b>Jacqueline</b> is pleased to be THE Bear at Lincoln school and is rocking the fourth grade experience in a big way.<br />
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Her primary "sport" is The Bay Area Educational Theater Company. This year she was a bunny in Shrek the musical (Spring) and Cindy Lou Who in Seussical the musical (Fall). She also played volleyball and is just now starting basketball. <br />
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<b>Bob </b>is still volunteer and coach extraordinaire. He has been softball coach, field trip chaperone, master set builder and much much more. He also has recently recovered from an emergency appendectomy (just keeping it real). He continues to look for any and all opportunities to hit the ski slopes and is thrilled to have his girls able to join him as expert skiers.<br />
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<b>Meg</b> has done a bit more travel this year for her job. She got to join the NASDAQ closing ceremony this year as one of her work events and is frequently taking to the stage for her work. For Meg bliss is anywhere she can find quiet, ideally with a book. <br />
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As we click over the meter on another year, we want to thank all our friends for keeping in touch and being part of our lives. We are most thankful for our friends and families and wish you all a blessed holiday season and a joyous new year.<br />
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Bob, Meg, Ashton (11) and Jacqueline (9) Bear.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-10568333415693194862013-12-01T08:34:00.000-08:002013-12-01T16:18:03.798-08:00Holiday Letter 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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As I began to reflect on our 2013 year for this letter, the first thing I notice is that I didn't even write a holiday letter in 2012! </div>
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I guess once you forget to add the blog address to the Christmas cards, you get an opportunity to skip the whole thing. Next you probably rationalize that now that there is Facebook everyone probably already know most of the highlights of the year anyway. </div>
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Well, skipping the holiday letter feels like cheating to me, and since I do plan to print this blog in book form again for the girls, <u>someone</u>, will notice. I hold the right to back date a 2012 holiday letter at some point in the future, you have been warned.</div>
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In no particular order, here are the blessings and challenges I wanted to highlight in the 2013 calendar year. </div>
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<li>2013 school year start was a hard one for Jaq. A new teacher and missing her BFF created a lot of anxiety for her, and the results have been stressful for the entire family. We are still working through it but it's been hard to watch her struggle. </li>
<li>Water leak in the kitchen created the need for a new window in the basement and part of the wall to be replaced.</li>
<li>Termites. </li>
<li>Julianne determined to bite herself to death -- not fleas but some kind of nervous habit and skin condition that has her chewing on her legs and hips regularly. Add to that she is deaf and you get a near impossible situation to resolve.</li>
<li>A bit more travel/work on Meg's part than is easily handled at home.</li>
<li>10YO got her heart broken [and a life lesson about disappointment and assumption of victory], by not making student council president.</li>
<li>Network outages -- now that phone, cable and internet are all from the same carrier, one bad router experience can really bum out your week, even taking down music in the house. Having this happen on an already stressful week when Meg was out of town was just a cosmic bonus. </li>
<li>Dog hospital stays - Julianne decided to eat something that was not edible, and gave us a bit of a scare as we watched her dehydrate and grow weak. After several days of IV fluids and stays at the vet, she eventually came back to life. Its pretty scary when they are this old and they get really sick as you are not completely sure if it's age or illness that you are experiencing with the lethargy and sad eyes.</li>
<li>Picking the wrong card photos - My 8 year old informed me she is disappointed in our Christmas card this year, in that she didn't get to dress up for a photo shoot. We expect to fix that today with this holiday letter so please accept my apologies for doing things out of order this year.</li>
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<li>Travel! Getting the whole family traveling was a huge milestone for us and mom was beside herself with joy about it, so much so she forced everyone on a shore excursion death march of fun with 14 hour days in the heat. </li>
<li>Meg's job is still fun for her (nice to enjoy something if you do it so much)</li>
<li>Exercise -- The weak link in the family is now getting more, if not a sufficient amount of regular exercise.</li>
<li>Weather - it's been a gorgeous drought year. While you are not supposed to like those in NorCal it is hard to not enjoy the extra sunshine.</li>
<li>Health - other than some minor colds and one broken bone we have been very fortunate. Even the seasonal allergies have been mild. </li>
<li>Bay Area eTc. Getting Jacqueline into a theater program has been a great for the whole family. She is really enjoying it and has made some good friends, and we have all been thrilled to no longer suffer during the soccer games and practices no one was enjoying. </li>
<li>Volunteering - It is a blessing for us that Bob has been able to help out in so many ways with the girls projects. From field trips, to band support, to classroom help, to playground monitor, to coaching sports, to being named a "master carpenter" for the Oliver show he has been consistently recognized as helping not only our own children, but all working parents who have less availability to volunteer. </li>
<li>Sports - Ashton has been enjoying the heck out of sports this year taking on more and more activities. She loves to compete and has never known of a team event that she does not want to join. This year she added basketball and volleyball to the softball and soccer she was already doing.</li>
<li>Skiing - we have been blessed to not only be able to frequently ski but to have good friends to join us.</li>
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We clearly have had so many more blessings than challenges in 2013, both in scale and in number. While life does appear to be going more quickly this year than prior years, we continue to appreciate all that we have. We know that our <b>greatest blessing is you our friends and family </b>and we send your way wishes of love and joy in this holiday season. <br />
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Love, Bob, Meg, Ashton (10) and Jacqueline (8) BearMeg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-74182998893714936372013-11-10T15:53:00.000-08:002013-11-29T16:04:51.733-08:00Oliver! ProductionInstead of soccer this fall Jacqueline joined the Bay Area educational theater company's production of Oliver! We knew this was going to be a big commitment for the whole family but we were all excited to see Jacqueline get to start a new sport.<br />
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First there was set construction. While Bob did the lion share of this activity, Jacqueline and Ashton (and even Sofia) pitched in to help.<br />
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There were several activities including a "twins' day where Jacqueline and her friend made it into the winners circle (notice the matching casts). <br />
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Once we got to the big stage there was both the intense "tech week" as well as the full stage and props to work with. Everyone was very excited (and a bit tired).<br />
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Of course, there might have been some electronics in the in between times.<br />
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She had several scenes at the top of the bridge, again, not the best iphone shots.<br />
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She had a professional head shot and a bio.<br />
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and she even had fans.<br />
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both friends and family members.<br />
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By the 8th show mom started getting pretty proficient with the stage makeup.<br />
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but the best show was the last oen where there were more flowers and BFFs coming to see all the hard work. Well done our pick-pocket!<br />
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<br />Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-11751864800049724752013-11-10T15:49:00.000-08:002013-11-29T15:53:26.549-08:00Fall [soft] ball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a fall softball league that helps the girls get more practice in the off season. Bob helped to coach this league and Ashton enjoyed playing with many of the girls from her all star league.<br />
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I didn't get to see many of the games due to overlap with the rest of the schedule but the games I did get to showed a real improvement in the skills of the girls. They are now really confident stealing bases and fielding plays.<br />
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And the best part of the season was winning the championship trophy.<br />
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<br />Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-15252787411557149202013-11-01T15:43:00.000-07:002013-11-29T15:48:49.699-08:00VolleyballSince she didn't have enough going on this fall, Ashton decided to give Volleyball a try as well. While calling this logistically complicated is an understatement, mom was really happy for her get a chance to play volleyball as I loved the sport when I was a teen.<br />
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Watching elementary volleyball for the first time I had a few observations<br />
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1. The games are very short -- if you are 15 minutes late you are likely to have missed a good %age of the game.<br />
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2. They smartly have a good amount of flexibility on where the girls can serve the ball. This really impressed me as it gave the game less waiting and helped the girls build skills at the same time.<br />
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3. It's super hard to get a decent photo with an iPhone. Both because the light is bad and the zoom is really grainy.<br />
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Ashton loved the sport and was able to develop some good confidence and skills in the short season. This was especially nice since she was one of the only fifth graders who had never played before. Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-70559843050605038822013-10-31T16:58:00.000-07:002013-11-24T17:01:20.290-08:00Halloween 2013 - scary indeed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And the costumes this year were Avenger's theme...Black Widow for 3rd grade.<br />
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and a complex 5th grade group collaboration of M&Ms that took a satisfying couple months to plan...<br />
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Jaq and her teacher are ready for some candy. <br />
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and a parade...<br />
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She insisted mom dress up and wanted to go back to the 50's theme (said I could do odd/even with the costumes)<br />
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By the end of the night they were pretty tired... <br />
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<br />Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-57361028701902150822013-10-20T15:27:00.000-07:002013-11-29T15:33:11.770-08:00Broken Arm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Upon picking Jacqueline up from theater practice I noticed she was holding her arm funny. When I asked her what happened she said "I don't want to tell you".<br />
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On our way to urgent care after a series of questions and short responses (and assurances that I wasn't mad) I finally got the story that she had fallen off the monkey bars during a short break.<br />
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Of course, we went for an xray that was visibly painful for her but she never cried. In fact, she never mentioned the fall to anyone at the practice. <br />
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but clearly you could see that the bone was broken. She got 2 trips to urgent care, and 2 trips to the ER that night to finally end up with a splint and instructions to see the Orthopedist in a few days after the swelling went down.<br />
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After some painful "manipulation" of her wrist she emerged with an orange cast and the words of wisdom that a "crooked cast is a straight bone". OK then.<br />
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At this point when we asked her what she had learned from the ordeal she was quick to state that hanging upside down on monkey bars with pants was not a good idea as pants are too slippery. Instead she recommends pulling the pants up so that your legs grip better.<br />
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Soccer season this year only Ashton played. She worked really hard this season getting the "golden gatorade" on more than one occasion for working hard on the field.<br />
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Ashton was a solid team player, often recognized for listening and working hard both in the games and at practice.<br />
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She played goalie for much of the season but by the end tended to prefer to play forward. <br />
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After several times asking we finally were able to get Jacqueline into Tae kwon do. She is having a blast.<br />
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Of course a big part of the appeal is having a BFF in the class with her. Although it does appear this sport draws on a lot of her strengths. Kicking, hitting, yelling, etc. She really is a natural!<br />
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Theme for the 8th year was a sophisticated zoo.<br />
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And even a shared birthday girl (Brooklyn had her party right before)<br />
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The fifth grader struggled to contain the enthusiasm. <br />
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Proudly showing off her new backpack choice (get it? California Bear...)<br />
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The third grader was feeling just a little more hesitant. This was a new teacher and her BFF was in a different class. She was pretty stressed out. <br />
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Luckily she could still walk together to school and after a plan to meet at recess was hatched we were off. Look out 2013 -- here we go!Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-13310342621389148742013-08-18T08:42:00.000-07:002013-12-01T08:51:21.761-08:00Paris<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Paris decided to have a little rain for us when we arrived. This might have been an issue given one of our major plans was a bike tour but alas we decided garbage bag raincoats would solve the problem (and add that nice fashion detail to really set off the American tennis shoe look).<br />
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The girls taking a moment to reflect the history and beauty of their location (or plot for snacks..) <br />
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Jacqueline was not thrilled to be riding the jump bike with her dad (although she was not at all stressed about the fact they tipped over). She wanted to ride her own bike. That said, mom and dad were a lot happier to not worry about her trying to cope with the crowds and the traffic and the photo ops were good.<br />
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She was pleased to have worn her Paris shirt as well.<br />
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and the jump bike could be used in multiple ways to add back that element of danger.<br />
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Some silliness when asked to pose.<br />
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and of course, ice cream after the bike ride was necessary (if crazy expensive).<br />
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Day 2 making up with mom for being bratty kids in the hotel..<br />
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doing some shopping for a purse for Jaq near <a href="http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/">Sacre Coeur </a><br />
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Dad wasn't feeling too well so mom and the girls went to visit the Notre Dame alone<br />
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as you can see the weather improved dramatically.<br />
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girls enjoyed the posh room dad got for us in Paris and took advantage of the robes.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-2483790620535047022013-08-16T15:10:00.000-07:002013-11-29T15:13:06.143-08:00Pirates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last day of our cruise was the pirate party. The girls had planned ahead and brought a few small items to show their pirate spirit.<br />
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They both were happy to get their photos with Pirate Minnie as well.<br />
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At the end of our dinner there was a dance party on the deck and fireworks. Everyone had a great time and was not at all enthusiastic about packing for departure.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-22274811715882607172013-08-15T16:13:00.000-07:002013-11-30T16:18:27.714-08:00PrincessOn the last day I let Jacqueline skip breakfast and get in line for the princess photo op. This proved to be a bit tricky as I was also planning to do some laundry and one of the rooms was out of service leaving a huge line. The net result was that Jaq spent some of the time in line by herself while mom went to change the laundry.<br />
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Arora<br />
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Cinderella<br />
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Snow White <br />
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lunch made up for the lost breakfast<br />
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of course, the spoon on her nose trick never gets old.<br />
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Can't remember -- I'm told this was a cobra<br />
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and Jacqueline was thrilled to get her Minnie Mouse.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-22954759638280362872013-08-15T16:02:00.000-07:002013-11-30T16:19:19.914-08:00PompeiiMom's favorite trip was to Pompeii. The opportunity to feel the full experience of a place so old is one of my favorite parts of travel. The family humored me on this last trip, mostly because it promised to be only a half day if still an early start.<br />
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The main part of the Disney ship -- finally remembered to catch a photo of the girls here.<br />
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Again on a bus with a group number. <br />
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Jacqueline looks totally at home in the ruins, she is now an experienced tour group member.<br />
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in case you wanted to know how big the pillars were, they were about this big..<br />
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mom is a handy person to have around when you need someone to hold your power aid.<br />
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Ashton kindly offered to put on a show in the theater.<br />
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Bob and Jaq watched the show from the shade.<br />
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My favorite part of the city were the streets. Still amazing after so many years and even having sidewalks.<br />
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Jacqueline listening to the tour while considering sitting on the fence...<br />
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When we would lose sight of Jaq we would always find her right next to the tour guide. She took her moms instructions to not get lost seriously and she hated the ear part of the speakers so she preferred to stand close enough to hear directly. Pretty sure she only tripped one of the tour guides with her strategy.<br />
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Even cooler than the streets and sidewalks were the crosswalks. They were raised to keep your feet from touching the filth that was thrown in the streets and the gaps were to allow for the chariot wheels to go between. Such cool engineering.<br />
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Another amazing thing was the art. While only a small amount remained you could easily see how it would have been everywhere. Raised fresco pained on the walls in vivid colors and showing dimensionality. Really beautiful.<br />
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Today's animal was a monkey.<br />Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-27378525178973430752013-08-14T14:59:00.000-07:002013-11-30T15:59:17.490-08:00Rome and Vatican<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another early morning getting ready for our day. Today we went to the Vatican and therefore had to be covered up both shoulders and knees.<br />
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The Swiss guard was doing that guarding thing... <br />
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We had bought an umbrella to try to get some shade on this day as we knew it was going to be hot. Jacqueline was nice enough to carry it but I'm pretty sure none of the other tourists were that thrilled about that given that she was holding it at adult eye level.<br />
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We found the inside of the church very elaborate<br />
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Jacqueline trying to impersonate an angel...<br />
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and posing for a photo at Mom's request<br />
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and another<br />
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Bob often took photos of me taking photos.<br />
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and of course my backpack acquired drinks and sundries from all three girls as the day progressed.<br />
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Thankfully we got to the front of the line to get into the Coliseum due to our Disney tour. This was important as everyone on the planet chose this very hot day to come to Rome.<br />
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We learned to stop for photos in the shade when we could.<br />
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and to take naps on the bus.<br />
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back on the ship we found Tatiana for a photo op.<br />
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and a bull to give us chocolateMeg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-91958636964360481502013-08-13T14:47:00.000-07:002013-11-30T14:55:48.841-08:00Florence and Pisa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Second day of shore trips. Ashton gets to lead and is not at all pleased to have to share the opportunity with her sister.<br />
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She is clearly happier when she is on her own.<br />
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Again we took a ferry from the ship to the land.<br />
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and another day of heat -- this time we found some poweraid to keep the fluids coming.<br />
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I cannot tell a lie...<br />
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The walking tour through Florence held the promise of great pasta for lunch. <br />
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Just wanting to go on record that we *did* see the David. Even if a few of the members of the family might not be sure.<br />
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the talking parts of the tour are a great way to get a break and sit down on the street.<br />
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of course we had to also snap Percy Jackson of the book fame...<br />
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Mom just loves the fact that even the banal is made beautiful in this city.<br />
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Touching the nose for good luck. Apparently the street kids didn't bother with the touching of the nose and focused instead on picking up the coins from below.<br />
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Next we went to Pisa which we somehow managed to straighten in this photo...<br />
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but the best part of the day was the gelato of course.<br />
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can't remember what this guy was, I think a puppy. Great but very long day.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-86706990426000580442013-08-12T14:16:00.000-07:002013-11-30T14:22:49.387-08:00Monte Carlo and Nice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Monday our first shore excursion had arrived. We got into port early in the morning and we were happy to have our patio to go take a photo of our arrival.<br />
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We had to get assembled early. Some characters were waiting to help us get ready.<br />
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and both the girls were nice enough to let mom take their photos with them.<br />
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Once our group was called Jacqueline happily took the lead with our "lollypop" number.<br />
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We had to take a ferry from the boat to the shore. The day was looking nice but it was already a little bit hot.<br />
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Mom and Jacqueline posed for a photo on the ferry and after the ferry we got on the bus. <br />
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Jacqueline smartly decided that bus trips were for napping and thankfully got a good hour rest as we traveled to Nice.<br />
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Here we are strutting our stuff on the main street.<br />
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Next we traveled to Monte Carlo.<br />
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here it was now super hot and we couldn't get into the casinos which was a bit of a drag but we could get a milkshake and a water.<br />
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Back on the ship we rewarded ourselves with another treat after dinner.<br />
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We saw Belle en route to the evening show and rushed to get a photo. When we got back to our room we had a dinosaur waiting for us (and chocolate of course!).<br />
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And finally we are ready to get on the ship. Girls are pretty excited.<br />
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First up, hit the pools that were fun but crowded. It was quite hot so it was a nice option for sure.<br />
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Then we had a little dancing at the sail away party.<br />
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The next day was an "at sea" day where we ran into Minnie and got a photo (after a quick change out of the swimsuit)<br />
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First night dinner was a formal occasion so the red dress got another wear.<br />
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The girls had seen the option for braids and wanted them so we left dinner a bit early to get the last two appointments for braids.<br />
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while it was painful, mom was happy to have these done as we had a busy schedule and not having to do hair each day would be a bonus.<br />
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When we got to our cabin we found a nice towel bunny holding our chocolates. The girls were quite impressed.<br />
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We started our trip spending a few days in Barcelona to throw off our jet lag and tour the city. We were fortunate enough to have had a swim the day we arrived and a long 13 hour sleep. Our first day started a little later and we had to venture out to find breakfast (as we missed the window at the hotel). Jacqueline got a little sick to start out the day, I think it was the extremely empty stomach that set her back.<br />
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Later in the afternoon we did a walking tour with a private tour guide. This was awesome as she took us by a place to get Spanish doughnuts which were a huge hit.<br />
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We also saw a lot of sights and were able to keep to the shady spots on the hot august day.<br />
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We had dinner by the beach and saw a double rainbow as there was a very slight shower.<br />
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The next morning dad snuck the girls into the indoor pool at the spa. Girls were very excited to be able to enjoy the indoor water and I'm told they were quiet but I think that might require external verification to be sure.<br />
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One of the first purchases we got was a pretty fan. Jacqueline wanted to get red and black as she had her eye on a Spanish dress in the same colors.<br />
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Our second day of tours were in a car and we got to get higher into the city which was fun.<br />
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We visited a lot of different sites with majority of them about Gaudi.<br />
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and of course, at the end of the visit we broke down and purchased the red dress. Vacation is about indulgence after all.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-20373750149118501282013-08-06T12:17:00.000-07:002013-11-30T12:17:28.947-08:00We are International Travelers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hair is trimmed, bags are packed and we are all ready for our big summer adventure to Europe.<br />
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First we do a few races on the moving sidewalks to burn off some energy.<br />
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Then we settle in with our new headphones and pillows in the nice seats Daddy splurged to get us (Premier Exec).<br />
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and lastly a transfer in Paris where we are really tired and yet not done with our travel. Girls did a fantastic job on the trip. Ashton got a little motion sick in the second flight but they both exceeded expectations on the LONG trip from SFO to Barcelona.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-16563026491316578312013-07-04T12:12:00.000-07:002013-11-30T12:14:10.215-08:00Lair of the Golden Bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another 4th of July week at Camp Gold for the Bear family.<br />
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Bonus that Sofia and Carina came this year. Nice to have a buddy for the games.<br />
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and a Disco Bingo "look" that was unforgettable.<br />
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Also a lot of swimming -- this year was HOT! Jacqueline won a "belly flop" contest -- fearless!<br />
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and even the meals were less painful now that she found out that there was an option for cereal in an emergency.<br />
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also some good times at the campfires were had... <br />
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Ashton made the C team for All Stars this year<br />
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There were several tournament weekends with multiple games. <br />
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Her sister benefited from one of the tournaments finding an artist to paint her a custom batting helmet.<br />
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Of course, they also had to help out staffing the snack shack.<br />
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and to decorate the car for the trip to the tournament.<br />
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but mostly a lot a fun and skill development with good friends happened.Meg Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03073135232812482450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969627052531491186.post-45688142538240387572013-05-17T11:59:00.000-07:002013-11-30T12:02:30.058-08:00Walk-A-Thon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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End of school fund raisers are fun.<br />
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Matching visors -- great planning is part of 2nd grade.<br />
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