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Winner is: #28 – Tasha

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Hayley’s visa and passport were couriered to us late yesterday. *SIGH* I had sort of resigned myself to her spending a few more days at home and it was hard to let her go! I miss her already.

She was ready! Her suitcases were packed and repacked and then inspected by mom (and Grams). A couple last minute trips to the mall this a.m. (thanks Grandma) to find ‘visitor appropriate pj’s’ (OMGosh … you should have seen what she had packed ~ raggedy skimpy ole things!).

Lizzy is down in the dumps … they shared a sister moment before we left for the airport.

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Dudes! Time flies!

DutchBlitz was going to do a year in review … then deemed it lame. While I don’t think it would have been lame, it might have been nearly fricking impossible (and long).

I figure I’ll just review this past week for you …

We had a VERY Merry Christmas (that’s if you leave out the work and the germs)!

The toys were a hit with kids of all ages:

Ummm … Daddy? That toy was for Sam!

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I am still missing my card reader! I’ve looked and looked, interogated small children and Mr. MK. I mean really interogated, where you look at them like … ‘you know they know’. You look them right in the eyes, carefully registering any and all variation in pupil size, AND if they are ‘in the know’, they for sure at that point know that I know they know! BUT, none of them are ‘in the know’.

I have resigned myself to fact that card reader has moved permanently to ‘I don’t know’ (man there’s a lot of good crap living in ‘I don’t know’) and probably won’t bother coming back until a new card reader moves in.

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Winner is:

#14 Deb

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When I am not taking the baby fashion world by storm, I am busy with my cattle business! HAHAHA

Not really but, I do have about 8 head of registered polled hereford cattle. Of course they can’t possibly live in my suburban back yard, so they are being fostered by my dad (THANK GOD).

Now don’t get all excited … I am not going to turn into the next Pioneer Woman! No great pictures of daily ranch life, no educational info on cattle, and absolutely NO recipes coming anytime soon. Unless you want to know how to plonk a box of cereal on the table @ 6 p.m. and make everyone feel grateful they are being fed at all? Hmmm, that probably is a skill worth passing along, eh? It’s all in the body language ladies …

Back to the cattle ~ Sunday I had a heifer in the annual ‘Fall Round-up Sale’ and curious to how much $ I was going to rake in; I loaded up Georgia (the other kids were already there with my parents) and headed out to the Lakeford Ranch.

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**Winners are:

#31 – Laura
#29 – Michelle
#2 – Naomi

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I was so grumpy on Monday; I forgot to tell you that I am childfree and have been since Sunday night. Yes, you heard me right – ALL 4 gone! One traipsing around Brazil, and three with my mother on the farm. After a weekend at moms, she generously offered me the option of leaving them there. HELL YAH!

Saturday afternoon we had a ‘Family Picnic’, not just my immediate family, BUT the WHOLE family ~ the descendants of my ‘great’ grandparents.

This is all that attended the picnic. Just look what just two people can accomplish! We are now in our 5th generation with several ‘great-great’ grandchildren. You can see all the family pictures posted here: Wennerstrom Family Picnic. There are lots missing, but overall the turn out was pretty darn good.

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#14 – Alexia

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It seems like everybody is posting about Creepy Crawlies these days! Pioneer Woman spent two days on spiders and grasshoppers, buhtafly is killing the sons a bitc of a guns (getting better with the language, eh?) over at her place, Blondie is writing home for mosquito spray and finding lovely croaking froggies on her bedroom walls in Brazil.

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#29 jenB
#2 Lorie

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I’m getting a little bit stressed, well OK a LOT stressed. Hayley leaves for Brazil on Saturday afternoon. It’s getting too close. They lost a crucial document at the Brazilian consulate in Toronto and we still don’t have her passport back with the visa, so hopefully maybe she’ll be delayed.

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**We have two winners!

Random: #36 Jazz

Hayley’s Pick: jw4mkc with –> musingsfromblondie.com

It was really hard to pick a winner … it came down to a coin toss with an honorable mention going to: ‘sothisisbrazileh.com’

Other’s that made the top 1o were: southamericansomething, latinledger, hayleyknowsbest (my favorite), whereintheworldishayley, exchanginghayley!

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Several months ago, I posted about Hayley (my oldest daughter) going to Brazil next year. She is going as a Rotary Youth Exchange Program. It’s going to be a great adventure, but we will miss her!

She leaves August 11th and will be gone for 10-11 months! AHHHH!

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