tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67068652638323949932024-03-05T20:10:30.111-08:00The Houghtons in the MountainsThe Busy (but, admittedly, good) LifeThe Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-73194668477306193242016-08-22T15:32:00.000-07:002016-08-22T15:32:16.081-07:00Annual August AdventureThis year for our Houghton Family August Adventure, we decided to visit Dad's old stomping grounds! We started in Sequoia National Park with some big trees.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The General Sherman Tree is supposedly the most massive tree in the world!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moro Rock has quite the view, but only if you make it up the 300+ steps.</td></tr>
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The next day, we went to Kings Canyon National Park and played in the frigid water. Everybody got in and fought the current. Levi even admitted that if he wasn't trying, he might just swim in place. Sadly, I failed to take pictures, but they wouldn't have done the icy water justice anyway.</div>
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Then, we spent a day with family in Sanger! Dad's brother, sister, and a variety of nieces and nephews were there, along with lots of delicious food. Once again, I failed to document our time there.</div>
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Next, we headed to Morro Bay State Park!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom recently started working at a care facility called Avalon, so when<br />we saw this submarine, we insisted she take a picture with it.</td></tr>
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We finished up our adventures at Avila Beach and in San Luis Obispo.<div>
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On the last day of our trip, we celebrated Mom's 27th (x2) birthday! We certainly had fun being all together and seeing some pretty cool things. Without a doubt, we all have the best fun when we are together.</div>
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Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119231730980767096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-2540701952989412962016-05-08T12:45:00.000-07:002016-05-08T16:05:59.516-07:00Mother's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday, as I was shopping, I smiled to myself at the sights and sounds of men, obviously stretching their planning and shopping and culinary capacities as they consulted with each other on Mother's Day preparations. I was impressed by their efforts to do something special for the women they intended to honor.<br />
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This morning, the scene at my house demonstrated this same effort. Levi rose early-ish, carefully closed my bedroom door, and proceeded to create and present a beautiful and delicious crepe breakfast. Luke spearheaded the effort to ensure information systems are in order to support the much anticipated missionary chat with Marta later today. And, he was tremendously patient with my clumsy and probably excessively intrusive attempts to give him motherly counsel. Mark, after working till late last night and needing to address many tasks for his responsibilities as Bishop today, Sunday, is putting thoughtful touches on dinner preparation. I know this because he occasionally asks where he can find ingredients he needs, and I can hear cupboards close and water run in the kitchen. (I have been banished from the kitchen for the day.)<br />
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On this day of honoring mothers, I love that the men in my life make an extra effort to do things outside their comfort zone, that they know are meaningful to their mothers and the mothers of their children. I am grateful for mothers who teach their children this is important. I am so thankful for generations of amazing mothers in my life. <br />
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And I am in awe of God's plan that provides mothers, as well as the opportunities and blessings and growth that come with being a mother!<br />
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Denise<br />
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Did I mention I love the blessings of raising daughters too? This year is somewhat unusual in that none of my girls are nearby. But they make me happy too!Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00452624220192954059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-22253098777244598482016-04-18T18:58:00.001-07:002016-04-18T18:58:16.810-07:00Not Dead YetIf we were dead, most of us could attribute it to this:<br />
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Luckily, though, we're not dead! Right now, however, we are all over the place. Dad is in Washington DC for the week at a conference meeting important people! He admitted today that it wouldn't be so bad if one of his children ended up living there. We'll have to see about the humidity...</div>
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Before he left yesterday for DC, Dad was supposed to participate in a 100k bike ride with Mom. However, due to a poorly timed illness, Mom had to do it on her own. 62 miles, 5000+ feet of climb, and 6 hours later, she was done! Here's a picture from a few weeks before the race when she and Dad were training together.</div>
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While Mom and Dad have been exploring the world and having adventures on wheels, Eliza, Luke, and Tess have been working through another semester at BYU. Eliza has one more semester before she'll graduate and Luke and Tess aren't even ready to think about that right now. They've been doing their best to have some fun every once in a while, though. Occasionally they even spend time with cousins!</div>
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Levi has been swimming his heart out since his siblings all left him with nothing else to do. Just this last weekend he broke his personal record for the 500 yard freestyle event with a 5:14-something. He just keeps getting faster! A few weekends ago, Mom, Dad, Jo (Tess's friend who is practically a part of the family), and Levi went out to Utah for LDS General Conference. Although very few pictures were taken, everybody had a blast, even though very little sleep was gotten. :)<br />
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holidays that we’re inspired to, once again, recap the past year’s happenings
in efforts to keep in touch with friends and family who seem scattered far and
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11pt;">Who knew what “swole” meant? We are learning new vocabulary from</span><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Levi (15 ½) </b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11pt;">relating to his most
recently acquired activity of “lifting,”
upon which he has embarked in efforts to add width and strength to his lean 6’ 2”
frame. A Sophomore, Levi spends his waking hours eating, learning
(well) in seminary and school, swimming (fast), lifting, eating, playing water
polo, studying, eating, reading, and playing the trumpet at band events. He has also been granted a piece of paper that
he claims allows him to drive. He was
the only Houghton to complete the entire family bike trip. Then he got to spend a week backpacking in
Montana’s Beartooth wilderness with his Dad, uncle, two cousins, 150 million
mosquitos, and a few grizzly bears that left cool tracks and hairballs.</span><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </b></div>
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School swimming career with a league championship in the 500 free. A month later she graciously accepted the call
to speak as Salutatorian at graduation. After
a summer of lifeguarding, she was the first Houghton to be able to start her
college career (BYU) with a sibling (actually 2), and she seems to be
enthusiastically embracing (and responsibly organizing) all aspects of her
newly independent life. Academically,
Tess surprised us by declaring a major in Computer Science with an emphasis in
Bio-Informatics, and despite some shell shock at the intricacies of coding and
the rigors of college grade curves, she excelled in her first semester, is finding
great mentors in the program, and (much to her dad’s delight) may actually
stick with her major!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">As the family reviewed the highs and lows of 2015, the
first regret voiced was “We let Marta go.”
<b> </b>Indeed, we miss <b>Marta (20)</b>, who departed in June--a little scared and a lot
excited--to begin an 18-month mission in Mexico City. She had a great training experience in the
Mission Training Center there and so far, she has been blessed to be paired
with native Spanish speaking companions.
She now confidently shares her testimony of Jesus Christ in Espanol. She’s learned to appreciate Mexican culture
(especially ice cream), walk everywhere, and truly love the people she meets. Before departing, Marta finished her second
year at BYU, did a bang-up job as a Resident Assistant in the Freshman dorms, happily
welcomed Luke home, and was a hardy peddler and camp organizer on our biking
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Luke ( 21)</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> concluded his
two-year service in the England Birmingham Mission with a happy five month
assignment in Wales. Returning home in
April, he amiably acknowledged his status as shortest brother and promptly
dashed off to Utah to see sisters and friends and gain employment as a
Counselor for EFY summer youth conferences, where he wrangled teenagers and
built character (his and theirs) in Texas, Massachusetts, and Utah. Then it was back to BYU in the Fall to
re-enroll in Chemical Engineering studies--gratefully, he remembers more than
he thought he did. Luke is enjoying his
courses and related academic activities (including designing a chemically
powered car for an engineering competition), and he even ekes out time to cater
and host weekly parties at his apartment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Upon meeting the CEO of a “Customer Service
Experience” company who was giving a keynote address at a BYU event,<b> Eliza (24) </b>introduced herself and
proceeded to procure<b> </b>an internship with
the company, where she spends most of her time as blog manager, soliciting
articles then “rewriting” what experts have submitted for the company’s blog
(fits her perfectly since she was the high school newspaper editor as a
Freshman.) The opportunity has provided
good experience and funding as she continues as a full-time student in Business
Management, expecting to graduate in December 2016 (which makes Mom and Dad
happy). In her spare time, Eliza has taken to running (sometimes with
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bought in college. After the family
ride, which he thought was a practically perfect trip with everyone safe, sore,
and happy, Denise surprised him with a new bike for next year’s adventure! Then he enjoyed a reunion backpack trip with his
brother in gorgeous Montana. Mark also managed
a few lengthy peak bagging trips with Levi, including Tahoe area’s Mount
Houghton. In between his hiking and
biking (and swimming) he continues to serve as Bishop in our congregation and
to endure his 3-hour a day work commute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the day)</b> survived another year with family more dispersed than ever. In addition to “adventure support,” teaching
seminary, coordinating comings and goings, making dinner most nights, biking, outfitting
missionaries and return missionaries, chauffeuring, swimming, and occasionally putting
the household in order, she has rediscovered the joys of travel--making several
expeditions to visit/deposit/retrieve college kids in Utah, and thoroughly enjoying
our 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary trip to Charleston and Savannah. She managed to have an Amazon package
delivered almost every day in December in preparation for Christmas, the
celebration of which capped a wonderful year, and which delighted us with a beautiful
5” snowfall on Christmas Eve. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for God’s blessings, for our good health, and for the faith and love we share
with family and friends. We now look
forward to another year of excitement and adventures, and hope that we can
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Early on Wednesday morning (and I mean 4 a.m. early), we took Marta to the Sacramento Airport and said our goodbyes. After she got through security and gave us a final wave goodbye, we went back to the cars and started the long drive to Sandy, Utah, where we were expected to start the 2015 Houghton Family Reunion! By 6, we joined the various parties going on and jumped into the reunion, which we decided to theme after <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2WTRqCu_DY" target="_blank">this video</a> about vacations. Our go-to excuse was that "Everything's okay, because we're on vacation!"</div>
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mountain after getting off of a crowded tram! Left to right: Luke, Levi, Tess<br />
(me), Dad, Eliza, and Mom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday: Grandma took us through the Salt Lake Cemetery to see the graves of<br />
people from Church history and our great grandparents. This picture is of her <br />
mother's (my great grandmother's) grave after we decorated it with flowers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday Night: We attended a pre-wedding dinner and had a blast!<br />
Left to right: Dad, Mom, Tess (me), and Dad's sister, Mary.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday: Cory (the Honorary Junior Uncle) was sealed to Jessica <br />
(who is now the Honorary Junior Aunt) in the Draper Utah Temple.<br />
We finished the reunion that night with a beautiful reception and cleanup.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This morning we all went our separate ways (most of us through desert), but we<br />
can't wait for our next big get together!</td></tr>
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To finish up, here's what's going on:<br />
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<li>Levi and Dad are going to spend this week fending off grizzly bears as they hike through Wyoming and Montana with Dad's brother, Uncle Jack.</li>
<li>Mom is going to spend a week relaxing and taking a true vacation.</li>
<li>Eliza is working at her internship for MaritzCX.</li>
<li>Luke is being an EFY counselor in Texas for a few weeks.</li>
<li>Marta is in the Mexico City MTC, learning Spanish and getting ready to share the gospel!</li>
<li>Last, but not least, I (Tess) am at home, working as a lifeguard.</li>
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Until next time,</div>
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Tess</div>
The Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-9833250999184428272015-06-14T13:52:00.000-07:002015-06-14T20:09:32.554-07:00Bike Adventure Wrap-Up<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">First a note to the potentially concerned follower: Due to a lack of wifi or mobile network at all of the campgrounds after Monday night, we were unable to make daily reports as planned. So, here's the final story now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Tuesday morning, everyone woke up with a significant amount of pain in knees, legs, necks, posteriors, ankles, etc. We have gotten into the habit of jokingly referring to padded biker shorts as "diapers." Those who did not wear their diapers on Monday, quickly came to the realization of the value of a padded posterior upon recounting the bikes on Tuesday morning. Others who did wear their diapers on Monday quickly discovered that diapers really aren’t for them. Enough said about that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, on Tuesday, we did the Eureka to Humboldt Redwood State Park leg. It involved some beautiful scenery through California Redwood groves including the famous Avenue of the Giants.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went for a walk on a 0.5 mile nature trail across from the campground we were in and Jerry helped us take a lovely family picture, complete with bad color coordination and matching! :)</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Levi, Jerry, and Dad were the only ones who did all seventy-ish miles of Tuesday. Everyone else was too damaged from Monday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Wednesday morning, we got a decently early start and all the boys headed out early for the first leg and the girls took some time in our trusty sag wagon. Wednesday was a big climb day- lots of hills. Eventually, the girls all got on bikes and enjoyed tearing down some really big hills on winding, steep roads. Tess even earned a reputation with Jerry of being a bomber jet speeding down the biggest hill.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture isn't actually from Wednesday, but it is of Levi, our speedy, fearless, front-of-the-pack-the-whole-time leader. We love this kid, who wants "to be in assisted living by the time [he's] 30" (Levi after a long day of biking, as Marta helped him finish his dinner).</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday was a nice day. (*Note, we had near perfect weather the entire trip). Biking down Highway 1 was gorgeous! The tough ones made it out all the way from MacKerricher to the small town of Gualala. We then all got in the car and went back to camp at the Manchester Beach KOA. We had already had lunch and set up camp there. Each night, different family members had responsibilities for meals. Thursday was the British classic Toad-in-a-hole which turned out a bit differently in a Dutch oven when made by Luke, Mom, and Tess than it would have been if made by a proper British person. It was delicious anyway, which may have been due to our almost-starving state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, we started in Gualala and the hard-core, most committed people (Levi and Jerry) made it out all the way to Point Reyes. Everyone else did portions as per usual.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for some action! Dad: "I've got this." Levi: "No. I am too cool for this picture." Marta: "I just ate a handful of Red Vines! I have so much energy! Let's go!"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Saturday morning we woke up early to head out to Point Reyes and then from there in bikes to the Golden Gate Bridge. Most of us at this point had major pain all over our lower bodies as though we had been biking all week- isn’t that curious. So the final leg began. Levi led the pack as usual. It was a bit dicey getting through the North Bay suburbs. There were thousands of intense looking bikers mostly going the opposite direction to us (we later discovered that their was a bike parade in one of the towns we were riding through). Also, navigating in a city with a trail of seven bikers is a bit more complicated than with a small group in a long coastal highway with little traffic. Levi commented that though all the bikes we saw were decked out with nice gear, he was definitely faster than them going up the hills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Miraculously, we made it to Sausalito where Dad joined us after parking the sag wagon (we first recognized him by him extremely squeaky brakes). He had tried to be sneaky but was instead rather squeaky. Pun intended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">We made It across the bridge despite strong, cold winds and the fact that the whole ride across and back was combination of a duck and weave maneuver through the flocks of tourists on rental mountain bikes taking selfies while blocking the path and going really slowly on the one hand and playing chicken with the real bikers who, like us were trying to pass them. Quite an experience in itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, we took some pictures and raced to the car to head back to Soulsbyville (of course stopping at In-N-Out on the way).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The theme song for the entire trip (or at least the chorus everyone had in their heads and were singing) was "Cows With Guns" from a YouTube video of the same name.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jerry said it was the best camp food he'd ever had. Props to our amazing mom!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Levi and Jerry finished the entire trip. Others took various amounts of time in the sag wagon. "The only thing harder than riding a bike is getting back on a bike when your bum is sore and you've been in the sag wagon." -Marta</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No major injuries or bike issues needed to be addressed. Just a couple of flats and some scrapes. Oh, and Tess tried to feature her finger into the Dutch oven pizza using the cheese grater but it didn't really work.</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">One more thing: each person and bike had a special name. Big Diz (Jerry) rode Lil' Diz, Mountain Mama rode the Brain, Bad Dad rode Ol' Blue, Elkazina (Eliza) rode the Patriot, Lucky Duck (Luke) rode the White Rocket, Max (Marta) rode the Red Giant, Tessalon (Tess) rode Turley, and Yoci (I have no idea where that name came from, but that's Levi) rode the Dark Knight. Oh, and our 15-passenger van is Babe the Big Blue Ox. Yeah, we're pretty cool.</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This post was mostly written by Luke, but edited (a lot) and finished by Tess. We hope you like hearing about our crazy adventures, and in case you were worried, this is not the last one. On our way home from San Francisco we started brainstorming ideas for next year...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today the Houghton Family plus Jerry Disney crew woke up at 5am in tents at the Eureka KOA and got in babe quickly to head up to the Oregon Border. The whole waking up/driving to the border thing took a bit longer than planned so we got there late.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was the longest day by miles and one of the tougher ones on climb-101 miles and 4500 feet of climb. (Each day is broken into segments with checkpoints were we meet up with Babe "The Sag Wagon" and can swap out and take a ride in the car if they want). Levi, Luke, and Jerry completed all the segments. From a self-reporting survey, Dad did about 70 miles, Marta did 65, Tess did 60, Mom did 51.45, and Eliza did 40. Tess impressed everyone by completing over 4 times as many miles as she's done in any day before. Eliza's accomplishment was that it was her first time ever riding a road bike. Marta's greatest success was defeating the biggest hill of the day between Crescent City and Klamath. Levi is very happy to have completed his first century ride as am I. The two of us got back to camp at about the same time. Levi was first into the campground and I was the first to our campsite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">After everyone got back to camp, we did some tidying and all took much needed showers. It felt so good. Then we headed out you eat at an old fashioned Lumberjack all-you-can-eat place called the Samoa cookhouse in Samoa, near Eureka. We ate A Lot of classic lumberjack food and it was quite the experience. As we got in the car afterward, we all proceeded to name all of the parts off our bodies that hurt. Needless to say, there were quite a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some pictures from throughout the day. They're in reverse order. We came across Paul Bunion and his Ox, Babe in gargantuan form. Babe the big blue ox is the namesake for our trusty blue fifteen passenger van.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">The big redwoods and the coastline were beautiful. We are so blessed to be able to go on this trip.</span></div>
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The Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-72202201768723563882015-05-24T22:39:00.002-07:002015-05-24T22:39:24.897-07:00Here's the Houghton Family Memorial Day Tribute whipped together by the young 4 youngest Houghtons out here in Soulsbyville. Don't stop after the first verse as we've sung all three verses of the Star Spangled Banner. We love music. Thank you to all who have sacrificed for our wonderful country!<br />
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For those who may not know, werooc stands for:<br />
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It's been a family thing for a long time. Enjoy and look forward to future posts regarding the biking adventure.The Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-79520363918658859062015-04-02T15:09:00.003-07:002015-04-02T15:09:45.553-07:00Spring Break So Far<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
For Spring Break this year, we decided to go to the beach- a <i>warm</i> beach. So we did. In fact, we went to two! Huntington Beach got two days (but no pictures) and Laguna Beach got one day (with a few pictures). I got to go boogie boarding for the first time and had a blast! Levi wasn't as excited because he had done it before, but he still went with me a few times. Even without boogie boards the ocean was awesome! Despite getting pummeled a few times before learning how to dive under the waves, I still spent at least 4 hours frolicking in the perfect-temperature water.</div>
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However, Houghtons never go on vacation and do only one thing! We also played tennis a few times and attempted a few bike rides (Dad and Levi did manage to get in a couple of rides and even tried to drag me through one of them- much to my chagrin. Mom was much more willing.) Of course, we got in some good naps, a March Madness basketball game or two, and even some shopping and food!<br />
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On Wednesday, Dad hopped on a plane to go to work and the rest of us packed up the van and headed home. In an effort to teach us some culture, Mom took Levi and I to the J. Paul Getty Museum. It was huge, and we all wished we had more time to explore- it was interesting enough that we even remembered to take some pictures!<br />
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Although you can't see him in any of the pictures, Dad did come with us and really loved not being bombarded by allergies while we were away- that was probably the highlight of his trip. Anyway- I hope your Spring Break is as great as ours has been!<br />
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He looks the part, as he’s been racing to catch up in height to his
brother. He has survived the transition
to 5:55 a.m. seminary and he revels in vigorous gym/water polo/swim/bicycle
workouts. Levi is our only child who has
ever conscientiously put himself to bed every night—guess he needs the sleep to
keep up with all that growing and exercising.
He’s doing a great job in academics, plays the trumpet in the Golden
Regiment band, and is Mark’s most diligent hiking and biking buddy. Levi dreads
being the only child at home next year, and is looking to adopt a brother. Please call with prospects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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independent study AP Calculus course last year as a junior, which attracted
attention from a number of colleges.
After graduation this year, she plans to join her siblings at BYU, but much
to her father’s chagrin, is not committing to a math-oriented major. Since our last report, Tess has conquered her fear
of slipping off Half Dome, worked as a lifeguard for two summers, played her first
professional violin gig, served as student body Treasurer, and won the family
mile swim. She is our most faithful
contributor to the Houghton family blog, for which we owe much thanks, as we
wouldn’t be able to remember what happened without her posts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Marta (19) </span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">is a sophomore majoring in Recreation Management at
BYU. Always a mother hen, she’s found
the perfect way to acquire experience in her major by nurturing and guiding 48
freshmen as a Resident Assistant at school.
She also relishes beating the boys in her racquetball class and baking
cookies often. Marta’s big news is that
she will be serving an eighteen month mission for our church in Mexico City,
beginning in June. She’s thinking it
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Birmingham mission. He currently lives
in Wales and loves the foreign-ness and beauty of that area. He has enjoyed interactions with people from
all over the world and the opportunity to share his belief in Christ and His
gospel. He’ll be returning home in April
to sunny days (quite a contrast between drought stricken California and
England!) reconnecting with family, and hopefully a job. He will attend BYU in
the fall, and we’re interested to see if he continues in the Chemical Engineering studies he began
before his mission. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Eliza (23) </span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">completed her mission working with Spanish-speaking
people in the Florida Fort Lauderdale area, in May. After attending a cross-country family reunion
and joining Team Houghton for the Trans-Tahoe
Relay swim in July, she spent the last half of the summer working for (and
charming) Denise’s parents in Wisconsin and taking pre-requisites for her
studies in Business Management. She
returned to BYU in September, and has been polishing her language skills by
living in the “Spanish House.” She might
finally have found the right major, as she loves accounting and finance and
she’s already secured a summer internship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as Bishop of our LDS congregation, which (much to the kids’ relief) has slowed
the rate of retaining wall construction at home. Despite his grueling commute to the valley
for work, he is committed to fitting in several (short) swim sessions a week
and he’s taken up bike riding again (though he can’t quite keep up with Levi on
the up-hills). Mark lives to plan and execute adventures, and this was a Tahoe
year, with our family swim across the lake and a week-long bike and hike around
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ever)</b> teaches early morning seminary classes, has discovered that serving
as home-base support for missionaries and college students is as involved as
having them at home, and somehow is still surprised that people want to be fed
almost every night! This Christmas she
ran a “heritage sewing and candy-making school” for the kids, hoping to make up
for previous years’ negligence in teaching vital homemaking skills. Denise
swims most days of the week but still comes in dead last in family aquatic
events. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God’s blessings, for opportunities to learn and to serve, and for friendship
with good people, near and far, who share their love and example and
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updates on Luke and his mission in England visit: <b><a href="http://elderlukehoughton.blogspot.com/">elderlukehoughton.blogspot.com</a></b></span></i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00452624220192954059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-756092700007131072015-01-29T21:40:00.000-08:002015-01-29T21:40:13.031-08:00Excuses, Excuses.I won't make any right now, because I think it wise to save my creativity for a later date. Besides, I recently had to read Mary Shelley's <i>Frankenstein </i>and it was full of pitiful, pathetic, pansies for characters- making constant excuses for bad choices is all that Dr. Frankenstein and his monster did. Let's just say that I have been audibly growling in English lately.<div>
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I don't like writing essays- especially research papers. Luckily, everybody else in my family is really good at putting ideas into normal, cohesive, comprehensible sentences while I thoroughly beat around the bush to get my idea across. I just did it again. Anyway, they are lifesavers (especially Marta and Mom) for the math-oriented senior who is just trying to make it through January.</div>
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Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119231730980767096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-61431590301794817382014-09-16T10:38:00.000-07:002014-09-16T10:45:00.739-07:00Sunbeam Wrangling, Water Polo, School's In, and a Long, Dry, Summer<br />
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I'm teaching seminary again and trying to figure out what to do in an empty house all day. I've also been assigned to be a helper for the spirited 3 year-old class at church, The kids promptly dubbed me the "Sunbeam Wrangler." <br />
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Mark is still commuting and Bishoping. His big project for the summer,the High Adventure to bike/hike around most of the Tahoe Rim Trail with 14-18 year-old boys from church, was a success. He knows he is not 25 anymore.<br />
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Levi is wondering what he's going to do about his crazy new life as a high schooler, attending seminary and playing water polo. His muscles and stature continue to grow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">We demonstrated our faith in our 1997 van, "Babe"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">by dumping almost $3000 into her, then</span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"> </span><br />
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Eliza completed a spectacularly enjoyable and successful summer "job" as she spent the last six weeks before school helping out my parents in Wisconsin. We missed her, but it was a lifetime experience. She successfully completed one, and is working on the second prerequisite to embarking on a major in Business Management at the Y, and she's enjoying living in Spanish Language Housing.<br />
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Luke is learning important lessons on his mission in England, and enjoying the culture there. Go to <a href="http://elderlukehoughton.blogspot.com/">his blog for more details.</a><br />
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Marta left mid-August to train as a Resident Assistant at BYU as she works on her Sophomore year as a Recreation Management major. She is mother-hen to at least 47 Freshman girls (and two or three more if you count Eliza and cousins).<br />
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Tess is getting all kinds of college recruiting mail (passing the AP Calculus exam as a Junior has gotten her quite a bit of attention), but is resolutely looking toward joining at least two siblings at BYU next year. We just scheduled her wisdom tooth removal appointment, but it looks like she'll escape a tonsillectomy! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alright, not really Levi, but his slender frame makes his <br />
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Levi is adjusting to the sleep deprivation of high school with sports and seminary. His sisters awakened him to the need to earn money for high school expenses, so he's been doing some hard labor for a neighbor. That and his water polo workouts are adding muscles to his already elevating stature. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A reservoir a a couple of hours from us. Ours look similar!</td></tr>
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Even the "Live Oaks" in the yard are demonstrating their thirst with the continued drought and unusually warm weather of this extended summer. We are hoping for rain!<br />
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And despite hundreds of blog posts, I still can't figure out how to get rid of text that shows up on the preview but not in my post screen. So if you notice two comments on Levi, just chalk it up to old brains trying new technology!<br />
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DeniseDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00452624220192954059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-88795889130972773902014-08-10T20:43:00.004-07:002014-08-10T20:43:52.241-07:00How My Job Went Through a Dam DrainSo, a week ago today, a big rock broke. The rock was attached to a dam that held a lake at which I worked (and Marta too). It looked like this on Rock (yes, that is a name).<br />
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Like I said in the title, my job went through a dam drain. Literally. Overall, unemployment isn't too bad, except that I don't get money anymore. I mean, I have an extra week and a half of free time before school starts, so it actually made my schedule a little bit easier, which is kind of nice. Oh, well.</div>
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In other news, Eliza left to spend a month or so helping the grandparents before going to school, and Marta is leaving for BYU at the end of this week. Levi and I have to go back to school in a week and a half (ugh!), but it will be nice to have a regular, stressful schedule again. Mom is getting ready to teach seminary again, and Dad is preparing to get back into working all the time without a family vacation every two weeks or so.</div>
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Four weeks from today, high school starts for our youngest two. Marta will be leaving to start her job as an RA in Heritage Halls at BYU before then, and Eliza departed yesterday to spend her last six weeks of summer in Wisconsin with her grandparents. And we haven't had a lazy day of summer yet! <br />
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Levi graduated from eighth grade--the last of our children to graduate from Soulsbyville School!<br />
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Tess had her Senior pictures taken--glamour makeover and all!<br />
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Before the family reunion, Levi and I headed out to Maryland for a visit with Rick and Jill Kemper and family, and some playing in the Washington, D.C. area.<br />
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One of the highlights of the trip for Levi was time in Uncle Rick's wood shop learning to make "scales," or handles for knives, and producing one for Levi and one for a Father's day gift for Mark. Pretty spiffy, and quite alluring for Levi, who has now set up a miniature shop in our garage to produce more knives (with generous support and encouragement from Uncle Rick!)<br />
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That Kemper family reunion Tess told about that we did all the travelling for. . .here are the grandchildren and great-grandchildren, except for Joe, Luke, Aidan, Andrea, and James, who couldn't make it, and Nora and Reed who didn't make their appearances until a few weeks after the party. You can also almost see Grandpa in this picture--in the upper left. Less than a week after he was released from the hospital, he was enjoying and hosting this crowd. <br />
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Eliza attended camp as a counselor, and Tess as a Youth Leader (both did great jobs, by the way!)<br />
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Once back from Girls Camp we had just enough umph to finish up training and pack up for our Trans Tahoe adventure, a six-person relay across lake Tahoe. With help from friend who loaned us boat and condominium, we created a fabulous family memory! </div>
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<br />Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00452624220192954059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-11867460152656377922014-06-26T09:09:00.000-07:002014-06-26T09:09:56.952-07:00How to get to WI from CA- The Long WaySo, we had a family reunion last week. Originally, it was going to be in Maryland, but then it got switched (very last minute) to Wisconsin due to some health problems. We had bought plane tickets to MD, and we couldn't get them switched, so away we flew! That was around 8 p.m. CA time.<br />
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After a layover in Denver (only about 30 minutes), we got to the Washington Dulles Airport in Virginia around 5:30 a.m. VA time. From there, we drove for about 16 hours to WI.</div>
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We all survived to tell the tale, and nobody's head got taken off, which means that it was a pretty successful trip! Not only did we drive for many hours, but we got to drive through at least 3 big storms- one of which included flash flood warnings and tornado warnings- and lived to tell the tale. I will get some pictures on here if I can, and then you will see the just how much of an adventure we had!</div>
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There is an end to high school;<br />
There is an end to the 500;<br />
There is an end to Calculus;<br />
There is an end to tests.<br />
There is an end to essays;<br />
There is an end to dirt;<br />
There is an end to hiking;<br />
There is an end to life.<br />
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That may sound really depressing and pessimistic in spots, but it is really what gets me through a lot of things. After all, each of those things will end eventually (except maybe dirt). Whenever I am feeling really weighed down by what I am trying to accomplish and feel like it is impossible, I just remember that it will eventually end, and then I just wait for it to end.<br />
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The 500 is my race in swim meets. When I am swimming and feeling physically incapable of finishing my race, I just have to keep going and it will eventually end. As Dory says, "Just Keep Swimming!"<br />
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Calculus is my Achilles Heel this year. There is always more to be figured out!<br />
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Testing is terrible! As a junior I have had to take all sorts of tests and have several more coming up. I have to take the ACT and SAT if I want to go to college. Then there is state standardized testing- ultimately just many painful hours spent filling in bubbles. And last, but certainly not least is AP testing! I only have 3 more of these super-duper FUN (sense the sarcasm here?) tests to take and then they will be over (for a while, anyway).<br />
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When Dad, Levi, and I hiked Half Dome last summer, I thought I was going to die on the way down (it's THAT tough on the knees), but I just kept going, and eventually, I got to the bottom!<br />
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Finally, life will end for everybody one day. I don't know when that day is and I do like living, but with all the challenges we as humans have to face each day, I will be very glad to<a href="https://www.lds.org/youth/video/because-of-him?lang=eng"> return to my Father in Heaven</a> when all this is over.<br />
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So, next time you are thinking you can't do something because it is too hard, just try it and see where it takes you. Yes, you will absolutely need help at some point or another and a few tears may escape, but it will end and you will be blessed for your efforts.<br />
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Settling in for bed last night, it struck me that we were experiencing a Houghton Family milestone! Less than two years ago, we were continuing, as we have pretty much since we began our family, all together in one place. Last night, Mark and I were, possibly for the first time since having a child, without children in the house overnight. Not only that, but not one of our children was within 500 miles of another child!<br />
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Eliza--Fort Lauderhill, Florida--enjoying the last months of her Spanish-speaking mission which will draw to a close on May 29!<br />
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Luke--Gloucester, England--celebrating his birthday in a week and closing in on his 11th month as a missionary.<br />
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Marta--Provo, Utah--facing down the last month of school and finals of her Freshman year at BYU<br />
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Tess--Park Ridge, New Jersey--as a high school Junior, enjoying a 5-day tour of the NYC area with her American Federation of Students pals.<br />
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Levi--Disney Ranch, Tuolumne, California--attending a friend's overnight birthday party and wrapping up his eighth grade year. But before that. . .<i>coming home to chop wood and mow the lawn this morning!</i><br />
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Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119231730980767096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-20797327183121261262014-02-02T19:56:00.000-08:002014-02-02T20:01:06.007-08:00Siblings are Super Cool, and so are Family TraditionsIn the case that you are an only child, I am sincerely sorry. Having siblings is so much fun! Yeah, sometimes they make a lot of noise and try to get on your nerves, but they are just some of the best people to hang out with! My siblings are particularly cool, because when we all get together, we can be super silly- just ask Mom and Dad, they'll tell you. Right now, with just Levi and I at home, there's not as much silliness, but...when Mom and Dad leave us for too long, we still have the occasional fun. :)<br />
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Basically, Levi, well, let's just say he could be my brother- oh wait, he is! Isn't that quite the coinkidink!<br />
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So, every year, we have a family competition. Since we are all swimmers, we compete via the pool. Also, our family isn't really a sprinter-type family, so we like to do a distance race. 500 yards? Nah, that's not long enough and that would be a guaranteed win for me (Tess). 1000 yards? Well, that is not really a commonly done race, so we'll veto that as well. How about a mile? Yes! A swimmer's mile (at least where we live) is 1650 yards or meters. The two missionaries couldn't compete this year, and Mom opted out due to some back/neck problems from last September, but the rest of us have done or will do it. Dad swam it on the 25th and went a 24:29- which was a solid improvement for him. I swam it on the 31st and went a 21:58, which is...well, let's just leave it at that. Levi swam it on the 1st and went a 22:40, which is super good for him, and last but not least, Marta is going to swim it sometime this week and will then let me know so that I can let you know.</div>
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The Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-38812818836840261222014-01-13T21:30:00.002-08:002014-01-13T21:31:35.916-08:00Winter Break Pictures<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the view off of our front porch.</td></tr>
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<br />The Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-45938738846712272572013-12-01T19:03:00.000-08:002013-12-01T19:03:10.652-08:00Happy Hippie, Healthy, Hardy HoughtonsI already mentioned that we were having a family reunion over Thanksgiving break. It was super fun, and I took lots of pictures, but Mom told me to slow down on the pictures (it takes forever for them to load on here), so I won't put all of them up.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Reunion was in Santa Cruz, right next to the Boardwalk.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From where we were staying, you could hear the sea lions all day and night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did I mention that the whole area was absolutely beautiful?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 of the "Fabulous Four."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marta even came to see us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So, I was told that our family has taken pictures at this train place before, but we did it again this year!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the t-shirt design for the reunion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each family had a different kind of tie-dye.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was ours.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi and I make great elves, don't you think?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We even went golfing (my first time)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course, it was Thanksgiving, so much time was devoted to cooking delicious food.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We held a pie-making contest between all the boys and each participant got a chef's hat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We spent some time at the beach and one cousin brought a 12-foot beach ball!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And everybody after all the fun, ready to head home!</td></tr>
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Needless to say, we had loads of fun together and look forward to our next reunion in 2015!<div>
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-Tess</div>
The Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-86186147299851060592013-11-24T17:27:00.001-08:002013-11-24T17:27:13.241-08:00Giving ThanksOne of the best ways to celebrate Thanksgiving is with family around! So, this year, we are going to have a family reunion (on Dad's side) during Thanksgiving week. Now, we have lots to be thankful for, so I'm going to put some pictures of some things that we are especially thankful for (I know, that's kind of the same thing as I did in the last post, but most of those pictures were from the internet. This time they'll be from us!).<div>
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<b>Mom and Dad. They've been married for 23 years as of yesterday!</b></div>
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<b>Fresh CA Fruit!</b></div>
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<b>Our two missionaries!</b></div>
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<b>What can I say? We're water people.</b></div>
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<b>Smiles and Toothpaste and Teeth!</b></div>
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<b>Holding small children is wonderful. You know.</b></div>
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<b>Oh, Disney. These are two of my favorite characters!</b></div>
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<b>We have this amazing violin (and piano for Levi) teacher for many, many years. She's amazing.</b></div>
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<b>Clean humor is very important to us.</b></div>
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<b>Taking naps on top of big rocks. (Warning: Sunburns happen fast on top of rocks...)</b></div>
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That's just an itty-bitty glimpse of the things we appreciate in this huge, beautiful world around us.</div>
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Remember to have an attitude of gratitude, this week especially.</div>
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The Houghtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151630190585998129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706865263832394993.post-8388871878244561152013-11-10T14:48:00.000-08:002013-11-10T14:48:09.027-08:00Our Favorite Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>DAD:</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retaining Walls... We had to build another one yesterday...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Take a look at <a href="http://hermanahoughton.blogspot.com/">hermanahoughton.blogspot.com</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take a look at <a href="http://elderlukehoughton.blogspot.com/">elderlukehoughton.blogspot.com</a>.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's been missing spiced up food ever since she went to college.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marta loves satiny-smooth fabric.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is something close to his dream piano, but he likes pianos in general, too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi's been into air-soft stuff lately. We just tell him not to shoot his eye out.</td></tr>
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